diff --git a/components/pro/__tests__/pro-interface-redirect.test.tsx b/components/pro/__tests__/pro-interface-redirect.test.tsx
index 7b91ccdbf..e16c7b7da 100644
--- a/components/pro/__tests__/pro-interface-redirect.test.tsx
+++ b/components/pro/__tests__/pro-interface-redirect.test.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { render } from '@testing-library/react';
+import { cleanup, render } from '@testing-library/react';
 import { beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest';
 
 // The Pro shell takes over the standard routes and hands their deep link to
@@ -11,7 +11,9 @@ vi.mock('@/i18n/navigation', () => ({
   usePathname: () => nav.pathname,
   useRouter: () => ({ replace: nav.replace }),
 }));
-vi.mock('@/hooks/use-media-query', () => ({ useIsDesktop: () => true }));
+const device = vi.hoisted(() => ({ desktop: true }));
+vi.mock('@/hooks/use-media-query', () => ({ useIsDesktop: () => device.desktop }));
+vi.mock('next-intl', () => ({ useTranslations: () => (key: string) => key }));
 vi.mock('@/stores/settings-store', () => ({
   useSettingsStore: (selector: (s: { proInterface: boolean }) => unknown) => selector({ proInterface: true }),
 }));
@@ -25,6 +27,7 @@ const { ProInterfaceRedirect } = await import('../pro-interface-redirect');
 describe('ProInterfaceRedirect', () => {
   beforeEach(() => {
     vi.clearAllMocks();
+    device.desktop = true;
   });
 
   function visit(path: string, search: string) {
@@ -56,4 +59,24 @@ describe('ProInterfaceRedirect', () => {
     expect(setPendingDeepLink).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
     expect(openTab).toHaveBeenLastCalledWith('files');
   });
+
+  it('covers the standard page with the Pro skeleton until /pro renders', () => {
+    visit('/calendar/week/2026-11-04', '');
+    const cover = document.querySelector('[data-pro-takeover]');
+    expect(cover?.querySelector('[data-boot-skeleton="pro"]')).not.toBeNull();
+    expect(cover?.className).toContain('fixed');
+  });
+
+  it('draws nothing on /pro itself, below desktop width, or on other pages', () => {
+    visit('/pro', '');
+    expect(document.querySelector('[data-pro-takeover]')).toBeNull();
+    cleanup();
+    visit('/login', '');
+    expect(document.querySelector('[data-pro-takeover]')).toBeNull();
+    cleanup();
+    device.desktop = false;
+    visit('/mail', '');
+    expect(document.querySelector('[data-pro-takeover]')).toBeNull();
+    expect(nav.replace).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
 });
diff --git a/components/pro/pro-interface-redirect.tsx b/components/pro/pro-interface-redirect.tsx
index 5f30c8348..fe7ea4fc2 100644
--- a/components/pro/pro-interface-redirect.tsx
+++ b/components/pro/pro-interface-redirect.tsx
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ import { useIsDesktop } from "@/hooks/use-media-query";
 import { useProTabStore, type ProAppTabKind } from "@/stores/pro-tab-store";
 import { matchSurface, type AppSurface } from "@/lib/deep-links";
 import { setPendingDeepLink } from "@/lib/deep-link-handoff";
+import { ProSkeleton } from "@/components/boot-skeleton/pro-skeleton";
+import { useSkeletonLabels } from "@/components/boot-skeleton/use-skeleton-labels";
 
 const SURFACE_TO_TAB: Record<AppSurface, ProAppTabKind> = {
   mail: 'mail',
@@ -37,12 +39,21 @@ export function useProInterfaceActive(): boolean {
  * segments are handed to the tab that opens (#733), so `/mail/message/<id>`
  * opens that message in a Pro mail tab instead of silently landing on the
  * inbox.
+ *
+ * Until /pro has rendered, the Pro skeleton covers the standard page, which
+ * may finish loading first (a fast session restore, a slow /pro chunk): the
+ * visitor sees the Pro frame from the first paint to the loaded Pro shell,
+ * never the standard page in between. The server HTML and the hydration pass
+ * draw nothing here (isDesktop is false there); the page's own skeleton is
+ * already the Pro frame then (components/boot-skeleton/shell.tsx).
  */
 export function ProInterfaceRedirect() {
   const router = useRouter();
   const pathname = usePathname();
   const proInterface = useSettingsStore((s) => s.proInterface);
   const isDesktop = useIsDesktop();
+  const { label } = useSkeletonLabels();
+  const takingOver = proInterface && isDesktop && matchSurface(pathname) !== null;
 
   useEffect(() => {
     if (!proInterface || !isDesktop) return;
@@ -63,5 +74,10 @@ export function ProInterfaceRedirect() {
     router.replace('/pro');
   }, [proInterface, isDesktop, pathname, router]);
 
-  return null;
+  if (!takingOver) return null;
+  return (
+    <div className="fixed inset-0 z-50" data-pro-takeover="">
+      <ProSkeleton label={label} />
+    </div>
+  );
 }