diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/greenart7c3/nostrsigner/ui/AccountStateViewModel.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/greenart7c3/nostrsigner/ui/AccountStateViewModel.kt
index 857f696f..ffaf389c 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/greenart7c3/nostrsigner/ui/AccountStateViewModel.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/greenart7c3/nostrsigner/ui/AccountStateViewModel.kt
@@ -211,7 +211,12 @@ class AccountStateViewModel(npub: String?) : ViewModel() {
 
     fun maybeOfferRestore(account: Account) {
         if (BuildFlavorChecker.isOfflineFlavor()) return
-        if (!LocalPreferences.getBackupApplications(Amber.instance, account.npub)) return
+
+        // No BACKUP_APPLICATIONS gate here: that flag is publish consent for the
+        // daily worker and is deliberately wiped on logout, so it can never be
+        // true on a logout→login round trip — the main case restore exists for.
+        // Fetching is a read of a public, self-authored event; the dao check
+        // below skips accounts whose local apps are still present.
 
         Amber.instance.applicationIOScope.launch {
             try {
diff --git a/app/src/test/java/com/greenart7c3/nostrsigner/ui/AccountStateViewModelRestoreTest.kt b/app/src/test/java/com/greenart7c3/nostrsigner/ui/AccountStateViewModelRestoreTest.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..92b6c5a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/test/java/com/greenart7c3/nostrsigner/ui/AccountStateViewModelRestoreTest.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+package com.greenart7c3.nostrsigner.ui
+
+import com.greenart7c3.nostrsigner.Amber
+import com.greenart7c3.nostrsigner.BuildFlavorChecker
+import com.greenart7c3.nostrsigner.LocalPreferences
+import com.greenart7c3.nostrsigner.database.ApplicationDao
+import com.greenart7c3.nostrsigner.service.ApplicationBackup
+import com.greenart7c3.nostrsigner.service.installAmberInstance
+import com.greenart7c3.nostrsigner.service.newTestAccount
+import io.mockk.coEvery
+import io.mockk.coVerify
+import io.mockk.every
+import io.mockk.mockk
+import io.mockk.mockkObject
+import io.mockk.unmockkObject
+import kotlinx.coroutines.CoroutineScope
+import kotlinx.coroutines.Dispatchers
+import kotlinx.coroutines.SupervisorJob
+import org.junit.After
+import org.junit.Assert.assertNull
+import org.junit.Before
+import org.junit.Test
+
+class AccountStateViewModelRestoreTest {
+    // Unconfined so maybeOfferRestore's internal launch runs to completion on the
+    // calling thread; every ApplicationBackup call it makes is a mocked immediate.
+    private val scope = CoroutineScope(SupervisorJob() + Dispatchers.Unconfined)
+
+    @Before
+    fun setUp() {
+        mockkObject(BuildFlavorChecker)
+        every { BuildFlavorChecker.isOfflineFlavor() } returns false
+
+        mockkObject(LocalPreferences)
+        every { LocalPreferences.currentAccount(any()) } returns null
+        every { LocalPreferences.allSavedAccounts(any()) } returns emptyList()
+        coEvery { LocalPreferences.warmAccountCache(any()) } returns Unit
+        every { LocalPreferences.loadFromEncryptedStorageSync(any(), any()) } returns null
+        // Post-logout state: updatePrefsForLogout wipes prefs_<npub>, so the
+        // publish-consent flag reads false on relogin.
+        every { LocalPreferences.getBackupApplications(any(), any()) } returns false
+
+        val dao = mockk<ApplicationDao>(relaxed = true)
+        coEvery { dao.getAll(any()) } returns emptyList()
+        val amber = mockk<Amber>(relaxed = true)
+        every { amber.applicationIOScope } returns scope
+        every { amber.dao(any()) } returns dao
+        installAmberInstance(amber)
+
+        mockkObject(ApplicationBackup)
+        coEvery { ApplicationBackup.resolveReadRelays(any()) } returns setOf(mockk())
+        coEvery { ApplicationBackup.fetchLatestBackupEvent(any(), any()) } returns null
+    }
+
+    @After
+    fun tearDown() {
+        unmockkObject(BuildFlavorChecker)
+        unmockkObject(LocalPreferences)
+        unmockkObject(ApplicationBackup)
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `maybeOfferRestore reaches relay fetch even with backup publishing disabled`() {
+        val viewModel = AccountStateViewModel(null)
+        val account = newTestAccount(scope)
+
+        viewModel.maybeOfferRestore(account)
+
+        coVerify {
+            ApplicationBackup.resolveReadRelays(account)
+            ApplicationBackup.fetchLatestBackupEvent(account, any())
+        }
+        assertNull(viewModel.restorePrompt.value)
+    }
+}