diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/UserController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/UserController.php
index 3d7c1213..cfbca0bf 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/UserController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/UserController.php
@@ -676,7 +676,27 @@ public function logout()
     {
         $user = $this->auth_service->getCurrentUser();
         // RevokeUserGrantsOnExplicitLogout::dispatch($user)->afterResponse();
+
+        // A web logout issued while a relying party request is pending (the user is switching
+        // accounts from the consent/profile pages) must not drop that request: AuthService::logout
+        // flushes the whole session, so keep the pending OAuth2 / OpenID memento aside and put it
+        // back afterwards. The next login then keeps the OAUTH2 / OIDC strategy and returns the
+        // user to the relying party instead of their identity page.
+        $pending_oauth2_request = $this->oauth2_memento_service->exists() ? $this->oauth2_memento_service->load() : null;
+        $pending_openid_request = $this->openid_memento_service->exists() ? $this->openid_memento_service->load() : null;
+
         $this->auth_service->logout();
+
+        if (!is_null($pending_oauth2_request)) {
+            Log::debug("UserController::logout restoring pending OAuth2 request after logout");
+            $this->oauth2_memento_service->serialize($pending_oauth2_request);
+        }
+
+        if (!is_null($pending_openid_request)) {
+            Log::debug("UserController::logout restoring pending OpenID request after logout");
+            $this->openid_memento_service->serialize($pending_openid_request);
+        }
+
         return Redirect::action("UserController@getLogin");
     }
 
diff --git a/tests/UserLogoutPreservesPendingOAuth2RequestTest.php b/tests/UserLogoutPreservesPendingOAuth2RequestTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..89b06107
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/UserLogoutPreservesPendingOAuth2RequestTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,186 @@
+<?php namespace Tests;
+/**
+ * Copyright 2026 OpenStack Foundation
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ **/
+
+use Auth\User;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Auth;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Config;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Session;
+use Laravel\Socialite\Facades\Socialite;
+use Laravel\Socialite\Two\User as SocialiteUser;
+use LaravelDoctrine\ORM\Facades\EntityManager;
+use Mockery;
+use OAuth2\Services\IMementoOAuth2SerializerService;
+use SocialiteProviders\Apple\Provider as AppleProvider;
+
+/**
+ * Class UserLogoutPreservesPendingOAuth2RequestTest
+ *
+ * A relying party sends the user to /oauth2/auth while the IDP session is already logged in as
+ * somebody else. To switch accounts the user goes through the IDP web logout
+ * (UserController@logout) and signs in again from the login page. That logout flushes the whole
+ * session; the pending OAuth2 authorization request (the memento) has to survive it, otherwise the
+ * second login runs under the DEFAULT strategy, lands on the user's identity page and the relying
+ * party never receives its callback.
+ */
+final class UserLogoutPreservesPendingOAuth2RequestTest extends OpenStackIDBaseTestCase
+{
+    private const Provider = 'apple';
+    // seeded by TestSeeder
+    private const ClientId = '.-_~87D8/Vcvr6fvQbH4HyNgwTlfSyQ3x.openstack.client';
+    private const RedirectUri = 'https://www.test.com:443/oauth2';
+    private const LoggedUserEmail = 'sebastian@tipit.net';
+    private const NewUserEmail = 'tipitllc@example.com';
+
+    protected function prepareForTests(): void
+    {
+        parent::prepareForTests();
+        // SocialLoginController only accepts a provider that has credentials configured; CI has none,
+        // so give the Apple driver dummy ones (the provider round trip is mocked, nothing is called).
+        Config::set('services.' . self::Provider, [
+            'client_id' => 'test-apple-client-id',
+            'client_secret' => 'test-apple-client-secret',
+            'redirect' => sprintf('/auth/login/%s/callback', self::Provider),
+        ]);
+        $user = EntityManager::getRepository(User::class)->findOneBy(['email' => self::LoggedUserEmail]);
+        Session::start();
+        $this->be($user);
+    }
+
+    protected function tearDown(): void
+    {
+        Mockery::close();
+        parent::tearDown();
+    }
+
+    // -------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    // Helpers
+    // -------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+    private function oauth2RequestParams(): array
+    {
+        return [
+            'client_id' => self::ClientId,
+            'redirect_uri' => self::RedirectUri,
+            'response_type' => 'code',
+            'scope' => sprintf('%s/resource-server/read', Config::get('app.url')),
+        ];
+    }
+
+    private function memento(): IMementoOAuth2SerializerService
+    {
+        return app(IMementoOAuth2SerializerService::class);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * The relying party starts an authorization while the IDP session already belongs to a user:
+     * the IDP stores the request in session and sends the user to the consent page.
