diff --git a/docs/DEVELOPMENT_LOG.md b/docs/DEVELOPMENT_LOG.md
index 7085500..8f6f9ad 100644
--- a/docs/DEVELOPMENT_LOG.md
+++ b/docs/DEVELOPMENT_LOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,47 @@ This log is written for both human developers and future coding agents. Keep ent
 short, dated, and implementation-oriented so the next contributor can understand what
 changed, why it changed, how it was checked, and what remains open.
 
+## 2026-06-17 / Bing Metadata Image Crawlability
+
+### Goals
+
+- Improve Bing/search-engine result presentation signals without changing
+  visible page design, product behavior, or customer-facing copy.
+- Ensure Open Graph, Twitter, and JSON-LD logo/image URLs are fetchable by
+  crawlers that do not send a page Referer.
+
+### Changes
+
+- Added `mediaMetadataUrl()` for search metadata images. It keeps visible page
+  imagery on direct OSS/CDN URLs, while routing metadata and structured-data
+  images through the site-owned `/api/media` endpoint.
+- Enabled `/api/media` in production with safe bucket-relative path validation,
+  a stable `https://mist-arch.com/` OSS Referer, and public cache headers.
+- Updated Open Graph, Twitter, Organization JSON-LD, and project JSON-LD image
+  URLs to use crawler-fetchable site URLs.
+- Added explicit `index, follow` page robots metadata.
+- Updated `robots.txt` to allow `/api/media` while keeping the broader `/api/`
+  path disallowed.
+- Added Playwright coverage for metadata image URLs, `/api/media` image fetch,
+  JSON-LD logo URL, and robots rules.
+- Allowed local Playwright runs to use `PLAYWRIGHT_PORT` so tests can run
+  without stopping unrelated local services on port `3000`.
+- Updated `docs/SEO.md` and `docs/IMAGE_PIPELINE.md` with the metadata-image
+  proxy behavior.
+
+### Verification
+
+- `npm run typecheck`: passed.
+- `npm run lint`: passed.
+- `npm run build`: passed.
+- `PLAYWRIGHT_PORT=3005 npm run test:e2e`: passed, 9 Chromium tests.
+- `git diff --check`: passed.
+
+### Deployment
+
+- No merge, preview deploy, production deploy, Bing Webmaster action, or
+  production credential/account operation was performed.
+
 ## 2026-06-06 / Bing URL Inspection Follow-up
 
 ### Goals
diff --git a/docs/IMAGE_PIPELINE.md b/docs/IMAGE_PIPELINE.md
index 6e6b70d..6baa1f3 100644
--- a/docs/IMAGE_PIPELINE.md
+++ b/docs/IMAGE_PIPELINE.md
@@ -250,6 +250,12 @@ production builds still emit direct OSS/CDN URLs. Set
 `NEXT_PUBLIC_DISABLE_MEDIA_PROXY=1` to bypass the local proxy when
 testing bucket Referer behavior directly.
 
+Search metadata is the exception. `mediaMetadataUrl()` returns a site-owned
+`/api/media?...` URL for Open Graph, Twitter, and JSON-LD images so crawlers
+that fetch images without a page Referer can retrieve OSS assets. This does
+not change visible page imagery; browser-facing `<picture>` and `<img>`
+sources should continue to use `mediaUrl()` / `pictureSet()`.
+
 ---
 
 ## 7. Adding a new image
diff --git a/docs/SEO.md b/docs/SEO.md
index 570e519..ac1db8b 100644
--- a/docs/SEO.md
+++ b/docs/SEO.md
@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@ That helper generates:
 - localized alternates
 - Open Graph metadata
 - Twitter card metadata
+- search-crawler-safe metadata image URLs
 
 Description guidance:
 
@@ -130,6 +131,18 @@ zh: 岚·建筑设计是由程博、李博创立的建筑事务所，专注建
 en: MIST Architects is a Shenzhen architecture studio working across cultural spaces, interiors, adaptive reuse, and public architecture.
 ```
 
+### Metadata images
+
+Visible page imagery still resolves through `mediaUrl()` and is served directly
+from OSS or the future CDN. Search metadata is different: Open Graph, Twitter,
+and JSON-LD image/logo URLs should use the site-owned `/api/media` proxy via
+`mediaMetadataUrl()` so crawlers that fetch without a page Referer can retrieve
+the assets.
+
+Reason: the OSS bucket has Referer protection enabled. Direct no-Referer GETs
+to OSS return `403`, which can prevent Bing and other search engines from
+fetching the logo or social preview images even when the page HTML is correct.
+
 ## 5. Canonical and hreflang
 
 Localized canonical URLs are generated with:
@@ -218,11 +231,15 @@ When adding new images:
 
