diff --git a/libs/frontend/shared/data-access/src/lib/users/users.service.spec.ts b/libs/frontend/shared/data-access/src/lib/users/users.service.spec.ts
index 392e993ae..9725ab614 100644
--- a/libs/frontend/shared/data-access/src/lib/users/users.service.spec.ts
+++ b/libs/frontend/shared/data-access/src/lib/users/users.service.spec.ts
@@ -734,4 +734,50 @@ describe('UsersService', () => {
       expect(mockSnackbarService.error).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
     });
   });
+
+  describe('withProfile', () => {
+    const profile = { id: 7, firstName: 'Jake' } as unknown as Profile;
+
+    it('settles on the fetched profile without the provisional null', () => {
+      const outcome = record(
+        service.withProfile({ id: 42, profileId: 7 } as User),
+      );
+      httpTesting
+        .expectOne(`${environmentMock.AUTH_BASE_URL}/api/profiles/by-user/42`)
+        .flush(profile);
+
+      expect(outcome.values).toEqual([{ id: 42, profileId: 7, profile }]);
+    });
+
+    it('gives up on a hung lookup and settles with a null profile', () => {
+      vi.useFakeTimers();
+      try {
+        const outcome = record(
+          service.withProfile({ id: 42, profileId: 7 } as User),
+        );
+        httpTesting.expectOne(
+          `${environmentMock.AUTH_BASE_URL}/api/profiles/by-user/42`,
+        );
+
+        vi.advanceTimersByTime(10_000);
+
+        expect(outcome.values).toEqual([
+          { id: 42, profileId: 7, profile: null },
+        ]);
+      } finally {
+        vi.useRealTimers();
+      }
+    });
+
+    it('sets profile to null when the lookup fails', () => {
+      const outcome = record(
+        service.withProfile({ id: 42, profileId: 7 } as User),
+      );
+      httpTesting
+        .expectOne(`${environmentMock.AUTH_BASE_URL}/api/profiles/by-user/42`)
+        .flush('x', { status: 404, statusText: 'Not Found' });
+
+      expect(outcome.values[0].profile).toBeNull();
+    });
+  });
 });
diff --git a/libs/frontend/shared/data-access/src/lib/users/users.service.ts b/libs/frontend/shared/data-access/src/lib/users/users.service.ts
index 1138cc098..1b3e03394 100644
--- a/libs/frontend/shared/data-access/src/lib/users/users.service.ts
+++ b/libs/frontend/shared/data-access/src/lib/users/users.service.ts
@@ -14,16 +14,23 @@ import {
   distinctUntilChanged,
   EMPTY,
   forkJoin,
+  last,
   map,
   Observable,
   of,
   startWith,
+  switchMap,
   tap,
+  timeout,
 } from 'rxjs';
 import { AddUser, EditUser, Profile, User } from '@jdw/frontend-shared-util';
 import { AuthService } from '../auth/auth.service';
 import { SnackbarService } from '../snackbar/snackbar.service';
 
+// Pages that wait for the settled profile would otherwise stay blank for as
+// long as profile-service holds a request open.
+const PROFILE_LOOKUP_TIMEOUT_MS = 10_000;
+
 @Injectable({
   providedIn: 'root',
 })
@@ -84,6 +91,22 @@ export class UsersService {
       );
   }
 
