diff --git a/frontend/components/account/__tests__/authSnapshot.test.ts b/frontend/components/account/__tests__/authSnapshot.test.ts
index e506468d..58d167b9 100644
--- a/frontend/components/account/__tests__/authSnapshot.test.ts
+++ b/frontend/components/account/__tests__/authSnapshot.test.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import {
   buildAuthMePath,
   mergeAccountAuthSnapshot,
+  shouldResolveAccountUnknownWithFullProfile,
 } from "@/lib/auth-snapshot";
 import type { AuthSnapshotLike } from "@/lib/auth-snapshot";
 
@@ -64,4 +65,33 @@ export function runTests() {
     inactive.subscription_active === false,
     "account snapshot merge must still accept a confirmed inactive subscription response",
   );
+
+  assert(
+    shouldResolveAccountUnknownWithFullProfile(
+      { authenticated: true, subscription_active: null },
+      true,
+    ),
+    "account center must resolve an unknown local-user subscription snapshot with the full auth profile",
+  );
+  assert(
+    !shouldResolveAccountUnknownWithFullProfile(
+      { authenticated: true, subscription_active: false },
+      true,
+    ),
+    "account center must not re-resolve an explicitly inactive subscription snapshot",
+  );
+  assert(
+    !shouldResolveAccountUnknownWithFullProfile(
+      { authenticated: false, subscription_active: null },
+      true,
+    ),
+    "account center must not re-resolve an unauthenticated backend snapshot",
+  );
+  assert(
+    !shouldResolveAccountUnknownWithFullProfile(
+      { authenticated: true, subscription_active: null },
+      false,
+    ),
+    "account center must only resolve unknown subscription snapshots when a local Supabase user exists",
+  );
 }
diff --git a/frontend/components/account/__tests__/paymentShell.test.ts b/frontend/components/account/__tests__/paymentShell.test.ts
index df054e90..36bd9950 100644
--- a/frontend/components/account/__tests__/paymentShell.test.ts
+++ b/frontend/components/account/__tests__/paymentShell.test.ts
@@ -259,6 +259,13 @@ export function runTests() {
       hookSource.includes("retriedBackendJson"),
     "account snapshot loader must retry with a refreshed Supabase token when local user exists but /api/auth/me reports unauthenticated",
   );
+  assert(
+    hookSource.includes("shouldResolveAccountUnknownWithFullProfile") &&
+      hookSource.includes("backendJson = await readAuthSnapshot(latestHeaders);") &&
+      hookSource.indexOf("shouldResolveAccountUnknownWithFullProfile") <
+        hookSource.indexOf("setBackend((previous) => mergeAccountAuthSnapshot(previous, backendJson))"),
+    "account snapshot loader must resolve unknown entitlement-scope results through full auth/me before rendering account status",
+  );
   assert(
     hookSource.includes("refreshEntitlementAfterPayment") &&
       paymentFlowSource.includes("refreshEntitlementAfterPayment") &&
diff --git a/frontend/components/account/useAccountPayment.ts b/frontend/components/account/useAccountPayment.ts
index 98972c22..ec35e518 100644
--- a/frontend/components/account/useAccountPayment.ts
+++ b/frontend/components/account/useAccountPayment.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import type { User } from "@supabase/supabase-js";
 import {
   buildAuthMePath,
   mergeAccountAuthSnapshot,
+  shouldResolveAccountUnknownWithFullProfile,
 } from "@/lib/auth-snapshot";
 import { getSupabaseBrowserClient } from "@/lib/supabase/client";
 
@@ -244,9 +245,19 @@ export function useAccountPayment(params: UseAccountPaymentParams) {
           // an unauthenticated backend snapshot as a temporary sync state.
         }
       }
+      let resolvedWithFullProfile = false;
+      if (shouldResolveAccountUnknownWithFullProfile(backendJson, Boolean(localUser))) {
+        try {
+          backendJson = await readAuthSnapshot(latestHeaders);
+          resolvedWithFullProfile = true;
+        } catch {
+          // Keep the explicit unknown state only when the full account profile
+          // cannot be read; the refresh button can retry the same path.
+        }
+      }
       setBackend((previous) => mergeAccountAuthSnapshot(previous, backendJson));
       setUpdatedAt(new Date().toISOString());
-      if (backendJson.authenticated !== false) {
+      if (backendJson.authenticated !== false && !resolvedWithFullProfile) {
         void readAuthSnapshot(latestHeaders)
           .then((fullJson) => {
             setBackend((previous) =>
diff --git a/frontend/lib/auth-snapshot.ts b/frontend/lib/auth-snapshot.ts
index 03b3397c..ed8e35e9 100644
--- a/frontend/lib/auth-snapshot.ts
+++ b/frontend/lib/auth-snapshot.ts
@@ -40,6 +40,17 @@ export function isUnknownSubscriptionSnapshot(
   );
 }
 
+export function shouldResolveAccountUnknownWithFullProfile(
+  snapshot: AuthSnapshotLike | null | undefined,
+  localUserPresent: boolean,
+) {
+  return Boolean(
+    localUserPresent &&
+      snapshot?.authenticated !== false &&
+      isUnknownSubscriptionSnapshot(snapshot),
+  );
+}
+
 export function mergeAccountAuthSnapshot<T extends AuthSnapshotLike>(
   previous: T | null | undefined,
   next: T,