diff --git a/bliss-cli/bliss b/bliss-cli/bliss
index 17c6b18..2fe9bc5 100755
--- a/bliss-cli/bliss
+++ b/bliss-cli/bliss
@@ -68,14 +68,6 @@ const commands = {
       out(c.BASE);
     }
   },
-  // Force a fresh login with BLISS_USER / BLISS_PASS and report the result.
-  // Unlike normal commands (which reuse a cached cookie and only re-auth on a
-  // 401 the server never sends), this always hits /login, so it's the way to
-  // (re)authenticate after changing creds or clearing a stale anonymous cookie.
-  async login() {
-    await c.login(); // throws with a clear message if the server rejects creds
-    out("logged in as '" + (process.env.BLISS_USER || "?") + "' -> " + c.BASE);
-  },
   // ---- reads (JSON via /plumbing) ----
   async structures() {
     out(await c.getJSON("/plumbing/structures"));
diff --git a/bliss-cli/client.js b/bliss-cli/client.js
index c99b47a..a82c14f 100644
--- a/bliss-cli/client.js
+++ b/bliss-cli/client.js
@@ -79,21 +79,10 @@ async function login() {
     headers: { "content-type": "application/x-www-form-urlencoded" },
     body: new URLSearchParams({ username: USER, password: PASS }).toString(),
   });
-  // The server issues an (anonymous) connect.sid on EVERY response — including a
-  // failed login, which re-renders the form as a 200. So the presence of a
-  // cookie says nothing about success. The real signal is the redirect: a good
-  // login 302s to `next`/"/", a rejected one stays 2xx. Trust the status, not
-  // the cookie, or we'd cache an anonymous session and silently stay logged out.
   const cookie = extractCookie(res);
-  const redirected = res.status >= 300 && res.status < 400;
-  if (!redirected || !cookie) {
-    throw new Error(
-      "login failed for user '" +
-        USER +
-        "' — server rejected the credentials (HTTP " +
-        res.status +
-        "). Check BLISS_USER / BLISS_PASS.",
-    );
+  if (!cookie) {
+    // A 200 back from /login means the login form re-rendered => bad creds.
+    throw new Error("login failed for user '" + USER + "' (check BLISS_PASS)");
   }
   saveCookie(cookie);
   return cookie;
@@ -179,7 +168,6 @@ async function getText(urlPath) {
 module.exports = {
   BASE,
   setTarget,
-  login,
   request,
   getJSON,
   getText,
diff --git a/db.js b/db.js
index f9ecd64..db795c3 100644
--- a/db.js
+++ b/db.js
@@ -296,100 +296,6 @@ function setStructurePublic(structureId, isPublic) {
   );
 }
 
-// ---- kernel notifications -------------------------------------------------
-//
-// Subscriptions are owned by the platform, not by structure databases. Each row
-// is tied to exactly one structure and one logged-in Bliss user; send-time code
-// re-checks canAccessStructure before handing anything to a push service.
-
-function upsertNotificationSubscription({
-  structureId,
-  userId,
-  endpoint,
-  clientId,
-  subscription,
-  contentEncoding,
-}) {
-  return db
-    .prepare(
-      `INSERT INTO notification_subscriptions
-         (structure_id, user_id, endpoint, client_id, subscription, content_encoding, updated_at)
-       VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, CURRENT_TIMESTAMP)
-       ON CONFLICT(structure_id, endpoint) DO UPDATE SET
-         user_id = excluded.user_id,
-         client_id = excluded.client_id,
-         subscription = excluded.subscription,
-         content_encoding = excluded.content_encoding,
-         updated_at = CURRENT_TIMESTAMP`,
-    )
-    .run(
-      structureId,
-      userId,
-      endpoint,
-      clientId == null ? null : String(clientId),
-      JSON.stringify(subscription),
-      contentEncoding === "aesgcm" ? "aesgcm" : "aes128gcm",
-    );
-}
-
-function deleteNotificationSubscription(structureId, endpoint) {
-  return db
-    .prepare(
-      `DELETE FROM notification_subscriptions
-       WHERE structure_id = ? AND endpoint = ?`,
-    )
-    .run(structureId, endpoint);
-}
-
-function getNotificationSubscriptions(structureId, userIds = null) {
-  if (userIds && userIds.length === 0) return [];
-  const rows = userIds
-    ? db
-        .prepare(
-          `SELECT *
-             FROM notification_subscriptions
-            WHERE structure_id = ?
