diff --git a/src/main/ipc/browser-session-profile-ipc.test.ts b/src/main/ipc/browser-session-profile-ipc.test.ts
index 1b619957411..0ae2a9f5181 100644
--- a/src/main/ipc/browser-session-profile-ipc.test.ts
+++ b/src/main/ipc/browser-session-profile-ipc.test.ts
@@ -1,13 +1,25 @@
 import { beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
 
-const { handleMock, removeHandlerMock, createProfileMock, routeIdentityMock, detectBrowsersMock } =
-  vi.hoisted(() => ({
-    handleMock: vi.fn(),
-    removeHandlerMock: vi.fn(),
-    createProfileMock: vi.fn(),
-    routeIdentityMock: vi.fn(),
-    detectBrowsersMock: vi.fn(() => [])
-  }))
+const {
+  handleMock,
+  removeHandlerMock,
+  createProfileMock,
+  routeIdentityMock,
+  detectBrowsersMock,
+  setBrowserIdentityModeMock
+} = vi.hoisted(() => ({
+  handleMock: vi.fn(),
+  removeHandlerMock: vi.fn(),
+  createProfileMock: vi.fn(),
+  routeIdentityMock: vi.fn(),
+  detectBrowsersMock: vi.fn(() => []),
+  setBrowserIdentityModeMock: vi.fn(async () => ({ ok: true }))
+}))
+
+vi.mock('../browser/browser-identity-mode-store', () => ({
+  setBrowserIdentityMode: setBrowserIdentityModeMock,
+  getBrowserIdentityModeStatus: vi.fn(() => ({ identity: {}, migrationNotice: null }))
+}))
 
 vi.mock('electron', () => ({
   BrowserWindow: { fromWebContents: vi.fn() },
@@ -51,6 +63,8 @@ describe('browser session profile IPC', () => {
     routeIdentityMock.mockReset()
     detectBrowsersMock.mockReset()
     detectBrowsersMock.mockReturnValue([])
+    setBrowserIdentityModeMock.mockReset()
+    setBrowserIdentityModeMock.mockResolvedValue({ ok: true })
     setTrustedBrowserRendererWebContentsId(null)
   })
 
@@ -63,6 +77,33 @@ describe('browser session profile IPC', () => {
     } as Electron.WebContents
   }
 
+  function identitySetHandler(): (
+    event: { sender: Electron.WebContents },
+    mode: unknown
+  ) => Promise<unknown> {
+    registerBrowserHandlers()
+    return handleMock.mock.calls.find(([channel]) => channel === 'browser:identity:set')?.[1]
+  }
+
+  // Why reject rather than coerce: the RPC door validates mode against z.enum(['clean','native'])
+  // and rejects. Coercing an unrecognized value to 'clean' here made one concept answer an unknown
+  // value two different ways, and reported success for a mode that was quietly replaced.
+  it('refuses an unrecognized identity mode instead of silently selecting Cleaned', async () => {
+    setTrustedBrowserRendererWebContentsId(91)
+    const handler = identitySetHandler()
+
+    await expect(handler({ sender: trustedSender() }, 'rotating')).rejects.toThrow(/rotating/)
+    expect(setBrowserIdentityModeMock).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+  })
+
+  it('commits a recognized identity mode unchanged', async () => {
+    setTrustedBrowserRendererWebContentsId(91)
+    const handler = identitySetHandler()
+
+    await expect(handler({ sender: trustedSender() }, 'native')).resolves.toEqual({ ok: true })
+    expect(setBrowserIdentityModeMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith('native')
+  })
+
   function clientHostDetectHandler(): (
     event: { sender: Electron.WebContents },
     args: { environmentId: string }
diff --git a/src/main/ipc/browser-session-profile-ipc.ts b/src/main/ipc/browser-session-profile-ipc.ts
index 3383abe0040..0d05a079920 100644
--- a/src/main/ipc/browser-session-profile-ipc.ts
+++ b/src/main/ipc/browser-session-profile-ipc.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ import {
   getBrowserIdentityModeStatus,
   setBrowserIdentityMode
 } from '../browser/browser-identity-mode-store'
-import { normalizeBrowserUserAgentMode } from '../../shared/browser-user-agent-mode'
 
 export function registerBrowserSessionProfileHandlers(): void {
   ipcMain.removeHandler('browser:session:listProfiles')
@@ -62,7 +61,14 @@ export function registerBrowserSessionProfileHandlers(): void {
     if (!isTrustedBrowserRenderer(event.sender)) {
       return null
     }
-    return setBrowserIdentityMode(normalizeBrowserUserAgentMode(mode))
+    // Why reject rather than coerce: the RPC door validates against z.enum(['clean', 'native'])
+    // and rejects. Coercing an unrecognized value to 'clean' made one concept answer an unknown
+    // value two different ways, and reported success for a mode that was quietly replaced —
+    // silently downgrading a future mode name the caller believed was honoured.
+    if (mode !== 'clean' && mode !== 'native') {
+      throw new Error(`Unsupported browser identity mode: ${String(mode)}`)
+    }
+    return setBrowserIdentityMode(mode)
   })
 
   ipcMain.handle(
diff --git a/src/shared/browser-user-agent-mode.ts b/src/shared/browser-user-agent-mode.ts
index 32a82c87cca..79cc26b6845 100644
--- a/src/shared/browser-user-agent-mode.ts
+++ b/src/shared/browser-user-agent-mode.ts
@@ -36,7 +36,3 @@ export type BrowserIdentityModeSetResult =
       }
       identity: BrowserIdentityModeSnapshot
     }
-
-export function normalizeBrowserUserAgentMode(mode: unknown): BrowserUserAgentMode {
-  return mode === 'native' ? 'native' : 'clean'
-}