diff --git a/apps/web/src/app/api/reviews/[id]/vote/route.ts b/apps/web/src/app/api/reviews/[id]/vote/route.ts
index 2db47da4..97a152ce 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/app/api/reviews/[id]/vote/route.ts
+++ b/apps/web/src/app/api/reviews/[id]/vote/route.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
 import { revalidateTag } from 'next/cache';
 import { NextRequest, NextResponse } from 'next/server';
-import { RATE_CACHE_TAGS } from '@/server/rate';
 import {
+  masterReviewsCacheTag,
+  productCacheTag,
+} from '@/server/rate/cache-tags';
+import {
+  BoundedSlidingWindowRateLimiter,
   resolveReviewVoteInput,
   sanitizePublicApiError,
   type ReviewReportReason,
@@ -11,6 +15,16 @@ import { createLogger, serializeError } from '@/lib/logger';
 
 const log = createLogger('api.reviews.vote');
 
+// Cache flushes per voter (DOS/Rate#1306): a vote that changes counts
+// revalidates the review caches and its product's page, at most this often
+// per voter on one instance. Votes past it still count; the caches catch up
+// at their own revalidate interval.
+const voteRevalidationLimiter = new BoundedSlidingWindowRateLimiter({
+  windowMs: 60_000,
+  maxRequests: 6,
+  maxBuckets: 5_000,
+});
+
 const REVIEW_VOTE_CORS_HEADERS: Record<string, string> = {
   'Access-Control-Allow-Origin': '*',
   'Access-Control-Allow-Methods': 'POST, OPTIONS',
@@ -203,6 +217,25 @@ export async function POST(
         );
       }
     } else {
+      // The same vote again changes nothing: no write, no cache flush. Its
+      // own row is readable to the voter (RLS); if it is not, vote as before.
+      const { data: current } = await rateClient
+        .from('review_votes')
+        .select('vote, reported, report_reason')
+        .eq('review_id', reviewId)
+        .eq('voter_id', voterId)
+        .maybeSingle();
+      const sameVote =
+        current !== null &&
+        current !== undefined &&
+        (voteType === 'report'
+          ? current.reported === true &&
+            (current.vote ?? null) === null &&
+            (current.report_reason ?? null) === reportReason
+          : current.vote === voteType && current.reported !== true);
+      if (sameVote) votesChanged = false;
+    }
+    if (voteType !== 'clear' && votesChanged) {
       const votePayload: {
         review_id: string;
         voter_id: string;
@@ -286,13 +319,14 @@ export async function POST(
       );
     }
 
-    for (const tag of votesChanged
-      ? [
-          RATE_CACHE_TAGS.REVIEWS,
-          RATE_CACHE_TAGS.PRODUCTS,
-          RATE_CACHE_TAGS.STATS,
-        ]
-      : []) {
+    // This product's reviews and page only, not the whole catalogue
+    // (DOS/Rate#1306); global review lists and stats catch up on their own
+    // interval.
+    const revalidate =
+      votesChanged && voteRevalidationLimiter.allow(voterId)
+        ? await reviewProductTags(rateClient, reviewId)
+        : [];
+    for (const tag of revalidate) {
       try {
         revalidateTag(tag, 'max');
       } catch {
@@ -330,3 +364,45 @@ export async function POST(
     );
   }
 }
+
+/**
+ * The cache tags of a review's product (its variant master): its reviews and
+ * its page. None when they cannot be read; the caches then catch up on their
+ * own interval.
+ */
+async function reviewProductTags(
+  rateClient: Awaited<
+    ReturnType<typeof authenticateRateRequest>
+  > extends infer A
+    ? A extends { ok: true; rateClient: infer C }
+      ? C
+      : never
+    : never,
+  reviewId: string
+): Promise<string[]> {
+  try {
+    const { data: review } = await rateClient
+      .from('reviews')
+      .select('product_id')
+      .eq('id', reviewId)
+      .maybeSingle();
+    if (!review?.product_id) return [];
+    const { data: listing } = await rateClient
+      .from('products')
+      .select('cluster_id')
+      .eq('id', review.product_id)
+      .maybeSingle();
+    if (!listing?.cluster_id) return [];
+    const { data: master } = await rateClient
+      .from('master_products')
+      .select('slug')
+      .eq('id', listing.cluster_id)
+      .maybeSingle();
+    return [
+      masterReviewsCacheTag(listing.cluster_id),
+      ...(master?.slug ? [productCacheTag(master.slug)] : []),
+    ];
+  } catch {
+    return [];
+  }
+}
diff --git a/apps/web/src/app/api/v1/rate/__tests__/write-paths.test.ts b/apps/web/src/app/api/v1/rate/__tests__/write-paths.test.ts
index 7b8e15d6..f6ce674e 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/app/api/v1/rate/__tests__/write-paths.test.ts
+++ b/apps/web/src/app/api/v1/rate/__tests__/write-paths.test.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ const ANON_KEY = 'anon-test-key';
 const SERVICE_KEY = 'service-role-test-key';
 const GOOD_TOKEN = 'good-user-token';
 const VOTER_TOKEN = 'eligible-voter-token';
+// An eligible voter whose stored vote is already "up" (DOS/Rate#1306).
+const SAME_VOTE_TOKEN = 'same-vote-token';
 // What the stubbed PostgREST answers a VOTER_TOKEN vote with (code 42501).
 let voteRejectionMessage =
   'review_votes: account is not eligible to vote on reviews';
@@ -88,9 +90,19 @@ globalThis.fetch = (async (input: RequestInfo | URL, init?: RequestInit) => {
 
