diff --git a/src/shared/chainSwitch.js b/src/shared/chainSwitch.js
index 5c86f84..18e8610 100644
--- a/src/shared/chainSwitch.js
+++ b/src/shared/chainSwitch.js
@@ -2,8 +2,10 @@
 //
 // A network switch reaches the popup's `state` in one of two ways:
 //
-// - onChainSwitch() below makes the switch the user picks in Settings, with
-//   applyChainSwitchFields() (chainSwitchFields.js).
+// - onChainSwitch() below makes the switch the user picks in Settings. It
+//   makes the switch on the stored record with applyChainSwitchFields(), and
+//   copies the switched fields into `state` with copyChainSwitchFields()
+//   (chainSwitchFields.js).
 // - followStoredSettings() in src/popup/index.js takes a switch the background
 //   or another popup page saved, from the stored record, with
 //   takeStoredNetwork() (state.js), which copies it with
@@ -27,7 +29,10 @@
 // against storage, and the singleton is not reachable from the background
 // bundle at all (enforced by the ESLint rule in eslint.config.js).
 
-const { applyChainSwitchFields } = require("./chainSwitchFields");
+const {
+    applyChainSwitchFields,
+    copyChainSwitchFields,
+} = require("./chainSwitchFields");
 const { clearPrices } = require("./prices");
 
 // The popup's own caches a network switch resets. Prices are chain-specific
@@ -47,12 +52,23 @@ function clearPopupCaches() {
 // lock, so it is never switched while a follow of a switch saved elsewhere
 // waits for the lock (followStoredSettings() in src/popup/index.js): that
 // follow runs first, and this switch is made after it.
+//
+// The switch is made on the stored record that the save has just read, as the
+// background makes its own switch. The switched fields are then copied from
+// that record into `state`. So the switch also covers what another page stored
+// since this page's last save:
+//
+// - A token tracked on the previous network stays tracked on that network.
+// - An endpoint URL saved for the previous network stays with that network.
+// - A balance from the previous network is cleared
+//   (https://git.eeqj.de/sneak/AutistMask/issues/653).
 async function onChainSwitch(newNetworkId) {
     const { state, saveState } = require("./state");
     let net = null;
-    await saveState(() => {
+    await saveState((stored) => {
         if (state.networkId === newNetworkId) return false;
-        net = applyChainSwitchFields(state, newNetworkId);
+        net = applyChainSwitchFields(stored, newNetworkId);
+        copyChainSwitchFields(state, stored);
         clearPopupCaches();
     });
     return net;
diff --git a/src/shared/chainSwitchFields.js b/src/shared/chainSwitchFields.js
index cea6ef2..4f3b777 100644
--- a/src/shared/chainSwitchFields.js
+++ b/src/shared/chainSwitchFields.js
@@ -3,9 +3,10 @@
 //
 // Split out of chainSwitch.js so the background can perform a chain switch
 // without the singleton being reachable from its bundle at all. The popup
-// still goes through onChainSwitch() (chainSwitch.js), which applies this to
-// the singleton and saves; the background applies it to the detached record of
-// its own read-modify-write (src/background/state.js).
+// still goes through onChainSwitch() (chainSwitch.js). That function applies
+// this to the stored record that the switch's save reads, and copies the
+// result into the singleton. The background applies it to the detached record
+// of its own read-modify-write (src/background/state.js).
 //
 // Everything here is synchronous and touches nothing but the objects it is
 // given: no storage, no caches, no imports beyond the network table. That is
diff --git a/src/shared/state.js b/src/shared/state.js
index 227763c..1d75e94 100644
--- a/src/shared/state.js
+++ b/src/shared/state.js
@@ -591,8 +591,10 @@ function reportSaveFailure(err) {
 //
 // `beforeWrite`, when given, is called inside the lock with the stored record
 // as just read, before this page's state is compared against it. It may change
-// `state`, and this save writes that change. When it returns false, nothing is
-// written; any other return lets the save go ahead.
+// `state`, and this save writes that change. It may also change the stored
+// record: a field that this page did not change is written as `beforeWrite`
+// left it. When it returns false, nothing is written; any other return lets the
+// save go ahead.
 function saveState(beforeWrite) {
     const turn = withLock("autistmask", () => saveStateOnce(beforeWrite));
     // Every failed save is reported, whether or not the caller awaited this
diff --git a/tests/balanceRefreshNetworkSwitch.test.js b/tests/balanceRefreshNetworkSwitch.test.js
index 94b0a4a..54195b3 100644
--- a/tests/balanceRefreshNetworkSwitch.test.js
+++ b/tests/balanceRefreshNetworkSwitch.test.js
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@
 // approved a site's request, which changes only the stored record. Driven
 // through the real popup over a stored profile on Ethereum Mainnet. The same
 // refresh in the background is in tests/backgroundStateIsolation.test.js.
+//
+// The last test covers a refresh by the background that is saved just before
+// the switch in Settings (https://git.eeqj.de/sneak/AutistMask/issues/653).
 
