diff --git a/components/upload-modal.html b/components/upload-modal.html
index 3cf5a035..cf8fae25 100644
--- a/components/upload-modal.html
+++ b/components/upload-modal.html
@@ -153,6 +153,11 @@
                                     <button type="button" id="btn-manage-storage" class="text-xs text-muted hover:text-text hover:underline">Manage</button>
                                 </div>
                             </div>
+                            <!-- #44: switch upload destination without leaving the modal -->
+                            <div id="storage-connection-picker" class="hidden space-y-1">
+                                <label for="select-storage-connection" class="text-xs text-muted">Upload destination</label>
+                                <select id="select-storage-connection" class="input input-sm text-xs"></select>
+                            </div>
                             <div class="grid grid-cols-3 gap-2 text-xs">
                                 <div class="min-w-0">
                                     <span class="block text-muted">Provider</span>
diff --git a/js/ui/components/UploadModal.js b/js/ui/components/UploadModal.js
index 28d45373..9a1714ed 100644
--- a/js/ui/components/UploadModal.js
+++ b/js/ui/components/UploadModal.js
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ import {
   ensureStorageUnlockedForUpload,
   resetThumbnailPicker,
   promptStoredNsecUnlock,
+  pickTargetConnection,
+  renderConnectionPicker,
 } from "./uploadModalStorageUnlock.js";
 
 const INFO_HASH_PATTERN = /^[a-f0-9]{40}$/;
@@ -116,6 +118,8 @@ export class UploadModal {
     this.activeProvider = null;
     this.isStorageUnlocked = false;
     this.storageConfigured = false;
+    // #44: per-modal upload-destination override (null = account default).
+    this.selectedConnectionId = null;
 
     // Upload State
     this.videoUploadState = {
@@ -247,6 +251,7 @@ export class UploadModal {
         progress: $("#upload-progress-container"),
         thumbnailProgress: $("#thumbnail-progress-container"),
         results: $("#upload-results-container"),
+        connectionPicker: $("#storage-connection-picker"),
     };
 
     this.storageViews = {
@@ -274,6 +279,9 @@ export class UploadModal {
         // Progress
         progress: $("#input-progress"),
         thumbnailProgress: $("#thumbnail-progress"),
+
+        // #44: upload-destination picker
+        storageConnection: $("#select-storage-connection"),
     };
 
     // Results (Generated Links)
@@ -334,6 +342,14 @@ export class UploadModal {
         this.toggles.storageUnlock.addEventListener("click", () => this.handleUnlock());
     }
 
+    if (this.inputs.storageConnection) {
+        // #44: switching the destination re-resolves summary + credentials.
+        this.inputs.storageConnection.addEventListener("change", () => {
+            this.selectedConnectionId = this.inputs.storageConnection.value || null;
+            void this.loadFromStorage();
+        });
+    }
+
     // Manage Storage
     if (this.toggles.manageStorage) {
         this.toggles.manageStorage.addEventListener("click", () => {
@@ -910,9 +926,9 @@ export class UploadModal {
 
       try {
         const connections = await this.storageService.listConnections(pubkey);
-        // Prefer default connection
-        const defaultConn = connections.find(c => c.meta?.defaultForUploads);
-        const targetConn = defaultConn || connections[0];
+        // #44: a per-modal selection wins over the account default.
+        const { targetConn, defaultConn } = pickTargetConnection(this, connections);
+        renderConnectionPicker(this, connections, targetConn, defaultConn);
 
         if (targetConn) {
             this.storageConfigured = true;
diff --git a/js/ui/components/uploadModalStorageUnlock.js b/js/ui/components/uploadModalStorageUnlock.js
index f5b4a1f7..8915fb5b 100644
--- a/js/ui/components/uploadModalStorageUnlock.js
+++ b/js/ui/components/uploadModalStorageUnlock.js
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 // js/ui/components/uploadModalStorageUnlock.js
 //
-// Storage-unlock glue for the Upload modal (#36 / #56), kept out of
-// UploadModal.js to stay within its file-size budget. Every function operates
-// on the UploadModal instance (`modal`); UploadModal exposes them as thin
-// prototype delegates so callers and tests keep using the instance methods.
+// Storage glue for the Upload modal (#36 / #56 unlock + #44 connection
+// picker), kept out of UploadModal.js to stay within its file-size budget.
+// Every function operates on the UploadModal instance (`modal`); UploadModal
+// exposes them as thin prototype delegates so callers and tests keep using
+// the instance methods.
 
 import { devLogger, userLogger } from "../../utils/logger.js";
 