 ```text
 Allow: /
+Allow: /api/media
 Disallow: /api/
 Sitemap: https://mist-arch.com/sitemap.xml
 Host: https://mist-arch.com
 ```
 
+The `/api/media` allow rule is intentional. Metadata images use this endpoint,
+while the broader `/api/` path remains blocked from indexing.
+
 `src/app/sitemap.ts` generates localized entries for:
 
 - home
diff --git a/playwright.config.ts b/playwright.config.ts
index efd8c7b..dfcc691 100644
--- a/playwright.config.ts
+++ b/playwright.config.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 import { defineConfig, devices } from "@playwright/test";
 
 const isCi = Boolean(process.env.CI);
+const port = process.env.PLAYWRIGHT_PORT ?? "3000";
+const baseURL = `http://127.0.0.1:${port}`;
 
 export default defineConfig({
   testDir: "./tests/e2e",
@@ -8,12 +10,12 @@ export default defineConfig({
   workers: 1,
   reporter: [["list"]],
   use: {
-    baseURL: "http://127.0.0.1:3000",
+    baseURL,
     trace: "on-first-retry"
   },
   webServer: {
-    command: isCi ? "npm run start:standalone" : "npm run dev -- --hostname 127.0.0.1 --port 3000",
-    url: "http://127.0.0.1:3000/zh",
+    command: isCi ? "npm run start:standalone" : `npm run dev -- --hostname 127.0.0.1 --port ${port}`,
+    url: `${baseURL}/zh`,
     reuseExistingServer: !isCi,
     timeout: 120_000
   },
diff --git a/src/app/[locale]/layout.tsx b/src/app/[locale]/layout.tsx
index 46114a2..71c3079 100644
--- a/src/app/[locale]/layout.tsx
+++ b/src/app/[locale]/layout.tsx
@@ -32,6 +32,10 @@ export const metadata: Metadata = {
   creator: "MIST Architects",
   publisher: "MIST Architects",
   category: "architecture",
+  robots: {
+    index: true,
+    follow: true
+  },
   formatDetection: {
     telephone: false,
     email: false,
diff --git a/src/app/api/media/route.ts b/src/app/api/media/route.ts
index 216d6af..cb65578 100644
--- a/src/app/api/media/route.ts
+++ b/src/app/api/media/route.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { NextRequest } from "next/server";
 
 const MEDIA_BASE = "https://mist-architects-media.oss-cn-shenzhen.aliyuncs.com";
-const DEV_REFERER = "http://127.0.0.1:3000/";
+const OSS_REFERER = "https://mist-arch.com/";
 
 function encodePath(path: string): string {
   return path
@@ -23,10 +23,6 @@ function isSafeMediaPath(path: string): boolean {
 }
 
 export async function GET(request: NextRequest) {
-  if (process.env.NODE_ENV !== "development") {
-    return new Response("Not found", { status: 404 });
-  }
-
   const path = request.nextUrl.searchParams.get("path") || "";
   const ossProcess = request.nextUrl.searchParams.get("process");
 
@@ -41,7 +37,7 @@ export async function GET(request: NextRequest) {
 
   const upstream = await fetch(source, {
     headers: {
-      Referer: DEV_REFERER
+      Referer: OSS_REFERER
     }
   });
 
@@ -60,7 +56,7 @@ export async function GET(request: NextRequest) {
   const contentLength = upstream.headers.get("content-length");
   if (contentType) headers.set("content-type", contentType);
   if (contentLength) headers.set("content-length", contentLength);
-  headers.set("cache-control", "public, max-age=86400");
+  headers.set("cache-control", "public, max-age=604800, stale-while-revalidate=86400");
 
   return new Response(upstream.body, {
     status: upstream.status,
diff --git a/src/app/robots.ts b/src/app/robots.ts
index 362fbce..82fd5b9 100644
--- a/src/app/robots.ts
+++ b/src/app/robots.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ export default function robots(): MetadataRoute.Robots {
   return {
     rules: {
       userAgent: "*",
-      allow: "/",
+      allow: ["/", "/api/media"],
       disallow: ["/api/"]
     },
     sitemap: `${siteOrigin}/sitemap.xml`,
diff --git a/src/lib/media.ts b/src/lib/media.ts
index 6b17f87..40a6cd0 100644
--- a/src/lib/media.ts
+++ b/src/lib/media.ts
@@ -264,6 +264,53 @@ export function mediaUrl(path: string, opts: ProcessOptions = {}): string {
   return process ? `${url}?x-oss-process=${process}` : url;
 }
 
+function mediaProxyPath(path: string, process: string | null) {
+  const params = new URLSearchParams({ path });
+  if (process) {
+    params.set("process", process);
+  }
+  return `/api/media?${params.toString()}`;
+}
+
+function proxiedOssUrl(url: string) {
+  try {
+    const parsed = new URL(url);
+    const mediaBase = new URL(MEDIA_BASE);
+
+    if (parsed.origin !== mediaBase.origin) {
+      return null;
+    }
+
+    const path = decodeURIComponent(parsed.pathname.replace(/^\/+/, ""));
+    return mediaProxyPath(path, parsed.searchParams.get("x-oss-process"));
+  } catch {
+    return null;
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Resolve a bucket-relative path or existing OSS URL to the site's media proxy.
+ *
+ * Use this for metadata/structured-data image URLs that search engines fetch
