diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/app/chat/sidebar/session-index.test.ts b/apps/desktop/src/app/chat/sidebar/session-index.test.ts
index b714a0fa12..5a0d6af709 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/app/chat/sidebar/session-index.test.ts
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/app/chat/sidebar/session-index.test.ts
@@ -119,6 +119,27 @@ describe('resolvePinnedSessions', () => {
     expect(resolvePinnedSessions([], index, sessions, new Set(['other'])).map(s => s.id)).toEqual(['foreign'])
   })
 
+  it('does not reshuffle Show-all pins that already live in the local set', () => {
+    // Foreign-profile rows used to miss the per-profile local copy and fall
+    // through the recency-ordered fallback, so a click (last_active bump)
+    // reshuffled the whole Pinned section. A connection-wide local set keeps
+    // the hand-picked order even when recency changes.
+    const sessions = [
+      row('foreign', { last_active: 1, pinned: true, profile: 'k9' }),
+      row('local', { last_active: 50, pinned: true, profile: 'default' })
+    ]
+    const index = buildSessionByAnyId(sessions, [], [])
+
+    expect(resolvePinnedSessions(['foreign', 'local'], index, sessions).map(s => s.id)).toEqual(['foreign', 'local'])
+
+    const clicked = [
+      row('foreign', { last_active: 99, pinned: true, profile: 'k9' }),
+      row('local', { last_active: 50, pinned: true, profile: 'default' })
+    ]
+
+    expect(resolvePinnedSessions(['foreign', 'local'], index, clicked).map(s => s.id)).toEqual(['foreign', 'local'])
+  })
+
   it('ignores rows from a backend that predates the pinned flag', () => {
     // `pinned` undefined means "no opinion", never "pinned".
     const sessions = [row('a')]
diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/lib/connection-scoped.test.ts b/apps/desktop/src/lib/connection-scoped.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8a020bc963
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/lib/connection-scoped.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest'
+
+import { connectionScopeSuffix } from './connection-scoped'
+
+const remote = (profile: string, baseUrl = 'https://gw.example:8443') => ({
+  baseUrl,
+  mode: 'remote' as const,
+  profile
+})
+
+describe('connectionScopeSuffix', () => {
+  it('is empty for a local connection', () => {
+    expect(connectionScopeSuffix({ baseUrl: 'http://127.0.0.1:8000', mode: 'local', profile: 'default' })).toBe('')
+  })
+
+  it('includes the profile by default so profile-local lists stay apart', () => {
+    expect(connectionScopeSuffix(remote('default'))).toBe(
+      `.remote.${encodeURIComponent('https://gw.example:8443')}.default`
+    )
+    expect(connectionScopeSuffix(remote('k9'))).not.toBe(connectionScopeSuffix(remote('default')))
+  })
+
+  it('is stable across profile switch when includeProfile is false', () => {
+    const a = connectionScopeSuffix(remote('default'), false)
+    const b = connectionScopeSuffix(remote('k9'), false)
+
+    expect(a).toBe(`.remote.${encodeURIComponent('https://gw.example:8443')}`)
+    expect(a).toBe(b)
+  })
+
+  it('still isolates different gateways when includeProfile is false', () => {
+    expect(connectionScopeSuffix(remote('default', 'https://gw-a.example'), false)).not.toBe(
+      connectionScopeSuffix(remote('default', 'https://gw-b.example'), false)
+    )
+  })
+})
diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/lib/connection-scoped.ts b/apps/desktop/src/lib/connection-scoped.ts
index 4831b9f90d..abca2bb827 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/lib/connection-scoped.ts
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/lib/connection-scoped.ts
@@ -17,8 +17,10 @@ import { readKey, writeKey } from './storage'
 // but its storage key follows the active connection. The local connection
 // keeps the BARE key — byte-identical behavior for single-backend users, the
 // same contract as `backendScopeKey` in @hermes/shared — while a remote
-// connection gets `<key>.remote.<encoded baseUrl>.<encoded profile>`, the
-// shape `workspaceCwdKey` already established.
+// connection gets `<key>.remote.<encoded baseUrl>.<encoded profile>` by
+// default (the shape `workspaceCwdKey` already established). Gateway-wide
+// mirrors (pins) pass `{ includeProfile: false }` so a profile switch cannot
+// fragment the cache and re-assert a stale copy.
 //
 // Legacy globally-keyed values are deliberately NOT migrated into remote
 // scopes: those keys accumulated writes from every window, so ownership of
@@ -34,14 +36,32 @@ export interface ConnectionScopeDescriptor {
   profile?: null | string
 }
 
