diff --git a/internal/api/viewdedupe_test.go b/internal/api/viewdedupe_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ddc7dde
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+++ b/internal/api/viewdedupe_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,121 @@
+package api
+
+import (
+	"net/http"
+	"net/http/httptest"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"palette/internal/store"
+)
+
+// #95: HTML paste views dedupe per viewer (vwr cookie) within the burn viewer
+// window, reusing the paste_views table. Repeated views by the same viewer do
+// not inflate view_count; a different viewer counts.
+func TestHTMLViewsDedupedPerViewer(t *testing.T) {
+	s := testServer(t)
+	h := s.routes()
+
+	req := httptest.NewRequest("POST", "/api/pastes", strings.NewReader(`{"content":"vd"}`))
+	rec := httptest.NewRecorder()
+	h.ServeHTTP(rec, req)
+	id := jsonField(t, rec.Body.String(), "id")
+
+	view := func(vwr string) {
+		req := httptest.NewRequest("GET", "/"+id, nil)
+		if vwr != "" {
+			req.AddCookie(&http.Cookie{Name: "vwr", Value: vwr})
+		}
+		rec := httptest.NewRecorder()
+		h.ServeHTTP(rec, req)
+		if rec.Code != 200 {
+			t.Fatalf("view: got %d", rec.Code)
+		}
+	}
+	count := func() string {
+		req := httptest.NewRequest("GET", "/api/pastes/"+id, nil)
+		rec := httptest.NewRecorder()
+		h.ServeHTTP(rec, req)
+		return rec.Body.String()
+	}
+
+	// same viewer (same cookie) renders twice: still 1 view
+	view("v-a")
+	view("v-a")
+	if got := count(); !strings.Contains(got, `"view_count":1`) {
+		t.Fatalf("expected view_count 1 after duplicate viewer views, got: %s", got)
+	}
+	// a different viewer counts
+	view("v-b")
+	if got := count(); !strings.Contains(got, `"view_count":2`) {
+		t.Fatalf("expected view_count 2 after second viewer, got: %s", got)
+	}
+	// viewer without cookie counts every time (plain API clients, #49 decision)
+	view("")
+	view("")
+	if got := count(); !strings.Contains(got, `"view_count":4`) {
+		t.Fatalf("expected view_count 4 after uncoookied views, got: %s", got)
+	}
+}
+
+// #95: raw views always count, even from a cookie-holding viewer (#49 decision).
+func TestRawViewsAlwaysCount(t *testing.T) {
+	s := testServer(t)
+	h := s.routes()
+
+	req := httptest.NewRequest("POST", "/api/pastes", strings.NewReader(`{"content":"rv"}`))
+	rec := httptest.NewRecorder()
+	h.ServeHTTP(rec, req)
+	id := jsonField(t, rec.Body.String(), "id")
+
+	for i := 0; i < 3; i++ {
+		req := httptest.NewRequest("GET", "/raw/"+id, nil)
+		req.AddCookie(&http.Cookie{Name: "vwr", Value: "same-viewer"})
+		rec := httptest.NewRecorder()
+		h.ServeHTTP(rec, req)
+		if rec.Code != 200 {
+			t.Fatalf("raw view: got %d", rec.Code)
+		}
+	}
+	req = httptest.NewRequest("GET", "/api/pastes/"+id, nil)
+	rec = httptest.NewRecorder()
+	h.ServeHTTP(rec, req)
+	if got := rec.Body.String(); !strings.Contains(got, `"view_count":3`) {
+		t.Fatalf("expected view_count 3 after 3 raw views by one viewer, got: %s", got)
+	}
+}
+
+// #95: after the dedupe window passes, the same viewer counts again.
+func TestViewDedupeWindowExpires(t *testing.T) {
+	s := testServer(t)
+	h := s.routes()
+
+	req := httptest.NewRequest("POST", "/api/pastes", strings.NewReader(`{"content":"we"}`))
+	rec := httptest.NewRecorder()
+	h.ServeHTTP(rec, req)
+	id := jsonField(t, rec.Body.String(), "id")
+
+	view := func() {
+		req := httptest.NewRequest("GET", "/"+id, nil)
+		req.AddCookie(&http.Cookie{Name: "vwr", Value: "v-w"})
+		rec := httptest.NewRecorder()
+		h.ServeHTTP(rec, req)
+		if rec.Code != 200 {
+			t.Fatalf("view: got %d", rec.Code)
+		}
+	}
+	view()
+	view()
+	// jump past the 15-minute window
+	realNow := store.TimeNow
+	store.TimeNow = func() time.Time { return realNow().Add(16 * time.Minute) }
+	defer func() { store.TimeNow = realNow }()
+	view()
+	req = httptest.NewRequest("GET", "/api/pastes/"+id, nil)
+	rec = httptest.NewRecorder()
+	h.ServeHTTP(rec, req)
+	if got := rec.Body.String(); !strings.Contains(got, `"view_count":2`) {
+		t.Fatalf("expected view_count 2 after window expiry, got: %s", got)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/internal/web/version.go b/internal/web/version.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..67931a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/web/version.go
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+package web
+
+// Version is the display version, set at build time via
+// -ldflags "-X palette/internal/web.Version=v0.2.1" (#93). Falls back to
+// "dev" for bare `go build` runs.
+var Version = "dev"