diff --git a/src/state/session/__tests__/session-core-test.ts b/src/state/session/__tests__/session-core-test.ts
index cad8efa37a..61ae2f54f2 100644
--- a/src/state/session/__tests__/session-core-test.ts
+++ b/src/state/session/__tests__/session-core-test.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,18 @@ jest.mock('#/state/events', () => ({
  * bottom-sheet module chain (same approach as session-test.ts).
  */
 jest.mock('#/state/birthdate')
-jest.mock('#/ageAssurance/data')
+/*
+ * `prefetchAgeAssuranceServerData` is a genuine prep await in each factory
+ * (moderation config is synchronous now, so the AA prefetch is where the
+ * fix-1 tests inject a mid-prep token rotation). The default is a no-op;
+ * individual tests install behavior via `mockImplementationOnce`.
+ */
+const mockPrefetchAgeAssuranceServerData = jest.fn<() => void | Promise<void>>()
+jest.mock('#/ageAssurance/data', () => ({
+  prefetchAgeAssuranceServerData: () => mockPrefetchAgeAssuranceServerData(),
+  setBirthdateForDid: () => {},
+  setCreatedAtForDid: () => {},
+}))
 jest.mock('#/ageAssurance/state', () => ({
   unsafeGetAndComputeAgeAssurance: () => ({state: {}, flags: {}}),
 }))
@@ -37,16 +48,18 @@ jest.mock('#/analytics', () => ({
 }))
 
 /*
- * `configureModerationForAccount` is one of the prep awaits in the resume/login
- * factories. We replace it with a hook that runs a REAL `session.refresh()`, so
- * a token rotation happens DURING prep (before arm()) - exactly the 401
- * auto-refresh scenario the re-snapshot fix guards against. The default is a
- * no-op so other tests are unaffected; individual tests install the refreshing
- * behavior via `mockImplementationOnce`. (jest requires out-of-scope factory
- * references to be `mock`-prefixed.)
+ * `configureModerationForAccount` is now fully synchronous (the labeler cache
+ * is a local MMKV read), so it is no longer a prep await - but it still runs
+ * inside each factory with the freshly built bundle, before the awaited prep
+ * steps. The fix-1 tests use this mock to CAPTURE the bundle, then inject a
+ * REAL `session.refresh()` into the awaited AA prefetch (see the
+ * `#/ageAssurance/data` mock above), so a token rotation happens DURING prep
+ * (before arm()) - exactly the 401 auto-refresh scenario the re-snapshot fix
+ * guards against. The default is a no-op so other tests are unaffected.
+ * (jest requires out-of-scope factory references to be `mock`-prefixed.)
  */
 const mockConfigureModerationForAccount =
-  jest.fn<(bundle: unknown, account: unknown) => Promise<void>>()
+  jest.fn<(bundle: unknown, account: unknown) => void>()
 jest.mock('../moderation', () => ({
   configureModerationForAccount: (bundle: unknown, account: unknown) =>
     mockConfigureModerationForAccount(bundle, account),
@@ -75,6 +88,8 @@ import {
   disposeBundle,
   extractPdsUrl,
   makeSessionHooks,
+  MAX_EXPIRY_RESCUE_GENERATIONS,
+  pickExpiryRescueCandidate,
   registerBundleKillSwitch,
   sessionAccountToSessionData,
   type SessionBundle,
@@ -514,17 +529,21 @@ describe('makeSessionHooks arm-latch + event mapping', () => {
     expect(onSessionChange.mock.calls[0][2]).toBe('network-error')
   })
 
-  it("does NOT thread a payload on the 'expired' path", () => {
+  it("threads the dying session payload on the 'expired' path", () => {
     /*
-     * onDeleted maps to 'expired' with no sessionData. The provider guards on
-     * `event === 'update' && sessionData`, so a missing payload here is what
-     * forces refreshedAccount === undefined (reducer clears tokens + logs out).
+     * onDeleted maps to 'expired' AND threads the dying SessionData through
+     * (the library hands onDeleted the session being destroyed, before it nulls
+     * its internal state). The provider reads the dying refreshJwt from this
+     * payload to drive the cross-tab expiry rescue. The provider still guards
+     * `refreshedAccount` on `event === 'update' && sessionData`, so the payload
+     * on 'expired' does NOT produce a refreshedAccount (reducer still clears
+     * tokens + logs out when no rescue applies) - see the provider test below.
      */
     const {onSessionChange, hooks} = setup()
     hooks.arm()
     void hooks.onDeleted?.call(fakeSession, fakeData)
     expect(onSessionChange.mock.calls[0][2]).toBe('expired')
-    expect(onSessionChange.mock.calls[0][3]).toBe(undefined)
+    expect(onSessionChange.mock.calls[0][3]).toBe(fakeData)
   })
 })
 
@@ -603,6 +622,7 @@ describe('session-hook payload threading (pre-commit ordering)', () => {
     })
     let refreshedAccountAtHookTime: SessionAccount | undefined = makeAccount()
     let observedEvent: AtpSessionEvent | undefined
+    let observedSessionData: SessionData | undefined
     const onSessionChange = jest.fn(
       (
         _bundle: SessionBundle,
@@ -611,6 +631,7 @@ describe('session-hook payload threading (pre-commit ordering)', () => {
         sessionData?: SessionData,
       ) => {
         observedEvent = event
+        observedSessionData = sessionData
         refreshedAccountAtHookTime = deriveRefreshedAccount(event, sessionData)
       },
     )
@@ -628,6 +649,13 @@ describe('session-hook payload threading (pre-commit ordering)', () => {
     await expect(session.refresh()).rejects.toBeDefined()
 
     expect(observedEvent).toBe('expired')
+    /*
+     * The dying SessionData IS threaded on 'expired' (its refreshJwt drives the
+     * provider's cross-tab rescue), but it does NOT become a refreshedAccount:
+     * deriveRefreshedAccount only maps the 'update' path, so the reducer still
+     * sees `undefined` and logs out when no rescue applies.
+     */
+    expect(observedSessionData?.refreshJwt).toBe('refresh-jwt')
     expect(refreshedAccountAtHookTime).toBe(undefined)
   })
 })
@@ -827,9 +855,10 @@ describe('refreshSession semantics', () => {
  * disarmed latch drops); an early snapshot would persist the stale refreshJwt,
  * which is dead on the next cold start.
  *
- * We simulate the mid-prep rotation by making the mocked
- * `configureModerationForAccount` (a genuine prep await in each factory) run a
- * real `session.refresh()`. The factory itself is re-required inside
+ * We simulate the mid-prep rotation by capturing the bundle from the mocked
+ * (now synchronous) `configureModerationForAccount` and making the mocked
+ * `prefetchAgeAssuranceServerData` (a genuine prep await in each factory) run
+ * a real `session.refresh()`. The factory itself is re-required inside
  * `jest.isolateModulesAsync` AFTER overriding `globalThis.fetch`, because
  * session-core captures `globalThis.fetch` into `networkAwareFetch` at module
  * load - and that captured fetch is what PasswordSession's auto-refresh routes
@@ -856,19 +885,26 @@ describe('factory account snapshot is taken AFTER prep (fix 1)', () => {
 
   beforeEach(() => {
     mockConfigureModerationForAccount.mockReset()
+    mockPrefetchAgeAssuranceServerData.mockReset()
   })
 