+export interface ConnectionScopeOptions {
+  /**
+   * When false, a remote suffix is `.remote.<baseUrl>` only. Use this for
+   * gateway-wide mirrors (pins) so a profile switch cannot reload a stale
+   * per-profile copy. Defaults to true — session order and other
+   * profile-local lists stay isolated.
+   */
+  includeProfile?: boolean
+}
+
 /** The storage-key suffix for a connection. Local (and unknown) connections
  *  map to the bare key; remote connections get their own namespace. */
-export function connectionScopeSuffix(connection: ConnectionScopeDescriptor | null | undefined): string {
+export function connectionScopeSuffix(
+  connection: ConnectionScopeDescriptor | null | undefined,
+  includeProfile = true
+): string {
   if (connection?.mode !== 'remote') {
     return ''
   }
 
   const base = encodeURIComponent(connection.baseUrl || 'remote')
+
+  if (!includeProfile) {
+    return `.remote.${base}`
+  }
+
   const profile = encodeURIComponent(connection.profile || 'default')
 
   return `.remote.${base}.${profile}`
@@ -51,24 +71,34 @@ interface ScopedEntry<T> {
   $value: WritableAtom<T>
   codec: Codec<T>
   fallback: T
+  includeProfile: boolean
   key: string
+  /** Last suffix this entry loaded or persisted under. */
+  suffix: string
   /** True while a rescope is applying a loaded value — the persistence
    *  subscriber must not echo that read back into storage. */
   applying: boolean
 }
 
+let activeConnection: ConnectionScopeDescriptor | null | undefined
 let activeSuffix = ''
+let activeGatewaySuffix = ''
 
 const registry: ScopedEntry<any>[] = []
 const scopeListeners = new Set<() => void>()
 
+function suffixFor(entry: Pick<ScopedEntry<unknown>, 'includeProfile'>): string {
+  return connectionScopeSuffix(activeConnection, entry.includeProfile)
+}
+
 /** The suffix for the connection the window is currently on. */
 export function activeConnectionScopeSuffix(): string {
   return activeSuffix
 }
 
-/** Observe scope changes (fires BEFORE the scoped atoms repaint, so
- *  per-connection bookkeeping can reset ahead of the reload). */
+/** Observe gateway-identity changes (fires BEFORE scoped atoms that
+ *  follow the connection reload, so pin-sync bookkeeping can reset).
+ *  Profile-only switches do not fire: pin state is gateway-wide. */
 export function onConnectionScopeChange(listener: () => void): () => void {
   scopeListeners.add(listener)
 
@@ -76,7 +106,7 @@ export function onConnectionScopeChange(listener: () => void): () => void {
 }
 
 function loadEntry<T>(entry: ScopedEntry<T>): T {
-  const raw = readKey(entry.key + activeSuffix)
+  const raw = readKey(entry.key + suffixFor(entry))
 
   if (raw === null) {
     return entry.fallback
@@ -94,8 +124,22 @@ function loadEntry<T>(entry: ScopedEntry<T>): T {
  * Reads seed from the current scope's key; writes land under it. When the
  * window's connection changes, every scoped atom reloads from the new scope.
  */
-export function connectionScopedAtom<T>(key: string, fallback: T, codec: Codec<T> = Codecs.json<T>()): WritableAtom<T> {
-  const entry: ScopedEntry<T> = { $value: atom<T>(fallback), applying: false, codec, fallback, key }
+export function connectionScopedAtom<T>(
+  key: string,
+  fallback: T,
+  codec: Codec<T> = Codecs.json<T>(),
+  options?: ConnectionScopeOptions
+): WritableAtom<T> {
+  const includeProfile = options?.includeProfile !== false
+  const entry: ScopedEntry<T> = {
+    $value: atom<T>(fallback),
+    applying: false,
+    codec,
+    fallback,
+    includeProfile,
+    key,
+    suffix: connectionScopeSuffix(activeConnection, includeProfile)
+  }
   entry.$value.set(loadEntry(entry))
   registry.push(entry)
 
@@ -115,7 +159,7 @@ export function connectionScopedAtom<T>(key: string, fallback: T, codec: Codec<T
       return
     }
 
