diff --git a/src/Web/autopilot-monitor-web/components/landing/AuthGate.tsx b/src/Web/autopilot-monitor-web/components/landing/AuthGate.tsx
index 463956b8..ce41893d 100644
--- a/src/Web/autopilot-monitor-web/components/landing/AuthGate.tsx
+++ b/src/Web/autopilot-monitor-web/components/landing/AuthGate.tsx
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import { useRouter } from "next/navigation";
 import { useEffect } from "react";
 import type { Route } from "next";
 import { trustedRoute } from "../../lib/routes";
-import { consumePostLoginReturnUrl, savePostLoginReturnUrl } from "../../lib/postLoginReturn";
+import { consumePostLoginReturnUrl, peekPostLoginReturnUrl } from "../../lib/postLoginReturn";
 import { hasOwnTenantOrPlatformRole, hasTenantReadScope } from "../../lib/tenantScope";
 import { portalHandoverUrl, shouldCrossOriginToPortal } from "../../lib/hostRouting";
 import { consumePendingRehome, getSelectedAuthApp, legacyConfigured, switchAuthApp, tryBeginRehome } from "../../lib/authApp";
@@ -23,9 +23,19 @@ export function AuthGate() {
 
   useEffect(() => {
     if (isAuthenticated && !isLoading && user) {
-      // Always consume (read + clear) so a stale deep link can't misroute a later
-      // sign-in; only honor it when the user's tenant is activated.
-      const returnUrl = consumePostLoginReturnUrl();
+      // Dual app-reg window: the sign-in that just completed ran on the other app than the
+      // tenant is homed on (fresh browser, wrong default). Same-origin: re-home NOW — switch
+      // the browser to the homed app and land on the target, where ProtectedRoute completes
+      // the sign-in silently via the Entra session and returns here with the deep link intact.
+      // One hop per tab; the pending request is consumed either way.
+      const rehome = consumePendingRehome();
+      const crossOrigin = shouldCrossOriginToPortal();
+      const rehomeNow = rehome !== null && !crossOrigin && tryBeginRehome();
+      // Normally consume (read + clear) so a stale deep link can't misroute a later
+      // sign-in; only honor it when the user's tenant is activated. On the re-home hop only
+      // PEEK: the link has to survive the extra sign-in round trip for the AuthGate pass that
+      // follows, and leaving it in place beats re-saving it.
+      const returnUrl = rehomeNow ? peekPostLoginReturnUrl() : consumePostLoginReturnUrl();
       let target: Route;
       if (isActivationPending) {
         target = "/activation";
@@ -40,20 +50,13 @@ export function AuthGate() {
       } else {
         target = "/progress";
       }
-      // Dual app-reg window: the sign-in that just completed ran on the other app than the
-      // tenant is homed on (fresh browser, wrong default). Same-origin: re-home NOW — switch
-      // the browser to the homed app and land on the target, where ProtectedRoute completes
-      // the sign-in silently via the Entra session and returns here with the deep link intact.
-      // One hop per tab; the pending request is consumed either way.
-      const rehome = consumePendingRehome();
       // On the public host, hand over to the portal origin in ONE full-page
       // navigation instead of router.push + HostRoutingGuard bounce. Auth state
       // is per-origin — the portal side runs its own (silent) MSAL sign-in, on
       // the app this browser just learned (passed along as ?authapp=).
-      if (shouldCrossOriginToPortal()) {
+      if (crossOrigin) {
         window.location.href = portalHandoverUrl(target, legacyConfigured() ? getSelectedAuthApp() : null);
-      } else if (rehome && tryBeginRehome()) {
-        savePostLoginReturnUrl(target);
+      } else if (rehomeNow) {
         trackEvent("auth_app_rehomed", { from: activeAuthApp, to: rehome });
         switchAuthApp(rehome, target);
       } else {
diff --git a/src/Web/autopilot-monitor-web/lib/__tests__/postLoginReturn.test.ts b/src/Web/autopilot-monitor-web/lib/__tests__/postLoginReturn.test.ts
index c9868058..c6399be5 100644
--- a/src/Web/autopilot-monitor-web/lib/__tests__/postLoginReturn.test.ts
+++ b/src/Web/autopilot-monitor-web/lib/__tests__/postLoginReturn.test.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { describe, it, expect, beforeEach, afterEach } from "vitest";
-import { savePostLoginReturnUrl, consumePostLoginReturnUrl } from "../postLoginReturn";
+import { savePostLoginReturnUrl, consumePostLoginReturnUrl, peekPostLoginReturnUrl } from "../postLoginReturn";
 
 // Guards the deep-link-after-reauth contract: ProtectedRoute stashes the page the
 // user opened (e.g. a /sessions?id=… link in a new tab) before the MSAL login
@@ -39,6 +39,14 @@ describe("postLoginReturn", () => {
     expect(consumePostLoginReturnUrl()).toBeNull();
   });
 
+  it("peek reads without clearing — the re-home hop leaves the deep link for the next pass", () => {
+    savePostLoginReturnUrl("/sessions?id=abc-123");
+    expect(peekPostLoginReturnUrl()).toBe("/sessions?id=abc-123");
+    expect(peekPostLoginReturnUrl()).toBe("/sessions?id=abc-123");
+    expect(consumePostLoginReturnUrl()).toBe("/sessions?id=abc-123");
+    expect(peekPostLoginReturnUrl()).toBeNull();
+  });
+
   it("ignores the bare root path", () => {
     savePostLoginReturnUrl("/");
     expect(consumePostLoginReturnUrl()).toBeNull();
diff --git a/src/Web/autopilot-monitor-web/lib/postLoginReturn.ts b/src/Web/autopilot-monitor-web/lib/postLoginReturn.ts
index 79687851..af30086c 100644
--- a/src/Web/autopilot-monitor-web/lib/postLoginReturn.ts
+++ b/src/Web/autopilot-monitor-web/lib/postLoginReturn.ts
@@ -36,6 +36,20 @@ export function savePostLoginReturnUrl(path: string): void {
   }
 }
 
+/**
+ * Read the saved return URL WITHOUT clearing it. For the post-login re-home hop (AuthGate):
+ * the deep link must survive one more sign-in round trip on the other app registration, so it
+ * is left in place for the AuthGate pass that follows instead of being consumed and re-saved.
+ */
+export function peekPostLoginReturnUrl(): string | null {
+  try {
+    const value = window.sessionStorage.getItem(RETURN_URL_KEY);
+    return isSafeReturnPath(value) ? value : null;
+  } catch {
+    return null;
+  }
+}
+
 /** Read and clear the saved return URL. Returns null if absent or unsafe. */
 export function consumePostLoginReturnUrl(): string | null {
   try {