diff --git a/library/Tiger/Form.php b/library/Tiger/Form.php
index 9217958..9fd3c22 100644
--- a/library/Tiger/Form.php
+++ b/library/Tiger/Form.php
@@ -80,7 +80,10 @@ public function init()
         // no session cookie, so it's CSRF-immune by construction and MUST skip the check — see the
         // per-mode design in WEBSERVICES.md §8. The gateway flags token requests via the registry.
         if ($this->csrf() && !(Zend_Registry::isRegistered('tiger.auth.stateless') && Zend_Registry::get('tiger.auth.stateless'))) {
-            $this->addElement('hash', '_csrf', ['salt' => $this->csrfSalt(), 'timeout' => static::CSRF_TIMEOUT]);
+            // Tiger_Form_Element_Hash (not the stock 'hash'): a timeout-lived token instead of Zend's
+            // single-hop one, so a first submit that fails another field doesn't burn the token and leave
+            // the corrected resubmit with "security token expired". See that class + csrfSalt() below.
+            $this->addElement(new Tiger_Form_Element_Hash('_csrf', ['salt' => $this->csrfSalt(), 'timeout' => static::CSRF_TIMEOUT]));
         }
 
         // Declarative schema: [type, name, options].
diff --git a/library/Tiger/Form/Element/Hash.php b/library/Tiger/Form/Element/Hash.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6467847
--- /dev/null
+++ b/library/Tiger/Form/Element/Hash.php
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+<?php
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+// Copyright (c) 2026 WebTigers. Tiger™ and WebTigers™ are trademarks of WebTigers.
+/**
+ * Tiger_Form_Element_Hash — a CSRF token that lives for its full TIMEOUT, not a single request.
+ *
+ * Zend_Form_Element_Hash arms the token with a 1-HOP session expiration, which makes it effectively
+ * single-use: the first submit consumes it, so if that submit fails ANY other field's validation the
+ * corrected resubmit dies with "your security token expired" and the only cure is a full page refresh.
+ * That bit the profile Security / change-password form — correct the flagged field, resubmit, and the
+ * token is already gone.
+ *
+ * Tiger's CSRF design is timeout-based and salt-shared across related endpoints (see
+ * Tiger_Form::csrfSalt / CSRF_TIMEOUT — "the token isn't single-use; it validates until it times out").
+ * So we arm the token on the seconds TTL only and DROP the hop limit: one rendered token stays valid for
+ * CSRF_TIMEOUT within the session, surviving a failed-then-corrected resubmit. Everything else (salt,
+ * session name, hash generation, the CSRF validator) is inherited unchanged.
+ *
+ * @api
+ */
+class Tiger_Form_Element_Hash extends Zend_Form_Element_Hash
+{
+    /**
+     * Arm the CSRF token for its timeout WITHOUT the single-hop expiration Zend applies.
+     *
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function initCsrfToken()
+    {
+        $session = $this->getSession();
+        $session->setExpirationSeconds($this->getTimeout());
+        $session->hash = $this->getHash();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/Unit/Form/HashElementTest.php b/tests/Unit/Form/HashElementTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6995a36
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Unit/Form/HashElementTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+<?php
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+// Copyright (c) 2026 WebTigers. Tiger™ and WebTigers™ are trademarks of WebTigers.
+
+namespace Tiger\Tests\Unit\Form;
+
+use PHPUnit\Framework\Attributes\CoversClass;
+use PHPUnit\Framework\Attributes\Test;
+use Tiger\Tests\Support\UnitTestCase;
+use Tiger_Form_Element_Hash;
+use Zend_Form_Element_Hash;
+
+/**
+ * Tiger_Form_Element_Hash — the CSRF token armed on its TIMEOUT, not a single request hop.
+ *
+ * The regression: Zend's stock hash sets a 1-hop session expiration, so the first submit burns the
+ * token; a submit that fails another field then can't be corrected and resubmitted without a full page
+ * refresh ("your security token expired"). The subclass drops the hop and keeps only the seconds TTL.
+ * A fake session (injected via setSession) records what initCsrfToken() arms — no real session needed.
+ */
+#[CoversClass(Tiger_Form_Element_Hash::class)]
+final class HashElementTest extends UnitTestCase
+{
+    /** A session double that records the expiration calls + the stored token. */
+    private function fakeSession(): object
+    {
+        return new class {
+            public $hops = 'UNSET';
+            public $seconds = null;
+            public $hash = null;
+            public function setExpirationHops($hops, $ns = null, $hop = false) { $this->hops = $hops; return $this; }
+            public function setExpirationSeconds($s) { $this->seconds = $s; return $this; }
+        };
+    }
+
+    #[Test]
+    public function armsTokenOnTimeoutNotASingleHop(): void
+    {
+        $el = new Tiger_Form_Element_Hash('_csrf', ['salt' => 'unit', 'timeout' => 7200]);
+        $session = $this->fakeSession();
+        $el->setSession($session);
+
+        $el->initCsrfToken();
+
+        $this->assertSame('UNSET', $session->hops, 'no single-hop expiration is armed — that was the bug');
+        $this->assertSame(7200, $session->seconds, 'the token lives for its full timeout instead');
+        $this->assertNotEmpty($session->hash, 'a token is generated and stored');
+    }
+
+    #[Test]
+    public function contrastStockZendHashArmsASingleHop(): void
+    {
+        // Documents exactly what the subclass overrides: the stock element sets a 1-hop expiration.
+        $el = new Zend_Form_Element_Hash('_csrf', ['salt' => 'unit', 'timeout' => 7200]);
+        $session = $this->fakeSession();
+        $el->setSession($session);
+
+        $el->initCsrfToken();
+
+        $this->assertSame(1, $session->hops, 'stock Zend arms a single-use (1-hop) token');
+    }
+}