diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/app/profiles/create-profile-dialog.tsx b/apps/desktop/src/app/profiles/create-profile-dialog.tsx
index c5bf60ad8c4..67fbc96f38b 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/app/profiles/create-profile-dialog.tsx
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/app/profiles/create-profile-dialog.tsx
@@ -11,12 +11,13 @@ import {
   DialogTitle
 } from '@/components/ui/dialog'
 import { Field, FieldHint } from '@/components/ui/field'
-import { Input } from '@/components/ui/input'
+import { SanitizedInput } from '@/components/ui/sanitized-input'
 import { Select, SelectContent, SelectItem, SelectTrigger, SelectValue } from '@/components/ui/select'
 import { Textarea } from '@/components/ui/textarea'
 import { createProfile, updateProfileSoul } from '@/hermes'
 import { useI18n } from '@/i18n'
 import { AlertTriangle } from '@/lib/icons'
+import { slug } from '@/lib/sanitize'
 import type { ProfileInfo } from '@/types/hermes'
 
 const PROFILE_NAME_RE = /^[a-z0-9][a-z0-9_-]{0,63}$/
@@ -101,12 +102,13 @@ export function CreateProfileDialog({
 
         <form className="grid gap-4" onSubmit={handleSubmit}>
           <Field htmlFor="new-profile-name" label={p.nameLabel}>
-            <Input
+            <SanitizedInput
               aria-invalid={invalid}
               autoFocus
               id="new-profile-name"
-              onChange={event => setName(event.target.value)}
+              onValueChange={setName}
               placeholder="my-profile"
+              sanitize={slug}
               value={name}
             />
             <FieldHint error={invalid}>{p.nameHint}</FieldHint>
diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/app/profiles/index.test.tsx b/apps/desktop/src/app/profiles/index.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9a10452e910
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/app/profiles/index.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,128 @@
+import { cleanup, fireEvent, render, screen, waitFor } from '@testing-library/react'
+import type * as Nanostores from 'nanostores'
+import { afterEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
+
+import { deleteProfile } from '@/hermes'
+import { refreshProfiles, selectProfile, setActiveProfile } from '@/store/profile'
+import type { ProfileInfo } from '@/types/hermes'
+
+import { ProfilesView } from './index'
+
+// These tests pin the invariant this whole area exists to hold: the Manage
+// Profiles page and the sidebar rail share ONE set of profile dialogs, so both
+// "New Profile" entry points render the same modal (SOUL.md included), and
+// deleting the profile the gateway is on re-homes to default instead of
+// stranding it on a dead backend. The drift that motivated the fix got in
+// precisely because nothing rendered this view.
+
+afterEach(cleanup)
+
+// Real i18n (useI18n falls back to English with no provider), so labels are the
+// actual strings — no brittle key snapshot to maintain here.
+
+// CodeEditor is CodeMirror; the detail pane's SOUL editor doesn't matter to
+// these behaviors, so stub it out of the jsdom render.
+vi.mock('@/components/chat/code-editor', () => ({
+  CodeEditor: () => null
+}))
+
+vi.mock('@/hermes', () => ({
+  createProfile: vi.fn(async () => ({ name: 'x', ok: true, path: '/x' })),
+  deleteProfile: vi.fn(async () => ({ ok: true, path: '/x' })),
+  getProfileSoul: vi.fn(async () => ({ content: '', exists: true })),
+  renameProfile: vi.fn(async () => ({ name: 'x', ok: true, path: '/x' })),
+  updateProfileSoul: vi.fn(async () => ({ ok: true }))
+}))
+
+vi.mock('@/store/notifications', () => ({
+  notify: vi.fn(),
+  notifyError: vi.fn()
+}))
+
+const { $activeGatewayProfile: activeGateway, $profileColors } = vi.hoisted(() => {
+  const { atom } = require('nanostores') as typeof Nanostores
+
+  return {
+    $activeGatewayProfile: atom<string>('default'),
+    $profileColors: atom<Record<string, string>>({})
+  }
+})
+
+vi.mock('@/store/profile', () => ({
+  $activeGatewayProfile: activeGateway,
