diff --git a/apps/web/src/app/(app)/components/SidebarUserFooter.tsx b/apps/web/src/app/(app)/components/SidebarUserFooter.tsx
index 3a3482ef45..916b223423 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/app/(app)/components/SidebarUserFooter.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/app/(app)/components/SidebarUserFooter.tsx
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ type User = {
   google_user_name: string;
   google_user_email: string;
   google_user_image_url: string;
-  is_admin: boolean;
 };
 
 type SidebarUserFooterProps = {
@@ -86,12 +85,10 @@ export default function SidebarUserFooter({ user, isLoading }: SidebarUserFooter
               <UserCog className="h-4 w-4" />
               Connected Accounts
             </DropdownMenuItem>
-            {user.is_admin && (
-              <DropdownMenuItem onClick={() => router.push('/data-exports')}>
-                <FileDown className="h-4 w-4" />
-                Request data export
-              </DropdownMenuItem>
-            )}
+            <DropdownMenuItem onClick={() => router.push('/data-exports')}>
+              <FileDown className="h-4 w-4" />
+              Request data export
+            </DropdownMenuItem>
             <DropdownMenuItem onClick={() => router.push('/install')}>
               <Download className="h-4 w-4" />
               Install
diff --git a/apps/web/src/app/(app)/data-exports/page.test.ts b/apps/web/src/app/(app)/data-exports/page.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d7af7ce9ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/web/src/app/(app)/data-exports/page.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+import React from 'react';
+
+const mockGetUserFromAuth = jest.fn();
+const mockNotFound = jest.fn(() => {
+  throw new Error('NEXT_NOT_FOUND');
+});
+
+(globalThis as typeof globalThis & { React: typeof React }).React = React;
+
+jest.mock('@/lib/user/server', () => ({ getUserFromAuth: mockGetUserFromAuth }));
+jest.mock('next/navigation', () => ({ notFound: mockNotFound }));
+jest.mock('@/components/PageLayout', () => ({ PageLayout: () => null }));
+jest.mock('./DataExportsClient', () => ({ DataExportsClient: () => null }));
+jest.mock('./RequestDataDeletionCard', () => ({ RequestDataDeletionCard: () => null }));
+
+// `.test.ts`, not `.test.tsx`: jest's testMatch is `**/src/**/*.test.ts`, so a `.tsx`
+// suite is silently never collected. An earlier version of this file was a `.tsx` and
+// never ran, which is how its deletion went unnoticed.
+describe('DataExportsPage', () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    jest.clearAllMocks();
+  });
+
+  it('authenticates the visitor without requiring Kilo staff', async () => {
+    mockGetUserFromAuth.mockResolvedValue({ user: null });
+    const { default: DataExportsPage } = await import('./page');
+
+    await expect(DataExportsPage()).rejects.toThrow('NEXT_NOT_FOUND');
+    // `adminOnly: false` is the whole guard: signed out is still refused, but a signed-in
+    // non-staff user reaches the page. Asserted explicitly so a regression to
+    // `adminOnly: true` fails here rather than silently hiding the page from users.
+    expect(mockGetUserFromAuth).toHaveBeenCalledWith({ adminOnly: false });
+  });
+
+  it('renders for a signed-in user who is not a Kilo admin', async () => {
+    mockGetUserFromAuth.mockResolvedValue({ user: { id: 'user-1', is_admin: false } });
+    const { default: DataExportsPage } = await import('./page');
+
+    await expect(DataExportsPage()).resolves.toBeTruthy();
+    expect(mockNotFound).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/apps/web/src/app/(app)/data-exports/page.tsx b/apps/web/src/app/(app)/data-exports/page.tsx
index 06c0aef5fe..9b192337c0 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/app/(app)/data-exports/page.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/app/(app)/data-exports/page.tsx
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import { DataExportsClient } from './DataExportsClient';
 import { RequestDataDeletionCard } from './RequestDataDeletionCard';
 
 export default async function DataExportsPage() {
-  const { user } = await getUserFromAuth({ adminOnly: true });
+  const { user } = await getUserFromAuth({ adminOnly: false });
   if (!user) notFound();
 
   return (
diff --git a/apps/web/src/routers/user-exports-router.test.ts b/apps/web/src/routers/user-exports-router.test.ts
index 71e9c28b06..7b3997fa34 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/routers/user-exports-router.test.ts
+++ b/apps/web/src/routers/user-exports-router.test.ts
@@ -129,9 +129,9 @@ describe('user exports router guards and serialization', () => {
     expect(() => __test__.requireWebSession(false)).not.toThrow();
   });
 
