diff --git a/packages/secubox-profiles/api/web.py b/packages/secubox-profiles/api/web.py
index 1953729d..0b980751 100644
--- a/packages/secubox-profiles/api/web.py
+++ b/packages/secubox-profiles/api/web.py
@@ -503,8 +503,24 @@ def create_app() -> FastAPI:
 
     @app.post("/api/v1/profiles/rollback")
     async def rollback_active(_claims=Depends(require_jwt)):
+        # A rollback restores an ARBITRARY point-in-time snapshot, which has no
+        # associated profile name — unlike /apply, there is no "prior profile"
+        # to revert `active` to. On a SUCCESSFUL rollback the honest state
+        # afterward is "no named profile / custom": clear the pointer rather
+        # than leave it naming whatever profile the last /apply set, which no
+        # longer matches the (rolled-back) board state. Success predicate
+        # mirrors the CLI's own (see api/cli.py _cmd_rollback: rc 0 iff
+        # status in ("applied", "planned")) — "planned" is not structurally
+        # reachable here (the ctl is always invoked with --yes) but matching
+        # the CLI's exact predicate beats an ad-hoc single-value check.
+        root = _root()
+        _mod, _prof_dir, _pins, active_file = _cli._paths(root)
+        active_path = Path(active_file)
         async with _apply_lock:
-            return await _run_ctl_json("rollback")
+            report = await _run_ctl_json("rollback")
+            if isinstance(report, dict) and report.get("status") in ("applied", "planned"):
+                active_path.unlink(missing_ok=True)
+            return report
 
     return app
 
diff --git a/packages/secubox-profiles/tests/test_web.py b/packages/secubox-profiles/tests/test_web.py
index 3bcfaa9d..cf5e87a4 100644
--- a/packages/secubox-profiles/tests/test_web.py
+++ b/packages/secubox-profiles/tests/test_web.py
@@ -502,3 +502,47 @@ def test_apply_applied_keeps_active_at_target(client, root, monkeypatch):
     r = client.post("/api/v1/profiles/apply", json={"profile": "lite"})
     assert r.status_code == 200
     assert (root / "profiles" / "active").read_text().strip() == "lite"  # kept
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# rollback clears `active` — a standalone rollback restores an ARBITRARY
+# point-in-time snapshot that has no associated profile name; leaving `active`
+# unchanged would have it keep naming whatever profile the last /apply set,
+# which no longer matches the (rolled-back) board state. Mirrors the
+# apply_active revert-on-rolled_back fix above, but for the separate
+# /rollback route: on a successful rollback (CLI status "applied"/"planned",
+# see api/cli.py _cmd_rollback's own success predicate) the honest state is
+# "no named profile" -> clear the pointer.
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+def test_rollback_clears_active_pointer(client, root, monkeypatch):
+    assert (root / "profiles" / "active").read_text().strip() == "media"
+
+    def fake_run(argv, **kw):
+        class P:
+            returncode = 0
+            stdout = ('{"status":"applied","changed":["x"],"failed":[],'
+                      '"rolled_back":["x"],"target":"R1"}')
+            stderr = ""
+        return P()
+    monkeypatch.setattr(web, "_ctl_run", fake_run)
+
+    r = client.post("/api/v1/profiles/rollback", json={})
+    assert r.status_code == 200
+    assert not (root / "profiles" / "active").exists()
+
+
+def test_rollback_failure_leaves_active_untouched(client, root, monkeypatch):
+    assert (root / "profiles" / "active").read_text().strip() == "media"
+
+    def fake_run(argv, **kw):
+        class P:
+            returncode = 2
+            stdout = ""
+            stderr = "boum"
+        return P()
+    monkeypatch.setattr(web, "_ctl_run", fake_run)
+
+    r = client.post("/api/v1/profiles/rollback", json={})
+    assert r.status_code == 500
+    assert (root / "profiles" / "active").read_text().strip() == "media"