+  $profileColors,
+  normalizeProfileKey: (name: null | string | undefined) => (name ?? '').trim() || 'default',
+  refreshProfiles: vi.fn(async () => [] as ProfileInfo[]),
+  selectProfile: vi.fn(),
+  setActiveProfile: vi.fn()
+}))
+
+function makeProfile(name: string, isDefault = false): ProfileInfo {
+  return {
+    has_env: false,
+    is_default: isDefault,
+    model: null,
+    name,
+    path: `/home/user/.hermes/profiles/${name}`,
+    provider: null,
+    skill_count: 0
+  }
+}
+
+// Radix's trigger opens on the pointerdown/up pair, not the synthetic click
+// alone — fire the full sequence a real click produces.
+function realClick(el: HTMLElement) {
+  fireEvent.pointerDown(el, { button: 0, pointerType: 'mouse' })
+  fireEvent.pointerUp(el, { button: 0, pointerType: 'mouse' })
+  fireEvent.click(el)
+}
+
+// Open the (only non-default) row's actions menu → Delete → confirm.
+async function deleteTheNamedProfile() {
+  realClick(await screen.findByRole('button', { name: 'Actions' }))
+  fireEvent.click(await screen.findByRole('menuitem', { name: /delete/i }))
+  fireEvent.click(await screen.findByRole('button', { name: 'Delete' }))
+}
+
+describe('ProfilesView', () => {
+  it('opens the shared create dialog with the SOUL.md field (parity with the rail)', async () => {
+    vi.mocked(refreshProfiles).mockResolvedValue([])
+
+    render(<ProfilesView onClose={vi.fn()} />)
+
+    realClick(await screen.findByRole('button', { name: 'New profile' }))
+
+    const soul = await screen.findByLabelText(/SOUL\.md/i)
+
+    expect(soul.tagName).toBe('TEXTAREA')
+    expect(soul.getAttribute('id')).toBe('new-profile-soul')
+  })
+
+  it('re-homes to default when the active profile is deleted', async () => {
+    vi.mocked(refreshProfiles).mockResolvedValue([makeProfile('default', true), makeProfile('work')])
+    activeGateway.set('work')
+
+    render(<ProfilesView onClose={vi.fn()} />)
+    await deleteTheNamedProfile()
+
+    await waitFor(() => expect(deleteProfile).toHaveBeenCalledWith('work'))
+    await waitFor(() => expect(selectProfile).toHaveBeenCalledWith('default'))
+    expect(setActiveProfile).toHaveBeenCalledWith('default')
+  })
+
+  it('leaves the active profile alone when a different profile is deleted', async () => {
+    vi.mocked(selectProfile).mockClear()
+    vi.mocked(setActiveProfile).mockClear()
+    vi.mocked(refreshProfiles).mockResolvedValue([makeProfile('default', true), makeProfile('work')])
+    activeGateway.set('default')
+
+    render(<ProfilesView onClose={vi.fn()} />)
+    await deleteTheNamedProfile()
+
+    await waitFor(() => expect(deleteProfile).toHaveBeenCalledWith('work'))
+    // The dialog closes once the delete settles; a non-active delete must not re-home.
+    await waitFor(() => expect(screen.queryByRole('button', { name: 'Delete' })).toBeNull())
+    expect(selectProfile).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+    expect(setActiveProfile).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+  })
+})
diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/app/profiles/index.tsx b/apps/desktop/src/app/profiles/index.tsx
index 2c067dacc87..1db67b8778e 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/app/profiles/index.tsx
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/app/profiles/index.tsx
@@ -6,15 +6,7 @@ import { CodeEditor } from '@/components/chat/code-editor'
 import { PageLoader } from '@/components/page-loader'
 import { Button } from '@/components/ui/button'
 import { Codicon } from '@/components/ui/codicon'
-import {
-  Dialog,
-  DialogContent,
-  DialogDescription,
-  DialogFooter,
-  DialogHeader,
-  DialogTitle
-} from '@/components/ui/dialog'
-import { deleteProfile, getProfileSoul, type ProfileInfo, updateProfileSoul } from '@/hermes'
+import { getProfileSoul, type ProfileInfo, updateProfileSoul } from '@/hermes'
 import { useI18n } from '@/i18n'
 import { AlertTriangle, Save } from '@/lib/icons'
 import { profileColorSoft, resolveProfileColor } from '@/lib/profile-color'
@@ -39,6 +31,7 @@ import {
 } from '../overlays/panel'
 
