diff --git a/scripts/main_menu.gd b/scripts/main_menu.gd
index 2cc632d..b2c5d0c 100644
--- a/scripts/main_menu.gd
+++ b/scripts/main_menu.gd
@@ -100,8 +100,20 @@ func _show_authenticated(username: String) -> void:
 	_status_label.visible = false
 	_welcome_label.text = "Welcome, %s!" % username
 	_welcome_label.visible = true
+	# Hide the same full set of form fields _on_auth_complete() hides right
+	# after a fresh login/register -- this path (session restore on scene
+	# reload, e.g. after Play -> Back) used to only hide EmailEdit/
+	# Over18Check, leaving UsernameEdit/PasswordEdit/AuthButton/
+	# AuthModeLabel visible on top of the welcome message. Real bug: Play
+	# was enabled and the welcome label was correct, so it wasn't caught by
+	# checks for those alone -- the login fields being back on screen is
+	# what a user actually sees as "it's making me log in again."
+	_username_edit.visible = false
+	_password_edit.visible = false
 	_email_edit.visible = false
 	_over_18_check.visible = false
+	_auth_button.visible = false
+	_auth_mode_label.visible = false
 	_play_button.disabled = false
 	_auth_buttons_row.visible = false
 	print("Restored authenticated session for: ", username)
diff --git a/scripts/smoke_test_main_menu_back.gd b/scripts/smoke_test_main_menu_back.gd
index 75e25b7..6313c8d 100644
--- a/scripts/smoke_test_main_menu_back.gd
+++ b/scripts/smoke_test_main_menu_back.gd
@@ -115,6 +115,10 @@ func _is_authenticated(menu: Control) -> bool:
 	var welcome_label: Label = menu.get_node("CenterContainer/VBoxContainer/AuthPanel/MarginContainer/AuthVBox/WelcomeLabel")
 	var auth_buttons_row: HBoxContainer = menu.get_node("CenterContainer/VBoxContainer/AuthButtonsRow")
 	var auth_panel: PanelContainer = menu.get_node("CenterContainer/VBoxContainer/AuthPanel")
+	var username_edit: LineEdit = menu.get_node("CenterContainer/VBoxContainer/AuthPanel/MarginContainer/AuthVBox/UsernameEdit")
+	var password_edit: LineEdit = menu.get_node("CenterContainer/VBoxContainer/AuthPanel/MarginContainer/AuthVBox/PasswordEdit")
+	var auth_button: Button = menu.get_node("CenterContainer/VBoxContainer/AuthPanel/MarginContainer/AuthVBox/AuthButton")
+	var auth_mode_label: Label = menu.get_node("CenterContainer/VBoxContainer/AuthPanel/MarginContainer/AuthVBox/AuthModeLabel")
 
 	_check("Play enabled", not play_button.disabled)
 	# WelcomeLabel lives inside AuthPanel, so `.visible` alone is a
@@ -124,11 +128,24 @@ func _is_authenticated(menu: Control) -> bool:
 	_check("Welcome label visible in tree", welcome_label.is_visible_in_tree())
 	_check("Auth buttons row hidden", not auth_buttons_row.visible)
 	_check("Auth panel visible (it contains the welcome label)", auth_panel.visible)
+	# Real bug, 2026-08-20: the session-restore path (this one, after
+	# Play -> Back) hid EmailEdit/Over18Check but never the rest of the
+	# login form -- Play enabled + welcome label visible were both still
+	# true, so a check that stopped there passed while the user was
+	# looking at the login fields again on top of the welcome message.
+	_check("Username field hidden", not username_edit.visible)
+	_check("Password field hidden", not password_edit.visible)
+	_check("Auth button hidden", not auth_button.visible)
+	_check("Auth mode label hidden", not auth_mode_label.visible)
 
 	return (not play_button.disabled) \
 		and welcome_label.is_visible_in_tree() \
 		and not auth_buttons_row.visible \
-		and auth_panel.visible
+		and auth_panel.visible \
+		and not username_edit.visible \
+		and not password_edit.visible \
+		and not auth_button.visible \
+		and not auth_mode_label.visible
 
 
 func _wait_for_scene_change(previous_scene: Node) -> void: