diff --git a/frontend/context-poller.js b/frontend/context-poller.js
index c75ce83..e633480 100644
--- a/frontend/context-poller.js
+++ b/frontend/context-poller.js
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ function createContextPoller({
 
     let request;
     try {
-      request = fetchContext({ ...revisions }, { signal: controller.signal });
+      request = fetchContext(options.full ? {} : { ...revisions }, { signal: controller.signal });
     } catch (error) {
       request = Promise.reject(error);
     }
diff --git a/frontend/dashboard.js b/frontend/dashboard.js
index 99d2bac..5864460 100644
--- a/frontend/dashboard.js
+++ b/frontend/dashboard.js
@@ -358,6 +358,7 @@
   qs('#empty-work-find').addEventListener('click', () => qs('#find-work').click());
   qs('#empty-work-create').addEventListener('click', () => qs('#new-issue').click());
   let liveMode = true;
+  let initialAccountRecovery = Promise.resolve(false);
   const WORK_FILTER_KEY = 'stackchain.my-work-filter.v1';
   const WORK_MILESTONE_KEY = 'stackchain.my-work-milestone.v1';
   const WORK_FILTERS = ['all', 'today', 'agenda', 'attention', 'filed', 'authored', 'issue', 'pull', 'review', 'update', 'later', 'draft'];
@@ -5644,6 +5645,9 @@
       activeFlushLogin = contextIdentityFresh ? String(snapshot.context.user?.login || '').trim() : '';
       if (activeFlushLogin) {
         confirmedOwnerLogin = activeFlushLogin;
+        planningOwnerLogin = activeFlushLogin;
+        planningOwnerAccountKey = snapshot.context.user?.id ?
+          String(snapshot.context.user.id) + ':' + activeFlushLogin : '';
         mobileQueuePriority.render();
         renderMobileQueuePresentation();
         void mobileQueuePriority.load();
@@ -5666,7 +5670,10 @@
       if (planningOwnerLogin) {
         syncPendingTomorrow();
         todaySync.migrate(todayWork.read());
-        todaySync.flush();
+        initialAccountRecovery = Promise.all([
+          initialAccountRecovery,
+          todaySync.flush(),
+        ]).then(() => true);
         laterSync.migrate(laterWork.read());
         laterSync.flush();
       }
@@ -8597,6 +8604,20 @@
     adoptedProgressiveSnapshot = await contextPoller.adoptPending(progressiveWorkHandoff.liveSnapshotPromise);
   }
   if (!adoptedProgressiveSnapshot) await load();
+  else if (!confirmedOwnerLogin) {
+    await contextPoller.refresh({ force:true, full:true });
+    if (!confirmedOwnerLogin) {
+      try {
+        const identity = await fetchReviewJson('api/v1/background-identity');
+        const login = String(identity?.login || '').trim();
+        if (login) {
+          confirmedOwnerLogin = login;
+          planningOwnerLogin = login;
+          initialAccountRecovery = timerView.restore(todaySync.flush());
+        }
+      } catch (_error) {}
+    }
+  }
   if (progressiveWorkHandoff?.openWork) {
     const progressiveItem = lastMyWork.find(item =>
       item.repository === progressiveWorkHandoff.openWork.repository &&
@@ -8615,6 +8636,8 @@
 