-    writeKey(entry.key + activeSuffix, entry.codec.encode(value))
+    writeKey(entry.key + suffixFor(entry), entry.codec.encode(value))
   })
 
   return entry.$value
@@ -135,21 +179,35 @@ export function rescopeConnectionScopedStores(connection: ConnectionScopeDescrip
   }
 
   const next = connectionScopeSuffix(connection)
+  const nextGateway = connectionScopeSuffix(connection, false)
 
   if (next === activeSuffix) {
     return
   }
 
+  activeConnection = connection
   activeSuffix = next
 
-  // Bookkeeping listeners first: pin-sync's mirrored/pending sets describe
-  // the PREVIOUS backend and must be gone before the reload below triggers
-  // their reconcile against the new scope's lists.
-  for (const listener of scopeListeners) {
-    listener()
+  // Pin-sync's mirrored/pending sets describe the PREVIOUS gateway. Fire
+  // only when the connection (not the profile) changes — pins are
+  // gateway-wide, so a profile switch must not reset bookkeeping and then
+  // re-PATCH a leftover per-profile copy.
+  if (nextGateway !== activeGatewaySuffix) {
+    activeGatewaySuffix = nextGateway
+
+    for (const listener of scopeListeners) {
+      listener()
+    }
   }
 
   for (const entry of registry) {
+    const entrySuffix = suffixFor(entry)
+
+    if (entrySuffix === entry.suffix) {
+      continue
+    }
+
+    entry.suffix = entrySuffix
     entry.applying = true
 
     try {
diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/store/layout-connection-scope.test.ts b/apps/desktop/src/store/layout-connection-scope.test.ts
index 2c4ee0ac30..2ed57e543a 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/store/layout-connection-scope.test.ts
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/store/layout-connection-scope.test.ts
@@ -87,10 +87,9 @@ describe('connection-scoped sidebar lists (#77318)', () => {
     // The bare key still belongs to the local connection.
     expect(readKey('hermes.desktop.pinnedSessions')).toBe(JSON.stringify(['local-1']))
 
-    // The remote pin landed under its own scope, not the shared key.
-    const scoped = readKey(
-      `hermes.desktop.pinnedSessions.remote.${encodeURIComponent('https://vps-a.example:8443')}.default`
-    )
+    // The remote pin landed under its own gateway scope, not the shared key
+    // and not a per-profile fragment.
+    const scoped = readKey(`hermes.desktop.pinnedSessions.remote.${encodeURIComponent('https://vps-a.example:8443')}`)
 
     expect(scoped).toBe(JSON.stringify(['a-1']))
   })
@@ -117,6 +116,19 @@ describe('connection-scoped sidebar lists (#77318)', () => {
     expect($pinnedSessionIds.get()).toEqual(['a-1'])
   })
 
