diff --git a/frontend/src/components/SavedViewsProvider.dom.test.tsx b/frontend/src/components/SavedViewsProvider.dom.test.tsx
index ea9d1459..da28f489 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/SavedViewsProvider.dom.test.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/SavedViewsProvider.dom.test.tsx
@@ -67,12 +67,19 @@ function Probe() {
   );
 }
 
+// The views query waits for a signed-in account in the cache (BootGate's `me`).
+function signedInClient() {
+  const qc = new QueryClient({ defaultOptions: { queries: { retry: false } } });
+  qc.setQueryData(qk.me(), { id: ID, preferences: {} });
+  return qc;
+}
+
 async function mountResolved(views: SavedView[]) {
   // Fresh array + object copies per call, like a real fetch — so a refetch changes viewsQuery.data's
   // identity and re-runs the seed effect (which is what makes the per-source guard actually load-bearing
   // in the re-seed test; a shared reference would skip the effect and hide a missing guard).
   vi.spyOn(api, "savedViews").mockImplementation(async () => views.map((v) => ({ ...v })));
-  const qc = new QueryClient({ defaultOptions: { queries: { retry: false } } });
+  const qc = signedInClient();
   render(
     <QueryClientProvider client={qc}>
       <SavedViewsProvider>
@@ -141,7 +148,7 @@ describe("SavedViewsProvider — default-view seeding on first resolve", () => {
       calls += 1;
       return calls === 1 ? [def] : [def, view({ id: 9, name: "added-later" })];
     });
-    const qc = new QueryClient({ defaultOptions: { queries: { retry: false } } });
+    const qc = signedInClient();
     render(
       <QueryClientProvider client={qc}>
         <SavedViewsProvider>
@@ -174,3 +181,26 @@ describe("SavedViewsProvider — default-view seeding on first resolve", () => {
     expect(h.setPlexFilters).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
   });
 });
+
+describe("SavedViewsProvider — signed-out tab", () => {
+  it("does NOT ask for saved views while no account is signed in (the landing logged a 401)", async () => {
+    const spy = vi.spyOn(api, "savedViews").mockResolvedValue([]);
+    const qc = new QueryClient({ defaultOptions: { queries: { retry: false } } });
+    qc.setQueryData(qk.me(), null); // BootGate's "nobody"
+    render(
+      <QueryClientProvider client={qc}>
+        <SavedViewsProvider>
+          <Probe />
+        </SavedViewsProvider>
+      </QueryClientProvider>,
+    );
+    // Let any fetch the mount would start get going before asserting it never happened.
+    await act(async () => {
+      await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 20));
+    });
+    expect(spy).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    // …and it asks as soon as an account signs in.
+    act(() => qc.setQueryData(qk.me(), { id: ID, preferences: {} }));
+    await waitFor(() => expect(spy).toHaveBeenCalledWith("feed"));
+  });
+});
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/SavedViewsProvider.tsx b/frontend/src/components/SavedViewsProvider.tsx
index 47ae71db..6b2ab11f 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/SavedViewsProvider.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/SavedViewsProvider.tsx
@@ -155,9 +155,14 @@ export function SavedViewsProvider({ children }: { children: ReactNode }) {
   }, [page, feedFilters, plexFilters, setFeedFilters, setPlexFilters]);
 
   const source = cfg.source;
+  // Passive observer of the account BootGate fetches: the providers mount for a signed-out tab too
+  // (the public landing), and saved views are per-account, so asking for "nobody's" views only logs
+  // a 401 on the landing page. Enabled once a signed-in account is cached.
+  const { data: me } = useQuery({ queryKey: qk.me(), queryFn: api.me, enabled: false });
   const viewsQuery = useQuery({
     queryKey: qk.savedViews(source),
     queryFn: () => api.savedViews(source),
+    enabled: !!me,
   });
   const views = useMemo(() => viewsQuery.data ?? [], [viewsQuery.data]);