diff --git a/backend/app/api/extension.py b/backend/app/api/extension.py
index ce03206..56b3078 100644
--- a/backend/app/api/extension.py
+++ b/backend/app/api/extension.py
@@ -95,7 +95,9 @@ async def probe_source():
             return _bad("unauthorized", status=401)
         # crypto lets a Discord probe name the server and channel with the
         # stored token; every other platform ignores it.
-        result = await ExtensionService(session, _get_crypto()).probe(url)
+        result = await ExtensionService(session, _get_crypto()).probe(
+            url, names=request.args.get("names") in ("1", "true"),
+        )
     return jsonify(result)
 
 
@@ -116,6 +118,9 @@ async def quick_add_source():
     artist_name = body.get("artist_name")
     if artist_name is not None and not isinstance(artist_name, str):
         return _bad("invalid_body", detail="artist_name must be a string")
+    # Patreon is canon: adding a Patreon source to an existing artist can take
+    # the creator's Patreon display name (name only; the slug never moves).
+    use_platform_name = body.get("use_platform_name") is True
 
     from .credentials import _get_crypto
 
@@ -127,6 +132,7 @@ async def quick_add_source():
             # stored credential (else it falls back to the URL handle). #130.
             result = await ExtensionService(session, _get_crypto()).quick_add_source(
                 url, artist_id=artist_id, artist_name=artist_name,
+                use_platform_name=use_platform_name,
             )
         except UnknownArtistError as exc:
             return _bad("not_found", detail=str(exc), status=404)
diff --git a/backend/app/services/extension_service.py b/backend/app/services/extension_service.py
index f2d7f5f..1c2168a 100644
--- a/backend/app/services/extension_service.py
+++ b/backend/app/services/extension_service.py
@@ -109,12 +109,20 @@ class ExtensionService:
         *,
         artist_id: int | None = None,
         artist_name: str | None = None,
+        use_platform_name: bool = False,
     ) -> dict:
         """Add `url` as a source. `artist_id` connects it to an existing
         artist, `artist_name` to that artist (created if new); with neither,
-        the artist is resolved from the platform as before."""
+        the artist is resolved from the platform as before.
+
+        `use_platform_name` applies the operator's convention that the Patreon
+        name is canon: a Patreon source added to an existing artist renames
+        that artist to the creator's Patreon display name. Name only — the
+        slug, and every path keyed off it, never moves (#130). Ignored on every
+        other platform, and when the name can't be read."""
         platform, raw_slug = self._derive(url)
         url = canonical_source_url(platform, url, raw_slug)
+        renamed_from = None
         # Identity by SOURCE handle (#130): an existing (platform, url) source
         # keeps its artist on re-add — even if that artist was since renamed (its
         # frozen slug no longer matches the current name), and even when the
@@ -134,6 +142,8 @@ class ExtensionService:
             if artist is None:
                 raise UnknownArtistError(f"no artist with id {artist_id}")
             created_artist = False
+            if use_platform_name and platform == "patreon":
+                renamed_from = await self._adopt_patreon_name(artist, raw_slug, url)
         else:
             name = (artist_name or "").strip()
             if not name:
@@ -144,7 +154,21 @@ class ExtensionService:
         source, created_source = await self._find_or_create_source(
             artist_id=artist.id, platform=platform, url=url,
         )
-        return self._shape(source, artist, created_source, created_artist)
+        shaped = self._shape(source, artist, created_source, created_artist)
+        if renamed_from is not None:
+            shaped["renamed_from"] = renamed_from
+        return shaped
+
+    async def _adopt_patreon_name(self, artist, raw_slug: str, url: str) -> str | None:
+        """Rename `artist` to the Patreon display name; the old name when it
+        changed, else None. Unreadable name → no rename, never the handle."""
+        name = await self._platform_display_name("patreon", raw_slug, url)
+        if not name or name == artist.name:
+            return None
+        old = artist.name
+        artist.name = name
+        await self.session.commit()
+        return old
 