-  it('rejects non-admin users', async () => {
+  it('allows non-admin users to list their exports', async () => {
     const caller = await createCallerForUser(stranger.id);
-    await expect(caller.userExports.list()).rejects.toMatchObject({ code: 'FORBIDDEN' });
+    await expect(caller.userExports.list()).resolves.toEqual({ exports: [], nextCursor: null });
   });
 
   it('normalizes database timestamp text into strict UTC ISO strings', () => {
diff --git a/apps/web/src/routers/user-exports-router.ts b/apps/web/src/routers/user-exports-router.ts
index 7e3a05cadb..88b079127b 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/routers/user-exports-router.ts
+++ b/apps/web/src/routers/user-exports-router.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import {
 } from '@/lib/auth/data-export-download-codes';
 import { db } from '@/lib/drizzle';
 import { sendDataExportDownloadCodeEmail } from '@/lib/email';
-import { adminProcedure, createTRPCRouter, type TRPCContext } from '@/lib/trpc/init';
+import { baseProcedure, createTRPCRouter, type TRPCContext } from '@/lib/trpc/init';
 import {
   ORGANIZATION_EXPORT_ROLES,
   organizationExportAccess,
@@ -165,10 +165,9 @@ async function exportableOrganizations(userId: string): Promise<{ id: string; na
  * role on it.
  *
  * The shared predicate, not `ensureOrganizationAccess`, which every other organization
- * router uses. That helper grants `owner` to any `is_admin` caller, so on this router —
- * where every procedure is `adminProcedure` — it would authorise on staff status rather
- * than on membership, and nobody may export another person's or another organization's
- * data.
+ * router uses. That helper grants `owner` to any `is_admin` caller, so it would authorise
+ * a Kilo staff member on staff status rather than on membership, and nobody — staff
+ * included — may export another person's or another organization's data.
  *
  * Shared with the Worker, which re-checks independently, because the two must reach the
  * same verdict. They once did not, and an export generated, showed as ready, and then
@@ -246,8 +245,7 @@ async function createExportRequest(subject: {
       FROM user_data_exports exports
       WHERE ${scopeFilter}
         AND exports.status <> 'failed'
-        -- TEMPORARY: throttle lowered to 5 minutes for pre-launch testing; restore to 24 hours before going live.
-        AND exports.requested_at > now() - interval '5 minutes'
+        AND exports.requested_at > now() - interval '24 hours'
       ORDER BY exports.requested_at DESC
       LIMIT 1
     `);
@@ -421,13 +419,13 @@ function downloadCodeError(result: Exclude<ReserveDownloadCodeResult, 'ok'>): TR
 }
 
 export const userExportsRouter = createTRPCRouter({
-  request: adminProcedure.mutation(async ({ ctx }) => {
+  request: baseProcedure.mutation(async ({ ctx }) => {
     requireWebSession(ctx.authViaToken);
     const row = await createExportRequest({ kiloUserId: ctx.user.id, organizationId: null });
     return serialize(row);
   }),
 
-  requestOrganization: adminProcedure
+  requestOrganization: baseProcedure
     .input(OrganizationExportSchema)
     .mutation(async ({ ctx, input }) => {
       requireWebSession(ctx.authViaToken);
@@ -443,18 +441,18 @@ export const userExportsRouter = createTRPCRouter({
     }),
 
   /** Organizations the caller may export, for rendering the organization buttons. */
-  exportableOrganizations: adminProcedure.query(async ({ ctx }) => {
+  exportableOrganizations: baseProcedure.query(async ({ ctx }) => {
     requireWebSession(ctx.authViaToken);
     return { organizations: await exportableOrganizations(ctx.user.id) };
   }),
 
-  list: adminProcedure.input(ListInputSchema).query(async ({ ctx, input }) => {
+  list: baseProcedure.input(ListInputSchema).query(async ({ ctx, input }) => {
     requireWebSession(ctx.authViaToken);
     // Two independent reasons an export is visible.
     //
     // Anything the caller requested, whatever its subject. Whoever pressed the button
     // always sees the result, even if the access that admitted the request is not
-    // access this query can reproduce — a Kilo staff elevation, for instance.
+    // access this query can still reproduce — an export role revoked afterwards, say.
     //
     // Plus every export belonging to an organization they may export, so a second
     // admin is not refused by the one-active-export-per-org constraint while being
@@ -508,7 +506,7 @@ export const userExportsRouter = createTRPCRouter({
    * held web session alone cannot reach the artifact without also reaching the
    * inbox.
    */
-  requestDownloadCode: adminProcedure.input(ExportIdSchema).mutation(async ({ ctx, input }) => {
+  requestDownloadCode: baseProcedure.input(ExportIdSchema).mutation(async ({ ctx, input }) => {
     requireWebSession(ctx.authViaToken);
     await requireDownloadableExport(ctx, input.exportId);
     const email = requireDownloadCodeRecipient(ctx.user.google_user_email);
@@ -539,7 +537,7 @@ export const userExportsRouter = createTRPCRouter({
   }),
 
   /** Step 2 of the download: redeem the emailed code for one signed URL. */
-  createDownload: adminProcedure.input(DownloadInputSchema).mutation(async ({ ctx, input }) => {
+  createDownload: baseProcedure.input(DownloadInputSchema).mutation(async ({ ctx, input }) => {
     requireWebSession(ctx.authViaToken);
     await requireDownloadableExport(ctx, input.exportId);
     const email = requireDownloadCodeRecipient(ctx.user.google_user_email);