diff --git a/src/components/portal/login-flow.tsx b/src/components/portal/login-flow.tsx
index 6186507..16094f0 100644
--- a/src/components/portal/login-flow.tsx
+++ b/src/components/portal/login-flow.tsx
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import {
   PasswordStrength,
 } from "./bits";
 import { lookupAccount, maskEmail, type Account } from "./data";
-import { useAuth } from "@abe-kap/appshell-sdk/react";
+import { useAuth, useAppShell } from "@abe-kap/appshell-sdk/react";
 import { isShellConfigured } from "@/lib/appshell";
 
 // Map the portal's social button ids to Supabase OAuth provider ids.
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ const EMAIL_RE = /^[^\s@]+@[^\s@]+\.[^\s@]+$/;
 export function LoginFlow() {
   const router = useRouter();
   const { login, loginWithOAuth, completeOAuthLogin } = useAuth();
+  const { ready } = useAppShell();
   const [step, setStep] = useState<Step>("identify");
   const [email, setEmail] = useState("");
   const [account, setAccount] = useState<Account | null>(null);
@@ -70,11 +71,22 @@ export function LoginFlow() {
     if (!isShellConfigured()) return;
     const code = new URLSearchParams(window.location.search).get("code");
     if (!code) return;
+    // Wait until the SDK has booted — completeOAuthLogin no-ops (returns null) if
+    // sdk.auth isn't ready yet, and this effect only re-runs when `ready` flips.
+    if (!ready) { setStep("connecting"); return; }
     setStep("connecting");
     completeOAuthLogin(code)
-      .then((ace) => { if (ace) router.replace("/dashboard"); else replace("identify"); })
+      .then((ace) => {
+        if (ace) {
+          // Clear the ?code=… from the URL, then enter the app.
+          window.history.replaceState({}, "", "/portal/login");
+          router.replace("/dashboard");
+        } else {
+          replace("identify");
+        }
+      })
       .catch(() => { setFlash("Sign-in with that provider didn't complete. Try again."); replace("identify"); });
-  }, [completeOAuthLogin, router]);
+  }, [ready, completeOAuthLogin, router]);
 
   /* ---- auth resolution ---- */
   function afterAuth(factor: "password" | "passkey" | "otp" | "totp" | "push" | "social") {