   it('resume: returned account carries the tokens rotated DURING prep', async () => {
     /*
      * A refresh mid-prep rotates the session to access-jwt-2/refresh-jwt-2.
      * `valid-access-jwt` decodes as non-expired, so resume() takes the sync
-     * fast path and the only refresh is the one prep triggers.
+     * fast path and the only refresh is the one prep triggers. The bundle is
+     * captured from the (synchronous) moderation call, and the rotation is
+     * injected into the awaited AA prefetch.
      */
+    let capturedBundle: SessionBundle | undefined
     mockConfigureModerationForAccount.mockImplementationOnce(
-      async (bundle: unknown) => {
-        await (bundle as SessionBundle).session.refresh()
+      (bundle: unknown) => {
+        capturedBundle = bundle as SessionBundle
       },
     )
+    mockPrefetchAgeAssuranceServerData.mockImplementationOnce(async () => {
+      await capturedBundle!.session.refresh()
+    })
     const fetchMock = makeMockFetch()
 
     await withFreshFactory(asFetch(fetchMock), async core => {
@@ -892,7 +928,7 @@ describe('factory account snapshot is taken AFTER prep (fix 1)', () => {
      * valid) stored tokens, confirming the moved snapshot did not regress the
      * happy path.
      */
-    mockConfigureModerationForAccount.mockResolvedValueOnce(undefined)
+    mockConfigureModerationForAccount.mockReturnValueOnce(undefined)
     const fetchMock = makeMockFetch()
 
     await withFreshFactory(asFetch(fetchMock), async core => {
@@ -905,3 +941,89 @@ describe('factory account snapshot is taken AFTER prep (fix 1)', () => {
     })
   })
 })
+
+/*
+ * Fix 1: the pure decision behind the cross-tab expiry rescue. Given the dying
+ * session's refreshJwt and a preference-ordered list of "latest known"
+ * candidates, it picks the first candidate that is a usable, strictly-newer,
+ * not-already-failed generation - or undefined (fall through to logout).
+ */
+describe('pickExpiryRescueCandidate', () => {
+  it('picks a candidate whose refreshJwt differs from the dying one', () => {
+    const fresh = makeAccount({refreshJwt: 'refresh-jwt-2'})
+    const picked = pickExpiryRescueCandidate({
+      dyingRefreshJwt: 'refresh-jwt-1',
+      candidates: [fresh],
+      failedRefreshJwts: new Set(),
+    })
+    expect(picked).toBe(fresh)
+  })
+
+  it('rejects a candidate carrying the dying refreshJwt (equally dead)', () => {
+    const picked = pickExpiryRescueCandidate({
+      dyingRefreshJwt: 'refresh-jwt-1',
+      candidates: [makeAccount({refreshJwt: 'refresh-jwt-1'})],
+      failedRefreshJwts: new Set(),
+    })
+    expect(picked).toBe(undefined)
+  })
+
+  it('rejects a candidate with no refreshJwt', () => {
+    const picked = pickExpiryRescueCandidate({
+      dyingRefreshJwt: 'refresh-jwt-1',
+      candidates: [makeAccount({refreshJwt: undefined}), undefined],
+      failedRefreshJwts: new Set(),
+    })
+    expect(picked).toBe(undefined)
+  })
+
+  it('rejects a candidate already recorded as failed (loop guard)', () => {
+    const picked = pickExpiryRescueCandidate({
+      dyingRefreshJwt: 'refresh-jwt-1',
+      candidates: [makeAccount({refreshJwt: 'refresh-jwt-2'})],
+      failedRefreshJwts: new Set(['refresh-jwt-2']),
+    })
+    expect(picked).toBe(undefined)
+  })
+
+  it('tries candidates in order, preferring the first qualifying one', () => {
+    const persistedCandidate = makeAccount({
+      refreshJwt: 'refresh-jwt-persisted',
+    })
+    const reducerCandidate = makeAccount({refreshJwt: 'refresh-jwt-reducer'})
+    const picked = pickExpiryRescueCandidate({
+      dyingRefreshJwt: 'refresh-jwt-1',
+      candidates: [persistedCandidate, reducerCandidate],
+      failedRefreshJwts: new Set(),
+    })
+    expect(picked).toBe(persistedCandidate)
+  })
+
+  it('skips an unusable first candidate and falls back to a later one', () => {
+    const reducerCandidate = makeAccount({refreshJwt: 'refresh-jwt-reducer'})
+    const picked = pickExpiryRescueCandidate({
+      dyingRefreshJwt: 'refresh-jwt-1',
+      /* first candidate is the dying token; second is genuinely newer */
+      candidates: [
+        makeAccount({refreshJwt: 'refresh-jwt-1'}),
+        reducerCandidate,
+      ],
+      failedRefreshJwts: new Set(),
+    })
+    expect(picked).toBe(reducerCandidate)
+  })
+
+  it('gives up once the failed-generation set hits the hard cap', () => {
+    const failed = new Set<string>()
+    for (let i = 0; i < MAX_EXPIRY_RESCUE_GENERATIONS; i++) {
+      failed.add(`refresh-jwt-failed-${i}`)
+    }
+    const picked = pickExpiryRescueCandidate({
+      dyingRefreshJwt: 'refresh-jwt-dying',
+      /* a genuinely newer candidate exists, but the budget is exhausted */
+      candidates: [makeAccount({refreshJwt: 'refresh-jwt-brand-new'})],
+      failedRefreshJwts: failed,
+    })
+    expect(picked).toBe(undefined)
+  })
+})
diff --git a/src/state/session/index.tsx b/src/state/session/index.tsx
index bea05d1967..9e4f4d5da6 100644
--- a/src/state/session/index.tsx
+++ b/src/state/session/index.tsx
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import {
   createSessionBundleAndResume,
   disposeBundle,
   makeSessionHooks,
+  pickExpiryRescueCandidate,
   type PublicSessionBundle,
   registerBundleKillSwitch,
   sessionAccountToSessionData,
@@ -128,6 +129,32 @@ export function Provider({children}: React.PropsWithChildren<{}>) {
   const state = useSyncExternalStore(store.subscribe, store.getState)
   const onboardingDispatch = useOnboardingDispatch()
 