     async def _existing_source(self, platform: str, url: str) -> Source | None:
         """The source this URL already is, whichever artist owns it. Discord
@@ -193,8 +217,18 @@ class ExtensionService:
             server_id = raw_slug.split("/", 1)[0]
             names = await self._discord_names(server_id, None)
             return names.get("server") or f"Discord {server_id}"
+        return await self._platform_display_name(platform, raw_slug, url) or raw_slug
+
+    async def _platform_display_name(
+        self, platform: str, raw_slug: str, url: str
+    ) -> str | None:
+        """The creator's display name as Patreon or SubscribeStar shows it, read
+        with the stored cookies; None when it can't be read (no credential, a
+        network error, a slow answer, any other platform). None, not the handle,
+        so a caller can tell a real name from a fallback — a rename to the
+        Patreon name must never rename to a URL handle instead."""
         if self._crypto is None or platform not in ("patreon", "subscribestar"):
-            return raw_slug
+            return None
         import asyncio
 
         from .credential_service import CredentialService
@@ -204,7 +238,7 @@ class ExtensionService:
             if platform == "patreon":
                 cookies = await cred.get_cookies_path("patreon")
                 from .patreon_resolver import resolve_display_name
-                name = await loop.run_in_executor(
+                call = loop.run_in_executor(
                     None, resolve_display_name, raw_slug,
                     str(cookies) if cookies else None,
                 )
@@ -212,15 +246,14 @@ class ExtensionService:
                 cookies = await cred.get_cookies_path("subscribestar")
                 from .subscribestar_client import SubscribeStarClient
                 client = SubscribeStarClient(str(cookies) if cookies else None)
-                name = await loop.run_in_executor(
-                    None, client.resolve_display_name, url
-                )
+                call = loop.run_in_executor(None, client.resolve_display_name, url)
+            name = await asyncio.wait_for(call, timeout=_NAME_LOOKUP_SECONDS)
         except Exception as exc:      # resolution is best-effort — never block the add
             log.warning("artist display-name resolution failed (%s): %s", platform, exc)
-            return raw_slug
-        return name or raw_slug
+            return None
+        return (name or "").strip() or None
 
-    async def probe(self, url: str) -> dict:
+    async def probe(self, url: str, *, names: bool = False) -> dict:
         """Read-only resolution of a creator-page URL against the FC DB.
         Returns one of:
           - {state: 'unknown_platform'}            — URL didn't match any
@@ -236,7 +269,11 @@ class ExtensionService:
                                                    — exact (artist, platform,
             url) Source already exists
 
-        Side-effect-free: two SELECTs at most.
+        `names` (the Add panel asks, the chip does not) adds `display_name`:
+        the creator's name as Patreon/SubscribeStar shows it, or None. It costs
+        a request to the platform, so a plain page view never pays it.
+
+        Side-effect-free: two SELECTs at most, plus that one lookup.
         """
         try:
             platform, raw_slug = self._derive(url)
@@ -246,13 +283,16 @@ class ExtensionService:
             return await self._probe_discord(raw_slug)
 
         slug = slugify(raw_slug)
+        result: dict = {"platform": platform, "slug": slug}
+        if names:
+            result["display_name"] = await self._platform_display_name(
+                platform, raw_slug, url,
+            )
         artist = (await self.session.execute(
             select(Artist).where(Artist.slug == slug)
         )).scalar_one_or_none()
         if artist is None:
-            return {"state": "new", "platform": platform, "slug": slug}
-
-        artist_payload = {"id": artist.id, "name": artist.name, "slug": artist.slug}
+            return {"state": "new", **result}
 
         source = (await self.session.execute(
             select(Source).where(
@@ -262,25 +302,13 @@ class ExtensionService:
             )
         )).scalar_one_or_none()
         if source is None:
-            return {
-                "state": "artist_match",
-                "platform": platform,
-                "slug": slug,
-                "artist": artist_payload,
-            }
+            return {"state": "artist_match", **result, "artist": self._artist_payload(artist)}
 
         return {
             "state": "source_match",
-            "platform": platform,
-            "slug": slug,
-            "artist": artist_payload,
-            "source": {
-                "id": source.id,
-                "artist_id": source.artist_id,
-                "platform": source.platform,
-                "url": source.url,
-                "enabled": source.enabled,
-            },
+            **result,
+            "artist": self._artist_payload(artist),
+            "source": self._source_payload(source),
         }
 
     async def _probe_discord(self, raw_slug: str) -> dict:
diff --git a/extension/background/background.js b/extension/background/background.js
index 7a5f36c..d7e82c5 100644
--- a/extension/background/background.js
+++ b/extension/background/background.js
@@ -270,6 +270,7 @@ browser.runtime.onMessage.addListener(async (msg) => {
         return await api.quickAddSource(msg.url, {
           artistId: msg.artistId ?? null,
           artistName: msg.artistName ?? null,
+          usePlatformName: msg.usePlatformName === true,
         });
       } catch (e) {
         return { error: e.message };
@@ -284,7 +285,7 @@ browser.runtime.onMessage.addListener(async (msg) => {
 
