diff --git a/src/main/browser/browser-client-host-command-page.ts b/src/main/browser/browser-client-host-command-page.ts
index 79c6a045097..58439e07ee5 100644
--- a/src/main/browser/browser-client-host-command-page.ts
+++ b/src/main/browser/browser-client-host-command-page.ts
@@ -34,6 +34,16 @@ export function selectCommandPage(
     }
   }
   if (command.pageHostGeneration < page.generation) {
+    const previous = page.records.get(command.commandSequence)
+    if (
+      command.command.type === 'switchProfile' &&
+      previous?.result?.status === 'completed' &&
+      previous.event.pageHostGeneration === command.pageHostGeneration &&
+      previous.event.commandId === command.commandId &&
+      commandsMatch(previous.event, command)
+    ) {
+      return { page, commit: () => {} }
+    }
     throw new Error('browser_host_page_generation_stale')
   }
   if (command.pageHostGeneration === page.generation) {
@@ -88,6 +98,12 @@ function commandsMatch(
   if (first.command.type !== second.command.type) {
     return false
   }
+  if (first.command.type === 'switchProfile' && second.command.type === 'switchProfile') {
+    return (
+      first.command.nextPageHostGeneration === second.command.nextPageHostGeneration &&
+      JSON.stringify(first.command.profile) === JSON.stringify(second.command.profile)
+    )
+  }
   if (first.command.type === 'navigate' && second.command.type === 'navigate') {
     return first.command.url === second.command.url
   }
@@ -121,6 +137,13 @@ export function assertNewPageCommand(
   page: PageState,
   command: BrowserClientHostCommandEvent
 ): void {
+  const active = [...page.records.values()].filter((record) => record.status !== 'settled')
+  if (
+    active.some((record) => record.event.command.type === 'switchProfile') ||
+    (command.command.type === 'switchProfile' && active.length > 0)
+  ) {
+    throw new Error('browser_host_profile_switch_pending')
+  }
   if (page.nextSequence === 1 && command.command.type === 'navigate') {
     throw new Error('browser_host_command_create_required')
   }
@@ -169,6 +192,9 @@ export function recordBrowserClientPageCommandResult(
   command: BrowserClientHostCommandEvent['command'],
   result: BrowserClientHostCommandResult
 ): void {
+  if (command.type === 'switchProfile' && result.status === 'completed') {
+    page.generation = command.nextPageHostGeneration
+  }
   if (isBrowserClientPageBootstrapCommand(command)) {
     page.created = result.status === 'completed'
     page.createFailed = !page.created
diff --git a/src/main/browser/browser-client-host-command-state.ts b/src/main/browser/browser-client-host-command-state.ts
index a57b2054696..a1927264d36 100644
--- a/src/main/browser/browser-client-host-command-state.ts
+++ b/src/main/browser/browser-client-host-command-state.ts
@@ -124,6 +124,9 @@ export function createPageState(browserPageId: string, generation: number): Page
 function snapshotPageCommand(
   command: BrowserClientHostCommandEvent['command']
 ): BrowserClientHostCommandEvent['command'] {
+  if (command.type === 'switchProfile') {
+    return Object.freeze({ ...command, profile: Object.freeze({ ...command.profile }) })
+  }
   if (command.type === 'reclaimPage') {
     return Object.freeze({
       ...command,
diff --git a/src/main/browser/browser-client-network-route-registry.ts b/src/main/browser/browser-client-network-route-registry.ts
index b0035694ac2..d7946e58ddd 100644
--- a/src/main/browser/browser-client-network-route-registry.ts
+++ b/src/main/browser/browser-client-network-route-registry.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
-import type {
-  BrowserHostLeaseAuthority,
-  BrowserNetworkExecutionHost
-} from '../../shared/browser-client-host-protocol'
+import type { BrowserHostLeaseAuthority } from '../../shared/browser-client-host-protocol'
+import type { BrowserNetworkExecutionHost } from '../../shared/browser-network-execution-host'
 import type { BrowserClientPageNetworkRoute } from './browser-client-page-cleanup'
 import {
   assertBrowserClientNetworkRouteAddress,
diff --git a/src/main/browser/browser-client-page-automation-runtime.test.ts b/src/main/browser/browser-client-page-automation-runtime.test.ts
index 1f0b7f3f73c..aba8a28ff8a 100644
--- a/src/main/browser/browser-client-page-automation-runtime.test.ts
+++ b/src/main/browser/browser-client-page-automation-runtime.test.ts
@@ -68,6 +68,22 @@ describe('BrowserClientPageAutomationRuntime', () => {
     expect(fixture.unregisterGuest).toHaveBeenCalledWith('page-a')
   })
 
+  it('retires an old automation session without stripping the guest needed by rollback', async () => {
+    const fixture = createFixture()
+    await fixture.runtime.execute(input(), new AbortController().signal)
+    await fixture.runtime.retire({
+      browserPageId: 'page-a',
+      pageHostGeneration: 9,
+      registration,
+      keepGuestBinding: true
+    })
+    expect(fixture.onTabClosed).toHaveBeenCalledWith(42)
+    expect(fixture.unregisterGuest).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+    await expect(fixture.runtime.execute(input(), new AbortController().signal)).resolves.toEqual({
+      clicked: true
+    })
+  })
+
   it('rejects aborts and registration failures before RPC dispatch', async () => {
     const fixture = createFixture()
     const controller = new AbortController()
diff --git a/src/main/browser/browser-client-page-automation-runtime.ts b/src/main/browser/browser-client-page-automation-runtime.ts
index 3dd0943e525..827e0dc8537 100644
--- a/src/main/browser/browser-client-page-automation-runtime.ts
+++ b/src/main/browser/browser-client-page-automation-runtime.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ type AutomationPageInput = {
 type AutomationPageRetirement = Pick<
   AutomationPageInput,
   'browserPageId' | 'pageHostGeneration' | 'registration'
->
+> & { keepGuestBinding?: boolean }
 
 type AutomationRuntimeDependencies = {
   browserManager: Pick<
@@ -68,8 +68,9 @@ export class BrowserClientPageAutomationRuntime {
       await bridge.onTabClosed(current.webContentsId)
     }
     if (
+      !input.keepGuestBinding &&
       this.dependencies.browserManager.getGuestWebContentsId(input.browserPageId) ===
-      current.webContentsId
+        current.webContentsId
     ) {
       this.dependencies.browserManager.unregisterGuest(input.browserPageId)
     }
diff --git a/src/main/browser/browser-client-page-availability.ts b/src/main/browser/browser-client-page-availability.ts
index 7a4a18510bd..f6f8140bdde 100644
--- a/src/main/browser/browser-client-page-availability.ts
+++ b/src/main/browser/browser-client-page-availability.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import type { BrowserClientPageCommandExecutorDependencies } from './browser-client-page-command-executor-dependencies'
 import type { BrowserRoutePageGuestIdentity } from './browser-route-page-authority'
 import type { BrowserClientRetainedPage } from './browser-client-page-retained-state'
 
@@ -22,3 +23,23 @@ export function markBrowserClientPageUnavailable(
   onUnavailable(registration.browserPageId, page.generation)
   return true
 }
+
+export function publishBrowserClientRetainedPage(
+  dependencies: BrowserClientPageCommandExecutorDependencies,
+  pages: Map<string, BrowserClientRetainedPage>,
+  page: BrowserClientRetainedPage
+): void {
+  const previous = pages.get(page.inventory.browserPageId)
+  previous?.releaseAvailabilityWatch?.()
+  if (previous) {
+    previous.releaseAvailabilityWatch = undefined
+  }
+  page.releaseAvailabilityWatch = dependencies.routeWebContents.watchPageAvailability?.(
+    page.inventory.browserPageId,
+    (registration) =>
+      markBrowserClientPageUnavailable(pages, registration, (browserPageId, generation) =>
+        dependencies.onPageUnavailable?.(browserPageId, generation)
+      )
+  )
+  pages.set(page.inventory.browserPageId, page)
+}
diff --git a/src/main/browser/browser-client-page-command-executor-dependencies.ts b/src/main/browser/browser-client-page-command-executor-dependencies.ts
index 4e647bc93da..227de48630a 100644
--- a/src/main/browser/browser-client-page-command-executor-dependencies.ts
+++ b/src/main/browser/browser-client-page-command-executor-dependencies.ts
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ export type BrowserClientPageCommandExecutorDependencies = BrowserClientPageAuth
     signal: AbortSignal
   ): Promise<unknown>
   retireAutomation(input: {
+    keepGuestBinding?: boolean
     browserPageId: string
     pageHostGeneration: number
     registration: BrowserClientRetainedPage['registration']
diff --git a/src/main/browser/browser-client-page-command-executor-test-harness.ts b/src/main/browser/browser-client-page-command-executor-test-harness.ts
index 56f9cd543e9..8e54733ef58 100644
--- a/src/main/browser/browser-client-page-command-executor-test-harness.ts
+++ b/src/main/browser/browser-client-page-command-executor-test-harness.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import type { BrowserRoutePreparePageInput } from './browser-route-session-state'
 import type { BrowserClientHostCommandEvent } from '../../shared/browser-client-host-protocol'
 import { vi } from 'vitest'
 import { BrowserClientPageCommandExecutor } from './browser-client-page-command-executor'
@@ -89,7 +90,7 @@ export function createHarness(options: { maxPages?: number } = {}) {
     }),
     selectRenderer: vi.fn(() => renderer),
     routeSessions: {
-      preparePage: vi.fn(async () => {
+      preparePage: vi.fn(async (_input: BrowserRoutePreparePageInput) => {
         order.push('prepare-page')
         return routeSession
       })
@@ -100,7 +101,7 @@ export function createHarness(options: { maxPages?: number } = {}) {
       bind: vi.fn(() => {
         order.push('bind-guest')
       }),
-      release: vi.fn(() => {
+      release: vi.fn((_registration: BrowserRoutePageGuestIdentity) => {
         order.push('release-guest')
       })
     },
diff --git a/src/main/browser/browser-client-page-command-executor.ts b/src/main/browser/browser-client-page-command-executor.ts
index ba6aad9703b..2d7c10940fb 100644
--- a/src/main/browser/browser-client-page-command-executor.ts
+++ b/src/main/browser/browser-client-page-command-executor.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+import { closeBrowserClientExecutorPages } from './browser-client-page-executor-close'
+import {
+  BrowserClientProfileSwitches,
+  switchBrowserClientPageProfile
+} from './browser-client-page-profile-switch'
 import {
   BROWSER_CLIENT_HOST_PAGE_INVENTORY_MAX_PAGES,
   type BrowserClientHostedPageInventory,
@@ -20,7 +25,7 @@ import { BrowserClientPageNavigationFence } from './browser-client-page-navigati
 import { executeBrowserClientPageReconciliationCommand } from './browser-client-page-reconciliation'
 import {
   findBrowserClientPageByWebContentsId,
-  forgetBrowserClientRetainedPage,
+  retireBrowserClientRetainedPage,
   type BrowserClientRetainedPage
 } from './browser-client-page-retained-state'
 import {
@@ -32,7 +37,7 @@ import {
   executeBrowserClientPageAutomationCommand,
   navigateBrowserClientPageCommand
 } from './browser-client-page-command-execution'
-import { markBrowserClientPageUnavailable } from './browser-client-page-availability'
+import { publishBrowserClientRetainedPage } from './browser-client-page-availability'
 import type {
   BrowserClientPageAuthorityIdentity,
   BrowserClientPageCommandExecutorDependencies
@@ -43,6 +48,7 @@ export class BrowserClientPageCommandExecutor {
   private readonly pages = new Map<string, BrowserClientRetainedPage>()
   private readonly creatingPages = new Map<string, BrowserClientHostedPageInventory>()
   private readonly failedPages = new Map<string, BrowserClientHostedPageInventory>()
+  private readonly profileSwitches = new BrowserClientProfileSwitches()
   private readonly navigationFence = new BrowserClientPageNavigationFence()
   private closePromise: Promise<void> | null = null
   private authorityConnectionIdentity: string
@@ -68,13 +74,19 @@ export class BrowserClientPageCommandExecutor {
     signal: AbortSignal
   ): Promise<BrowserClientHostCommandResult> {
     if (this.closed || this.authorityTransitioning || this.navigationFence.isFenced) {
-      return { status: 'failed', errorCode: 'browser_client_page_executor_closed' }
+      return {
+        status: 'failed',
+        errorCode: 'browser_client_page_executor_closed'
+      }
     }
     try {
       const value = await this.executeCommand(event, signal)
       return value === undefined ? { status: 'completed' } : { status: 'completed', value }
     } catch (error) {
-      return { status: 'failed', errorCode: browserClientPageCommandFailureCode(error, signal) }
+      return {
+        status: 'failed',
+        errorCode: browserClientPageCommandFailureCode(error, signal)
+      }
     }
   }
 
@@ -83,6 +95,22 @@ export class BrowserClientPageCommandExecutor {
     signal: AbortSignal
   ): Promise<unknown> {
     switch (event.command.type) {
+      case 'switchProfile':
+        return switchBrowserClientPageProfile({
+          event,
+          signal,
+          switches: this.profileSwitches,
+          pages: this.pages,
+          dependencies: {
+            ...this.dependencies,
+            authorityConnectionIdentity: this.authorityConnectionIdentity,
+            legacyAuthorityConnectionIdentity: this.legacyAuthorityConnectionIdentity
+          },
+          assertAvailable: () =>
+            this.navigationFence.assertAvailable(this.closed || this.authorityTransitioning),
+          commit: (page) => publishBrowserClientRetainedPage(this.dependencies, this.pages, page),
+          cleanup: (page, releaseUploads) => this.cleanupPage(page, undefined, releaseUploads)
+        })
       case 'createPage':
         return this.createPage(event, signal)
       case 'navigate':
@@ -157,14 +185,14 @@ export class BrowserClientPageCommandExecutor {
   close(): Promise<void> {
     this.closed = true
     return (this.closePromise ??= this.navigationFence.fenceBeforeCleanup(
-      this.pages.values(),
+      this.profileSwitches.withStagedPages(this.pages.values()),
       (claim) => this.dependencies.routeWebContents.revokeNavigation(claim),
       () => this.closePages()
     ))
   }
 
   fenceNavigation(): void {
-    this.navigationFence.fence(this.pages.values(), (claim) =>
+    this.navigationFence.fence(this.profileSwitches.withStagedPages(this.pages.values()), (claim) =>
       this.dependencies.routeWebContents.revokeNavigation(claim)
     )
   }
@@ -174,8 +202,9 @@ export class BrowserClientPageCommandExecutor {
       throw new Error('browser_client_page_authority_transition_unavailable')
     }
     this.authorityTransitioning = true
-    this.navigationFence.revoke(this.pages.values(), (claim) =>
-      this.dependencies.routeWebContents.revokeNavigation(claim)
+    this.navigationFence.revoke(
+      this.profileSwitches.withStagedPages(this.pages.values()),
+      (claim) => this.dependencies.routeWebContents.revokeNavigation(claim)
     )
   }
 
@@ -188,24 +217,14 @@ export class BrowserClientPageCommandExecutor {
     this.authorityTransitioning = false
   }
 
-  async retirePage(browserPageId: string, pageHostGeneration: number): Promise<boolean> {
-    const page = this.pages.get(browserPageId)
-    if (!page || page.generation !== pageHostGeneration) {
-      return false
-    }
-    page.retiring ??= this.cleanupPage(page)
-    try {
-      await page.retiring
-    } catch (error) {
-      forgetBrowserClientRetainedPage(this.pages, browserPageId, page)
-      this.failedPages.set(
-        browserPageId,
-        Object.freeze({ ...page.inventory, state: 'outcomeUnknown' })
-      )
-      throw error
-    }
-    forgetBrowserClientRetainedPage(this.pages, browserPageId, page)
-    return true
+  retirePage(browserPageId: string, pageHostGeneration: number): Promise<boolean> {
+    return retireBrowserClientRetainedPage(
+      this.pages,
+      this.failedPages,
+      browserPageId,
+      pageHostGeneration,
+      (page) => this.cleanupPage(page)
+    )
   }
 
   private async createPage(
@@ -252,29 +271,24 @@ export class BrowserClientPageCommandExecutor {
       signal,
       () => this.navigationFence.assertAvailable(this.closed || this.authorityTransitioning),
       (page) => {
-        page.releaseAvailabilityWatch = this.dependencies.routeWebContents.watchPageAvailability?.(
-          event.browserPageId,
-          (registration) =>
-            markBrowserClientPageUnavailable(
-              this.pages,
-              registration,
-              (browserPageId, generation) =>
-                this.dependencies.onPageUnavailable?.(browserPageId, generation)
-            )
-        )
-        this.pages.set(event.browserPageId, page)
+        publishBrowserClientRetainedPage(this.dependencies, this.pages, page)
       }
     )
   }
 
   // Why: the download relay only knows the guest WebContents, and staging is keyed by page identity.
   findPageByWebContentsId(webContentsId: number): BrowserClientHostedPageInventory | undefined {
-    return findBrowserClientPageByWebContentsId(this.pages.values(), webContentsId)?.inventory
+    // A staged profile-switch guest already owns its downloads while it loads the page.
+    return findBrowserClientPageByWebContentsId(
+      this.profileSwitches.withStagedPages(this.pages.values()),
+      webContentsId
+    )?.inventory
   }
 
   private async cleanupPage(
     page: BrowserClientRetainedPage,
-    previousRendererPage?: BrowserClientPageRendererIdentity
+    previousRendererPage?: BrowserClientPageRendererIdentity,
+    releaseUploads = true
   ): Promise<void> {
     page.releaseAvailabilityWatch?.()
     page.releaseAvailabilityWatch = undefined
@@ -285,34 +299,23 @@ export class BrowserClientPageCommandExecutor {
         routeWebContents: this.dependencies.routeWebContents,
         retireAutomation: this.dependencies.retireAutomation,
         releaseUploadStaging: async () => {
-          await this.dependencies.uploadStaging?.releasePage(page.inventory.browserPageId)
+          if (releaseUploads) {
+            await this.dependencies.uploadStaging?.releasePage(page.inventory.browserPageId)
+          }
         }
       },
       previousRendererPage
     )
   }
 
