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diff --git a/packages/meshbay-hub/src/meshbay_hub/static/transport.js b/packages/meshbay-hub/src/meshbay_hub/static/transport.js
index c86d668..a07f431 100644
--- a/packages/meshbay-hub/src/meshbay_hub/static/transport.js
+++ b/packages/meshbay-hub/src/meshbay_hub/static/transport.js
@@ -1178,6 +1178,21 @@ class MeshBayTransport {
         } catch (e) {
           // The UI turns this into "ask the operator for an invite code".
           this._joinError = e;
+          // Asked for by the page ("Get a linking code"): filed on this same
+          // connection, still before the proof (MNP 6.3), because the page
+          // closes a connection that did not finish. Only for an identity the
+          // application keeps: one a browser minted is gone by its next
+          // connection, and approving it would link nothing.
+          if (e.reason === 'unknown_device' && this.fileDeviceRequest
+              && this._identity.native) {
+            try {
+              const filed = await this.requestDeviceAdd(userId);
+              e.deviceCode = filed.code;
+              e.deviceExpiresAt = filed.expiresAt;
+            } catch (fe) {
+              e.message = fe.message;
+            }
+          }
         }
       }