diff --git a/mobile/lib/routing/auth_guard.dart b/mobile/lib/routing/auth_guard.dart
index eaa821c0eb..2fc27be4f4 100644
--- a/mobile/lib/routing/auth_guard.dart
+++ b/mobile/lib/routing/auth_guard.dart
@@ -15,37 +15,62 @@ class AuthGuard extends AutoRouteGuard {
   final ApiService _apiService;
   final AuthService _authService;
   final _log = Logger("AuthGuard");
+  bool _validateInFlight = false;
   AuthGuard(this._apiService, this._authService);
   @override
-  void onNavigation(NavigationResolver resolver, StackRouter router) async {
-    resolver.next(true);
-
+  void onNavigation(NavigationResolver resolver, StackRouter router) {
+    // Synchronously check for the access token. auto_route awaits async
+    // guards, so we keep this function fully sync and validate the token in
+    // the background — otherwise a slow validateAccessToken() request would
+    // block the route transition for as long as the OS-level HTTP timeout.
     try {
-      // Look in the store for an access token
       Store.get(StoreKey.accessToken);
-
-      // Validate the access token with the server
-      final res = await _apiService.authenticationApi.validateAccessToken();
-      if (res == null || res.authStatus != true) {
-        // If the access token is invalid, take user back to login
-        _log.fine('User token is invalid. Redirecting to login');
-        unawaited(router.replaceAll([const LoginRoute()]).then((_) => _authService.clearLocalData()));
-      }
     } on StoreKeyNotFoundException catch (_) {
-      // If there is no access token, take us to the login page
       _log.warning('No access token in the store.');
+      resolver.next(false);
       unawaited(router.replaceAll([const LoginRoute()]));
       return;
+    }
+
+    resolver.next(true);
+    unawaited(_validateAccessTokenInBackground(router));
+  }
+
+  Future<void> _validateAccessTokenInBackground(StackRouter router) async {
+    if (_validateInFlight) {
+      return;
+    }
+    final token = Store.tryGet(StoreKey.accessToken);
+    if (token == null) {
+      return;
+    }
+    _validateInFlight = true;
+    try {
+      final res = await _apiService.authenticationApi.validateAccessToken();
+      if (res == null || res.authStatus != true) {
+        // Token may have changed during validation (user logged out + logged in
+        // again); only act if it still applies to the current session.
+        if (Store.tryGet(StoreKey.accessToken) != token) {
+          return;
+        }
+        _log.fine('User token is invalid. Redirecting to login');
+        await router.replaceAll([const LoginRoute()]);
+        await _authService.clearLocalData();
+      }
     } on ApiException catch (e) {
-      // On an unauthorized request, take us to the login page
-      if (e.code == HttpStatus.unauthorized) {
-        _log.warning("Unauthorized access token.");
-        unawaited(router.replaceAll([const LoginRoute()]).then((_) => _authService.clearLocalData()));
+      if (e.code != HttpStatus.unauthorized) {
         return;
       }
+      if (Store.tryGet(StoreKey.accessToken) != token) {
+        return;
+      }
+      _log.warning("Unauthorized access token.");
+      await router.replaceAll([const LoginRoute()]);
+      await _authService.clearLocalData();
     } catch (e) {
-      // Otherwise, this is not fatal, but we still log the warning
       _log.warning('Error validating access token from server: $e');
+    } finally {
+      _validateInFlight = false;
     }
   }
 }