diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/renderer/src/App.tsx b/apps/desktop/src/renderer/src/App.tsx
index 853751a57..7e43ee21a 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/renderer/src/App.tsx
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/renderer/src/App.tsx
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import { MulticaIcon } from "@multica/ui/components/common/multica-icon";
 import { Toaster } from "sonner";
 import { DesktopLoginPage } from "./pages/login";
 import { DesktopShell } from "./components/desktop-layout";
+import { PageviewTracker } from "./components/pageview-tracker";
 import { UpdateNotification } from "./components/update-notification";
 import { useTabStore } from "./stores/tab-store";
 import { useWindowOverlayStore } from "./stores/window-overlay-store";
@@ -160,8 +161,15 @@ function AppContent() {
     );
   }
 
-  if (!user) return <DesktopLoginPage />;
-  return <DesktopShell />;
+  // Pageview tracker sits at the app root so it covers every visible
+  // surface (login, overlays, tab paths) — mounting it inside DesktopShell
+  // would miss the logged-out and overlay states.
+  return (
+    <>
+      <PageviewTracker />
+      {user ? <DesktopShell /> : <DesktopLoginPage />}
+    </>
+  );
 }
 
 // Backend the daemon should connect to — same URL the renderer talks to.
diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/renderer/src/components/desktop-layout.tsx b/apps/desktop/src/renderer/src/components/desktop-layout.tsx
index d2d54250c..15f488a8f 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/renderer/src/components/desktop-layout.tsx
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/renderer/src/components/desktop-layout.tsx
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ import { DesktopNavigationProvider } from "@/platform/navigation";
 import { TabBar } from "./tab-bar";
 import { TabContent } from "./tab-content";
 import { WindowOverlay } from "./window-overlay";
-import { PageviewTracker } from "./pageview-tracker";
 
 function SidebarTopBar() {
   const { canGoBack, canGoForward, goBack, goForward } = useTabHistory();
@@ -110,7 +109,6 @@ export function DesktopShell() {
 
   return (
     <DesktopNavigationProvider>
-      <PageviewTracker />
       {/* WorkspaceSlugProvider accepts null — components that need slug
           use useWorkspaceSlug() (nullable) or useRequiredWorkspaceSlug()
           (throws). TabContent MUST always render so the tab router can
diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/renderer/src/components/pageview-tracker.tsx b/apps/desktop/src/renderer/src/components/pageview-tracker.tsx
index ae8667ea0..abaf2b901 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/renderer/src/components/pageview-tracker.tsx
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/renderer/src/components/pageview-tracker.tsx
@@ -1,20 +1,35 @@
 import { useEffect } from "react";
 import { capturePageview } from "@multica/core/analytics";
+import { useAuthStore } from "@multica/core/auth";
 import { useTabStore } from "@/stores/tab-store";
+import { useWindowOverlayStore, type WindowOverlay } from "@/stores/window-overlay-store";
 
 /**
- * Fires a PostHog $pageview whenever the visible (active) tab's path changes.
- * Desktop routing lives in per-tab memory routers, so the user's "current
- * URL" is whichever path the active tab is on — the tab store keeps that in
- * sync via `useTabRouterSync`. Switching tabs or workspaces is a page
- * transition from the user's perspective and fires too.
+ * Fires a PostHog $pageview whenever the user's visible surface changes.
+ *
+ * Desktop has three layers that can own the visible page:
+ *
+ *   1. Logged-out state → `/login`. No workspace context, no tabs.
+ *   2. Window overlays (onboarding, new-workspace, invite) → synthetic paths
+ *      that match the equivalent web routes. Overlays are NOT tab routes on
+ *      desktop (see `stores/window-overlay-store.ts` + `routes.tsx`), so the
+ *      tab path alone would either miss them or mislabel them as "/".
+ *   3. Otherwise → the active tab's path (workspace-scoped, e.g.
+ *      `/acme/issues/123`). Kept in sync by `useTabRouterSync`.
+ *
+ * The overlay takes precedence over the tab path because it is visually in
+ * front of the tab system; the logged-out state shadows both because the
+ * shell doesn't render at all yet. This keeps the `$pageview` stream aligned
+ * with what the user actually sees.
  *
  * PostHog's `capture_pageview: true` auto-capture is intentionally off (see
  * `initAnalytics`) so this component owns the event shape, matching the web
  * implementation in `apps/web/components/pageview-tracker.tsx`.
  */
 export function PageviewTracker() {
-  const activePath = useTabStore((s) => {
+  const user = useAuthStore((s) => s.user);
+  const overlay = useWindowOverlayStore((s) => s.overlay);
+  const activeTabPath = useTabStore((s) => {
     const slug = s.activeWorkspaceSlug;
     if (!slug) return null;
     const group = s.byWorkspace[slug];
@@ -22,10 +37,33 @@ export function PageviewTracker() {
     return group.tabs.find((t) => t.id === group.activeTabId)?.path ?? null;
   });
 