+  /*
+   * Failed-token loop guard for the expiry rescue below. Maps a did to the set
+   * of refreshJwts that have already produced an 'expired'. Before rescuing
+   * from a candidate we require its refreshJwt not be in this set, and every
+   * expiry records its dying token here; a successful 'update' clears the set.
+   * See the rescue docblock in onSessionChange for why this is a set (not a
+   * single-shot flag) and why it stays bounded.
+   */
+  const failedExpiryTokensRef = useRef<Map<string, Set<string>>>(new Map())
+  /*
+   * Self-reference shim. The rescue path rebuilds a bundle and must wire it to
+   * this same onSessionChange (so the rescued bundle's own future events flow
+   * back here). Referencing onSessionChange inside its own useCallback body
+   * would be an unsatisfiable exhaustive-deps cycle, so we thread it through a
+   * ref kept current right after the callback is defined.
+   */
+  const onSessionChangeRef = useRef<
+    | ((
+        bundle: SessionBundle,
+        accountDid: string,
+        sessionEvent: AtpSessionEvent,
+        sessionData?: SessionData,
+      ) => void)
+    | null
+  >(null)
+
   const onSessionChange = useCallback(
     (
       bundle: SessionBundle,
@@ -135,6 +162,15 @@ export function Provider({children}: React.PropsWithChildren<{}>) {
       sessionEvent: AtpSessionEvent,
       sessionData?: SessionData,
     ) => {
+      /*
+       * A successful refresh means this did's world is healthy again, so reset
+       * its failed-token guard set (a later expiry starts a fresh rescue
+       * budget).
+       */
+      if (sessionEvent === 'update' && sessionData) {
+        failedExpiryTokensRef.current.get(accountDid)?.clear()
+      }
+
       /*
        * Build the refreshed account from the payload the hook delivers, NOT the
        * live session getter. `PasswordSession` fires onUpdated/onDeleted BEFORE
@@ -151,17 +187,154 @@ export function Provider({children}: React.PropsWithChildren<{}>) {
         sessionEvent === 'update' && sessionData
           ? sessionDataToSessionAccount(sessionData, sessionData.service)
           : undefined
-      if (sessionEvent === 'expired' || sessionEvent === 'create-failed') {
+
+      /*
+       * Expiry rescue (compare-and-clear + resume-from-newer). THE BUG: a stale
+       * tab (frozen by Chrome, a failed localStorage write, or a native app
+       * killed before its async persist landed) can wake holding a >2h-old
+       * refresh token. Its refresh gets ExpiredToken, and the naive 'expired'
+       * handling clears the tokens in storage and logs out EVERY tab - even
+       * though another tab already rotated to a healthy generation (PDS refresh
+       * tokens keep a 2h grace window after rotation).
+       *
+       * Fix: before letting an expiry become a logout, check whether a NEWER
+       * generation for this did is known, and if so rebuild the current bundle
+       * from it instead of dropping the session. The compare lives here at the
+       * dispatch site (not in the reducer) because the reducer is pure and has
+       * no access to persisted storage.
+       *
+       * Two freshness sources, tried in order:
+       *  - persisted.readLatest('session'): on web this re-reads localStorage
+       *    directly, covering the frozen-tab case where queued cross-tab
+       *    broadcasts have not been processed yet (so both the reducer state and
+       *    persisted's in-memory cache are stale). On native it equals `get`.
+       *  - the reducer's accounts: on native this IS the truth; on web it is
+       *    kept fresh by 'synced-accounts' broadcasts.
+       * On native the two always agree, so the rescue effectively never fires
+       * (the dying bundle is the only generation) and expiry falls straight
+       * through to logout. On web, readLatest is what sees the healthy tokens.
+       *
+       * Termination: a rescued bundle that expires AGAIN now matches persisted
+       * (this tab wrote nothing newer), so no newer candidate exists and it
+       * falls through to a real logout. The failed-token set is the belt-and-
+       * suspenders bound - each rescue consumes a strictly newer generation, so
+       * the set grows by at most one per expiry and is hard-capped
+       * (MAX_EXPIRY_RESCUE_GENERATIONS). A set rather than a single-shot flag is
+       * required: with a flag, a second expiry would fall through to logout and
+       * clobber a healthy THIRD generation another tab just wrote, recreating
+       * the exact bug.
+       */
+      if (sessionEvent === 'expired') {
+        const current = store.getState()
+        const currentAgent = current.currentAgentState.agent as unknown as
+          | SessionBundle
+          | PublicSessionBundle
+        const dyingRefreshJwt = sessionData?.refreshJwt
+        /*
+         * The rescue only applies when the expiring bundle IS the current one.
+         * Otherwise fall through: the reducer's identity guard drops a stale
+         * bundle's expiry anyway.
+         */
+        if (
+          currentAgent === bundle &&
+          current.currentAgentState.did === accountDid &&
+          dyingRefreshJwt
+        ) {
+          /*
+           * Record the dying token FIRST (at the start of handling), so a
+           * rescued-then-failed generation is remembered and never rescued back
+           * into.
+           */
+          let failedSet = failedExpiryTokensRef.current.get(accountDid)
+          if (!failedSet) {
+            failedSet = new Set()
+            failedExpiryTokensRef.current.set(accountDid, failedSet)
+          }
+          failedSet.add(dyingRefreshJwt)
+
+          /*
+           * Prefer the persisted re-read over the reducer state: storage is the
+           * cross-tab source of truth on web (on native they are identical).
+           */
+          const persistedCandidate = persisted
+            .readLatest('session')
+            .accounts.find(a => a.did === accountDid)
+          const reducerCandidate = current.accounts.find(
+            a => a.did === accountDid,
+          )
+          const candidate = pickExpiryRescueCandidate({
+            dyingRefreshJwt,
+            candidates: [persistedCandidate, reducerCandidate],
+            failedRefreshJwts: failedSet,
+          })
+
+          if (candidate) {
+            /*
+             * Rebuild a bundle from the newer tokens synchronously, modeled on
+             * the same-did rebuild in the persisted.onUpdate handler below. No
+             * expiry is dispatched and no emitSessionDropped fires - the session
+             * is not dropped, it is healed.
+             */
+            let newBundle!: SessionBundle
+            const hooks = makeSessionHooks(
+              onSessionChangeRef.current!,
+              () => newBundle,
+              () => candidate.did,
+            )
+            const newSession = new PasswordSession(
+              sessionAccountToSessionData(candidate),
+              hooks,
+            )
+            newBundle = buildBundle(newSession)
+            registerBundleKillSwitch(newBundle, hooks.kill)
+            configureModerationForAccount(newBundle, candidate)
+            /*
+             * Re-snapshot through the freshly built session (fallback covers
+             * the destroyed case, which cannot happen for a just-built,
+             * never-armed session).
+             */
+            const newAccount = newBundle.session.destroyed
+              ? candidate
+              : (sessionDataToSessionAccount(
+                  newBundle.session.session,
+                  newBundle.session.session.service,
+                ) ?? candidate)
+            hooks.arm()
+            store.dispatch({
+              type: 'replaced-current-bundle',
+              newAgent: newBundle,
+              newAccount,
+            })
+            return
+          }
+        }
+      }
+
+      /*
+       * Fall-through-to-logout path (no rescue was taken). emitSessionDropped
+       * fires here - never on the rescue path, where the session survives.
+       * 'create-failed' never fires in production but is kept for parity.
+       *
+       * Gate on the expiring bundle still being current: the reducer drops
+       * events from non-current bundles, and disposal of a replaced bundle
+       * happens in a deferred useEffect. A stale-but-still-armed bundle expiring
+       * in that window must not show a spurious "session expired" toast while
+       * the current session is healthy - only emit when a CURRENT bundle truly
+       * expires with no rescue.
+       */
+      if (
+        (sessionEvent === 'expired' || sessionEvent === 'create-failed') &&
+        store.getState().currentAgentState.agent === bundle
+      ) {
         emitSessionDropped()
       }
       /*
-       * The reducer stores the whole bundle as `currentAgentState.agent` and
-       * compares `action.agent` by identity to decide whether an expiry/error
-       * belongs to the active account (background accounts must not be able to
-       * log the current user out). The hook now hands us the bundle that fired,
-       * so it IS the identity token: a same-bundle event acts on the active
-       * account, a stale (background) bundle does not match and its clears are
-       * ignored - matching the pre-migration semantics exactly.
+       * The bundle is the reducer's identity token: it stores the whole bundle
+       * as `currentAgentState.agent` and compares `action.agent` by identity to
+       * decide whether an event belongs to the active account. A same-bundle
+       * event acts on the active account; a stale (background) bundle does not
+       * match, so its events are ignored (background accounts must not be able
+       * to log the current user out or resurrect tokens).
        */
       store.dispatch({
         type: 'received-agent-event',
@@ -173,6 +346,7 @@ export function Provider({children}: React.PropsWithChildren<{}>) {
     },
     [store],
   )
+  onSessionChangeRef.current = onSessionChange
 
   const createAccount = useCallback<SessionApiContext['createAccount']>(
     async (params, metrics) => {
@@ -307,6 +481,29 @@ export function Provider({children}: React.PropsWithChildren<{}>) {
       )
 