   function widgetTick() { const el=qs('#widget-clock'); if(el) el.textContent = fmt(new Date()); }
   setInterval(widgetTick, 1000);
+  await initialAccountRecovery;
+  if (planningOwnerLogin) await todaySync.flush();
   await timerView.restore(Promise.resolve(true));
   workspaceLifecycle.markWorkspaceReady?.();
 })();
diff --git a/frontend/today-timer.js b/frontend/today-timer.js
index 935a3ff..460dfac 100644
--- a/frontend/today-timer.js
+++ b/frontend/today-timer.js
@@ -489,7 +489,10 @@ function createTodayTimerView({ timer, isActive, queryAll, formatEstimate, getRu
     const snapshot = timer.snapshot();
     breakView?.render();
     const active = Boolean(progress && isActive() && snapshot.identity);
-    queryAll('[data-mobile-today-hud]').forEach(element => { element.hidden = !active; });
+    queryAll('[data-mobile-today-hud]').forEach(element => {
+      const coaching = element.querySelector?.('[data-mobile-first-task-coach]:not([hidden])');
+      element.hidden = !active && !coaching;
+    });
     queryAll('[data-mobile-today-open]').forEach(element => {
       element.textContent = active ? String(getItem?.(snapshot.identity)?.title || 'Current Today item') : '';
     });
diff --git a/tests/e2e/test_mobile_home_bootstrap_release.py b/tests/e2e/test_mobile_home_bootstrap_release.py
index 75d7b0b..fafc02e 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/test_mobile_home_bootstrap_release.py
+++ b/tests/e2e/test_mobile_home_bootstrap_release.py
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ def test_release_artifact_guides_an_empty_mobile_account_to_first_work(
             expect(sheet).to_be_hidden()
             expect(page.locator("#find-work-sheet")).to_be_visible()
             page.locator("#close-find-work").click()
+            expect(page.locator("#find-work-sheet")).to_be_hidden()
 
             context.set_offline(True)
             page.locator('[data-mobile-task="work"]').click()
@@ -70,8 +71,9 @@ def test_release_artifact_guides_an_empty_mobile_account_to_first_work(
             expect(page.locator("#mobile-first-task-create")).to_be_focused()
 
             page.locator("#close-mobile-first-task").click()
+            expect(sheet).to_be_hidden()
             context.set_offline(False)
-            page.evaluate(
+            probe_result = page.evaluate(
                 """() => {
                   document.querySelector('[data-mobile-today-hud]').hidden = false;
                   localStorage.setItem('stackchain.first-task.v1:timmy', 'coaching');
@@ -82,17 +84,54 @@ def test_release_artifact_guides_an_empty_mobile_account_to_first_work(
                     getLogin: () => 'timmy', hasWork: () => true, isTodayActive: () => true,
                     coach: isolatedCoach,
                   });
-                  return window.firstTaskOutcomeProbe.refresh();
+                  return {
+                    result: window.firstTaskOutcomeProbe.refresh(),
+                    state: localStorage.getItem('stackchain.first-task.v1:timmy'),
+                    mobile: matchMedia('(max-width: 600px)').matches,
+                  };
                 }"""
             )
+            assert probe_result == {"result": "coaching", "state": "coaching", "mobile": True}
             coach = page.locator("[data-mobile-first-task-coach]")
-            expect(coach).to_be_visible()
+            try:
+                expect(coach).to_be_visible()
+            except AssertionError as error:
+                raise AssertionError(page.evaluate("""() => {
+                  const coach = document.querySelector('[data-mobile-first-task-coach]');
+                  const hud = coach.closest('[data-mobile-today-hud]');
+                  return {
+                    coachHidden: coach.hidden,
+                    coachDisplay: getComputedStyle(coach).display,
+                    hudHidden: hud.hidden,
+                    hudOverlay: hud.getAttribute('data-overlay-hidden'),
+                    hudDisplay: getComputedStyle(hud).display,
+                    open: Array.from(document.querySelectorAll('dialog, .open'))
+                      .filter(element => element.open || element.classList.contains('open'))
+                      .map(element => element.id || element.className),
+                  };
+                }""")) from error
             expect(coach).to_contain_text("Complete your first task")
             assert page.evaluate("document.documentElement.scrollWidth <= window.innerWidth")
-            assert page.evaluate("window.firstTaskOutcomeProbe.completeOutcome()") is True
+            completion = page.evaluate("""() => {
+              const completed = window.firstTaskOutcomeProbe.completeOutcome();
+              return {
+                completed,
+                status: document.querySelector('#today-sync-status').textContent,
+                pending: Object.keys(localStorage).filter(key =>
+                  key.startsWith('stackchain.today-sync.v1.timmy.operation.')),
+              };
+            }""")
+            assert completion["completed"] is True
+            assert completion["pending"]
+            assert "sync pending" in completion["status"]
             expect(page.locator("#mobile-first-task-receipt")).to_be_visible()
             expect(coach).to_be_hidden()
             expect(page.locator("#today-sync-status")).to_contain_text("Today saved to account")
+            remote_activation = page.evaluate("""async () => {
+              const response = await fetch('api/v1/today');
+              return (await response.json()).first_task_state;
+            }""")
+            assert remote_activation == "complete"
             assert page.evaluate("document.documentElement.scrollWidth <= window.innerWidth")
 
