diff --git a/src/bundled/channels/ChannelsPage.tsx b/src/bundled/channels/ChannelsPage.tsx
index 1649efe221..26679b9fc8 100644
--- a/src/bundled/channels/ChannelsPage.tsx
+++ b/src/bundled/channels/ChannelsPage.tsx
@@ -987,10 +987,23 @@ function ChannelWorkspace({
   const returnFocus = useRef<
     { trigger: HTMLElement; channelId: string | undefined } | undefined
   >(undefined);
+  // A close's native return lands a task or more after its dismissal. Until
+  // then the navigator still shows the retiring visit.
+  const pendingReturn = useRef<{
+    from: string;
+    target: string;
+    reopen?: PanelOpening;
+  }>(undefined);
   const visitPanel = useCallback(
     (entry: PanelOpening) => {
-      const target = navigator?.snapshot().entry.target;
+      const { id, target } = navigator?.snapshot().entry ?? {};
       if (!navigator || target?.kind !== "conversation") return;
+      // Opening now would revisit or stack on the retiring visit. The panel
+      // takes its own visit once the return lands.
+      if (pendingReturn.current?.from === id) {
+        pendingReturn.current.reopen = entry;
+        return;
+      }
       if (
         target.channelId === entry.channelId &&
         target.detail?.target === entry.target &&
@@ -1092,6 +1105,21 @@ function ChannelWorkspace({
       };
     }
     navigator.dismiss(visits, fallback);
+    // A later close can retire more visits before the return lands, moving
+    // where it lands.
+    const pending =
+      pendingReturn.current?.from === current.id
+        ? pendingReturn.current
+        : undefined;
+    if (
+      (pending || visits.includes(current.id)) &&
+      navigator.snapshot().entry.id === current.id
+    )
+      pendingReturn.current = {
+        ...pending,
+        from: current.id,
+        target: targetKey(fallback),
+      };
   };
   const secondary = useConversationTabs({
     state: tabState,
@@ -1336,6 +1364,20 @@ function ChannelWorkspace({
         (kept.pane === "main"
           ? tabState.getMainSelected()
           : tabState.getSelected()) === kept.id;
+      // A panel opened before the close's return landed supersedes that
+      // close, unless it has since closed or the return went elsewhere.
+      const returned = pendingReturn.current;
+      const reopen =
+        returned?.reopen &&
+        navigation.entryId !== returned.from &&
+        targetKey(navigation.target) === returned.target &&
+        [tabState.getSelected(), tabState.getMainSelected()].includes(
+          panelTabId(returned.reopen),
+        )
+          ? returned.reopen
+          : undefined;
+      if (returned && navigation.entryId !== returned.from)
+        pendingReturn.current = undefined;
       tabState.enterVisit(
         `${navigation.entryId}:${detail ? "detail" : routedThread ? "thread" : "channel"}`,
         detail ? undefined : routedThread,
@@ -1344,7 +1386,9 @@ function ChannelWorkspace({
           ? { channelId: currentId, target: detail.target }
           : undefined,
       );
-      if (detail && currentId) {
+      // A re-render while the return is pending must not reapply the detail
+      // that was just closed.
+      if (detail && currentId && navigation.entryId !== returned?.from) {
         const entry = panelOpening(
           panels,
           currentId,
@@ -1354,6 +1398,8 @@ function ChannelWorkspace({
         if (entry && historyPanel(entry)) open(entry);
         else navigation.complete({ status: "failed", reason: "unavailable" });
       }
+      // Reselect it over the restored selection and give it its own visit.
+      if (reopen) open(reopen);
       if (kept && navigation.entryId !== kept.from) {
         keptTabReturn.current = undefined;
         if (retained && targetKey(navigation.target) === kept.target) {
diff --git a/tests/browser/profiles.spec.mjs b/tests/browser/profiles.spec.mjs
index 5398bbd037..3212b310f5 100644
--- a/tests/browser/profiles.spec.mjs
+++ b/tests/browser/profiles.spec.mjs
@@ -318,6 +318,145 @@ test("closing a profile beside a main thread preserves the thread destination",
     .toBe(true);
 });
 
+// Close returns through native history, which lands a task or more later, and
+// the dock keeps its exit motion. Hold both so a reopen arrives before them.
+async function holdCloseReturn(page) {
+  await page.evaluate(() => {
+    const go = history.go.bind(history);
+    const held = [];
+    history.go = (delta) => held.push(delta);
+    // Pause the exit while it is still pending, so it cannot finish first.
+    const exit = new MutationObserver(() => {
+      const dock = document.querySelector("[data-panel-dock][data-closing]");
+      for (const animation of [
+        ...(dock?.getAnimations() ?? []),
+        ...(dock?.parentElement?.getAnimations() ?? []),
+      ])
+        animation.pause();
+    });
+    exit.observe(document.body, {
+      subtree: true,
+      attributeFilter: ["data-closing"],
+    });
+    window.releaseReturn = () => {
+      exit.disconnect();
+      history.go = go;
+      for (const delta of held) go(delta);
+      return held.length;
+    };
+  });
+  return () => page.evaluate(() => window.releaseReturn());
+}
+
+async function openReturnFixture(page) {
+  await page.goto("/tests/fixtures/profiles.html");
+  await page.waitForFunction(() => !!window.profilesFixture);
+  const read = async () =>
+    (await page.evaluate(() => window.profilesFixture.navigation.snapshot()))
+      .entry;
+  return {
+    read,
+    ...(await page.evaluate(() => ({
+      npubs: window.profilesFixture.npubs,
+      targets: window.profilesFixture.targets,
+    }))),
+    channel: (await read()).id,
+    panel: page.getByRole("complementary", { name: "Profile", exact: true }),
+    mention: page.getByRole("button", {
+      name: "View Mic profile",
+      exact: true,
+    }),
+    closing: page.locator("[data-panel-dock][data-closing]:not([hidden])"),
+  };
+}
+
+test("a Profile reopened before its close returns stays open with a fresh visit", async ({
+  page,
+}) => {
+  const errors = watchPageErrors(page);
+  const { read, npubs, targets, channel, panel, mention, closing } =
+    await openReturnFixture(page);
+  for (const activation of ["click", "Space"]) {
+    await mention.click();
+    await expect(panel.locator("code")).toHaveText(npubs.mic);
+    const closed = (await read()).id;
+    const release = await holdCloseReturn(page);
+    let held;
+    try {
+      await page
+        .getByRole("tablist", { name: "Panel tabs" })
+        .getByRole("button", { name: "Close Mic tab", exact: true })
+        .click();
+      await expect(panel).toHaveCount(0);
+      await expect(closing).toHaveCount(1);
+      if (activation === "click") await mention.click();
+      else await mention.press(activation);
+      await expect(panel.locator("code")).toHaveText(npubs.mic);
+      expect((await read()).id).toBe(closed);
+    } finally {
+      held = await release();
+    }
+    expect(held).toBe(1);
+    // The return lands; the reopened Profile then needs its own visit.
+    await expect
+      .poll(async () => {
+        const entry = await read();
+        return entry.id !== closed && entry.target.detail?.target;
+      })
+      .toBe(targets.mic);
+    await expect(panel.locator("code")).toHaveText(npubs.mic);
+    await page.goBack();
+    await expect.poll(async () => (await read()).id).toBe(channel);
+    await expect(panel).toHaveCount(0);
+  }
+  expect(errors.unexplained()).toEqual([]);
+});
+
+test("a Profile opened after closing a thread and its Profile stays open with a fresh visit", async ({
+  page,
+}) => {
+  const errors = watchPageErrors(page);
+  const { read, npubs, targets, channel, panel, mention, closing } =
+    await openReturnFixture(page);
+  await page
+    .getByRole("button", { name: "View thread: 1 reply", exact: true })
+    .click();
+  await page
+    .getByRole("button", { name: "View Pinky profile", exact: true })
+    .click();
+  await expect(panel.locator("code")).toHaveText(npubs.pinky);
+  const closed = (await read()).id;
+  const tabs = page.getByRole("tablist", { name: "Panel tabs" });
+  const release = await holdCloseReturn(page);
+  let held;
+  try {
+    await tabs
+      .getByRole("button", { name: "Close Pinky tab", exact: true })
+      .click();
+    // The second close retires the thread under the pending return, which
+    // then lands on the channel instead.
+    await tabs.getByRole("button", { name: /^Close .* tab$/ }).click();
+    await expect(closing).toHaveCount(1);
+    await mention.click();
+    await expect(panel.locator("code")).toHaveText(npubs.mic);
+    expect((await read()).id).toBe(closed);
+  } finally {
+    held = await release();
+  }
+  expect(held).toBe(1);
+  await expect
+    .poll(async () => {
+      const entry = await read();
+      return entry.id !== closed && entry.target.detail?.target;
+    })
+    .toBe(targets.mic);
+  await expect(panel.locator("code")).toHaveText(npubs.mic);
+  await page.goBack();
+  await expect.poll(async () => (await read()).id).toBe(channel);
+  await expect(panel).toHaveCount(0);
+  expect(errors.unexplained()).toEqual([]);
+});
+
 test("profile plumbing: exact avatar/mention targets, thread enrichment, lifecycle and recovery", async ({
   page,
 }, testInfo) => {