     case 'PROBE_SOURCE':
       try {
-        return await api.probeSource(msg.url);
+        return await api.probeSource(msg.url, { names: msg.names === true });
       } catch (e) {
         return { error: e.message };
       }
diff --git a/extension/content/content-script.css b/extension/content/content-script.css
index 629e3bd..86eaa64 100644
--- a/extension/content/content-script.css
+++ b/extension/content/content-script.css
@@ -97,3 +97,6 @@
 .fc-panel__result-tag { font-size: 11px; color: rgb(140, 220, 160); }
 .fc-panel__empty { padding: 6px 9px; font-size: 12px; color: rgb(170, 166, 156); }
 .fc-panel__hint--match { color: rgb(140, 220, 160); }
+/* The panel's own [hidden] — its rows are display:flex, which beats the UA's. */
+.fc-panel [hidden] { display: none !important; }
+.fc-panel__rename { margin-top: 8px; font-size: 13px; }
diff --git a/extension/content/content-script.js b/extension/content/content-script.js
index 293e163..6f3bacf 100644
--- a/extension/content/content-script.js
+++ b/extension/content/content-script.js
@@ -84,13 +84,14 @@
       await openArtist(btn, probe.artist?.slug);
       return;
     }
-    // A Discord URL names a channel, not a creator — ask which artist.
-    if (probe?.platform === 'discord') {
-      if (document.getElementById('fc-discord-panel')) closePanel();
-      else openDiscordPanel(probe);
+    // Every add goes through the panel, so the operator can match the page to
+    // an artist FabledCurator already has (the same creator is often spelled
+    // differently per platform) instead of minting a duplicate.
+    if (document.getElementById('fc-add-panel')) {
+      closePanel();
       return;
     }
-    await add(btn, { url: window.location.href });
+    await openAddPanel(btn, probe);
   }
 
   async function openArtist(btn, slug) {
@@ -121,7 +122,8 @@
         return false;
       }
       const verb = r.created_source ? 'Added to' : 'Already a source for';
-      showToast(`${verb} ${r.artist?.name || 'artist'} (${r.source?.platform || ''})`, 'success');
+      const renamed = r.renamed_from ? ` — renamed from “${r.renamed_from}”` : '';
+      showToast(`${verb} ${r.artist?.name || 'artist'} (${r.source?.platform || ''})${renamed}`, 'success');
       // Re-probe so the chip flips green without waiting for a navigation.
       evaluate();
       return true;
@@ -134,10 +136,13 @@
     }
   }
 
-  // ---- Discord Add panel ----
-  // Where: this channel or the whole server. Who: the suggested artist, one
-  // found by search, or a new one by name. Built with createElement only —
-  // server, channel and artist names are other people's text.
+  // ---- Add panel ----
+  // Who: the suggested artist, one found by search, or a new one by name —
+  // on every platform. Where (Discord only): this channel or the whole
+  // server. On Patreon, joining an artist known by another name offers the
+  // Patreon name, which the operator treats as canon. Built with
+  // createElement only — server, channel and artist names are other people's
+  // text.
 
   function el(tag, props = {}, children = []) {
     const node = document.createElement(tag);
@@ -150,13 +155,35 @@
   }
 
   function closePanel() {
-    document.getElementById('fc-discord-panel')?.remove();
+    document.getElementById('fc-add-panel')?.remove();
   }
 
-  function openDiscordPanel(probe) {
+  async function openAddPanel(btn, probe) {
     closePanel();
+    const platformName = PLATFORMS[probe.platform]?.name || probe.platform;
+    // Discord's probe already carries its names. Patreon/SubscribeStar read the
+    // creator's display name only now, when the panel needs it — a request to
+    // the platform the chip's own probe deliberately doesn't make.
+    if (probe.platform !== 'discord') {
+      const original = btn.textContent;
+      btn.disabled = true;
+      btn.textContent = `Reading the ${platformName} name…`;
+      try {
+        const named = await browser.runtime.sendMessage({
+          type: 'PROBE_SOURCE', url: window.location.href, names: true,
+        });
+        if (named && !named.error) probe = named;
+      } catch { /* fall back to the chip's probe: the URL handle */ }
+      btn.disabled = false;
+      btn.textContent = original;
+      if (probe.state === 'source_match') {
+        renderButton(probe);
+        return;
+      }
+    }
     const d = probe.discord || {};
-    const choice = discordPanelDefaults(probe);
+    const discord = probe.platform === 'discord';
+    const choice = panelDefaults(probe, window.location.href);
 
