diff --git a/packages/server-v2/src/middleware/origin.ts b/packages/server-v2/src/middleware/origin.ts
index 7820010f9..181452a0a 100644
--- a/packages/server-v2/src/middleware/origin.ts
+++ b/packages/server-v2/src/middleware/origin.ts
@@ -78,14 +78,37 @@ export function isOriginAllowed(
   if (oh === undefined) {
     return true;
   }
-  if (host !== undefined && stripPort(oh) === stripPort(host)) {
-    return true;
+  const ohStripped = stripPort(oh);
+  if (host !== undefined) {
+    const hostStripped = stripPort(host);
+    if (ohStripped === hostStripped) {
+      return true;
+    }
+    // Dev-proxy case: a browser hitting a same-machine dev server (e.g. Vite on
+    // `localhost:5175`) whose upstream server is bound to a different loopback
+    // name (e.g. `127.0.0.1:58627`). The two are not string-equal, but both ends
+    // are loopback, so there is no real cross-origin threat — treat as
+    // same-origin so WebSocket upgrades are not rejected with 403.
+    if (isLoopbackHost(ohStripped) && isLoopbackHost(hostStripped)) {
+      return true;
+    }
   }
   // `origin` is defined here (originHost returned a host), so the whitelist
   // match is against the full origin string (scheme + host).
   return allowed.includes(origin as string);
 }
 
+/** Loopback-only host names, mirroring the allowlist in `hostnames.ts`. */
+function isLoopbackHost(h: string): boolean {
+  return (
+    h === 'localhost' ||
+    h === '::1' ||
+    h === '[::1]' ||
+    h.startsWith('127.') ||
+    h.endsWith('.localhost')
+  );
+}
+
 /**
  * Build the Fastify `onRequest` CORS hook.
  *
diff --git a/packages/server-v2/test/origin.test.ts b/packages/server-v2/test/origin.test.ts
index 7a369ba5d..2fac32420 100644
--- a/packages/server-v2/test/origin.test.ts
+++ b/packages/server-v2/test/origin.test.ts
@@ -50,6 +50,26 @@ describe('isOriginAllowed', () => {
   it('treats a malformed origin as absent (allowed)', () => {
     expect(isOriginAllowed('not a url', 'h', [])).toBe(true);
   });
+
+  it('treats localhost origin vs 127.0.0.1 host as same-origin (dev proxy)', () => {
+    expect(isOriginAllowed('http://localhost:5175', '127.0.0.1:58627', [])).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it('treats 127.0.0.1 origin vs localhost host as same-origin', () => {
+    expect(isOriginAllowed('http://127.0.0.1:5175', 'localhost:58627', [])).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it('treats [::1] origin vs localhost host as same-origin (IPv6 loopback)', () => {
+    expect(isOriginAllowed('http://[::1]:5175', 'localhost:58627', [])).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it('still denies a non-loopback cross-origin that is not whitelisted', () => {
+    expect(isOriginAllowed('http://evil.com', 'localhost:80', [])).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it('does not widen to a public host even when the origin is loopback', () => {
+    expect(isOriginAllowed('http://localhost:5175', 'example.com:80', [])).toBe(false);
+  });
 });
 
 describe('parseCorsOrigins', () => {