+  // For pages that need the settled profile on the user object (forms, action
+  // targets), where getUserProfile's provisional null would be wrong to render.
+  withProfile(user: User): Observable<User> {
+    return this.getUserProfile(user).pipe(
+      timeout({ each: PROFILE_LOOKUP_TIMEOUT_MS, with: () => of(null) }),
+      last(),
+      map((profile) => ({ ...user, profile })),
+    );
+  }
+
+  getUserWithProfile(userId: string | number): Observable<User> {
+    return this.getUser(userId).pipe(
+      switchMap((user) => this.withProfile(user)),
+    );
+  }
+
   deleteUser(userId: number): Observable<object> {
     const token = this.authService.getToken();
     const headers = new HttpHeaders({ Authorization: `Bearer ${token}` });
diff --git a/libs/frontend/usersui/feature/core/src/lib/user/user.component.go-shape.spec.ts b/libs/frontend/usersui/feature/core/src/lib/user/user.component.go-shape.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0b86c6e8c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/frontend/usersui/feature/core/src/lib/user/user.component.go-shape.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,128 @@
+import { TestBed } from '@angular/core/testing';
+import { provideHttpClient } from '@angular/common/http';
+import {
+  HttpTestingController,
+  provideHttpClientTesting,
+} from '@angular/common/http/testing';
+import { ActivatedRoute, Router } from '@angular/router';
+import { NoopAnimationsModule } from '@angular/platform-browser/animations';
+import { ENVIRONMENT } from '@jdw/frontend-shared-util';
+import { UserComponent } from './user.component';
+
+const API = 'http://localhost:8080';
+
+const profile = {
+  id: 7,
+  firstName: 'Jane',
+  middleName: null,
+  lastName: 'Roe',
+  birthdate: '1990-01-01',
+  userId: 5,
+  icon: null,
+  addresses: [
+    {
+      id: 11,
+      addressLine1: '1 Main St',
+      addressLine2: null,
+      city: 'Metropolis',
+      stateProvince: 'NY',
+      postalCode: '12345',
+      country: 'USA',
+    },
+  ],
+};
+
+// identity-service serves profileId where the JVM service embedded the profile.
+const goUser = {
+  id: 5,
+  emailAddress: 'jane@example.com',
+  status: 'ACTIVE',
+  roles: [],
+  profileId: 7,
+};
+
+describe('UserComponent against a user that only carries profileId', () => {
+  let httpTesting: HttpTestingController;
+  const navigate = vi.fn();
+
+  function create(user: object, profileReply?: () => void) {
+    TestBed.configureTestingModule({
+      imports: [UserComponent, NoopAnimationsModule],
+      providers: [
+        provideHttpClient(),
+        provideHttpClientTesting(),
+        { provide: Router, useValue: { navigate } },
+        {
+          provide: ActivatedRoute,
+          useValue: { snapshot: { paramMap: { get: () => '5' } } },
+        },
+        { provide: ENVIRONMENT, useValue: { AUTH_BASE_URL: API } },
+      ],
+    });
+    httpTesting = TestBed.inject(HttpTestingController);
+    const fixture = TestBed.createComponent(UserComponent);
+    fixture.detectChanges();
+    httpTesting.expectOne(`${API}/api/users/5`).flush(user);
+    profileReply?.();
+    fixture.detectChanges();
+    return fixture;
+  }
+
+  const hasDataCy = (root: HTMLElement, name: string) =>
+    !!root.querySelector(`[data-cy="${name}"]`);
+
+  it('renders the fetched profile and addresses', () => {
+    const fixture = create(goUser, () =>
+      httpTesting.expectOne(`${API}/api/profiles/by-user/5`).flush(profile),
+    );
+    const root = fixture.nativeElement as HTMLElement;
+    const component = fixture.componentInstance;
+
+    expect(component.userForm.get('profile.firstName')?.value).toBe('Jane');
+    expect(component.addresses.length).toBe(1);
+    expect(hasDataCy(root, 'edit-profile-button')).toBe(true);
+    expect(hasDataCy(root, 'add-profile-button')).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it('points address and icon actions at the fetched profile id', () => {
+    const fixture = create(goUser, () =>
+      httpTesting.expectOne(`${API}/api/profiles/by-user/5`).flush(profile),
+    );
+
+    fixture.componentInstance.editAddress(0);
+    fixture.componentInstance.addIcon();
+
+    expect(navigate).toHaveBeenCalledWith(['../../profile/7/address/11'], {
+      relativeTo: expect.anything(),
+    });
+    expect(navigate).toHaveBeenCalledWith(['../../profile/7/icon'], {
+      relativeTo: expect.anything(),
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('offers Add Profile when the profile does not exist', () => {
+    const fixture = create(goUser, () =>
+      httpTesting
+        .expectOne(`${API}/api/profiles/by-user/5`)
+        .flush('not found', { status: 404, statusText: 'Not Found' }),
+    );
+
+    expect(
+      hasDataCy(fixture.nativeElement as HTMLElement, 'add-profile-button'),
+    ).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it('asks nothing of the profile service for an embedded profile', () => {
+    const fixture = create({ ...goUser, profileId: undefined, profile });
+
+    httpTesting.expectNone(`${API}/api/profiles/by-user/5`);
+    expect(
+      fixture.componentInstance.userForm.get('profile.firstName')?.value,
+    ).toBe('Jane');
+  });
+
+  afterEach(() => {
+    navigate.mockClear();
+    httpTesting.verify();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/libs/frontend/usersui/feature/core/src/lib/user/user.component.spec.ts b/libs/frontend/usersui/feature/core/src/lib/user/user.component.spec.ts
index a2479ad22..eb2c6e911 100644
--- a/libs/frontend/usersui/feature/core/src/lib/user/user.component.spec.ts
+++ b/libs/frontend/usersui/feature/core/src/lib/user/user.component.spec.ts
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ const mockRole: Role = {
 };
 
 const mockUsersService = {
-  getUser: vi.fn(() => of(mockUser)),
+  getUserWithProfile: vi.fn(() => of(mockUser)),
 };
 
 const mockRolesService = {
@@ -148,8 +148,8 @@ describe('UserComponent', () => {
     expect(component.userId).toBe('1');
   });
 
