diff --git a/clients/dashboard/src/pages/settings/profile.tsx b/clients/dashboard/src/pages/settings/profile.tsx
index 02776556d8..326a94ed66 100644
--- a/clients/dashboard/src/pages/settings/profile.tsx
+++ b/clients/dashboard/src/pages/settings/profile.tsx
@@ -140,8 +140,8 @@ export function ProfileSettings() {
     mutationFn: (url: string | null) => setProfileImage(url),
     onSuccess: async () => {
       toast.success("Profile image updated");
-      // Setting the image is a second write to the same row, so ASP.NET Identity rotates the
-      // concurrency stamp and the tag this form is holding is spent. Adopting the new version (which
+      // The avatar URL is one of the fields the profile version hashes, so setting the image moves
+      // the tag and the one this form is holding is spent. Adopting the new version (which
       // also refreshes the cache, so the topbar avatar still updates) keeps the next save from
       // answering 412 and telling the user someone else edited their profile.
       await adoptCurrentVersion();
diff --git a/src/Modules/Identity/Modules.Identity/Features/v1/Users/GetUserProfile/GetUserProfileEndpoint.cs b/src/Modules/Identity/Modules.Identity/Features/v1/Users/GetUserProfile/GetUserProfileEndpoint.cs
index 66b5d971d3..2c2f21e1ce 100644
--- a/src/Modules/Identity/Modules.Identity/Features/v1/Users/GetUserProfile/GetUserProfileEndpoint.cs
+++ b/src/Modules/Identity/Modules.Identity/Features/v1/Users/GetUserProfile/GetUserProfileEndpoint.cs
@@ -27,7 +27,9 @@ internal static RouteHandlerBuilder MapGetMeEndpoint(this IEndpointRouteBuilder
             // The profile is a full-representation resource: PUT /profile rewrites every field, so
             // a caller editing a stale copy would blank whatever changed meanwhile. Publishing the
             // profile version as a strong ETag lets that caller echo it back in If-Match and have
-            // the server reject the stale write.
+            // the server reject the stale write. The tag covers only the fields PUT /profile writes
+            // (not email, status or the host-prefixed avatar URL in this body), so it is a write
+            // precondition only: never use it to answer a conditional GET with 304.
             response.Headers.ETag = new EntityTagHeaderValue($"\"{profile.ProfileVersion}\"", isWeak: false).ToString();
 
             return TypedResults.Ok(profile);