 const {
     bootPopup,
@@ -159,3 +162,50 @@ test("a refresh that returns after the background switched the network writes no
 
     expectNothingStored(page);
 });
+
+// The background's refresh saves Ethereum Mainnet's balances while the switch
+// in Settings waits for the lock. This page last saved a balance of "0" and no
+// tokens, the same values the switch sets.
+test("a background refresh saved while a switch in Settings waits for the lock leaves none of its balances stored", async () => {
+    const profile = unversionedValidProfile();
+    profile.wallets[0].addresses[0].balance = "0";
+    const page = await bootPopup(profile);
+    expect(page.pageErrors).toEqual([]);
+    const background = require("../src/background/state");
+    await page.click("btn-settings");
+
+    // The background takes the lock first and holds it until the test calls
+    // `letGo()`. It then saves balances as backgroundRefresh() in
+    // src/background/index.js does.
+    let letGo;
+    const refreshSave = background.updateState(async (fresh) => {
+        await new Promise((resolve) => {
+            letGo = resolve;
+        });
+        fresh.wallets[0].addresses[0].balance = "7.0";
+        fresh.wallets[0].addresses[0].tokenBalances = [
+            {
+                address: TOKEN_ADDRESS,
+                name: "Test Token",
+                symbol: "TST",
+                decimals: 18,
+                balance: "5.0",
+                holders: null,
+            },
+        ];
+        fresh.lastBalanceRefresh = Date.now();
+    });
+    await page.settle();
+
+    const select = page.node("settings-network");
+    select.value = "sepolia";
+    const switching = Promise.all(select.listeners.change.map((fn) => fn()));
+    await page.settle();
+
+    letGo();
+    await refreshSave;
+    await switching;
+    await page.settle();
+
+    expectNothingStored(page);
+});
diff --git a/tests/networkEndpoints.test.js b/tests/networkEndpoints.test.js
index d403505..b632d8f 100644
--- a/tests/networkEndpoints.test.js
+++ b/tests/networkEndpoints.test.js
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ function loadModuleWith(persisted) {
     return {
         mod: require("../src/shared/state"),
         chainSwitch: require("../src/shared/chainSwitch"),
+        storage,
         written: () => storage.read("autistmask"),
     };
 }
@@ -105,6 +106,27 @@ describe("a custom endpoint survives a chain switch", () => {
         expect(mod.state.rpcUrl).toBe(CUSTOM_RPC);
     });
 
+    // Another page saves the user's own node for Ethereum Mainnet after this
+    // page's last save. This page's switch keeps that node for Ethereum
+    // Mainnet.
+    test("an endpoint another page saved for the network being left is remembered", async () => {
+        const { mod, chainSwitch, storage, written } = loadModuleWith({
+            wallets: walletFixture(),
+            networkId: "mainnet",
+            rpcUrl: MAINNET.defaultRpcUrl,
+            blockscoutUrl: MAINNET.defaultBlockscoutUrl,
+            networkEndpoints: {},
+        });
+        await mod.loadState();
+        storage.write("autistmask", { ...written(), rpcUrl: CUSTOM_RPC });
+
+        await chainSwitch.onChainSwitch("sepolia");
+        expect(written().networkEndpoints.mainnet.rpcUrl).toBe(CUSTOM_RPC);
+
+        await chainSwitch.onChainSwitch("mainnet");
+        expect(mod.state.rpcUrl).toBe(CUSTOM_RPC);
+    });
+
     test("the remembered endpoints survive an extension restart", async () => {
         const first = loadModuleWith({
             wallets: walletFixture(),
diff --git a/tests/trackedTokensPerNetwork.test.js b/tests/trackedTokensPerNetwork.test.js
index 378d556..32bf020 100644
--- a/tests/trackedTokensPerNetwork.test.js
+++ b/tests/trackedTokensPerNetwork.test.js
@@ -177,6 +177,25 @@ test("a token added by contract address on Sepolia is tracked on Sepolia only",
     expect(onSepolia).not.toContain("DAI");
 });
 
+// Another popup page tracks DAI on Ethereum Mainnet after this page's last
+// save. This page's switch in Settings keeps DAI, tracked on Ethereum Mainnet.
+test("a token another page tracked stays on its network through a switch in Settings", async () => {
+    const boot = await bootPopup(unversionedValidProfile());
+    expect(boot.pageErrors).toEqual([]);
+    boot.storage.write("autistmask", {
+        ...boot.storage.read("autistmask"),
+        trackedTokens: [MAINNET_TOKEN],
+    });
+
+    await boot.click("btn-settings");
+    await chooseNetwork(boot, "sepolia");
+
+    const stored = boot.storage.read("autistmask");
+    expect(stored.networkId).toBe("sepolia");
+    expect(stored.trackedTokens).toEqual([]);
+    expect(stored.networkTrackedTokens.mainnet).toEqual([MAINNET_TOKEN]);
+});
+
 describe("Back after a switch from the Settings gear", () => {
     test("SettingsAddToken no longer offers the common tokens", async () => {
         const boot = await bootOnAddToken("mainnet");