diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
index 67fd6c7..a4cf02d 100644
--- a/.env.example
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -85,6 +85,8 @@ IAM_POST_LOGOUT_REDIRECT_URI=
 # مقصدهای مجاز خروج اپ کاربر، با کاما. باید عیناً در post_logout کلاینت باشند.
 IAM_ALLOWED_RETURN_URLS=
 # پنل ادمین. خالی یعنی بررسی بی‌صدای ورود در پنل انجام نمی‌شود.
+# IAM_ADMIN_BROWSER_RETURN_URL را خالی نگذارید اگر IAM_BROWSER_RETURN_URL
+# (اپ کاربر) پر است — وگرنه بعد از ورود ادمین مرورگر به اپ کاربر می‌افتد.
 IAM_ADMIN_REDIRECT_URI=
 IAM_ADMIN_REDIRECT_URIS=
 IAM_ADMIN_BROWSER_RETURN_URL=
diff --git a/apps/admin-panel/src/views/customer/omde/omdeListModel.ts b/apps/admin-panel/src/views/customer/omde/omdeListModel.ts
index 9b8d380..8249020 100644
--- a/apps/admin-panel/src/views/customer/omde/omdeListModel.ts
+++ b/apps/admin-panel/src/views/customer/omde/omdeListModel.ts
@@ -12,10 +12,10 @@ export const OMDE_SOURCES = {
   omde: { url: 'admin/customers-omde/list', title: 'لیست مشتریان های عمده' },
   banker: { url: 'admin/customers-omde/banker/list', title: 'لیست بنکداران' },
   shopkeeper: { url: 'admin/customers-omde/shopkeeper/list', title: 'لیست مغازه داران حضوری' },
-  // NOTE both of these carry the SAME title as the plain omde list in legacy —
-  // only their url differs. Preserved rather than "corrected".
-  nonVerified: { url: 'admin/customers-omde/non-verified/list', title: 'لیست مشتریان های عمده' },
-  archived: { url: 'admin/customers-omde/archived/list', title: 'لیست مشتریان های عمده' },
+  // Titles match the nav labels so the two lists are not mistaken for each other
+  // (legacy reused the omde title on both; that made the overlap bug invisible).
+  nonVerified: { url: 'admin/customers-omde/non-verified/list', title: 'لیست مشتریان در انتظار' },
+  archived: { url: 'admin/customers-omde/archived/list', title: 'لیست مشتریان بایگانی' },
 } as const;
 
 export type OmdeSourceKey = keyof typeof OMDE_SOURCES;
diff --git a/apps/api/src/modules/admin-customers/admin-customers.service.ts b/apps/api/src/modules/admin-customers/admin-customers.service.ts
index 61f1d26..f91b14b 100644
--- a/apps/api/src/modules/admin-customers/admin-customers.service.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/modules/admin-customers/admin-customers.service.ts
@@ -246,13 +246,25 @@ export class AdminCustomersService {
    *   customer            -> type=2 AND is_archive=0   (مغازه دار اپلیکیشن)
    *   banker              -> type=4 AND is_archive=0   (بنکدار)
    *   shopkeeper          -> type=3 AND is_archive=0   (مغازه دار حضوری)
-   *   major/verify/table  -> is_archive=0 AND (step_one=1 OR step_two=1)
+   *   major/verify/table  -> awaiting first approval (inactive + step pending)
    *   major/archive/table -> is_archive=1              (no type filter)
    *
    * NOTE every non-archive list also excludes archived rows, so archiving a
    * customer removes them from ALL type lists at once.
+   *
+   * «در انتظار» vs «عمده» must not show the same rows. App self-registration
+   * creates APP_SHOPKEEPER + isActive=false + STEP_ONE_SUBMITTED, and step-one
+   * accept sets isActive=true — so pending is inactive+pending-step only, and
+   * the main omde list excludes those same inactive pending rows.
    */
   private scopeWhere(scope: OmdeScope): Prisma.CustomerWhereInput {
+    const pendingVerification: Prisma.CustomerWhereInput = {
+      isActive: false,
+      verificationStep: {
+        in: [VerificationStep.STEP_ONE_SUBMITTED, VerificationStep.STEP_TWO_SUBMITTED],
+      },
+    };
+
     switch (scope) {
       case 'banker':
         return { kind: CustomerKind.BANKER, isArchived: false };
@@ -261,18 +273,17 @@ export class AdminCustomersService {
         // the main omde list, not this one.
         return { kind: CustomerKind.WALK_IN_SHOPKEEPER, isArchived: false };
       case 'non_verified':
-        return {
-          isArchived: false,
-          verificationStep: {
-            in: [VerificationStep.STEP_ONE_SUBMITTED, VerificationStep.STEP_TWO_SUBMITTED],
-          },
-        };
+        return { isArchived: false, ...pendingVerification };
       case 'archived':
         return { isArchived: true };
       case 'all':
       default:
-        // legacy getCustomer is type=2 + is_archive=0 — not an unfiltered list.
-        return { kind: CustomerKind.APP_SHOPKEEPER, isArchived: false };
+        // type=2 + not archived, and not sitting in «در انتظار».
+        return {
+          kind: CustomerKind.APP_SHOPKEEPER,
+          isArchived: false,
+          NOT: pendingVerification,
+        };
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/apps/api/src/modules/auth/auth.service.ts b/apps/api/src/modules/auth/auth.service.ts
index f7205e7..dda769b 100644
--- a/apps/api/src/modules/auth/auth.service.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/modules/auth/auth.service.ts
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ export class AuthService {
       });
     }
 