     const scopeRow = (value, label, disabled) => {
       const input = el('input', {
@@ -186,14 +213,27 @@
     const addBtn = el('button', { class: 'fc-panel__btn fc-panel__btn--primary', text: 'Add' });
     const cancelBtn = el('button', { class: 'fc-panel__btn', text: 'Cancel' });
 
-    const panel = el('div', { id: 'fc-discord-panel', class: 'fc-panel' }, [
-      el('div', { class: 'fc-panel__title', text: 'Add Discord source' }),
-      el('div', { class: 'fc-panel__sub', text: serverLabel(d) }),
-      el('div', { class: 'fc-panel__label', text: 'Follow' }),
-      scopeRow('channel', d.channel_id ? channelLabel(d) : 'this channel', !d.channel_id),
-      scopeRow('server', `Every channel in ${serverLabel(d)}`, false),
+    // Patreon is canon: joining an artist known by another name takes the
+    // Patreon name unless this is unticked. Shown only when it would rename.
+    const renameBox = el('input', { type: 'checkbox', checked: choice.adoptPlatformName });
+    const renameText = el('span');
+    const renameRow = el('label', { class: 'fc-panel__radio fc-panel__rename' }, [renameBox, renameText]);
+    renameBox.addEventListener('change', () => { choice.adoptPlatformName = renameBox.checked; refresh(); });
+
+    const sub = discord
+      ? serverLabel(d)
+      : [probe.display_name, probe.slug].filter(Boolean).filter((v, i, a) => a.indexOf(v) === i).join(' · ');
+    const panel = el('div', { id: 'fc-add-panel', class: 'fc-panel' }, [
+      el('div', { class: 'fc-panel__title', text: `Add ${platformName} source` }),
+      el('div', { class: 'fc-panel__sub', text: sub }),
+      ...(discord ? [
+        el('div', { class: 'fc-panel__label', text: 'Follow' }),
+        scopeRow('channel', d.channel_id ? channelLabel(d) : 'this channel', !d.channel_id),
+        scopeRow('server', `Every channel in ${serverLabel(d)}`, false),
+      ] : []),
       el('div', { class: 'fc-panel__label', text: 'Artist' }),
       el('div', { class: 'fc-panel__combo' }, [nameInput, results]),
+      renameRow,
       hint,
       el('div', { class: 'fc-panel__actions' }, [cancelBtn, addBtn]),
     ]);
@@ -205,12 +245,16 @@
     let listOpen = false;
 
     function refresh() {
-      const req = discordAddRequest(choice);
+      const req = addRequest(choice);
       addBtn.disabled = !req;
       if (!req) hint.textContent = 'Pick an artist or type a name.';
       else if (req.artistId != null) hint.textContent = `✓ Connects to ${choice.artist.name}, already in FabledCurator.`;
-      else hint.textContent = `Creates a new artist “${req.artistName}”.`;
+      else if (req.artistName) hint.textContent = `Creates a new artist “${req.artistName}”.`;
+      else hint.textContent = `Creates a new artist, named from the ${platformName} page.`;
       hint.classList.toggle('fc-panel__hint--match', !!req && req.artistId != null);
+      const offer = renameOffer(choice);
+      renameRow.hidden = !offer;
+      if (offer) renameText.textContent = `Rename “${offer.from}” to the Patreon name “${offer.to}”`;
     }
 