-              AND user_id IN (${userIds.map(() => "?").join(",")})`,
-        )
-        .all(structureId, ...userIds)
-    : db
-        .prepare(
-          `SELECT *
-             FROM notification_subscriptions
-            WHERE structure_id = ?`,
-        )
-        .all(structureId);
-
-  return rows.map((row) => ({
-    ...row,
-    subscription: JSON.parse(row.subscription),
-  }));
-}
-
-function getSubscribedNotificationUserIds(structureId) {
-  return db
-    .prepare(
-      `SELECT DISTINCT user_id
-         FROM notification_subscriptions
-        WHERE structure_id = ?
-        ORDER BY user_id`,
-    )
-    .all(structureId)
-    .map((row) => row.user_id);
-}
-
-function getStructureMemberUserIds(structureId) {
-  return db
-    .prepare(
-      `SELECT user_id
-         FROM structure_members
-        WHERE structure_id = ?
-        ORDER BY user_id`,
-    )
-    .all(structureId)
-    .map((row) => row.user_id);
-}
-
 function createRoute(verb, path, structureId, handler) {
   path = encodeURI(path);
 
@@ -984,11 +890,6 @@ module.exports = {
   removeMember,
   setStructurePrivacy,
   setStructurePublic,
-  upsertNotificationSubscription,
-  deleteNotificationSubscription,
-  getNotificationSubscriptions,
-  getSubscribedNotificationUserIds,
-  getStructureMemberUserIds,
   createRoute,
   getRoutes,
   getRoute,
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index cb8ceea..3fa42ff 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -210,7 +210,6 @@ function makeLibs(structureId, console, memberUserId) {
       return dbs[alias];
     },
     push: push,
-    notifications: makeNotifications(structureId, memberUserId),
     files: { saveFile: (...args) => saveFile(structureId, ...args) },
   };
 }
@@ -229,126 +228,6 @@ function currentUserFor(req) {
   }
 }
 
-function userIdFrom(value) {
-  if (value == null) return null;
-  if (typeof value === "object" && value.id != null) return Number(value.id);
-  const n = Number(value);
-  return Number.isInteger(n) ? n : null;
-}
-
-function normalizeNotificationUrl(structure, rawUrl) {
-  const route = makeRoute(structure);
-  const url = rawUrl == null || rawUrl === "" ? "/" : String(rawUrl);
-  if (!url.startsWith("/") || url.startsWith("//")) {
-    throw new Error("notification url must be a same-site path");
-  }
-  const prefix = structure.route_prefix || "";
-  const scoped = prefix && !url.startsWith(prefix) ? route(url) : url;
-  if (prefix && scoped !== prefix && !scoped.startsWith(prefix + "/")) {
-    throw new Error("notification url must stay inside this structure");
-  }
-  return scoped;
-}
-
-function normalizeNotificationRecipients(structureId, target) {
-  const explicit = target !== "viewers" && target !== "subscribers";
-  let ids;
-
-  if (target == null || target === "viewers" || target === "subscribers") {
-    ids = model.getSubscribedNotificationUserIds(structureId);
-  } else if (target === "members") {
-    ids = model.getStructureMemberUserIds(structureId);
-  } else if (Array.isArray(target)) {
-    ids = target.map(userIdFrom);
-  } else {
-    ids = [userIdFrom(target)];
-  }
-
-  if (ids.some((id) => !Number.isInteger(id))) {
-    throw new Error("notification recipient must be a Bliss user");
-  }
-
-  const unique = [...new Set(ids)];
-  const forbidden = unique.filter(
-    (id) => !model.canAccessStructure(id, structureId),
-  );
-  if (forbidden.length && explicit) {
-    throw new Error("notification recipient cannot access this structure");
-  }
-  return unique.filter((id) => !forbidden.includes(id));
-}
-
-function normalizeNotificationExclusions(options = {}) {
-  const ids = [];
-  const collect = (value) => {
-    if (Array.isArray(value)) return value.forEach(collect);
