diff --git a/stores/__tests__/auth-store-archive-restore.test.ts b/stores/__tests__/auth-store-archive-restore.test.ts
index 50d429a84..47f51b689 100644
--- a/stores/__tests__/auth-store-archive-restore.test.ts
+++ b/stores/__tests__/auth-store-archive-restore.test.ts
@@ -95,3 +95,27 @@ it('stops waiting once the account is signed in', () => {
   expect(alice).toMatchObject({ label: 'Alice', avatarColor: '#16a34a', isConnected: true });
   expect(alice?.awaitingSignIn).toBeUndefined();
 });
+
+it('signs out to an account that is signed in, not to one awaiting sign-in', async () => {
+  restoreAccounts(archived);
+  useAccountStore.setState((s) => ({
+    accounts: [...s.accounts, { ...signedIn, id: 'carol@x.test@mail.x.test', username: 'carol@x.test', email: 'carol@x.test', label: 'Carol', cookieSlot: 2, isDefault: false }] as never,
+  }));
+  await useAuthStore.getState().checkAuth();
+  // Wait for the background restore of the other remembered account.
+  await vi.waitFor(() => expect(useAccountStore.getState().getAccountById('carol@x.test@mail.x.test')?.isConnected).toBe(true));
+
+  await useAuthStore.getState().logout();
+  expect(useAuthStore.getState().activeAccountId).toBe('carol@x.test@mail.x.test');
+  expect(useAuthStore.getState().isAuthenticated).toBe(true);
+  expect(useAccountStore.getState().accounts.map(a => a.id)).toEqual(['alice@x.test@mail.x.test', 'carol@x.test@mail.x.test']);
+});
+
+it('treats a browser left with only accounts awaiting sign-in as signed out, not as a connection failure', async () => {
+  useAccountStore.setState({ accounts: [{ ...signedIn, rememberMe: false }] as never });
+  restoreAccounts(archived.slice(1));
+  await useAuthStore.getState().checkAuth();
+  expect(useAuthStore.getState().isAuthenticated).toBe(false);
+  expect(useAuthStore.getState().error).not.toBe('connection_failed');
+  expect(useAccountStore.getState().accounts.map(a => a.id)).toEqual(['alice@x.test@mail.x.test']);
+});
diff --git a/stores/auth-store.ts b/stores/auth-store.ts
index eb8076bfe..5a79f6ba4 100644
--- a/stores/auth-store.ts
+++ b/stores/auth-store.ts
@@ -2112,7 +2112,13 @@ export const useAuthStore = create<AuthState>()(
 
         // Check if there are remaining accounts to switch to. Read the store
         // afresh: `accountStore` is the state from before removeAccount().
-        const nextAccount = wasDemoMode ? undefined : useAccountStore.getState().accounts[0];
+        // Prefer an account that is signed in here: one restored from the
+        // account list backup (or otherwise not connected) has no client, and
+        // picking it signs out every account left.
+        const remainingAccounts = useAccountStore.getState().accounts;
+        const nextAccount = wasDemoMode
+          ? undefined
+          : remainingAccounts.find((a) => clients.has(a.id)) ?? remainingAccounts[0];
         const droppedAccounts: AccountEntry[] = [];
 
         if (nextAccount) {
@@ -2762,8 +2768,13 @@ export const useAuthStore = create<AuthState>()(
             }
           }
 
-          // No accounts could be restored
-          if (accounts.some((account) => accountStore.getAccountById(account.id))) {
+          // No accounts could be restored. Accounts restored from the account
+          // list backup were never signed in here, so they say nothing about
+          // the connection.
+          if (accounts.some((account) => {
+            const entry = accountStore.getAccountById(account.id);
+            return entry && !entry.awaitingSignIn;
+          })) {
             set({
               isAuthenticated: false,
               isLoading: false,