diff --git a/internal/check-retry-fetch.mjs b/internal/check-retry-fetch.mjs
index 57c1b5843..b89d8d52c 100644
--- a/internal/check-retry-fetch.mjs
+++ b/internal/check-retry-fetch.mjs
@@ -67,16 +67,27 @@ const realFetch = globalThis.fetch
 globalThis.fetch = realFetch
 
 // ── and the shared data paths actually use it ────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+// ★ ONE SITE IS DELIBERATELY EXEMPT AND IS NAMED, not silently skipped. usePosterPrints probes for an
+// OPTIONAL pre-rendered .webp and falls through to generating the poster when it is absent — a miss is
+// the expected path, so retrying would delay the fallback for an asset that is legitimately not there.
+// Everything else in that file, and every other runtime request, must retry.
+const EXEMPT = new Map([['library/composables/usePosterPrints.js', 1]])
 for (const rel of [
   'library/composables/useMapLayers.js',
   'library/composables/useCountryOutline.js',
   'library/lists/peopleGroupList.js',
   'library/composables/usePrayerStatistics.js',
+  'library/composables/usePosterPrints.js',
+  'library/composables/useSharedMapToken.js',
+  'library/composables/useCsvExport.js',
+  'library/components/PeopleGroupDetail.vue',
 ]) {
   const src = readFileSync(join(ROOT, rel), 'utf8').replace(/\/\*[\s\S]*?\*\//g, '').replace(/^\s*\/\/.*$/gm, '')
-  if (/(?<![A-Za-z.])fetch\s*\(/.test(src)) {
-    fails.push(`${rel} still calls bare fetch() for a runtime request — a transport blip there leaves the\n`
-      + '      feature silently absent. Use retryFetch().')
+  const bare = (src.match(/(?<![A-Za-z.])fetch\s*\(/g) || []).length
+  const allowed = EXEMPT.get(rel) || 0
+  if (bare > allowed) {
+    fails.push(`${rel} has ${bare} bare fetch() call(s) for a runtime request, ${allowed} allowed — a transport\n`
+      + '      blip there leaves the feature silently absent. Use retryFetch().')
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/library/components/PeopleGroupDetail.vue b/library/components/PeopleGroupDetail.vue
index 611b695b4..62e9e2328 100644
--- a/library/components/PeopleGroupDetail.vue
+++ b/library/components/PeopleGroupDetail.vue
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@
 </template>
 
 <script setup>
+import { retryFetch } from '@map/composables/retryFetch.js'
 import { computed, ref, watch, inject } from 'vue';
 import { markPrayedLocally } from '../composables/usePrayedLocally.js';
 import { useI18n } from 'vue-i18n';
@@ -239,7 +240,7 @@ async function fetchDetail(slugVal) {
     // click and routed to the slow WP origin, making images load 10+ seconds.
     // Live counts (prayer / committed / adopted) come from /list which IS
     // cache-busted in DataSourceManager — so freshness stays intact.
-    const res = await fetch(`${baseUrl}/api/people-groups/detail/${encodeURIComponent(slugVal)}?lang=${encodeURIComponent(locale.value)}`);
+    const res = await retryFetch(`${baseUrl}/api/people-groups/detail/${encodeURIComponent(slugVal)}?lang=${encodeURIComponent(locale.value)}`);
     if (!res.ok) throw new Error(`HTTP ${res.status}`);
     detailData.value = await res.json();
   } catch (err) {
diff --git a/library/composables/useCsvExport.js b/library/composables/useCsvExport.js
index 926bcfdd0..19fae656c 100644
--- a/library/composables/useCsvExport.js
+++ b/library/composables/useCsvExport.js
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
  * The result is cached for the session; if the fetch fails we still export the loaded record
  * (24 fields) rather than producing nothing — degraded, never broken.
  */
+import { retryFetch } from './retryFetch.js'
 import { getApiBaseUrl } from '@map/api/apiBaseUrl.js'
 import { inject } from 'vue'
 import sourcesConfig from '@map/api/sources.json'
@@ -145,7 +146,7 @@ export function useCsvExport({ rowStore, rows, selectionSet, filterSet, FACET_AC
       const bulk = src.endpoints?.bulk || '/api/people-groups/list'
       const lang = src.queryParams?.lang || 'en'
       const url = `${getApiBaseUrl()}${bulk}?fields=${fields.join(',')}&lang=${lang}`
-      const res = await fetch(url, { cache: 'no-store' })
+      const res = await retryFetch(url, { cache: 'no-store' })
       if (!res.ok) throw new Error(`export list HTTP ${res.status}`)
       const json = await res.json()
       // Only the groups of this page's people-group LIST (library/lists/) are exported.
diff --git a/library/composables/usePosterPrints.js b/library/composables/usePosterPrints.js
index d286175e6..e68eb9daf 100644
--- a/library/composables/usePosterPrints.js
+++ b/library/composables/usePosterPrints.js
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 // is the mechanism the Driver asked for by name: "not supposed to open up a new
 // browser, but should open up the print dialog directly in the browser".
 
+import { retryFetch } from './retryFetch.js'
 import { ref } from 'vue';
 import { openPrintFrame } from './printInPlace.js';
 
@@ -112,7 +113,7 @@ export function usePosterPrints(opts = {}) {
       // NO PRE-RENDERED IMAGE? GENERATE IT. The .webp posters are ~41MB across a tree and are
       // not shipped by default; the HTML is the SOURCE and is smaller than the image it makes.
       set(item, kind, 'render', 'generating the poster', 45);
-      const htmlRes = await fetch(`${base}/posters/${id}.html`);
+      const htmlRes = await retryFetch(`${base}/posters/${id}.html`);
       if (!htmlRes.ok) throw new Error(`poster not found (${htmlRes.status})`);
       const { rasterPoster, looksRendered } = await import('@map/packet/poster-raster.js');
       const blob = await rasterPoster(await htmlRes.text(), { scale: 2 });
diff --git a/library/composables/useSharedMapToken.js b/library/composables/useSharedMapToken.js
index 740db34d4..c7c2c55a6 100644
--- a/library/composables/useSharedMapToken.js
+++ b/library/composables/useSharedMapToken.js
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
  * every tile request. It does not widen exposure — it stops a second element on the SAME page from
  * being unable to use what that page was already given. Nothing is persisted or sent anywhere.
  */
+import { retryFetch } from './retryFetch.js'
 import { ref, onBeforeUnmount } from 'vue'
 
 const KEY   = '__doxaMapToken'      // the value, on window, so every bundle sees one copy
@@ -131,7 +132,7 @@ export function fetchMapToken(url) {
   if (typeof window === 'undefined' || !/^https?:\/\//i.test(String(url || ''))) return Promise.resolve('')
   const cache = (window.__doxaMapTokenFetches = window.__doxaMapTokenFetches || {})
   if (cache[url]) return cache[url]
-  const p = fetch(url)
+  const p = retryFetch(url)
     .then((r) => { if (!r.ok) throw new Error('HTTP ' + r.status); return (r.headers.get('content-type') || '').includes('json') ? r.json() : r.text() })
     .then((d) => {
       const tk = String((typeof d === 'string' ? d : d && (d.token || d.tk || d.accessToken)) || '').trim()