-  private async closePages(): Promise<void> {
-    const failures: unknown[] = [
-      ...(this.creatingPages.size > 0
-        ? [new Error('browser_client_page_creation_still_running')]
-        : []),
-      ...(this.failedPages.size > 0 ? [new Error('browser_client_page_cleanup_unresolved')] : [])
-    ]
-    for (const [browserPageId, page] of this.pages) {
-      try {
-        page.retiring ??= this.cleanupPage(page)
-        await page.retiring
-        forgetBrowserClientRetainedPage(this.pages, browserPageId, page)
-      } catch (error) {
-        failures.push(error)
-      }
-    }
-    await this.dependencies.uploadStaging?.releaseAll().catch((error: unknown) => {
-      failures.push(error)
+  private closePages(): Promise<void> {
+    return closeBrowserClientExecutorPages({
+      profileSwitches: this.profileSwitches,
+      creatingPages: this.creatingPages,
+      failedPages: this.failedPages,
+      pages: this.pages,
+      cleanupPage: (page) => this.cleanupPage(page),
+      uploadStaging: this.dependencies.uploadStaging
     })
-    if (failures.length > 0) {
-      throw new AggregateError(failures, 'Browser client page executor cleanup failed')
-    }
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/browser/browser-client-page-creation.ts b/src/main/browser/browser-client-page-creation.ts
index a4015ff10fa..38f0d06d49b 100644
--- a/src/main/browser/browser-client-page-creation.ts
+++ b/src/main/browser/browser-client-page-creation.ts
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ export async function createReservedBrowserClientPage(
     renderer = dependencies.selectRenderer()
     assertCurrentBrowserClientPageRenderer(renderer)
     routeSession = await dependencies.routeSessions.preparePage({
+      ...(event.command.profile ? { profileMetadata: event.command.profile } : {}),
       identity: {
         orcaProfileId: dependencies.orcaProfileId,
         browserProfileId: event.command.browserProfileId,
diff --git a/src/main/browser/browser-client-page-executor-close.ts b/src/main/browser/browser-client-page-executor-close.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9176ecf846b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/browser/browser-client-page-executor-close.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+import type { BrowserClientRetainedPage } from './browser-client-page-retained-state'
+import type { BrowserClientUploadStaging } from './browser-client-upload-staging'
+import { forgetBrowserClientRetainedPage } from './browser-client-page-retained-state'
+import type { BrowserClientProfileSwitches } from './browser-client-page-profile-switch'
+
+export async function closeBrowserClientExecutorPages(input: {
+  profileSwitches: Pick<BrowserClientProfileSwitches, 'retainedCleanups' | 'stagedPages'>
+  creatingPages: ReadonlyMap<string, unknown>
+  failedPages: ReadonlyMap<string, unknown>
+  pages: Map<string, BrowserClientRetainedPage>
+  cleanupPage(page: BrowserClientRetainedPage): Promise<void>
+  uploadStaging?: BrowserClientUploadStaging
+}): Promise<void> {
+  const retired = await Promise.allSettled(input.profileSwitches.retainedCleanups)
+  const failures: unknown[] = [
+    ...retired.filter((result) => result.status === 'rejected').map((result) => result.reason),
+    ...(input.creatingPages.size > 0 || input.profileSwitches.stagedPages.size > 0
+      ? [new Error('browser_client_page_creation_still_running')]
+      : []),
+    ...(input.failedPages.size > 0 ? [new Error('browser_client_page_cleanup_unresolved')] : [])
+  ]
+  for (const [browserPageId, page] of input.pages) {
+    try {
+      page.retiring ??= input.cleanupPage(page)
+      await page.retiring
+      forgetBrowserClientRetainedPage(input.pages, browserPageId, page)
+    } catch (error) {
+      failures.push(error)
+    }
+  }
+  await input.uploadStaging?.releaseAll().catch((error: unknown) => {
+    failures.push(error)
+  })
+  if (failures.length > 0) {
+    throw new AggregateError(failures, 'Browser client page executor cleanup failed')
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/browser/browser-client-page-guest-binding.ts b/src/main/browser/browser-client-page-guest-binding.ts
index ce687bce63e..ab710993fd9 100644
--- a/src/main/browser/browser-client-page-guest-binding.ts
+++ b/src/main/browser/browser-client-page-guest-binding.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ export type BrowserClientPageGuestBindingInput = {
  * the renderer at all.
  */
 export type BrowserClientPageGuestBinding = {
+  bindReplacement?(input: BrowserClientPageGuestBindingInput): void
   bind(input: BrowserClientPageGuestBindingInput): void
   release(registration: BrowserRoutePageGuestIdentity): void
 }
@@ -24,6 +25,24 @@ export function createBrowserClientPageGuestBinding(
   >
 ): BrowserClientPageGuestBinding {
   return {
+    bindReplacement: ({ registration, browserProfileId }) => {
+      const bound = browserManager.registerGuest(
+        {
+          browserPageId: registration.browserPageId,
+          sessionProfileId: browserProfileId,
+          webContentsId: registration.webContentsId,
+          rendererWebContentsId: registration.rendererWebContentsId
+        },
+        { retainPreviousGuestPolicies: true }
+      )
+      if (
+        !bound ||
+        browserManager.getGuestWebContentsId(registration.browserPageId) !==
+          registration.webContentsId
+      ) {
+        throw new Error('browser_client_page_guest_registration_failed')
+      }
+    },
     bind: ({ registration, browserProfileId }) => {
       if (
         browserManager.getGuestWebContentsId(registration.browserPageId) ===
diff --git a/src/main/browser/browser-client-page-profile-binding.test.ts b/src/main/browser/browser-client-page-profile-binding.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..56f10481b6c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/browser/browser-client-page-profile-binding.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
+
+const browserMocks = vi.hoisted(() => ({
+  appGetPathMock: vi.fn(() => '/downloads'),
+  shellOpenExternalMock: vi.fn(),
+  browserWindowFromWebContentsMock: vi.fn(),
+  menuBuildFromTemplateMock: vi.fn(),
+  guestOffMock: vi.fn(),
+  guestOnMock: vi.fn(),
+  guestSetBackgroundThrottlingMock: vi.fn(),
+  guestSetWindowOpenHandlerMock: vi.fn(),
+  guestOpenDevToolsMock: vi.fn(),
+  webContentsFromIdMock: vi.fn(),
+  screenGetCursorScreenPointMock: vi.fn(() => ({ x: 0, y: 0 })),
+  openPopupWithOriginBarMock: vi.fn()
+}))
+
+vi.mock('electron', () => ({
+  app: { getPath: browserMocks.appGetPathMock },
+  BrowserWindow: { fromWebContents: browserMocks.browserWindowFromWebContentsMock },
+  clipboard: { writeText: vi.fn() },
+  shell: { openExternal: browserMocks.shellOpenExternalMock },
+  Menu: { buildFromTemplate: browserMocks.menuBuildFromTemplateMock },
+  screen: { getCursorScreenPoint: browserMocks.screenGetCursorScreenPointMock },
+  webContents: { fromId: browserMocks.webContentsFromIdMock }
+}))
+
+vi.mock('./popup-origin-bar-window', () => ({
+  openPopupWithOriginBar: browserMocks.openPopupWithOriginBarMock
+}))
+
+import { browserManager } from './browser-manager'
+import { createBrowserClientPageGuestBinding } from './browser-client-page-guest-binding'
+import { resetBrowserManagerMocks, resetBrowserManagerState } from './browser-manager-test-harness'
+
+const registration = (webContentsId: number, pageHostGeneration: number) => ({
+  partition: 'persist:route',
+  browserPageId: 'page-a',
+  webContentsId,
+  pageHostGeneration,
+  rendererWebContentsId: 5001
+})
+
+beforeEach(() => {
+  resetBrowserManagerMocks(browserMocks)
+  resetBrowserManagerState()
+})
+afterEach(() => resetBrowserManagerState())
+
+describe('staged guest binding', () => {
+  it('retains the old guest policy attachment so rollback can actually rebind it', () => {
+    const guests = [createGuest(41), createGuest(42)]
+    browserMocks.webContentsFromIdMock.mockImplementation(
+      (id: number) => guests.find((guest) => guest.id === id) ?? null
+    )
+    for (const guest of guests) {
+      // oxlint-disable-next-line typescript/consistent-type-assertions -- SAFETY: Only the WebContents methods used by attachGuestPolicies are exercised by this fixture.
+      browserManager.attachGuestPolicies(guest as never)
+    }
+    const binding = createBrowserClientPageGuestBinding(browserManager)
+    binding.bind({ registration: registration(41, 1), browserProfileId: 'old-profile' })
+    binding.bindReplacement!({ registration: registration(42, 2), browserProfileId: 'new-profile' })
+    expect(browserManager.getGuestWebContentsId('page-a')).toBe(42)
+    binding.release(registration(42, 2))
+    binding.bind({ registration: registration(41, 1), browserProfileId: 'old-profile' })
+    expect(browserManager.getGuestWebContentsId('page-a')).toBe(41)
+    expect(browserManager.getSessionProfileIdForTab('page-a')).toBe('old-profile')
+  })
+})
+
+function createGuest(id: number) {
+  return {
+    id,
+    isDestroyed: vi.fn(() => false),
+    getType: vi.fn(() => 'webview'),
+    setBackgroundThrottling: browserMocks.guestSetBackgroundThrottlingMock,
+    setWindowOpenHandler: browserMocks.guestSetWindowOpenHandlerMock,
+    on: browserMocks.guestOnMock,
+    off: browserMocks.guestOffMock,
+    openDevTools: browserMocks.guestOpenDevToolsMock
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/browser/browser-client-page-profile-switch.test.ts b/src/main/browser/browser-client-page-profile-switch.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8417f446d80
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/browser/browser-client-page-profile-switch.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,339 @@
+import { BrowserRoutePageAvailability } from './browser-route-page-availability'
+import { describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
+import {
+  createCommand,
+  createHarness,
+  createLifecycleClaim
+} from './browser-client-page-command-executor-test-harness'
+import type { BrowserClientHostCommandEvent } from '../../shared/browser-client-host-protocol'
+
+const switchCommand = (): BrowserClientHostCommandEvent =>
+  createCommand('navigate', {
+    pageReconciliationProtocolVersion: 1,
+    command: {
+      type: 'switchProfile',
+      nextPageHostGeneration: 8,
+      profile: {
+        id: 'remote-isolated',
+        label: 'Remote profile',
+        scope: 'isolated'
+      }
+    }
+  })
+
+async function fixture(
+  availability?: BrowserRoutePageAvailability,
+  oldGuestIsCurrent?: () => boolean
+) {
+  const harness = createHarness()
+  if (oldGuestIsCurrent) {
+    harness.dependencies.routeWebContents.claimGuestLifecycle.mockImplementationOnce(
+      (registration) => createLifecycleClaim(registration, Promise.resolve(), oldGuestIsCurrent)
+    )
+  }
+  if (availability) {
+    Object.assign(harness.dependencies.routeWebContents, {
+      watchPageAvailability: availability.watch
+    })
+  }
+  const bindReplacement = vi.fn()
+  Object.assign(harness.dependencies.guestBinding, { bindReplacement })
+  await harness.executor.handle(createCommand('createPage'), new AbortController().signal)
+  harness.dependencies.routeSessions.preparePage.mockResolvedValue({
+    partition: `persist:orca-browser-v1-${'b'.repeat(64)}`,
+    release: vi.fn()
+  })
+  harness.renderer.mountPage.mockResolvedValue({ webContentsId: 42 })
+  harness.order.length = 0
+  return { ...harness, bindReplacement }
+}
+
+describe('staged client page profile switching', () => {
+  it('prepares a separate partition and guest before retiring the authenticated old guest', async () => {
+    const h = await fixture()
+    let retired = false
+    h.dependencies.routeWebContents.beginGuestRetirement.mockImplementation(() => {
+      retired = true
+      expect(h.bindReplacement).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+        expect.objectContaining({
+          registration: expect.objectContaining({
+            webContentsId: 42,
+            pageHostGeneration: 8
+          })
+        })
+      )
+      return Promise.resolve()
+    })
+    h.bindReplacement.mockImplementation(() => expect(retired).toBe(false))
+    expect(await h.executor.handle(switchCommand(), new AbortController().signal)).toEqual({
+      status: 'completed'
+    })
+    expect(h.executor.hasPage('page-a', 8)).toBe(true)
+    expect(h.executor.hasPage('page-a', 7)).toBe(false)
+    expect(h.executor.snapshotPageInventory()).toMatchObject([
+      { browserProfileId: 'remote-isolated', pageHostGeneration: 8 }
+    ])
+    expect(h.dependencies.routeSessions.preparePage).toHaveBeenLastCalledWith(
+      expect.objectContaining({
+        identity: expect.objectContaining({
+          browserProfileId: 'remote-isolated',
+          authorityConnectionIdentity: 'authority-record-a'
+        }),
+        profileMetadata: {
+          id: 'remote-isolated',
+          label: 'Remote profile',
+          scope: 'isolated'
+        }
+      })
+    )
+  })
+
+  it('preserves the old guest when target preparation fails', async () => {
+    const h = await fixture()
+    h.dependencies.routeSessions.preparePage.mockRejectedValueOnce(
+      new Error('target profile rejected')
+    )
+    expect(await h.executor.handle(switchCommand(), new AbortController().signal)).toMatchObject({
+      status: 'failed'
+    })
+    expect(h.executor.hasPage('page-a', 7)).toBe(true)
+    expect(h.dependencies.routeWebContents.beginGuestRetirement).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+    expect(h.bindReplacement).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+    expect(h.executor.snapshotPageInventory()).toMatchObject([
+      { browserProfileId: 'profile-a', state: 'active' }
+    ])
+  })
+
+  it('retires only the staged guest and restores the old binding when binding fails', async () => {
+    const h = await fixture()
+    h.bindReplacement.mockImplementation(() => {
+      throw new Error('bind failed')
+    })
+    expect(await h.executor.handle(switchCommand(), new AbortController().signal)).toMatchObject({
+      status: 'failed'
+    })
+    expect(h.executor.hasPage('page-a', 7)).toBe(true)
+    expect(h.dependencies.routeWebContents.beginGuestRetirement).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
+    expect(h.dependencies.routeWebContents.beginGuestRetirement).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      expect.objectContaining({
+        registration: expect.objectContaining({ webContentsId: 42 })
+      })
+    )
+    expect(h.dependencies.guestBinding.bind).toHaveBeenLastCalledWith(
+      expect.objectContaining({
+        registration: expect.objectContaining({ webContentsId: 41 }),
+        browserProfileId: 'profile-a'
+      })
+    )
+  })
+
+  it('restores the old guest when replacement navigation fails', async () => {
+    const h = await fixture()
+    await h.executor.handle(
+      createCommand('navigate', {
+        command: { type: 'navigate', url: 'https://example.com/authenticated' }
+      }),
+      new AbortController().signal
+    )
+    h.dependencies.routeWebContents.navigateGuest.mockResolvedValueOnce(false)
+    expect(await h.executor.handle(switchCommand(), new AbortController().signal)).toMatchObject({
+      status: 'failed'
+    })
+    expect(h.executor.hasPage('page-a', 7)).toBe(true)
+    expect(h.executor.snapshotPageInventory()).toMatchObject([
+      {
+        browserProfileId: 'profile-a',
+        currentUrl: 'https://example.com/authenticated',
+        state: 'active'
+      }
+    ])
+    expect(h.dependencies.guestBinding.bind).toHaveBeenLastCalledWith(
+      expect.objectContaining({
+        registration: expect.objectContaining({ webContentsId: 41 })
+      })
+    )
+    // Rebinding before releasing the staged guest keeps the page's live downloads.
+    const binding = h.dependencies.guestBinding
+    const stagedRelease = binding.release.mock.calls.findIndex(
+      ([registration]) => registration.webContentsId === 42
+    )
+    expect(binding.bind.mock.invocationCallOrder.at(-1)).toBeLessThan(
+      binding.release.mock.invocationCallOrder[stagedRelease]!
+    )
+  })
+
+  it('rejects a target partition collision without retiring the old guest', async () => {
+    const h = await fixture()
+    h.dependencies.routeSessions.preparePage.mockResolvedValueOnce(h.routeSession)
+    expect(await h.executor.handle(switchCommand(), new AbortController().signal)).toMatchObject({
+      status: 'failed',
+      errorCode: 'browser_client_page_profile_partition_conflict'
+    })
+    expect(h.executor.hasPage('page-a', 7)).toBe(true)
+    expect(h.bindReplacement).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+    expect(h.dependencies.routeWebContents.beginGuestRetirement).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      expect.objectContaining({
+        registration: expect.objectContaining({ webContentsId: 42 })
+      })
+    )
+  })
+
+  it('keeps the new availability watcher after retiring the old generation', async () => {
+    const availability = new BrowserRoutePageAvailability()
+    const h = await fixture(availability)
+    expect(await h.executor.handle(switchCommand(), new AbortController().signal)).toMatchObject({
+      status: 'completed'
+    })
+    availability.report(h.dependencies.routeWebContents.claimGuestLifecycle.mock.calls[0]![0])
+    expect(h.executor.snapshotPageInventory()).toMatchObject([
+      { state: 'active', pageHostGeneration: 8 }
+    ])
+    availability.report(h.dependencies.routeWebContents.claimGuestLifecycle.mock.calls.at(-1)![0])
+    expect(h.executor.snapshotPageInventory()).toMatchObject([
+      { state: 'outcomeUnknown', pageHostGeneration: 8 }
+    ])
+  })
+
+  it('retains unresolved staged cleanup evidence without replacing the old page', async () => {
+    const h = await fixture()
+    h.bindReplacement.mockImplementation(() => {
+      throw new Error('bind failed')
+    })
+    h.dependencies.routeWebContents.beginGuestRetirement.mockImplementationOnce(() => {
+      throw new Error('cleanup refused')
+    })
+    expect(await h.executor.handle(switchCommand(), new AbortController().signal)).toMatchObject({
+      status: 'failed'
+    })
+    expect(h.executor.hasPage('page-a', 7)).toBe(true)
+    await expect(h.executor.close()).rejects.toThrow('Browser client page executor cleanup failed')
+  })
+
+  it('fences the staged guest when the connection is fenced during automation retirement', async () => {
+    const h = await fixture()
+    await h.executor.handle(
+      createCommand('navigate', {
+        command: { type: 'navigate', url: 'https://example.com/authenticated' }
+      }),
+      new AbortController().signal
+    )
+    h.dependencies.routeWebContents.navigateGuest.mockClear()
+    h.dependencies.retireAutomation.mockImplementationOnce(async () => {
+      h.executor.fenceNavigation()
+    })
+    expect(await h.executor.handle(switchCommand(), new AbortController().signal)).toMatchObject({
+      status: 'failed',
+      errorCode: 'browser_client_page_executor_closed'
+    })
+    expect(h.dependencies.routeWebContents.revokeNavigation).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      expect.objectContaining({
+        registration: expect.objectContaining({ webContentsId: 42 })
+      })
+    )
+    expect(h.dependencies.routeWebContents.navigateGuest).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+    expect(h.bindReplacement).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+    expect(h.executor.hasPage('page-a', 7)).toBe(true)
+  })
+
+  it('keeps cleanup evidence when staging fails before handing over its guest', async () => {
+    const h = await fixture()
+    h.dependencies.routeWebContents.registerGuest.mockReturnValueOnce(false)
+    h.dependencies.routeWebContents.beginGuestRetirement.mockImplementationOnce(() => {
+      throw new Error('cleanup refused')
+    })
+    expect(await h.executor.handle(switchCommand(), new AbortController().signal)).toMatchObject({
+      status: 'failed',
+      errorCode: 'browser_client_page_cleanup_failed'
+    })
+    expect(h.executor.hasPage('page-a', 7)).toBe(true)
+    await expect(h.executor.close()).rejects.toThrow('Browser client page executor cleanup failed')
+  })
+
+  it('does not commit a replacement guest that died before the switch finished', async () => {
+    const h = await fixture()
+    let replacementAlive = true
+    h.dependencies.routeWebContents.claimGuestLifecycle.mockImplementationOnce((registration) =>
+      createLifecycleClaim(registration, Promise.resolve(), () => replacementAlive)
+    )
+    h.bindReplacement.mockImplementation(() => {
+      replacementAlive = false
+    })
+    expect(await h.executor.handle(switchCommand(), new AbortController().signal)).toMatchObject({
+      status: 'failed',
+      errorCode: 'browser_client_page_generation_stale'
+    })
+    expect(h.executor.hasPage('page-a', 7)).toBe(true)
+    expect(h.dependencies.routeWebContents.beginGuestRetirement).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
+    expect(h.dependencies.routeWebContents.beginGuestRetirement).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      expect.objectContaining({ registration: expect.objectContaining({ webContentsId: 42 }) })
+    )
+  })
+
+  it('reports an old guest lost during a failed switch so recovery can run', async () => {
+    let oldAlive = true
+    const availability = new BrowserRoutePageAvailability()
+    const h = await fixture(availability, () => oldAlive)
+    const onPageUnavailable = vi.fn()
+    Object.assign(h.dependencies, { onPageUnavailable })
+    h.dependencies.routeSessions.preparePage.mockImplementationOnce(async () => {
+      oldAlive = false
+      availability.report(h.dependencies.routeWebContents.claimGuestLifecycle.mock.calls[0]![0])
+      throw new Error('target profile rejected')
+    })
+    expect(await h.executor.handle(switchCommand(), new AbortController().signal)).toMatchObject({
+      status: 'failed'
+    })
+    expect(onPageUnavailable).toHaveBeenCalledWith('page-a', 7)
+    expect(h.executor.snapshotPageInventory()).toMatchObject([
+      { pageHostGeneration: 7, state: 'outcomeUnknown' }
+    ])
+    expect(h.dependencies.guestBinding.bind).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
+  })
+
+  it('lets the staged guest own downloads it starts while loading the page', async () => {
+    const h = await fixture()
+    await h.executor.handle(
+      createCommand('navigate', {
+        command: { type: 'navigate', url: 'https://example.com/report.csv' }
+      }),
+      new AbortController().signal
+    )
+    let owner: { pageHostGeneration: number } | undefined
+    h.dependencies.routeWebContents.navigateGuest.mockImplementationOnce(async () => {
+      owner = h.executor.findPageByWebContentsId(42)
+      return true
+    })
+    expect(await h.executor.handle(switchCommand(), new AbortController().signal)).toEqual({
+      status: 'completed'
+    })
+    expect(owner).toMatchObject({ browserPageId: 'page-a', pageHostGeneration: 8 })
+  })
+
+  it('rejects stale generations without preparing or binding anything', async () => {
+    const h = await fixture()
+    const calls = h.dependencies.routeSessions.preparePage.mock.calls.length
+    expect(
+      await h.executor.handle(
+        { ...switchCommand(), pageHostGeneration: 6 },
+        new AbortController().signal
+      )
+    ).toMatchObject({ status: 'failed' })
+    expect(h.dependencies.routeSessions.preparePage).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(calls)
+    expect(h.bindReplacement).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+  })
+
+  it('rolls back an abort after successful target binding', async () => {
+    const h = await fixture()
+    const controller = new AbortController()
+    h.bindReplacement.mockImplementation(() => controller.abort())
+    expect(await h.executor.handle(switchCommand(), controller.signal)).toMatchObject({
+      status: 'failed'
+    })
+    expect(h.executor.hasPage('page-a', 7)).toBe(true)
+    expect(h.dependencies.guestBinding.bind).toHaveBeenLastCalledWith(
+      expect.objectContaining({
+        registration: expect.objectContaining({ webContentsId: 41 })
+      })
+    )
+  })
+})
diff --git a/src/main/browser/browser-client-page-profile-switch.ts b/src/main/browser/browser-client-page-profile-switch.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..01c75aed7e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/browser/browser-client-page-profile-switch.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,182 @@
+import type { BrowserClientHostCommandEvent } from '../../shared/browser-client-host-protocol'
+import { BrowserClientProfileMetadata } from '../../shared/browser-client-profile-switch-protocol'
+import { sameBrowserClientPageAuthority } from './browser-client-host-command-authority'
+import {
+  assertBrowserClientPageCommandNotAborted,
+  assertCurrentBrowserClientPageRenderer
+} from './browser-client-page-command-admission'
+import {
+  BrowserClientPageCommandError,
+  isBrowserClientPageCleanupFailure
+} from './browser-client-page-command-failure'
+import type { BrowserClientPageCommandExecutorDependencies } from './browser-client-page-command-executor-dependencies'
+import { createReservedBrowserClientPage } from './browser-client-page-creation'
+import type { BrowserClientRetainedPage } from './browser-client-page-retained-state'
+import { updateBrowserClientPageInventoryCurrentUrl } from './browser-client-page-inventory'
+import { markBrowserClientPageUnavailable } from './browser-client-page-availability'
+
+export async function switchBrowserClientPageProfile(input: {
+  event: BrowserClientHostCommandEvent
+  signal: AbortSignal
+  switches: BrowserClientProfileSwitches
+  pages: Map<string, BrowserClientRetainedPage>
+  dependencies: BrowserClientPageCommandExecutorDependencies
+  assertAvailable(): void
+  commit(page: BrowserClientRetainedPage): void
+  cleanup(page: BrowserClientRetainedPage, releaseUploads: boolean): Promise<void>
+}): Promise<void> {
+  const { event, signal, dependencies, switches } = input
+  if (event.command.type !== 'switchProfile') {
+    throw new BrowserClientPageCommandError('browser_client_page_command_invalid')
+  }
+  const old = input.pages.get(event.browserPageId)
+  if (
+    !old ||
+    old.retiring ||
+    old.reconciling ||
+    !sameBrowserClientPageAuthority(old.inventory, event) ||
+    event.command.nextPageHostGeneration <= old.generation
+  ) {
+    throw new BrowserClientPageCommandError('browser_client_page_generation_stale')
+  }
+  const profile = BrowserClientProfileMetadata.parse(event.command.profile)
+  const bindReplacement = dependencies.guestBinding.bindReplacement
+  if (!bindReplacement) {
+    throw new BrowserClientPageCommandError('browser_client_page_profile_switch_unsupported')
+  }
+  if (profile.id === old.inventory.browserProfileId) {
+    throw new BrowserClientPageCommandError('browser_client_page_profile_switch_redundant')
+  }
+  const create: BrowserClientHostCommandEvent = {
+    ...event,
+    pageHostGeneration: event.command.nextPageHostGeneration,
+    command: {
+      type: 'createPage',
+      browserProfileId: profile.id,
+      profile,
+      executionHostKey: old.inventory.executionHostKey,
+      ...(old.inventory.workspaceId ? { workspaceId: old.inventory.workspaceId } : {})
+    }
+  }
+  let staged: BrowserClientRetainedPage | undefined
+  let bindingAttempted = false
+  old.reconciling = true
+  switches.stagedPages.set(event.browserPageId, null)
+  try {
+    await createReservedBrowserClientPage(
+      {
+        ...dependencies,
+        // A profile switch cannot change the execution route or supersede the old guest.
+        retireSupersededExecutionHostPages: async () => {},
+        guestBinding: { bind: () => {}, release: () => {} }
+      },
+      create,
+      signal,
+      input.assertAvailable,
+      (page) => {
+        staged = page
+        switches.stagedPages.set(event.browserPageId, page)
+      }
+    )
+    if (!staged || staged.registration.partition === old.registration.partition) {
+      throw new BrowserClientPageCommandError('browser_client_page_profile_partition_conflict')
+    }
+    assertBrowserClientPageCommandNotAborted(signal)
+    input.assertAvailable()
+    assertCurrentBrowserClientPageRenderer(old.renderer)
+    await dependencies.retireAutomation({
+      keepGuestBinding: true,
+      browserPageId: event.browserPageId,
+      pageHostGeneration: old.generation,
+      registration: old.registration
+    })
+    // A fence that landed during that await must stop the staged guest before it navigates.
+    assertBrowserClientPageCommandNotAborted(signal)
+    input.assertAvailable()
+    assertCurrentBrowserClientPageRenderer(staged.renderer)
+    bindingAttempted = true
+    bindReplacement({
+      registration: staged.registration,
+      browserProfileId: profile.id
+    })
+    const url = old.inventory.currentUrl
+    if (url && url !== 'about:blank') {
+      if (!(await dependencies.routeWebContents.navigateGuest(staged.lifecycleClaim, url))) {
+        throw new BrowserClientPageCommandError('browser_client_page_navigation_failed')
+      }
+      staged.inventory = updateBrowserClientPageInventoryCurrentUrl(staged.inventory, url)
+    }
+    assertBrowserClientPageCommandNotAborted(signal)
+    input.assertAvailable()
+    assertCurrentBrowserClientPageRenderer(staged.renderer)
+    if (
+      input.pages.get(event.browserPageId) !== old ||
+      !old.lifecycleClaim.isCurrent() ||
+      !staged.lifecycleClaim.isCurrent()
+    ) {
+      throw new BrowserClientPageCommandError('browser_client_page_generation_stale')
+    }
+    input.commit(staged)
+  } catch (error) {
+    const oldAlive = old.lifecycleClaim.isCurrent()
+    try {
+      if (bindingAttempted && oldAlive) {
+        // Rebind first: releasing the staged binding would otherwise cancel the page's downloads.
+        dependencies.guestBinding.bind({
+          registration: old.registration,
+          browserProfileId: old.inventory.browserProfileId
+        })
+      }
+      if (staged) {
+        const cleanup = input.cleanup(staged, false)
+        switches.retainedCleanups.add(cleanup)
+        await cleanup
+        switches.retainedCleanups.delete(cleanup)
+      } else if (isBrowserClientPageCleanupFailure(error)) {
+        // Staging failed before handing over its guest; keep the unreleased resources visible to close.
+        const unresolved = Promise.reject(error)
+        unresolved.catch(() => {})
+        switches.retainedCleanups.add(unresolved)
+      }
+    } finally {
+      switches.stagedPages.delete(event.browserPageId)
+      old.reconciling = false
+      if (!old.lifecycleClaim.isCurrent()) {
+        // Its loss was reported once while reconciling suppressed it, so report it now.
+        markBrowserClientPageUnavailable(input.pages, old.registration, (id, generation) =>
+          dependencies.onPageUnavailable?.(id, generation)
+        )
+      }
+    }
+    throw error
+  }
+  switches.stagedPages.delete(event.browserPageId)
+  old.reconciling = false
+  await switches.retire(old, (page) => input.cleanup(page, true))
+}
+
+/** Profile-switch state the executor's fencing and close must also see. */
+export class BrowserClientProfileSwitches {
+  readonly retainedCleanups = new Set<Promise<void>>()
+  /** In-flight switches by page; the staged guest once mounted. */
+  readonly stagedPages = new Map<string, BrowserClientRetainedPage | null>()
+
+  // Why: a staged guest holds a navigation grant and owns downloads before it replaces the page.
+  withStagedPages(pages: Iterable<BrowserClientRetainedPage>): BrowserClientRetainedPage[] {
+    return [...pages, ...[...this.stagedPages.values()].filter((page) => page !== null)]
+  }
+
+  async retire(
+    page: BrowserClientRetainedPage,
+    cleanupPage: (page: BrowserClientRetainedPage) => Promise<void>
+  ): Promise<void> {
+    const cleanup = cleanupPage(page)
+    this.retainedCleanups.add(cleanup)
+    try {
+      await cleanup
+      this.retainedCleanups.delete(cleanup)
+    } catch (error) {
+      console.warn('[browser-client-page] Replaced guest cleanup remains unresolved', error)
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/browser/browser-client-page-reconciliation-adapters.test.ts b/src/main/browser/browser-client-page-reconciliation-adapters.test.ts
index afed5fee0dc..38c95298b08 100644
--- a/src/main/browser/browser-client-page-reconciliation-adapters.test.ts
+++ b/src/main/browser/browser-client-page-reconciliation-adapters.test.ts
@@ -46,7 +46,10 @@ function command(
       browserProfileId: 'profile-a',
       executionHostKey: 'execution-host-a'
     },
-    closePage: { type: 'closePage' as const, targetAuthority: previousAuthority },
+    closePage: {
+      type: 'closePage' as const,
+      targetAuthority: previousAuthority
+    },
     restorePage: {
       type: 'restorePage' as const,
       browserProfileId: 'profile-a',
@@ -244,6 +247,32 @@ describe('browser client page reconciliation adapters', () => {
     ])
   })
 
