diff --git a/client/src/native/browserSignIn.test.ts b/client/src/native/browserSignIn.test.ts
index 7c95f3548..0ff592795 100644
--- a/client/src/native/browserSignIn.test.ts
+++ b/client/src/native/browserSignIn.test.ts
@@ -6,8 +6,10 @@ import {
   BrowserSignInCancelled,
   createHandoffSecret,
   handoffUrl,
+  rememberHandoffReturn,
   requestHandoffCode,
   signInThroughBrowser,
+  takeHandoffReturn,
 } from './browserSignIn';
 import { TrekShell } from './trekShell';
 
@@ -77,3 +79,34 @@ describe('signInThroughBrowser', () => {
     expect(nativeAuthApi.exchange).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
   });
 });
+
+describe('the remembered handoff return', () => {
+  const path = `/native-handoff?challenge=${'a'.repeat(64)}`;
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    localStorage.clear();
+    vi.useRealTimers();
+  });
+
+  it('survives a sign-in that comes back in another tab, once', () => {
+    rememberHandoffReturn(path);
+    expect(takeHandoffReturn()).toBe(path);
+    expect(takeHandoffReturn()).toBeNull();
+  });
+
+  it('is dropped once it is older than a quarter of an hour', () => {
+    vi.useFakeTimers();
+    vi.setSystemTime(new Date('2026-11-08T12:00:00Z'));
+    rememberHandoffReturn(path);
+    vi.setSystemTime(new Date('2026-11-08T12:16:00Z'));
+    expect(takeHandoffReturn()).toBeNull();
+    vi.useRealTimers();
+  });
+
+  it('only ever leads back to the handoff page', () => {
+    rememberHandoffReturn('/admin');
+    expect(takeHandoffReturn()).toBeNull();
+    localStorage.setItem('trek_native_handoff_return', 'not json');
+    expect(takeHandoffReturn()).toBeNull();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/client/src/native/browserSignIn.ts b/client/src/native/browserSignIn.ts
index c088855c7..2b49eace6 100644
--- a/client/src/native/browserSignIn.ts
+++ b/client/src/native/browserSignIn.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,40 @@ export const HANDOFF_PATH = '/native-handoff';
 
 export type BrowserSignInStart = 'oidc';
 
+const HANDOFF_RETURN_KEY = 'trek_native_handoff_return';
+const HANDOFF_RETURN_TTL_MS = 15 * 60 * 1000;
+
+/**
+ * Remembers the handoff page an SSO round trip has to come back to. The login
+ * keeps its return path in sessionStorage, which is per tab, and an identity
+ * provider such as Google may finish its sign-in in another tab or in its own
+ * app on Android. The return then arrives without it and the user lands in the
+ * web app instead of being handed back, so the handoff page also leaves a short
+ * lived copy here.
+ */
+export function rememberHandoffReturn(path: string): void {
+  try {
+    localStorage.setItem(HANDOFF_RETURN_KEY, JSON.stringify({ path, at: Date.now() }));
+  } catch {
+    /* storage blocked: the sessionStorage copy still covers a single-tab sign-in */
+  }
+}
+
+/** The remembered handoff page, once: only a fresh path to the handoff page itself. */
+export function takeHandoffReturn(): string | null {
+  try {
+    const raw = localStorage.getItem(HANDOFF_RETURN_KEY);
+    localStorage.removeItem(HANDOFF_RETURN_KEY);
+    if (!raw) return null;
+    const { path, at } = JSON.parse(raw) as { path?: unknown; at?: unknown };
+    if (typeof path !== 'string' || typeof at !== 'number') return null;
+    if (Date.now() - at > HANDOFF_RETURN_TTL_MS) return null;
+    return path.startsWith(`${HANDOFF_PATH}?challenge=`) ? path : null;
+  } catch {
+    return null;
+  }
+}
+
 export function createHandoffSecret(): { verifier: string; challenge: string } {
   const bytes = crypto.getRandomValues(new Uint8Array(32));
   const verifier = bytesToHex(bytes);
diff --git a/client/src/pages/NativeHandoffPage.tsx b/client/src/pages/NativeHandoffPage.tsx
index 706ebf7ba..3d9f6f268 100644
--- a/client/src/pages/NativeHandoffPage.tsx
+++ b/client/src/pages/NativeHandoffPage.tsx
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ export default function NativeHandoffPage() {
                 void openApp();
               }}
               disabled={status === 'sending'}
-              className="w-full rounded-lg bg-accent py-3 font-semibold text-accent-on disabled:opacity-60"
+              className="w-full rounded-lg bg-accent py-3 font-semibold text-accent-text disabled:opacity-60"
             >
               {t('native.handoff.open')}
             </button>
diff --git a/client/src/pages/login/useLogin.ts b/client/src/pages/login/useLogin.ts
index e2aaa421f..c2ebd82c8 100644
--- a/client/src/pages/login/useLogin.ts
+++ b/client/src/pages/login/useLogin.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,12 @@ import { getApiErrorMessage } from '../../types'
 import { START_DESTINATION_ROUTE } from '../../utils/startDestination'
 import { passwordErrorKey } from '../../utils/passwordError'
 import { isNativeApp } from '../../native/platform'
-import { BrowserSignInCancelled, signInThroughBrowser, type BrowserSignInStart } from '../../native/browserSignIn'
+import {
+  BrowserSignInCancelled,
+  signInThroughBrowser,
+  takeHandoffReturn,
+  type BrowserSignInStart,
+} from '../../native/browserSignIn'
 
