diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8e4619a..be53ad1 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - Graduation: account-gated "Save to Minutia" turns retro action items into tracked issues in a new or existing series; free Markdown export needs no account.
 - `retro_enabled` instance flag (default off; admin toggle in workspace settings) gates the public board surface for self-host instances.
 
+### Changed
+
+- The companion authorize page now echoes the desktop app's state nonce on the minutia:// callback, letting the companion bind each sign-in callback to the attempt that initiated it.
+
 ## [1.1.0] - 2026-05-03
 
 ### Changed
diff --git a/e2e/regression/companion-handshake.spec.ts b/e2e/regression/companion-handshake.spec.ts
index 91212f4..735c15c 100644
--- a/e2e/regression/companion-handshake.spec.ts
+++ b/e2e/regression/companion-handshake.spec.ts
@@ -204,7 +204,10 @@ test.describe("companion handshake", () => {
   }) => {
     test.setTimeout(60_000);
 
-    await page.goto("/companion/authorize?device=Test%20Mac");
+    const stateNonce = randomUUID();
+    await page.goto(
+      `/companion/authorize?device=Test%20Mac&state=${stateNonce}`
+    );
     await waitForApp(page);
     await expect(
       page.getByText("Authorize the Minutia companion app on Test Mac?")
@@ -217,15 +220,16 @@ test.describe("companion handshake", () => {
     const href = await openLink.getAttribute("href");
     expect(href).toMatch(/^minutia:\/\/auth-callback\?token_hash=/);
 
-    const tokenHash = decodeURIComponent(
-      new URL(href!).search.replace("?token_hash=", "")
-    );
-    expect(tokenHash.length).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+    const url = new URL(href!);
+    expect(url.searchParams.get("state")).toBe(stateNonce);
+
+    const tokenHash = url.searchParams.get("token_hash");
+    expect(tokenHash?.length).toBeGreaterThan(0);
 
     // Prove the token is real: run the exact GoTrue exchange the desktop app runs.
     const verify = await request.post(`${SUPABASE_URL}/auth/v1/verify`, {
       headers: { apikey: ANON_KEY, "Content-Type": "application/json" },
-      data: { type: "magiclink", token_hash: tokenHash },
+      data: { type: "magiclink", token_hash: tokenHash! },
     });
     expect(verify.ok()).toBeTruthy();
     const session = await verify.json();
@@ -243,7 +247,10 @@ test.describe("companion handshake", () => {
     });
     const page = await context.newPage();
     try {
-      await page.goto("/companion/authorize?device=Test%20Mac");
+      const stateNonce = randomUUID();
+      await page.goto(
+        `/companion/authorize?device=Test%20Mac&state=${stateNonce}`
+      );
       await expect(page).toHaveURL(/\/login\?.*next=%2Fcompanion%2Fauthorize/);
 
       await page.getByLabel("Email address").fill("test@example.com");
@@ -251,13 +258,14 @@ test.describe("companion handshake", () => {
       await page.getByRole("button", { name: "Sign in", exact: true }).click();
 
       // The existing next/redirect handling returns to the authorize page with
-      // the device query intact.
+      // the device and state query intact.
       await expect(
         page.getByText("Authorize the Minutia companion app on Test Mac?")
       ).toBeVisible({ timeout: 15_000 });
       const returned = new URL(page.url());
       expect(returned.pathname).toBe("/companion/authorize");
       expect(returned.searchParams.get("device")).toBe("Test Mac");
+      expect(returned.searchParams.get("state")).toBe(stateNonce);
     } finally {
       await context.close();
     }
diff --git a/scripts/verify-auth-links.test.mjs b/scripts/verify-auth-links.test.mjs
index 7b9bc6e..66fcb52 100644
--- a/scripts/verify-auth-links.test.mjs
+++ b/scripts/verify-auth-links.test.mjs
@@ -88,3 +88,28 @@ test("returns the link unchanged when NEXT_PUBLIC_SUPABASE_URL is unset", () =>
     assert.equal(toPublicActionLink(link), link);
   });
 });
+
+const authCallbackBundle = path.join(tempDir, "auth-callback-url.mjs");
+await esbuild.build({
+  entryPoints: ["src/lib/auth-callback-url.ts"],
+  outfile: authCallbackBundle,
+  bundle: true,
+  platform: "node",
+  format: "esm",
+  logLevel: "silent",
+  absWorkingDir: root,
+});
+const { safeAuthNextPath } = await import(
+  pathToFileURL(authCallbackBundle).href
+);
+
+test("safeAuthNextPath passes a companion authorize path with device and state through verbatim", () => {
+  const next = "/companion/authorize?device=Test%20Mac&state=nonce-1";
+  assert.equal(safeAuthNextPath(next), next);
+});
+
+test("safeAuthNextPath rejects non-path and protocol-relative values", () => {
+  assert.equal(safeAuthNextPath(null), "/");
+  assert.equal(safeAuthNextPath("https://evil.example"), "/");
+  assert.equal(safeAuthNextPath("//evil.example/companion/authorize"), "/");
+});
diff --git a/scripts/verify-companion-links.test.mjs b/scripts/verify-companion-links.test.mjs
index 9998ef1..9d25de4 100644
--- a/scripts/verify-companion-links.test.mjs
+++ b/scripts/verify-companion-links.test.mjs
@@ -40,6 +40,36 @@ test("buildCompanionAuthCallbackUrl rejects an empty token hash", () => {
   assert.throws(() => buildCompanionAuthCallbackUrl("   "));
 });
 