+  it('restores a host-owned profile with the metadata the host sent', async () => {
+    const { executor, dependencies } = createHarness()
+    const profile = {
+      id: 'remote-profile',
+      label: 'Remote profile',
+      scope: 'isolated' as const
+    }
+    const restore = command('restorePage', {
+      command: {
+        type: 'restorePage',
+        browserProfileId: profile.id,
+        profile,
+        executionHostKey: 'execution-host-a'
+      }
+    })
+    await expect(executor.handle(restore, new AbortController().signal)).resolves.toEqual({
+      status: 'completed'
+    })
+    expect(dependencies.routeSessions.preparePage).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      expect.objectContaining({
+        identity: expect.objectContaining({ browserProfileId: profile.id }),
+        profileMetadata: profile
+      })
+    )
+  })
+
   it('destroys a rekeyed guest instead of restoring authority after renderer failure', async () => {
     const { executor, renderer, routeWebContents } = createHarness()
     await executor.handle(command('createPage'), new AbortController().signal)
diff --git a/src/main/browser/browser-client-page-reconciliation.ts b/src/main/browser/browser-client-page-reconciliation.ts
index f1e643ab2ae..1fd253099fb 100644
--- a/src/main/browser/browser-client-page-reconciliation.ts
+++ b/src/main/browser/browser-client-page-reconciliation.ts
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ export function executeBrowserClientPageReconciliationCommand(
       return closeReconciledPage(context, event, signal)
     case 'restorePage':
       return restorePage(context, event, signal)
+    case 'switchProfile':
     case 'createPage':
     case 'navigate':
     case 'automation':
@@ -84,7 +85,10 @@ async function reclaimPage(
     page.registration,
     page.registration.partition
   )
-  const nextRegistration = { ...page.registration, pageHostGeneration: event.pageHostGeneration }
+  const nextRegistration = {
+    ...page.registration,
+    pageHostGeneration: event.pageHostGeneration
+  }
   const nextRendererPage = browserClientPageIdentity(nextRegistration, nextRegistration.partition)
   const rekeyGuestLifecycle = context.routeWebContents.rekeyGuestLifecycle
   const grantReconciledNavigation = context.routeWebContents.grantReconciledNavigation
@@ -226,6 +230,9 @@ function reconciliationCreateEvent(
     command: {
       type: 'createPage',
       browserProfileId: event.command.browserProfileId,
+      ...(event.command.type === 'restorePage' && event.command.profile
+        ? { profile: event.command.profile }
+        : {}),
       executionHostKey: event.command.executionHostKey,
       ...(event.command.workspaceId ? { workspaceId: event.command.workspaceId } : {})
     }
diff --git a/src/main/browser/browser-client-page-retained-state.ts b/src/main/browser/browser-client-page-retained-state.ts
index fa9c99b6a83..b960796419a 100644
--- a/src/main/browser/browser-client-page-retained-state.ts
+++ b/src/main/browser/browser-client-page-retained-state.ts
@@ -58,3 +58,26 @@ export function forgetBrowserClientRetainedPage(
     pages.delete(browserPageId)
   }
 }
+
+export async function retireBrowserClientRetainedPage(
+  pages: Map<string, BrowserClientRetainedPage>,
+  failedPages: Map<string, BrowserClientHostedPageInventory>,
+  browserPageId: string,
+  pageHostGeneration: number,
+  cleanupPage: (page: BrowserClientRetainedPage) => Promise<void>
+): Promise<boolean> {
+  const page = pages.get(browserPageId)
+  if (!page || page.generation !== pageHostGeneration) {
+    return false
+  }
+  page.retiring ??= cleanupPage(page)
+  try {
+    await page.retiring
+  } catch (error) {
+    forgetBrowserClientRetainedPage(pages, browserPageId, page)
+    failedPages.set(browserPageId, Object.freeze({ ...page.inventory, state: 'outcomeUnknown' }))
+    throw error
+  }
+  forgetBrowserClientRetainedPage(pages, browserPageId, page)
+  return true
+}
diff --git a/src/main/browser/browser-client-route-cookie-import-partition-parity.test.ts b/src/main/browser/browser-client-route-cookie-import-partition-parity.test.ts
index df4cb2ddc4d..abc576b68af 100644
--- a/src/main/browser/browser-client-route-cookie-import-partition-parity.test.ts
+++ b/src/main/browser/browser-client-route-cookie-import-partition-parity.test.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 import { describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
-import type {
-  BrowserHostLeaseAuthority,
-  BrowserNetworkExecutionHost
-} from '../../shared/browser-client-host-protocol'
+import type { BrowserHostLeaseAuthority } from '../../shared/browser-client-host-protocol'
+import type { BrowserNetworkExecutionHost } from '../../shared/browser-network-execution-host'
 
 const {
   bindingStore,
diff --git a/src/main/browser/browser-execution-host-storage-identity.ts b/src/main/browser/browser-execution-host-storage-identity.ts
index 24d78ee03f6..845137d5b5f 100644
--- a/src/main/browser/browser-execution-host-storage-identity.ts
+++ b/src/main/browser/browser-execution-host-storage-identity.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import type { BrowserNetworkExecutionHost } from '../../shared/browser-client-host-protocol'
+import type { BrowserNetworkExecutionHost } from '../../shared/browser-network-execution-host'
 
 const STORAGE_IDENTITY_VERSION = 1
 const STORAGE_IDENTITY_TAG = 'orca-browser-execution-host-storage'
diff --git a/src/main/browser/browser-manager-registration.ts b/src/main/browser/browser-manager-registration.ts
index f6f7b41bbb9..97895e8b179 100644
--- a/src/main/browser/browser-manager-registration.ts
+++ b/src/main/browser/browser-manager-registration.ts
@@ -5,15 +5,18 @@ import type { BrowserGuestRegistration } from './browser-manager-types'
 import { BrowserManagerGuestPolicy } from './browser-manager-guest-policy'
 
 export abstract class BrowserManagerRegistration extends BrowserManagerGuestPolicy {
-  registerGuest({
-    browserPageId,
-    browserTabId: legacyBrowserTabId,
-    workspaceId,
-    worktreeId,
-    sessionProfileId,
-    webContentsId,
-    rendererWebContentsId
-  }: BrowserGuestRegistration): boolean {
+  registerGuest(
+    {
+      browserPageId,
+      browserTabId: legacyBrowserTabId,
+      workspaceId,
+      worktreeId,
+      sessionProfileId,
+      webContentsId,
+      rendererWebContentsId
+    }: BrowserGuestRegistration,
+    options?: { retainPreviousGuestPolicies?: boolean }
+  ): boolean {
     const browserTabId = browserPageId ?? legacyBrowserTabId
     // Why refuse rather than overwrite: the two halves of the registry must stay disjoint, or one
     // id resolves in both and the tool door silently prefers the document guest over the page.
@@ -45,7 +48,12 @@ export abstract class BrowserManagerRegistration extends BrowserManagerGuestPoli
 
     const previousWebContentsId = this.webContentsIdByTabId.get(browserTabId)
     if (previousWebContentsId !== undefined && previousWebContentsId !== webContentsId) {
-      this.retireStaleGuestWebContents(previousWebContentsId)
+      if (options?.retainPreviousGuestPolicies) {
+        // A staged swap must be able to restore this still-live guest on failure.
+        this.tabIdByWebContentsId.delete(previousWebContentsId)
+      } else {
+        this.retireStaleGuestWebContents(previousWebContentsId)
+      }
       this.viewportPresetByTabId.delete(browserTabId)
       this.viewportScrollStateByTabId.delete(browserTabId)
     }
diff --git a/src/main/browser/browser-network-execution-route.ts b/src/main/browser/browser-network-execution-route.ts
index dce61416ef6..ca6a290e9a2 100644
--- a/src/main/browser/browser-network-execution-route.ts
+++ b/src/main/browser/browser-network-execution-route.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { connect } from 'node:net'
-import { BrowserNetworkExecutionHost } from '../../shared/browser-client-host-protocol'
+import { BrowserNetworkExecutionHost } from '../../shared/browser-network-execution-host'
 import type { BrowserNetworkTunnelOpen } from '../../shared/browser-network-tunnel-protocol'
 import type { BrowserNetworkTunnelSocket } from './browser-network-tunnel-stream-state'
 import { readNetworkProxySettings } from './browser-network-proxy-settings-source'
diff --git a/src/main/browser/browser-route-partition-stability.test.ts b/src/main/browser/browser-route-partition-stability.test.ts
index e98e721b785..cd39f3ba354 100644
--- a/src/main/browser/browser-route-partition-stability.test.ts
+++ b/src/main/browser/browser-route-partition-stability.test.ts
@@ -2,10 +2,8 @@ import { mkdtempSync, realpathSync } from 'node:fs'
 import { tmpdir } from 'node:os'
 import { join } from 'node:path'
 import { describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
-import type {
-  BrowserHostLeaseAuthority,
-  BrowserNetworkExecutionHost
-} from '../../shared/browser-client-host-protocol'
+import type { BrowserHostLeaseAuthority } from '../../shared/browser-client-host-protocol'
+import type { BrowserNetworkExecutionHost } from '../../shared/browser-network-execution-host'
 import { BrowserClientNetworkRouteRegistry } from './browser-client-network-route-registry'
 import { browserNetworkExecutionHostKey } from './browser-network-execution-route'
 import { deriveBrowserRoutePartition } from './browser-route-identity'
diff --git a/src/main/browser/browser-route-session-policy.ts b/src/main/browser/browser-route-session-policy.ts
index 522ef57ba09..73c91538623 100644
--- a/src/main/browser/browser-route-session-policy.ts
+++ b/src/main/browser/browser-route-session-policy.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import type { BrowserClientProfileMetadata } from '../../shared/browser-client-profile-switch-protocol'
 const PROXY_PROBE_URL = 'http://browser-route-probe.invalid/'
 