+ * without a page Referer. Visible page imagery should keep using `mediaUrl()`
+ * so browser delivery continues to go directly through OSS/CDN.
+ */
+export function mediaMetadataUrl(path: string, opts: ProcessOptions = {}): string {
+  if (!path || path.startsWith("data:")) {
+    return path;
+  }
+
+  if (path.startsWith("/api/media?")) {
+    return path;
+  }
+
+  if (/^https?:\/\//i.test(path)) {
+    return proxiedOssUrl(path) ?? path;
+  }
+
+  return mediaProxyPath(path, buildOssProcess(opts));
+}
+
 /**
  * Build a `srcset` string for a single (path, format, quality)
  * combination across a width ladder.
diff --git a/src/lib/seo.ts b/src/lib/seo.ts
index f01a7b8..30f7f03 100644
--- a/src/lib/seo.ts
+++ b/src/lib/seo.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import type { Metadata } from "next";
 
 import { about, type Project } from "@/content/site";
 import { defaultLocale, locales, otherLocale, type Locale, withLocale } from "@/lib/i18n";
-import { mediaUrl } from "@/lib/media";
+import { mediaMetadataUrl, mediaUrl } from "@/lib/media";
 
 const DEFAULT_SITE_ORIGIN = "https://mist-arch.com";
 
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ export function buildPageMetadata({
 }: PageMetadataInput): Metadata {
   const canonical = localizedSiteUrl(locale, path);
   const fullTitle = formatTitle(title);
-  const imageUrl = absoluteUrl(image);
+  const imageUrl = absoluteUrl(mediaMetadataUrl(image));
   const pageKeywords = Array.from(new Set([...siteKeywords[locale], ...keywords]));
 
   return {
@@ -167,8 +167,8 @@ export function organizationJsonLd(locale: Locale) {
       wechatSeoContact.publicAccount[locale]
     ],
     url: localizedSiteUrl(locale),
-    logo: absoluteUrl(mediaUrl("LOGO/logo.png", { quality: "raw" })),
-    image: absoluteUrl(mediaUrl(about.heroImage, { width: 1920, quality: "std" })),
+    logo: absoluteUrl(mediaMetadataUrl("LOGO/logo.png", { quality: "raw" })),
+    image: absoluteUrl(mediaMetadataUrl(about.heroImage, { width: 1920, quality: "std" })),
     description: siteDescription[locale],
     email: "info@mist-arch.com",
     telephone: "+86 186 1303 3310",
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ export function projectJsonLd(locale: Locale, project: Project) {
     headline: project.title[locale],
     description: project.dek[locale],
     url: localizedSiteUrl(locale, `/projects/${project.slug}`),
-    image: absoluteUrl(project.heroImage),
+    image: absoluteUrl(mediaMetadataUrl(project.heroImage)),
     creator: {
       "@id": `${siteOrigin}/#organization`
     },
diff --git a/tests/e2e/home.spec.ts b/tests/e2e/home.spec.ts
index 1a6fea8..f940af7 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/home.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/e2e/home.spec.ts
@@ -39,6 +39,34 @@ test.describe("localized homepage", () => {
       "alt",
       /MIST Architects project photograph/
     );
+
+    const ogImage = page.locator('meta[property="og:image"]');
+    await expect(ogImage).toHaveAttribute("content", /^https:\/\/mist-arch\.com\/api\/media\?/);
+
+    const ogImageUrl = new URL((await ogImage.getAttribute("content")) ?? "");
+    expect(ogImageUrl.searchParams.get("path")).toContain("home/horizontal/");
+    expect(ogImageUrl.searchParams.get("process")).toContain("image/resize");
+
+    const twitterImage = page.locator('meta[name="twitter:image"]');
+    await expect(twitterImage).toHaveAttribute("content", ogImageUrl.toString());
+
+    await expect(page.locator('meta[name="robots"]')).toHaveAttribute("content", "index, follow");
+
+    const localImageResponse = await page.request.get(`${ogImageUrl.pathname}${ogImageUrl.search}`);
+    expect(localImageResponse.ok()).toBe(true);
+    expect(localImageResponse.headers()["content-type"]).toContain("image/");
+  });
+});
+
+test.describe("search crawler access", () => {
+  test("robots allows metadata media while keeping the API blocked", async ({ page }) => {
+    const response = await page.request.get("/robots.txt");
+    expect(response.ok()).toBe(true);
+
+    const robots = await response.text();
+    expect(robots).toContain("Allow: /api/media");
+    expect(robots).toContain("Disallow: /api/");
+    expect(robots).toContain("Sitemap: https://mist-arch.com/sitemap.xml");
   });
 });
 
@@ -65,6 +93,7 @@ test.describe("about contact interactions", () => {
     expect(structuredData).toContain("ContactPage");
     expect(structuredData).toContain("MIST Architects WeChat public account MIST-ARCH QR code");
     expect(structuredData).toContain("/20260531-191007.jpeg");
+    expect(structuredData).toContain("https://mist-arch.com/api/media?path=LOGO%2Flogo.png");
 
     await page.getByRole("button", { name: "MIST-ARCH (岚建筑设计)" }).click();