diff --git a/client/internal/ipcauth/interceptor.go b/client/internal/ipcauth/interceptor.go
index bb1b8aebf..e8a437b40 100644
--- a/client/internal/ipcauth/interceptor.go
+++ b/client/internal/ipcauth/interceptor.go
@@ -72,8 +72,11 @@ func (i *Interceptor) authorize(ctx context.Context, fullMethod string) error {
 		}
 	}
 
-	// Per-user / per-target-profile RPCs authorize themselves in the handler.
+	// These RPCs authorize themselves in the handler (target-profile check) or are
+	// connection-lifecycle actions any authenticated local user may perform; they
+	// bypass the active-profile gate. Still audit the C/H ones on allow.
 	if handlerAuthorizedMethods[fullMethod] {
+		i.auditAllow(id, fullMethod)
 		return nil
 	}
 
diff --git a/client/internal/ipcauth/interceptor_test.go b/client/internal/ipcauth/interceptor_test.go
index c3d92eb12..80c7d16fb 100644
--- a/client/internal/ipcauth/interceptor_test.go
+++ b/client/internal/ipcauth/interceptor_test.go
@@ -42,9 +42,11 @@ func ctxWith(id Identity) context.Context {
 }
 
 const (
-	up    = servicePath + "Up"
-	list  = servicePath + "ListProfiles"
-	unkwn = servicePath + "SomeFutureMethod"
+	up      = servicePath + "Up"
+	list    = servicePath + "ListProfiles"
+	unkwn   = servicePath + "SomeFutureMethod"
+	down    = servicePath + "Down"
+	switchp = servicePath + "SwitchProfile"
 )
 
 func TestInterceptorAuthorize(t *testing.T) {
@@ -65,6 +67,8 @@ func TestInterceptorAuthorize(t *testing.T) {
 		{"uid owner allowed", Ownership{Owners: []string{"uid:1000"}}, nil, ctxWith(Identity{UID: 1000}), up, false},
 		{"non-owner denied", Ownership{Owners: []string{"uid:1000"}}, nil, ctxWith(Identity{UID: 2000}), up, true},
 		{"handler-authorized bypass", Ownership{Owners: []string{"uid:1000"}}, nil, ctxWith(Identity{UID: 2000}), list, false},
+		{"down allowed while another user's profile active", Ownership{Owners: []string{"uid:1000"}}, nil, ctxWith(Identity{UID: 2000}), down, false},
+		{"switch-profile bypasses active-profile gate", Ownership{Owners: []string{"uid:1000"}}, nil, ctxWith(Identity{UID: 2000}), switchp, false},
 		{"unknown method gated", Ownership{Owners: []string{"uid:1000"}}, nil, ctxWith(Identity{UID: 2000}), unkwn, true},
 		{"primary gid owner", Ownership{Owners: []string{"gid:5000"}}, nil, ctxWith(Identity{UID: 2000, GID: 5000}), up, false},
 		{"group-name owner via resolver", Ownership{Owners: []string{"group:admins"}},
diff --git a/client/internal/ipcauth/policy.go b/client/internal/ipcauth/policy.go
index 4b0449de1..8e88650f2 100644
--- a/client/internal/ipcauth/policy.go
+++ b/client/internal/ipcauth/policy.go
@@ -18,15 +18,26 @@ type ProfilePolicy interface {
 	ClaimActiveProfileOwnerIfUnowned(id Identity) (bool, error)
 }
 
-// handlerAuthorizedMethods bypass the active-profile gate: they are per-user or
-// per-target-profile operations whose handler does its own authorization (bound
-// to the caller identity). Peer identity is still required to reach them.
+// handlerAuthorizedMethods bypass the active-profile gate. Peer identity is
+// still required to reach them. Two groups:
+//
+//   - Per-user / per-target-profile operations whose handler does its own
+//     authorization bound to the caller identity: AddProfile, ListProfiles,
+//     GetActiveProfile, RemoveProfile, RenameProfile, and SwitchProfile (gated
+//     on the TARGET profile's ownership via authorizeTargetProfile).
+//   - Connection-lifecycle operations on the single shared daemon connection
+//     that any authenticated local user may perform: Down. Gating these on the
+//     ACTIVE profile's owner would trap a user behind another user's profile —
+//     they could neither disconnect nor switch to their OWN profile. SwitchProfile
+//     is bounded by its target check; Down only tears the connection down.
 var handlerAuthorizedMethods = map[string]bool{
 	servicePath + "AddProfile":       true,
 	servicePath + "ListProfiles":     true,
 	servicePath + "GetActiveProfile": true,
 	servicePath + "RemoveProfile":    true,
 	servicePath + "RenameProfile":    true,
+	servicePath + "SwitchProfile":    true,
+	servicePath + "Down":             true,
 }
 
 // auditMethods are worth an audit log line. Denials are always logged.