     function pick(artist) {
@@ -346,7 +390,7 @@
 
     cancelBtn.addEventListener('click', closePanel);
     addBtn.addEventListener('click', async () => {
-      const req = discordAddRequest(choice);
+      const req = addRequest(choice);
       if (!req) return;
       const btn = document.getElementById('fc-add-source-btn');
       addBtn.disabled = true;
diff --git a/extension/lib/api.js b/extension/lib/api.js
index 4ae2f19..aa9fe0b 100644
--- a/extension/lib/api.js
+++ b/extension/lib/api.js
@@ -104,16 +104,23 @@ class FabledCuratorAPI {
   // artistId connects the source to an existing artist, artistName to the
   // artist of that name (created if new); with neither the server derives the
   // artist from the URL. A Discord channel always sends one.
-  quickAddSource(url, { artistId = null, artistName = null } = {}) {
+  // usePlatformName: a Patreon source joining an existing artist renames it
+  // to the Patreon display name (Patreon is canon; name only, never the slug).
+  quickAddSource(url, { artistId = null, artistName = null, usePlatformName = false } = {}) {
     const body = { url };
     if (artistId != null) body.artist_id = artistId;
     else if (artistName) body.artist_name = artistName;
+    if (usePlatformName) body.use_platform_name = true;
     return this.request('POST', '/extension/quick-add-source', body);
   }
-  probeSource(url) {
+  probeSource(url, { names = false } = {}) {
     // Read-only existence check. Drives the content-script chip's
-    // color/copy BEFORE the operator clicks Add.
-    const qs = new URLSearchParams({ url }).toString();
+    // color/copy BEFORE the operator clicks Add. `names` also reads the
+    // creator's display name from the platform — the Add panel asks for it,
+    // the chip doesn't, so a plain page view never costs a platform request.
+    const params = { url };
+    if (names) params.names = '1';
+    const qs = new URLSearchParams(params).toString();
     return this.request('GET', `/extension/probe?${qs}`);
   }
   // Latest published extension version on this instance — drives the in-app
diff --git a/extension/lib/chip.js b/extension/lib/chip.js
index b698970..1a7f0f3 100644
--- a/extension/lib/chip.js
+++ b/extension/lib/chip.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /**
  * The content script's decisions, kept apart from its DOM so the specs can
  * load them (test/chip.spec.js): which state the chip shows, what it says,
- * and what the Discord Add panel starts out proposing.
+ * and what the Add panel starts out proposing and finally sends.
  *
  * `probe` is /api/extension/probe's answer; `platformName` is the display
  * name (PLATFORMS[key].name), passed in so this file needs no other lib.
@@ -46,37 +46,76 @@ function serverLabel(d) {
 }
 
 /**
- * What the Discord Add panel opens with. The channel is the default scope
- * when there is one: a server source walks every channel the token can read,
- * which is rarely what a single art channel wants. The artist is the probe's
- * suggestion (the owner of another source on this server), else a new artist
- * named after the server.
+ * What the Add panel opens with, on any platform.
+ *
+ * Discord: the channel is the default scope when there is one — a server
+ * source walks every channel the token can read, which is rarely what a
+ * single art channel wants. The artist is the probe's suggestion (the owner
+ * of another source on this server), else a new one named after the server.
+ *
+ * Patreon / SubscribeStar: the page URL is the source. The artist is the one
+ * whose slug the URL already names (artist_match), else a new one under the
+ * creator's display name — `probe.display_name`, from the probe the panel
+ * makes with names=1 — falling back to the URL handle, which the server
+ * resolves on its own when it is left untouched (`nameIsHandle`).
  */
-function discordPanelDefaults(probe) {
+function panelDefaults(probe, pageUrl) {
   const d = probe?.discord || {};
   const suggested = probe?.state === 'artist_match' && probe.artist ? probe.artist : null;
+  const discord = probe?.platform === 'discord';
+  const shown = probe?.display_name || null;
+  let artistName = '';
+  if (suggested) artistName = suggested.name;
+  else if (discord) artistName = d.server_name || '';
+  else artistName = shown || probe?.slug || '';
   return {
-    scope: d.channel_id ? 'channel' : 'server',
+    platform: probe?.platform || null,
+    scope: discord ? (d.channel_id ? 'channel' : 'server') : 'page',
+    pageUrl: pageUrl || null,
     channelUrl: d.channel_url || null,
     serverUrl: d.server_url || null,
     artist: suggested ? { id: suggested.id, name: suggested.name } : null,
-    artistName: suggested ? suggested.name : (d.server_name || ''),
+    artistName,
+    nameIsHandle: !discord && !suggested && !shown,
+    handle: probe?.slug || '',
+    displayName: shown,
+    // Patreon is canon: joining an artist known by another name takes the
+    // Patreon name, unless the operator unticks it.
+    adoptPlatformName: true,
   };
 }
 