 export type BrowserRouteElectronSession = {
@@ -15,6 +16,7 @@ export type BrowserRouteProxyEndpoint = Readonly<{ host: '127.0.0.1'; port: numb
 type BrowserRouteSessionPolicyDependencies = {
   getSession(partition: string): BrowserRouteElectronSession
   setupPolicies(input: {
+    profileMetadata?: BrowserClientProfileMetadata
     partition: string
     browserProfileId: string
     session: BrowserRouteElectronSession
@@ -23,6 +25,7 @@ type BrowserRouteSessionPolicyDependencies = {
 }
 
 export async function prepareBrowserRouteSessionPolicy(input: {
+  profileMetadata?: BrowserClientProfileMetadata
   partition: string
   browserProfileId: string
   proxyEndpoint: BrowserRouteProxyEndpoint
@@ -37,6 +40,7 @@ export async function prepareBrowserRouteSessionPolicy(input: {
       proxyBypassRules: '<-loopback>'
     })
     await input.dependencies.setupPolicies({
+      ...(input.profileMetadata ? { profileMetadata: input.profileMetadata } : {}),
       partition: input.partition,
       browserProfileId: input.browserProfileId,
       session
diff --git a/src/main/browser/browser-route-session-registry-contract.ts b/src/main/browser/browser-route-session-registry-contract.ts
index 365b04028c2..a37836deec1 100644
--- a/src/main/browser/browser-route-session-registry-contract.ts
+++ b/src/main/browser/browser-route-session-registry-contract.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import type { BrowserClientProfileMetadata } from '../../shared/browser-client-profile-switch-protocol'
 import type {
   BrowserRoutePartitionIdentity,
   DerivedBrowserRoutePartition
@@ -16,9 +17,10 @@ export type BrowserRoutePartitionBindingStore = {
 
 export type BrowserRouteSessionRegistryDependencies = {
   derivePartition?: (identity: BrowserRoutePartitionIdentity) => DerivedBrowserRoutePartition
-  validateProfile(browserProfileId: string): void
+  validateProfile(browserProfileId: string, metadata?: BrowserClientProfileMetadata): void
   getSession(partition: string): BrowserRouteElectronSession
   setupPolicies(input: {
+    profileMetadata?: BrowserClientProfileMetadata
     partition: string
     browserProfileId: string
     session: BrowserRouteElectronSession
diff --git a/src/main/browser/browser-route-session-registry.test.ts b/src/main/browser/browser-route-session-registry.test.ts
index 1e4a42ab9a8..4c83afa2dde 100644
--- a/src/main/browser/browser-route-session-registry.test.ts
+++ b/src/main/browser/browser-route-session-registry.test.ts
@@ -138,6 +138,45 @@ function deferred(): {
 }
 
 describe('BrowserRouteSessionRegistry', () => {
+  it('prepares authority-scoped remote metadata without needing a desktop profile record', async () => {
+    const { dependencies, registry } = createHarness()
+    const profileMetadata = {
+      id: identity.browserProfileId,
+      label: 'Remote profile',
+      scope: 'isolated'
+    }
+    await prepare(registry, { profileMetadata })
+    expect(dependencies.validateProfile).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      identity.browserProfileId,
+      profileMetadata
+    )
+    expect(dependencies.setupPolicies).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      expect.objectContaining({
+        profileMetadata,
+        browserProfileId: identity.browserProfileId,
+        partition: 'persist:route-a'
+      })
+    )
+  })
+
+  it.each([
+    { id: 'other-profile', label: 'Remote', scope: 'isolated' },
+    {
+      id: identity.browserProfileId,
+      label: 'Remote',
+      scope: 'isolated',
+      partition: 'persist:local-default'
+    }
+  ])(
+    'rejects inconsistent or arbitrary partition metadata before touching storage',
+    async (profileMetadata) => {
+      const { registry, dependencies } = createHarness()
+      await expect(prepare(registry, { profileMetadata })).rejects.toThrow()
+      expect(dependencies.getSession).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+      expect(dependencies.bindingStore.set).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+    }
+  )
+
   it('rekeys one prepared authority and makes the old release handle inert', async () => {
     const { dependencies, registry } = createHarness()
     const previousHandle = await prepare(registry)
diff --git a/src/main/browser/browser-route-session-registry.ts b/src/main/browser/browser-route-session-registry.ts
index 406e7e5b045..d5ce0185404 100644
--- a/src/main/browser/browser-route-session-registry.ts
+++ b/src/main/browser/browser-route-session-registry.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { BrowserClientProfileMetadata } from '../../shared/browser-client-profile-switch-protocol'
 import {
   deriveBrowserRoutePartition,
   type DerivedBrowserRoutePartition
@@ -130,7 +131,13 @@ export class BrowserRouteSessionRegistry {
     input: BrowserRoutePreparePageInput,
     rendererFence: BrowserRouteRendererPrepareFence
   ): Promise<BrowserRouteSessionHandle> {
-    this.dependencies.validateProfile(input.identity.browserProfileId)
+    const metadata = input.profileMetadata
+      ? BrowserClientProfileMetadata.parse(input.profileMetadata)
+      : undefined
+    if (metadata && metadata.id !== input.identity.browserProfileId) {
+      throw new Error('browser_route_partition_profile_unavailable')
+    }
+    this.dependencies.validateProfile(input.identity.browserProfileId, metadata)
     const derived = resolveBrowserRouteSessionPartition(
       this.dependencies,
       input,
@@ -161,7 +168,8 @@ export class BrowserRouteSessionRegistry {
     const promise = this.preparePartition(
       derived,
       input.identity.browserProfileId,
-      input.proxyEndpoint
+      input.proxyEndpoint,
+      metadata
     )
     const pendingState = {
       partition: derived.partition,
@@ -238,9 +246,11 @@ export class BrowserRouteSessionRegistry {
   private async preparePartition(
     derived: DerivedBrowserRoutePartition,
     browserProfileId: string,
-    proxyEndpoint: ProxyEndpoint
+    proxyEndpoint: ProxyEndpoint,
+    profileMetadata?: BrowserClientProfileMetadata
   ): Promise<PreparedPartition> {
     const session = await prepareBrowserRouteSessionPolicy({
+      ...(profileMetadata ? { profileMetadata } : {}),
       partition: derived.partition,
       browserProfileId,
       proxyEndpoint,
diff --git a/src/main/browser/browser-route-session-runtime.ts b/src/main/browser/browser-route-session-runtime.ts
index 678a8f24da6..76f712fdb9d 100644
--- a/src/main/browser/browser-route-session-runtime.ts
+++ b/src/main/browser/browser-route-session-runtime.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import { BrowserClientProfileMetadata } from '../../shared/browser-client-profile-switch-protocol'
+import { installBrowserRoutePartitionPolicies } from './browser-session-route-policies'
 import { session, webContents } from 'electron'
 import { setBrowserClientRouteWebContentsProbe } from './browser-client-download-routing'
 import type { BrowserRoutePartitionBindingStore } from './browser-route-partition-binding-store'
@@ -38,12 +40,23 @@ const bindingStore = {
 }
 
 export const browserRouteSessionRegistry = new BrowserRouteSessionRegistry({
-  validateProfile: (browserProfileId) => {
-    browserSessionRegistry.requireRouteBrowserProfile(browserProfileId)
+  validateProfile: (browserProfileId, metadata) => {
+    if (metadata) {
+      if (BrowserClientProfileMetadata.parse(metadata).id !== browserProfileId) {
+        throw new Error('browser_route_partition_profile_unavailable')
+      }
+    } else {
+      browserSessionRegistry.requireRouteBrowserProfile(browserProfileId)
+    }
   },
   getSession: (partition) => session.fromPartition(partition),
-  setupPolicies: ({ partition, browserProfileId }) =>
-    browserSessionRegistry.setupRoutePartitionPolicies(partition, browserProfileId),
+  setupPolicies: ({ partition, browserProfileId, profileMetadata }) =>
+    profileMetadata
+      ? installBrowserRoutePartitionPolicies(
+          { ...BrowserClientProfileMetadata.parse(profileMetadata), partition, source: null },
+          partition
+        )
+      : browserSessionRegistry.setupRoutePartitionPolicies(partition, browserProfileId),
   clearPolicies: ({ partition }) => {
     browserSessionRegistry.clearRoutePartitionPolicies(partition)
   },
diff --git a/src/main/browser/browser-route-session-state.ts b/src/main/browser/browser-route-session-state.ts
index f2d129ce6b1..16dc7a438e5 100644
--- a/src/main/browser/browser-route-session-state.ts
+++ b/src/main/browser/browser-route-session-state.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import type { BrowserClientProfileMetadata } from '../../shared/browser-client-profile-switch-protocol'
 import type { BrowserRoutePartitionIdentity } from './browser-route-identity'
 import type { BrowserRoutePreparedPageLedger } from './browser-route-prepared-page-ledger'
 import type { BrowserRoutePageAuthority } from './browser-route-page-authority'
@@ -12,6 +13,7 @@ export type BrowserRouteSessionHandle = Readonly<{
 }>
 
 export type BrowserRoutePreparePageInput = Readonly<{
+  profileMetadata?: BrowserClientProfileMetadata
   identity: BrowserRoutePartitionIdentity
   /** Pre-migration identity, so an existing partition keeps serving this route. */
   legacyIdentity?: BrowserRoutePartitionIdentity
diff --git a/src/main/browser/paired-runtime-browser-client-host-runtime.ts b/src/main/browser/paired-runtime-browser-client-host-runtime.ts
index 1101b2e73dc..0ba0ed271fb 100644
--- a/src/main/browser/paired-runtime-browser-client-host-runtime.ts
+++ b/src/main/browser/paired-runtime-browser-client-host-runtime.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { BROWSER_CLIENT_PROFILE_SWITCH_CAPABILITY } from '../../shared/browser-client-profile-switch-protocol'
 import { createHash } from 'node:crypto'
 import path from 'node:path'
 import { app } from 'electron'
@@ -117,6 +118,7 @@ const browserClientHosts =
             browserHostClientId: getBrowserClientHostId(),
             hostCapabilities: [
               'webview',
+              BROWSER_CLIENT_PROFILE_SWITCH_CAPABILITY,
               BROWSER_CLIENT_AUTOMATION_HOST_CAPABILITY,
               BROWSER_CLIENT_FILE_CHANNEL_HOST_CAPABILITY
             ],
diff --git a/src/main/browser/paired-runtime-browser-network-route.test.ts b/src/main/browser/paired-runtime-browser-network-route.test.ts
index c54ab05a542..fe22a53c5f9 100644
--- a/src/main/browser/paired-runtime-browser-network-route.test.ts
+++ b/src/main/browser/paired-runtime-browser-network-route.test.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import {
   decodeBrowserNetworkTunnelFrame,
   encodeBrowserNetworkTunnelFrame
 } from '../../shared/browser-network-tunnel-protocol'
-import type { BrowserNetworkExecutionHost } from '../../shared/browser-client-host-protocol'
+import type { BrowserNetworkExecutionHost } from '../../shared/browser-network-execution-host'
 import type { PairingOffer } from '../../shared/pairing'
 import type {
   RemoteRuntimeSubscription,
diff --git a/src/main/browser/paired-runtime-browser-network-route.ts b/src/main/browser/paired-runtime-browser-network-route.ts
index 27ddc943b51..9712f8711b7 100644
--- a/src/main/browser/paired-runtime-browser-network-route.ts
+++ b/src/main/browser/paired-runtime-browser-network-route.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
-import type {
-  BrowserHostLeaseAuthority,
-  BrowserNetworkExecutionHost
-} from '../../shared/browser-client-host-protocol'
+import type { BrowserHostLeaseAuthority } from '../../shared/browser-client-host-protocol'
+import type { BrowserNetworkExecutionHost } from '../../shared/browser-network-execution-host'
 import type { BrowserNetworkTunnelOpen } from '../../shared/browser-network-tunnel-protocol'
 import type { PairedRuntimeConnection } from '../../shared/paired-runtime-connection'
 import type { RemoteRuntimeSubscriptionOptions } from '../../shared/remote-runtime-client'
diff --git a/src/main/browser/paired-runtime-browser-network-transport.ts b/src/main/browser/paired-runtime-browser-network-transport.ts
index 8559de59635..26ee1339d00 100644
--- a/src/main/browser/paired-runtime-browser-network-transport.ts
+++ b/src/main/browser/paired-runtime-browser-network-transport.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 import {
   BrowserNetworkTunnelEvent,
-  type BrowserHostLeaseAuthority,
-  type BrowserNetworkExecutionHost
+  type BrowserHostLeaseAuthority
 } from '../../shared/browser-client-host-protocol'
+import type { BrowserNetworkExecutionHost } from '../../shared/browser-network-execution-host'
 import type { PairedRuntimeConnection } from '../../shared/paired-runtime-connection'
 import {
   subscribeRemoteRuntimeRequest,
diff --git a/src/main/host/electron-browser-commands.ts b/src/main/host/electron-browser-commands.ts
index 27ba3ae0c8a..0d8a2e9d13b 100644
--- a/src/main/host/electron-browser-commands.ts
+++ b/src/main/host/electron-browser-commands.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,15 @@
 import { RuntimeBrowserCommands } from '../runtime/browser/browser-commands'
 import { setRuntimeBrowserCommandsFactory } from '../runtime/runtime-browser-commands-factory'
+import { setBrowserHostClientProfileResolver } from '../runtime/browser-host/browser-host-client-profile-metadata'
+import { browserSessionRegistry } from '../browser/browser-session-registry'
 
 /** The desktop factory. Importing this file is what pulls in the Chromium browser cluster. */
 export function installElectronBrowserCommands(): void {
   setRuntimeBrowserCommandsFactory((host) => new RuntimeBrowserCommands(host), {
     clientHosting: true
   })
+  setBrowserHostClientProfileResolver((browserProfileId) => {
+    const profile = browserSessionRegistry.getProfile(browserProfileId)
+    return profile ? { id: profile.id, label: profile.label, scope: profile.scope } : undefined
+  })
 }
diff --git a/src/main/runtime/browser-client-download-transfer-store.ts b/src/main/runtime/browser-client-download-transfer-store.ts
index c6c63b322fe..47de09fc737 100644
--- a/src/main/runtime/browser-client-download-transfer-store.ts
+++ b/src/main/runtime/browser-client-download-transfer-store.ts
@@ -36,9 +36,10 @@ const stores = new WeakMap<DownloadTransferRuntime, BrowserClientDownloadTransfe
  */
 export function releaseBrowserClientDownloadTransfersForPage(
   runtime: DownloadTransferRuntime,
-  browserPageId: string
+  browserPageId: string,
+  pageHostGeneration?: number
 ): Promise<void> {
-  return stores.get(runtime)?.releasePage(browserPageId) ?? Promise.resolve()
+  return stores.get(runtime)?.releasePage(browserPageId, pageHostGeneration) ?? Promise.resolve()
 }
 
 export function getBrowserClientDownloadTransferStore(
diff --git a/src/main/runtime/browser-client-download-transfers.test.ts b/src/main/runtime/browser-client-download-transfers.test.ts
index 528140dc3bd..be45e5c8d21 100644
--- a/src/main/runtime/browser-client-download-transfers.test.ts
+++ b/src/main/runtime/browser-client-download-transfers.test.ts
@@ -217,6 +217,20 @@ describe('BrowserClientDownloadTransferStore', () => {
     expect(store.activeTransferCount()).toBe(1)
   })
 
+  it('releases only the named generation of a page', async () => {
+    const { store } = createStore()
+    await store.accept({ ...base, contentBase64: 'AAA=', offset: 0, final: false })
+    const replacement = { ...base, transferId: 'transfer-2', pageHostGeneration: 3 }
+    await store.accept({ ...replacement, contentBase64: 'AAA=', offset: 0, final: false })
+
+    await store.releasePage(base.browserPageId, base.pageHostGeneration)
+
+    expect(store.activeTransferCount()).toBe(1)
+    await expect(
+      store.accept({ ...replacement, contentBase64: '', offset: 2, final: false })
+    ).resolves.not.toThrow()
+  })
+
   it('rejects a transfer resumed under a replaced page generation', async () => {
     const { store } = createStore()
     await store.accept({ ...base, contentBase64: 'AAA=', offset: 0, final: false })
diff --git a/src/main/runtime/browser-client-download-transfers.ts b/src/main/runtime/browser-client-download-transfers.ts
index 8341bacfe3f..3c12da70177 100644
--- a/src/main/runtime/browser-client-download-transfers.ts
+++ b/src/main/runtime/browser-client-download-transfers.ts
@@ -103,9 +103,12 @@ export class BrowserClientDownloadTransferStore {
   }
 