   const { pathname } = new URL(url);
   // A voter the route accepts but the database guard rejects (DOS/Rate#771).
+  if (
+    pathname === '/rest/v1/review_votes' &&
+    (init?.method ?? 'GET') === 'GET' &&
+    headers.authorization === `Bearer ${SAME_VOTE_TOKEN}`
+  ) {
+    return jsonResponse(200, [
+      { vote: 'up', reported: false, report_reason: null },
+    ]);
+  }
   if (
     pathname === '/auth/v1/user' &&
-    headers.authorization === `Bearer ${VOTER_TOKEN}`
+    (headers.authorization === `Bearer ${VOTER_TOKEN}` ||
+      headers.authorization === `Bearer ${SAME_VOTE_TOKEN}`)
   ) {
     return jsonResponse(200, {
       ...USER,
@@ -671,6 +683,51 @@ async function testCookieSessions() {
   );
   assert.equal((await grantErrorVoteRes.json()).code, 'VOTE_REJECTED');
 
+  // The same vote again writes nothing, so it cannot flush caches (#1306).
+  calls.length = 0;
+  await postVote(
+    new Request(`https://rate.vn/api/reviews/${reviewId}/vote`, {
+      method: 'POST',
+      headers: {
+        'Content-Type': 'application/json',
+        Authorization: `Bearer ${SAME_VOTE_TOKEN}`,
+      },
+      body: JSON.stringify({ voteType: 'up' }),
+    }) as VoteReq,
+    { params: Promise.resolve({ id: reviewId }) }
+  );
+  assert.ok(
+    calls.some(
+      (c) => c.method === 'GET' && c.url.includes('/rest/v1/review_votes')
+    ),
+    'the stored vote is read first (#1306)'
+  );
+  assert.ok(
+    !calls.some(
+      (c) => c.method === 'POST' && c.url.includes('/rest/v1/review_votes')
+    ),
+    'an unchanged vote is not written again (#1306)'
+  );
+  // A report over a stored up-vote changes the vote (it clears it): written.
+  calls.length = 0;
+  await postVote(
+    new Request(`https://rate.vn/api/reviews/${reviewId}/vote`, {
+      method: 'POST',
+      headers: {
+        'Content-Type': 'application/json',
+        Authorization: `Bearer ${SAME_VOTE_TOKEN}`,
+      },
+      body: JSON.stringify({ voteType: 'report', reportReason: 'spam' }),
+    }) as VoteReq,
+    { params: Promise.resolve({ id: reviewId }) }
+  );
+  assert.ok(
+    calls.some(
+      (c) => c.method === 'POST' && c.url.includes('/rest/v1/review_votes')
+    ),
+    'a report over an up-vote is written (#1306)'
+  );
+
   // An ineligible voter (no created_at, no confirmation) can still clear a vote.
   const clearRes = await postVote(
     new Request(`https://rate.vn/api/reviews/${reviewId}/vote`, {
diff --git a/apps/web/src/server/rate/__tests__/core-rate-architecture.test.ts b/apps/web/src/server/rate/__tests__/core-rate-architecture.test.ts
index 58ecde85..f8abdb23 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/server/rate/__tests__/core-rate-architecture.test.ts
+++ b/apps/web/src/server/rate/__tests__/core-rate-architecture.test.ts
@@ -5289,11 +5289,16 @@ async function runCoreArchitectureSuite() {
       path.join(repoRoot, 'apps/web/src/app/api/reviews/[id]/vote/route.ts'),
