diff --git a/src/ipc.rs b/src/ipc.rs
index dcb07a1..cd6a09a 100644
--- a/src/ipc.rs
+++ b/src/ipc.rs
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use serde_json::json;
 use tokio::sync::Mutex;
 
+use nostr_sdk::prelude::PublicKey;
+
 use crate::app::{App, Nip46ClientSignerHandle};
 use crate::errors::AppError;
 use crate::feed;
@@ -331,6 +333,107 @@ pub async fn serve() -> Result<(), AppError> {
 
     let mut tasks = JoinSet::new();
 
+    // Persistent identity backfill. Pairing-time enrichment tries for ~2
+    // minutes and stops; if the account's kind-0 was never published (or was
+    // published later), the row would keep its generic "Amber"/"Remote
+    // Signer" placeholder forever — which is what a new user with a fresh
+    // Amber account sees, with no way to know the app resolved nothing.
+    // This loop retries on a slow cadence while the backend runs: every pass
+    // collects remote rows still wearing a generic placeholder (only once
+    // the vault is unlocked — an encrypted vault hides them otherwise),
+    // fetches kind-0 from the enabled relays, and upgrades the row. A user
+    // rename always wins: is_generic_pairing_label is the sole gate on the
+    // label write. Cheap when nothing is pending (one vault scan per pass).
+    {
+        let app = app.clone();
+        tasks.spawn(async move {
+            loop {
+                // Collect pending identities without holding the lock
+                // across network work.
+                let pending: Vec<(String, PublicKey)> = {
+                    let guard = app.lock().await;
+                    if guard.is_locked() {
+                        Vec::new()
+                    } else {
+                        guard
+                            .vault
+                            .profiles
+                            .iter()
+                            .filter(|p| {
+                                p.signer_mode == SignerMode::Nip46Client
+                                    && profiles::is_generic_pairing_label(&p.label)
+                            })
+                            .filter_map(|p| {
+                                PublicKey::parse(&p.public_key)
+                                    .ok()
+                                    .map(|key| (p.public_key.clone(), key))
+                            })
+                            .collect()
+                    }
+                };
+                if pending.is_empty() {
+                    tokio::time::sleep(Duration::from_secs(300)).await;
+                    continue;
+                }
+                let relay_urls = {
+                    let guard = app.lock().await;
+                    relays::enabled_urls(&guard.settings)
+                };
+                for (npub, identity) in pending {
+                    let found = tokio::time::timeout(
+                        Duration::from_secs(90),
+                        tokio::task::spawn_blocking({
+                            let relay_urls = relay_urls.clone();
+                            move || profiles::fetch_profile_metadata(&identity, &relay_urls)
+                        }),
+                    )
+                    .await
+                    .ok()
+                    .and_then(|join| join.ok())
+                    .flatten();
+                    let Some(meta) = found else { continue };
+                    let mut guard = app.lock().await;
+                    let mut changed = false;
+                    // Re-resolve by pubkey string: another request (rename,
+                    // a pairing-time enrichment) may have edited the row
+                    // while this fetch was in flight.
+                    if let Some(row) = guard
+                        .vault
+                        .profiles
+                        .iter_mut()
+                        .find(|p| p.public_key == npub)
+                    {
+                        if row.picture.is_none() && meta.picture.is_some() {
+                            row.picture = meta.picture.clone();
+                            changed = true;
+                        }
+                        if row.nip05.is_none() && meta.nip05.is_some() {
+                            row.nip05 = meta.nip05.clone();
+                            changed = true;
+                        }
+                        let real_name = meta
+                            .display_name
+                            .as_deref()
+                            .or(meta.name.as_deref())
+                            .map(str::trim)
+                            .filter(|name| !name.is_empty());
+                        if let Some(name) = real_name {
+                            if profiles::is_generic_pairing_label(&row.label) {
+                                row.label = name.to_string();
+                                changed = true;
+                            }
+                        }
+                    }
+                    if changed {
+                        let _ = guard.save_vault();
+                        eprintln!("[backfill] resolved profile identity via kind-0: {npub}");
+                    }
+                }
+                tokio::time::sleep(Duration::from_secs(120)).await;
+            }
+        });
+    }
+
     while let Some(line) = line_rx.recv().await {
         if line.trim().is_empty() {
             continue;
diff --git a/src/profiles.rs b/src/profiles.rs
index d5b8dfc..2da0bf1 100644
--- a/src/profiles.rs
+++ b/src/profiles.rs
@@ -553,6 +553,19 @@ pub fn find_stored_profile<'a>(
         .ok_or_else(|| AppError::profile_not_found(npub))
 }
 
+/// Labels the UI assigns when pairing without a user-supplied name
+/// (CreateProfileModal defaults to "Amber"; Signer Mode to "Remote
+/// Signer"). A remote-signer profile row still carrying one of these has
+/// never resolved its real identity from the network, so it stays a
+/// candidate for automatic name backfill on every launch. A user rename
+/// always falls outside this list and is therefore never overwritten.
+pub const GENERIC_PAIRING_LABELS: &[&str] = &["Amber", "Remote Signer"];
+
+/// True when `label` is one of the generic pairing placeholders.
+pub fn is_generic_pairing_label(label: &str) -> bool {
+    GENERIC_PAIRING_LABELS.contains(&label)
+}
+
 /// Create or refresh the vault profile for a remote (NIP-46) identity.
 ///
 /// When a NIP-46 client connection is established the identity lives on the
@@ -930,6 +943,20 @@ pub fn delete_profile(vault: &mut Vault, npub: &str) -> Result<ProfileSummary, A
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use super::*;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn generic_pairing_labels_gate_the_backfill() {
+        // The background backfill upgrades a row's label ONLY while it still
+        // wears one of the placeholders the UI assigns at pairing time.
+        assert!(is_generic_pairing_label("Amber"));
+        assert!(is_generic_pairing_label("Remote Signer"));
+        // Any real name — fetched or user-typed — is never a candidate, so
+        // automatic enrichment can never overwrite it.
+        assert!(!is_generic_pairing_label("satoshi"));
+        assert!(!is_generic_pairing_label("My Profile"));
+        assert!(!is_generic_pairing_label("amber"));
+        assert!(!is_generic_pairing_label(""));
+    }
     use crate::vault::{KdfParams, Vault, VaultCrypto};
 
     fn populated_vault() -> Vault {