diff --git a/app/__init__.py b/app/__init__.py
index ddcf9fd..b019783 100644
--- a/app/__init__.py
+++ b/app/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 from flask import Flask, render_template, request, redirect, url_for, flash, jsonify, session, abort
 from flask_socketio import SocketIO
-from flask_login import logout_user, login_required, current_user
+from flask_login import login_required, current_user
 from flask_wtf.csrf import CSRFProtect
 from werkzeug.middleware.proxy_fix import ProxyFix
 import config
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 from .tailscale_ssh import user_can_use_tailscale_ssh
 from .runtime_lifecycle import RuntimeLifecycle
 from .browser_identity import connection_history_scope
+from .auth_assurance import clear_browser_authentication
 
 socketio = SocketIO(
     async_mode=config.SOCKETIO_ASYNC_MODE,
@@ -173,8 +174,7 @@ def enforce_restore_maintenance_and_session_epoch():
 
             user_id = current_user.id
             user_lifecycle.revoke_user_access(user_id, socketio)
-            logout_user()
-            session.clear()
+            clear_browser_authentication()
             return redirect(url_for('login'))
         if (
             current_user.is_authenticated
@@ -197,8 +197,7 @@ def enforce_restore_maintenance_and_session_epoch():
                     error=type(exc).__name__,
                 )
                 user_lifecycle.revoke_user_access(user_id, socketio)
-                logout_user()
-                session.clear()
+                clear_browser_authentication()
                 return redirect(url_for('login'))
             session['_ldap_verified_at'] = int(time.time())
         if initialize_storage and current_user.is_authenticated:
@@ -208,8 +207,7 @@ def enforce_restore_maintenance_and_session_epoch():
             if stored_epoch is None:
                 session['_auth_epoch'] = epoch
             elif stored_epoch != epoch:
-                logout_user()
-                session.clear()
+                clear_browser_authentication()
                 return redirect(url_for('login', next=request.path))
         if initialize_storage and current_user.is_authenticated:
             from .auth_assurance import current_authentication_session
@@ -217,8 +215,7 @@ def enforce_restore_maintenance_and_session_epoch():
             auth_session = current_authentication_session()
             if auth_session is None:
                 username = current_user.username
-                logout_user()
-                session.clear()
+                clear_browser_authentication()
                 log_warning(
                     'Authentication session rejected',
                     user=username,
@@ -618,8 +615,7 @@ def logout():
                 error=type(exc).__name__,
             )
         user_lifecycle.revoke_user_access(user_id, socketio)
-        logout_user()
-        session.clear()
+        clear_browser_authentication()
         return redirect(url_for('login'))
 
     @app.route('/change-password', methods=['GET', 'POST'])
diff --git a/app/auth_assurance.py b/app/auth_assurance.py
index 1706319..798b212 100644
--- a/app/auth_assurance.py
+++ b/app/auth_assurance.py
@@ -244,6 +244,15 @@ def _session_lifetime(remember):
     return timedelta(seconds=max(1, int(value)))
 
 
+def clear_browser_authentication():
+    """Clear browser auth state while preserving remember-cookie removal."""
+    logout_user()
+    clear_remember_cookie = session.get('_remember') == 'clear'
+    session.clear()
+    if clear_remember_cookie:
+        session['_remember'] = 'clear'
+
+
 def finalize_login(pending, *, methods, strong_authenticated_at=None):
     """Create the sole authenticated browser-session record."""
     if not isinstance(pending, PendingAuthentication):
@@ -313,8 +322,7 @@ def finalize_login(pending, *, methods, strong_authenticated_at=None):
         db.session.commit()
     except Exception as exc:
         db.session.rollback()
-        logout_user()
-        session.clear()
+        clear_browser_authentication()
         raise AuthenticationFinalizationError(
             'authentication session could not be stored'
         ) from exc
diff --git a/tests/test_auth_assurance.py b/tests/test_auth_assurance.py
index 12434e1..3fcde53 100644
--- a/tests/test_auth_assurance.py
+++ b/tests/test_auth_assurance.py
@@ -341,6 +341,28 @@ def test_remember_cookie_restores_the_bound_authentication_session(app, client):
         assert browser_session.get('_auth_session')
 
 
+def test_legacy_remember_cookie_is_cleared_before_login_redirect(app, client):
+    from flask_login.utils import encode_cookie
+    from app.models import User, db
+
+    user_id = _create_user(app, 'legacyremembered')
+    with app.app_context():
+        legacy_identifier = db.session.get(User, user_id).get_id()
+        legacy_cookie = encode_cookie(legacy_identifier)
+
+    client.set_cookie('remember_token', legacy_cookie)
+
+    rejected = client.get('/')
+
+    assert rejected.status_code == 302
+    assert '/login?next=' in rejected.headers['Location']
+    assert client.get_cookie('remember_token') is None
+
+    login = client.get(rejected.headers['Location'])
+
+    assert login.status_code == 200
+
+
 def test_request_guard_rejects_invalid_server_side_sessions(
     app,
     client,
@@ -430,12 +452,15 @@ def test_logout_deletes_current_authentication_session(app, client):
     assert client.post('/login', data={
         'username': 'logoutassurance',
         'password': 'password123',
+        'remember': 'on',
     }).status_code == 302
+    assert client.get_cookie('remember_token') is not None
     with app.app_context():
         assert AuthenticationSession.query.count() == 1
 
     response = client.post('/logout')
 
     assert response.status_code == 302
+    assert client.get_cookie('remember_token') is None
     with app.app_context():
         assert AuthenticationSession.query.count() == 0