       if (signal.aborted) {
+        /*
+         * A newer task superseded this resume. The bundle is fully built and
+         * armed, so its session can still consume refresh tokens - dispose it
+         * before bailing (fixes a leak where an aborted resume left an armed,
+         * undisposed bundle behind).
+         */
+        disposeBundle(bundle)
+        return
+      }
+      /*
+       * Completion bail: re-read state and drop out if this account's entry is
+       * gone, or its tokens were cleared by a cross-tab logout that raced this
+       * resume (the residual hole where the leader logged in X then out while
+       * this follower's current did was still undefined, so the onUpdate cancel
+       * in 2a did not fire). The check is on the ACCOUNTS entry, not on
+       * "persisted current did": a persisted-current-did check would break
+       * normal user-initiated account switching, where the target account is
+       * deliberately not current yet.
+       */
+      const latest = store.getState()
+      const latestEntry = latest.accounts.find(a => a.did === account.did)
+      if (!latestEntry || !latestEntry.refreshJwt) {
+        disposeBundle(bundle)
         return
       }
       store.dispatch({
@@ -330,10 +527,9 @@ export function Provider({children}: React.PropsWithChildren<{}>) {
     const signal = cancelPendingTask()
     /*
      * Fetch through the account (PDS) client and dispatch the patch. We do NOT
-     * mutate the session object anymore (PasswordSession's data is immutable to
-     * us); the reducer patches only the `accounts` entry, and the email-state
-     * hook reads from the account rather than the session.
-     * `client.call` returns the response body directly (no `{data}` wrapper).
+     * mutate the session object (PasswordSession's data is immutable to us); the
+     * reducer patches only the `accounts` entry, and the email-state hook reads
+     * from the account rather than the session.
      */
     const data = await bundle.accountClient.call(com.atproto.server.getSession)
     if (signal.aborted) return
@@ -355,12 +551,11 @@ export function Provider({children}: React.PropsWithChildren<{}>) {
       | PublicSessionBundle
     if (!bundle.session) return undefined // logged out: nothing to refresh
     /*
-     * PasswordSession.refresh() re-runs com.atproto.server.refreshSession +
-     * getSession. On success the session's onUpdated hook fires, which the
-     * armed makeSessionHooks wiring maps to an 'update' event; the reducer
-     * snapshots the refreshed account. No explicit dispatch is needed here.
-     * The returned snapshot lets callers read post-refresh fields without
-     * waiting on the (async) reducer update.
+     * refresh() fires the session's onUpdated hook on success, which the armed
+     * hooks map to an 'update' event; the reducer snapshots the refreshed
+     * account, so no explicit dispatch is needed here. The returned snapshot
+     * lets callers read post-refresh fields without waiting on the (async)
+     * reducer update.
      */
     await bundle.session.refresh()
     return sessionDataToSessionAccount(
@@ -398,6 +593,26 @@ export function Provider({children}: React.PropsWithChildren<{}>) {
       const syncedAccount = synced.accounts.find(
         a => a.did === synced.currentAccount?.did,
       )
+      /*
+       * The leader tab's current account, but only if it still has tokens -
+       * a tokenless entry means the leader logged out. When the leader logged
+       * out (`syncedDid === undefined`) while THIS tab thinks it is logged in,
+       * cancel any pending task so a resume racing this logout does not win and
+       * dispatch a switch over the top of the synced logout. We do NOT cancel
+       * unconditionally on every no-current broadcast: a logged-out tab may be
+       * mid-login, and another logged-out tab removing a stored account must not
+       * abort that unrelated in-flight login. resumeSession already cancels at
+       * its start, so the different-did case is covered elsewhere.
+       */
+      const syncedDid = syncedAccount?.refreshJwt
+        ? syncedAccount.did
+        : undefined
+      if (
+        syncedDid === undefined &&
+        state.currentAgentState.did !== undefined
+      ) {
+        cancelPendingTask()
+      }
       if (syncedAccount && syncedAccount.refreshJwt) {
         if (syncedAccount.did !== state.currentAgentState.did) {
           /*
@@ -421,13 +636,13 @@ export function Provider({children}: React.PropsWithChildren<{}>) {
             | SessionBundle
             | PublicSessionBundle
           /*
-           * Any change to ANY saved account fires persisted.onUpdate. The
+           * Any change to ANY saved account fires persisted.onUpdate, and the
            * 'synced-accounts' dispatch above already keeps the accounts list
-           * fresh, so if the CURRENT account's tokens are unchanged there is
-           * nothing to rebuild - a change to a non-current account landed here.
-           * Bail out before rebuilding: rebuild+swap would kill the live bundle
-           * (client-identity churn, in-flight request kills) for no reason.
-           * Fall through to rebuild only when we have no usable live session.
+           * fresh. So if the CURRENT account's tokens are unchanged, a change to
+           * a non-current account landed here: bail out before rebuilding, since
+           * rebuild+swap would kill the live bundle (client-identity churn,
+           * in-flight request kills) for no reason. Fall through to rebuild only
+           * when we have no usable live session.
            */
           const live =
             prevBundle.session && !prevBundle.session.destroyed
@@ -454,55 +669,77 @@ export function Provider({children}: React.PropsWithChildren<{}>) {
           registerBundleKillSwitch(newBundle, hooks.kill)
           /*
            * Reapply this account's subscribed labelers to the freshly built
-           * appview client - buildBundle starts with an empty per-instance
-           * labeler set, and unlike login/resume/createAccount this rebuild
-           * path never runs configureModerationForAccount on its own. The
-           * bundle swap is deferred until the labeler config resolves so the
-           * new bundle enters the reducer with its labelers already applied
-           * (matching the factories, which await moderation before returning).
-           * readLabelers is a local-storage read (microtask-scale, no network,
-           * preserving this branch's no-network intent), and the OLD bundle's
-           * access token stays valid throughout the deferral, so nothing
-           * regresses by waiting.
-           *
-           * arm() happens inside the same callback as the dispatch (not
-           * before the deferral) so there is no async window where the new
-           * session is armed but the reducer still holds the old bundle -
-           * an 'expired' event fired in such a window would be dropped by
-           * the reducer's bundle-identity check. Mirroring the factories'
-           * snapshot-after-prep, the dispatched account is re-read from the
-           * live session, so a token refresh during the (unarmed) deferral
-           * still persists fresh tokens.
+           * appview client: buildBundle starts with an empty per-instance
+           * labeler set, and this rebuild path never runs
+           * configureModerationForAccount on its own. It is fully synchronous
+           * (the labeler cache is a local MMKV read), so the whole prep + arm +
+           * dispatch sequence below runs in one tick from the onUpdate
+           * broadcast - the new bundle enters the reducer with its labelers
+           * already applied, with no window where the new session is armed but
+           * the reducer still holds the old bundle.
            */
-          void configureModerationForAccount(newBundle, syncedAccount)
-            .catch(() => {})
-            .finally(() => {
-              addSessionDebugLog({
-                type: 'agent:patch',
-                agent: newBundle,
-                prevSession:
-                  prevBundle.session && !prevBundle.session.destroyed
-                    ? prevBundle.session.session
-                    : undefined,
-                nextSession: newBundle.session.session,
-              })
-              const newAccount = newBundle.session.destroyed
-                ? syncedAccount
-                : (sessionDataToSessionAccount(
-                    newBundle.session.session,
-                    newBundle.session.session.service,
-                  ) ?? syncedAccount)
-              hooks.arm()
-              store.dispatch({
-                type: 'replaced-current-bundle',
-                newAgent: newBundle,
-                newAccount,
-              })
-            })
+          configureModerationForAccount(newBundle, syncedAccount)
+          /*
+           * Defensive race guard. With the whole path synchronous, nothing can
+           * have dispatched between the 'synced-accounts' dispatch above and
+           * here, so these conditions are trivially satisfied today. They are
+           * kept as a cheap invariant check against a future edit reintroducing
+           * an await into this path: a competing rebuild, an account switch, a
+           * logout, or a newer token generation would each show up as a
+           * bundle-identity or token mismatch, and the stale completion must
+           * drop out (self-disposing the never-installed bundle) rather than
+           * clobber the newer bundle or resurrect an authenticated bundle into a
+           * logged-out/other-account slot (the reducer's
+           * 'replaced-current-bundle' keeps the current did and does no identity
+           * check on the outgoing agent).
+           */
+          const current = store.getState()
+          const latestAccount = current.accounts.find(
+            account => account.did === syncedAccount.did,
+          )
+          if (
+            current.currentAgentState.agent !== prevBundle ||
+            latestAccount?.accessJwt !== syncedAccount.accessJwt ||
+            latestAccount?.refreshJwt !== syncedAccount.refreshJwt
+          ) {
+            /*
+             * This bundle was never armed and never installed, so dispose it
+             * here (the install path's normal disposal in the bundle-identity
+             * effect will never run for it).
+             */
+            disposeBundle(newBundle)
+            return
+          }
+          addSessionDebugLog({
+            type: 'agent:patch',
+            agent: newBundle,
+            prevSession:
+              prevBundle.session && !prevBundle.session.destroyed
+                ? prevBundle.session.session
+                : undefined,
+            nextSession: newBundle.session.session,
+          })
+          /*
+           * Re-read syncedAccount's data through the freshly built session (the
+           * fallbacks cover the destroyed case, which cannot happen here since
+           * the session was just built synchronously and never armed).
+           */
+          const newAccount = newBundle.session.destroyed
+            ? syncedAccount
+            : (sessionDataToSessionAccount(
+                newBundle.session.session,
+                newBundle.session.session.service,
+              ) ?? syncedAccount)
+          hooks.arm()
+          store.dispatch({
+            type: 'replaced-current-bundle',
+            newAgent: newBundle,
+            newAccount,
+          })
         }
       }
     })
-  }, [store, state, resumeSession, onSessionChange])
+  }, [store, state, resumeSession, onSessionChange, cancelPendingTask])
 
