diff --git a/js/nostr/client.js b/js/nostr/client.js
index 9b45e4aa..f53b6fac 100644
--- a/js/nostr/client.js
+++ b/js/nostr/client.js
@@ -168,6 +168,7 @@ import {
   setActiveSigner as setActiveSignerInRegistry,
   getActiveSigner as getActiveSignerFromRegistry,
   clearActiveSigner as clearActiveSignerInRegistry,
+  logoutSigner as logoutSignerFromRegistry,
   resolveActiveSigner as resolveActiveSignerFromRegistry,
 } from "../nostrClientRegistry.js";
 import { createNip07Adapter } from "./adapters/nip07Adapter.js";
@@ -346,6 +347,10 @@ function clearActiveSigner() {
   clearActiveSignerInRegistry();
 }
 
+function logoutSigner(pubkey) {
+  logoutSignerFromRegistry(pubkey);
+}
+
 function resolveActiveSigner(pubkey) {
   const signer = resolveActiveSignerFromRegistry(pubkey);
   hydrateExtensionSignerCapabilities(signer);
@@ -1199,9 +1204,11 @@ export class NostrClient {
 
     const remotePubkey = stored.remotePubkey || "";
     const userPubkey = stored.userPubkey || "";
+    const canReconnect = Boolean(stored.clientPrivateKey && stored.secret);
 
     return {
       hasSession: true,
+      canReconnect,
       remotePubkey,
       remoteNpub: encodeHexToNpub(remotePubkey),
       clientPublicKey: stored.clientPublicKey || "",
@@ -2068,12 +2075,10 @@ export class NostrClient {
         });
         writeStoredNip46Session({
           version: 1,
-          clientPrivateKey,
           clientPublicKey,
           remotePubkey,
           relays,
           encryption: client.encryptionAlgorithm || handshakeAlgorithm || "",
-          secret,
           permissions,
           metadata,
           userPubkey,
@@ -2155,7 +2160,7 @@ export class NostrClient {
       relays,
       encryption: stored.encryption || "",
       permissions: stored.permissions || null,
-      hasSecret: Boolean(stored.secret),
+      hasCredentials: Boolean(stored.clientPrivateKey && stored.secret),
     });
 
     this.emitRemoteSignerChange({
@@ -2165,6 +2170,12 @@ export class NostrClient {
       metadata: stored.metadata,
     });
 
+    if (!stored.clientPrivateKey || !stored.secret) {
+      const error = new Error("Stored remote signer credentials are unavailable.");
+      error.code = "stored-session-missing-credentials";
+      throw error;
+    }
+
     const client = new Nip46RpcClient({
       nostrClient: this,
       clientPrivateKey: stored.clientPrivateKey,
@@ -2186,8 +2197,13 @@ export class NostrClient {
       const signer = await this.installNip46Client(client, { userPubkey });
 
       writeStoredNip46Session({
-        ...stored,
+        version: 1,
+        clientPublicKey: stored.clientPublicKey,
+        remotePubkey: stored.remotePubkey,
+        relays: stored.relays,
         encryption: client.encryptionAlgorithm || stored.encryption || "",
+        permissions: stored.permissions,
+        metadata: stored.metadata,
         userPubkey,
         lastConnectedAt: Date.now(),
       });
@@ -2262,7 +2278,7 @@ export class NostrClient {
     }
 
     const stored = this.getStoredNip46Metadata();
-    if (!stored.hasSession) {
+    if (!stored.hasSession || !stored.canReconnect) {
       return null;
     }
 
@@ -2289,7 +2305,7 @@ export class NostrClient {
 
     const activeSigner = getActiveSigner();
     if (activeSigner?.type === "nip46") {
-      clearActiveSigner();
+      logoutSigner(activeSigner.pubkey);
     }
 
     if (!keepStored) {
@@ -2642,14 +2658,7 @@ export class NostrClient {
       return null;
     }
 
-    const { pubkey, privateKey, privateKeyEncrypted, encryption, createdAt } = entry;
-    if (privateKey && HEX64_REGEX.test(privateKey)) {
-      return {
-        pubkey,
-        privateKey: privateKey.toLowerCase(),
-        createdAt: Number.isFinite(createdAt) ? createdAt : Date.now(),
-      };
-    }
+    const { pubkey, privateKeyEncrypted, encryption, createdAt } = entry;
 
     if (privateKeyEncrypted && encryption) {
       this.lockedSessionActor = {
@@ -2672,7 +2681,7 @@ export class NostrClient {
       return null;
     }
 
