diff --git a/app/controllers/tournaments_controller.rb b/app/controllers/tournaments_controller.rb
index 2abde14..26564b9 100644
--- a/app/controllers/tournaments_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/tournaments_controller.rb
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ class TournamentsController < ApplicationController
   end
 
   def set_tournament_for_show
-    profiling = RequestProfiling.new(enabled: show_params.fetch(:profile, 'false') == 'true')
+    profiling = RequestProfiling.new(enabled: profiling_requested?)
     @tournament = profiling.measure('load_tournament') do
       Tournament.includes(
         :user,
@@ -168,6 +168,10 @@ class TournamentsController < ApplicationController
     params.permit(:simple, :profile)
   end
 
+  def profiling_requested?
+    !Rails.env.production? && show_params.fetch(:profile, 'false') == 'true'
+  end
+
   def tournament_params
     params.slice(:name, :description, :public, :teams, :group_stage, :playoff_teams_amount).permit!
   end
diff --git a/spec/controllers/tournaments_controller_spec.rb b/spec/controllers/tournaments_controller_spec.rb
index 92f3597..b4917c3 100644
--- a/spec/controllers/tournaments_controller_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/controllers/tournaments_controller_spec.rb
@@ -118,6 +118,26 @@ RSpec.describe TournamentsController, type: :controller do
         expect(body[:teams]).to be_nil
       end
     end
+
+    context 'with profile=true parameter' do
+      it 'adds profiling headers outside production' do
+        get :show, params: { id: @tournament.to_param, profile: 'true' }
+
+        expect(response.headers['Server-Timing']).to include('load_tournament')
+        expect(response.headers['Server-Timing']).to include('serialize_tournament')
+        expect(response.headers['X-Turniere-Profile']).to include('tournament.show')
+      end
+
+      it 'ignores profiling in production' do
+        allow(Rails).to receive(:env).and_return(ActiveSupport::StringInquirer.new('production'))
+
+        get :show, params: { id: @tournament.to_param, profile: 'true' }
+
+        expect(response.headers['Server-Timing']).to be_nil
+        expect(response.headers['X-Turniere-Profile']).to be_nil
+      end
+    end
+
     context 'on a group stage tournament' do
       before do
         @group_stage_tournament = create(:group_stage_tournament)
diff --git a/spec/e2e_known_behaviors.md b/spec/e2e_known_behaviors.md
index e025306..085749a 100644
--- a/spec/e2e_known_behaviors.md
+++ b/spec/e2e_known_behaviors.md
@@ -39,5 +39,6 @@ Observed and covered by `spec/e2e/http/tournament_rendering_spec.rb` and `script
 
 - large group-stage tournaments are created through the same authenticated HTTP `POST /tournaments` flow as normal clients
 - tournament show profiling is requested via `GET /tournaments/:id?profile=true`
+- profiling is intentionally non-production-only; local/test flows may use it, production should ignore it
 - the backend returns `Server-Timing` and `X-Turniere-Profile` headers with `load_tournament` and `serialize_tournament`
 - current locked shapes are `8x4`, `64x6`, and `4x32`