   const stateContext = useMemo(
     () => ({
@@ -621,10 +858,10 @@ export function useRequireAuth() {
 
 /**
  * Authenticated lex {@link Client} for appview reads. Backed by the active
- * bundle's appview client (proxied to the Bluesky appview, with labelers). Its
- * identity is stable per-bundle, so it only changes when the active account
- * changes. Falls back to the public client when there is no bundle (logged out,
- * or used outside the provider) so callers can treat it as always-present.
+ * bundle's appview client (proxied to the Bluesky appview, with labelers); its
+ * identity is stable per-bundle. Falls back to the public client when there is
+ * no bundle (logged out, or used outside the provider) so callers can treat it
+ * as always-present.
  */
 export function useLexClient(): Client {
   const bundle = useContext(BundleContext)
@@ -644,13 +881,11 @@ export function useAppviewClient(): Client {
  * The account (PDS) lex {@link Client} for the active account. Writes and record
  * mutations go here - requests hit the user's PDS directly (no appview proxy).
  *
- * Logged-out contract: returns a stable throwing client
- * ({@link getUnauthenticatedClient}) that throws `NotAuthenticatedError` on any
- * request, BEFORE any network I/O. This is the write path - it must NOT fall
- * back to the public appview, so an unauthenticated write fails immediately and
- * legibly rather than silently hitting `public.api.bsky.app`. Components may
- * safely hold this client while logged out; only calling it throws. A component
- * that genuinely branches on auth state should use {@link useMaybePdsClient}.
+ * Logged out, returns a stable client ({@link getUnauthenticatedClient}) that
+ * throws `NotAuthenticatedError` before any network I/O, so an unauthenticated
+ * write fails loudly rather than silently hitting `public.api.bsky.app`.
+ * Components may safely hold this client while logged out; only calling it
+ * throws. To branch on auth state, use {@link useMaybePdsClient} instead.
  */
 export function usePdsClient(): Client {
   const bundle = useContext(BundleContext)
@@ -661,11 +896,10 @@ export function usePdsClient(): Client {
  * The chat lex {@link Client} for the active account. `chat.bsky.*` calls go
  * here - proxied to `did:web:api.bsky.chat#bsky_chat`.
  *
- * Logged-out contract: returns a stable throwing client
- * ({@link getUnauthenticatedClient}) that throws `NotAuthenticatedError` on any
- * request, BEFORE any network I/O. Chat is meaningless logged out, so this must
- * NOT fall back to the public appview. A component that genuinely branches on
- * auth state should use {@link useMaybeChatClient}.
+ * Logged out, returns a stable client ({@link getUnauthenticatedClient}) that
+ * throws `NotAuthenticatedError` before any network I/O. Chat is meaningless
+ * logged out, so this must NOT fall back to the public appview. To branch on
+ * auth state, use {@link useMaybeChatClient} instead.
  */
 export function useChatClient(): Client {
   const bundle = useContext(BundleContext)
@@ -678,9 +912,8 @@ export function useChatClient(): Client {
  *
  * The escape hatch for the rare component that genuinely renders a logged-out
  * branch and must decide whether a write path is available. Prefer
- * {@link usePdsClient} for the common case (a write only reachable while
- * authenticated); do NOT reach for this hook merely to dodge the throwing
- * client's `NotAuthenticatedError`.
+ * {@link usePdsClient} for the common case; do NOT reach for this hook merely to
+ * dodge the throwing client's `NotAuthenticatedError`.
  */
 export function useMaybePdsClient(): Client | null {
   const bundle = useContext(BundleContext)
diff --git a/src/state/session/session-core.ts b/src/state/session/session-core.ts
index 14ce81a2d6..a74e7c06ad 100644
--- a/src/state/session/session-core.ts
+++ b/src/state/session/session-core.ts
@@ -51,14 +51,10 @@ import {type SessionAccount} from './types'
 import {isSessionExpired} from './util'
 
 /**
- * The session-change events the reducer/logging/tests speak.
- *
- * Formerly re-exported from the legacy API package; defined locally now that
- * the bridge is gone. These are the exact union members the reducer switches
- * on. In
- * production only `'update'`/`'expired'`/`'network-error'` are ever emitted from
- * {@link makeSessionHooks}; `'create'`/`'create-failed'` remain in the type for
- * the reducer and the session tests.
+ * The session-change events the reducer/logging/tests speak. In production only
+ * `'update'`/`'expired'`/`'network-error'` are ever emitted from
+ * {@link makeSessionHooks}; `'create'`/`'create-failed'` exist only for the
+ * reducer and the session tests.
  */
 export type AtpSessionEvent =
   | 'create'
@@ -71,9 +67,9 @@ export type AtpSessionEvent =
  * Whether an access token was issued for a queued (waitlisted) signup rather
  * than a full session.
  *
- * Canonical implementation - util.ts re-exports it. It lives here (rather
- * than util.ts) so this module stays dependency-light: util.ts pulls in
- * agent.ts and, transitively, a large chunk of the app.
+ * Canonical implementation - util.ts re-exports it. It lives here (rather than
+ * util.ts) so this module stays dependency-light: util.ts transitively pulls in
+ * a large chunk of the app.
  */
 export function isSignupQueued(accessJwt: string | undefined) {
   if (accessJwt) {
@@ -87,8 +83,8 @@ export function isSignupQueued(accessJwt: string | undefined) {
 }
 
 /*
- * Captured once at module load so that the wrapper below is immune to later
- * monkey-patching of globalThis.fetch (mirrors the old BskyAppAgent fetch).
+ * Captured once at module load so the wrapper below is immune to later
+ * monkey-patching of globalThis.fetch.
  */
 const realFetch = globalThis.fetch
 
