diff --git a/src/app/dashboard/layout.tsx b/src/app/dashboard/layout.tsx
index 01dd9d6..75307d4 100644
--- a/src/app/dashboard/layout.tsx
+++ b/src/app/dashboard/layout.tsx
@@ -1,13 +1,25 @@
 import { Sidebar } from "@/components/layout/sidebar";
 import { AuthGate } from "@/components/auth-gate";
+import { SiteScopeProvider } from "@/components/layout/site-scope-provider";
+import { getSiteScope, scopeFallbackValue } from "@/lib/site-scope";
+
+export const dynamic = "force-dynamic";
+
+export default async function DashboardLayout({ children }: { children: React.ReactNode }) {
+  // No searchParams here — layouts cannot read them and do not re-render
+  // on navigation. This call supplies `allowed` (stable for the session)
+  // and the cookie-resolved default; the switcher reads the live value
+  // from the URL itself.
+  const scope = await getSiteScope();
 
-export default function DashboardLayout({ children }: { children: React.ReactNode }) {
   return (
     <AuthGate>
-      <div className="flex min-h-screen w-full bg-background">
-        <Sidebar />
-        <div className="min-w-0 flex-1">{children}</div>
-      </div>
+      <SiteScopeProvider allowed={scope.allowed} fallbackValue={scopeFallbackValue(scope)}>
+        <div className="flex min-h-screen w-full bg-background">
+          <Sidebar />
+          <div className="min-w-0 flex-1">{children}</div>
+        </div>
+      </SiteScopeProvider>
     </AuthGate>
   );
 }
diff --git a/src/components/layout/site-scope-provider.tsx b/src/components/layout/site-scope-provider.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c0523c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/layout/site-scope-provider.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+"use client";
+
+import * as React from "react";
+import type { ScopeSite } from "@/lib/site-scope";
+
+interface SiteScopeContextValue {
+  /** Every site the user may see. Loaded once by the dashboard layout. */
+  allowed: ScopeSite[];
+  /**
+   * What to show when the URL carries no ?site= — the cookie-resolved
+   * default. Deliberately NOT the active scope: active always comes
+   * from useSearchParams() so the control's state is the URL.
+   */
+  fallbackValue: string;
+}
+
+const SiteScopeContext = React.createContext<SiteScopeContextValue | undefined>(
+  undefined
+);
+
+export function SiteScopeProvider({
+  allowed,
+  fallbackValue,
+  children,
+}: SiteScopeContextValue & { children: React.ReactNode }) {
+  const value = React.useMemo(
+    () => ({ allowed, fallbackValue }),
+    [allowed, fallbackValue]
+  );
+  return <SiteScopeContext.Provider value={value}>{children}</SiteScopeContext.Provider>;
+}
+
+export function useSiteScope() {
+  const ctx = React.useContext(SiteScopeContext);
+  if (!ctx) throw new Error("useSiteScope must be used inside SiteScopeProvider");
+  return ctx;
+}