             fresh_context = browser.new_context(
diff --git a/tests/e2e/test_mobile_today_handoff_release.py b/tests/e2e/test_mobile_today_handoff_release.py
index f51a658..92fb13f 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/test_mobile_today_handoff_release.py
+++ b/tests/e2e/test_mobile_today_handoff_release.py
@@ -278,7 +278,16 @@ def test_release_artifact_plans_hands_off_and_opens_next_mobile_issue(tmp_path:
             assert page.evaluate("""() => !Object.keys(localStorage).some(
               key => key.startsWith('stackchain.today-sync.v1.timmy.operation.')
             )""")
-            expect(page.locator("#today-break-status")).to_contain_text("On break · resume in")
+            try:
+                expect(page.locator("#today-break-status")).to_contain_text("On break · resume in")
+            except AssertionError as error:
+                raise AssertionError(page.evaluate("""() => ({
+                  login: document.querySelector('#current-user')?.textContent,
+                  timers: Object.fromEntries(Object.keys(localStorage)
+                    .filter(key => key.startsWith('stackchain.today-timer.v1.'))
+                    .map(key => [key, JSON.parse(localStorage.getItem(key))])),
+                  status: document.querySelector('#today-break-status').outerHTML,
+                })""")) from error
             if page.locator("#issue-sheet").get_attribute("class") == "issue-sheet open":
                 page.locator("#close-issue-sheet").click()
             if page.locator("#plan-today-sheet").is_visible():
diff --git a/tests/test_context_polling.py b/tests/test_context_polling.py
index 03e2ba8..398476b 100644
--- a/tests/test_context_polling.py
+++ b/tests/test_context_polling.py
@@ -117,6 +117,32 @@ const poller = createContextPoller({{
     }
 
 
+def test_context_poller_can_force_a_full_identity_refresh_after_adoption():
+    script = f"""
+const createContextPoller = require({json.dumps(str(POLLER))});
+const requested = [];
+const seed = {{
+  context:{{user:{{login:'timmy'}}}}, events:[], notifications:[],
+  revisions:{{context:'0123456789abcdef.1',events:'fedcba9876543210.2'}},
+}};
+const poller = createContextPoller({{
+  fetchContext: revisions => {{
+    requested.push({{...revisions}});
+    return Promise.resolve({{...seed, freshness:{{sections:{{context:{{degraded:false}}}}}}}});
+  }},
+  onSnapshot: () => {{}}, onError: error => {{ throw error; }},
+  setTimer: () => 1, clearTimer: () => {{}},
+}});
+poller.adopt(seed);
+(async () => {{
+  await poller.refresh({{force:true, full:true}});
+  process.stdout.write(JSON.stringify({{requested}}));
+}})();
+"""
+
+    assert run_node(script) == {"requested": [{}]}
+
+
 def test_context_poller_adopts_progressive_snapshot_before_revision_conditional_refresh():
     script = f"""
 const createContextPoller = require({json.dumps(str(POLLER))});
@@ -200,6 +226,9 @@ def test_dashboard_adopts_progressive_snapshot_or_falls_back_to_immediate_load()
     assert "let adoptedProgressiveSnapshot = contextPoller.adopt(progressiveWorkHandoff?.liveSnapshot);" in source
     assert "contextPoller.adoptPending(progressiveWorkHandoff.liveSnapshotPromise)" in source
     assert "if (!adoptedProgressiveSnapshot) await load();" in source
+    assert "contextPoller.refresh({ force:true, full:true })" in source
+    assert "fetchReviewJson('api/v1/background-identity')" in source
+    assert "initialAccountRecovery = timerView.restore(todaySync.flush());" in source
 
 
 def test_context_poller_uses_failed_section_retry_before_healthy_freshness_deadline():