@@ -97,10 +93,9 @@ const realFetch = globalThis.fetch
  * Any resolved response (including HTTP errors) confirms the network is up; a
  * thrown error (DNS failure, timeout, offline) reports it as lost.
  *
- * This replaces the custom `fetch` previously passed to `BskyAppAgent`. It is
- * intended to be passed as `PasswordSessionOptions.fetch` and as the `fetch`
- * option of unauthenticated lex `Client`s, so every network path in the
- * session stack feeds the same reachability signal.
+ * Passed as `PasswordSessionOptions.fetch` and as the `fetch` option of
+ * unauthenticated lex `Client`s, so every network path in the session stack
+ * feeds the same reachability signal.
  */
 export const networkAwareFetch: typeof fetch = async (...args) => {
   try {
@@ -116,11 +111,10 @@ export const networkAwareFetch: typeof fetch = async (...args) => {
 /**
  * Extract the PDS endpoint URL from a DID document, if present and valid.
  *
- * Local reimplementation of `@atproto/lex-password-session`'s private
- * `extractPdsUrl` util (it lives in a non-exported module, so we cannot import
- * it). Must stay behaviorally identical: `PasswordSession.fetchHandler`
- * derives its request origin as `extractPdsUrl(didDoc) ?? service`, and we use
- * this same derivation to persist `pdsUrl` on the account snapshot.
+ * Must stay behaviorally identical to `@atproto/lex-password-session`'s private
+ * `extractPdsUrl` (non-exported, so we reimplement it): `PasswordSession.
+ * fetchHandler` derives its request origin as `extractPdsUrl(didDoc) ?? service`,
+ * and we reuse this derivation to persist `pdsUrl` on the account snapshot.
  */
 export function extractPdsUrl(didDoc: unknown): string | null {
   if (typeof didDoc !== 'object' || didDoc === null) {
@@ -160,16 +154,15 @@ function canParseUrl(input: string): boolean {
 }
 
 /**
- * Build a minimal synthetic DID document whose only service entry is the
- * given PDS endpoint.
+ * Build a minimal synthetic DID document whose only service entry is the given
+ * PDS endpoint.
  *
- * Why: the persisted `SessionAccount` stores `pdsUrl` but `SessionData` routes
+ * The persisted `SessionAccount` stores `pdsUrl` but `SessionData` routes
  * requests via `extractPdsUrl(didDoc) ?? service`. On the non-expired resume
- * fast path (no network), we synthesize this doc from the stored `pdsUrl` so
- * the very first requests hit the right PDS (entryway accounts have
+ * fast path (no network) we synthesize this doc from the stored `pdsUrl` so the
+ * very first requests hit the right PDS (entryway accounts have
  * service=bsky.social but a different PDS host). After the first refresh,
- * `PasswordSession` refetches `getSession` and replaces this with the real
- * DID document.
+ * `PasswordSession` refetches `getSession` and replaces it with the real doc.
  */
 export function synthDidDoc(
   did: string,
@@ -191,15 +184,13 @@ export function synthDidDoc(
  * Convert live `PasswordSession` session data into the persisted
  * `SessionAccount` snapshot.
  *
- * Replaces `agentToSessionAccount`. The object literal's field ORDER must
- * match the old `agentToSessionAccount` exactly - the reducer's
+ * The object literal's field ORDER is load-bearing: the reducer's
  * `JSON.stringify` fast path and the session test snapshots depend on
- * byte-stable serialization. `service` is normalized through `new URL()` to
- * keep the trailing slash the old `agent.serviceUrl.toString()` produced, and
- * `pdsUrl` likewise (the old code read `agent.pdsUrl?.toString()`, a URL).
+ * byte-stable serialization. `service` and `pdsUrl` are normalized through
+ * `new URL().toString()` for a stable trailing slash.
  *
- * `pdsUrl` intentionally does NOT fall back to `service`: hosted accounts
- * (no didDoc PDS entry) keep `pdsUrl: undefined`, matching the old behavior.
+ * `pdsUrl` intentionally does NOT fall back to `service`: hosted accounts (no
+ * didDoc PDS entry) keep `pdsUrl: undefined`.
  */
 export function sessionDataToSessionAccount(
   session: SessionData | null | undefined,
@@ -231,9 +222,7 @@ export function sessionDataToSessionAccount(
  * Convert a persisted `SessionAccount` back into `SessionData` for
  * constructing/resuming a `PasswordSession`.
  *
- * Replaces `sessionAccountToSession`. Field order mirrors the shape returned
- * by the server (roughly alphabetical, matching the old function). When the
- * account has a stored `pdsUrl`, a synthetic didDoc is injected so
+ * When the account has a stored `pdsUrl`, a synthetic didDoc is injected so
  * `PasswordSession` routes requests to the right PDS before its first refresh
  * (see {@link synthDidDoc}).
  */
@@ -259,11 +248,7 @@ export function sessionAccountToSessionData(
 
 /**
  * The service (entryway) URL for a session, or the public appview URL when
- * logged out / destroyed.
- *
- * Byte-identical to the derivation the old service getter used: a
- * `new URL(...)` over `session.session.service` when the session is live, else
- * `PUBLIC_BSKY_SERVICE`. Used for the {@link SessionBundle.service} getter.
+ * logged out / destroyed. Backs the {@link SessionBundle.service} getter.
  */
 function deriveServiceUrl(session: PasswordSession | null): URL {
   return new URL(
@@ -322,25 +307,19 @@ export function registerBundleKillSwitch(
 
 /**
  * Assemble a {@link SessionBundle} from a live session: the account, appview,
- * and chat clients, all read-through views over the one session. The appview
- * proxy header is baked into `buildAppviewClient` (`service: api.app.service`),
- * so no separate proxy configuration is needed here.
+ * and chat clients, all read-through views over the one session.
  */
 export function buildBundle(session: PasswordSession): SessionBundle {
   return {
     session,
     accountClient: buildAccountClient(session),
     /*
-     * Per-account labelers are applied to the appview client by
-     * configureModerationForAccount; buildAppviewClient carries only the base
-     * Bluesky moderation labeler until then.
+     * Starts with an empty per-account labeler set; configureModerationForAccount
+     * applies this account's labelers afterwards.
      */
     appviewClient: buildAppviewClient(session, []),
     chatClient: buildChatClient(session),
-    /*
-     * Derived from the session so the reducer's opaque view can read `.service`.
-     * A getter keeps it live with the session's state (destroyed -> public).
-     */
+    /* A getter keeps `.service` live with the session's state (destroyed -> public). */
     get service() {
       return deriveServiceUrl(session)
     },
@@ -350,20 +329,19 @@ export function buildBundle(session: PasswordSession): SessionBundle {
 /**
  * The session-change callback the provider passes into the hooks.
  *
- * `PasswordSession` surfaces three hooks (`onUpdated`/`onDeleted`/
- * `onUpdateFailure`) which {@link makeSessionHooks} maps into the
- * {@link AtpSessionEvent} vocabulary: refresh -> `'update'`, dead session/logout
- * -> `'expired'`, transient failure -> `'network-error'`. The whole
- * {@link SessionBundle} is handed through so the provider can snapshot the live
- * session and use the bundle itself as the reducer's identity token.
+ * The whole {@link SessionBundle} is handed through so the provider can snapshot
+ * the live session and use the bundle itself as the reducer's identity token.
  *
- * `sessionData` is the fresh payload the library hands the hook. It matters
- * because `PasswordSession` fires `onUpdated`/`onDeleted` BEFORE committing
+ * `sessionData` is the payload the library hands the hook. It is present on
+ * BOTH the `'update'` path (the fresh, rotated session) and the `'expired'`
+ * path (the DYING session's data, which `refresh()` passes to `onDeleted`
+ * BEFORE it nulls its internal `#sessionData`). It matters because
+ * `PasswordSession` fires `onUpdated`/`onDeleted` BEFORE committing
  * `#sessionData` (see `refresh()`/`logout()` in password-session.js), so the
  * live getter (`bundle.session.session`) still returns the OLD tokens at hook
- * time. The provider must build the refreshed account from this argument, not
- * from the live getter. Present on the `'update'` path (the new session) and
- * absent on the error paths.
+ * time. On `'update'` the provider builds the refreshed account from this
+ * argument; on `'expired'` it reads the dying refreshJwt from it to drive the
+ * compare-and-rescue at the dispatch site.
  */
 type OnSessionChange = (
   bundle: SessionBundle,
@@ -376,31 +354,19 @@ type OnSessionChange = (
  * Build the `PasswordSession` hooks with an arm latch.
  *
  * `PasswordSession` fires `onUpdated` once during login/resume/createAccount
- * (before the factory returns). We must NOT dispatch that initial event to the
- * reducer - it corresponds to today's dropped `'create'` event, which never
- * reached the reducer because `persistSessionHandler` was still undefined
- * during `prepare()`. So hooks are inert until `arm()` is called, after the
- * prepare tail resolves.
+ * before the factory returns. We must NOT dispatch that initial event, so hooks
+ * stay inert until `arm()` is called after the prepare tail resolves.
  *
  * `getBundle` is deferred because the bundle does not exist yet when the hooks
- * are constructed (the session is created first, then the bundle is built over
- * it).
+ * are constructed (session first, then bundle built over it).
  *
- * The hooks thread the fresh `SessionData` the library delivers straight
- * through to `onSessionChange` (the `'update'` payload). The library fires the
- * hook BEFORE committing that data internally, so the provider must read tokens
- * from this argument rather than the (still-stale) live session getter.
- *
- * The `fetch` option is wrapped in a kill-switch: `kill()` (returned alongside
- * `arm()`) sets a closure flag so every subsequent request through this
- * session - direct fetches AND the internal auto-refresh, which
- * `PasswordSession` routes through the same `options.fetch` captured at
- * construction - throws instead of hitting the network. `kill()` also disarms
- * the hooks so a disposed session can never dispatch into the reducer. This is
- * the disposal mechanism {@link disposeBundle} relies on (`PasswordSession`
- * exposes no local destroy).
- *
- * Exported for testing (the arm-latch + event mapping is the core semantics).
+ * The `fetch` option is wrapped in a kill-switch: `kill()` sets a closure flag
+ * so every subsequent request through this session - direct fetches AND the
+ * internal auto-refresh, which `PasswordSession` routes through the same
+ * captured `options.fetch` - throws instead of hitting the network. `kill()`
+ * also disarms the hooks so a disposed session can never dispatch into the
+ * reducer. This is the disposal mechanism {@link disposeBundle} relies on
+ * (`PasswordSession` exposes no local destroy).
  */
 export function makeSessionHooks(
   onSessionChange: OnSessionChange,
@@ -415,11 +381,7 @@ export function makeSessionHooks(
     }
     const did = getDid()
     onSessionChange(getBundle(), did, event, sessionData)
-    /*
-     * Mirror the old BskyAppAgent.prepare wiring: log any non-create/update
-     * session event. In practice we only emit 'update'/'expired'/'network-error'
-     * here, so this logs the error-ish ones.
-     */
+    // Log the error-ish events ('expired'/'network-error').
     if (event !== 'create' && event !== 'update') {
       addSessionErrorLog(did, event)
     }
@@ -434,8 +396,8 @@ export function makeSessionHooks(
     onUpdated(data) {
       dispatch('update', data)
     },
-    onDeleted() {
-      dispatch('expired')
+    onDeleted(data) {
+      dispatch('expired', data)
     },
     onUpdateFailure() {
       dispatch('network-error')
@@ -463,8 +425,7 @@ export type PublicSessionBundle = {
   /**
    * The throwing unauthenticated client (NOT the public client): chat is
    * meaningless logged out, and `useChatClient()` must fail loudly rather than
-   * silently target the public appview. See {@link getUnauthenticatedClient}
-   * and design section J.
+   * silently target the public appview. See {@link getUnauthenticatedClient}.
    */
   chatClient: Client
   /** The public appview URL. See {@link SessionBundle.service}. */
@@ -481,11 +442,10 @@ export function createPublicSessionBundle(): PublicSessionBundle {
   return {
     session: null,
     /*
-     * Write/auth clients throw on use when logged out (design section J): the
-     * public bundle exposes the throwing unauthenticated client for the account
-     * (PDS) and chat clients so an unauthenticated write or chat call fails
-     * loudly instead of silently targeting the public appview. Reads keep the
-     * public client (appviewClient), which reads public data without auth.
+     * The account (PDS) and chat clients throw on use when logged out, so an
+     * unauthenticated write or chat call fails loudly instead of silently
+     * targeting the public appview. Reads keep the public client (appviewClient),
+     * which reads public data without auth.
      */
     accountClient: getUnauthenticatedClient(),
     appviewClient: publicClient,
@@ -495,12 +455,9 @@ export function createPublicSessionBundle(): PublicSessionBundle {
 }
 
 /**
- * Resume a stored account into a {@link SessionBundle}.
- *
- * Preserves the old `createAgentAndResume` behavior: prefer-low-latency gates
- * refresh (not awaited up front), a network resume with one retry for expired
- * sessions, and a synchronous no-network fast path for still-valid stored
- * tokens. The session hooks are armed only after the prepare tail resolves.
+ * Resume a stored account into a {@link SessionBundle}. Expired sessions take a
+ * network resume (one retry); still-valid stored tokens take a synchronous
+ * no-network fast path. Hooks are armed only after the prepare tail resolves.
  */
 export async function createSessionBundleAndResume(
   storedAccount: SessionAccount,
@@ -525,10 +482,7 @@ export async function createSessionBundleAndResume(
       PasswordSession.resume(sessionData, hooks),
     )
   } else {
-    /*
-     * Sync fast path: trust the stored tokens, no network. Matches the old
-     * `agent.sessionManager.session = prev`.
-     */
+    // Sync fast path: trust the stored tokens, no network.
     session = new PasswordSession(sessionData, hooks)
   }
 
@@ -543,19 +497,18 @@ export async function createSessionBundleAndResume(
     sessionDataToSessionAccount(session.session, session.session.service) ??
     storedAccount
 
-  const moderation = configureModerationForAccount(bundle, earlyAccount)
+  configureModerationForAccount(bundle, earlyAccount)
   const aa = prefetchAgeAssuranceServerData({
     appviewClient: bundle.appviewClient,
     accountClient: bundle.accountClient,
   })
-  await Promise.all([gates, moderation, aa])
+  await Promise.all([gates, aa])
   /*
    * Re-snapshot AFTER prep, right before arm(). A 401 during a prep request
    * (e.g. the AA prefetch) triggers PasswordSession's internal auto-refresh,
    * which rotates both tokens; its onUpdated is dropped by the still-disarmed
-   * latch. Snapshotting the returned account here (not before prep) ensures we
-   * persist the fresh refreshJwt rather than a stale one that is dead on the
-   * next cold start.
+   * latch. Snapshotting here (not before prep) persists the fresh refreshJwt
+   * rather than a stale one that is dead on the next cold start.
    */
   const account =
     sessionDataToSessionAccount(session.session, session.session.service) ??
@@ -566,9 +519,6 @@ export async function createSessionBundleAndResume(
 
