diff --git a/web/lib/flow-onboarding.ts b/web/lib/flow-onboarding.ts
index a23043e9..66f1dfaf 100644
--- a/web/lib/flow-onboarding.ts
+++ b/web/lib/flow-onboarding.ts
@@ -69,13 +69,14 @@ export function readFactoryDraft(raw: string | null): FactoryDraft | null {
 
 export function cloudConnectionsHref(draft: FactoryDraft, handoffId: string, journeyId?: string): string {
   if (!canContinue(draft, 2)) throw new Error('Choose a workflow before continuing to Cloud.');
-  // The fragment is read only by Cloud's browser handoff page. Source code and
-  // ticket filters must not enter OAuth state, cookies, or server access logs.
+  // The fragment is read only by Cloud's browser deploy page, which keeps it in
+  // localStorage across Google sign-in. Source code and ticket filters must not
+  // enter OAuth state, cookies, or server access logs.
   const payload = { version: 1, handoffId, ...(journeyId ? { analytics: { journeyId } } : {}), name: 'Software factory', source: factorySource({ ...draft, step: 3 }),
     workflow: draft.workflow, sources: draft.sources, sourceSettings: draft.sourceSettings,
     agents: draft.agents, otherAgent: draft.otherAgent, otherAgentSelected: otherAgentIsSelected(draft), task: draft.task };
   const base = process.env.NEXT_PUBLIC_CLOUD_URL || 'https://agentrelay.com/cloud';
-  return `${base.replace(/\/$/, '')}/flows/import#${encodeURIComponent(JSON.stringify(payload))}`;
+  return `${base.replace(/\/$/, '')}/flows/deploy#${encodeURIComponent(JSON.stringify(payload))}`;
 }
 
 export function factoryCodeSections(draft: FactoryDraft, target: 'cloud' | 'local' = 'cloud') {
diff --git a/web/lib/test/flow-onboarding.test.ts b/web/lib/test/flow-onboarding.test.ts
index a6f5d345..68d2cef2 100644
--- a/web/lib/test/flow-onboarding.test.ts
+++ b/web/lib/test/flow-onboarding.test.ts
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ describe('software factory onboarding', () => {
     const draft: FactoryDraft = { ...DEFAULT_FACTORY, sources: ['github'], sourceSettings: { github: { repository: 'org/repo', labels: 'ready' } }, agents: ['codex'], task: 'Keep naïve input & labels', workflow: 'traditional', step: 3 };
     const url = new URL(cloudConnectionsHref(draft, '00000000-0000-4000-8000-000000000001'));
     expect(url.origin).toBe('https://agentrelay.com');
-    expect(url.pathname).toBe('/cloud/flows/import');
+    expect(url.pathname).toBe('/cloud/flows/deploy');
     expect(url.search).toBe('');
     const payload = JSON.parse(decodeURIComponent(url.hash.slice(1)));
     expect(payload.source).toBe(factorySource(draft));