diff --git a/js/app.js b/js/app.js
index e29aab5e..c39c6bf9 100644
--- a/js/app.js
+++ b/js/app.js
@@ -2878,6 +2878,11 @@ class Application {
   }
 
   async handleAuthLogin(detail = {}) {
+    const postLoginPromise =
+      detail && typeof detail.postLoginPromise?.then === "function"
+        ? detail.postLoginPromise
+        : Promise.resolve(detail?.postLogin ?? null);
+
     if (detail && typeof detail === "object") {
       try {
         detail.__handled = true;
@@ -2890,15 +2895,32 @@ class Application {
       this.resetViewLoggingState();
     }
 
-    await this.nwcSettingsService.onLogin({
+    this.applyAuthenticatedUiState();
+
+    const loginContext = {
       pubkey: detail?.pubkey || this.pubkey,
       previousPubkey: detail?.previousPubkey,
       identityChanged: Boolean(detail?.identityChanged),
-    });
+    };
+
+    const nwcPromise = this.nwcSettingsService
+      .onLogin(loginContext)
+      .catch((error) => {
+        console.error("Failed to process NWC settings during login:", error);
+        throw error;
+      });
 
     if (this.profileController) {
       try {
-        await this.profileController.handleAuthLogin(detail);
+        const maybePromise = this.profileController.handleAuthLogin(detail);
+        if (maybePromise && typeof maybePromise.then === "function") {
+          maybePromise.catch((error) => {
+            console.error(
+              "Failed to process login within the profile controller:",
+              error,
+            );
+          });
+        }
       } catch (error) {
         console.error(
           "Failed to process login within the profile controller:",
@@ -2909,11 +2931,22 @@ class Application {
       this.renderSavedProfiles();
     }
 
-    this.applyAuthenticatedUiState();
-
     const activePubkey = detail?.pubkey || this.pubkey;
-    if (activePubkey && detail?.postLogin?.profile) {
-      this.updateActiveProfileUI(activePubkey, detail.postLogin.profile);
+    postLoginPromise
+      .then((postLogin) => {
+        if (activePubkey && postLogin?.profile) {
+          this.updateActiveProfileUI(activePubkey, postLogin.profile);
+        }
+        this.forceRefreshAllProfiles();
+      })
+      .catch((error) => {
+        console.error("Post-login hydration failed:", error);
+      });
+
+    try {
+      await nwcPromise;
+    } catch (error) {
+      // Error already logged above; continue so UI can recover.
     }
 
     try {
@@ -2921,7 +2954,9 @@ class Application {
     } catch (error) {
       console.error("Failed to refresh videos after login:", error);
     }
+
     this.forceRefreshAllProfiles();
+
     if (this.uploadModal?.refreshCloudflareBucketPreview) {
       await this.uploadModal.refreshCloudflareBucketPreview();
     }
diff --git a/js/services/authService.js b/js/services/authService.js
index 6f1cc131..3d3f4ee2 100644
--- a/js/services/authService.js
+++ b/js/services/authService.js
@@ -365,18 +365,66 @@ export default class AuthService {
       this.emitProfileList("login");
     }
 
-    const postLogin = await this.applyPostLoginState();
+    const activeLoginPubkey = getPubkey();
+    const normalizedLoginPubkey =
+      this.normalizeHexPubkey(activeLoginPubkey) || activeLoginPubkey || null;
 
     const detail = {
-      pubkey: getPubkey(),
+      pubkey: activeLoginPubkey,
       npub: getCurrentUserNpub(),
       previousPubkey: previousPubkey || null,
       identityChanged,
       savedProfiles: this.cloneSavedProfiles(),
       activeProfilePubkey: getActiveProfilePubkey(),
-      postLogin,
+      postLogin: {
+        pubkey: normalizedLoginPubkey,
+        blocksLoaded: false,
+        relaysLoaded: false,
+        profile: null,
+      },
+      postLoginPromise: null,
+      postLoginError: null,
     };
 
+    const postLoginPromise = Promise.resolve()
+      .then(() => this.applyPostLoginState())
+      .then((postLogin) => {
+        detail.postLogin = postLogin;
+        detail.postLoginError = null;
+
+        try {
+          this.emitProfileList("post-login");
+        } catch (error) {
+          this.log("[AuthService] Failed to emit profile list after login", error);
+        }
+
+        this.emit("auth:post-login", {
+          ...detail,
+          postLogin,
+          postLoginError: null,
+          savedProfiles: this.cloneSavedProfiles(),
+          activeProfilePubkey: getActiveProfilePubkey(),
+        });
+
+        return postLogin;
+      })
+      .catch((error) => {
+        this.log("[AuthService] applyPostLoginState failed", error);
+        detail.postLoginError = error;
+
+        this.emit("auth:post-login", {
+          ...detail,
+          postLogin: detail.postLogin,
+          postLoginError: error,
+          savedProfiles: this.cloneSavedProfiles(),
+          activeProfilePubkey: getActiveProfilePubkey(),
+        });
+
+        return null;
+      });
+
+    detail.postLoginPromise = postLoginPromise;
+
     try {
       Object.defineProperty(detail, "__handled", {
         configurable: true,
diff --git a/js/ui/profileModalController.js b/js/ui/profileModalController.js
index 3a77edda..0566d61d 100644
--- a/js/ui/profileModalController.js
+++ b/js/ui/profileModalController.js
@@ -3856,6 +3856,11 @@ export class ProfileModalController {
   }
 
   async handleAuthLogin(detail = {}) {
+    const postLoginPromise =
+      detail && typeof detail.postLoginPromise?.then === "function"
+        ? detail.postLoginPromise
+        : Promise.resolve(detail?.postLogin ?? null);
+
     const savedProfiles = Array.isArray(detail?.savedProfiles)
       ? detail.savedProfiles
       : null;
@@ -3893,6 +3898,19 @@ export class ProfileModalController {
     this.populateProfileRelays();
     this.refreshWalletPaneState();
 
+    postLoginPromise
+      .then(() => {
+        this.populateBlockedList();
+        this.populateProfileRelays();
+        this.refreshWalletPaneState();
+      })
+      .catch((error) => {
+        console.warn(
+          "[profileModal] Failed to hydrate deferred login data:",
+          error,
+        );
+      });
+
     return true;
   }