diff --git a/app/src/foss/java/eu/darken/capod/common/upgrade/ui/UpgradeViewModel.kt b/app/src/foss/java/eu/darken/capod/common/upgrade/ui/UpgradeViewModel.kt
index 482dfbbe..1bea647f 100644
--- a/app/src/foss/java/eu/darken/capod/common/upgrade/ui/UpgradeViewModel.kt
+++ b/app/src/foss/java/eu/darken/capod/common/upgrade/ui/UpgradeViewModel.kt
@@ -42,8 +42,10 @@ class UpgradeViewModel @Inject constructor(
 
     // Which presentation the screen shows. The manage route (settings "upgrade status" entry)
     // gets a status view first; the pitch only appears once a free user asks for the upgrade
-    // options. Upgrading wins over that choice — completing the sponsor flow from the pitch must
-    // land on the upgraded status, not back on the ask. null until the route is bound.
+    // options. Upgrading wins on EVERY route, not just manage: forced routes (Pro-locked settings)
+    // stay open after the sponsor flow completes, and the pitch with its live sponsor button reads
+    // as "sponsoring didn't work" to a fresh supporter — the toast alone is too transient for a
+    // money moment without a receipt behind it. null until the route is bound.
     internal val state: StateFlow<State?> = combine(
         routeFlow,
         upgradeRepo.upgradeInfo,
@@ -51,7 +53,7 @@ class UpgradeViewModel @Inject constructor(
     ) { route, info, showOptions ->
         val view = when {
             route == null -> null
-            route.manage && info.isPro -> FossUpgradeView.STATUS_UPGRADED
+            info.isPro -> FossUpgradeView.STATUS_UPGRADED
             route.manage && !showOptions -> FossUpgradeView.STATUS_FREE
             else -> FossUpgradeView.PITCH
         }
diff --git a/app/src/testFoss/java/eu/darken/capod/common/upgrade/ui/FossUpgradeViewModelTest.kt b/app/src/testFoss/java/eu/darken/capod/common/upgrade/ui/FossUpgradeViewModelTest.kt
index 6bfd37c3..86e45943 100644
--- a/app/src/testFoss/java/eu/darken/capod/common/upgrade/ui/FossUpgradeViewModelTest.kt
+++ b/app/src/testFoss/java/eu/darken/capod/common/upgrade/ui/FossUpgradeViewModelTest.kt
@@ -191,6 +191,35 @@ class FossUpgradeViewModelTest : BaseTest() {
         upgradedView.await().view shouldBe FossUpgradeView.STATUS_UPGRADED
     }
 
+    @Test
+    fun `forced route lands on the upgraded status when the sponsor flow completes`() = runTest2(
+        context = testDispatcher,
+    ) {
+        // Forced routes (Pro-locked settings entry) deliberately don't auto-close, so the screen is
+        // still up when the unlock lands — it must flip to the supporter status instead of keeping
+        // the sales pitch, which reads as "sponsoring didn't work".
+        val info = MutableStateFlow(UpgradeRepoFoss.Info())
+        val vm = buildVm(repo = mockRepo(info))
+
+        val navEvents = mutableListOf<NavEvent>()
+        val collector = launch(start = CoroutineStart.UNDISPATCHED) { vm.navEvents.collect { navEvents.add(it) } }
+
+        val pitchView = async { vm.state.first { it != null }!! }
+        vm.bindRoute(Nav.Main.Upgrade(forced = true))
+        advanceUntilIdle()
+        pitchView.await().view shouldBe FossUpgradeView.PITCH
+
+        val upgradedView = async { vm.state.first { it?.view == FossUpgradeView.STATUS_UPGRADED }!! }
+        info.value = upgradedInfo()
+        advanceUntilIdle()
+
+        upgradedView.await().view shouldBe FossUpgradeView.STATUS_UPGRADED
+        // The don't-auto-close semantics of forced routes are unchanged — status, not navigation,
+        // is what acknowledges the upgrade here.
+        navEvents.shouldBeEmpty()
+        collector.cancel()
+    }
+
     @Test
     fun `default route bounces an upgraded user out of the screen`() = runTest2(context = testDispatcher) {
         val vm = buildVm(repo = mockRepo(MutableStateFlow(upgradedInfo())))