+  it('keeps pins across a profile switch on the same gateway, but not session order', () => {
+    setConnection(remoteA)
+    pinSession('a-1')
+    $sidebarSessionOrderIds.set(['s1'])
+    $sidebarSessionOrderManual.set(true)
+
+    setConnection({ ...remoteA, profile: 'k9' } as unknown as HermesConnection)
+
+    expect($pinnedSessionIds.get()).toEqual(['a-1'])
+    expect($sidebarSessionOrderIds.get()).toEqual([])
+    expect($sidebarSessionOrderManual.get()).toBe(false)
+  })
+
   it('scopes the manual session order and its flag per connection', () => {
     $sidebarSessionOrderIds.set(['s1', 's2'])
     $sidebarSessionOrderManual.set(true)
diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/store/layout.ts b/apps/desktop/src/store/layout.ts
index 5369912c33..1887396ab2 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/store/layout.ts
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/store/layout.ts
@@ -97,7 +97,13 @@ export const $sidebarWidth: ReadableAtom<number> = computed($paneStates, states
 // one localStorage area. A global key here is how one gateway's pins bleed
 // into another window's sidebar (#77318). The local connection keeps the
 // bare legacy key; remote connections get their own namespaced keys.
-export const $pinnedSessionIds = connectionScopedAtom(SIDEBAR_PINNED_STORAGE_KEY, [] as string[], Codecs.stringArray)
+//
+// Pins omit the profile from that key: `sessions.pinned` is gateway-wide,
+// and a per-profile localStorage copy is how an unpin in profile A comes
+// back when the window rescopes to B (stale ids flush as pinned=true).
+export const $pinnedSessionIds = connectionScopedAtom(SIDEBAR_PINNED_STORAGE_KEY, [] as string[], Codecs.stringArray, {
+  includeProfile: false
+})
 export const $sidebarSessionOrderIds = connectionScopedAtom(
   SIDEBAR_SESSION_ORDER_STORAGE_KEY,
   [] as string[],
diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/store/session-pin-connection-scope.test.ts b/apps/desktop/src/store/session-pin-connection-scope.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c9ef71fdf3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/store/session-pin-connection-scope.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,110 @@
+import { afterEach, beforeAll, beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
+
+import type { HermesConnection } from '@/global'
+import { connectionScopeSuffix } from '@/lib/connection-scoped'
+import { readKey } from '@/lib/storage'
+import type { SessionInfo } from '@/types/hermes'
+
+const patch = vi.fn<(id: string, pinned: boolean, profile?: null | string) => Promise<{ ok: boolean }>>(() =>
+  Promise.resolve({ ok: true })
+)
+
+vi.mock('@/hermes', () => ({
+  setApiRequestProfile: () => {},
+  setSessionPinnedRemote: (id: string, pinned: boolean, profile?: null | string) => patch(id, pinned, profile)
+}))
+
+import { $pinnedSessionIds, pinSession, unpinSession } from '@/store/layout'
+import { $sessions, setConnection } from '@/store/session'
+
+import { resetSessionPinMirror, watchSessionPins } from './session-pin-sync'
+
+const PIN_KEY = 'hermes.desktop.pinnedSessions'
+
+const remote = (profile: string, baseUrl = 'https://gw.example:8443'): HermesConnection =>
+  ({
+    baseUrl,
+    mode: 'remote',
+    profile,
+    token: 't',
+    wsUrl: 'ws://x'
+  }) as unknown as HermesConnection
+
+const row = (id: string, extra: Partial<SessionInfo> = {}): SessionInfo =>
+  ({ id, message_count: 1, source: 'cli', started_at: 0, title: id, ...extra }) as SessionInfo
+
+const flush = () => Promise.resolve()
+
+beforeAll(() => {
+  ;(globalThis as { window?: unknown }).window ??= {}
+  ;(window as unknown as { hermesDesktop: unknown }).hermesDesktop = {}
+  watchSessionPins()
+})
+
+beforeEach(() => {
+  window.localStorage.clear()
+  setConnection(remote('default'))
+  $sessions.set([])
+  $pinnedSessionIds.set([])
+  resetSessionPinMirror()
+  patch.mockClear()
+})
+
+afterEach(() => {
+  $sessions.set([])
+  $pinnedSessionIds.set([])
+  resetSessionPinMirror()
+})
+
+describe('desktop pin list is connection-scoped, not profile-scoped', () => {
+  it('keeps the pin storage key stable across a profile switch', () => {
+    setConnection(remote('default'))
+    pinSession('s1')
+
+    const gatewayKey = `${PIN_KEY}${connectionScopeSuffix(remote('default'), false)}`
+
+    expect(readKey(gatewayKey)).toBe(JSON.stringify(['s1']))
+
+    setConnection(remote('k9'))
+    expect($pinnedSessionIds.get()).toEqual(['s1'])
+    expect(readKey(gatewayKey)).toBe(JSON.stringify(['s1']))
+    expect(readKey(`${PIN_KEY}${connectionScopeSuffix(remote('k9'))}`)).toBeNull()
+  })
+
+  it('still isolates pin sets between two different remote gateways', () => {
+    setConnection(remote('default', 'https://gw-a.example'))
+    pinSession('a-1')
+
+    setConnection(remote('default', 'https://gw-b.example'))
+    expect($pinnedSessionIds.get()).toEqual([])
+    pinSession('b-1')
+
+    setConnection(remote('k9', 'https://gw-a.example'))
+    expect($pinnedSessionIds.get()).toEqual(['a-1'])
+
+    setConnection(remote('default', 'https://gw-b.example'))
+    expect($pinnedSessionIds.get()).toEqual(['b-1'])
+  })
+
+  it('lets an unpin survive a profile rescope instead of flushing pin=true', async () => {
+    $sessions.set([row('s1', { pinned: false, profile: 'k9' })])
+
+    setConnection(remote('default'))
+    pinSession('s1')
+    await flush()
+
+    setConnection(remote('k9'))
+    expect($pinnedSessionIds.get()).toEqual(['s1'])
+
+    unpinSession('s1')
+    await flush()
+    patch.mockClear()
+
+    setConnection(remote('default'))
+    await flush()
+
+    expect($pinnedSessionIds.get()).not.toContain('s1')
+    expect(patch).not.toHaveBeenCalledWith('s1', true, expect.anything())
+    expect(patch).not.toHaveBeenCalledWith('s1', true, 'k9')
+  })
+})