-    const bootstrap = this.iam.browserBootstrapUrl(verified.identity?.browserTicket);
+    const bootstrap = this.iam.browserBootstrapUrl(verified.identity?.browserTicket, 'admin');
     return {
       id: user.id,
       name: user.fullName,
diff --git a/apps/api/src/modules/customer-auth/customer-auth.service.ts b/apps/api/src/modules/customer-auth/customer-auth.service.ts
index 5063a3e..f4ce39d 100644
--- a/apps/api/src/modules/customer-auth/customer-auth.service.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/modules/customer-auth/customer-auth.service.ts
@@ -759,7 +759,7 @@ export class CustomerAuthService {
     body: T,
     identity: IamIdentity | null,
   ): T & { iamBootstrapUrl?: string } {
-    const url = this.iam.browserBootstrapUrl(identity?.browserTicket);
+    const url = this.iam.browserBootstrapUrl(identity?.browserTicket, 'customer');
     return url ? { ...body, iamBootstrapUrl: url } : body;
   }
 
diff --git a/apps/api/src/modules/iam/iam.service.spec.ts b/apps/api/src/modules/iam/iam.service.spec.ts
index f912773..8e78b57 100644
--- a/apps/api/src/modules/iam/iam.service.spec.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/modules/iam/iam.service.spec.ts
@@ -211,4 +211,44 @@ describe('IamService', () => {
       IamUnavailableError,
     );
   });
+
+  /* ─────────────── browser return / bootstrap ─────────────── */
+
+  it('sends admin return_to, never the customer app URL', async () => {
+    configure({
+      IAM_BROWSER_RETURN_URL: 'https://app-v2.example/home',
+      IAM_ADMIN_BROWSER_RETURN_URL: 'https://admin.example/',
+    });
+    respondWith(200, { status: 'SUCCESS', user: { id: 'sub-1' } });
+
+    await service.verifyCredentials('09120000000', 'secret');
+
+    const body = JSON.parse((fetchMock.mock.calls[0][1] as RequestInit).body as string);
+    expect(body.return_to).toBe('https://admin.example/');
+  });
+
+  it('omits return_to when admin return is unset, even if customer return is set', async () => {
+    configure({ IAM_BROWSER_RETURN_URL: 'https://app-v2.example/home' });
+    delete process.env.IAM_ADMIN_BROWSER_RETURN_URL;
+    delete process.env.IAM_ADMIN_POST_LOGOUT_REDIRECT_URI;
+    delete process.env.IAM_ADMIN_ALLOWED_RETURN_URLS;
+    respondWith(200, { status: 'SUCCESS', user: { id: 'sub-1' } });
+
+    await service.verifyCredentials('09120000000', 'secret');
+
+    const body = JSON.parse((fetchMock.mock.calls[0][1] as RequestInit).body as string);
+    expect(body.return_to).toBeUndefined();
+  });
+
+  it('refuses an admin bootstrap ticket without an admin return URL', () => {
+    configure({ IAM_BROWSER_RETURN_URL: 'https://app-v2.example/home' });
+    delete process.env.IAM_ADMIN_BROWSER_RETURN_URL;
+    delete process.env.IAM_ADMIN_POST_LOGOUT_REDIRECT_URI;
+    delete process.env.IAM_ADMIN_ALLOWED_RETURN_URLS;
+
+    expect(service.browserBootstrapUrl('ticket-1', 'admin')).toBeNull();
+    expect(service.browserBootstrapUrl('ticket-1', 'customer')).toBe(
+      'https://auth.test.local/auth/bootstrap?ticket=ticket-1',
+    );
+  });
 });
diff --git a/apps/api/src/modules/iam/iam.service.ts b/apps/api/src/modules/iam/iam.service.ts
index cf3dce0..c95bfb7 100644
--- a/apps/api/src/modules/iam/iam.service.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/modules/iam/iam.service.ts
@@ -268,17 +268,32 @@ export class IamService {
     );
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Admin return URL only. Must NOT fall back to the customer/app URL: that
+   * sent admins to user-app-v2 after password login whenever
+   * `IAM_ADMIN_BROWSER_RETURN_URL` was left blank but the customer return was set.
+   */
   private adminBrowserReturnUrl(): string | null {
     return (
       envOrNull('IAM_ADMIN_BROWSER_RETURN_URL') ||
       envOrNull('IAM_ADMIN_POST_LOGOUT_REDIRECT_URI') ||
       envList('IAM_ADMIN_ALLOWED_RETURN_URLS')[0] ||
-      this.customerBrowserReturnUrl()
+      null
     );
   }
 
-  browserBootstrapUrl(ticket: string | null | undefined): string | null {
+  /**
+   * One-shot IAM cookie bootstrap. `audience` picks which return URL must be
+   * configured — without it a ticket would bounce the browser to the wrong app.
+   */
+  browserBootstrapUrl(
+    ticket: string | null | undefined,
+    audience: 'admin' | 'customer' = 'customer',
+  ): string | null {
     if (!ticket || !this.issuer) return null;
+    const returnTo =
+      audience === 'admin' ? this.adminBrowserReturnUrl() : this.customerBrowserReturnUrl();
+    if (!returnTo) return null;
     return `${this.issuer}/auth/bootstrap?ticket=${encodeURIComponent(ticket)}`;
   }