diff --git a/docs/ARCHITECTURE.md b/docs/ARCHITECTURE.md
index f053c97..c92b9e4 100644
--- a/docs/ARCHITECTURE.md
+++ b/docs/ARCHITECTURE.md
@@ -983,7 +983,10 @@ and the open client re-fetches `profile.get` to show or hide the banner in place
 edits take effect on the next `profile.get` (open/reconnect/foreground), not mid-session. The same
 mechanism carries a **`profile`** sub-kind — a payload-free re-fetch signal emitted when a viewer's
 own account changed out of band (an email confirmed through the one-tap deeplink opened in another
-browser), so an open in-app session reflects it at once.
+browser), so an open in-app session reflects it at once. The live stream is single-shot with no
+replay, so a **backgrounded Mini App** — suspended while the user is in their mail app tapping the
+link — misses the event; while an add-email confirmation is pending the client therefore also
+**polls `profile.get`** (and on foreground regain) as a fallback until the address lands.
 
 > A single `app.load` bootstrap aggregator (collapsing `profile.get` + lobby + badge fetches into
 > one round-trip) was **considered and deferred**: client↔gateway is HTTP/2 (h2c), so the bootstrap
diff --git a/ui/e2e/social.spec.ts b/ui/e2e/social.spec.ts
index ac06423..415056f 100644
--- a/ui/e2e/social.spec.ts
+++ b/ui/e2e/social.spec.ts
@@ -327,6 +327,36 @@ test('change email: a free address replaces the current one', async ({ page }) =
   await expect(page.getByText('you@example.com')).toHaveCount(0);
 });
 
+// The add-email confirmation can complete out of band: the recipient taps the one-tap link in the
+// email, which confirms in another browser/session. A backgrounded Mini App misses the live
+// 'profile' event (the stream is single-shot, no replay), so the open code form falls back to
+// polling the profile until the address lands. The mock attaches the email WITHOUT emitting an
+// event, so only the poll can surface it.
+test('add email: an out-of-band confirmation surfaces on the open form via polling', async ({ page }) => {
+  await loginLobby(page);
+  await openProfile(page);
+
+  // Drop the seeded email so the sign-in section offers the add-email flow.
+  await page.evaluate(() => (window as unknown as { __mock: { clearEmail(): void } }).__mock.clearEmail());
+  const emailInput = page.locator('.accounts input[type="email"]');
+  await expect(emailInput).toBeVisible();
+
+  await emailInput.fill('linked@example.com');
+  await page.getByRole('button', { name: 'Send code' }).click();
+  await expect(page.locator('.accounts .codein')).toBeVisible();
+
+  // Confirmed elsewhere via the one-tap link, with no live event delivered: only the poll surfaces it.
+  await page.evaluate(() =>
+    (
+      window as unknown as { __mock: { confirmEmailOutOfBand(email: string): void } }
+    ).__mock.confirmEmailOutOfBand('linked@example.com'),
+  );
+
+  // The confirmed address surfaces as the email row, and the code form is gone.
+  await expect(page.locator('.acctrow').filter({ hasText: 'linked@example.com' })).toBeVisible({ timeout: 10000 });
+  await expect(page.locator('.accounts .codein')).toHaveCount(0);
+});
+
 test('link then unlink Telegram from the sign-in methods', async ({ page }) => {
   await loginLobby(page);
   await openProfile(page);
diff --git a/ui/src/lib/gateway.ts b/ui/src/lib/gateway.ts
index a8bef98..02a9482 100644
--- a/ui/src/lib/gateway.ts
+++ b/ui/src/lib/gateway.ts
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ if (isMock && typeof window !== 'undefined') {
         joinOpponentSilently(): void;
         adminReply(): void;
         setGameLimit(v: boolean): void;
+        clearEmail(): void;
+        confirmEmailOutOfBand(email: string): void;
       };
     }
   ).__mock = {
@@ -46,5 +48,7 @@ if (isMock && typeof window !== 'undefined') {
     joinOpponentSilently: () => (gateway as MockGateway).joinPendingOpponentSilently(),
     adminReply: () => (gateway as MockGateway).mockAdminReply(),
     setGameLimit: (v: boolean) => (gateway as MockGateway).setGameLimit(v),
+    clearEmail: () => (gateway as MockGateway).mockClearEmail(),
+    confirmEmailOutOfBand: (email: string) => (gateway as MockGateway).mockConfirmEmailOutOfBand(email),
   };
 }
diff --git a/ui/src/lib/mock/client.ts b/ui/src/lib/mock/client.ts
index b84bb95..d0d589b 100644
--- a/ui/src/lib/mock/client.ts
+++ b/ui/src/lib/mock/client.ts
@@ -659,6 +659,17 @@ export class MockGateway implements GatewayClient {
     this.profile.email = email;
     return emptyLinked();
   }
+  // e2e hooks (window.__mock, see lib/gateway.ts): mockClearEmail drops the seeded email so the
+  // sign-in section offers the add-email flow; mockConfirmEmailOutOfBand attaches the address
+  // WITHOUT a live event — standing in for the one-tap confirm link opened in another browser,
+  // so the open code form must reflect it by polling the profile, not by a push.
+  mockClearEmail(): void {
+    this.profile.email = '';
+    this.emit({ kind: 'notify', sub: 'profile' });
+  }
+  mockConfirmEmailOutOfBand(email: string): void {
+    this.profile.email = email;
+  }
   async linkEmailMerge(email: string, _code: string): Promise<LinkResult> {
     this.profile.isGuest = false;
     this.profile.email = email;
diff --git a/ui/src/screens/Profile.svelte b/ui/src/screens/Profile.svelte
index 525be5f..ab15882 100644
--- a/ui/src/screens/Profile.svelte
+++ b/ui/src/screens/Profile.svelte
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
     confirmDeleteAccount,
     handleError,
     logout,
+    refreshProfile,
     requestDeleteAccount,
     showToast,
   } from '../lib/app.svelte';
@@ -112,6 +113,27 @@
   );
   const canUnlink = $derived(linkedCount >= 2);
 
+  // While an add-email confirmation is pending, the address may be confirmed out of band — the
+  // one-tap link in the email confirms in another browser/session. A backgrounded Mini App drops
+  // the single-shot live stream and misses the 'profile' event (there is no replay), so poll the
+  // profile as a fallback until the address lands; the live push still updates it instantly while
+  // the app stays foregrounded. Scoped to the add-email wait (a code sent, no email yet).
+  const awaitingEmailConfirm = $derived(emailSent && !app.profile?.email);
+  $effect(() => {
+    if (!awaitingEmailConfirm) return;
+    const poll = (): void => void refreshProfile();
+    const id = setInterval(poll, 4000);
+    // Re-check the moment the Mini App returns to the foreground, where the missed event landed.
+    const onVisible = (): void => {
+      if (document.visibilityState === 'visible') poll();
+    };
+    document.addEventListener('visibilitychange', onVisible);
+    return () => {
+      clearInterval(id);
+      document.removeEventListener('visibilitychange', onVisible);
+    };
+  });
+
   // toggleVariant flips a variant in the preference set, refusing to remove the last one —
   // the player must allow themselves at least one variant.
   function toggleVariant(id: Variant) {