diff --git a/src/ageAssurance/components/NoAccessScreen.tsx b/src/ageAssurance/components/NoAccessScreen.tsx
index 1f0bbb051a..91f63f4da4 100644
--- a/src/ageAssurance/components/NoAccessScreen.tsx
+++ b/src/ageAssurance/components/NoAccessScreen.tsx
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ import {
 import {logger} from '#/ageAssurance/logger'
 import {useComputeAgeAssuranceRegionAccess} from '#/ageAssurance/useComputeAgeAssuranceRegionAccess'
 import {
-  getAssuredAgeFromDeviceSignals,
+  getAgeAssuranceDataFromDeviceSignals,
   isLegacyBirthdateBug,
   regionAllowsDeviceVerification,
   useAgeAssuranceRegionConfig,
@@ -360,7 +360,10 @@ function AccessSection() {
         setIsVerifyingDevice(false)
       }
       if (signals && did) {
-        const assuredAge = getAssuredAgeFromDeviceSignals(region, signals)
+        const {assuredAge} = getAgeAssuranceDataFromDeviceSignals(
+          region,
+          signals,
+        )
         if (assuredAge !== undefined) {
           // Sufficient device signals: persist (keyed by this region) and let
           // the AA state recompute from the cache write unlock access. Nothing
diff --git a/src/ageAssurance/state.ts b/src/ageAssurance/state.ts
index 7d31da2706..677937b781 100644
--- a/src/ageAssurance/state.ts
+++ b/src/ageAssurance/state.ts
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ import {
 } from '#/ageAssurance/types'
 import {
   computeAgeAssuranceFlags,
+  getAgeAssuranceDataFromDeviceSignals,
   getAgeAssuranceRegionConfigWithFallback,
-  getAssuredAgeFromDeviceSignals,
 } from '#/ageAssurance/util'
 import {type Geolocation, useGeolocation} from '#/geolocation'
 import {device} from '#/storage'
@@ -103,7 +103,10 @@ function computeAgeAssuranceState({
    * is treated as an assured age and fed into the rule engine, where it
    * matches `IfAssuredOverAge`/`IfAssuredUnderAge` rules.
    */
-  const assuredAge = getAssuredAgeFromDeviceSignals(region, deviceSignals)
+  const {assuredAge} = getAgeAssuranceDataFromDeviceSignals(
+    region,
+    deviceSignals,
+  )
   const result = computeAgeAssuranceRegionAccess(region, {
     accountCreatedAt: metadata?.accountCreatedAt,
     declaredAge: metadata?.declaredAge,
diff --git a/src/ageAssurance/types.ts b/src/ageAssurance/types.ts
index 50ef68eaa2..9d841f67df 100644
--- a/src/ageAssurance/types.ts
+++ b/src/ageAssurance/types.ts
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ export type AgeAssuranceConfigRegion = AppBskyAgeassuranceDefs.ConfigRegion & {
  * attestation, only age bounds), so we persist it client-side only and bind it
  * to its capture region via the key. A grant captured in TX is only ever read
  * back for TX — it can't silently unlock another region. See
- * `getAssuredAgeFromDeviceSignals`.
+ * `getAgeAssuranceDataFromDeviceSignals`.
  */
 export type AgeAssuranceDeviceSignals = {
   [regionKey: string]: AgeRange.AgeRangeResponse
diff --git a/src/ageAssurance/util.ts b/src/ageAssurance/util.ts
index 2292c630cf..6128e4a620 100644
--- a/src/ageAssurance/util.ts
+++ b/src/ageAssurance/util.ts
@@ -79,26 +79,31 @@ export function createRegionKey(region: {
 }
 
 /**
- * Derives an assured age from native device signals for the given region, but
- * only when the region permits device verification. The signals are expected to
- * already be resolved to the user's current region (see
+ * Derives age assurance data from native device signals for the given region,
+ * but only when the region permits device verification. The signals are
+ * expected to already be resolved to the user's current region (see
  * `getDeviceSignalsFromCacheForCurrentRegion`), so a grant captured in another
  * region won't reach here.
  *
  * The OS-provided `lowerBound` is the minimum age the platform will attest to,
- * which maps directly onto the `assuredAge` input of the rule engine (i.e.
+ * which maps onto the `assuredAge` input of the rule engine (i.e.
  * `IfAssuredOverAge`/`IfAssuredUnderAge` rules).
  *
- * Returns undefined when device verification doesn't apply or the OS didn't
- * provide a usable lower bound.
+ * Always returns an object (so callers can spread it unconditionally); fields
+ * are populated only when device verification applies and the OS provided
+ * usable data.
  */
-export function getAssuredAgeFromDeviceSignals(
+export function getAgeAssuranceDataFromDeviceSignals(
   region: AppBskyAgeassuranceDefs.ConfigRegion,
   deviceSignals: AgeRange.AgeRangeResponse | undefined,
-): number | undefined {
-  if (!regionAllowsDeviceVerification(region)) return undefined
+): {
+  assuredAge?: number
+} {
+  if (!regionAllowsDeviceVerification(region)) return {}
   const lowerBound = deviceSignals?.lowerBound
-  return typeof lowerBound === 'number' ? lowerBound : undefined
+  return {
+    assuredAge: typeof lowerBound === 'number' ? lowerBound : undefined,
+  }
 }
 
 /**