diff --git a/src/app/features/finish-day-before-close/finish-day-before-close.effects.spec.ts b/src/app/features/finish-day-before-close/finish-day-before-close.effects.spec.ts
index d1d58ebd47..b76edf922d 100644
--- a/src/app/features/finish-day-before-close/finish-day-before-close.effects.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/features/finish-day-before-close/finish-day-before-close.effects.spec.ts
@@ -99,12 +99,14 @@ describe('FinishDayBeforeCloseEffects._handleCloseDecision()', () => {
       expect(router.navigateByUrl).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
     });
 
-    it('navigates to /daily-summary and does NOT close when user picks "finish-day"', async () => {
+    it('navigates to /active/daily-summary and does NOT close when user picks "finish-day"', async () => {
       showDialogSpy.and.returnValue(Promise.resolve('finish-day'));
 
       await effects._handleCloseDecision([doneTask, undoneTask]);
 
-      expect(router.navigateByUrl).toHaveBeenCalledWith('/daily-summary');
+      // Must target the context-resolved route (issue #8449); a bare
+      // `/daily-summary` has no matching route and redirects to the start page.
+      expect(router.navigateByUrl).toHaveBeenCalledWith('/active/daily-summary');
       expect(execBeforeCloseService.setDone).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
     });
   });
diff --git a/src/app/features/finish-day-before-close/finish-day-before-close.effects.ts b/src/app/features/finish-day-before-close/finish-day-before-close.effects.ts
index 3a32caf464..e74615768e 100644
--- a/src/app/features/finish-day-before-close/finish-day-before-close.effects.ts
+++ b/src/app/features/finish-day-before-close/finish-day-before-close.effects.ts
@@ -103,7 +103,13 @@ export class FinishDayBeforeCloseEffects {
     if (choice === 'quit') {
       this._execBeforeCloseService.setDone(EXEC_BEFORE_CLOSE_ID);
     } else if (choice === 'finish-day') {
-      this._router.navigateByUrl('/daily-summary');
+      // There is no top-level `/daily-summary` route — the daily summary only
+      // exists under the active work context (tag/project). `/active/...` is
+      // resolved by ActiveWorkContextGuard to the current context, same as the
+      // in-app Finish Day button. A bare `/daily-summary` falls through to the
+      // `**` wildcard and redirects to the start page, so the summary never
+      // opens (issue #8449).
+      this._router.navigateByUrl('/active/daily-summary');
     }
   }