 interface AppConfig {
   has_users: boolean
@@ -221,7 +226,9 @@ export function useLogin() {
           // body is never read, so it can go without breaking SSO sign-in.
           if (ok && data.success === true) {
             await loadUser()
-            const savedRedirect = sessionStorage.getItem('oidc_redirect') || START_DESTINATION_ROUTE
+            // Taken either way, so a handoff left from an abandoned sign-in cannot catch a later one.
+            const handoffReturn = takeHandoffReturn()
+            const savedRedirect = sessionStorage.getItem('oidc_redirect') || handoffReturn || START_DESTINATION_ROUTE
             sessionStorage.removeItem('oidc_redirect')
             navigate(savedRedirect, { replace: true })
           } else {
diff --git a/client/src/pages/nativeHandoff/useNativeHandoff.test.tsx b/client/src/pages/nativeHandoff/useNativeHandoff.test.tsx
index 58a2bae6a..c17c008ab 100644
--- a/client/src/pages/nativeHandoff/useNativeHandoff.test.tsx
+++ b/client/src/pages/nativeHandoff/useNativeHandoff.test.tsx
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { MemoryRouter } from 'react-router';
 import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest';
 import { act, renderHook, waitFor } from '../../../tests/helpers/render';
 import { resetAllStores } from '../../../tests/helpers/store';
-import { requestHandoffCode } from '../../native/browserSignIn';
+import { rememberHandoffReturn, requestHandoffCode } from '../../native/browserSignIn';
 import { useAuthStore } from '../../store/authStore';
 import { useNativeHandoff } from './useNativeHandoff';
 
@@ -13,7 +13,11 @@ vi.mock('react-router', async () => {
   const actual = await vi.importActual<typeof import('react-router')>('react-router');
   return { ...actual, useNavigate: () => mockNavigate };
 });
-vi.mock('../../native/browserSignIn', () => ({ HANDOFF_PATH: '/native-handoff', requestHandoffCode: vi.fn() }));
+vi.mock('../../native/browserSignIn', () => ({
+  HANDOFF_PATH: '/native-handoff',
+  rememberHandoffReturn: vi.fn(),
+  requestHandoffCode: vi.fn(),
+}));
 
 const challenge = 'ab'.repeat(32);
 const realLocation = window.location;
@@ -85,6 +89,7 @@ describe('useNativeHandoff', () => {
     renderHandoff();
     expect(window.location.replace).toHaveBeenCalledWith('/api/auth/oidc/login?remember=1');
     expect(sessionStorage.getItem('oidc_redirect')).toBe(`/native-handoff?challenge=${challenge}`);
+    expect(rememberHandoffReturn).toHaveBeenCalledWith(`/native-handoff?challenge=${challenge}`);
   });
 
   it('FE-NATIVE-HANDOFF-005: waits while the session is still being checked', () => {
diff --git a/client/src/pages/nativeHandoff/useNativeHandoff.ts b/client/src/pages/nativeHandoff/useNativeHandoff.ts
index 4acd2df09..b4c59de90 100644
--- a/client/src/pages/nativeHandoff/useNativeHandoff.ts
+++ b/client/src/pages/nativeHandoff/useNativeHandoff.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { useEffect, useState } from 'react';
 import { useNavigate } from 'react-router';
 import { useShallow } from 'zustand/react/shallow';
-import { HANDOFF_PATH, requestHandoffCode } from '../../native/browserSignIn';
+import { HANDOFF_PATH, rememberHandoffReturn, requestHandoffCode } from '../../native/browserSignIn';
 import { APP_URL_SCHEME } from '../../native/trekShell';
 import { useAuthStore } from '../../store/authStore';
 
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ export function useNativeHandoff() {
     if (!valid || isLoading || isAuthenticated) return;
     if (params.get('start') === 'oidc') {
       sessionStorage.setItem('oidc_redirect', returnPath);
+      rememberHandoffReturn(returnPath);
       window.location.replace('/api/auth/oidc/login?remember=1');
       return;
     }