@@ -67,6 +68,52 @@ export function resetThumbnailPicker(modal) {
   }
 }
 
+// #44: resolve which configured connection this upload targets. A per-modal
+// selection wins; a stale selection (connection deleted meanwhile) is reset;
+// otherwise the account default, then the first configured connection.
+export function pickTargetConnection(modal, connections) {
+  const list = Array.isArray(connections) ? connections : [];
+  const defaultConn = list.find((conn) => conn?.meta?.defaultForUploads) || null;
+  if (modal.selectedConnectionId) {
+    const selected = list.find((conn) => conn?.id === modal.selectedConnectionId);
+    if (selected) {
+      return { targetConn: selected, defaultConn };
+    }
+    modal.selectedConnectionId = null;
+  }
+  return { targetConn: defaultConn || list[0] || null, defaultConn };
+}
+
+// #44: render the "Upload destination" <select>. Hidden with fewer than two
+// connections (nothing to choose); the default connection is labelled.
+export function renderConnectionPicker(modal, connections, targetConn, defaultConn) {
+  const select = modal.inputs?.storageConnection;
+  const wrap = modal.sourceSections?.connectionPicker;
+  if (!select || !(wrap instanceof HTMLElement)) {
+    return;
+  }
+  const list = Array.isArray(connections) ? connections : [];
+  if (list.length < 2) {
+    wrap.classList.add("hidden");
+    return;
+  }
+  select.textContent = "";
+  for (const conn of list) {
+    if (!conn?.id) {
+      continue;
+    }
+    const option = select.ownerDocument.createElement("option");
+    option.value = conn.id;
+    const label = `${modal.getProviderLabel(conn.provider || conn.meta?.provider)} — ${
+      conn.meta?.bucket || "unnamed bucket"
+    }`;
+    option.textContent = conn.id === defaultConn?.id ? `${label} (default)` : label;
+    option.selected = conn.id === targetConn?.id;
+    select.appendChild(option);
+  }
+  wrap.classList.remove("hidden");
+}
+
 // Returns true if a locked persisted-nsec session was detected (for the active
 // account) and the re-unlock (passphrase) flow was opened, so the caller can
 // stop instead of dead-ending with "No signer available".
diff --git a/tests/upload-storage-picker.test.mjs b/tests/upload-storage-picker.test.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4194a649
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/upload-storage-picker.test.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,116 @@
+// #44: the upload modal gets an in-modal "Upload destination" picker so users
+// can target any configured storage connection (R2 / B2 / custom S3) without
+// leaving the modal. Selection is per-modal and wins over the account default;
+// a stale selection (connection deleted meanwhile) falls back to the default.
+//
+// test_integrity_note:
+//   change_type: ["new_tests"]
+//   scenarios:
+//     - id: SCN-upload-destination-picker
+//       given: "0..n configured connections, with/without a default and a per-modal selection"
+//       when: "pickTargetConnection resolves the target and renderConnectionPicker renders the select"
+//       then: "selection > default > first; stale selections reset; picker hidden under two connections; default labelled"
+//   observable_outcomes:
+//     - "resolved target connection object"
+//     - "rendered <option> values/labels/selected state and wrapper visibility"
+//   determinism_controls:
+//     - "JSDOM document; plain data objects; no storage or network"
+//   anti_cheat_rationale:
+//     prevents: ["hard-coded return value", "over-mocking internal logic"]
+//   relaxation:
+//     did_relax_any_assertion: false
+
+import test from "node:test";
+import { strict as assert } from "node:assert";
+import { JSDOM } from "jsdom";
+import {
+  pickTargetConnection,
+  renderConnectionPicker,
+} from "../js/ui/components/uploadModalStorageUnlock.js";
+
+const r2 = { id: "c1", provider: "cloudflare_r2", meta: { bucket: "vids" } };
+const b2 = {
+  id: "c2",
+  provider: "backblaze_b2",
+  meta: { bucket: "backups", defaultForUploads: true },
+};
+const s3 = { id: "c3", provider: "s3", meta: { bucket: "archive" } };
+
+test("target resolution: selection > default > first, stale selection resets", () => {
+  const modal = { selectedConnectionId: null };
+
+  assert.equal(
+    pickTargetConnection(modal, [r2, b2, s3]).targetConn.id,
+    "c2",
+    "account default wins with no selection",
+  );
+  assert.equal(
+    pickTargetConnection(modal, [r2, s3]).targetConn.id,
+    "c1",
+    "first connection when nothing is default",
+  );
+
+  modal.selectedConnectionId = "c3";
+  const picked = pickTargetConnection(modal, [r2, b2, s3]);
+  assert.equal(picked.targetConn.id, "c3", "per-modal selection wins");
+  assert.equal(picked.defaultConn.id, "c2", "default still reported for labelling");
+
+  modal.selectedConnectionId = "gone";
+  assert.equal(
+    pickTargetConnection(modal, [r2, b2, s3]).targetConn.id,
+    "c2",
+    "stale selection falls back to the default",
+  );
+  assert.equal(modal.selectedConnectionId, null, "stale selection is reset");
+
+  assert.equal(pickTargetConnection(modal, []).targetConn, null, "no connections");
+});
+
+function makeModal() {
+  const dom = new JSDOM(
+    '<!DOCTYPE html><div id="wrap" class="hidden"><select id="sel"></select></div>',
+  );
+  const doc = dom.window.document;
+  global.HTMLElement = dom.window.HTMLElement;
+  return {
+    modal: {
+      selectedConnectionId: null,
+      inputs: { storageConnection: doc.getElementById("sel") },
+      sourceSections: { connectionPicker: doc.getElementById("wrap") },
+      getProviderLabel(provider) {
+        return provider === "cloudflare_r2" ? "Cloudflare R2" : provider;
+      },
+    },
+    doc,
+  };
+}
+
+test("picker renders options (default labelled, target selected); hidden under two connections", () => {
+  const { modal } = makeModal();
+
+  renderConnectionPicker(modal, [r2, b2, s3], b2, b2);
+  const wrap = modal.sourceSections.connectionPicker;
+  const options = Array.from(modal.inputs.storageConnection.options);
+  assert.equal(wrap.classList.contains("hidden"), false, "picker shown");
+  assert.deepEqual(
+    options.map((o) => o.value),
+    ["c1", "c2", "c3"],
+  );
+  assert.match(options[0].textContent, /Cloudflare R2 — vids/);
+  assert.match(options[1].textContent, /\(default\)$/, "default is labelled");
+  assert.equal(
+    modal.inputs.storageConnection.value,
+    "c2",
+    "target connection pre-selected",
+  );
+
+  renderConnectionPicker(modal, [r2, b2, s3], s3, b2);
+  assert.equal(modal.inputs.storageConnection.value, "c3", "re-render follows the target");
+
+  renderConnectionPicker(modal, [r2], r2, null);
+  assert.equal(
+    wrap.classList.contains("hidden"),
+    true,
+    "hidden when there is nothing to choose",
+  );
+});
diff --git a/todo/TODO_2026-06-20_pre-launch.md b/todo/TODO_2026-06-20_pre-launch.md
index 62682d9d..85353db3 100644
--- a/todo/TODO_2026-06-20_pre-launch.md
+++ b/todo/TODO_2026-06-20_pre-launch.md
@@ -555,21 +555,34 @@ toward freshness and looked identical. Gave each a structural identity:
         the active signer if ever reused.
 