+/**
+ * The rename the panel offers, or null: only on Patreon (the canon name),
+ * only when joining an existing artist, only with a name actually read from
+ * Patreon, and only when it differs from what the artist is called now.
+ */
+function renameOffer(choice) {
+  if (choice.platform !== 'patreon' || !choice.artist || !choice.displayName) return null;
+  if (choice.artist.name === choice.displayName) return null;
+  return { from: choice.artist.name, to: choice.displayName };
+}
+
 /**
  * The quick-add body for the panel's current choice. A picked artist goes by
  * id — names can collide once slugified — and a typed name creates (or
- * finds) that artist. null when there is nothing valid to send.
+ * finds) that artist. The URL handle left untouched sends no name, so the
+ * server resolves the display name itself. null when there is nothing valid.
  */
-function discordAddRequest(choice) {
-  const url = choice.scope === 'server' ? choice.serverUrl : choice.channelUrl;
+function addRequest(choice) {
+  let url = choice.pageUrl;
+  if (choice.scope === 'server') url = choice.serverUrl;
+  else if (choice.scope === 'channel') url = choice.channelUrl;
   if (!url) return null;
   if (choice.artist && choice.artist.id != null && choice.artist.name === choice.artistName) {
-    return { url, artistId: choice.artist.id };
+    const req = { url, artistId: choice.artist.id };
+    if (choice.adoptPlatformName && renameOffer(choice)) req.usePlatformName = true;
+    return req;
   }
   const name = (choice.artistName || '').trim();
-  return name ? { url, artistName: name } : null;
+  if (!name) return null;
+  if (choice.nameIsHandle && name === choice.handle) return { url };
+  return { url, artistName: name };
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/extension/test/chip.spec.js b/extension/test/chip.spec.js
index 14812c7..2edfa43 100644
--- a/extension/test/chip.spec.js
+++ b/extension/test/chip.spec.js
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 import { describe, it, expect } from 'vitest'
 import { loadLib } from './helpers/loadLib.js'
 
-const { chipState, chipLabel, discordPanelDefaults, discordAddRequest } = loadLib('chip.js', [
+const { chipState, chipLabel, panelDefaults, addRequest, renameOffer } = loadLib('chip.js', [
   'chipState',
   'chipLabel',
-  'discordPanelDefaults',
-  'discordAddRequest'
+  'panelDefaults',
+  'addRequest',
+  'renameOffer'
 ])
 
 const discord = (extra = {}) => ({
@@ -63,47 +64,47 @@ describe('chip state and label', () => {
   })
 })
 
-describe('Discord Add panel', () => {
+describe('Add panel on Discord', () => {
   it('opens on the channel with the suggested artist preselected', () => {
-    const d = discordPanelDefaults(discord({ state: 'artist_match', artist: { id: 7, name: 'Tamada' } }))
+    const d = panelDefaults(discord({ state: 'artist_match', artist: { id: 7, name: 'Tamada' } }))
     expect(d.scope).toBe('channel')
     expect(d.artist).toEqual({ id: 7, name: 'Tamada' })
     expect(d.artistName).toBe('Tamada')
   })
 
   it('proposes a new artist named after the server when nothing is suggested', () => {
-    const d = discordPanelDefaults(discord({ state: 'new' }))
+    const d = panelDefaults(discord({ state: 'new' }))
     expect(d.artist).toBe(null)
     expect(d.artistName).toBe('Studio')
   })
 
   it('sends a picked artist by id', () => {
-    const choice = discordPanelDefaults(discord({ state: 'artist_match', artist: { id: 7, name: 'Tamada' } }))
-    expect(discordAddRequest(choice)).toEqual({
+    const choice = panelDefaults(discord({ state: 'artist_match', artist: { id: 7, name: 'Tamada' } }))
+    expect(addRequest(choice)).toEqual({
       url: 'https://discord.com/channels/111/222',
       artistId: 7
     })
   })
 
   it('sends a typed name once the picked artist has been edited away', () => {
-    const choice = discordPanelDefaults(discord({ state: 'artist_match', artist: { id: 7, name: 'Tamada' } }))
+    const choice = panelDefaults(discord({ state: 'artist_match', artist: { id: 7, name: 'Tamada' } }))
     choice.artistName = 'Tamada Alt'
-    expect(discordAddRequest(choice)).toEqual({
+    expect(addRequest(choice)).toEqual({
       url: 'https://discord.com/channels/111/222',
       artistName: 'Tamada Alt'
     })
   })
 
   it('adds the whole server when the operator picks it', () => {
-    const choice = discordPanelDefaults(discord({ state: 'new' }))
+    const choice = panelDefaults(discord({ state: 'new' }))
     choice.scope = 'server'
-    expect(discordAddRequest(choice).url).toBe('https://discord.com/channels/111')
+    expect(addRequest(choice).url).toBe('https://discord.com/channels/111')
   })
 
   it('has nothing to send without an artist', () => {
-    const choice = discordPanelDefaults(discord({ state: 'new' }))
+    const choice = panelDefaults(discord({ state: 'new' }))
     choice.artistName = '   '
-    expect(discordAddRequest(choice)).toBe(null)
+    expect(addRequest(choice)).toBe(null)
   })
 })
 
