diff --git a/frontend/angular/src/app/app.routes.ts b/frontend/angular/src/app/app.routes.ts
index e086bb0..b28cb1c 100644
--- a/frontend/angular/src/app/app.routes.ts
+++ b/frontend/angular/src/app/app.routes.ts
@@ -1,28 +1,47 @@
 import { Routes } from '@angular/router';
 
+import {
+  hostRouteContextResolver,
+  hostRouteGuard,
+  playerRouteContextResolver,
+  playerRouteGuard,
+} from './session-route-context';
+
 export const routes: Routes = [
   {
     path: 'host',
+    resolve: { routeContext: hostRouteContextResolver },
+    canActivate: [hostRouteGuard],
     loadComponent: () => import('./features/host/host-shell.component').then((m) => m.HostShellComponent),
   },
   {
     path: 'host/:phase',
+    resolve: { routeContext: hostRouteContextResolver },
+    canActivate: [hostRouteGuard],
     loadComponent: () => import('./features/host/host-shell.component').then((m) => m.HostShellComponent),
   },
   {
     path: 'host/:phase/:context',
+    resolve: { routeContext: hostRouteContextResolver },
+    canActivate: [hostRouteGuard],
     loadComponent: () => import('./features/host/host-shell.component').then((m) => m.HostShellComponent),
   },
   {
     path: 'player',
+    resolve: { routeContext: playerRouteContextResolver },
+    canActivate: [playerRouteGuard],
     loadComponent: () => import('./features/player/player-shell.component').then((m) => m.PlayerShellComponent),
   },
   {
     path: 'player/:phase',
+    resolve: { routeContext: playerRouteContextResolver },
+    canActivate: [playerRouteGuard],
     loadComponent: () => import('./features/player/player-shell.component').then((m) => m.PlayerShellComponent),
   },
   {
     path: 'player/:phase/:context',
+    resolve: { routeContext: playerRouteContextResolver },
+    canActivate: [playerRouteGuard],
     loadComponent: () => import('./features/player/player-shell.component').then((m) => m.PlayerShellComponent),
   },
   { path: '', pathMatch: 'full', redirectTo: 'player' },
diff --git a/frontend/angular/src/app/features/host/host-shell.component.ts b/frontend/angular/src/app/features/host/host-shell.component.ts
index 12f4927..b5f7a9c 100644
--- a/frontend/angular/src/app/features/host/host-shell.component.ts
+++ b/frontend/angular/src/app/features/host/host-shell.component.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { CommonModule } from '@angular/common';
-import { Component } from '@angular/core';
+import { Component, OnInit } from '@angular/core';
 import { FormsModule } from '@angular/forms';
 
 import { createApiClient } from '../../../../../src/api/client';
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ interface LeaderboardResponse {
     </div>
   `,
 })
-export class HostShellComponent {
+export class HostShellComponent implements OnInit {
   sessionCode = '';
   categorySlug = 'general';
   roundQuestionId = '';
@@ -87,6 +87,22 @@ export class HostShellComponent {
 
   private readonly controller = createVerticalSliceController(createApiClient());
 