-    const id = userIdFrom(value);
-    if (id != null) ids.push(id);
-  };
-  collect(options.except);
-  collect(options.exceptUser);
-  collect(options.exceptUserId);
-  return {
-    userIds: new Set(ids),
-    clientId:
-      options.exceptClientId == null ? null : String(options.exceptClientId),
-  };
-}
-
-function makeNotifications(structureId, actorUserId) {
-  const structure = model.getStructure(structureId);
-  return {
-    async send(options = {}) {
-      const target = options.to ?? options.users ?? options.user ?? "viewers";
-      const recipientIds = normalizeNotificationRecipients(structureId, target);
-      const except = normalizeNotificationExclusions(options);
-      const eligibleIds = recipientIds.filter((id) => !except.userIds.has(id));
-      const url = normalizeNotificationUrl(structure, options.url || "/");
-      const rows = model.getNotificationSubscriptions(structureId, eligibleIds);
-      const payload = JSON.stringify({
-        structureId: String(structureId),
-        title: String(options.title || structure.name || "Bliss"),
-        body: String(options.body || ""),
-        url,
-      });
-      let sent = 0;
-      let skipped = 0;
-
-      await Promise.all(
-        rows.map(async (row) => {
-          if (except.clientId && row.client_id === except.clientId) {
-            skipped += 1;
-            return;
-          }
-          if (!model.canAccessStructure(row.user_id, structureId)) {
-            skipped += 1;
-            return;
-          }
-          try {
-            await push.sendNotification(row.subscription, payload, {
-              contentEncoding: row.content_encoding || undefined,
-            });
-            sent += 1;
-          } catch (err) {
-            if (err && (err.statusCode === 404 || err.statusCode === 410)) {
-              model.deleteNotificationSubscription(structureId, row.endpoint);
-            } else {
-              throw err;
-            }
-          }
-        }),
-      );
-
-      return {
-        sent,
-        skipped,
-        structureId,
-        actorUserId: actorUserId ?? null,
-      };
-    },
-  };
-}
-
 function bootstrapContext(structureId, routeId, initContext, memberUserId) {
   const structure = model.getStructure(structureId);
   const console = makeConsole(structureId, routeId);
@@ -484,10 +363,6 @@ wsRouter.ws("*", (ws, req) => {
       }),
     );
   };
-  req.user = req.currentUser;
-  req.notifications = makeNotifications(route.structure_id, req.session.userId);
-  ws.user = req.currentUser;
-  ws.notifications = req.notifications;
 
   try {
     return found.handler(ws, req);
@@ -575,85 +450,6 @@ app.all("/logout", async (req, res) => {
   });
 });
 
-app.get("/_bliss/notifications/key", (req, res) => {
-  if (!vapidPublicKey) return res.status(503).json({ error: "not configured" });
-  res.json({ publicKey: vapidPublicKey });
-});
-
-app.post("/_bliss/notifications/subscribe", (req, res) => {
-  const structureId = Number(req.body?.structure_id);
-  const userId = req.session && req.session.userId;
-  const subscription = req.body?.subscription;
-  if (!userId)
-    return res.status(401).send("log in before enabling notifications");
-  if (!Number.isInteger(structureId) || !model.getStructure(structureId)) {
-    return res.status(400).send("unknown structure");
-  }
-  if (!model.canAccessStructure(userId, structureId)) {
-    return res.status(403).send("you cannot access this structure");
-  }
-  if (!subscription || !subscription.endpoint) {
-    return res.status(400).send("missing push subscription");
-  }
-
-  model.upsertNotificationSubscription({
-    structureId,
-    userId,
-    endpoint: subscription.endpoint,
