diff --git a/core/controllers/AuthController.php b/core/controllers/AuthController.php
index d9494b32..81d1017e 100644
--- a/core/controllers/AuthController.php
+++ b/core/controllers/AuthController.php
@@ -211,7 +211,18 @@ public function resetAction()
                 (string) $request->getPost('confirm')
             );
             if ($res['ok']) {
-                $this->_json(['result' => 1, 'redirect' => '/auth/login/reset/1']);
+                // Better UX: sign the user straight in and send them to their dashboard — no bounce back
+                // to the login page. `pwreset=1` on the destination drives a dismissable "password set,
+                // you're logged in" toast; `username` lets the form offer the browser's save-password.
+                $uid = (string) ($res['user_id'] ?? '');
+                if ($uid !== '' && (new Tiger_Service_Authentication())->establishSession($uid)) {
+                    $home = $this->_roleHome(Zend_Auth::getInstance()->getIdentity());
+                    $home .= (strpos($home, '?') === false ? '?' : '&') . 'pwreset=1';
+                    $this->_json(['result' => 1, 'redirect' => $home, 'logged_in' => true,
+                                  'username' => (string) ($res['username'] ?? '')]);
+                } else {
+                    $this->_json(['result' => 1, 'redirect' => '/auth/login/reset/1']);   // fallback: old behaviour
+                }
             } else {
                 $this->_json(['result' => 0, 'message' => $res['error']], 400);
             }
diff --git a/core/views/scripts/auth/reset.phtml b/core/views/scripts/auth/reset.phtml
index 2a0181fd..0a723c98 100644
--- a/core/views/scripts/auth/reset.phtml
+++ b/core/views/scripts/auth/reset.phtml
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ $code = $this->escape($this->code ?? '');
 <form id="reset-form" novalidate>
     <input type="hidden" name="cid" value="<?= $cid ?>">
     <input type="hidden" name="code" value="<?= $code ?>">
+    <?php /* Filled from the server response on success so the browser can offer to save the password. */ ?>
+    <input type="text" name="username" id="reset-username" autocomplete="username" value="" hidden>
     <div class="mb-3">
         <label class="form-label" for="reset-password"><?= $this->escape($this->t('core.auth.reset.new_password')) ?></label>
         <input type="password" class="form-control form-control-lg" id="reset-password" name="password"
@@ -75,7 +77,13 @@ document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', function () {
             .then(function (r) { return r.json().catch(function () { return {}; }); });
         })
         .then(function (res) {
-            if (res && res.result === 1) { window.location = res.redirect || '/auth/login/reset/1'; return; }
+            if (res && res.result === 1) {
+                // Populate the username so the browser offers to save the new password, then go straight
+                // to the dashboard (we're already signed in — no bounce to the login page).
+                if (res.username) { var uf = document.getElementById('reset-username'); if (uf) { uf.value = res.username; } }
+                window.location = res.redirect || '/auth/login/reset/1';
+                return;
+            }
             if (res && res.recaptcha) { rcReset(); fail(Tiger.t('recaptcha')); return; }
             fail((res && res.message) ? res.message : Tiger.t('resetFailed'));
         })
diff --git a/library/Tiger/Service/Authentication.php b/library/Tiger/Service/Authentication.php
index 4e307203..610f8996 100644
--- a/library/Tiger/Service/Authentication.php
+++ b/library/Tiger/Service/Authentication.php
@@ -284,7 +284,9 @@ public function resetPassword($challengeId, $code, $newPassword, $confirm)
             return ['ok' => false, 'error' => 'We could not set your password. Please try again.'];
         }
 
-        return ['ok' => true, 'error' => null];
+        // Return the identity so the caller can sign the user straight in (no bounce to the login page).
+        $u = (new Tiger_Model_User())->findById($userId);
+        return ['ok' => true, 'error' => null, 'user_id' => $userId, 'username' => $u ? (string) $u->username : ''];
     }
 
     /**