   // Why: page close and lease fencing must not leave half-written files in the remote workspace.
-  async releasePage(browserPageId: string): Promise<void> {
+  /** Omitting the generation releases every generation of the page. */
+  async releasePage(browserPageId: string, pageHostGeneration?: number): Promise<void> {
     const owned = [...this.sessions.values()].filter(
-      (session) => session.browserPageId === browserPageId
+      (session) =>
+        session.browserPageId === browserPageId &&
+        (pageHostGeneration === undefined || session.pageHostGeneration === pageHostGeneration)
     )
     for (const session of owned) {
       session.canceled = true
diff --git a/src/main/runtime/browser-host/browser-host-client-page-connection.ts b/src/main/runtime/browser-host/browser-host-client-page-connection.ts
index ac008bc8eab..1864e294da6 100644
--- a/src/main/runtime/browser-host/browser-host-client-page-connection.ts
+++ b/src/main/runtime/browser-host/browser-host-client-page-connection.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
 import type { BrowserHostLeaseState } from './browser-host-lease-records'
 import type { BrowserHostPagePlacementRegistry } from './browser-host-page-placement'
-import type { RuntimeBrowserClientPlacement } from '../../../shared/runtime-browser-placement'
+import {
+  sameRuntimeBrowserPlacement,
+  type RuntimeBrowserClientPlacement
+} from '../../../shared/runtime-browser-placement'
 import { requireBrowserHostLeaseState } from './browser-host-lease-state-resolution'
+import { pendingBrowserHostProfileSwitches } from './browser-host-client-profile-switch'
 
 export function requireBrowserClientPageConnection(
   input: {
@@ -9,6 +13,8 @@ export function requireBrowserClientPageConnection(
     placement: RuntimeBrowserClientPlacement
     pairedDeviceId: string
     connectionId: string
+    /** File transfers only: a staged profile-switch guest downloads before its generation commits. */
+    admitPendingProfileSwitch?: boolean
   },
   dependencies: {
     authorityRuntimeId: string
@@ -17,6 +23,22 @@ export function requireBrowserClientPageConnection(
     pagePlacements: BrowserHostPagePlacementRegistry
   }
 ): RuntimeBrowserClientPlacement {
+  const pending = input.admitPendingProfileSwitch
+    ? pendingBrowserHostProfileSwitches(dependencies.pagePlacements).get(input.browserPageId)
+    : undefined
+  const current = dependencies.pagePlacements.getPlacement(input.browserPageId)
+  if (
+    pending &&
+    current?.kind === 'client' &&
+    sameRuntimeBrowserPlacement(pending, input.placement)
+  ) {
+    // Why: the replacement downloads while loading, before the host commits its generation.
+    requireBrowserClientPageConnection(
+      { ...input, placement: current, admitPendingProfileSwitch: false },
+      dependencies
+    )
+    return pending
+  }
   const state = requireBrowserHostLeaseState(
     dependencies.authorityEpoch,
     dependencies.leasesByClientId,
diff --git a/src/main/runtime/browser-host/browser-host-client-page-creation.ts b/src/main/runtime/browser-host/browser-host-client-page-creation.ts
index bc7125c937c..cf5d9d42610 100644
--- a/src/main/runtime/browser-host/browser-host-client-page-creation.ts
+++ b/src/main/runtime/browser-host/browser-host-client-page-creation.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import { BROWSER_HOST_WEBVIEW_CAPABILITY } from './browser-host-capability-selection'
+import { browserHostClientProfileFor } from './browser-host-client-profile-metadata'
 import type { BrowserClientHostCommandResult } from '../../../shared/browser-client-host-protocol'
 import {
   DEFAULT_CLIENT_PAGE_CREATION_TIMEOUT_MS,
@@ -38,10 +40,10 @@ export async function createBrowserHostClientPage(
   }
 ): Promise<RuntimeBrowserClientPlacement> {
   const timeoutMs = clientPageCreationTimeout(options.timeoutMs)
-  const lease = dependencies.selectLease(
-    options.browserHostClientId,
-    options.requiredCapabilities ?? []
-  )
+  const lease = dependencies.selectLease(options.browserHostClientId, [
+    BROWSER_HOST_WEBVIEW_CAPABILITY,
+    ...(options.requiredCapabilities ?? [])
+  ])
   if (lease.pairedDeviceId !== options.pairedDeviceId) {
     throw new Error('browser_host_lease_stale')
   }
@@ -66,6 +68,7 @@ export async function createBrowserHostClientPage(
     const command = {
       type: 'createPage' as const,
       browserProfileId: options.browserProfileId,
+      ...browserHostClientProfileFor(lease, options.browserProfileId),
       executionHostKey: options.executionHostKey,
       ...(options.workspaceId ? { workspaceId: options.workspaceId } : {})
     }
@@ -110,7 +113,7 @@ export async function createBrowserHostClientPage(
   }
 }
 
-function clientPageCreationTimeout(timeoutMs: number | undefined): number {
+export function clientPageCreationTimeout(timeoutMs: number | undefined): number {
   const resolved = timeoutMs ?? DEFAULT_CLIENT_PAGE_CREATION_TIMEOUT_MS
   if (
     !Number.isInteger(resolved) ||
@@ -122,7 +125,7 @@ function clientPageCreationTimeout(timeoutMs: number | undefined): number {
   return resolved
 }
 
-async function waitForClientPageCreationResult(
+export async function waitForClientPageCreationResult(
   result: Promise<BrowserClientHostCommandResult>,
   timeoutMs: number
 ): Promise<BrowserClientHostCommandResult> {
@@ -144,7 +147,7 @@ async function waitForClientPageCreationResult(
   }
 }
 
-function closeUncommittedClientPage(
+export function closeUncommittedClientPage(
   state: BrowserHostLeaseState,
   browserPageId: string,
   placement: RuntimeBrowserClientPlacement
diff --git a/src/main/runtime/browser-host/browser-host-client-profile-metadata.ts b/src/main/runtime/browser-host/browser-host-client-profile-metadata.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..af9d269be0c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/runtime/browser-host/browser-host-client-profile-metadata.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+import {
+  BROWSER_CLIENT_PROFILE_SWITCH_CAPABILITY,
+  BrowserClientProfileMetadata
+} from '../../../shared/browser-client-profile-switch-protocol'
+
+type BrowserHostClientProfileResolver = (browserProfileId: string) => unknown
+
+let resolveProfile: BrowserHostClientProfileResolver | null = null
+
+/** Installed by the host that owns browser profiles; without one, pages carry only profile ids. */
+export function setBrowserHostClientProfileResolver(
+  resolver: BrowserHostClientProfileResolver | null
+): void {
+  resolveProfile = resolver
+}
+
+/**
+ * The host-owned profile a page command may carry to the desktop.
+ *
+ * Why: a desktop can only rebuild a page in a profile it was told about, so restores and
+ * recoveries after a switch need the same metadata the switch sent. Its own default needs none.
+ */
+export function browserHostClientProfileFor(
+  lease: { hostCapabilities: readonly string[] },
+  browserProfileId: string
+): { profile?: BrowserClientProfileMetadata } {
+  if (
+    browserProfileId === 'default' ||
+    !lease.hostCapabilities.includes(BROWSER_CLIENT_PROFILE_SWITCH_CAPABILITY)
+  ) {
+    return {}
+  }
+  const parsed = BrowserClientProfileMetadata.safeParse(resolveProfile?.(browserProfileId))
+  return parsed.success && parsed.data.id === browserProfileId ? { profile: parsed.data } : {}
+}
diff --git a/src/main/runtime/browser-host/browser-host-client-profile-switch.test.ts b/src/main/runtime/browser-host/browser-host-client-profile-switch.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..62b455da58e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/runtime/browser-host/browser-host-client-profile-switch.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,325 @@
+import { DEFAULT_CLIENT_PAGE_CREATION_TIMEOUT_MS } from '../../../shared/browser-client-page-creation-timeouts'
+import type { BrowserClientHostCommandEvent } from '../../../shared/browser-client-host-protocol'
+import { describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
+import { BrowserHostLeaseRegistry } from './browser-host-lease-registry'
+import { BrowserClientHostCommandDispatcher } from '../../browser/browser-client-host-command-dispatcher'
+import { createHarness } from '../../browser/browser-client-page-command-executor-test-harness'
+import {
+  BROWSER_CLIENT_PROFILE_SWITCH_CAPABILITY,
+  BrowserClientProfileMetadata
+} from '../../../shared/browser-client-profile-switch-protocol'
+import { deriveBrowserRoutePartition } from '../../browser/browser-route-identity'
+import { setBrowserHostClientProfileResolver } from './browser-host-client-profile-metadata'
+
+async function fixture(supported = true, onClientPageReleased?: (browserPageId: string) => void) {
+  const leases = new BrowserHostLeaseRegistry({
+    authorityRuntimeId: 'runtime-a',
+    authorityEpoch: 'epoch-a',
+    onClientPageReleased
+  })
+  const lease = leases.attach({
+    browserHostClientId: 'client-a',
+    pairedDeviceId: 'device-a',
+    connectionId: 'connection-a',
+    hostCapabilities: ['webview', ...(supported ? [BROWSER_CLIENT_PROFILE_SWITCH_CAPABILITY] : [])],
+    pageCommandProtocolVersion: 1,
+    pageInventoryProtocolVersion: 1,
+    pageReconciliationProtocolVersion: 1,
+    pageInventory: []
+  }).lease
+  const h = createHarness()
+  const bindReplacement = vi.fn()
+  Object.assign(h.dependencies.guestBinding, { bindReplacement })
+  h.dependencies.routeSessions.preparePage.mockImplementation(async (input) => ({
+    partition: deriveBrowserRoutePartition(input.identity).partition,
+    release: vi.fn()
+  }))
+  let guestId = 40
+  h.renderer.mountPage.mockImplementation(async () => ({
+    webContentsId: ++guestId
+  }))
+  const dispatcher = new BrowserClientHostCommandDispatcher({
+    authority: { ...lease, pageCommandProtocolVersion: 1 },
+    handler: (event, signal) => h.executor.handle(event, signal)
+  })
+  const afterSettlement = vi.fn<(event: BrowserClientHostCommandEvent) => void>()
+  const delivered = vi.fn((event) => {
+    void dispatcher.dispatch(event).then((result) => {
+      leases.settleClientPageCommand(
+        { ...lease, connectionId: lease.connectionId },
+        { ...event, result }
+      )
+      afterSettlement(event)
+    })
+  })
+  leases.attachCommandDelivery(lease, delivered)
+  const placement = await leases.createClientPage({
+    browserPageId: 'page-a',
+    browserHostClientId: lease.browserHostClientId,
+    pairedDeviceId: lease.pairedDeviceId,
+    browserProfileId: 'default',
+    executionHostKey: 'execution-host-a',
+    workspaceId: 'workspace-a'
+  })
+  const authority = {
+    ...lease,
+    browserPageId: 'page-a',
+    pageHostGeneration: placement.pageHostGeneration
+  }
+  return {
+    leases,
+    h,
+    dispatcher,
+    delivered,
+    placement,
+    authority,
+    bindReplacement,
+    afterSettlement
+  }
+}
+
+const isolated = {
+  id: 'remote-profile',
+  label: 'Remote-only profile',
+  scope: 'isolated' as const
+}
+
+describe('negotiated profile switch over the command transport', () => {
+  it('adopts a replacement the client finished after the caller timed out', async () => {
+    const f = await fixture()
+    vi.useFakeTimers()
+    try {
+      let finishMount!: (value: { webContentsId: number }) => void
+      f.h.renderer.mountPage.mockImplementationOnce(
+        () =>
+          new Promise((resolve) => {
+            finishMount = resolve
+          })
+      )
+      const lateCommit = vi.fn()
+      const rejected = expect(
+        f.leases.switchClientPageProfile(f.authority, isolated, lateCommit)
+      ).rejects.toThrow('browser_host_page_creation_timeout')
+      await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(DEFAULT_CLIENT_PAGE_CREATION_TIMEOUT_MS + 1)
+      await rejected
+      expect(
+        f.delivered.mock.calls.filter(([event]) => event.command.type === 'closePage')
+      ).toHaveLength(0)
+      finishMount({ webContentsId: 99 })
+      await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(0)
+      const switchEvent = f.delivered.mock.calls
+        .map(([event]) => event)
+        .find((event) => event.command.type === 'switchProfile')!
+      if (switchEvent.command.type !== 'switchProfile') {
+        throw new Error('expected a switch command')
+      }
+      const next = switchEvent.command.nextPageHostGeneration
+      expect(
+        f.delivered.mock.calls.filter(([event]) => event.command.type === 'closePage')
+      ).toHaveLength(0)
+      expect(lateCommit).toHaveBeenCalledWith(expect.objectContaining({ pageHostGeneration: next }))
+      expect(f.leases.getPlacement('page-a')).toMatchObject({ pageHostGeneration: next })
+      expect(f.h.executor.snapshotPageInventory()).toMatchObject([
+        { browserProfileId: isolated.id, pageHostGeneration: next, state: 'active' }
+      ])
+    } finally {
+      vi.useRealTimers()
+    }
+  })
+
+  it('switches both directions, preserves partition identity, and routes later commands to the new generation', async () => {
+    const f = await fixture()
+    f.afterSettlement.mockImplementation((event) => {
+      if (event.command.type === 'switchProfile') {
+        expect(() =>
+          f.leases.issueClientPageCommand(
+            { ...f.authority, pageHostGeneration: event.pageHostGeneration },
+            { type: 'navigate', url: 'https://example.com/' }
+          )
+        ).toThrow('profile_switch_pending')
+      }
+    })
+    const beforePartition = f.h.executor.snapshotPageInventory()[0]!
+    const next = await f.leases.switchClientPageProfile(f.authority, isolated)
+    expect(next.pageHostGeneration).toBeGreaterThan(f.placement.pageHostGeneration)
+    expect(f.h.executor.hasPage('page-a', next.pageHostGeneration)).toBe(true)
+    const switched = f.delivered.mock.calls.at(-1)![0]
+    const boundCount = f.bindReplacement.mock.calls.length
+    await expect(f.dispatcher.dispatch(switched)).resolves.toEqual({
+      status: 'completed'
+    })
+    expect(f.bindReplacement).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(boundCount)
+    expect(
+      f.leases.settleClientPageCommand(
+        { ...f.authority, connectionId: 'connection-a' },
+        { ...switched, result: { status: 'completed' } }
+      )
+    ).toBe(false)
+    expect(() =>
+      f.leases.issueClientPageCommand(f.authority, {
+        type: 'navigate',
+        url: 'https://example.com/'
+      })
+    ).toThrow('placement_stale')
+
+    const navigate = f.leases.issueClientPageCommand(
+      { ...f.authority, pageHostGeneration: next.pageHostGeneration },
+      { type: 'navigate', url: 'https://example.com/' }
+    )
+    await expect(navigate.result).resolves.toEqual({ status: 'completed' })
+    const back = await f.leases.switchClientPageProfile(
+      { ...f.authority, pageHostGeneration: next.pageHostGeneration },
+      { id: 'default', label: 'Default', scope: 'default' }
+    )
+    expect(f.h.executor.hasPage('page-a', back.pageHostGeneration)).toBe(true)
+    expect(f.h.dependencies.routeSessions.preparePage.mock.calls[0]![0].identity).toEqual(
+      f.h.dependencies.routeSessions.preparePage.mock.calls[2]![0].identity
+    )
+    expect(beforePartition.browserProfileId).toBe('default')
+    expect(f.leases.getClientPageExecutionHostKey('page-a')).toBe('execution-host-a')
+    await f.dispatcher.close()
+    await f.h.executor.close()
+  })
+
+  it('rejects an old desktop before issuing a command or changing placement', async () => {
+    const f = await fixture(false)
+    const calls = f.delivered.mock.calls.length
+    await expect(f.leases.switchClientPageProfile(f.authority, isolated)).rejects.toThrow(
+      'profile_switch_unsupported'
+    )
+    expect(f.delivered).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(calls)
+    expect(f.leases.getPlacement('page-a')).toBe(f.placement)
+    expect(f.h.executor.hasPage('page-a', f.placement.pageHostGeneration)).toBe(true)
+    await f.dispatcher.close()
+    await f.h.executor.close()
+  })
+
+  it('rolls back failure and permits a later retry on the original generation', async () => {
+    const f = await fixture()
+    f.bindReplacement.mockImplementationOnce(() => {
+      throw new Error('binding refused')
+    })
+    await expect(f.leases.switchClientPageProfile(f.authority, isolated)).rejects.toThrow()
+    expect(f.leases.getPlacement('page-a')).toBe(f.placement)
+    expect(f.h.executor.hasPage('page-a', f.placement.pageHostGeneration)).toBe(true)
+    const next = await f.leases.switchClientPageProfile(f.authority, isolated)
+    expect(f.h.executor.hasPage('page-a', next.pageHostGeneration)).toBe(true)
+    await f.dispatcher.close()
+    await f.h.executor.close()
+  })
+
+  it('serializes a staged replacement and rejects commands addressed to the old generation while it is pending', async () => {
+    const f = await fixture()
+    let release = () => {}
+    let started = () => {}
+    const gate = new Promise<void>((resolve) => {
+      release = resolve
+    })
+    const entered = new Promise<void>((resolve) => {
+      started = resolve
+    })
+    const prepare = f.h.dependencies.routeSessions.preparePage.getMockImplementation()!
+    f.h.dependencies.routeSessions.preparePage.mockImplementationOnce(async (input) => {
+      started()
+      await gate
+      return prepare(input)
+    })
+    const switching = f.leases.switchClientPageProfile(f.authority, isolated)
+    await entered
+    expect(f.leases.getPlacement('page-a')).toBe(f.placement)
+    expect(f.h.executor.hasPage('page-a', f.placement.pageHostGeneration)).toBe(true)
+    expect(f.bindReplacement).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+    expect(() =>
+      f.leases.issueClientPageCommand(f.authority, {
+        type: 'navigate',
+        url: 'https://example.com/'
+      })
+    ).toThrow('profile_switch_pending')
+    await expect(f.leases.switchClientPageProfile(f.authority, isolated)).rejects.toThrow(
+      'reservation_pending'
+    )
+    release()
+    const next = await switching
+    expect(f.h.executor.hasPage('page-a', next.pageHostGeneration)).toBe(true)
+    await f.dispatcher.close()
+    await f.h.executor.close()
+  })
+
+  it.each([
+    [true, isolated],
+    [false, undefined]
+  ])(
+    'recreates a host-owned profile page with its metadata (desktop supports switching: %s)',
+    async (supported, expected) => {
+      setBrowserHostClientProfileResolver((id) => (id === isolated.id ? isolated : undefined))
+      try {
+        const f = await fixture(supported)
+        await f.leases.createClientPage({
+          browserPageId: 'page-b',
+          browserHostClientId: f.authority.browserHostClientId,
+          pairedDeviceId: f.authority.pairedDeviceId,
+          browserProfileId: isolated.id,
+          executionHostKey: 'execution-host-a'
+        })
+        const create = f.delivered.mock.calls.at(-1)![0]
+        expect(create.command).toMatchObject({
+          type: 'createPage',
+          browserProfileId: isolated.id
+        })
+        expect(create.command.profile).toEqual(expected)
+        expect(
+          f.h.dependencies.routeSessions.preparePage.mock.calls.at(-1)![0].profileMetadata
+        ).toEqual(expected)
+        await f.h.executor.close()
+      } finally {
+        setBrowserHostClientProfileResolver(null)
+      }
+    }
+  )
+
+  it('releases download transfers of the replaced generation once the switch commits', async () => {
+    const released = vi.fn()
+    const f = await fixture(true, released)
+    await f.leases.switchClientPageProfile(f.authority, isolated)
+    expect(released).toHaveBeenCalledWith('page-a', f.placement.pageHostGeneration)
+    await f.h.executor.close()
+  })
+
+  it('admits file transfers from the staged guest only while its switch is pending', async () => {
+    const f = await fixture()
+    const connection = (pageHostGeneration: number, admitPendingProfileSwitch?: boolean) =>
+      f.leases.requireClientPageConnection({
+        browserPageId: 'page-a',
+        placement: { ...f.placement, pageHostGeneration },
+        pairedDeviceId: f.authority.pairedDeviceId,
+        connectionId: f.authority.connectionId,
+        admitPendingProfileSwitch
+      })
+    let stagedGeneration = 0
+    f.bindReplacement.mockImplementation(({ registration }) => {
+      stagedGeneration = registration.pageHostGeneration
+      expect(connection(stagedGeneration, true)).toMatchObject({
+        pageHostGeneration: stagedGeneration
+      })
+      expect(() => connection(stagedGeneration)).toThrow('browser_page_placement_stale')
+    })
+    await f.leases.switchClientPageProfile(f.authority, isolated)
+    expect(f.bindReplacement).toHaveBeenCalledOnce()
+    expect(() => connection(f.placement.pageHostGeneration, true)).toThrow(
+      'browser_page_placement_stale'
+    )
+    expect(connection(stagedGeneration)).toMatchObject({ pageHostGeneration: stagedGeneration })
+    await f.h.executor.close()
+  })
+
+  it('rejects arbitrary partition metadata instead of admitting a local cookie jar', () => {
+    expect(() =>
+      BrowserClientProfileMetadata.parse({
+        ...isolated,
+        partition: 'persist:local-default'
+      })
+    ).toThrow()
+    expect(() => BrowserClientProfileMetadata.parse({ ...isolated, scope: 'unknown' })).toThrow()
+    expect(() => BrowserClientProfileMetadata.parse({ ...isolated, id: '' })).toThrow()
+  })
+})
diff --git a/src/main/runtime/browser-host/browser-host-client-profile-switch.ts b/src/main/runtime/browser-host/browser-host-client-profile-switch.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e002b06d98c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/runtime/browser-host/browser-host-client-profile-switch.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,178 @@
+import {
+  BROWSER_CLIENT_PROFILE_SWITCH_CAPABILITY,
+  BrowserClientProfileMetadata
+} from '../../../shared/browser-client-profile-switch-protocol'
+import type { BrowserClientHostCommandResult } from '../../../shared/browser-client-host-protocol'
+import type { BrowserHostLeaseRegistry } from './browser-host-lease-registry'
+import type { RuntimeBrowserClientPlacement } from '../../../shared/runtime-browser-placement'
+import type { BrowserHostLeaseState } from './browser-host-lease-records'
+import type {
+  BrowserClientPageAuthority,
+  BrowserHostPagePlacementRegistry
+} from './browser-host-page-placement'
+import {
+  clientPageCreationTimeout,
+  waitForClientPageCreationResult,
+  closeUncommittedClientPage,
+  type BrowserClientPageExecutionHostGrant
+} from './browser-host-client-page-creation'
+
+const pendingByPlacements = new WeakMap<
+  BrowserHostPagePlacementRegistry,
+  Map<string, RuntimeBrowserClientPlacement>
+>()
+
+/** Replacement placements of switches still waiting on the client, by page. */
+export function pendingBrowserHostProfileSwitches(
+  placements: BrowserHostPagePlacementRegistry
+): Map<string, RuntimeBrowserClientPlacement> {
+  let pending = pendingByPlacements.get(placements)
+  if (!pending) {
+    pending = new Map()
+    pendingByPlacements.set(placements, pending)
+  }
+  return pending
+}
+
+export async function switchBrowserHostClientProfile(
+  authority: BrowserClientPageAuthority,
+  metadata: BrowserClientProfileMetadata,
+  input: {
+    timeoutMs?: number
+    registry: Pick<BrowserHostLeaseRegistry, 'requireClientPage' | 'select'>
+    state: (clientId: string) => BrowserHostLeaseState
+    placements: BrowserHostPagePlacementRegistry
+    grants: Map<string, BrowserClientPageExecutionHostGrant>
+    /** The client retired the old guest, so its transfers can never finish under the new generation. */
+    onCommitted?: (browserPageId: string, replacedPageHostGeneration: number) => void
+    /** A switch the caller already saw time out, committed once the client finished it. */
+    onLateCommit?: (placement: RuntimeBrowserClientPlacement) => void
+  }
+) {
+  const timeoutMs = clientPageCreationTimeout(input.timeoutMs)
+  const profile = BrowserClientProfileMetadata.parse(metadata)
+  const expected = input.registry.requireClientPage(authority)
+  const lease = input.registry.select(expected.browserHostClientId, [])
+  if (
+    !lease.hostCapabilities.includes(BROWSER_CLIENT_PROFILE_SWITCH_CAPABILITY) ||
+    lease.browserHostGeneration !== expected.browserHostGeneration ||
+    lease.pageReconciliationProtocolVersion !== 1
+  ) {
+    throw new Error('browser_host_profile_switch_unsupported')
+  }
+  const state = input.state(expected.browserHostClientId)
+  const ledger = state.commandLedger
+  const grant = input.grants.get(authority.browserPageId)
+  if (!ledger || !grant || grant.placement !== expected) {
+    throw new Error('browser_page_placement_stale')
+  }
+  const reservation = input.placements.reserveNewClientPage(authority.browserPageId, expected)
+  let completed = false
+  let resultPending: Promise<BrowserClientHostCommandResult> | undefined
+  const retirePlacement = () => {
+    if (input.placements.getPlacement(authority.browserPageId) === expected) {
+      input.placements.completePageRetirement(
+        input.placements.beginPageRetirement(authority.browserPageId, expected)
+      )
+    }
+  }
+  // Why: a held grant blocks recreating the page once its placement is retired.
+  const releaseGrant = () => {
+    if (input.grants.get(authority.browserPageId) === grant) {
+      input.grants.delete(authority.browserPageId)
+      grant.release()
+    }
+  }
+  const closeSettledReplacement = () => {
+    try {
+      ledger.advancePageGeneration(
+        authority.browserPageId,
+        expected.pageHostGeneration,
+        reservation.placement.pageHostGeneration
+      )
+      closeUncommittedClientPage(state, authority.browserPageId, reservation.placement)
+    } catch {
+      // A fenced lease or a newer reconciliation owns cleanup now.
+    }
+  }
+  const pending = pendingBrowserHostProfileSwitches(input.placements)
+  pending.set(authority.browserPageId, reservation.placement)
+  const forgetPending = () => {
+    if (pending.get(authority.browserPageId) === reservation.placement) {
+      pending.delete(authority.browserPageId)
+    }
+  }
+  const commit = () => {
+    input.registry.requireClientPage(authority)
+    const placement = input.placements.commitClientPageReplacement(reservation, expected)
+    ledger.advancePageGeneration(
+      authority.browserPageId,
+      expected.pageHostGeneration,
+      placement.pageHostGeneration
+    )
+    input.grants.set(authority.browserPageId, { ...grant, placement })
+    input.onCommitted?.(authority.browserPageId, expected.pageHostGeneration)
+    return placement
+  }
+  // The client retired the old guest once its switch completed, so that placement is gone.
+  const retireSwitchedPage = () => {
+    input.placements.cancelClientPageReservation(reservation)
+    retirePlacement()
+    closeSettledReplacement()
+    releaseGrant()
+  }
+  try {
+    const issued = ledger.issue({
+      browserPageId: authority.browserPageId,
+      pageHostGeneration: expected.pageHostGeneration,
+      resultAdmission: 'reserved-page',
+      command: {
+        type: 'switchProfile',
+        profile,
+        nextPageHostGeneration: reservation.placement.pageHostGeneration
+      }
+    })
+    resultPending = issued.result
+    const result = await waitForClientPageCreationResult(issued.result, timeoutMs)
+    resultPending = undefined
+    completed = result.status === 'completed'
+    if (result.status === 'failed') {
+      throw new Error(result.errorCode)
+    }
+    return commit()
+  } catch (error) {
+    if (resultPending) {
+      // Why: the client still decides; a late success is adopted, a late failure keeps the old page.
+      void resultPending
+        .then(
+          (result) => {
+            if (result.status !== 'completed') {
+              input.placements.cancelClientPageReservation(reservation)
+              return
+            }
+            try {
+              const placement = commit()
+              input.onLateCommit?.(placement)
+            } catch {
+              retireSwitchedPage()
+            }
+          },
+          () => {
+            input.placements.cancelClientPageReservation(reservation)
+            retirePlacement()
+            releaseGrant()
+          }
+        )
+        .finally(forgetPending)
+    } else if (completed) {
+      retireSwitchedPage()
+    } else {
+      input.placements.cancelClientPageReservation(reservation)
+    }
+    throw error
+  } finally {
+    if (!resultPending) {
+      forgetPending()
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/runtime/browser-host/browser-host-command-ledger.ts b/src/main/runtime/browser-host/browser-host-command-ledger.ts
index 7e6cc56c5ed..f9f34b7840b 100644
--- a/src/main/runtime/browser-host/browser-host-command-ledger.ts
+++ b/src/main/runtime/browser-host/browser-host-command-ledger.ts
@@ -113,9 +113,18 @@ export class BrowserHostCommandLedger {
     if (page.outstanding >= this.maxOutstandingCommandsPerPage) {
       throw new Error('browser_host_page_command_capacity')
     }
+    if (page.profileSwitchPending) {
+      throw new Error('browser_host_profile_switch_pending')
+    }
+    if (command.type === 'switchProfile' && page.outstanding !== 0) {
+      throw new Error('browser_host_profile_switch_pending')
+    }
     assertBrowserHostCommandOrder(page, command, input.resultAdmission ?? 'placed-page')
     admission.commit()
     recordBrowserHostCommandOrder(page, command)
+    if (command.type === 'switchProfile') {
+      page.profileSwitchPending = true
+    }
     const commandSequence = page.nextIssueSequence
     const event = Object.freeze({
       type: 'command' as const,
@@ -160,6 +169,16 @@ export class BrowserHostCommandLedger {
     assertBrowserHostCommandResultAuthority(this.authority, params)
     const page = this.pages.get(params.browserPageId)
     if (!page || page.generation !== params.pageHostGeneration) {
+      const previous = page?.records.get(params.commandSequence)
+      if (
+        page &&
+        previous?.event.command.type === 'switchProfile' &&
+        previous.settled &&
+        previous.event.pageHostGeneration === params.pageHostGeneration &&
+        params.pageHostGeneration < page.generation
+      ) {
+        return replaySettledBrowserHostCommand(page, params)
+      }
       throw new Error('browser_host_command_result_page_stale')
     }
     if (params.commandSequence < page.nextSettlementSequence) {
@@ -180,6 +199,9 @@ export class BrowserHostCommandLedger {
     this.outstandingCommands -= 1
     page.settledSequences.push(params.commandSequence)
     this.resultCache.remember(page, record)
+    if (record.event.command.type === 'switchProfile' && result.status === 'failed') {
+      page.profileSwitchPending = false
+    }
     if (record.event.command.type === 'closePage' && result.status === 'failed') {
       page.terminalCommandIssued = false
     } else if (record.event.command.type === 'closePage' && !page.activeCapacityReleased) {
@@ -189,6 +211,15 @@ export class BrowserHostCommandLedger {
     return true
   }
 
