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diff --git a/native/components/background-identity-login-handler.react.js b/native/components/background-identity-login-handler.react.js
index b7288bbbae..f6da27f0d6 100644
--- a/native/components/background-identity-login-handler.react.js
+++ b/native/components/background-identity-login-handler.react.js
@@ -3,12 +3,13 @@
 import * as React from 'react';
 
 import { logOutActionTypes, useLogOut } from 'lib/actions/user-actions.js';
-import { useModalContext } from 'lib/components/modal-provider.react.js';
+import { usePasswordLogIn } from 'lib/hooks/login-hooks.js';
 import { accountHasPassword } from 'lib/shared/account-utils.js';
 import { useDispatchActionPromise } from 'lib/utils/redux-promise-utils.js';
 import { useSelector } from 'lib/utils/redux-utils.js';
 import { usingCommServicesAccessToken } from 'lib/utils/services-utils.js';
 
+import { fetchNativeKeychainCredentials } from '../account/native-credentials.js';
 import Alert from '../utils/alert.js';
 
 function BackgroundIdentityLoginHandler() {
@@ -21,28 +22,49 @@ function BackgroundIdentityLoginHandler() {
   const hasAccessToken = useSelector(state => !!state.commServicesAccessToken);
   const dataLoaded = useSelector(state => state.dataLoaded);
 
-  const { pushModal } = useModalContext();
+  const callIdentityPasswordLogIn = usePasswordLogIn();
 
-  React.useEffect(() => {
+  const handleLogOutAndAlert = React.useCallback(() => {
+    void dispatchActionPromise(logOutActionTypes, callLogOut());
+    Alert.alert(
+      'Security update',
+      'Unfortunately, we must log you out as we perform an update to our system.',
+      [{ text: 'OK' }],
+    );
+  }, [dispatchActionPromise, callLogOut]);
+
+  const logInIfPossibleElseLogOut = React.useCallback(async () => {
     if (hasAccessToken || !dataLoaded || !usingCommServicesAccessToken) {
       return;
     }
-    if (!isAccountWithPassword) {
-      void dispatchActionPromise(logOutActionTypes, callLogOut());
-      Alert.alert(
-        'Security update',
-        'Unfortunately, we must log you out as we perform an update to our system.',
-        [{ text: 'OK' }],
-      );
+
+    if (isAccountWithPassword) {
+      const nativeCredentials = await fetchNativeKeychainCredentials();
+      if (!nativeCredentials) {
+        return;
+      }
+      try {
+        await callIdentityPasswordLogIn(
+          nativeCredentials.username,
+          nativeCredentials.password,
+        );
+      } catch (e) {
+        handleLogOutAndAlert();
+      }
+    } else {
+      handleLogOutAndAlert();
     }
   }, [
-    callLogOut,
+    callIdentityPasswordLogIn,
     dataLoaded,
-    dispatchActionPromise,
+    handleLogOutAndAlert,
     hasAccessToken,
     isAccountWithPassword,
-    pushModal,
   ]);
+
+  React.useEffect(() => {
+    logInIfPossibleElseLogOut();
+  }, [logInIfPossibleElseLogOut]);
 }
 
 export default BackgroundIdentityLoginHandler;