diff --git a/packages/common/src/api/tan-query/users/useUpdateProfile.ts b/packages/common/src/api/tan-query/users/useUpdateProfile.ts
index 61e04fcaeb9..51a878060e3 100644
--- a/packages/common/src/api/tan-query/users/useUpdateProfile.ts
+++ b/packages/common/src/api/tan-query/users/useUpdateProfile.ts
@@ -81,12 +81,28 @@ export const useUpdateProfile = () => {
 
       return { previousMetadata }
     },
-    onError: (error, metadata, context?: MutationContext) => {
-      // If the mutation fails, roll back user data
+    onSuccess: (_data, variables) => {
+      // Re-confirm the mutation in the cache after server success.
+      // We re-apply mutation variables rather than the raw server response
+      // to guard against discovery-node propagation lag: the node answering
+      // getUser may not yet have indexed the confirmed block.
+      const currentCache = queryClient.getQueryData<UserMetadata>(
+        getUserQueryKey(currentUserId)
+      )
+      if (currentCache) {
+        primeUserData({
+          queryClient,
+          users: [{ ...currentCache, ...variables }],
+          forceReplace: true
+        })
+      }
+    },
+    onError: (error, _metadata, context?: MutationContext) => {
+      // If the mutation fails, roll back user data to previous state
       if (context?.previousMetadata) {
         primeUserData({
           queryClient,
-          users: [{ ...context.previousMetadata, ...metadata }],
+          users: [context.previousMetadata],
           forceReplace: true
         })
       }
diff --git a/packages/common/src/store/account/sagas.ts b/packages/common/src/store/account/sagas.ts
index 18ee14e2e0a..1a44491a176 100644
--- a/packages/common/src/store/account/sagas.ts
+++ b/packages/common/src/store/account/sagas.ts
@@ -364,7 +364,18 @@ function* setLocalStorageAccountAndUser(
   }
 
   yield* call([localStorage, localStorage.setAudiusAccount], formattedAccount)
-  yield* call([localStorage, localStorage.setAudiusAccountUser], accountUser)
+  // Prefer cached user data (which may include recent optimistic mutations
+  // like profile_type changes) over the server-fetched response. This prevents
+  // setLocalStorageAccountAndUser from overwriting changes that haven't yet
+  // propagated to all discovery nodes.
+  const queryClient = yield* getContext('queryClient')
+  const cachedUser = queryClient.getQueryData<UserMetadata>(
+    getUserQueryKey(accountUser.user_id)
+  )
+  yield* call(
+    [localStorage, localStorage.setAudiusAccountUser],
+    cachedUser ?? accountUser
+  )
 }
 
 function* recordIPIfNotRecent(handle: string): SagaIterator {