-    clientId: req.body?.client_id,
-    subscription,
-    contentEncoding: req.body?.content_encoding,
-  });
-  res.status(201).json({ ok: true });
-});
-
-app.get("/_bliss/notification-sw.js", (req, res) => {
-  res.type("application/javascript").set("Cache-Control", "no-cache").send(`
-const openStructures = new Set();
-
-self.addEventListener("install", (event) => event.waitUntil(self.skipWaiting()));
-self.addEventListener("activate", (event) => event.waitUntil(self.clients.claim()));
-
-self.addEventListener("message", (event) => {
-  const data = event.data || {};
-  if (data.type !== "bliss:visibility" || !data.structureId) return;
-  const id = String(data.structureId);
-  if (data.state === "open") {
-    openStructures.add(id);
-    self.registration.getNotifications({ tag: "bliss:" + id }).then((items) => items.forEach((n) => n.close()));
-  } else {
-    openStructures.delete(id);
-  }
-});
-
-self.addEventListener("push", (event) => {
-  let data = {};
-  try { data = event.data ? event.data.json() : {}; } catch (_) {}
-  const structureId = String(data.structureId || "");
-  if (structureId && openStructures.has(structureId)) return;
-  event.waitUntil(self.registration.showNotification(data.title || "Bliss", {
-    body: data.body || "",
-    tag: structureId ? "bliss:" + structureId : "bliss",
-    data: { url: data.url || "/" },
-  }));
-});
-
-self.addEventListener("notificationclick", (event) => {
-  event.notification.close();
-  const target = event.notification.data && event.notification.data.url || "/";
-  event.waitUntil(clients.matchAll({ type: "window", includeUncontrolled: true }).then((items) => {
-    for (const client of items) {
-      try {
-        const url = new URL(client.url);
-        if (url.pathname === target && "focus" in client) return client.focus();
-      } catch (_) {}
-    }
-    if (clients.openWindow) return clients.openWindow(target);
-  }));
-});
-`);
-});
-
 // _     _  _______  ______    ___   _  _______  __   __  _______  _______
 // | | _ | ||       ||    _ |  |   | | ||       ||  | |  ||       ||       |
 // | || || ||   _   ||   | ||  |   |_| ||  _____||  |_|  ||   _   ||    _  |
@@ -671,7 +467,6 @@ function headChrome(headInjection) {
         <script src="/js/htmx.js"></script>
         <script src="/js/ace/ace.js"></script>
         <script src="https://unpkg.com/htmx.org@1.9.12/dist/ext/ws.js"></script>
-        <script src="/js/bliss.js"></script>
         <script src="/js/bliss_inspector.js"></script>
         <script>
           tailwind.config = {
@@ -1324,11 +1119,6 @@ app.all("*", async (req, res) => {
       // Deliberately NOT the raw session/user object — just {id, username} —
       // so structures can greet whoever is logged in without exposing internals.
       req.currentUser = currentUserFor(req);
-      req.user = req.currentUser;
-      req.notifications = makeNotifications(
-        route.structure_id,
-        req.session.userId,
-      );
 
       const structure = model.getStructure(route.structure_id);
 
@@ -1338,7 +1128,7 @@ app.all("*", async (req, res) => {
         let context = bootstrapContext(
           route.structure_id,
           route.id,
-          { req, res, eta, notifications: req.notifications },
+          { req, res, eta },
           req.session.userId,
         );
 
diff --git a/migrations/007_add_notifications.sql b/migrations/007_add_notifications.sql
deleted file mode 100644
index c24462f..0000000
--- a/migrations/007_add_notifications.sql
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
--- Kernel-owned web-push subscriptions. A subscription is always scoped to the
--- structure that registered it, and send-time fanout re-checks structure
--- visibility before delivery.
