diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e58c06b..ce4ecb2 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 A Nuxt 4 layer that renders a menu of the SummerCMS menu plugin as an accessible site navigation.
 
 ```bash
-pnpm add git+https://git.golem15.com/golem15/vue-menu-layer.git#v0.1.0
+pnpm add git+https://git.golem15.com/golem15/vue-menu-layer.git#v0.2.0
 ```
 
 ## Overview
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ The layer is neutral: it ships no site colours, no site copy and no Nuxt modules
 - **Active state**: the entry whose URL path equals the current route path (decoded, query, hash and trailing slash ignored; an absolute URL only on the request host) gets `aria-current="page"` and `menu-nav__link--active`; its ancestors get `menu-nav__item--trail`.
 - **Dividers**: `aria-hidden` list items, a horizontal line in panels and a short vertical line at the top level on the desktop.
 - **Empty states**: a missing menu (404), a failed request or a menu without entries renders nothing, or the `#fallback` slot. There is never an empty `<nav>`.
+- **Site cache purge**: the shared route `POST /api/__site__/cache/purge` drops the site's route cache when the backend saves, deletes or reorders a menu or menu entry (or a FAQ or post, through the other core layers). See [Site cache purge](#site-cache-purge).
 - **Rate limits**: server-side fetches forward the visitor's `x-forwarded-for` (also on route-cached renders), so the API's per-client throttle sees visitors, not the Nuxt server.
 
 ## Usage
@@ -65,9 +66,27 @@ Slots:
 |---|---|---|
 | `runtimeConfig.menu.apiBase` | `http://127.0.0.1:8096/_menu/api/v1` | `NUXT_MENU_API_BASE` (server only, used for SSR) |
 | `runtimeConfig.public.menu.apiBase` | `/_menu/api/v1` | `NUXT_PUBLIC_MENU_API_BASE` (browser, same origin) |
+| `runtimeConfig.siteCache.purgeToken` | `''` (route off) | `NUXT_SITE_CACHE_PURGE_TOKEN` (server only; at least 32 characters) |
 
 The base URLs always come from runtime config, never from request input. In production the web server routes `/_menu/` to the SummerCMS binary.
 
+## Site cache purge
+
+A site that route-caches its pages (for example `routeRules: { '/**': { swr: 300 } }`) shows an admin edit only when the cache window ends. The layer ships the shared purge route that the SummerCMS backend calls after an admin save commits:
+
+```
+POST /api/__site__/cache/purge
+Authorization: Bearer <NUXT_SITE_CACHE_PURGE_TOKEN>
+{"kind":"menu_entry","slug":"partition:3"}
+→ {"purged": <n>}
+```
+
+- It removes every entry of Nitro's route cache (pages, their `_payload.json` and feeds) and logs `[site-cache] purge: …` with the kind and slug.
+- Set `NUXT_SITE_CACHE_PURGE_TOKEN` to the backend's `site_cache.purge_token` (at least 32 characters) and point the backend's `site_cache.purge_url` at `http://127.0.0.1:<port>/api/__site__/cache/purge`. Without a token of that length the route answers 404.
+- It answers 404 to any request that came through a reverse proxy (`X-Forwarded-For`, `X-Real-IP` or `Forwarded`), so only the backend on the same machine reaches it, and 401 to a missing or wrong bearer token (compared in constant time).
+- The layer adds the route rule `'/api/__site__/**': { cache: false }`; without it, a site-wide `swr` rule would answer the purge from the cache.
+- vue-journal-layer, vue-menu-layer and vue-faq-layer ship the same `server/lib/siteCachePurge.ts` and `server/api/__site__/cache/purge.post.ts` byte for byte (a test pins their sha256), so a site that extends several of them gets one route, whichever copy Nitro keeps.
+
 ## API
 
 The layer expects the menu plugin's public API:
@@ -121,7 +140,7 @@ Commit, tag `vX.Y.Z` (annotated) and push the tag; apps pin `#vX.Y.Z` in their d
 ## Testing
 
 ```bash
-pnpm test                                   # node --test: link rules, client, rendered NavItem markup
+pnpm test                                   # node --test: link rules, client, rendered NavItem markup, site cache purge
 pnpm build:playground && pnpm smoke:ssr     # SSR of the playground against testing/fixture-api.mjs
 ```
 
diff --git a/nuxt.config.ts b/nuxt.config.ts
index 262753f..04a765d 100644
--- a/nuxt.config.ts
+++ b/nuxt.config.ts
@@ -23,6 +23,13 @@ export default defineNuxtConfig({
       // comes from request input.
       apiBase: 'http://127.0.0.1:8096/_menu/api/v1',
     },
+    siteCache: {
+      // Server-only bearer token of the shared site cache purge route
+      // POST /api/__site__/cache/purge (NUXT_SITE_CACHE_PURGE_TOKEN), the
+      // backend's site_cache.purge_token. Shorter than 32 characters, the
+      // route answers 404.