+  advancePageGeneration(browserPageId: string, previous: number, next: number): void {
+    const page = this.pages.get(browserPageId)
+    if (!page || page.generation !== previous || next <= previous || page.outstanding !== 0) {
+      throw new Error('browser_host_command_page_stale')
+    }
+    page.generation = next
+    page.profileSwitchPending = false
+  }
+
   close(): void {
     if (this.closed) {
       return
diff --git a/src/main/runtime/browser-host/browser-host-command-result-replay.ts b/src/main/runtime/browser-host/browser-host-command-result-replay.ts
index 46d9390d8ec..ac9f5a93082 100644
--- a/src/main/runtime/browser-host/browser-host-command-result-replay.ts
+++ b/src/main/runtime/browser-host/browser-host-command-result-replay.ts
@@ -24,9 +24,17 @@ export function isBrowserHostUnplacedPageResult(
   const page = pages.get(params.browserPageId)
   const record = page?.records.get(params.commandSequence)
   return (
-    page?.generation === params.pageHostGeneration &&
-    record?.event.commandId === params.commandId &&
-    record.resultAdmission !== 'placed-page'
+    (page?.generation === params.pageHostGeneration &&
+      record?.event.commandId === params.commandId &&
+      record.resultAdmission !== 'placed-page') ||
+    Boolean(
+      page &&
+      record?.event.command.type === 'switchProfile' &&
+      record.settled &&
+      record.event.pageHostGeneration === params.pageHostGeneration &&
+      record.event.commandId === params.commandId &&
+      params.pageHostGeneration < page.generation
+    )
   )
 }
 
diff --git a/src/main/runtime/browser-host/browser-host-command-state.ts b/src/main/runtime/browser-host/browser-host-command-state.ts
index 65d3cc519dc..9b95e18dadc 100644
--- a/src/main/runtime/browser-host/browser-host-command-state.ts
+++ b/src/main/runtime/browser-host/browser-host-command-state.ts
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ export type BrowserHostCommandPageState = {
   records: Map<number, BrowserHostCommandRecord>
   outstanding: number
   settledSequences: number[]
+  profileSwitchPending?: boolean
   terminalCommandIssued: boolean
   activeCapacityReleased: boolean
 }
@@ -92,6 +93,18 @@ export function recordBrowserHostCommandOrder(
 export function snapshotBrowserHostPageCommand(
   command: BrowserClientHostCommandEvent['command']
 ): BrowserClientHostCommandEvent['command'] {
+  if (command.type === 'switchProfile') {
+    return Object.freeze({
+      ...command,
+      profile: Object.freeze({ ...command.profile })
+    })
+  }
+  if ((command.type === 'createPage' || command.type === 'restorePage') && command.profile) {
+    return Object.freeze({
+      ...command,
+      profile: Object.freeze({ ...command.profile })
+    })
+  }
   if (command.type === 'reclaimPage') {
     return Object.freeze({
       ...command,
diff --git a/src/main/runtime/browser-host/browser-host-lease-registry-instance.ts b/src/main/runtime/browser-host/browser-host-lease-registry-instance.ts
index ebfc3473887..2c68463e0e5 100644
--- a/src/main/runtime/browser-host/browser-host-lease-registry-instance.ts
+++ b/src/main/runtime/browser-host/browser-host-lease-registry-instance.ts
@@ -14,8 +14,12 @@ export function getBrowserHostLeaseRegistry(
   if (!registry) {
     registry = new BrowserHostLeaseRegistry({
       authorityRuntimeId: runtime.getRuntimeId(),
-      onClientPageReleased: (browserPageId) => {
-        void releaseBrowserClientDownloadTransfersForPage(runtime, browserPageId).catch((error) => {
+      onClientPageReleased: (browserPageId, pageHostGeneration) => {
+        void releaseBrowserClientDownloadTransfersForPage(
+          runtime,
+          browserPageId,
+          pageHostGeneration
+        ).catch((error) => {
           console.warn('[browser-host-lease] download transfer cleanup failed:', error)
         })
       },
diff --git a/src/main/runtime/browser-host/browser-host-lease-registry.ts b/src/main/runtime/browser-host/browser-host-lease-registry.ts
index f50f7f9faa3..c2a56a926d1 100644
--- a/src/main/runtime/browser-host/browser-host-lease-registry.ts
+++ b/src/main/runtime/browser-host/browser-host-lease-registry.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { switchBrowserHostClientProfile } from './browser-host-client-profile-switch'
 import { randomUUID } from 'node:crypto'
 import type {
   BrowserClientHostCommandEvent,
@@ -28,10 +29,7 @@ import type {
 import { requireLiveBrowserClientPage } from './browser-host-page-authority'
 import type { BrowserHostFenceReason } from './browser-host-lease-fence'
 import { dispatchBrowserHostLeaseFence } from './browser-host-lease-fence-dispatch'
-import {
-  BROWSER_HOST_WEBVIEW_CAPABILITY,
-  selectBrowserHostLease
-} from './browser-host-capability-selection'
+import { selectBrowserHostLease } from './browser-host-capability-selection'
 import {
   createBrowserHostClientPage,
   type BrowserClientPageExecutionHostGrant,
@@ -77,7 +75,8 @@ export class BrowserHostLeaseRegistry {
        * even when the client transport is already gone, so runtime-side per-page state (staged
        * download transfers) is not stranded.
        */
-      onClientPageReleased?: (browserPageId: string) => void
+      /** A generation limits the release to that page generation's resources. */
+      onClientPageReleased?: (browserPageId: string, pageHostGeneration?: number) => void
       /**
        * Called when a lease fence takes a client page's placement away. The page itself outlives
        * the host that placed it, so this hands the runtime its record back to retain rather than
@@ -153,6 +152,8 @@ export class BrowserHostLeaseRegistry {
     placement: RuntimeBrowserClientPlacement
     pairedDeviceId: string
     connectionId: string
+    /** File transfers only: a staged profile-switch guest downloads before its generation commits. */
+    admitPendingProfileSwitch?: boolean
   }): RuntimeBrowserClientPlacement {
     return requireBrowserClientPageConnection(input, {
       authorityRuntimeId: this.authorityRuntimeId,
@@ -208,17 +209,28 @@ export class BrowserHostLeaseRegistry {
     options: BrowserHostClientPageCreateOptions
   ): Promise<RuntimeBrowserClientPlacement> {
     return createBrowserHostClientPage(options, {
-      selectLease: (browserHostClientId, requiredCapabilities) =>
-        this.select(browserHostClientId, [
-          BROWSER_HOST_WEBVIEW_CAPABILITY,
-          ...requiredCapabilities
-        ]),
+      selectLease: (clientId, capabilities) => this.select(clientId, capabilities),
       requireLeaseState: (lease) => this.requireLeaseState(lease),
       pagePlacements: this.pagePlacements,
       executionHostGrants: this.clientPageExecutionHostGrants
     })
   }
 
+  switchClientPageProfile(
+    authority: BrowserClientPageAuthority,
+    profile: Parameters<typeof switchBrowserHostClientProfile>[1],
+    onLateCommit?: (placement: RuntimeBrowserClientPlacement) => void
+  ): Promise<RuntimeBrowserClientPlacement> {
+    return switchBrowserHostClientProfile(authority, profile, {
+      onLateCommit,
+      registry: this,
+      state: (clientId) => this.requireLeaseState(this.select(clientId, [])),
+      placements: this.pagePlacements,
+      grants: this.clientPageExecutionHostGrants,
+      onCommitted: this.options.onClientPageReleased
+    })
+  }
+
   requireClientPage(authority: BrowserClientPageAuthority): RuntimeBrowserClientPlacement {
     return requireLiveBrowserClientPage(this.pagePlacements, this.leasesByClientId, authority)
   }
diff --git a/src/main/runtime/browser-host/browser-host-page-command-admission.ts b/src/main/runtime/browser-host/browser-host-page-command-admission.ts
index 9b73c3b3549..19cdbaa8369 100644
--- a/src/main/runtime/browser-host/browser-host-page-command-admission.ts
+++ b/src/main/runtime/browser-host/browser-host-page-command-admission.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { BROWSER_CLIENT_PROFILE_SWITCH_CAPABILITY } from '../../../shared/browser-client-profile-switch-protocol'
 import type { BrowserClientHostCommandEvent } from '../../../shared/browser-client-host-protocol'
 import { BROWSER_CLIENT_AUTOMATION_HOST_CAPABILITY } from '../../../shared/browser-client-automation-protocol'
 import { BROWSER_CLIENT_FILE_CHANNEL_HOST_CAPABILITY } from '../../../shared/browser-client-file-channel-protocol'
@@ -12,6 +13,12 @@ export function assertBrowserHostPageCommandAdmission(
   command: BrowserClientHostCommandEvent['command'],
   requireExecutionHost: (executionHostKey: string) => void
 ): void {
+  if (
+    command.type === 'switchProfile' &&
+    !lease.hostCapabilities.includes(BROWSER_CLIENT_PROFILE_SWITCH_CAPABILITY)
+  ) {
+    throw new Error('browser_host_profile_switch_unsupported')
+  }
   if (
     command.type !== 'createPage' &&
     command.type !== 'navigate' &&
diff --git a/src/main/runtime/browser-host/browser-host-page-placement.ts b/src/main/runtime/browser-host/browser-host-page-placement.ts
index 2990c206dd7..ad00e6abcf2 100644
--- a/src/main/runtime/browser-host/browser-host-page-placement.ts
+++ b/src/main/runtime/browser-host/browser-host-page-placement.ts
@@ -138,6 +138,24 @@ export class BrowserHostPagePlacementRegistry {
     return reservation.placement
   }
 