-  it('should call getUser and populate the form', () => {
-    expect(mockUsersService.getUser).toHaveBeenCalledWith('1');
+  it('should call getUserWithProfile and populate the form', () => {
+    expect(mockUsersService.getUserWithProfile).toHaveBeenCalledWith('1');
     expect(component.userForm.get('emailAddress')?.value).toBe(
       'user@jdwkube.com',
     );
diff --git a/libs/frontend/usersui/feature/core/src/lib/user/user.component.ts b/libs/frontend/usersui/feature/core/src/lib/user/user.component.ts
index 339a85291..9666d6efe 100644
--- a/libs/frontend/usersui/feature/core/src/lib/user/user.component.ts
+++ b/libs/frontend/usersui/feature/core/src/lib/user/user.component.ts
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ export class UserComponent implements OnInit {
     this.userId = this.route.snapshot.paramMap.get('userId');
 
     if (this.userId) {
-      this.usersService.getUser(this.userId).subscribe({
+      this.usersService.getUserWithProfile(this.userId).subscribe({
         next: (response) => {
           this.user = response;
           this.populateForm(this.user);
diff --git a/libs/frontend/usersui/feature/core/src/lib/users-actions-button-cell-renderer/users-actions-button-cell-renderer.component.spec.ts b/libs/frontend/usersui/feature/core/src/lib/users-actions-button-cell-renderer/users-actions-button-cell-renderer.component.spec.ts
index c8d50837d..70d947e6f 100644
--- a/libs/frontend/usersui/feature/core/src/lib/users-actions-button-cell-renderer/users-actions-button-cell-renderer.component.spec.ts
+++ b/libs/frontend/usersui/feature/core/src/lib/users-actions-button-cell-renderer/users-actions-button-cell-renderer.component.spec.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,12 @@ import { ActivatedRoute } from '@angular/router';
 import { provideHttpClient } from '@angular/common/http';
 import { provideHttpClientTesting } from '@angular/common/http/testing';
 import { ENVIRONMENT } from '@jdw/frontend-shared-util';
+import { MatDialog } from '@angular/material/dialog';
+import { HttpTestingController } from '@angular/common/http/testing';
+import { of } from 'rxjs';
+import { ICellRendererParams } from 'ag-grid-community';
+
+const dialogOpen = vi.fn(() => ({ afterClosed: () => of(undefined) }));
 
 describe('ActionsButtonCellRendererComponent', () => {
   let component: UsersActionsButtonCellRendererComponent;
@@ -13,6 +19,7 @@ describe('ActionsButtonCellRendererComponent', () => {
     await TestBed.configureTestingModule({
       imports: [UsersActionsButtonCellRendererComponent],
       providers: [
+        { provide: MatDialog, useValue: { open: dialogOpen } },
         {
           provide: ActivatedRoute,
           useValue: ActivatedRoute,
@@ -21,7 +28,7 @@ describe('ActionsButtonCellRendererComponent', () => {
         provideHttpClientTesting(),
         {
           provide: ENVIRONMENT,
-          useValue: {},
+          useValue: { AUTH_BASE_URL: 'http://localhost:8080' },
         },
       ],
     }).compileComponents();
@@ -34,4 +41,25 @@ describe('ActionsButtonCellRendererComponent', () => {
   it('should create', () => {
     expect(component).toBeTruthy();
   });
+
+  it('loads the profile for the delete dialog when the row only has profileId', () => {
+    const httpTesting = TestBed.inject(HttpTestingController);
+    component.agInit({
+      data: { id: 5, emailAddress: 'jane@example.com', profileId: 7 },
+    } as unknown as ICellRendererParams);
+
+    component.deleteUser();
+    httpTesting
+      .expectOne('http://localhost:8080/api/profiles/by-user/5')
+      .flush({ id: 7, firstName: 'Jane', addresses: [] });
+
+    expect(dialogOpen).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      expect.anything(),
+      expect.objectContaining({
+        data: expect.objectContaining({
+          profile: expect.objectContaining({ firstName: 'Jane' }),
+        }),
+      }),
+    );
+  });
 });
diff --git a/libs/frontend/usersui/feature/core/src/lib/users-actions-button-cell-renderer/users-actions-button-cell-renderer.component.ts b/libs/frontend/usersui/feature/core/src/lib/users-actions-button-cell-renderer/users-actions-button-cell-renderer.component.ts
index 06a66fd7d..501d4e811 100644
--- a/libs/frontend/usersui/feature/core/src/lib/users-actions-button-cell-renderer/users-actions-button-cell-renderer.component.ts
+++ b/libs/frontend/usersui/feature/core/src/lib/users-actions-button-cell-renderer/users-actions-button-cell-renderer.component.ts
@@ -44,19 +44,22 @@ export class UsersActionsButtonCellRendererComponent implements ICellRendererAng
   }
 
   deleteUser(): void {
-    const dialogRef = this.dialog.open(UserDialogComponent, {
-      data: {
-        title: 'Delete User',
-        type: 'readonly',
-        action: 'delete',
-        ...this.params.data,
-      },
-      minWidth: '50%',
-    });
-    dialogRef.afterClosed().subscribe((result: User) => {
-      if (result) {
-        this.usersService.deleteUser(result.id).subscribe();
-      }
+    // The grid row comes from the list endpoint, which may carry only profileId.
+    this.usersService.withProfile(this.params.data).subscribe((user) => {
+      const dialogRef = this.dialog.open(UserDialogComponent, {
+        data: {
+          title: 'Delete User',
+          type: 'readonly',
+          action: 'delete',
+          ...user,
+        },
+        minWidth: '50%',
+      });
+      dialogRef.afterClosed().subscribe((result: User) => {
+        if (result) {
+          this.usersService.deleteUser(result.id).subscribe();
+        }
+      });
     });
   }
 }