+     */
+    private function startOAuth2FlowAsLoggedUser(): void
+    {
+        $this->action('POST', "OAuth2\OAuth2ProviderController@auth", $this->oauth2RequestParams());
+        $this->assertResponseStatus(302);
+        $this->assertTrue($this->memento()->exists(), 'The authorization request should be pending in session.');
+    }
+
+    private function webLogout(): void
+    {
+        $response = $this->call('GET', '/accounts/user/logout');
+        $this->assertResponseStatus(302);
+        $this->assertEquals(url()->action('UserController@getLogin'), $response->getTargetUrl());
+        $this->assertTrue(Auth::guest(), 'The web logout should end the IDP session.');
+    }
+
+    private function startSocialLogin(): string
+    {
+        $this->call('GET', sprintf('/auth/login/%s', self::Provider));
+        $this->assertResponseStatus(302);
+        $state = Session::get('state');
+        $this->assertNotEmpty($state, 'Socialite should have stored its state in session.');
+        return $state;
+    }
+
+    private function mockProviderUser(string $email): void
+    {
+        $social_user = (new SocialiteUser())->map([
+            'id' => '001234.abcdef.5678',
+            'nickname' => null,
+            'name' => 'Tipit Llc',
+            'email' => $email,
+            'avatar' => null,
+        ]);
+
+        $driver = Mockery::mock(AppleProvider::class);
+        $driver->shouldReceive('user')->once()->andReturn($social_user);
+        Socialite::shouldReceive('driver')->with(self::Provider)->andReturn($driver);
+    }
+
+    private function postSocialCallback(string $state)
+    {
+        return $this->call('POST', sprintf('/auth/login/%s/callback', self::Provider), [
+            'state' => $state,
+            'code' => 'c0de',
+        ]);
+    }
+
+    // -------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    // Tests
+    // -------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+    /**
+     * Regression: the web logout must not drop the relying party's pending request.
+     */
+    public function testWebLogoutKeepsPendingOAuth2Request()
+    {
+        $this->startOAuth2FlowAsLoggedUser();
+
+        $this->webLogout();
+
+        $this->assertTrue($this->memento()->exists(), 'The pending OAuth2 request was lost on logout.');
+        $state = $this->memento()->load()->getState();
+        $this->assertEquals(self::ClientId, $state['client_id']);
+        $this->assertEquals(self::RedirectUri, $state['redirect_uri']);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Regression (JP's report, 2026-09-25): logged in as user A, the relying party starts an
+     * authorization, the user logs out from the IDP page and signs in with Apple as a brand-new
+     * account. The callback has to send them back into the OAuth2 flow, not to their identity page.
+     */
+    public function testSocialLoginAsNewUserAfterWebLogoutReturnsToRelyingParty()
+    {
+        $this->startOAuth2FlowAsLoggedUser();
+        $this->webLogout();
+
+        $state = $this->startSocialLogin();
+        $this->mockProviderUser(self::NewUserEmail);
+        $response = $this->postSocialCallback($state);
+
+        $this->assertResponseStatus(302);
+        $this->assertEquals(url()->action('OAuth2\OAuth2ProviderController@auth'), $response->getTargetUrl());
+        $this->assertTrue(Auth::check());
+        $this->assertEquals(self::NewUserEmail, Auth::user()->getEmail());
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Baseline: a logout outside any authorization flow leaves no OAuth2 state behind.
+     */
+    public function testWebLogoutWithoutPendingRequestLeavesNoOAuth2State()
+    {
+        $this->assertFalse($this->memento()->exists());
+
+        $this->webLogout();
+
+        $this->assertFalse($this->memento()->exists());
+    }
+}