+test("buildCompanionAuthCallbackUrl appends the state nonce when present", () => {
+  assert.equal(
+    buildCompanionAuthCallbackUrl("abc123", "nonce-1"),
+    "minutia://auth-callback?token_hash=abc123&state=nonce-1"
+  );
+  assert.equal(
+    buildCompanionAuthCallbackUrl("abc123", "a b+c/d"),
+    "minutia://auth-callback?token_hash=abc123&state=a%20b%2Bc%2Fd"
+  );
+  assert.equal(
+    buildCompanionAuthCallbackUrl("abc123", "a&b=c#d"),
+    "minutia://auth-callback?token_hash=abc123&state=a%26b%3Dc%23d"
+  );
+});
+
+test("buildCompanionAuthCallbackUrl omits state when absent or empty", () => {
+  assert.equal(
+    buildCompanionAuthCallbackUrl("abc123"),
+    "minutia://auth-callback?token_hash=abc123"
+  );
+  assert.equal(
+    buildCompanionAuthCallbackUrl("abc123", null),
+    "minutia://auth-callback?token_hash=abc123"
+  );
+  assert.equal(
+    buildCompanionAuthCallbackUrl("abc123", ""),
+    "minutia://auth-callback?token_hash=abc123"
+  );
+});
+
 test("buildCompanionRecordUrl builds the record scheme with the meeting id", () => {
   assert.equal(
     buildCompanionRecordUrl(LOWER),
diff --git a/src/app/(app)/companion/authorize/companion-authorize-client.tsx b/src/app/(app)/companion/authorize/companion-authorize-client.tsx
index a3fd4f4..144b0f2 100644
--- a/src/app/(app)/companion/authorize/companion-authorize-client.tsx
+++ b/src/app/(app)/companion/authorize/companion-authorize-client.tsx
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ export function CompanionAuthorizeClient() {
   const searchParams = useSearchParams();
   // Rendered as React text content, so it is escaped; never interpolated into markup.
   const device = searchParams.get("device")?.trim() || "this device";
+  const state = searchParams.get("state")?.trim() || null;
 
   const [status, setStatus] = React.useState<"idle" | "authorizing" | "done">(
     "idle"
@@ -37,7 +38,7 @@ export function CompanionAuthorizeClient() {
         return;
       }
       const { token_hash } = (await res.json()) as { token_hash: string };
-      const url = buildCompanionAuthCallbackUrl(token_hash);
+      const url = buildCompanionAuthCallbackUrl(token_hash, state);
       setCallbackUrl(url);
       setStatus("done");
       // Hand off to the desktop app's registered URL scheme. If no handler is
diff --git a/src/lib/companion-links.ts b/src/lib/companion-links.ts
index 0d29e65..6ceb085 100644
--- a/src/lib/companion-links.ts
+++ b/src/lib/companion-links.ts
@@ -6,10 +6,17 @@
 const UUID_RE =
   /^[0-9a-f]{8}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{12}$/i;
 
-export function buildCompanionAuthCallbackUrl(tokenHash: string): string {
+export function buildCompanionAuthCallbackUrl(
+  tokenHash: string,
+  state?: string | null
+): string {
   const token = tokenHash?.trim();
   if (!token) throw new Error("token_hash is required");
-  return `minutia://auth-callback?token_hash=${encodeURIComponent(token)}`;
+  let url = `minutia://auth-callback?token_hash=${encodeURIComponent(token)}`;
+  if (state) {
+    url += `&state=${encodeURIComponent(state)}`;
+  }
+  return url;
 }
 
 export function buildCompanionRecordUrl(meetingId: string): string {