 ### 43. Logged-in profile card at the top of the profile modal (UX)
-- [ ] Show the **logged-in user's profile photo + name** at the **top-center** of the
-      profile modal, styled as a "profile card" that sits **half-on / half-off** the
-      modal edge (overlapping the top border) for a polished look. Goal: users can see
-      WHICH profile they're acting as (e.g. uploading as) at a glance. Pull avatar/name
-      from the profile cache for the active pubkey; update on profile switch.
+- [x] **DONE 2026-07-03.** An "Acting as <name>" identity pill now renders
+      top-center on EVERY pane, straddling the header divider (negative
+      block-start margin — the modal is full-screen, so the header edge is the
+      overlap surface). Avatar + name come from the same resolveMeta path as
+      the Account pane card (profile cache first), populated in
+      renderSavedProfiles so it refreshes on every profile switch; hidden when
+      logged out; clicking it jumps to the Account pane. Markup in
+      components/profile-modal.html, styles in css/tailwind.source.css
+      (.profile-modal__identity*), wiring in profileModalController. Test in
+      tests/profile-modal-controller.test.mjs (26 pass). Lint + build green.
+- [ ] **VERIFY on unstable:** open any pane → pill shows the active identity;
+      switch accounts → it updates; log out → it disappears; click → Account.
 
 ### 44. In-modal storage selector for uploads (UX)
-- [ ] Make storage unlock + selection easier from the **video upload modal**: let the
-      user **pick any configured storage connection** (R2 / B2 / Custom S3) and unlock it
-      **without leaving the upload modal** — today they must close it, open Profile →
-      Storage, change the default/selected connection, then reopen upload. Add a provider
-      picker (driven by `storageService.listConnections`) + inline unlock in the upload
-      modal's storage section; selecting one sets it as the active upload target for this
-      upload (and optionally the default). Reuse `loadFromStorage` / the per-provider
-      connection model.
+- [x] **DONE 2026-07-03.** The upload modal's storage summary now has an
+      "Upload destination" <select> (hidden with <2 connections) listing every
+      configured connection ("Provider — bucket", default labelled). Selecting
+      one becomes the upload target for THIS modal (per-modal override; the
+      account default is untouched — set that in Profile → Storage) and
+      loadFromStorage re-resolves summary + credentials immediately. A stale
+      selection (connection deleted) falls back to the default. Inline unlock
+      was already covered by #56's gate. Logic in
+      uploadModalStorageUnlock.js (pickTargetConnection/renderConnectionPicker,
+      UploadModal file-size budget). Tests:
+      tests/upload-storage-picker.test.mjs (2 scenarios). Lint + build green.
+- [ ] **VERIFY on unstable:** with 2+ connections configured, open Upload →
+      Storage Status → switch destination → summary updates and the upload
+      lands in the chosen bucket; with 1 connection the picker stays hidden.
 
 ### 45. Upload modal: suggest tags from the user's previous videos (UX)
 - [x] **DONE 2026-07-01.** The Hashtags section of the upload modal now shows one-tap