diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index fe83fa310..95c502729 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@
             "node_modules/(?!(@wagmi|wagmi|viem|@viem|@walletconnect|@justaname\\.id|@zerodev|permissionless)/)"
         ],
         "moduleNameMapper": {
-            "\\.(svg|png|jpg|jpeg|gif|webp)$": "jest-transform-stub",
+            "\\.(svg|png|jpg|jpeg|gif|webp)$": "<rootDir>/src/utils/__mocks__/static-image.ts",
             "^@/config/wagmi\\.config$": "<rootDir>/src/utils/__mocks__/wagmi-config.ts",
             "^wagmi/chains$": "<rootDir>/src/utils/__mocks__/wagmi.ts",
             "^@justaname\\.id/react$": "<rootDir>/src/utils/__mocks__/justaname.ts",
diff --git a/src/app/[...recipient]/error.tsx b/src/app/[...recipient]/error.tsx
index b9e261f5f..e2157ebba 100644
--- a/src/app/[...recipient]/error.tsx
+++ b/src/app/[...recipient]/error.tsx
@@ -1,14 +1,12 @@
 'use client'
 
 import { useEffect } from 'react'
-import { useRouter } from 'next/navigation'
 import { useModalsContext } from '@/context/ModalsContext'
 import { Button } from '@/components/0_Bruddle/Button'
 import { Card } from '@/components/0_Bruddle/Card'
 import { recoverFromChunkError } from '@/utils/chunk-error-recovery'
 
 export default function PaymentError({ error, reset }: { error: Error & { digest?: string }; reset: () => void }) {
-    const router = useRouter()
     const { setIsSupportModalOpen } = useModalsContext()
 
     useEffect(() => {
diff --git a/src/components/Badges/__tests__/badge.utils.test.ts b/src/components/Badges/__tests__/badge.utils.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a0e6c3f35
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/Badges/__tests__/badge.utils.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+import { BADGES, getBadgeIcon } from '../badge.utils'
+
+describe('getBadgeIcon', () => {
+    it('returns the badge path for known codes', () => {
+        expect(getBadgeIcon('WAITLIST_SKIP')).toBe(BADGES.WAITLIST_SKIP.path)
+    })
+
+    it('falls back to a string URL for unknown codes (raw <img src> consumers)', () => {
+        // Unknown codes happen in prod when the FE BADGES map drops a code the BE
+        // still awards (the recurring badge-registry silent-drop incident). The
+        // fallback must unwrap StaticImageData.src — never leak the object.
+        expect(typeof getBadgeIcon('NOT_A_REAL_BADGE')).toBe('string')
+        expect(getBadgeIcon('NOT_A_REAL_BADGE')).toBeTruthy()
+        expect(getBadgeIcon(undefined)).toBe(getBadgeIcon('NOT_A_REAL_BADGE'))
+    })
+})
diff --git a/src/components/Badges/badge.utils.ts b/src/components/Badges/badge.utils.ts
index e8fcaa698..ac830689a 100644
--- a/src/components/Badges/badge.utils.ts
+++ b/src/components/Badges/badge.utils.ts
@@ -195,8 +195,10 @@ export const BADGES: Record<string, BadgeMeta> = {
  *  list. Used by /dev/share-builder + /dev/debug for iteration. */
 export const BADGE_CODES: readonly string[] = Object.keys(BADGES)
 
-export function getBadgeIcon(code?: string) {
-    return (code && BADGES[code]?.path) || PEANUTMAN_LOGO
+export function getBadgeIcon(code?: string): string {
+    // .src: the svg import is StaticImageData (typed `any` by the module shim, so the
+    // annotation alone can't enforce this) — raw <img src> consumers need a string URL.
+    return (code && BADGES[code]?.path) || PEANUTMAN_LOGO.src
 }
 
 // returns the public-facing description for a badge code (third-person perspective)
diff --git a/src/components/Jobs/index.tsx b/src/components/Jobs/index.tsx
index 6407a3f8d..6282063ae 100644
--- a/src/components/Jobs/index.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Jobs/index.tsx
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ export function Careers() {
     return (
         <div className="flex h-full flex-col-reverse items-center justify-center lg:flex-row">
             <div className="w-4/5 md:w-1/2">
-                <img src={PeanutTooCool.src} className="h-full w-auto md:h-fit md:w-fit" />
+                <img src={PeanutTooCool.src} alt="" className="h-full w-auto md:h-fit md:w-fit" />
             </div>
             <div>
                 <div className="font-display text-xl lg:text-3xl">{'<'} Hey there! Want to work at Peanut?</div>
diff --git a/src/components/Profile/views/UnlockedRegions.view.tsx b/src/components/Profile/views/UnlockedRegions.view.tsx
index f0e99017d..99e12708f 100644
--- a/src/components/Profile/views/UnlockedRegions.view.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Profile/views/UnlockedRegions.view.tsx
@@ -117,7 +117,10 @@ const UnlockedRegions = () => {
         !!selectedRegion &&
         clickedRegionProvider !== null &&
         isSumsubApproved &&
-        (providerRejectionForRegion.state === 'fixable' || providerRejectionForRegion.state === 'blocked')
+        // Any non-happy state has a dedicated rendering in the ActionModal below.
+        // Derive from !== 'happy' so a new ProviderRejectionState member can't
+        // silently miss this gate again (restart-identity did exactly that).
+        providerRejectionForRegion.state !== 'happy'
     const modalVariant = hasProviderRejectionForRegion ? ('provider_rejection' as const) : baseModalVariant
 
     const handleFinalKycSuccess = useCallback(() => {
diff --git a/src/utils/__mocks__/static-image.ts b/src/utils/__mocks__/static-image.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..364252b7e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/utils/__mocks__/static-image.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+// Jest stand-in for Next.js static asset imports (svg/png/jpg/gif/webp).
+// Next yields StaticImageData ({ src, width, height, ... }), but the previous
+// jest-transform-stub flattened imports to a bare string — so any code reading
+// `.src` (the prod pattern, e.g. getBadgeIcon's fallback) tested against
+// fiction. Mirror the real shape so tests and prod agree.
+const staticImageStub = {
+    src: '/test-file-stub',
+    height: 1,
+    width: 1,
+    blurDataURL: '/test-file-stub',
+}
+
+export default staticImageStub