@@ -141,3 +142,59 @@ describe('artist matching for the Add panel', () => {
     expect(inlineCompletion('', results)).toBe(null)
   })
 })
+
+describe('Add panel on Patreon and SubscribeStar', () => {
+  const PAGE = 'https://www.patreon.com/cw/tamadaheijun'
+  const patreon = (extra = {}) => ({ platform: 'patreon', slug: 'tamadaheijun', ...extra })
+
+  it('opens on the Patreon display name as a new artist', () => {
+    const c = panelDefaults(patreon({ state: 'new', display_name: 'Tamada Heijun' }), PAGE)
+    expect(c.scope).toBe('page')
+    expect(c.artistName).toBe('Tamada Heijun')
+    expect(addRequest(c)).toEqual({ url: PAGE, artistName: 'Tamada Heijun' })
+  })
+
+  it('leaves an untouched URL handle to the server to resolve', () => {
+    const c = panelDefaults(patreon({ state: 'new' }), PAGE)
+    expect(c.artistName).toBe('tamadaheijun')
+    expect(addRequest(c)).toEqual({ url: PAGE })
+    c.artistName = 'Someone Else'
+    expect(addRequest(c)).toEqual({ url: PAGE, artistName: 'Someone Else' })
+  })
+
+  it('offers the Patreon name when joining an artist known by another name', () => {
+    const c = panelDefaults(patreon({ state: 'new', display_name: 'Tamada Heijun' }), PAGE)
+    c.artist = { id: 4, name: 'tamada' }
+    c.artistName = 'tamada'
+    expect(renameOffer(c)).toEqual({ from: 'tamada', to: 'Tamada Heijun' })
+    expect(addRequest(c)).toEqual({ url: PAGE, artistId: 4, usePlatformName: true })
+    c.adoptPlatformName = false
+    expect(addRequest(c)).toEqual({ url: PAGE, artistId: 4 })
+  })
+
+  it('offers no rename when the names agree or the name was not read', () => {
+    const same = panelDefaults(patreon({ state: 'new', display_name: 'Tamada Heijun' }), PAGE)
+    same.artist = { id: 4, name: 'Tamada Heijun' }
+    expect(renameOffer(same)).toBe(null)
+    const unread = panelDefaults(patreon({ state: 'new' }), PAGE)
+    unread.artist = { id: 4, name: 'tamada' }
+    expect(renameOffer(unread)).toBe(null)
+  })
+
+  it('never renames from SubscribeStar or Discord — Patreon is the canon', () => {
+    const ss = panelDefaults(
+      { platform: 'subscribestar', slug: 'tamada', state: 'new', display_name: 'SS Tamada' },
+      'https://subscribestar.adult/tamada'
+    )
+    ss.artist = { id: 4, name: 'Tamada Heijun' }
+    ss.artistName = 'Tamada Heijun'
+    expect(renameOffer(ss)).toBe(null)
+    expect(addRequest(ss)).toEqual({ url: 'https://subscribestar.adult/tamada', artistId: 4 })
+  })
+
+  it('preselects the artist the URL already names', () => {
+    const c = panelDefaults(patreon({ state: 'artist_match', artist: { id: 9, name: 'Tamada' } }), PAGE)
+    expect(c.artist).toEqual({ id: 9, name: 'Tamada' })
+    expect(c.artistName).toBe('Tamada')
+  })
+})
diff --git a/tests/test_api_extension.py b/tests/test_api_extension.py
index 03eeef2..f1dfee5 100644
--- a/tests/test_api_extension.py
+++ b/tests/test_api_extension.py
@@ -526,6 +526,121 @@ async def test_probe_a_discord_dm_is_not_a_source(client, ext_key):
     assert body["state"] == "unknown_platform"
 