+  commitClientPageReplacement(
+    reservation: BrowserClientPagePlacementReservation,
+    expected: RuntimeBrowserClientPlacement
+  ): RuntimeBrowserClientPlacement {
+    const state = this.placementsByPageId.get(reservation.browserPageId)
+    if (
+      this.reservationsByPageId.get(reservation.browserPageId) !== reservation ||
+      state?.placement !== expected ||
+      state.retirement
+    ) {
+      throw new Error('browser_page_placement_stale')
+    }
+    this.reservationsByPageId.delete(reservation.browserPageId)
+    this.releaseReservationSlot(reservation)
+    this.placementsByPageId.set(reservation.browserPageId, { placement: reservation.placement })
+    return reservation.placement
+  }
+
   cancelClientPageReservation(reservation: BrowserClientPagePlacementReservation): boolean {
     if (this.reservationsByPageId.get(reservation.browserPageId) !== reservation) {
       return false
diff --git a/src/main/runtime/browser-host/browser-host-page-reconciliation-actions.ts b/src/main/runtime/browser-host/browser-host-page-reconciliation-actions.ts
index b97767f904e..3f9961e7465 100644
--- a/src/main/runtime/browser-host/browser-host-page-reconciliation-actions.ts
+++ b/src/main/runtime/browser-host/browser-host-page-reconciliation-actions.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import type {
   BrowserClientHostCommandResult
 } from '../../../shared/browser-client-host-protocol'
 import { assertBrowserHostPageCommandAdmission } from './browser-host-page-command-admission'
+import { browserHostClientProfileFor } from './browser-host-client-profile-metadata'
 import type { BrowserHostLeaseState } from './browser-host-lease-records'
 import type {
   BrowserClientPagePlacementReservation,
@@ -124,6 +125,7 @@ export class BrowserHostPageReconciliationActions {
       {
         type: 'restorePage',
         browserProfileId: intent.browserProfileId,
+        ...browserHostClientProfileFor(this.state.lease, intent.browserProfileId),
         executionHostKey: intent.executionHostKey,
         ...(url ? { url } : {}),
         ...(intent.workspaceId ? { workspaceId: intent.workspaceId } : {})
@@ -182,7 +184,9 @@ function pageAuthority(page: BrowserClientHostedPageInventory) {
 
 function assertNotAborted(signal: AbortSignal): void {
   if (signal.aborted) {
-    throw new Error('browser_host_page_reconciliation_aborted', { cause: signal.reason })
+    throw new Error('browser_host_page_reconciliation_aborted', {
+      cause: signal.reason
+    })
   }
 }
 
@@ -193,7 +197,11 @@ async function waitForCommandResult(
   let removeAbort = (): void => {}
   const aborted = new Promise<never>((_resolve, reject) => {
     const abort = (): void =>
-      reject(new Error('browser_host_page_reconciliation_aborted', { cause: signal.reason }))
+      reject(
+        new Error('browser_host_page_reconciliation_aborted', {
+          cause: signal.reason
+        })
+      )
     if (signal.aborted) {
       abort()
       return
diff --git a/src/main/runtime/browser-host/browser-host-profile-switch-recovery.test.ts b/src/main/runtime/browser-host/browser-host-profile-switch-recovery.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9c912519287
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/runtime/browser-host/browser-host-profile-switch-recovery.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,173 @@
+import { afterEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
+import { switchBrowserHostClientProfile } from './browser-host-client-profile-switch'
+import { BROWSER_CLIENT_PROFILE_SWITCH_CAPABILITY } from '../../../shared/browser-client-profile-switch-protocol'
+
+afterEach(() => vi.useRealTimers())
+
+function recoveryFixture(
+  result: Promise<{ status: 'completed' } | { status: 'failed'; errorCode: string }>
+) {
+  const expected = {
+    browserHostClientId: 'client',
+    browserHostGeneration: 1,
+    pageHostGeneration: 1
+  }
+  const replacement = { ...expected, pageHostGeneration: 2 }
+  const ledger = {
+    issue: vi
+      .fn()
+      .mockReturnValueOnce({ result })
+      .mockReturnValue({ result: Promise.resolve({ status: 'completed' }) }),
+    retirePage: vi.fn(),
+    advancePageGeneration: vi.fn()
+  }
+  const grant = {
+    placement: expected,
+    release: vi.fn(),
+    executionHostKey: 'host'
+  }
+  const placements = {
+    getPlacement: vi.fn().mockReturnValue(expected),
+    beginPageRetirement: vi.fn().mockReturnValue({}),
+    completePageRetirement: vi.fn(),
+    reserveNewClientPage: vi.fn().mockReturnValue({ placement: replacement }),
+    commitClientPageReplacement: vi.fn().mockImplementation(() => {
+      throw new Error('browser_page_placement_stale')
+    }),
+    cancelClientPageReservation: vi.fn()
+  }
+  const grants = new Map([['page', grant]])
+  // oxlint-disable-next-line typescript/consistent-type-assertions -- SAFETY: switchBrowserHostClientProfile calls only the ledger, placement and lease members mocked here.
+  const input = {
+    timeoutMs: 10,
+    registry: {
+      requireClientPage: vi.fn().mockReturnValue(expected),
+      select: vi.fn().mockReturnValue({
+        ...expected,
+        hostCapabilities: [BROWSER_CLIENT_PROFILE_SWITCH_CAPABILITY],
+        pageReconciliationProtocolVersion: 1
+      })
+    },
+    state: () => ({
+      commandLedger: ledger,
+      lease: { authorityRuntimeId: 'runtime', authorityEpoch: 'epoch' }
+    }),
+    placements,
+    grants
+  } as unknown as Parameters<typeof switchBrowserHostClientProfile>[2]
+  const authority = {
+    ...expected,
+    browserPageId: 'page',
+    authorityRuntimeId: 'runtime',
+    authorityEpoch: 'epoch'
+  }
+  return { input, authority, ledger, placements, grants, grant }
+}
+
+describe('profile switch failure convergence', () => {
+  it('bounds a stalled result without racing a close against the pending switch', async () => {
+    vi.useFakeTimers()
+    const f = recoveryFixture(new Promise(() => {}))
+    const rejected = expect(
+      switchBrowserHostClientProfile(
+        f.authority,
+        { id: 'isolated', label: 'Isolated', scope: 'isolated' },
+        f.input
+      )
+    ).rejects.toThrow('browser_host_page_creation_timeout')
+    await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(11)
+    await rejected
+    // The reservation and placement both wait for the client's verdict.
+    expect(f.placements.cancelClientPageReservation).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+    expect(f.placements.completePageRetirement).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+    expect(f.ledger.retirePage).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+    expect(f.ledger.issue).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
+    // The client may still be switching, so the page cannot be recreated under it yet.
+    expect(f.grants.has('page')).toBe(true)
+    expect(f.grant.release).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+  })
+
+  it('orders late-success cleanup behind the original result and preserves its sequence', async () => {
+    vi.useFakeTimers()
+    let complete!: (result: { status: 'completed' }) => void
+    const f = recoveryFixture(
+      new Promise((resolve) => {
+        complete = resolve
+      })
+    )
+    const rejected = expect(
+      switchBrowserHostClientProfile(
+        f.authority,
+        { id: 'isolated', label: 'Isolated', scope: 'isolated' },
+        f.input
+      )
+    ).rejects.toThrow('browser_host_page_creation_timeout')
+    await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(11)
+    await rejected
+    expect(f.ledger.issue).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
+    expect(f.ledger.advancePageGeneration).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+    complete({ status: 'completed' })
+    await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(0)
+    expect(f.ledger.advancePageGeneration).toHaveBeenCalledWith('page', 1, 2)
+    expect(f.ledger.issue).toHaveBeenLastCalledWith(
+      expect.objectContaining({
+        pageHostGeneration: 2,
+        command: expect.objectContaining({ type: 'closePage' })
+      })
+    )
+    expect(f.ledger.advancePageGeneration.mock.invocationCallOrder[0]).toBeLessThan(
+      f.ledger.issue.mock.invocationCallOrder[1]
+    )
+    expect(f.placements.completePageRetirement).toHaveBeenCalledOnce()
+    expect(f.grants.has('page')).toBe(false)
+    expect(f.grant.release).toHaveBeenCalledOnce()
+  })
+
+  it('keeps the original placement when a timed-out switch later fails on the client', async () => {
+    vi.useFakeTimers()
+    let settle!: (result: { status: 'failed'; errorCode: string }) => void
+    const f = recoveryFixture(
+      new Promise((resolve) => {
+        settle = resolve
+      })
+    )
+    const rejected = expect(
+      switchBrowserHostClientProfile(
+        f.authority,
+        { id: 'isolated', label: 'Isolated', scope: 'isolated' },
+        f.input
+      )
+    ).rejects.toThrow('browser_host_page_creation_timeout')
+    await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(11)
+    await rejected
+    settle({
+      status: 'failed',
+      errorCode: 'browser_client_page_navigation_failed'
+    })
+    await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(0)
+    expect(f.ledger.issue).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
+    expect(f.placements.completePageRetirement).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+    expect(f.grants.has('page')).toBe(true)
+    expect(f.grant.release).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+  })
+
+  it('closes the completed replacement when the host cannot commit it', async () => {
+    const f = recoveryFixture(Promise.resolve({ status: 'completed' }))
+    await expect(
+      switchBrowserHostClientProfile(
+        f.authority,
+        { id: 'isolated', label: 'Isolated', scope: 'isolated' },
+        f.input
+      )
+    ).rejects.toThrow('browser_page_placement_stale')
+    expect(f.ledger.advancePageGeneration).toHaveBeenCalledWith('page', 1, 2)
+    expect(f.ledger.issue).toHaveBeenLastCalledWith(
+      expect.objectContaining({
+        pageHostGeneration: 2,
+        command: expect.objectContaining({ type: 'closePage' })
+      })
+    )
+    expect(f.grants.has('page')).toBe(false)
+    expect(f.grant.release).toHaveBeenCalledOnce()
+  })
+})
diff --git a/src/main/runtime/browser/browser-command-contracts.ts b/src/main/runtime/browser/browser-command-contracts.ts
index 65cd2d697cf..089613ae241 100644
--- a/src/main/runtime/browser/browser-command-contracts.ts
+++ b/src/main/runtime/browser/browser-command-contracts.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import type { AgentBrowserBridge } from '../../browser/agent-browser-bridge'
 import type { ExecutionHostId } from '../../../shared/execution-host'
-import type { BrowserNetworkExecutionHost } from '../../../shared/browser-client-host-protocol'
+import type { BrowserNetworkExecutionHost } from '../../../shared/browser-network-execution-host'
 import type { BrowserHostLeaseRegistry } from '../browser-host/browser-host-lease-registry'
 import type { RuntimeBrowserPageRegistry } from '../runtime-browser-page-registry'
 import type { BrowserWindow } from 'electron'
diff --git a/src/main/runtime/browser/browser-profiles-client-placement.test.ts b/src/main/runtime/browser/browser-profiles-client-placement.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c15d4e2f347
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/runtime/browser/browser-profiles-client-placement.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,196 @@
+import { BrowserHostLeaseRegistry } from '../browser-host/browser-host-lease-registry'
+import { beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
+import { RuntimeBrowserPageRegistry } from '../runtime-browser-page-registry'
+
+const mocks = vi.hoisted(() => ({
+  getProfile: vi.fn(),
+  getDefaultProfile: vi.fn(),
+  getLocalProfile: vi.fn(),
+  on: vi.fn(),
+  removeListener: vi.fn(),
+  wait: vi.fn()
+}))
+vi.mock('electron', () => ({
+  ipcMain: { on: mocks.on, removeListener: mocks.removeListener }
+}))
+vi.mock('../../browser/browser-session-registry', () => ({
+  browserSessionRegistry: {
+    getProfile: mocks.getProfile,
+    getDefaultProfile: mocks.getDefaultProfile
+  }
+}))
+vi.mock('../../browser/browser-manager', () => ({
+  browserManager: { getSessionProfileIdForTab: mocks.getLocalProfile }
+}))
+vi.mock('../../ipc/browser-tab-registration-wait', () => ({
+  waitForTabRegistration: mocks.wait
+}))
+import { RuntimeBrowserProfiles } from './browser-profiles'
+import { RuntimeBrowserTabCatalog } from './browser-tab-catalog'
+
+const profiles = [
+  { scope: 'default', id: 'default', label: 'Default', partition: 'persist:local-default' },
+  { scope: 'isolated', id: 'isolated', label: 'Isolated', partition: 'persist:local-isolated' }
+]
+
+function fixture(currentProfile = 'isolated') {
+  const pages = new RuntimeBrowserPageRegistry()
+  pages.publishClientPage({
+    browserPageId: 'remote-page',
+    workspaceId: 'workspace',
+    browserProfileId: currentProfile,
+    executionHostKey: 'remote-host',
+    placement: {
+      kind: 'client',
+      browserHostClientId: 'desktop',
+      browserHostGeneration: 1,
+      pageHostGeneration: 1
+    },
+    url: 'https://example.com/authenticated',
+    loading: false,
+    active: true
+  })
+  const window = vi.fn(() => {
+    throw new Error('must not access renderer')
+  })
+  const bridge = vi.fn(() => {
+    throw new Error('must not require local bridge')
+  })
+  const leases = new BrowserHostLeaseRegistry({ authorityRuntimeId: 'runtime' })
+  const switchProfile = vi
+    .spyOn(leases, 'switchClientPageProfile')
+    .mockRejectedValue(new Error('requires staged replacement support on both peers'))
+  const notify = vi.fn()
+  const localTarget = vi.fn(async () => {
+    throw new Error('must not resolve a server-local target')
+  })
+  const runtime = new RuntimeBrowserProfiles(
+    {
+      getRuntimeBrowserPageRegistry: () => pages,
+      getAuthoritativeWindow: window,
+      getBrowserHostLeaseRegistry: () => leases,
+      notifyHeadlessBrowserSessionTabsChanged: notify
+    },
+    { resolveBrowserCommandTarget: localTarget, requireAgentBrowserBridge: bridge },
+    new RuntimeBrowserTabCatalog(
+      {
+        getAgentBrowserBridge: () => null,
+        // Folder selectors resolve here, never through the server-local worktree resolver.
+        resolveBrowserWorkspace: async (selector) => ({
+          id: selector === 'id:folder:workspace' ? 'workspace' : selector
+        }),
+        getRuntimeBrowserPageRegistry: () => pages
+      },
+      { requireAgentBrowserBridge: bridge }
+    )
+  )
+  return { pages, runtime, window, bridge, switchProfile, notify, localTarget }
+}
+
+describe('client placement profile switch safety', () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    vi.clearAllMocks()
+    mocks.getProfile.mockImplementation((id) => profiles.find((profile) => profile.id === id))
+    mocks.getDefaultProfile.mockReturnValue(profiles[0])
+    mocks.getLocalProfile.mockReturnValue('default')
+  })
+
+  it.each([
+    ['isolated', 'default'],
+    ['default', 'isolated']
+  ])('rejects %s to %s without mutating the old guest or metadata', async (current, next) => {
+    const { pages, runtime, window, bridge } = fixture(current)
+    const before = pages.getPage('remote-page')
+    await expect(
+      runtime.browserTabSetProfile({ page: 'remote-page', profileId: next })
+    ).rejects.toThrow('requires staged replacement support on both peers')
+    expect(pages.getPage('remote-page')).toBe(before)
+    expect(window).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+    expect(bridge).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+    expect(mocks.getLocalProfile).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+    expect(mocks.on).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+    expect(mocks.wait).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+  })
+
+  it('commits a proven replacement profile and generation before notifying session readers', async () => {
+    const { pages, runtime, switchProfile, notify } = fixture()
+    const previous = pages.getPage('remote-page')!
+    const replacement = { ...previous.placement, pageHostGeneration: 2 }
+    switchProfile.mockResolvedValue(replacement)
+    await expect(
+      runtime.browserTabSetProfile({ page: 'remote-page', profileId: 'default' })
+    ).resolves.toMatchObject({ profileId: 'default' })
+    expect(switchProfile).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      expect.objectContaining({ browserPageId: 'remote-page', pageHostGeneration: 1 }),
+      { id: 'default', label: 'Default', scope: 'default' },
+      expect.any(Function)
+    )
+    expect(pages.getPage('remote-page')).toMatchObject({
+      browserProfileId: 'default',
+      placement: replacement,
+      metadataRevision: 0
+    })
+    expect(notify).toHaveBeenCalledWith('workspace')
+  })
+
+  it('uses authoritative profile identity for an actual no-op', async () => {
+    const { runtime, window } = fixture()
+    await expect(
+      runtime.browserTabSetProfile({ page: 'remote-page', profileId: 'isolated' })
+    ).resolves.toEqual({
+      browserPageId: 'remote-page',
+      profileId: 'isolated',
+      profileLabel: 'Isolated'
+    })
+    expect(mocks.getLocalProfile).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+    expect(window).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+  })
+
+  it('resolves the active client page without a server-local bridge', async () => {
+    const { runtime, bridge } = fixture()
+    await expect(
+      runtime.browserTabSetProfile({ worktree: 'workspace', profileId: 'isolated' })
+    ).resolves.toMatchObject({ browserPageId: 'remote-page', profileId: 'isolated' })
+    expect(bridge).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+  })
+
+  it('rejects an invalid profile without changing authoritative state', async () => {
+    const { pages, runtime, window } = fixture()
+    const before = pages.getPage('remote-page')
+    await expect(
+      runtime.browserTabSetProfile({ page: 'remote-page', profileId: 'missing' })
+    ).rejects.toThrow('Browser profile missing was not found')
+    expect(pages.getPage('remote-page')).toBe(before)
+    expect(window).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+  })
+
+  it('does not accept a page from a different explicit workspace', async () => {
+    const { runtime } = fixture()
+    await expect(
+      runtime.browserTabSetProfile({
+        page: 'remote-page',
+        worktree: 'another-workspace',
+        profileId: 'isolated'
+      })
+    ).rejects.toThrow('was not found in this worktree')
+  })
+
+  it('resolves a folder-workspace page without the server-local target path', async () => {
+    const { runtime, localTarget, window } = fixture()
+    await expect(
+      runtime.browserTabSetProfile({ worktree: 'id:folder:workspace', profileId: 'isolated' })
+    ).resolves.toMatchObject({ browserPageId: 'remote-page', profileId: 'isolated' })
+    expect(localTarget).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+    expect(window).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+  })
+
+  it('normalizes synthetic default before comparing the authoritative identity', async () => {
+    const canonical = { id: 'canonical-default', label: 'Default', partition: 'persist:canonical' }
+    mocks.getProfile.mockReturnValue(undefined)
+    mocks.getDefaultProfile.mockReturnValue(canonical)
+    const { runtime } = fixture('canonical-default')
+    await expect(
+      runtime.browserTabSetProfile({ page: 'remote-page', profileId: 'default' })
+    ).resolves.toMatchObject({ profileId: 'canonical-default' })
+  })
+})
diff --git a/src/main/runtime/browser/browser-profiles.ts b/src/main/runtime/browser/browser-profiles.ts
index f586d259be9..053716f2584 100644
--- a/src/main/runtime/browser/browser-profiles.ts
+++ b/src/main/runtime/browser/browser-profiles.ts
@@ -27,15 +27,25 @@ import type {
 } from './browser-command-contracts'
 import type { RuntimeBrowserCommandTargets } from './browser-command-targets'
 import type { RuntimeBrowserTabCatalog } from './browser-tab-catalog'
+import type { RuntimeBrowserClientPlacement } from '../../../shared/runtime-browser-placement'
 
 export class RuntimeBrowserProfiles {
   constructor(
-    private readonly host: Pick<RuntimeBrowserCommandHost, 'getAuthoritativeWindow'>,
+    private readonly host: Pick<
+      RuntimeBrowserCommandHost,
+      | 'getAuthoritativeWindow'
+      | 'getRuntimeBrowserPageRegistry'
+      | 'getBrowserHostLeaseRegistry'
+      | 'notifyHeadlessBrowserSessionTabsChanged'
+    >,
     private readonly targets: Pick<
       RuntimeBrowserCommandTargets,
       'requireAgentBrowserBridge' | 'resolveBrowserCommandTarget'
     >,
-    private readonly catalog: Pick<RuntimeBrowserTabCatalog, 'describeBrowserTab'>
+    private readonly catalog: Pick<
+      RuntimeBrowserTabCatalog,
+      'describeBrowserTab' | 'resolveClientHostedBrowserPage'
+    >
   ) {}
 
   async browserTabSetProfile(
@@ -43,13 +53,6 @@ export class RuntimeBrowserProfiles {
       profileId: string
     } & BrowserCommandTargetParams
   ): Promise<BrowserTabSetProfileResult> {
-    const target = await this.targets.resolveBrowserCommandTarget(params)
-    const browserPageId =
-      target.browserPageId ??
-      this.targets.requireAgentBrowserBridge().getActivePageId(target.worktreeId)
-    if (!browserPageId) {
-      throw new BrowserError('browser_no_tab', 'No browser tab open in this worktree')
-    }
     // Why: 'default' is a synthetic id; fall back to the registry's default profile when not registered.
     const profile =
       browserSessionRegistry.getProfile(params.profileId) ??
@@ -61,6 +64,51 @@ export class RuntimeBrowserProfiles {
       )
     }
 