-    const { pubkey, privateKeyEncrypted, encryption, createdAt, privateKey } = entry;
+    const { pubkey, privateKeyEncrypted, encryption, createdAt } = entry;
     const normalizedCreatedAt = Number.isFinite(createdAt)
       ? createdAt
       : Date.now();
@@ -2693,14 +2702,6 @@ export class NostrClient {
 
     this.lockedSessionActor = null;
 
-    if (privateKey) {
-      return {
-        pubkey,
-        hasEncryptedKey: false,
-        createdAt: normalizedCreatedAt,
-      };
-    }
-
     if (pubkey) {
       return {
         pubkey,
@@ -3878,8 +3879,9 @@ export class NostrClient {
   }
 
   logout() {
+    const previousPubkey = this.pubkey;
     this.pubkey = null;
-    clearActiveSigner();
+    logoutSigner(previousPubkey);
     const previousSessionActor = this.sessionActor;
     this.sessionActor = null;
     this.sessionActorCipherClosures = null;
diff --git a/js/nostr/nip46Client.js b/js/nostr/nip46Client.js
index fe75b5b7..62de7fe2 100644
--- a/js/nostr/nip46Client.js
+++ b/js/nostr/nip46Client.js
@@ -95,10 +95,6 @@ export function sanitizeStoredNip46Session(candidate) {
     return null;
   }
 
-  const clientPrivateKey =
-    typeof candidate.clientPrivateKey === "string" && HEX64_REGEX.test(candidate.clientPrivateKey)
-      ? candidate.clientPrivateKey.toLowerCase()
-      : "";
   const clientPublicKey =
     typeof candidate.clientPublicKey === "string" && candidate.clientPublicKey.trim()
       ? candidate.clientPublicKey.trim().toLowerCase()
@@ -108,7 +104,7 @@ export function sanitizeStoredNip46Session(candidate) {
       ? candidate.remotePubkey.trim().toLowerCase()
       : "";
 
-  if (!clientPrivateKey || !remotePubkey) {
+  if (!remotePubkey) {
     return null;
   }
 
@@ -138,7 +134,6 @@ export function sanitizeStoredNip46Session(candidate) {
 
   return {
     version: 1,
-    clientPrivateKey,
     clientPublicKey,
     remotePubkey,
     relays,
@@ -149,10 +144,6 @@ export function sanitizeStoredNip46Session(candidate) {
         ? candidate.algorithm
         : "",
     ),
-    secret:
-      typeof candidate.secret === "string" && candidate.secret.trim()
-        ? candidate.secret.trim()
-        : "",
     permissions:
       typeof candidate.permissions === "string" && candidate.permissions.trim()
         ? candidate.permissions.trim()
@@ -187,7 +178,15 @@ export function readStoredNip46Session() {
 
   try {
     const parsed = JSON.parse(raw);
-    return sanitizeStoredNip46Session(parsed);
+    const sanitized = sanitizeStoredNip46Session(parsed);
+    if (
+      sanitized &&
+      (typeof parsed?.clientPrivateKey === "string" ||
+        typeof parsed?.secret === "string")
+    ) {
+      writeStoredNip46Session(sanitized);
+    }
+    return sanitized;
   } catch (error) {
     try {
       storage.removeItem(NIP46_SESSION_STORAGE_KEY);
@@ -207,7 +206,21 @@ export function writeStoredNip46Session(payload) {
     return;
   }
 
-  const normalized = sanitizeStoredNip46Session(payload);
+  const sanitizedInput =
+    payload && typeof payload === "object"
+      ? {
+          version: payload.version,
+          clientPublicKey: payload.clientPublicKey,
+          remotePubkey: payload.remotePubkey,
+          relays: payload.relays,
+          encryption: payload.encryption,
+          permissions: payload.permissions,
+          metadata: payload.metadata,
+          userPubkey: payload.userPubkey,
+          lastConnectedAt: payload.lastConnectedAt,
+        }
+      : payload;
+  const normalized = sanitizeStoredNip46Session(sanitizedInput);
   if (!normalized) {
     try {
       storage.removeItem(NIP46_SESSION_STORAGE_KEY);
diff --git a/js/nostr/sessionActor.js b/js/nostr/sessionActor.js
index b8374673..eaf51127 100644
--- a/js/nostr/sessionActor.js
+++ b/js/nostr/sessionActor.js
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ export const SESSION_ACTOR_KDF_HASH = "SHA-256";
 export const SESSION_ACTOR_ENCRYPTION_ALGORITHM = "AES-GCM";
 export const SESSION_ACTOR_SALT_BYTES = 16;
 export const SESSION_ACTOR_IV_BYTES = 12;
+const SESSION_ACTOR_DB_NAME = "bitvidSessionActor";
+const SESSION_ACTOR_DB_VERSION = 1;
+const SESSION_ACTOR_STORE = "sessionActor";
+let sessionActorDbPromise = null;
 
 function arrayBufferToBase64(buffer) {
   if (!buffer) {
@@ -62,6 +66,91 @@ function base64ToUint8Array(base64) {
   return bytes;
 }
 
