diff --git a/html/admin.html b/html/admin.html
index a0132ea..8adae4f 100644
--- a/html/admin.html
+++ b/html/admin.html
@@ -213,6 +213,10 @@
 
 <script src="console-util.js"></script>
 <script src="admin.js"></script>
+<!-- The app bar's project switcher reads ProjectData; without this the bar on this
+     page could never show a project and always read "Select a project" (F1). Must
+     parse before wp-chrome.js, which reads it as it mounts. -->
+<script src="project-data.js"></script>
 <script src="wp-chrome.js"></script>
 <script src="wp-sidenav.js"></script>
 </body>
diff --git a/html/index.html b/html/index.html
index c65898c..3f77fc9 100644
--- a/html/index.html
+++ b/html/index.html
@@ -423,6 +423,15 @@
     function initProjects(){
       ProjectData.list().then(list => {
         _projects = list || [];
+        // A deep link names the project explicitly, and every other page in the
+        // suite already honours ?project=<id>. This one did not, so arriving here
+        // with a link on a browser that had nothing stored showed "Select a
+        // project" while the URL said otherwise. Honour it before reconciling.
+        const wanted = new URLSearchParams(location.search).get('project');
+        if(wanted){
+          const target = _projects.find(p => p.id === wanted);
+          if(target) ProjectData.setActive(target);
+        }
         // Reconcile the active project against the list; clear if it's gone.
         const active = ProjectData.getActive();
         const dropped = (active && !_projects.some(p => p.id === active.id)) ? active : null;
diff --git a/html/project-data.js b/html/project-data.js
index 8a66578..22db885 100644
--- a/html/project-data.js
+++ b/html/project-data.js
@@ -24,6 +24,16 @@
   }
   function cacheRemove(id) { writeLocal(readLocal().filter(function (x) { return x.id !== id; })); }
 
+  // Subscribers to the active project. Deliberately a plain array and a plain
+  // callback — this is one value with a handful of readers, not a reason for a
+  // state library. A throwing subscriber must not stop the others being told.
+  var activeSubs = [];
+  function notifyActive(p) {
+    activeSubs.slice().forEach(function (fn) {
+      try { fn(p); } catch (e) {}
+    });
+  }
+
   var SAMPLE_PROJECT = {
     name: 'Micron FMCS Install (sample)', number: '26-67-008',
     client: 'Micron Technology, Inc.', division: 'Semiconductor',
@@ -78,13 +88,40 @@
     // implementation of it rather than two that can disagree.
 
     // ── active project context ────────────────────────────────────────────────
+    // setActive is the ONLY thing in the app that writes LS_ACTIVE / LS_ACTIVE_OBJ.
+    // Everything that displays the active project reads it back through getActive()
+    // or subscribes with onActiveChange(). Keep it that way: F1 was two readers with
+    // their own copies, and the global one lost.
     getActiveId: function () { try { return localStorage.getItem(LS_ACTIVE) || ''; } catch (e) { return ''; } },
     getActive: function () { try { return JSON.parse(localStorage.getItem(LS_ACTIVE_OBJ) || 'null'); } catch (e) { return null; } },
     setActive: function (p) {
       try {
-        if (p) { localStorage.setItem(LS_ACTIVE, p.id); localStorage.setItem(LS_ACTIVE_OBJ, JSON.stringify(p)); }
-        else { localStorage.removeItem(LS_ACTIVE); localStorage.removeItem(LS_ACTIVE_OBJ); }
+        if (p) {
+          // Several callers know only the id — a deep link resolving before the
+          // record arrives (field.js, wp-creation-app.js, work-package-suite-app.js
+          // all call setActive({id}) first and the full record second). Writing that
+          // stub verbatim erases the name, and the app bar then renders "(unnamed)".
+          // Merging keeps the fuller record; fields the caller does supply still win.
+          var prev = this.getActive();
+          if (prev && prev.id === p.id) p = Object.assign({}, prev, p);
+          localStorage.setItem(LS_ACTIVE, p.id);
+          localStorage.setItem(LS_ACTIVE_OBJ, JSON.stringify(p));
+        } else {
+          localStorage.removeItem(LS_ACTIVE);
+          localStorage.removeItem(LS_ACTIVE_OBJ);
+        }
       } catch (e) {}
+      notifyActive(p || null);
+    },
+
+    // Subscribe to active-project changes. Returns an unsubscribe function.
+    // The app bar uses this instead of holding its own copy of the value.
+    onActiveChange: function (fn) {
+      if (typeof fn !== 'function') return function () {};
+      activeSubs.push(fn);
+      return function () {
+        activeSubs = activeSubs.filter(function (f) { return f !== fn; });
+      };
     },
 
     // Per-project namespacing for the SOP/WP localStorage keys, e.g.
@@ -399,5 +436,14 @@
     }
   } catch (e) {}
 
+  // A second tab switching project leaves this one showing a project the user is no
+  // longer on. The storage event fires only in OTHER tabs, which is exactly the case
+  // setActive's own notification cannot cover.
+  try {
+    global.addEventListener('storage', function (e) {
+      if (e.key === LS_ACTIVE_OBJ || e.key === LS_ACTIVE) notifyActive(ProjectData.getActive());
+    });
+  } catch (e) {}
+
   global.ProjectData = ProjectData;
 })(window);
diff --git a/html/users.html b/html/users.html
index b11c209..15293be 100644
--- a/html/users.html
+++ b/html/users.html
@@ -100,6 +100,10 @@
 
 <script src="console-util.js"></script>
 <script src="users.js"></script>
+<!-- The app bar's project switcher reads ProjectData; without this the bar on this
+     page could never show a project and always read "Select a project" (F1). Must
+     parse before wp-chrome.js, which reads it as it mounts. -->
+<script src="project-data.js"></script>
 <script src="wp-chrome.js"></script>
 <script src="wp-sidenav.js"></script>
 </body>
diff --git a/html/wp-chrome.js b/html/wp-chrome.js
index 5cabc68..ae546b4 100644
--- a/html/wp-chrome.js
+++ b/html/wp-chrome.js
@@ -379,6 +379,16 @@
     loadProjects(switcher);
     checkArchived(m.host);
     window.wpChromeRefresh = function () { switcher.wpcRefresh(); };
+
+    // Subscribe rather than keep our own copy of the value. Before this, the label
+    // was rendered once at build time and refreshed only when /api/projects came
+    // back, so selecting a project on the launcher updated the hero and left the bar
+    // reading "Select a project" — that was F1.
+    try {
+      if (window.ProjectData && ProjectData.onActiveChange) {
+        ProjectData.onActiveChange(function () { switcher.wpcRefresh(); });
+      }
+    } catch (e) {}
   }
 
   // Wait for the auth guard: an unauthenticated page is about to redirect, and