diff --git a/lark_channel/card/action_handler.py b/lark_channel/card/action_handler.py
index 4dd556c..948c5bd 100644
--- a/lark_channel/card/action_handler.py
+++ b/lark_channel/card/action_handler.py
@@ -148,6 +148,13 @@ def _preverify_encrypted_request(self, request: RawRequest) -> bool:
                 )
             return False
         if not self._has_signature_headers(request):
+            if self._is_url_verification_handshake(request):
+                # The Feishu console's "save request URL" challenge is not
+                # signed (platform behavior); it carries verification_token
+                # as its own proof, checked below in do() like any other
+                # card callback, so it does not need to pass signature
+                # pre-verify.
+                return True
             action = "legacy_flow"
             if self._security.is_strict:
                 action = (
@@ -184,6 +191,13 @@ def _has_signature_headers(self, request: RawRequest) -> bool:
             and Strings.is_not_empty(request.headers.get(LARK_REQUEST_SIGNATURE))
         )
 
+    def _is_url_verification_handshake(self, request: RawRequest) -> bool:
+        try:
+            card = JSON.unmarshal(self._decrypt(request.body), Card)
+        except Exception:
+            return False
+        return URL_VERIFICATION == card.type
+
     def _record_security_audit(
         self,
         reason: str,
diff --git a/lark_channel/channel/tests/test_handle_webhook_request.py b/lark_channel/channel/tests/test_handle_webhook_request.py
index e31558b..6bdaed2 100644
--- a/lark_channel/channel/tests/test_handle_webhook_request.py
+++ b/lark_channel/channel/tests/test_handle_webhook_request.py
@@ -284,12 +284,55 @@ def fail_decrypt(*_args, **_kwargs):
     ]
 
 
-def test_strict_event_missing_signature_rejects_before_decrypt(monkeypatch):
+def test_strict_event_missing_signature_non_handshake_rejects():
+    """A non-handshake body must stay blocked even though the SDK now
+    peeks at decrypted content to check for a url_verification exemption.
+
+    Registers a processor and asserts it is never invoked, so an
+    implementation that merely logs the missing-signature reason while
+    still letting the request through would fail this test, not just
+    one that returns the wrong status code."""
+    seen = []
+    recorder = InMemorySecurityAuditRecorder()
+    body = _encrypted_body(
+        {
+            "schema": "2.0",
+            "header": {
+                "event_type": "example.event",
+                "token": "verification-token",
+            },
+            "event": {"value": "ok"},
+        },
+        "encrypt-key",
+    )
+    handler = (
+        EventDispatcherHandler.builder(
+            "encrypt-key",
+            "verification-token",
+            security=SecurityConfig(mode="strict", audit_recorder=recorder),
+        )
+        .register_p2_customized_event("example.event", lambda event: seen.append(event))
+        .build()
+    )
+
+    resp = handler.do(_request_bytes(body, {}))
+
+    assert resp.status_code == 500
+    assert json.loads(resp.content) == {"code": 500, "msg": "internal error"}
+    assert len(seen) == 0
+    assert [event.reason for event in recorder.events] == [
+        REASON_WEBHOOK_SIGNATURE_MISSING
+    ]
+
+
+def test_strict_event_missing_signature_undecryptable_body_rejects(monkeypatch):
+    """If the url_verification-exemption peek itself can't decrypt the
+    body, the request must still be rejected, not silently let through."""
     recorder = InMemorySecurityAuditRecorder()
     body = _encrypted_body({"type": "url_verification"}, "encrypt-key")
 
     def fail_decrypt(*_args, **_kwargs):
-        raise AssertionError("decrypt should not run")
+        raise AssertionError("decrypt failed")
 
     monkeypatch.setattr(
         "lark_channel.event.dispatcher_handler.AESCipher.decrypt_str",
@@ -310,6 +353,31 @@ def fail_decrypt(*_args, **_kwargs):
     ]
 
 
+def test_strict_event_unsigned_encrypted_url_verification_handshake_is_exempted():
+    """Regression test for the first-time webhook setup deadlock: the
+    Feishu console's "save request URL" challenge is encrypted but never
+    signed, so strict mode must not block it before the url_verification
+    branch gets a chance to answer it."""
+    body = _encrypted_body(
+        {
+            "type": "url_verification",
+            "challenge": "challenge-code",
+            "token": "verification-token",
+        },
+        "encrypt-key",
+    )
+    handler = EventDispatcherHandler.builder(
+        "encrypt-key",
+        "verification-token",
+        security=SecurityConfig(mode="strict"),
+    ).build()
+
+    resp = handler.do(_request_bytes(body, {}))
+
+    assert resp.status_code == 200
+    assert json.loads(resp.content) == {"challenge": "challenge-code"}
+
+
 def test_strict_event_unsigned_encrypted_allow_records_allow_action():
     seen = []
     recorder = InMemorySecurityAuditRecorder()
@@ -472,12 +540,52 @@ def fail_decrypt(*_args, **_kwargs):
     ]
 