-CREATE TABLE notification_subscriptions (
-    id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT,
-    structure_id INTEGER NOT NULL,
-    user_id INTEGER NOT NULL,
-    endpoint TEXT NOT NULL,
-    client_id TEXT,
-    subscription TEXT NOT NULL,
-    content_encoding TEXT,
-    created_at TIMESTAMP DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP,
-    updated_at TIMESTAMP DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP,
-    FOREIGN KEY(structure_id) REFERENCES structures(id),
-    FOREIGN KEY(user_id) REFERENCES users(id),
-    UNIQUE(structure_id, endpoint)
-);
-
-CREATE INDEX idx_notification_subscriptions_structure
-    ON notification_subscriptions (structure_id, user_id);
diff --git a/public/js/bliss.js b/public/js/bliss.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 3442d3c..0000000
--- a/public/js/bliss.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,130 +0,0 @@
-(function () {
-  if (window.Bliss) return;
-
-  function pageStructureId() {
-    return (
-      document.body?.dataset?.blissStructureId ||
-      document.querySelector("[data-bliss-structure-id]")?.dataset
-        ?.blissStructureId ||
-      null
-    );
-  }
-
-  function clientId() {
-    const key = "bliss:client_id";
-    let id = localStorage.getItem(key);
-    if (!id) {
-      id =
-        crypto.randomUUID?.() ||
-        String(Date.now()) + "-" + Math.random().toString(36).slice(2);
-      localStorage.setItem(key, id);
-    }
-    return id;
-  }
-
-  function b64ToU8(s) {
-    const pad = "=".repeat((4 - (s.length % 4)) % 4);
-    const raw = atob((s + pad).replace(/-/g, "+").replace(/_/g, "/"));
-    const a = new Uint8Array(raw.length);
-    for (let i = 0; i < raw.length; i++) a[i] = raw.charCodeAt(i);
-    return a;
-  }
-
-  async function registration() {
-    if (!("serviceWorker" in navigator)) {
-      throw new Error("Service workers are not supported here.");
-    }
-    return navigator.serviceWorker.register("/_bliss/notification-sw.js");
-  }
-
-  async function postVisibility(state) {
-    if (!("serviceWorker" in navigator)) return;
-    const reg = await registration().catch(() => null);
-    reg?.active?.postMessage({
-      type: "bliss:visibility",
-      state,
-      structureId: pageStructureId(),
-    });
-  }
-
-  document.addEventListener("visibilitychange", () => {
-    postVisibility(document.visibilityState === "visible" ? "open" : "closed");
-  });
-  if (document.readyState === "loading") {
-    document.addEventListener(
-      "DOMContentLoaded",
-      () => postVisibility("open"),
-      {
-        once: true,
-      },
-    );
-  } else {
-    postVisibility("open");
-  }
-
-  window.Bliss = {
-    structureId: pageStructureId,
-    clientId,
-    notifications: {
-      supported() {
-        return (
-          "serviceWorker" in navigator &&
-          "PushManager" in window &&
-          "Notification" in window
-        );
-      },
-      permission() {
-        return "Notification" in window ? Notification.permission : "denied";
-      },
-      async register(options = {}) {
-        const structureId = options.structureId || pageStructureId();
-        if (!structureId) throw new Error("No Bliss structure is active.");
-        if (!this.supported()) {
-          throw new Error("Push notifications are not supported here.");
-        }
-
-        const reg = await registration();
-        if (Notification.permission !== "granted") {
-          const permission = await Notification.requestPermission();
-          if (permission !== "granted") {
-            throw new Error("Notification permission was not granted.");
-          }
-        }
-
-        const vapidResponse = await fetch("/_bliss/notifications/key");
-        if (!vapidResponse.ok) {
-          throw new Error("Could not load notification key.");
-        }
-        const { publicKey } = await vapidResponse.json();
-        const sub =
-          (await reg.pushManager.getSubscription()) ||
-          (await reg.pushManager.subscribe({
-            userVisibleOnly: true,
-            applicationServerKey: b64ToU8(publicKey),
-          }));
-
-        const ua =
-          String(navigator.userAgent || "") +
-          " " +
-          String(navigator.platform || "");
-        const isKaiOS = /kaios/i.test(ua) || !!navigator.b2g;
-        const response = await fetch("/_bliss/notifications/subscribe", {
-          method: "POST",
-          headers: { "Content-Type": "application/json" },
-          body: JSON.stringify({
-            structure_id: structureId,
-            client_id: clientId(),
-            subscription: sub,
-            content_encoding: isKaiOS ? "aesgcm" : "aes128gcm",
-          }),
-        });
-        if (!response.ok) {
-          const detail = await response.text().catch(() => "");
-          throw new Error(detail || "Could not register notifications.");
-        }
-        await postVisibility("open");
-        return true;
-      },
-    },
-  };
-})();