 
+# --- Patreon is canon: the Add panel's names and the rename (milestone 429) ---
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def platform_names(monkeypatch):
+    """Stub both platforms' display-name lookups (no network in tests)."""
+    from backend.app.services import patreon_resolver
+    from backend.app.services.credential_service import CredentialService
+    from backend.app.services.subscribestar_client import SubscribeStarClient
+
+    async def _cookies(self, platform):
+        return "/tmp/cookies.txt"
+
+    names = {"patreon": "Tamada Heijun", "subscribestar": "SS Tamada"}
+    monkeypatch.setattr(CredentialService, "get_cookies_path", _cookies)
+    monkeypatch.setattr(
+        patreon_resolver, "resolve_display_name", lambda v, c: names["patreon"],
+    )
+    monkeypatch.setattr(
+        SubscribeStarClient, "resolve_display_name", lambda self, u: names["subscribestar"],
+    )
+    return names
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_probe_with_names_reads_the_patreon_display_name(client, ext_key, platform_names):
+    resp = await client.get(
+        "/api/extension/probe",
+        query_string={"url": "https://www.patreon.com/tamadaheijun", "names": "1"},
+        headers={"X-Extension-Key": ext_key},
+    )
+    body = await resp.get_json()
+    assert body["state"] == "new"
+    assert body["display_name"] == "Tamada Heijun"
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_a_plain_probe_does_not_look_the_name_up(client, ext_key, platform_names):
+    resp = await client.get(
+        "/api/extension/probe",
+        query_string={"url": "https://www.patreon.com/tamadaheijun"},
+        headers={"X-Extension-Key": ext_key},
+    )
+    assert "display_name" not in await resp.get_json()
+
+
+async def _artist(db, name, slug):
+    artist = Artist(name=name, slug=slug, is_subscription=True)
+    db.add(artist)
+    await db.commit()
+    return artist
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_a_patreon_source_renames_the_artist_it_joins_to_the_patreon_name(
+    client, ext_key, db, db_sync, platform_names,
+):
+    artist = await _artist(db, "tamada", "tamada")
+    resp = await client.post(
+        "/api/extension/quick-add-source",
+        json={"url": "https://www.patreon.com/tamadaheijun",
+              "artist_id": artist.id, "use_platform_name": True},
+        headers={"X-Extension-Key": ext_key},
+    )
+    assert resp.status_code == 201
+    body = await resp.get_json()
+    assert body["artist"]["name"] == "Tamada Heijun"
+    assert body["renamed_from"] == "tamada"
+    # Name only: the slug, and every path keyed off it, stays.
+    row = db_sync.execute(select(Artist.name, Artist.slug).where(Artist.id == artist.id)).one()
+    assert tuple(row) == ("Tamada Heijun", "tamada")
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_no_rename_without_the_flag(client, ext_key, db, platform_names):
+    artist = await _artist(db, "tamada", "tamada")
+    body = await (await client.post(
+        "/api/extension/quick-add-source",
+        json={"url": "https://www.patreon.com/tamadaheijun", "artist_id": artist.id},
+        headers={"X-Extension-Key": ext_key},
+    )).get_json()
+    assert body["artist"]["name"] == "tamada"
+    assert "renamed_from" not in body
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_an_unreadable_patreon_name_never_renames_to_the_handle(
+    client, ext_key, db, platform_names,
+):
+    platform_names["patreon"] = None
+    artist = await _artist(db, "Tamada", "tamada")
+    body = await (await client.post(
+        "/api/extension/quick-add-source",
+        json={"url": "https://www.patreon.com/tamadaheijun",
+              "artist_id": artist.id, "use_platform_name": True},
+        headers={"X-Extension-Key": ext_key},
+    )).get_json()
+    assert body["artist"]["name"] == "Tamada"
+    assert "renamed_from" not in body
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_only_patreon_names_are_canon(client, ext_key, db, platform_names):
+    """A SubscribeStar source joins the picked artist under the name it has."""
+    artist = await _artist(db, "Tamada Heijun", "tamada-heijun")
+    body = await (await client.post(
+        "/api/extension/quick-add-source",
+        json={"url": "https://subscribestar.adult/tamada",
+              "artist_id": artist.id, "use_platform_name": True},
+        headers={"X-Extension-Key": ext_key},
+    )).get_json()
+    assert body["artist"]["name"] == "Tamada Heijun"
+    assert "renamed_from" not in body
+
+
 # --- /api/extension/manifest ---------------------------------------