+  ngOnInit(): void {
+    const hashRoute = window.location.hash.replace(/^#\/?/, '');
+    const match = hashRoute.match(/^host(?:\/[^/]+)?(?:\/([^/?#]+))?/i);
+    const codeFromRoute = match?.[1] ?? '';
+    const storedCode = window.sessionStorage.getItem('wpp.host-session-code') ?? '';
+    const candidate = codeFromRoute || storedCode;
+
+    if (!candidate) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    this.sessionCode = this.normalizeCode(candidate);
+    window.sessionStorage.setItem('wpp.host-session-code', this.sessionCode);
+    void this.refreshSession();
+  }
+
   private normalizeCode(value: string): string {
     return value.trim().toUpperCase();
   }
@@ -123,6 +139,7 @@ export class HostShellComponent {
       }
       this.session = state.session as SessionDetail;
       this.sessionCode = this.session.session.code;
+      window.sessionStorage.setItem('wpp.host-session-code', this.sessionCode);
       this.roundQuestionId = this.session.round_question?.id ? String(this.session.round_question.id) : '';
       if (this.session.session.status !== 'finished') {
         this.resetFinalLeaderboard();
@@ -142,6 +159,7 @@ export class HostShellComponent {
       }
       this.session = state.session as SessionDetail;
       this.sessionCode = this.session.session.code;
+      window.sessionStorage.setItem('wpp.host-session-code', this.sessionCode);
       this.roundQuestionId = this.session.round_question?.id ? String(this.session.round_question.id) : '';
       this.scoreboardPayload = '';
       this.resetFinalLeaderboard();
diff --git a/frontend/angular/src/app/session-route-context.ts b/frontend/angular/src/app/session-route-context.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f0819b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/angular/src/app/session-route-context.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,108 @@
+import { inject } from '@angular/core';
+import { type ActivatedRouteSnapshot, type CanActivateFn, type ResolveFn, Router, type UrlTree } from '@angular/router';
+
+import { createSessionContextStore } from '../../../src/spa/session-context-store';
+
+export interface RouteSessionContext {
+  sessionCode: string | null;
+}
+
+const HOST_STORAGE_KEY = 'wpp.host-session-code';
+
+function normalizeCode(value: string): string {
+  return value.trim().toUpperCase();
+}
+
+function isCodeLike(value: string | null | undefined): value is string {
+  return !!value && /^[A-Za-z0-9]{4,12}$/.test(value.trim());
+}
+
+export function resolveSessionCode(route: ActivatedRouteSnapshot, mode: 'host' | 'player'): string | null {
+  const contextParam = route.paramMap.get('context');
+  const queryCode = route.queryParamMap.get('session');
+
+  if (isCodeLike(contextParam)) {
+    return normalizeCode(contextParam);
+  }
+  if (isCodeLike(queryCode)) {
+    return normalizeCode(queryCode);
+  }
+
+  if (mode === 'player') {
+    const persisted = createSessionContextStore(window.localStorage).get()?.sessionCode;
+    if (isCodeLike(persisted)) {
+      return normalizeCode(persisted);
+    }
+    return null;
+  }
+
+  const stored = window.sessionStorage.getItem(HOST_STORAGE_KEY);
+  if (isCodeLike(stored)) {
+    return normalizeCode(stored);
+  }
+
+  return null;
+}
+
+async function sessionExists(code: string): Promise<boolean> {
+  const response = await fetch(`/lobby/sessions/${encodeURIComponent(code)}`, {
+    method: 'GET',
+    headers: { Accept: 'application/json' },
+    credentials: 'same-origin',
+  });
+
+  return response.ok;
+}
+
+async function requireSessionContext(route: ActivatedRouteSnapshot, mode: 'host' | 'player'): Promise<boolean> {
+  const phase = route.paramMap.get('phase');
+  const code = resolveSessionCode(route, mode);
+
+  if (!phase) {
+    if (mode === 'host' && code) {
+      window.sessionStorage.setItem(HOST_STORAGE_KEY, code);
+    }
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  if (!code) {
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  const ok = await sessionExists(code);
+  if (!ok) {
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  if (mode === 'host') {
+    window.sessionStorage.setItem(HOST_STORAGE_KEY, code);
+  }
+
+  return true;
+}
+
+async function guard(mode: 'host' | 'player', route: ActivatedRouteSnapshot): Promise<boolean | UrlTree> {
+  const router = inject(Router);
+  const allowed = await requireSessionContext(route, mode);
+  if (allowed) {
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  return router.createUrlTree([`/${mode}`]);
+}
+
+export const hostRouteGuard: CanActivateFn = (route) => guard('host', route);
+
+export const playerRouteGuard: CanActivateFn = (route) => guard('player', route);
+
+export const hostRouteContextResolver: ResolveFn<RouteSessionContext> = (route) => {
+  const code = resolveSessionCode(route, 'host');
+  if (code) {
+    window.sessionStorage.setItem(HOST_STORAGE_KEY, code);
+  }
+  return { sessionCode: code };
+};
+
+export const playerRouteContextResolver: ResolveFn<RouteSessionContext> = (route) => ({
+  sessionCode: resolveSessionCode(route, 'player'),
+});