 
-def test_strict_card_missing_signature_rejects_before_decrypt(monkeypatch):
+def test_strict_card_missing_signature_non_handshake_rejects():
+    """A non-handshake card callback must stay blocked even though the
+    SDK now peeks at decrypted content to check for a url_verification
+    exemption.
+
+    Registers a processor and asserts it is never invoked, so an
+    implementation that merely logs the missing-signature reason while
+    still letting the request through would fail this test, not just
+    one that returns the wrong status code."""
+    seen = []
+    recorder = InMemorySecurityAuditRecorder()
+    body = _encrypted_body(
+        {
+            "type": "card.action.trigger",
+            "action": {"value": {"key": "value"}},
+        },
+        "encrypt-key",
+    )
+    handler = (
+        CardActionHandler.builder(
+            "encrypt-key",
+            "verification-token",
+            security=SecurityConfig(mode="strict", audit_recorder=recorder),
+        )
+        .register(lambda card: seen.append(card))
+        .build()
+    )
+
+    resp = handler.do(_request_bytes(body, {}))
+
+    assert resp.status_code == 500
+    assert json.loads(resp.content) == {"code": 500, "msg": "internal error"}
+    assert len(seen) == 0
+    assert [event.reason for event in recorder.events] == [
+        REASON_CARD_SIGNATURE_MISSING
+    ]
+
+
+def test_strict_card_missing_signature_undecryptable_body_rejects(monkeypatch):
+    """If the url_verification-exemption peek itself can't decrypt the
+    body, the request must still be rejected, not silently let through."""
     recorder = InMemorySecurityAuditRecorder()
     body = _encrypted_body({"type": "card.action.trigger"}, "encrypt-key")
 
     def fail_decrypt(*_args, **_kwargs):
-        raise AssertionError("decrypt should not run")
+        raise AssertionError("decrypt failed")
 
     monkeypatch.setattr(
         "lark_channel.card.action_handler.AESCipher.decrypt_str",
@@ -498,6 +606,31 @@ def fail_decrypt(*_args, **_kwargs):
     ]
 
 
+def test_strict_card_unsigned_encrypted_url_verification_handshake_is_exempted():
+    """Regression test for the first-time webhook setup deadlock on the
+    card callback URL: the challenge is encrypted but never signed, so
+    strict mode must not block it before the url_verification branch
+    gets a chance to answer it."""
+    body = _encrypted_body(
+        {
+            "type": "url_verification",
+            "challenge": "challenge-code",
+            "token": "verification-token",
+        },
+        "encrypt-key",
+    )
+    handler = CardActionHandler.builder(
+        "encrypt-key",
+        "verification-token",
+        security=SecurityConfig(mode="strict"),
+    ).build()
+
+    resp = handler.do(_request_bytes(body, {}))
+
+    assert resp.status_code == 200
+    assert json.loads(resp.content) == {"challenge": "challenge-code"}
+
+
 def test_strict_card_unsigned_encrypted_allow_records_allow_action():
     seen = []
     recorder = InMemorySecurityAuditRecorder()
diff --git a/lark_channel/event/dispatcher_handler.py b/lark_channel/event/dispatcher_handler.py
index b06f7d7..c540ff6 100644
--- a/lark_channel/event/dispatcher_handler.py
+++ b/lark_channel/event/dispatcher_handler.py
@@ -187,6 +187,12 @@ def _preverify_encrypted_request(self, request: RawRequest) -> bool:
         if Strings.is_empty(self._encrypt_key):
             return False
         if not self._has_signature_headers(request):
+            if self._is_url_verification_handshake(request):
+                # The Feishu console's "save request URL" challenge is not
+                # signed (platform behavior); it carries verification_token
+                # as its own proof, checked below in do() like any other
+                # event, so it does not need to pass signature pre-verify.
+                return True
             action = "legacy_flow"
             if self._security.is_strict:
                 action = (
@@ -223,6 +229,13 @@ def _has_signature_headers(self, request: RawRequest) -> bool:
             and Strings.is_not_empty(request.headers.get(LARK_REQUEST_SIGNATURE))
         )
 
+    def _is_url_verification_handshake(self, request: RawRequest) -> bool:
+        try:
+            context = self._parse_context(self._decrypt(request.body))
+        except Exception:
+            return False
+        return URL_VERIFICATION == context.type
+
     def _record_security_audit(
         self,
         reason: str,