+      purgeToken: '',
+    },
     public: {
       menu: {
         // Same-origin base for browser fetches (NUXT_PUBLIC_MENU_API_BASE).
@@ -30,4 +37,12 @@ export default defineNuxtConfig({
       },
     },
   },
+
+  // The shared site routes are never route-cached. Nitro wraps every
+  // handler matching an app rule such as '/**': { swr } in its cached
+  // handler, which keys by path, does not skip POST and hides request
+  // headers, so the purge route would answer from the cache without running.
+  routeRules: {
+    '/api/__site__/**': { cache: false },
+  },
 })
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 1bc279e..0c3a2bf 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "vue-menu-layer",
-  "version": "0.1.0",
+  "version": "0.2.0",
   "private": true,
   "type": "module",
   "main": "./nuxt.config.ts",
diff --git a/server/api/__site__/cache/purge.post.ts b/server/api/__site__/cache/purge.post.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2409806
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/api/__site__/cache/purge.post.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+// POST /api/__site__/cache/purge: removes every Nitro route-cache entry
+// (pages, _payload.json and feeds), so an admin save shows on the next page
+// view. The backend calls it on loopback after the save commits, with
+// `Authorization: Bearer <runtimeConfig.siteCache.purgeToken>` and the body
+// {"kind":"<kind>","slug":"<slug>"}; the answer is {"purged":<n>}. The kind
+// and slug only reach the log line.
+//
+// 404 without a token of at least 32 characters, and for any request that
+// came through a reverse proxy (X-Forwarded-For, X-Real-IP or Forwarded);
+// 401 for a missing or wrong bearer token. The '/api/__site__/**' route rule
+// keeps this route out of the route cache.
+//
+// Shared: several layers ship this file byte for byte, and Nitro keeps one
+// handler per route and method.
+
+import { authorizeSitePurge, parseSitePurgeEvent, purgeSiteRouteCache } from '../../../lib/siteCachePurge.ts'
+
+const PROXY_HEADERS = ['x-forwarded-for', 'x-real-ip', 'forwarded']
+
+export default defineEventHandler(async (event) => {
+  setResponseHeader(event, 'cache-control', 'no-store')
+  const config = useRuntimeConfig(event)
+  const verdict = authorizeSitePurge({
+    token: (config.siteCache as { purgeToken?: unknown } | undefined)?.purgeToken,
+    authorization: getRequestHeader(event, 'authorization'),
+    proxied: PROXY_HEADERS.some((name) => getRequestHeader(event, name) !== undefined),
+  })
+  if (verdict === 'disabled' || verdict === 'proxied') {
+    throw createError({ statusCode: 404, statusMessage: 'Not Found' })
+  }
+  if (verdict === 'unauthorized') {
+    throw createError({ statusCode: 401, statusMessage: 'Unauthorized' })
+  }
+
+  const { kind, slug } = parseSitePurgeEvent(await readBody(event).catch(() => null))
+  const purged = await purgeSiteRouteCache(useStorage('cache'))
+  console.info(`[site-cache] purge: removed ${purged} route cache entries (${kind} ${slug})`)
+  return { purged }
+})
diff --git a/server/lib/siteCachePurge.ts b/server/lib/siteCachePurge.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..73ae62b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/lib/siteCachePurge.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+// Shared site cache purge: the authorization rules of the purge route
+// POST /api/__site__/cache/purge, the purge of Nitro's route cache and the
+// parsing of the purge request body. Pure TypeScript outside Nitro's and
+// Nuxt's auto-import directories, so several layers can ship this file
+// byte for byte, and `node --test` and the route import it directly.
+
+import { createHash, timingSafeEqual } from 'node:crypto'
+
+/** The shortest purge token the route accepts; with a shorter one it is off. */
+export const MIN_SITE_PURGE_TOKEN_LENGTH = 32
+
+/** The cache storage base of Nitro's route cache (routeRules cache and swr). */
+export const SITE_ROUTE_CACHE_BASE = 'nitro:routes'
+
+/** Longest slug the purge log line carries. */
+const MAX_SLUG_LENGTH = 200
+
+/** A purge kind: lower-case letters and underscores, up to 40 characters. */
+const KIND_PATTERN = /^[a-z_]{1,40}$/
+
+export type SitePurgeVerdict = 'ok' | 'disabled' | 'proxied' | 'unauthorized'
+
+export interface SitePurgeAuthInput {
+  /** The configured token (runtimeConfig.siteCache.purgeToken). */
+  token: unknown
+  /** The request's Authorization header, if any. */
+  authorization?: string | null
+  /** True when the request carried X-Forwarded-For, X-Real-IP or Forwarded. */
+  proxied: boolean
+}
+
+function digest(value: string): Buffer {
+  return createHash('sha256').update(value, 'utf8').digest()
+}
+
+/**
+ * Decides a purge request: `disabled` when no token of at least
+ * MIN_SITE_PURGE_TOKEN_LENGTH characters is configured, `proxied` when the
+ * request came through a reverse proxy (checked before the token), `ok` when
+ * the Bearer value equals the token (compared in constant time over sha256
+ * digests) and `unauthorized` otherwise.