 /**
  * Log in with credentials and build a {@link SessionBundle}.
- *
- * Preserves `createAgentAndLogin`: `allowTakendown: true`, prefer-fresh-gates
- * refresh, moderation + AA prefetch, and the deferred arm.
  */
 export async function createSessionBundleAndLogin(
   {
@@ -603,26 +553,23 @@ export async function createSessionBundleAndLogin(
 
   bundle = buildBundle(session)
   registerBundleKillSwitch(bundle, hooks.kill)
-  /*
-   * Early snapshot: needed now to seed `accountDid` (the getDid closure the
-   * hooks read). The RETURNED account is re-snapshotted after the prep awaits.
-   */
+  // Early snapshot: needed now to seed `accountDid` (the getDid closure).
   const earlyAccount = sessionDataToSessionAccountOrThrow(session)
   accountDid = earlyAccount.did
 
   const gates = features.refresh({strategy: 'prefer-fresh-gates'})
-  const moderation = configureModerationForAccount(bundle, earlyAccount)
+  configureModerationForAccount(bundle, earlyAccount)
   const aa = prefetchAgeAssuranceServerData({
     appviewClient: bundle.appviewClient,
     accountClient: bundle.accountClient,
   })
-  await Promise.all([gates, moderation, aa])
+  await Promise.all([gates, aa])
   /*
-   * Re-snapshot AFTER prep, right before arm(). A 401 during a prep request
+   * Re-snapshot AFTER prep, right before arm(): a 401 during a prep request
    * triggers PasswordSession's internal auto-refresh, which rotates both tokens
-   * and fires an onUpdated the disarmed latch drops; snapshotting here persists
-   * the fresh refreshJwt. If the session was destroyed mid-prep, OrThrow throws
-   * (login effectively failed).
+   * and fires an onUpdated the disarmed latch drops, so this persists the fresh
+   * refreshJwt. If the session was destroyed mid-prep, OrThrow throws (login
+   * effectively failed).
    */
   const account = sessionDataToSessionAccountOrThrow(session)
   hooks.arm()
@@ -630,13 +577,10 @@ export async function createSessionBundleAndLogin(
 }
 
 /**
- * Create an account and build a {@link SessionBundle}.
- *
- * Preserves `createAgentAndCreateAccount` verbatim: local sync writes for
- * created-at/birthdate, the prod vs non-prod deferred server-write block
- * (setPersonalDetails/upsertProfile/overwriteSavedFeeds with TID feed ids,
- * restrictChatSettings gated on AA flags), and snoozeEmailConfirmationPrompt.
- * The deferred writes run as SDK actions against the account (PDS) client.
+ * Create an account and build a {@link SessionBundle}. Writes created-at and
+ * birthdate locally for sync reads, then fires the deferred server-write block
+ * (personal details, profile, saved feeds, and AA-gated chat restrictions) as
+ * SDK actions against the account (PDS) client.
  */
 export async function createSessionBundleAndCreateAccount(
   {
@@ -685,15 +629,13 @@ export async function createSessionBundleAndCreateAccount(
   registerBundleKillSwitch(bundle, hooks.kill)
   /*
    * Early snapshot: needed now to seed `accountDid` and for the DID/handle used
-   * across the local writes and deferred server writes below (all
-   * refresh-stable). The RETURNED account is re-snapshotted after the prep
-   * awaits.
+   * across the local and deferred server writes below (all refresh-stable).
    */
   const earlyAccount = sessionDataToSessionAccountOrThrow(session)
   accountDid = earlyAccount.did
 
   const gates = features.refresh({strategy: 'prefer-fresh-gates'})
-  const moderation = configureModerationForAccount(bundle, earlyAccount)
+  configureModerationForAccount(bundle, earlyAccount)
 
   const createdAt = toDatetimeString(new Date())
   const birthdate = birthDate.toISOString()
@@ -819,13 +761,12 @@ export async function createSessionBundleAndCreateAccount(
     })
   }
 
-  await Promise.all([gates, moderation, aa])
+  await Promise.all([gates, aa])
   /*
-   * Re-snapshot AFTER prep, right before arm(). A 401 during a prep request
+   * Re-snapshot AFTER prep, right before arm(): a 401 during a prep request
    * triggers PasswordSession's internal auto-refresh, which rotates both tokens
-   * and fires an onUpdated the disarmed latch drops; snapshotting here persists
-   * the fresh refreshJwt rather than a stale one. If the session was destroyed
-   * mid-prep, OrThrow throws.
+   * and fires an onUpdated the disarmed latch drops, so this persists the fresh
+   * refreshJwt. If the session was destroyed mid-prep, OrThrow throws.
    */
   const account = sessionDataToSessionAccountOrThrow(session)
   hooks.arm()
@@ -834,7 +775,7 @@ export async function createSessionBundleAndCreateAccount(
 
 /**
  * Snapshot a live session as a `SessionAccount`, throwing if there is no active
- * session. Replacement for the old `agentToSessionAccountOrThrow`.
+ * session.
  */
 function sessionDataToSessionAccountOrThrow(
   session: PasswordSession,
@@ -863,9 +804,8 @@ function sessionDataToSessionAccountOrThrow(
  * captured `options.fetch` - throws before touching the network. A tripped
  * refresh routes into the `onUpdateFailure` path (session preserved locally,
  * refresh token NOT consumed server-side). `kill()` also disarms the hooks so
- * the stale bundle can no longer dispatch into the reducer. The important
- * guarantee - matching the old `dispose()` - is that this session's tokens are
- * no longer reachable by any live network path.
+ * the stale bundle can no longer dispatch into the reducer. The guarantee: this
+ * session's tokens are no longer reachable by any live network path.
  */
 export function disposeBundle(bundle: SessionBundle | PublicSessionBundle) {
   const session = bundle.session
@@ -874,3 +814,55 @@ export function disposeBundle(bundle: SessionBundle | PublicSessionBundle) {
   }
   bundleKillSwitches.get(bundle)?.()
 }
+
+/**
+ * Hard bound on how many distinct refresh-token generations the expiry rescue
+ * will burn through for a single did before giving up and logging out. Each
+ * rescue consumes a strictly newer generation (a token that differs from every
+ * one already recorded as failed), so this set can only grow one entry per
+ * expiry and this cap guarantees termination even under a pathological storm
+ * of expiries against ever-newer tokens.
+ */
+export const MAX_EXPIRY_RESCUE_GENERATIONS = 5
+
+/**
+ * Pure decision for the cross-tab expiry rescue (side-effecting rebuild stays
+ * in the provider). Given the dying session's refreshJwt and the "latest known"
+ * candidate accounts for that did (in preference order), pick the first
+ * candidate that carries a usable, strictly-newer generation:
+ *
+ * - has a non-empty `refreshJwt`,
+ * - whose `refreshJwt` DIFFERS from the dying one (a same-token candidate is
+ *   just as dead), and
+ * - whose `refreshJwt` is NOT already recorded as failed (loop guard).
+ *
+ * Returns `undefined` (fall through to logout) when nothing qualifies or the
+ * failed-generation set has hit {@link MAX_EXPIRY_RESCUE_GENERATIONS}.
+ *
+ * `candidates` are tried in order, so the caller passes its most-authoritative
+ * source first (on web, the fresh persisted re-read before the reducer state).
+ */
+export function pickExpiryRescueCandidate({
+  dyingRefreshJwt,
+  candidates,
+  failedRefreshJwts,
+}: {
+  dyingRefreshJwt: string
+  candidates: (SessionAccount | undefined)[]
+  failedRefreshJwts: ReadonlySet<string>
+}): SessionAccount | undefined {
+  if (failedRefreshJwts.size >= MAX_EXPIRY_RESCUE_GENERATIONS) {
+    return undefined
+  }
+  for (const candidate of candidates) {
+    const refreshJwt = candidate?.refreshJwt
+    if (
+      refreshJwt &&
+      refreshJwt !== dyingRefreshJwt &&
+      !failedRefreshJwts.has(refreshJwt)
+    ) {
+      return candidate
+    }
+  }
+  return undefined
+}