diff --git a/backend/druks/accounts/dependencies.py b/backend/druks/accounts/dependencies.py
index 4532029..d00bb70 100644
--- a/backend/druks/accounts/dependencies.py
+++ b/backend/druks/accounts/dependencies.py
@@ -8,19 +8,13 @@
 
 
 async def resolve_session_account(request: Request) -> Account | None:
-    """The session cookie's account, or None; drops a session whose account
-    is gone."""
     token = request.cookies.get(sessions.SESSION_COOKIE)
     if not token:
         return
     account_id = await sessions.resolve_session(token)
     if not account_id:
         return
-    account = Account.get(account_id)
-    if not account:
-        await sessions.drop_session(token)
-        return
-    return account
+    return Account.get(account_id)
 
 
 async def current_session_account(request: Request) -> Account:
diff --git a/backend/tests/test_auth.py b/backend/tests/test_auth.py
index 5892876..82a8233 100644
--- a/backend/tests/test_auth.py
+++ b/backend/tests/test_auth.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 import pytest
 from conftest import configure_app_for_test, connect_harness, make_settings
 from druks import database
+from druks.accounts.constants import SESSION_PREFIX
 from druks.accounts.models import Account
 from druks.accounts.sessions import SESSION_COOKIE
 from druks.harnesses import base as hbase
@@ -128,6 +129,18 @@ def test_redis_eviction_signs_out_but_keeps_credentials(tmp_path, monkeypatch, d
     )
 
 
+def test_missing_account_does_not_drop_the_session(tmp_path, monkeypatch, db_session):
+    # A None from Account.get is a transient/anomalous read (nothing deletes
+    # accounts), so it 401s the request but must never destroy the session —
+    # else a blip becomes a forced re-login.
+    with _client(tmp_path) as client:
+        _login(client, monkeypatch)
+        key = f"{SESSION_PREFIX}{client.cookies[SESSION_COOKIE]}"
+        druks.redis.get_client()._data[key] = b"no-such-account"
+        assert client.get("/api/auth/session").status_code == 401
+        assert key in druks.redis.get_client()._data
+
+
 def test_session_keeps_its_account_across_reconnects(tmp_path, monkeypatch, db_session):
     with _client(tmp_path) as client:
         _login(client, monkeypatch, email="me@example.com")