+ */
+export function authorizeSitePurge({ token, authorization, proxied }: SitePurgeAuthInput): SitePurgeVerdict {
+  if (typeof token !== 'string' || token.length < MIN_SITE_PURGE_TOKEN_LENGTH) return 'disabled'
+  if (proxied) return 'proxied'
+  const m = /^Bearer[ \t]+(\S+)[ \t]*$/i.exec(authorization ?? '')
+  if (!m) return 'unauthorized'
+  return timingSafeEqual(digest(m[1]), digest(token)) ? 'ok' : 'unauthorized'
+}
+
+/** The part of a Nitro/unstorage storage the purge uses. */
+export interface SitePurgeStorage {
+  getKeys(base?: string): Promise<string[]> | string[]
+  removeItem(key: string): Promise<unknown> | unknown
+}
+
+/**
+ * Removes every entry of Nitro's route cache (pages, their _payload.json and
+ * feeds) from storage, which is `useStorage('cache')`, and returns how many
+ * it removed. Other cache groups (cached functions, handlers) stay.
+ */
+export async function purgeSiteRouteCache(storage: SitePurgeStorage): Promise<number> {
+  const keys = await storage.getKeys(SITE_ROUTE_CACHE_BASE)
+  let removed = 0
+  for (const key of keys) {
+    if (!key.startsWith(SITE_ROUTE_CACHE_BASE + ':')) continue
+    await storage.removeItem(key)
+    removed++
+  }
+  return removed
+}
+
+export interface SitePurgeEvent {
+  kind: string
+  slug: string
+}
+
+/**
+ * Reads the kind and slug of a purge request body for the log line: kind is
+ * kept when it is lower-case letters and underscores up to 40 characters
+ * (faq, menu, menu_entry, post, category, ...), else it is unknown; the slug
+ * loses control characters and is cut to 200 characters.
+ */
+export function parseSitePurgeEvent(body: unknown): SitePurgeEvent {
+  if (body === null || typeof body !== 'object' || Array.isArray(body)) return { kind: 'unknown', slug: '' }
+  const raw = body as Record<string, unknown>
+  const kind = typeof raw.kind === 'string' && KIND_PATTERN.test(raw.kind) ? raw.kind : 'unknown'
+  // eslint-disable-next-line no-control-regex
+  const slug = typeof raw.slug === 'string' ? raw.slug.replace(/[\u0000-\u001f\u007f-\u009f]/g, '').slice(0, MAX_SLUG_LENGTH) : ''
+  return { kind, slug }
+}
diff --git a/tests/sitePurge.test.ts b/tests/sitePurge.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e66c68f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/sitePurge.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+// Shared site cache purge: route authorization, the route-cache purge, the
+// purge body parsing and the byte-identity of the files every layer ships.
+import { test } from 'node:test'
+import assert from 'node:assert/strict'
+import { createHash } from 'node:crypto'
+import { readFileSync } from 'node:fs'
+import {
+  MIN_SITE_PURGE_TOKEN_LENGTH,
+  SITE_ROUTE_CACHE_BASE,
+  authorizeSitePurge,
+  parseSitePurgeEvent,
+  purgeSiteRouteCache,
+} from '../server/lib/siteCachePurge.ts'
+
+// The sha256 of the two shared files. vue-journal-layer, vue-menu-layer and
+// vue-faq-layer ship them byte for byte; a change lands in all three with
+// new values here.
