diff --git a/instrument.server.mjs b/instrument.server.mjs
index 9159559..486b0b6 100644
--- a/instrument.server.mjs
+++ b/instrument.server.mjs
@@ -8,5 +8,13 @@ Sentry.init({
   ignoreErrors: [
     /No route matches URL ".*\.css"/,
     /No route matches URL ".*\.js"/,
+    /No route matches URL ".*\.(php|env|xml|aspx|asp|bak|sql|ini)"/i,
+    /No route matches URL ".*\/(wp-admin|wp-login|phpmyadmin|xmlrpc)"/i,
   ],
-});
\ No newline at end of file
+  beforeSend(event) {
+    const msg = event.exception?.values?.[0]?.value ?? "";
+    // Drop React Flight protocol probe errors (e.g. $1:aa:aa in multipart body)
+    if (/\$\d+:[a-z]/.test(msg)) return null;
+    return event;
+  },
+});
diff --git a/server/app.ts b/server/app.ts
index 48a9e00..2de2ca3 100644
--- a/server/app.ts
+++ b/server/app.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,18 @@ export const app = express();
 
 app.use((_, __, next) => DatabaseContext.run(db, next));
 
+// Block common bot probe paths before React Router (and Sentry) see them
+const BOT_PROBE_RE =
+  /\.(php|env|htaccess|aspx|asp|jsp|config|bak|sql|ini|swp|DS_Store)$|^\/(wp-admin|wp-login|phpmyadmin|xmlrpc|server-status|cgi-bin|shell|cmd|console|actuator)(\/|$)/i;
+
+app.use((req, res, next) => {
+  if (BOT_PROBE_RE.test(req.path)) {
+    res.status(404).end();
+    return;
+  }
+  next();
+});
+
 app.use(
   createRequestHandler({
     build: () => import("virtual:react-router/server-build") as unknown as Promise<ServerBuild>,