diff --git a/.changeset/anchor-non-root-initial-route.md b/.changeset/anchor-non-root-initial-route.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ca6f81e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/anchor-non-root-initial-route.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@ankhorage/studio': patch
+---
+
+Anchor generated non-root auth redirects so the configured initial screen remains the root of navigator history without an erroneous Back button.
diff --git a/src/host/layout/authRootBootstrap.test.ts b/src/host/layout/authRootBootstrap.test.ts
index 5c5bc2f..84ee73a 100644
--- a/src/host/layout/authRootBootstrap.test.ts
+++ b/src/host/layout/authRootBootstrap.test.ts
@@ -82,11 +82,20 @@ describe('generated auth root bootstrap', () => {
     expect(rootLayout).toContain("<Stack.Protected guard={authState === 'unauthenticated'}>");
   });
 
-  test('keeps a non-root post-sign-in redirect canonical', () => {
+  test('anchors a non-root post-sign-in route as the initial navigator history entry', () => {
     const files = generateAuthFiles('products');
     const rootRedirect = files.find((file) => file.path === 'src/app/index.tsx')?.content ?? '';
+    const rootLayout = files.find((file) => file.path === 'src/app/_layout.tsx')?.content ?? '';
+    const appLayout =
+      files.find((file) => file.path === 'src/app/(app)/_layout.tsx')?.content ?? '';
+    const tabsLayout =
+      files.find((file) => file.path === 'src/app/(app)/(tabs)/_layout.tsx')?.content ?? '';
 
-    expect(rootRedirect).toContain("<Redirect href={'/products'} />");
+    expect(rootRedirect).toContain("<Redirect href={'/products'} withAnchor />");
+    expect(rootRedirect).not.toContain("<Redirect href={'/products'} />");
+    expect(rootLayout).toContain("initialRouteName: '(app)'");
+    expect(appLayout).toContain("initialRouteName: '(tabs)'");
+    expect(tabsLayout).toContain("initialRouteName: 'products'");
     expect(files.map((file) => file.path)).toContain('src/app/(app)/(tabs)/products.tsx');
   });
 });
diff --git a/src/host/layout/templates/auth/adapter.test.ts b/src/host/layout/templates/auth/adapter.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ba0bd0d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/host/layout/templates/auth/adapter.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+import { describe, expect, test } from 'bun:test';
+
+import { getAuthAdapterTs } from './adapter';
+
+describe('getAuthAdapterTs', () => {
+  test('keeps Expo public environment reads static while typing generated process env', () => {
+    const source = getAuthAdapterTs();
+
+    expect(source).toContain('declare const process: {');
+    expect(source).toContain('readonly EXPO_PUBLIC_SUPABASE_URL?: string;');
+    expect(source).toContain('readonly EXPO_PUBLIC_SUPABASE_ANON_KEY?: string;');
+    expect(source).toContain('process.env.EXPO_PUBLIC_SUPABASE_URL?.trim()');
+    expect(source).toContain('process.env.EXPO_PUBLIC_SUPABASE_ANON_KEY?.trim()');
+    expect(source).not.toContain('globalThis.process');
+    expect(source).not.toContain('env[');
+  });
+
+  test('omits compile-time false OAuth branches when no providers are configured', () => {
+    const source = getAuthAdapterTs();
+
+    expect(source).not.toContain('generatedOAuthProviders');
+    expect(source).not.toContain('oauthProviders: generatedOAuthProviders');
+    expect(source).not.toContain('generatedOAuthProviders.length > 0');
+  });
+
+  test('renders configured OAuth providers directly without a generated length condition', () => {
+    const source = getAuthAdapterTs({ oauthProviders: ['google'] });
+
+    expect(source).toContain('const generatedOAuthProviders = ["google"] as const;');
+    expect(source).toContain('oauthProviders: generatedOAuthProviders');
+    expect(source).not.toContain('generatedOAuthProviders.length > 0');
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/host/layout/templates/auth/adapter.ts b/src/host/layout/templates/auth/adapter.ts
index d90fbce..2c7df6d 100644
--- a/src/host/layout/templates/auth/adapter.ts
+++ b/src/host/layout/templates/auth/adapter.ts
@@ -3,16 +3,27 @@ interface AuthAdapterTemplateOptions {
 }
 
 export function getAuthAdapterTs(options: AuthAdapterTemplateOptions = {}) {
-  const oauthProviders = JSON.stringify(options.oauthProviders ?? []);
+  const oauthProviders = options.oauthProviders ?? [];
+  const oauthProviderDeclaration =
+    oauthProviders.length > 0
+      ? `const generatedOAuthProviders = ${JSON.stringify(oauthProviders)} as const;\n\n`
+      : '';
+  const oauthProviderProperty =
+    oauthProviders.length > 0 ? '\n        oauthProviders: generatedOAuthProviders,' : '';
 
   return `import type { AuthAdapter, AuthResult, AuthSession, AuthUser } from '@ankhorage/contracts/auth';
 import { createSupabaseAuthAdapter } from '@ankhorage/supabase-auth';
 
 import { AUTH_SESSION_STORAGE_KEY, authSessionStorage } from './session';
 
-const generatedOAuthProviders = ${oauthProviders} as const;
+declare const process: {
+  readonly env: {
+    readonly EXPO_PUBLIC_SUPABASE_URL?: string;
+    readonly EXPO_PUBLIC_SUPABASE_ANON_KEY?: string;
+  };
+};
 
-const supabaseUrl = process.env.EXPO_PUBLIC_SUPABASE_URL?.trim() ?? '';
+${oauthProviderDeclaration}const supabaseUrl = process.env.EXPO_PUBLIC_SUPABASE_URL?.trim() ?? '';
 const supabaseAnonKey = process.env.EXPO_PUBLIC_SUPABASE_ANON_KEY?.trim() ?? '';
 
 export const authAdapter: AuthAdapter =
@@ -21,10 +32,7 @@ export const authAdapter: AuthAdapter =
         url: supabaseUrl,
         anonKey: supabaseAnonKey,
         storage: authSessionStorage,
-        storageKey: AUTH_SESSION_STORAGE_KEY,
-        ...(generatedOAuthProviders.length > 0
-          ? { oauthProviders: generatedOAuthProviders }
-          : {}),
+        storageKey: AUTH_SESSION_STORAGE_KEY,${oauthProviderProperty}
       })
     : createMissingSupabaseAuthAdapter();
 
diff --git a/src/host/layout/templates/redirect.ts b/src/host/layout/templates/redirect.ts
index e1ee0ac..a3b90e5 100644
--- a/src/host/layout/templates/redirect.ts
+++ b/src/host/layout/templates/redirect.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ export function getIndexRedirectRouteTsx(href: string): string {
   return `import { Redirect } from 'expo-router';
 
 export default function IndexRoute() {
-  return <Redirect href={'${escapeStringLiteral(href)}'} />;
+  return <Redirect href={'${escapeStringLiteral(href)}'} withAnchor />;
 }
 `;
 }