+function isIndexedDbAvailable() {
+  try {
+    return typeof indexedDB !== "undefined";
+  } catch (error) {
+    return false;
+  }
+}
+
+function openSessionActorDb() {
+  if (!isIndexedDbAvailable()) {
+    return Promise.resolve(null);
+  }
+
+  if (sessionActorDbPromise) {
+    return sessionActorDbPromise;
+  }
+
+  sessionActorDbPromise = new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+    const request = indexedDB.open(SESSION_ACTOR_DB_NAME, SESSION_ACTOR_DB_VERSION);
+
+    request.onupgradeneeded = () => {
+      const db = request.result;
+      if (!db.objectStoreNames.contains(SESSION_ACTOR_STORE)) {
+        db.createObjectStore(SESSION_ACTOR_STORE);
+      }
+    };
+
+    request.onsuccess = () => {
+      resolve(request.result);
+    };
+
+    request.onerror = () => {
+      reject(request.error || new Error("Failed to open session actor DB"));
+    };
+  });
+
+  return sessionActorDbPromise;
+}
+
+function persistSessionActorToIndexedDb(payload) {
+  return openSessionActorDb()
+    .then((db) => {
+      if (!db) {
+        return false;
+      }
+      return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+        const tx = db.transaction(SESSION_ACTOR_STORE, "readwrite");
+        const store = tx.objectStore(SESSION_ACTOR_STORE);
+        store.put(payload, SESSION_ACTOR_STORAGE_KEY);
+        tx.oncomplete = () => resolve(true);
+        tx.onerror = () =>
+          reject(tx.error || new Error("Session actor IndexedDB write failed"));
+        tx.onabort = () =>
+          reject(tx.error || new Error("Session actor IndexedDB write aborted"));
+      });
+    })
+    .catch((error) => {
+      devLogger.warn("[nostr] Failed to persist session actor to IndexedDB:", error);
+      return false;
+    });
+}
+
+function clearStoredSessionActorIndexedDb() {
+  return openSessionActorDb()
+    .then((db) => {
+      if (!db) {
+        return false;
+      }
+      return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+        const tx = db.transaction(SESSION_ACTOR_STORE, "readwrite");
+        const store = tx.objectStore(SESSION_ACTOR_STORE);
+        store.delete(SESSION_ACTOR_STORAGE_KEY);
+        tx.oncomplete = () => resolve(true);
+        tx.onerror = () =>
+          reject(tx.error || new Error("Session actor IndexedDB delete failed"));
+        tx.onabort = () =>
+          reject(tx.error || new Error("Session actor IndexedDB delete aborted"));
+      });
+    })
+    .catch((error) => {
+      devLogger.warn("[nostr] Failed to clear session actor IndexedDB entry:", error);
+      return false;
+    });
+}
+
 function generateRandomBytes(length) {
   const size = Number.isFinite(length) ? Math.max(0, Math.floor(length)) : 0;
   if (size <= 0) {
@@ -283,8 +372,6 @@ export function readStoredSessionActorEntry() {
     const parsed = JSON.parse(raw);
     const pubkey =
       typeof parsed?.pubkey === "string" ? parsed.pubkey.trim() : "";
-    const privateKey =
-      typeof parsed?.privateKey === "string" ? parsed.privateKey.trim() : "";
     const privateKeyEncrypted =
       typeof parsed?.privateKeyEncrypted === "string"
         ? parsed.privateKeyEncrypted.trim()
@@ -294,9 +381,33 @@ export function readStoredSessionActorEntry() {
       ? parsed.createdAt
       : Date.now();
 
+    if (parsed?.privateKey) {
+      if (privateKeyEncrypted && encryption) {
+        persistSessionActor({
+          pubkey,
+          privateKeyEncrypted,
+          encryption,
+          createdAt,
+        });
+      } else {
+        try {
+          localStorage.removeItem(SESSION_ACTOR_STORAGE_KEY);
+        } catch (cleanupError) {
+          devLogger.warn(
+            "[nostr] Failed to clear legacy session actor entry:",
+            cleanupError,
+          );
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
+    if (!privateKeyEncrypted || !encryption) {
+      return null;
+    }
+
     return {
       pubkey,
-      privateKey,
+      privateKey: "",
       privateKeyEncrypted,
       encryption,
       createdAt,
@@ -317,16 +428,14 @@ export function readStoredSessionActorEntry() {
 }
 
 export function persistSessionActor(actor) {
-  if (typeof localStorage === "undefined") {
-    return;
-  }
-
   if (
     !actor ||
     typeof actor.pubkey !== "string" ||
     !actor.pubkey ||
-    ((typeof actor.privateKey !== "string" || !actor.privateKey) &&
-      (typeof actor.privateKeyEncrypted !== "string" || !actor.privateKeyEncrypted))
+    typeof actor.privateKeyEncrypted !== "string" ||
+    !actor.privateKeyEncrypted ||
+    !actor.encryption ||
+    typeof actor.encryption !== "object"
   ) {
     return;
   }
@@ -340,43 +449,36 @@ export function persistSessionActor(actor) {
     createdAt,
   };
 
-  if (typeof actor.privateKey === "string" && actor.privateKey) {
-    payload.privateKey = actor.privateKey;
-  } else if (
-    typeof actor.privateKeyEncrypted === "string" &&
-    actor.privateKeyEncrypted &&
-    actor.encryption &&
-    typeof actor.encryption === "object"
-  ) {
-    const normalizedEncryption = normalizeStoredEncryptionMetadata(actor.encryption);
-    if (!normalizedEncryption) {
-      return;
-    }
-    payload.privateKeyEncrypted = actor.privateKeyEncrypted;
-    payload.encryption = normalizedEncryption;
-  } else {
+  const normalizedEncryption = normalizeStoredEncryptionMetadata(actor.encryption);
+  if (!normalizedEncryption) {
     return;
   }
+  payload.privateKeyEncrypted = actor.privateKeyEncrypted;
+  payload.encryption = normalizedEncryption;
 
-  try {
-    localStorage.setItem(
-      SESSION_ACTOR_STORAGE_KEY,
-      JSON.stringify(payload),
-    );
-  } catch (error) {
-    devLogger.warn("[nostr] Failed to persist session actor:", error);
+  persistSessionActorToIndexedDb(payload);
+
+  if (typeof localStorage !== "undefined") {
+    try {
+      localStorage.setItem(
+        SESSION_ACTOR_STORAGE_KEY,
+        JSON.stringify(payload),
+      );
+    } catch (error) {
+      devLogger.warn("[nostr] Failed to persist session actor:", error);
+    }
   }
 }
 
 export function clearStoredSessionActor() {
-  if (typeof localStorage === "undefined") {
-    return;
-  }
+  clearStoredSessionActorIndexedDb();
 
-  try {
-    localStorage.removeItem(SESSION_ACTOR_STORAGE_KEY);
-  } catch (error) {
-    devLogger.warn("[nostr] Failed to clear stored session actor:", error);
+  if (typeof localStorage !== "undefined") {
+    try {
+      localStorage.removeItem(SESSION_ACTOR_STORAGE_KEY);
+    } catch (error) {
+      devLogger.warn("[nostr] Failed to clear stored session actor:", error);
+    }
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/js/nostrClientRegistry.js b/js/nostrClientRegistry.js
index 25d21901..6a8ab289 100644
--- a/js/nostrClientRegistry.js
+++ b/js/nostrClientRegistry.js
@@ -200,6 +200,32 @@ export function getActiveSigner() {
   return activeSigner;
 }
 
+export function logoutSigner(pubkey) {
+  const normalized = normalizePubkey(pubkey);
+  if (normalized) {
+    const entry = registeredSigners.get(normalized);
+    if (entry?.signer && typeof entry.signer.destroy === "function") {
+      try {
+        entry.signer.destroy();
+      } catch (error) {
+        // Ignore signer teardown failures.
+      }
+    }
+    registerSigner(normalized, null);
+    return;
+  }
+
+  if (activeSigner) {
+    const activePubkey = normalizePubkey(activeSigner.pubkey || activeSignerPubkey);
+    if (activePubkey) {
+      logoutSigner(activePubkey);
+      return;
+    }
+  }
+
+  updateActiveSigner(null, "");
+}
+
 export function resolveActiveSigner(pubkey) {
   const normalized = normalizePubkey(pubkey);
   if (normalized) {