diff --git a/src/libslic3r/AppConfig.hpp b/src/libslic3r/AppConfig.hpp
index adb30375e3..9ec0cf0fc9 100644
--- a/src/libslic3r/AppConfig.hpp
+++ b/src/libslic3r/AppConfig.hpp
@@ -91,6 +91,10 @@ public:
 	std::string get_language_code();
 	std::string get_hms_host();
 	bool get_stealth_mode();
+	// The user's OWN Stealth mode setting, without the pre-wizard default that get_stealth_mode()
+	// applies. Use this wherever "the wizard is unfinished" must not count as stealth — blocking
+	// sign-in above all, since signing in is how a user leaves that state in the first place.
+	bool get_stealth_mode_setting() { return get_bool("stealth_mode"); }
 	// Session state, not a setting: mirrors whether a cloud account is currently signed in, so
 	// get_stealth_mode() can tell "the user has not been asked yet" from "the user said no".
 	void set_cloud_logged_in(bool logged_in) { m_cloud_logged_in = logged_in; }
diff --git a/src/slic3r/GUI/GUI_App.cpp b/src/slic3r/GUI/GUI_App.cpp
index 64f539db20..81f2cb8c5f 100644
--- a/src/slic3r/GUI/GUI_App.cpp
+++ b/src/slic3r/GUI/GUI_App.cpp
@@ -5084,7 +5084,12 @@ std::string GUI_App::handle_web_request(std::string cmd)
                 });
                 return "";
             }
-            if (app_config->get_stealth_mode() && stealth_blocked_login_commands.count(command_str)) {
+            // The user's own setting only. Blocking sign-in because the setup wizard is unfinished
+            // is backwards — signing in is how you leave that state — and it told a user who had
+            // never touched the toggle "You are currently in Stealth Mode", then offered a Quit
+            // button that writes stealth_mode=false when it was already false and leaves the
+            // pre-wizard default exactly where it was.
+            if (app_config->get_stealth_mode_setting() && stealth_blocked_login_commands.count(command_str)) {
                 CallAfter([this, command_str] {
                     MessageDialog dlg(mainframe,
                         _L("You are currently in Stealth Mode. To log into the Cloud, you need to disable Stealth Mode first."),