+  const path = resolvePath(user, overlay, activeTabPath);
+
   useEffect(() => {
-    if (!activePath) return;
-    capturePageview(activePath);
-  }, [activePath]);
+    if (!path) return;
+    capturePageview(path);
+  }, [path]);
 
   return null;
 }
+
+function resolvePath(
+  user: unknown,
+  overlay: WindowOverlay | null,
+  activeTabPath: string | null,
+): string | null {
+  if (!user) return "/login";
+  if (overlay) return overlayPath(overlay);
+  return activeTabPath;
+}
+
+function overlayPath(overlay: WindowOverlay): string {
+  switch (overlay.type) {
+    case "new-workspace":
+      return "/workspaces/new";
+    case "onboarding":
+      return "/onboarding";
+    case "invite":
+      return `/invite/${overlay.invitationId}`;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/core/analytics/index.test.ts b/packages/core/analytics/index.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..90ffe3ae3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/core/analytics/index.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
+
+// Mock posthog-js before importing the module under test so the module's
+// top-level `import posthog from "posthog-js"` resolves to the mock.
+vi.mock("posthog-js", () => {
+  const mock = {
+    init: vi.fn(),
+    register: vi.fn(),
+    reset: vi.fn(),
+    identify: vi.fn(),
+    capture: vi.fn(),
+  };
+  return { default: mock };
+});
+
+// Re-import per test so module-level `initialized` / cached super-props
+// don't leak between cases.
+async function loadModule() {
+  vi.resetModules();
+  const analytics = await import("./index");
+  const posthog = (await import("posthog-js")).default as unknown as {
+    init: ReturnType<typeof vi.fn>;
+    register: ReturnType<typeof vi.fn>;
+    reset: ReturnType<typeof vi.fn>;
+  };
+  posthog.init.mockClear();
+  posthog.register.mockClear();
+  posthog.reset.mockClear();
+  return { analytics, posthog };
+}
+
+beforeEach(() => {
+  vi.stubGlobal("window", {});
+  vi.stubGlobal("navigator", { userAgent: "Mozilla/5.0" });
+});
+
+afterEach(() => {
+  vi.unstubAllGlobals();
+});
+
+describe("initAnalytics super-properties", () => {
+  it("registers client_type and app_version after posthog.init", async () => {
+    const { analytics, posthog } = await loadModule();
+    analytics.initAnalytics({ key: "k", host: "", appVersion: "1.2.3" });
+    expect(posthog.register).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
+      client_type: "web",
+      app_version: "1.2.3",
+    });
+  });
+
+  it("omits app_version when not provided", async () => {
+    const { analytics, posthog } = await loadModule();
+    analytics.initAnalytics({ key: "k", host: "" });
+    expect(posthog.register).toHaveBeenCalledWith({ client_type: "web" });
+  });
+
+  it("detects desktop when window.electron is present", async () => {
+    vi.stubGlobal("window", { electron: {} });
+    const { analytics, posthog } = await loadModule();
+    analytics.initAnalytics({ key: "k", host: "" });
+    expect(posthog.register).toHaveBeenCalledWith({ client_type: "desktop" });
+  });
+});
+
+describe("resetAnalytics", () => {
+  it("re-registers super-properties after reset so subsequent events keep client_type", async () => {
+    const { analytics, posthog } = await loadModule();
+    analytics.initAnalytics({ key: "k", host: "", appVersion: "1.2.3" });
+    posthog.register.mockClear();
+
+    analytics.resetAnalytics();
+
+    // reset() wipes persisted super-props; we re-register the cached set so
+    // the next session's events keep client_type + app_version.
+    expect(posthog.reset).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(posthog.register).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
+      client_type: "web",
+      app_version: "1.2.3",
+    });
+  });
+
+  it("is a no-op when analytics was never initialized", async () => {
+    const { analytics, posthog } = await loadModule();
+    analytics.resetAnalytics();
+    expect(posthog.reset).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(posthog.register).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/core/analytics/index.ts b/packages/core/analytics/index.ts
index 7a81ab9b0..34e04a749 100644
--- a/packages/core/analytics/index.ts
+++ b/packages/core/analytics/index.ts
@@ -39,6 +39,11 @@ let pendingIdentify: { userId: string; props?: Record<string, unknown> } | null
 // config fetch resolves. We keep the first pending pageview so that step
 // doesn't silently drop.
 let pendingPageview: string | undefined | null = null;
+// Cached super-properties so resetAnalytics() can re-register them after
+// posthog.reset() wipes the persisted set. Without this, logout / account
+// switch silently drops client_type + app_version from every subsequent
+// event until a full reload.
+let superProperties: Record<string, unknown> = {};
 
 export interface AnalyticsConfig {
   key: string;
@@ -112,11 +117,11 @@ export function initAnalytics(config: AnalyticsConfig | null | undefined): boole
   // (PostHog's own `$lib` reports "web" for both because Electron renderers
   // are Chromium). `app_version` is optional so self-hosted or local dev
   // builds without a version don't pollute the property.
-  const superProps: Record<string, unknown> = {
-    client_type: detectClientType(),
-  };
-  if (config.appVersion) superProps.app_version = config.appVersion;
-  posthog.register(superProps);
+  // We cache the set so resetAnalytics() can re-apply it after
+  // posthog.reset() — reset() clears persisted super-properties otherwise.
+  superProperties = { client_type: detectClientType() };
+  if (config.appVersion) superProperties.app_version = config.appVersion;
+  posthog.register(superProperties);
   initialized = true;
 
   // Flush any identify() that arrived before init resolved.
@@ -158,6 +163,12 @@ export function resetAnalytics(): void {
   pendingPageview = null;
   if (!initialized) return;
   posthog.reset();
+  // reset() wipes persisted super-properties too, so re-register the ones
+  // set at init time. Otherwise every event after logout / account-switch
+  // would be missing client_type + app_version until a full reload.
+  if (Object.keys(superProperties).length > 0) {
+    posthog.register(superProperties);
+  }
 }
 
 /**