diff --git a/app/src/main/java/app/closer/ui/home/HomeViewModel.kt b/app/src/main/java/app/closer/ui/home/HomeViewModel.kt
index 19cc114e..0e4a8ced 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/app/closer/ui/home/HomeViewModel.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/app/closer/ui/home/HomeViewModel.kt
@@ -197,7 +197,8 @@ class HomeViewModel @Inject constructor(
     private val activityDataSource: app.closer.data.remote.FirestoreActivityDataSource,
     private val dailyQuestionResolver: app.closer.domain.usecase.DailyQuestionResolver,
     private val dateMemoryDataSource: app.closer.data.remote.FirestoreDateMemoryDataSource,
-    private val dateReflectionDataSource: app.closer.data.remote.FirestoreDateReflectionDataSource
+    private val dateReflectionDataSource: app.closer.data.remote.FirestoreDateReflectionDataSource,
+    private val answerDataSource: FirestoreAnswerDataSource
 ) : ViewModel() {
 
     private val _uiState = MutableStateFlow(HomeUiState())
@@ -267,6 +268,27 @@ class HomeViewModel @Inject constructor(
                     }
                 }
 
+                // Heal a Room/Firestore desync for today's daily answer (fresh device / cleared DB):
+                // if Firestore already holds this user's answer but Room doesn't, write it back so Home
+                // stops showing a stale "your turn" and never offers a re-answer that the immutable
+                // secure/payload rule would reject (R23). Room-first → a no-op once Room is correct;
+                // the answers observer then recomputes the card.
+                val dailyAnswerCoupleId = couple?.id
+                if (uid != null && dailyAnswerCoupleId != null && dailyQuestion != null) {
+                    launch {
+                        runCatching {
+                            app.closer.ui.questions.reconcileLocalAnswerFromFirestore(
+                                question = dailyQuestion,
+                                coupleId = dailyAnswerCoupleId,
+                                date = FirestoreAnswerDataSource.todayLocalDateString(),
+                                userId = uid,
+                                firestore = answerDataSource,
+                                localAnswers = localAnswerRepository
+                            )
+                        }.onFailure { Log.w(TAG, "daily answer reconcile failed", it) }
+                    }
+                }
+
                 // Outcome check-in due-state calculation
                 val appSettings = settingsRepository.settings.first()
                 val outcomeBaselineShownAt = appSettings.outcomeBaselineShownAt