 import { CreateProfileDialog } from './create-profile-dialog'
+import { DeleteProfileDialog } from './delete-profile-dialog'
 import { RenameProfileDialog } from './rename-profile-dialog'
 
 interface ProfilesViewProps {
@@ -54,7 +47,6 @@ export function ProfilesView({ onClose }: ProfilesViewProps) {
   const [createOpen, setCreateOpen] = useState(false)
   const [pendingRename, setPendingRename] = useState<null | ProfileInfo>(null)
   const [pendingDelete, setPendingDelete] = useState<null | ProfileInfo>(null)
-  const [deleting, setDeleting] = useState(false)
 
   const refresh = useCallback(async () => {
     try {
@@ -109,26 +101,6 @@ export function ProfilesView({ onClose }: ProfilesViewProps) {
     [refresh]
   )
 
-  const handleConfirmDelete = useCallback(async () => {
-    if (!pendingDelete) {
-      return
-    }
-
-    setDeleting(true)
-
-    try {
-      await deleteProfile(pendingDelete.name)
-      notify({ kind: 'success', title: p.deleted, message: pendingDelete.name })
-      setPendingDelete(null)
-      setSelectedName(null)
-      await refresh()
-    } catch (err) {
-      notifyError(err, p.failedDelete)
-    } finally {
-      setDeleting(false)
-    }
-  }, [p, pendingDelete, refresh])
-
   return (
     <Panel closeLabel={p.close} onClose={onClose}>
       {!profiles ? (
@@ -201,32 +173,15 @@ export function ProfilesView({ onClose }: ProfilesViewProps) {
         profiles={profiles ?? []}
       />
 
-      <Dialog onOpenChange={open => !open && !deleting && setPendingDelete(null)} open={pendingDelete !== null}>
-        <DialogContent className="max-w-md">
-          <DialogHeader>
-            <DialogTitle>{p.deleteTitle}</DialogTitle>
-            <DialogDescription>
-              {pendingDelete ? (
-                <>
-                  {p.deleteDescPrefix}
-                  <span className="font-medium text-foreground">{pendingDelete.name}</span>
-                  {p.deleteDescMid}
-                  <span className="font-mono text-xs">{pendingDelete.path}</span>
-                  {p.deleteDescSuffix}
-                </>
-              ) : null}
-            </DialogDescription>
-          </DialogHeader>
-          <DialogFooter>
-            <Button disabled={deleting} onClick={() => setPendingDelete(null)} variant="outline">
-              {t.common.cancel}
-            </Button>
-            <Button disabled={deleting} onClick={() => void handleConfirmDelete()} variant="destructive">
-              {deleting ? p.deleting : t.common.delete}
-            </Button>
-          </DialogFooter>
-        </DialogContent>
-      </Dialog>
+      <DeleteProfileDialog
+        onClose={() => setPendingDelete(null)}
+        onDeleted={async () => {
+          setSelectedName(null)
+          await refresh()
+        }}
+        open={pendingDelete !== null}
+        profile={pendingDelete}
+      />
     </Panel>
   )
 }
diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/app/profiles/rename-profile-dialog.tsx b/apps/desktop/src/app/profiles/rename-profile-dialog.tsx
index 8a12f7b65ab..7973472260b 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/app/profiles/rename-profile-dialog.tsx
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/app/profiles/rename-profile-dialog.tsx
@@ -11,10 +11,11 @@ import {
   DialogTitle
 } from '@/components/ui/dialog'
 import { Field, FieldHint } from '@/components/ui/field'
-import { Input } from '@/components/ui/input'
+import { SanitizedInput } from '@/components/ui/sanitized-input'
 import { renameProfile } from '@/hermes'
 import { useI18n } from '@/i18n'
 import { AlertTriangle } from '@/lib/icons'
+import { slug } from '@/lib/sanitize'
 
 import { isValidProfileName } from './create-profile-dialog'
 
@@ -95,11 +96,12 @@ export function RenameProfileDialog({
 
         <form className="grid gap-4" onSubmit={handleSubmit}>
           <Field htmlFor="rename-profile-name" label={p.newNameLabel}>
-            <Input
+            <SanitizedInput
               aria-invalid={invalid}
               autoFocus
               id="rename-profile-name"
-              onChange={event => setName(event.target.value)}
+              onValueChange={setName}
+              sanitize={slug}
               value={name}
             />
             <FieldHint error={invalid}>{p.nameHint}</FieldHint>