diff --git a/src/app/(app)/collection-confirm/page.tsx b/src/app/(app)/collection-confirm/page.tsx
index 0960416..2ad804c 100644
--- a/src/app/(app)/collection-confirm/page.tsx
+++ b/src/app/(app)/collection-confirm/page.tsx
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import { Button } from "@/components/ui/button";
 import { Checkbox } from "@/components/ui/checkbox";
 import { ModalShell } from "@/components/ui/modal-shell";
 import { getPocketBase } from "@/lib/pocketbase";
+import { getClientIdentity } from "@/lib/dev-identity";
 import { cn } from "@/lib/utils";
 
 import {
@@ -150,16 +151,17 @@ export default function CollectionConfirmPage() {
 
   useEffect(() => {
     if (typeof window === "undefined") return;
-    const cached = window.localStorage?.getItem("wfdash.actor");
-    if (cached) {
-      try {
-        const parsed = JSON.parse(cached) as ConfirmActor;
-        // eslint-disable-next-line react-hooks/set-state-in-effect -- hydrate actor from localStorage on mount
-        if (parsed?.id) setActor(parsed);
-      } catch {
-        /* ignore */
-      }
-    }
+    // The dev-identity switcher writes the active email to the
+    // `wfdash_dev_email` cookie. The earlier localStorage-based
+    // hydration never matched because nothing wrote to localStorage.
+    // getClientIdentity() returns the cookie value or the default
+    // (DEFAULT_DEV_EMAIL) when unset, so the actor is never empty
+    // for a signed-in operator.
+    const email = getClientIdentity();
+    if (!email) return;
+    const name = email.split("@")[0] || email;
+    // eslint-disable-next-line react-hooks/set-state-in-effect -- hydrate actor from dev-identity cookie on mount
+    setActor({ id: email, name });
   }, []);
 
   const persistRow = useCallback(