       'utf8'
     );
+    // A vote flushes only the review caches and its product's page, not the
+    // global stats (DOS/Rate#1306); a new review still refreshes the stats.
     assert.ok(
       reviewsRouteSrc402.includes('RATE_CACHE_TAGS.STATS') &&
-        voteRouteSrc402.includes('RATE_CACHE_TAGS.STATS') &&
+        voteRouteSrc402.includes('masterReviewsCacheTag(') &&
+        !voteRouteSrc402.includes('RATE_CACHE_TAGS.REVIEWS') &&
+        voteRouteSrc402.includes('productCacheTag(') &&
+        !voteRouteSrc402.includes('RATE_CACHE_TAGS.PRODUCTS') &&
         voteRouteSrc402.includes('authenticateRateRequest('),
-      'POST /api/v1/rate/reviews and POST /api/reviews/[id]/vote must revalidate RATE_CACHE_TAGS.STATS and use authenticateRateRequest (#402)'
+      'POST /api/v1/rate/reviews must revalidate RATE_CACHE_TAGS.STATS; POST /api/reviews/[id]/vote must revalidate the review caches and its product tag only, and use authenticateRateRequest (#402, #1306)'
     );
   }
 
diff --git a/apps/web/src/server/rate/cache-tags.ts b/apps/web/src/server/rate/cache-tags.ts
index 6ac65857..a8c0c003 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/server/rate/cache-tags.ts
+++ b/apps/web/src/server/rate/cache-tags.ts
@@ -29,6 +29,18 @@ export function productCacheTag(slug: string): string {
     .slice(0, 120)}`;
 }
 
+/**
+ * One product's (variant master's) reviews and review summary, so a vote can
+ * refresh them without flushing every product's reviews (DOS/Rate#1306).
+ */
+export function masterReviewsCacheTag(masterId: string): string {
+  return `rate:reviews:${String(masterId ?? '')
+    .replace(/\p{Cc}+/gu, '')
+    .trim()
+    .toLowerCase()
+    .slice(0, 120)}`;
+}
+
 export function categoryCacheTag(categorySlug: string): string {
   return `rate:category:${String(categorySlug ?? '')
     .replace(/\p{Cc}+/gu, '')
diff --git a/apps/web/src/server/rate/index.ts b/apps/web/src/server/rate/index.ts
index b7e10e93..a0600c96 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/server/rate/index.ts
+++ b/apps/web/src/server/rate/index.ts
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ import {
   canonicalizeCacheParams,
   categoryCacheTag,
   isSafeRevalidationPath,
+  masterReviewsCacheTag,
   merchantCacheTag,
   productCacheTag,
   resolveRevalidationTargets,
@@ -333,7 +334,7 @@ const _getCachedMasterProductReviewsByKey = cache((cleanId: string) =>
     ['rate-master-product-reviews', cleanId],
     {
       revalidate: 300,
-      tags: [RATE_CACHE_TAGS.REVIEWS],
+      tags: [RATE_CACHE_TAGS.REVIEWS, masterReviewsCacheTag(cleanId)],
     }
   )(cleanId)
 );
@@ -371,7 +372,7 @@ export const getCachedMasterProductReviewSummary = cache(
       ['rate-master-product-review-summary', cleanId, reviewsKey],
       {
         revalidate: 300,
-        tags: [RATE_CACHE_TAGS.REVIEWS],
+        tags: [RATE_CACHE_TAGS.REVIEWS, masterReviewsCacheTag(cleanId)],
       }
     )(cleanId);
   }