diff --git a/cg-net.el b/cg-net.el
index 8019c5e..fd7861d 100644
--- a/cg-net.el
+++ b/cg-net.el
@@ -99,9 +99,37 @@ private information; nil requests the full host view.")
     (let ((print-length nil) (print-level nil))
       (process-send-string proc (concat (prin1-to-string msg) "\n")))))
 
+(defun cg-net--scrub (x)
+  "Return X with text properties removed from every string inside it.
+Walks conses and vectors, tolerating shared and circular structure.
+Everything arriving over the network passes through this: text
+properties can rebind keys or carry expressions evaluated during
+redisplay, and there is never a reason to honour a remote peer's."
+  (let ((seen (make-hash-table :test 'eq)))
+    (cl-labels ((walk (v)
+                  (cond
+                   ((stringp v) (substring-no-properties v))
+                   ((consp v)
+                    (or (gethash v seen)
+                        (let ((cell (cons nil nil)))
+                          (puthash v cell seen)
+                          (setcar cell (walk (car v)))
+                          (setcdr cell (walk (cdr v)))
+                          cell)))
+                   ((vectorp v)
+                    (or (gethash v seen)
+                        (let ((copy (make-vector (length v) nil)))
+                          (puthash v copy seen)
+                          (dotimes (i (length v))
+                            (aset copy i (walk (aref v i))))
+                          copy)))
+                   (t v))))
+      (walk x))))
+
 (defun cg-net--filter (handler)
   "Return a process filter dispatching each complete line to HANDLER.
-HANDLER is called with (PROC MSG)."
+HANDLER is called with (PROC MSG).  Strings inside MSG have their text
+properties stripped (`cg-net--scrub') before HANDLER sees them."
   (lambda (proc string)
     (let ((buf (concat (or (process-get proc 'cg-net-buf) "") string))
           (start 0) nl)
@@ -110,7 +138,8 @@ HANDLER is called with (PROC MSG)."
           (setq start (1+ nl))
           (unless (string-empty-p line)
             (condition-case err
-                (funcall handler proc (car (read-from-string line)))
+                (funcall handler proc
+                         (cg-net--scrub (car (read-from-string line))))
               (error (message "cg-net: bad message: %S" err)))))
         )
       (process-put proc 'cg-net-buf (substring buf start)))))
diff --git a/test/card-games-tests.el b/test/card-games-tests.el
index ccb113b..0579310 100644
--- a/test/card-games-tests.el
+++ b/test/card-games-tests.el
@@ -68,6 +68,42 @@
       (cg-net-disconnect)
       (cg-net-host-stop))))
 
+(ert-deftest cgt-net-strips-properties ()
+  "Text properties on wire strings are stripped at the boundary, both ways.
+Finding 2 of the 2026-07-29 review: a propertized hello :name from a
+client must reach the host bare, and a propertized :message from the
+host must reach the client bare."
+  (condition-case _
+      (delete-process
+       (make-network-process :name "cgt-probe3" :server t :service 0
+                             :host "127.0.0.1" :family 'ipv4))
+    (error (ert-skip "TCP not available")))
+  (cl-flet ((pump () (dotimes (_ 12) (accept-process-output nil 0.05))))
+    (let* ((hgame (make-instance 'cgt-net-game :env (list :counter 0)))
+           (srv (cg-net-host-start hgame 0))
+           (port (process-contact srv :service))
+           (cgame (make-instance 'cgt-net-game :env (list :counter 0))))
+      (unwind-protect
+          (progn
+            (cg-net-connect "127.0.0.1" port
+                            (propertize "Eve" 'keymap '(keymap)) cgame)
+            (pump)
+            ;; client -> host: the hello name arrives with no attachments
+            (let* ((conn (car (cg-net-host-clients cg-net--host)))
+                   (name (process-get conn 'cg-net-name)))
+              (should (equal name "Eve"))
+              (should-not (text-properties-at 0 name)))
+            ;; host -> client: a state string arrives with no attachments
+            (cg-put hgame :message
+                    (propertize "hi" 'keymap '(keymap) 'help-echo "boo"))
+            (cg-net-host-broadcast)
+            (pump)
+            (let ((m (cg-get cgame :message)))
+              (should (equal m "hi"))
+              (should-not (text-properties-at 0 m))))
+        (cg-net-disconnect)
+        (cg-net-host-stop)))))
+
 ;;;; Gaps
 
 (ert-deftest cgt-gaps-deal ()