+    // Why first: the server-local target path cannot resolve folder workspaces or remote guests.
+    const clientPage = await this.catalog.resolveClientHostedBrowserPage(params)
+    if (clientPage) {
+      const { browserPageId } = clientPage
+      if (clientPage.browserProfileId === profile.id) {
+        return { browserPageId, profileId: profile.id, profileLabel: profile.label }
+      }
+      const authority = this.host.getBrowserHostLeaseRegistry()
+      const publish = (placement: RuntimeBrowserClientPlacement): void => {
+        this.host
+          .getRuntimeBrowserPageRegistry()
+          .replaceClientPagePlacement(
+            browserPageId,
+            clientPage.placement,
+            placement,
+            undefined,
+            profile.id
+          )
+        this.host.notifyHeadlessBrowserSessionTabsChanged?.(clientPage.workspaceId)
+      }
+      const placement = await authority.switchClientPageProfile(
+        {
+          authorityRuntimeId: authority.authorityRuntimeId,
+          authorityEpoch: authority.authorityEpoch,
+          browserPageId,
+          browserHostClientId: clientPage.placement.browserHostClientId,
+          browserHostGeneration: clientPage.placement.browserHostGeneration,
+          pageHostGeneration: clientPage.placement.pageHostGeneration
+        },
+        { id: profile.id, label: profile.label, scope: profile.scope },
+        // Why: a switch that finished after the caller's timeout still moved the page.
+        publish
+      )
+      publish(placement)
+      return { browserPageId, profileId: profile.id, profileLabel: profile.label }
+    }
+
+    const target = await this.targets.resolveBrowserCommandTarget(params)
+    const browserPageId =
+      target.browserPageId ??
+      this.targets.requireAgentBrowserBridge().getActivePageId(target.worktreeId)
+    if (!browserPageId) {
+      throw new BrowserError('browser_no_tab', 'No browser tab open in this worktree')
+    }
+
     // Why: short-circuit no-op switches so the renderer doesn't needlessly tear down and remount the webview.
     const currentProfileId = browserManager.getSessionProfileIdForTab(browserPageId) ?? 'default'
     if (currentProfileId === profile.id) {
diff --git a/src/main/runtime/rpc/methods/browser-client-file-channel.ts b/src/main/runtime/rpc/methods/browser-client-file-channel.ts
index c412b7abe7a..1d1a388963b 100644
--- a/src/main/runtime/rpc/methods/browser-client-file-channel.ts
+++ b/src/main/runtime/rpc/methods/browser-client-file-channel.ts
@@ -45,7 +45,8 @@ function requireFileChannelPage(
     browserPageId: params.browserPageId,
     placement,
     pairedDeviceId,
-    connectionId
+    connectionId,
+    admitPendingProfileSwitch: true
   })
   if (
     leases.requireLease({
diff --git a/src/main/runtime/runtime-browser-client-page-creation.ts b/src/main/runtime/runtime-browser-client-page-creation.ts
index d2f65a7fa08..992cbda868c 100644
--- a/src/main/runtime/runtime-browser-client-page-creation.ts
+++ b/src/main/runtime/runtime-browser-client-page-creation.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import type { BrowserNetworkExecutionHost } from '../../shared/browser-client-host-protocol'
+import type { BrowserNetworkExecutionHost } from '../../shared/browser-network-execution-host'
 import { BROWSER_CLIENT_AUTOMATION_HOST_CAPABILITY } from '../../shared/browser-client-automation-protocol'
 import { browserNetworkExecutionHostKey } from '../browser/browser-network-execution-route'
 import type { BrowserHostLeaseRegistry } from './browser-host/browser-host-lease-registry'
diff --git a/src/main/runtime/runtime-browser-network-execution-host.ts b/src/main/runtime/runtime-browser-network-execution-host.ts
index 5d053e2a9b9..a074c66f279 100644
--- a/src/main/runtime/runtime-browser-network-execution-host.ts
+++ b/src/main/runtime/runtime-browser-network-execution-host.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import type { BrowserNetworkExecutionHost } from '../../shared/browser-client-host-protocol'
+import type { BrowserNetworkExecutionHost } from '../../shared/browser-network-execution-host'
 import { parseExecutionHostId, type ExecutionHostId } from '../../shared/execution-host'
 import type { ProjectExecutionRuntimeResolution } from '../../shared/project-execution-runtime'
 import type { SshConnectionState } from '../../shared/ssh-types'
diff --git a/src/main/runtime/runtime-browser-page-registry.ts b/src/main/runtime/runtime-browser-page-registry.ts
index f32f83dd105..ea30b874fa9 100644
--- a/src/main/runtime/runtime-browser-page-registry.ts
+++ b/src/main/runtime/runtime-browser-page-registry.ts
@@ -159,18 +159,23 @@ export class RuntimeBrowserPageRegistry {
     expected: RuntimeBrowserClientPlacement,
     placement: RuntimeBrowserClientPlacement,
     /** The route key the replacing host was actually placed under; keys do not survive a restart. */
-    executionHostKey?: string
+    executionHostKey?: string,
+    browserProfileId?: string
   ): RuntimeBrowserClientPage {
     const current = this.requireExactPage(browserPageId, expected)
     if (executionHostKey !== undefined) {
       assertIdentity(executionHostKey)
     }
+    if (browserProfileId !== undefined) {
+      assertIdentity(browserProfileId)
+    }
     // Why the revision restarts: it is the replacing host's own counter, and a host that just took
     // this placement over counts from zero. Keeping the old high-water mark deafens the page to
     // that host until it catches up.
     const next = freezePage({
       ...current,
       ...(executionHostKey === undefined ? {} : { executionHostKey }),
+      ...(browserProfileId === undefined ? {} : { browserProfileId }),
       metadataRevision: 0,
       placement: Object.freeze({ ...placement })
     })
diff --git a/src/main/runtime/terminal/driver/terminal-driver-resources.ts b/src/main/runtime/terminal/driver/terminal-driver-resources.ts
index 0fe3a33dac1..3aa1eb0cf72 100644
--- a/src/main/runtime/terminal/driver/terminal-driver-resources.ts
+++ b/src/main/runtime/terminal/driver/terminal-driver-resources.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import type { ResolvedWorktree } from '../../runtime-worktree-path-identity'
 import type { ExecutionHostId } from '../../../../shared/execution-host'
 import type { WorkspaceSessionState } from '../../../../shared/workspace-session-state-types'
 import type { RuntimeAccountController } from '../../runtime-account-controller'
-import type { BrowserNetworkExecutionHost } from '../../../../shared/browser-client-host-protocol'
+import type { BrowserNetworkExecutionHost } from '../../../../shared/browser-network-execution-host'
 import type { BrowserWindow } from 'electron'
 import type { BrowserSessionTabSelectionOptions } from '../../browser-tab-create-publication'
 import type { RuntimeStore } from '../../runtime-store-contract'
diff --git a/src/main/runtime/terminal/launch/terminal-workspace-scope.ts b/src/main/runtime/terminal/launch/terminal-workspace-scope.ts
index 894b3b44398..6e58de9edc3 100644
--- a/src/main/runtime/terminal/launch/terminal-workspace-scope.ts
+++ b/src/main/runtime/terminal/launch/terminal-workspace-scope.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import {
   isFloatingWorkspaceSelector
 } from '../../../../shared/floating-workspace-worktree'
 import { resolveFloatingTerminalCwd } from '../../../ipc/floating-workspace-directory'
-import type { BrowserNetworkExecutionHost } from '../../../../shared/browser-client-host-protocol'
+import type { BrowserNetworkExecutionHost } from '../../../../shared/browser-network-execution-host'
 import {
   LOCAL_EXECUTION_HOST_ID,
   getConnectionExecutionHostId,
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/browser-pane/browser-client-page-profile-staging.test.ts b/src/renderer/src/components/browser-pane/browser-client-page-profile-staging.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0e1a83ac3e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/browser-pane/browser-client-page-profile-staging.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+// @vitest-environment happy-dom
+import { afterEach, describe, expect, it } from 'vitest'
+import {
+  createRetainedHostFixture,
+  RETAINED_FIXTURE_PAGE
+} from './browser-client-page-retained-host-fixture'
+
+afterEach(() => {
+  document.body.innerHTML = ''
+})
+
+describe('retained profile replacement staging', () => {
+  it('keeps the old visible guest alive while another partition mounts under the same page id', async () => {
+    const fixture = createRetainedHostFixture()
+    await fixture.mount()
+    const old = fixture.attach()
+    const oldWebview = old.webview
+    const next = { ...RETAINED_FIXTURE_PAGE, partition: 'persist:route-b', pageHostGeneration: 4 }
+    await fixture.mount(next)
+    expect(oldWebview.isConnected).toBe(true)
+    expect(fixture.registry.getMemoryProfile()).toMatchObject({ attachedPageCount: 2 })
+    fixture.registry.retirePage(next)
+    expect(oldWebview.isConnected).toBe(true)
+    expect(() => old.nextMetadataRevision()).not.toThrow()
+    old.detach()
+    fixture.registry.dispose()
+  })
+})
diff --git a/src/shared/browser-client-host-protocol.ts b/src/shared/browser-client-host-protocol.ts
index 934b468a3d2..cd2d735c7b8 100644
--- a/src/shared/browser-client-host-protocol.ts
+++ b/src/shared/browser-client-host-protocol.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
+import {
+  BrowserClientProfileMetadata,
+  BrowserClientProfileSwitchCommand
+} from './browser-client-profile-switch-protocol'
 import { z } from 'zod'
+import { BrowserNetworkExecutionHost } from './browser-network-execution-host'
 import {
   BrowserClientAutomationCommand,
   BrowserClientAutomationResult
@@ -195,34 +200,6 @@ export const BrowserClientHostLeaseAuthority = BrowserHostLeaseAuthority.extend(
 
 export type BrowserClientHostLeaseAuthority = z.infer<typeof BrowserClientHostLeaseAuthority>
 
-const BrowserNetworkNativeExecutionHost = z.object({
-  kind: z.literal('native'),
-  runtimeId: Identity,
-  revision: z.number().int().nonnegative().max(Number.MAX_SAFE_INTEGER)
-})
-
-const BrowserNetworkSshExecutionHost = z.object({
-  kind: z.literal('ssh'),
-  targetId: Identity,
-  providerEpoch: Identity,
-  connectionGeneration: z.number().int().nonnegative().max(Number.MAX_SAFE_INTEGER)
-})
-
-const BrowserNetworkWslExecutionHost = z.object({
-  kind: z.literal('wsl'),
-  runtimeId: Identity,
-  revision: z.number().int().nonnegative().max(Number.MAX_SAFE_INTEGER),
-  distro: Identity
-})
-
-export const BrowserNetworkExecutionHost = z.discriminatedUnion('kind', [
-  BrowserNetworkNativeExecutionHost,
-  BrowserNetworkSshExecutionHost,
-  BrowserNetworkWslExecutionHost
-])
-
-export type BrowserNetworkExecutionHost = z.infer<typeof BrowserNetworkExecutionHost>
-
 const BrowserClientPageCommandAuthority = BrowserClientHostLeaseAuthority.extend({
   pageCommandProtocolVersion: PageCommandProtocolVersion,
   browserPageId: Identity,
@@ -234,6 +211,8 @@ const BrowserClientPageCommandAuthority = BrowserClientHostLeaseAuthority.extend
 const BrowserClientHostCreatePageCommand = z.object({
   type: z.literal('createPage'),
   browserProfileId: Identity,
+  // Sent only to profile-switch-v1 desktops, for host-owned profiles the desktop does not know.
+  profile: BrowserClientProfileMetadata.optional(),
   executionHostKey: Identity,
   // The client never interprets this; it only echoes it back in the page inventory so a restarted
   // runtime can rebuild the workspace association it holds nowhere else.
@@ -261,12 +240,14 @@ const BrowserClientHostClosePageCommand = z.object({
 const BrowserClientHostRestorePageCommand = z.object({
   type: z.literal('restorePage'),
   browserProfileId: Identity,
+  profile: BrowserClientProfileMetadata.optional(),
   executionHostKey: Identity,
   url: z.string().min(1).max(8192).optional(),
   workspaceId: Identity.optional()
 })
 
 export const BrowserClientHostPageCommand = z.discriminatedUnion('type', [
+  BrowserClientProfileSwitchCommand,
   BrowserClientHostCreatePageCommand,
   BrowserClientHostNavigateCommand,
   BrowserClientHostReclaimPageCommand,
@@ -325,7 +306,9 @@ export const BrowserClientHostCommandResultParams = BrowserClientPageCommandAuth
   result: BrowserClientHostCommandResult
 })
 
-export const BrowserClientHostCommandResultAck = z.object({ accepted: z.boolean() })
+export const BrowserClientHostCommandResultAck = z.object({
+  accepted: z.boolean()
+})
 
 export const BrowserClientHostEvent = z.union([
   BrowserClientHostReady,
diff --git a/src/shared/browser-client-profile-switch-protocol.ts b/src/shared/browser-client-profile-switch-protocol.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5722c54be7c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/shared/browser-client-profile-switch-protocol.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+import { z } from 'zod'
+
+export const BROWSER_CLIENT_PROFILE_SWITCH_CAPABILITY = 'profile-switch-v1' as const
+
+// Only display metadata crosses the boundary; the desktop derives its own scoped partition.
+export const BrowserClientProfileMetadata = z.strictObject({
+  id: z.string().min(1).max(256),
+  label: z.string().min(1).max(256),
+  scope: z.enum(['default', 'isolated', 'imported'])
+})
+export type BrowserClientProfileMetadata = z.infer<typeof BrowserClientProfileMetadata>
+
+export const BrowserClientProfileSwitchCommand = z.object({
+  type: z.literal('switchProfile'),
+  profile: BrowserClientProfileMetadata,
+  nextPageHostGeneration: z.number().int().min(1).max(0xffff_ffff)
+})
diff --git a/src/shared/browser-network-execution-host.ts b/src/shared/browser-network-execution-host.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3b6c97b5d4e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/shared/browser-network-execution-host.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+import { z } from 'zod'
+
+const Identity = z.string().min(1).max(256)
+
+const BrowserNetworkNativeExecutionHost = z.object({
+  kind: z.literal('native'),
+  runtimeId: Identity,
+  revision: z.number().int().nonnegative().max(Number.MAX_SAFE_INTEGER)
+})
+
+const BrowserNetworkSshExecutionHost = z.object({
+  kind: z.literal('ssh'),
+  targetId: Identity,
+  providerEpoch: Identity,
+  connectionGeneration: z.number().int().nonnegative().max(Number.MAX_SAFE_INTEGER)
+})
+
+const BrowserNetworkWslExecutionHost = z.object({
+  kind: z.literal('wsl'),
+  runtimeId: Identity,
+  revision: z.number().int().nonnegative().max(Number.MAX_SAFE_INTEGER),
+  distro: Identity
+})
+
+export const BrowserNetworkExecutionHost = z.discriminatedUnion('kind', [
+  BrowserNetworkNativeExecutionHost,
+  BrowserNetworkSshExecutionHost,
+  BrowserNetworkWslExecutionHost
+])
+
+export type BrowserNetworkExecutionHost = z.infer<typeof BrowserNetworkExecutionHost>
diff --git a/tests/e2e/paired-client-hosted-profile-cookies.spec.ts b/tests/e2e/paired-client-hosted-profile-cookies.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..46c63326fe3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/e2e/paired-client-hosted-profile-cookies.spec.ts
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+import { expect, test } from './helpers/orca-app'
+import { RuntimeClient } from '../../src/cli/runtime/client'
+import { launchHeadlessPairedRuntimeHost } from './helpers/headless-paired-runtime-host'
+import {
+  launchPairedElectronClient,
+  type PairedElectronClient
+} from './helpers/paired-electron-client'
+import {
+  openClientHostedFixturePage,
+  selectPairedWorktreeGroup,
+  startClientHostedMarkerFixture,
+  waitForPairedWorktreeId,
+  waitForRenderedClientWebview
+} from './helpers/client-hosted-browser-fixture'
+
+test('switches a paired client profile while preserving isolated native cookie jars', async ({
+  testRepoPath
+}, testInfo) => {
+  test.setTimeout(240_000)
+  const fixture = await startClientHostedMarkerFixture()
+  const host = await launchHeadlessPairedRuntimeHost()
+  const runtime = new RuntimeClient(host.userDataDir, 30_000)
+  let client: PairedElectronClient | null = null
+  try {
+    await runtime.call('repo.add', { path: testRepoPath, kind: 'git' })
+    await runtime.call('terminal.create', {
+      worktree: `path:${testRepoPath}`,
+      title: 'Profile cookies'
+    })
+    client = await launchPairedElectronClient(host.offer, testInfo, 'Profile cookies client')
+    const worktreeId = await waitForPairedWorktreeId(client.page, testRepoPath)
+    await selectPairedWorktreeGroup(client.page, client.environmentId, worktreeId)
+    const browser = await openClientHostedFixturePage(client, worktreeId, fixture.markerUrl)
+    await waitForRenderedClientWebview(
+      client.page,
+      {
+        urlPrefix: fixture.origin,
+        remotePageId: browser.remotePageId
+      },
+      'profile fixture did not render'
+    )
+    const guestState = (cookieValue?: string) =>
+      client!.app.evaluate(
+        async ({ webContents }, args) => {
+          const guest = webContents
+            .getAllWebContents()
+            .find(
+              (contents) =>
+                contents.getType() === 'webview' && contents.getURL().startsWith(args.origin)
+            )
+          if (!guest) {
+            return null
+          }
+          if (args.cookieValue) {
+            await guest.session.cookies.set({
+              url: args.origin,
+              name: 'profile-probe',
+              value: args.cookieValue
+            })
+          }
+          return {
+            id: guest.id,
+            cookies: (await guest.session.cookies.get({ url: args.origin })).map(
+              (cookie) => cookie.value
+            )
+          }
+        },
+        { origin: fixture.origin, cookieValue }
+      )
+    const before = await guestState('default-cookie')
+    expect(before?.cookies).toContain('default-cookie')
+    const created = await runtime.call<{ profile: { id: string } }>('browser.profileCreate', {
+      label: 'Isolated profile cookie proof',
+      scope: 'isolated'
+    })
+    const switchTo = (profileId: string) =>
+      runtime.call('browser.tabSetProfile', {
+        worktree: `path:${testRepoPath}`,
+        page: browser.remotePageId,
+        profileId
+      })
+    await switchTo(created.result.profile.id)
+    await expect.poll(guestState).toMatchObject({ cookies: [] })
+    const isolated = await guestState('isolated-cookie')
+    expect(isolated?.id).not.toBe(before?.id)
+    await switchTo('default')
+    await expect.poll(guestState).toMatchObject({ cookies: ['default-cookie'] })
+    await switchTo(created.result.profile.id)
+    await expect.poll(guestState).toMatchObject({ cookies: ['isolated-cookie'] })
+  } finally {
+    await client?.dispose()
+    await host.dispose()
+    await fixture.close()
+  }
+})