diff --git a/desktop/src/features/messages/ui/BotIdenticon.tsx b/desktop/src/features/messages/ui/BotIdenticon.tsx
index 90309cccb..743110f65 100644
--- a/desktop/src/features/messages/ui/BotIdenticon.tsx
+++ b/desktop/src/features/messages/ui/BotIdenticon.tsx
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ type BotIdenticonProps = {
   /** Size in pixels (default 20) */
   size?: number;
   className?: string;
+  "data-testid"?: string;
 };
 
 /**
@@ -17,6 +18,7 @@ export const BotIdenticon = React.memo(function BotIdenticon({
   value,
   size = 20,
   className,
+  "data-testid": dataTestid,
 }: BotIdenticonProps) {
   const svgHtml = React.useMemo(() => toSvg(value, size), [value, size]);
 
@@ -24,6 +26,7 @@ export const BotIdenticon = React.memo(function BotIdenticon({
     <div
       aria-hidden
       className={className}
+      data-testid={dataTestid}
       // biome-ignore lint/security/noDangerouslySetInnerHtml: jdenticon produces safe SVG
       dangerouslySetInnerHTML={{ __html: svgHtml }}
       style={{ width: size, height: size, flexShrink: 0 }}
diff --git a/desktop/src/features/profile/ui/UserProfilePanel.tsx b/desktop/src/features/profile/ui/UserProfilePanel.tsx
index f71a5f575..52ae9dde9 100644
--- a/desktop/src/features/profile/ui/UserProfilePanel.tsx
+++ b/desktop/src/features/profile/ui/UserProfilePanel.tsx
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import {
   useProfileQuery,
   useUnfollowMutation,
   useUserProfileQuery,
+  useUsersBatchQuery,
 } from "@/features/profile/hooks";
 import {
   ChannelsFocusedView,
@@ -156,6 +157,12 @@ export function UserProfilePanel({
 
   const relayAgentsQuery = useRelayAgentsQuery({ enabled: true });
   const managedAgentsQuery = useManagedAgentsQuery({ enabled: true });
+  // kind:0-derived agent flag (a verified NIP-OA `auth` tag on the target's
+  // profile) — the same authoritative signal the archive gate's OA-owner
+  // resolution trusts. The relay-agents registry + local managed-agents list
+  // below can both miss an owned agent that was deployed elsewhere, so we OR
+  // this in to keep `isBot` from drifting from the gate.
+  const usersBatchQuery = useUsersBatchQuery([pubkey]);
   const channelsQuery = useChannelsQuery();
   const presenceQuery = usePresenceQuery([pubkey]);
   const userStatusQuery = useUserStatusQuery([pubkey]);
@@ -176,7 +183,10 @@ export function UserProfilePanel({
   const managedAgent = managedAgentsQuery.data?.find(
     (agent) => agent.pubkey.toLowerCase() === pubkeyLower,
   );
-  const isBot = Boolean(relayAgent || managedAgent);
+  const isAgentByOaOwner = Boolean(
+    usersBatchQuery.data?.profiles[pubkeyLower]?.isAgent,
+  );
+  const isBot = Boolean(relayAgent || managedAgent) || isAgentByOaOwner;
   const isOwner = useIsManagedAgent(isBot ? pubkey : null);
 
   // Populate the active-turns store for this agent so useActiveAgentTurns works
diff --git a/desktop/src/features/profile/ui/UserProfilePanelSections.tsx b/desktop/src/features/profile/ui/UserProfilePanelSections.tsx
index 6d30e4f0d..6520120c7 100644
--- a/desktop/src/features/profile/ui/UserProfilePanelSections.tsx
+++ b/desktop/src/features/profile/ui/UserProfilePanelSections.tsx
@@ -305,6 +305,7 @@ function ProfileHero({
           {isBot ? (
             <BotIdenticon
               className="shrink-0 rounded"
+              data-testid="profile-bot-indicator"
               size={20}
               value={displayName}
             />
diff --git a/desktop/tests/e2e/profile.spec.ts b/desktop/tests/e2e/profile.spec.ts
index ae1db3ab2..292cfb2d3 100644
--- a/desktop/tests/e2e/profile.spec.ts
+++ b/desktop/tests/e2e/profile.spec.ts
@@ -615,6 +615,60 @@ test("renders agent memories seeded through the Playwright mock bridge", async (
   await expect(page.getByTestId("agent-memory-list")).toContainText("orphan");
 });
 
+test("owned agent absent from relay/managed lists still renders agent framing", async ({
+  page,
+}) => {
+  // Regression: bot-detection used to rely solely on the relay-agents registry
+  // + the local managed-agents list. An owned agent deployed elsewhere can miss
+  // BOTH lists, so the panel rendered it as a human (wrong archive framing).
+  // The fix ORs in the kind:0 NIP-OA agent flag (same signal the archive gate
+  // trusts), surfaced via the users-batch summary's `isAgent`.
+  const ednaPubkey =
+    "16aaadcf39011edbd887e4abefe5837170621db277e234f3f6c220d38ba75ecf";
+  await installMockBridge(page, {
+    // Seeded as an agent (kind:0 NIP-OA owner) but NOT as a managed agent and
+    // NOT in the relay-agents registry — exactly the bug scenario.
+    searchProfiles: [
+      { pubkey: ednaPubkey, displayName: "Edna", isAgent: true },
+    ],
+  });
+  await page.goto("/");
+
+  await page.getByTestId("channel-general").click();
+  await expect(page.getByTestId("chat-title")).toHaveText("general");
+  await waitForMockLiveSubscription(page, "general");
+
+  await page.evaluate(
+    ({ pubkey }) => {
+      const emit = (
+        window as Window & {
+          __BUZZ_E2E_EMIT_MOCK_MESSAGE__?: (input: {
+            channelName: string;
+            content: string;
+            pubkey: string;
+          }) => unknown;
+        }
+      ).__BUZZ_E2E_EMIT_MOCK_MESSAGE__;
+      if (!emit) {
+        throw new Error("Mock message emitter is unavailable.");
+      }
+      emit({ channelName: "general", content: "Edna check-in", pubkey });
+    },
+    { pubkey: ednaPubkey },
+  );
+
+  const messageRow = page
+    .getByTestId("message-row")
+    .filter({ hasText: "Edna check-in" });
+  await expect(messageRow).toBeVisible();
+  await messageRow.locator("button").first().click();
+
+  await expect(page.getByTestId("user-profile-panel")).toBeVisible();
+  // The bot indicator only renders when isBot resolves true — the assertion
+  // that the OA-owner signal now drives agent framing.
+  await expect(page.getByTestId("profile-bot-indicator")).toBeVisible();
+});
+
 test("renders settings in the app shell with a back button", async ({
   page,
 }) => {