diff --git a/docs/app-profiles/streampixels.md b/docs/app-profiles/streampixels.md
index 9d1e23d..cf7b602 100644
--- a/docs/app-profiles/streampixels.md
+++ b/docs/app-profiles/streampixels.md
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ In the service-first Heimdall version, the most likely reusable slice is:
 
 - provider OAuth authority
 - identity-linking authority
-- managed Twitch/YouTube/Joystick credential custody for creator connections (Joystick is a managed connection only, not a viewer sign-in provider: `startOAuthFlow` admits `sign_in` and `link` only for `identityProviders` and `connect` only for `managedConnectionProviders`, and refuses anything else before any redirect)
+- managed Twitch/YouTube/Joystick credential custody for creator connections (Joystick is a managed connection only, not a viewer sign-in provider: `startOAuthFlow` admits `sign_in` and `link` only for `identityProviders` and `connect` only for `managedConnectionProviders` or `identityProviders`, and refuses anything else before any redirect)
 - entitlement refresh
 - shared claim semantics
 
diff --git a/src/app-profiles.ts b/src/app-profiles.ts
index 8ac57dd..128b27a 100644
--- a/src/app-profiles.ts
+++ b/src/app-profiles.ts
@@ -225,13 +225,15 @@ export function serializeAppProfile(profile: AppProfile): Record<string, unknown
 /**
  * Whether the profile admits this provider for this mode. The role lists
  * decide: `sign_in` and `link` mint viewer identity, so they take only
- * `identityProviders`; `connect` takes custody of a creator credential, so it
- * takes only `managedConnectionProviders`. A provider in neither list for the
- * mode is refused before any redirect.
+ * `identityProviders`; a provider that is only a managed connection (Joystick)
+ * can never sign anyone in or link. `connect` takes either list:
+ * `managedConnectionProviders` for creator credentials, and
+ * `identityProviders` because Bifrost and its siblings already connect their
+ * identity providers. A provider in neither list is refused before any redirect.
  */
 export function admitsProviderForMode(profile: AppProfile, provider: Provider, mode: OAuthMode): boolean {
   return mode === "connect"
-    ? profile.managedConnectionProviders.includes(provider)
+    ? profile.managedConnectionProviders.includes(provider) || profile.identityProviders.includes(provider)
     : profile.identityProviders.includes(provider);
 }
 
diff --git a/tests/app.test.ts b/tests/app.test.ts
index 40851c0..70ed754 100644
--- a/tests/app.test.ts
+++ b/tests/app.test.ts
@@ -2023,7 +2023,7 @@ describe("OAuth start admits a provider by the profile's role for the mode", ()
   const allProviders = ["discord", "patreon", "github", "twitch", "youtube", "spotify", "joystick"] as const;
   const modes = ["sign_in", "link", "connect"] as const;
 
-  it("sign_in and link take identityProviders only; connect takes managedConnectionProviders only, for every profile", async () => {
+  it("sign_in and link take identityProviders only; connect takes managedConnectionProviders or identityProviders, for every profile", async () => {
     const app = await buildApp({ config: createTestConfig() });
     try {
       for (const profile of Object.values(builtInAppProfiles)) {
@@ -2034,7 +2034,10 @@ describe("OAuth start admits a provider by the profile's role for the mode", ()
               url: `/v1/oauth/${provider}/start`,
               payload: { appSlug: profile.slug, mode, returnTo: `${profile.allowedReturnOrigins[0]}/x` },
             });
-            const roleList = mode === "connect" ? profile.managedConnectionProviders : profile.identityProviders;
+            const roleList =
+              mode === "connect"
+                ? [...profile.managedConnectionProviders, ...profile.identityProviders]
+                : profile.identityProviders;
             const refused = start.json().error === "provider_not_supported_for_app";
             expect([profile.slug, provider, mode, refused]).toEqual([profile.slug, provider, mode, !roleList.includes(provider)]);
           }