diff --git a/frontend/dashboard.js b/frontend/dashboard.js
index 5d28da4..02de798 100644
--- a/frontend/dashboard.js
+++ b/frontend/dashboard.js
@@ -5480,7 +5480,7 @@
       activeFlushLogin = contextIdentityFresh ? String(snapshot.context.user?.login || '').trim() : '';
       if (activeFlushLogin) {
         confirmedOwnerLogin = activeFlushLogin;
-        timerView.render();
+        timerView.restore(todaySync.flush());
         restoreReleaseReceipt();
         updateDeliveryReceiptControls();
         interruptionPrompt.restore();
diff --git a/frontend/today-timer.js b/frontend/today-timer.js
index a525ffa..958900d 100644
--- a/frontend/today-timer.js
+++ b/frontend/today-timer.js
@@ -542,6 +542,10 @@ function createTodayTimerView({ timer, isActive, queryAll, formatEstimate, getRu
     },
     finishCapture() { return captureView.finish(); },
     transferCapture() { return captureView.transfer(); },
+    restore(recovery) {
+      render();
+      return Promise.resolve(recovery).catch(() => false).then(() => { render(); return !!timer.breakSnapshot?.(); });
+    },
     render,
   };
   queryAll('#new-issue').forEach(button => button.addEventListener('click', () => {
diff --git a/tests/test_today_break.py b/tests/test_today_break.py
index df0e49c..ec465c6 100644
--- a/tests/test_today_break.py
+++ b/tests/test_today_break.py
@@ -185,12 +185,86 @@ process.stdout.write(JSON.stringify({{opened,cancelled,started,expired,final:{{c
     }
 
 
-def test_confirming_the_account_renders_a_persisted_break_immediately():
-    dashboard = (ROOT / "frontend" / "dashboard.js").read_text()
-    confirmation = dashboard.split("if (activeFlushLogin) {", 1)[1].split("}", 1)[0]
+def test_identity_ready_restore_renders_break_again_after_sync_recovery_settles():
+    script = f"""
+const createBreak = require({json.dumps(str(BREAK))});
+global.createTodayBreak = createBreak;
+global.setInterval = () => 1;
+global.clearInterval = () => {{}};
+Date.now = () => 100000;
+const createTimer = require({json.dumps(str(TIMER))});
+const createSync = require({json.dumps(str(ROOT / "frontend" / "today-sync.js"))});
+const values = new Map();
+const storage = {{
+  get length(){{return values.size;}},
+  key:index=>Array.from(values.keys())[index]??null,
+  getItem:key=>values.get(key)||null,
+  setItem:(key,value)=>values.set(key,value),
+  removeItem:key=>values.delete(key),
+}};
+let login = '';
+values.set('stackchain.today-timer.v1.timmy', JSON.stringify({{
+  version:1, active_identity:'issue:r:42:',
+  entries:{{'issue:r:42:':{{elapsed_ms:12000,started_at:null,running:false}}}},
+  away_at:null,pending_interruption:null,attention_interruption:null,capture_interruption:null,
+  search_interruption:null,detour_interruption:null,
+  timed_break:{{identity:'issue:r:42:',deadline_at:400000}},
+}}));
+const status = {{hidden:false,textContent:''}}, resume = {{hidden:false,addEventListener(){{}}}};
+const opener = {{hidden:false,addEventListener(){{}}}};
+const elements = {{'#today-break-status':[status],'#resume-today-break':[resume],'[data-today-break-open]':[opener]}};
+const timer = createTimer({{storage,getLogin:()=>login,now:()=>100000}});
+const view = createTimer.createView({{
+  timer,isActive:()=>true,queryAll:selector=>elements[selector]||[],
+  formatEstimate:value=>String(value),getItem:()=>({{title:'Ship mobile capture'}}),
+}});
+login = 'timmy';
+values.set('stackchain.today-sync.v1.timmy.operation.broken', '{{not-json');
+const statuses = [];
+const sync = createSync({{
+  storage,getLogin:()=>login,now:()=>100000,
+  fetchJson:async()=>({{revision:1,ids:['issue:r:42:'],capacity_minutes:null,estimates:{{}}}}),
+  onStatus:(state,detail)=>statuses.push([state,detail.discarded||0]),
+}});
+const recovery = sync.flush();
+const restoring = view.restore(recovery);
+const immediate = {{hidden:status.hidden,text:status.textContent,openerHidden:opener.hidden}};
+status.hidden = true; status.textContent = ''; opener.hidden = false;
+restoring.then(result => {{
+  const settled = {{hidden:status.hidden,text:status.textContent,openerHidden:opener.hidden}};
+  status.hidden = true; status.textContent = ''; opener.hidden = false;
+  return view.restore(Promise.reject(new Error('coordinator unavailable'))).then(rejected =>
+    process.stdout.write(JSON.stringify({{
+      immediate, settled, rejectedSettled:{{hidden:status.hidden,text:status.textContent,openerHidden:opener.hidden}},
+      result,rejected,statuses,
+    }}))
+  );
+}});
+"""
 
-    assert "confirmedOwnerLogin = activeFlushLogin;" in confirmation
-    assert "timerView.render();" in confirmation
+    assert run_node(script) == {
+        "immediate": {
+            "hidden": False,
+            "text": "On break · resume in 5:00",
+            "openerHidden": True,
+        },
+        "settled": {
+            "hidden": False,
+            "text": "On break · resume in 5:00",
+            "openerHidden": True,
+        },
+        "rejectedSettled": {
+            "hidden": False,
+            "text": "On break · resume in 5:00",
+            "openerHidden": True,
+        },
+        "result": True,
+        "rejected": True,
+        "statuses": [["recovered", 1]],
+    }
+
+    dashboard = (ROOT / "frontend" / "dashboard.js").read_text()
+    assert "timerView.restore(todaySync.flush());" in dashboard
 
 
 def test_timed_break_is_packaged_as_an_accessible_mobile_flow():