+const SHARED_LIB_SHA256 = '7c34121ae06cf011b30a1dc5d787a94657b71b8768bed3a200be0f41566001b8'
+const SHARED_ROUTE_SHA256 = 'c459012280cdf59551e57f0440fcaeb24566a5ba6e3dccf31133e67a683f1c06'
+
+const TOKEN = 'a'.repeat(MIN_SITE_PURGE_TOKEN_LENGTH)
+
+function sha256(relative: string): string {
+  return createHash('sha256').update(readFileSync(new URL(relative, import.meta.url))).digest('hex')
+}
+
+test('sitePurge: the shared files match the pinned hashes', () => {
+  assert.equal(sha256('../server/lib/siteCachePurge.ts'), SHARED_LIB_SHA256, 'server/lib/siteCachePurge.ts')
+  assert.equal(sha256('../server/api/__site__/cache/purge.post.ts'), SHARED_ROUTE_SHA256, 'server/api/__site__/cache/purge.post.ts')
+})
+
+test('sitePurge: a missing or short token disables the route', () => {
+  for (const token of [undefined, null, '', 'short', 'b'.repeat(MIN_SITE_PURGE_TOKEN_LENGTH - 1), 12345678901234567890, {}]) {
+    assert.equal(authorizeSitePurge({ token, authorization: `Bearer ${String(token)}`, proxied: false }), 'disabled', `token ${JSON.stringify(token)}`)
+  }
+  assert.equal(authorizeSitePurge({ token: '', authorization: 'Bearer x', proxied: true }), 'disabled')
+  assert.equal(MIN_SITE_PURGE_TOKEN_LENGTH, 32)
+})
+
+test('sitePurge: a proxied request is refused before the token is checked', () => {
+  assert.equal(authorizeSitePurge({ token: TOKEN, authorization: `Bearer ${TOKEN}`, proxied: true }), 'proxied')
+  assert.equal(authorizeSitePurge({ token: TOKEN, authorization: null, proxied: true }), 'proxied')
+})
+
+test('sitePurge: authorize ok with the token and unauthorized otherwise', () => {
+  assert.equal(authorizeSitePurge({ token: TOKEN, authorization: `Bearer ${TOKEN}`, proxied: false }), 'ok')
+  assert.equal(authorizeSitePurge({ token: TOKEN, authorization: `bearer ${TOKEN}`, proxied: false }), 'ok')
+  for (const authorization of [undefined, null, '', 'Bearer', `Basic ${TOKEN}`, `${TOKEN}`, `Bearer ${TOKEN}x`, `Bearer ${TOKEN.slice(1)}`, `Bearer ${TOKEN} extra`, 'Bearer ' + 'b'.repeat(32)]) {
+    assert.equal(authorizeSitePurge({ token: TOKEN, authorization, proxied: false }), 'unauthorized', `authorization ${JSON.stringify(authorization)}`)
+  }
+})
+
+/** A fake unstorage prefix storage over a plain key list. */
+function fakeStorage(keys: string[]) {
+  const live = new Set(keys)
+  const removed: string[] = []
+  return {
+    removed,
+    live,
+    async getKeys(base?: string) {
+      return [...live].filter((k) => !base || k === base || k.startsWith(base + ':'))
+    },
+    async removeItem(key: string) {
+      live.delete(key)
+      removed.push(key)
+    },
+  }
+}
+
+test('sitePurge: purge removes only nitro:routes: keys', async () => {
+  const routes = [
+    `${SITE_ROUTE_CACHE_BASE}:_:faq.abc123.json`,
+    `${SITE_ROUTE_CACHE_BASE}:_:faq_payloadjson.def456.json`,
+    `${SITE_ROUTE_CACHE_BASE}:_:index.0a1b2c.json`,
+  ]
+  const others = ['nitro:functions:_:faq.1.json', 'nitro:handlers:_:api.2.json', 'nitro:routesx:_:near.3.json', 'other:routes:_:x.json']
+  const storage = fakeStorage([...routes, ...others])
+  assert.equal(SITE_ROUTE_CACHE_BASE, 'nitro:routes')
+  assert.equal(await purgeSiteRouteCache(storage), routes.length)
+  assert.deepEqual([...storage.removed].sort(), [...routes].sort())
+  assert.deepEqual([...storage.live].sort(), [...others].sort())
+  assert.equal(await purgeSiteRouteCache(storage), 0)
+})
+
+test('sitePurge: purge event kinds and slugs', () => {
+  for (const kind of ['faq', 'menu', 'menu_entry', 'post', 'category']) {
+    assert.deepEqual(parseSitePurgeEvent({ kind, slug: 'x' }), { kind, slug: 'x' })
+  }
+  for (const kind of ['FAQ', 'menu-entry', 'a'.repeat(41), '', 7, null]) {
+    assert.deepEqual(parseSitePurgeEvent({ kind, slug: 'x' }), { kind: 'unknown', slug: 'x' }, JSON.stringify(kind))
+  }
+  assert.deepEqual(parseSitePurgeEvent({ kind: 'faq', slug: 'a\nb\r\tc\u0000d\u007fe\u0085f' }), { kind: 'faq', slug: 'abcdef' })
+  assert.equal(parseSitePurgeEvent({ kind: 'faq', slug: 'x'.repeat(500) }).slug.length, 200)
+  for (const body of [null, undefined, 'faq', 42, ['faq', 'x']]) {
+    assert.deepEqual(parseSitePurgeEvent(body), { kind: 'unknown', slug: '' }, JSON.stringify(body))
+  }
+})