Protected experience

Your session keeps the experience personal.

Return to the exact page after sign-in.
Use the local dev user automatically when mock auth is enabled.
Keep purchases, chat, subscriptions, and account actions connected to one identity.

Account

Sign in to view your account

Your account contains saved identity, subscriptions, payment methods, and purchase history, so it opens only after a signed session is available.

Local development: when USE_MOCK_AUTH=true, signing in immediately continues as the configured dev user.