diff --git a/src/app/RefineContext.tsx b/src/app/RefineContext.tsx
index 7bc8f62..b02f022 100644
--- a/src/app/RefineContext.tsx
+++ b/src/app/RefineContext.tsx
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import { useAuthStore } from "@/store/authStore";
 import { useAccessStore } from "@/store/accessStore";
 import { useProjectStore } from "@/store/projectStore";
 import { apiFetch } from "@/lib/apiFetch";
+import { completeLogout, reportLogoutAudit } from "@/lib/logoutFlow";
 import { clearSessionRecoveryDrafts } from "@/lib/sessionRecoveryDraft";
 import { permissionCodes, resourcePermissions } from "@/lib/permissions";
 import { config } from "@config/config";
@@ -153,25 +154,24 @@ const App = (props: React.PropsWithChildren<AppProps>) => {
       });
       return { success: true };
     },
-    logout: async () => {
-      try {
-        await apiFetch(`${config.BACKEND_URL}/api/v1/audit-events`, {
-          method: "POST",
-          headers: { "Content-Type": "application/json" },
-          body: JSON.stringify({ event: "logout" }),
-          projectHeaderMode: "omit",
-          skipAuthRedirect: true,
-        });
-      } catch {
-        // Logout must still complete when audit storage is unavailable.
-      }
-      if (data?.user?.id) {
-        sessionStorage.removeItem(`tjwater-login-audit:${data.user.id}`);
-      }
-      clearSessionRecoveryDrafts();
-      window.location.assign("/api/auth/keycloak-logout");
-      return { success: true };
-    },
+    logout: () =>
+      completeLogout({
+        reportAudit: () =>
+          reportLogoutAudit({
+            endpoint: `${config.BACKEND_URL}/api/v1/audit-events`,
+            accessToken:
+              typeof data?.accessToken === "string"
+                ? data.accessToken
+                : useAuthStore.getState().accessToken,
+          }),
+        clearLocalState: () => {
+          if (data?.user?.id) {
+            sessionStorage.removeItem(`tjwater-login-audit:${data.user.id}`);
+          }
+          clearSessionRecoveryDrafts();
+        },
+        navigate: (path) => window.location.assign(path),
+      }),
     onError: async (error) => {
       return { error };
     },
diff --git a/src/lib/logoutFlow.test.ts b/src/lib/logoutFlow.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d437ef9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/logoutFlow.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+import { completeLogout, reportLogoutAudit } from "./logoutFlow";
+
+describe("reportLogoutAudit", () => {
+  it("starts an authenticated keepalive request", async () => {
+    const fetcher = jest.fn(async () => ({ ok: true }) as Response);
+
+    await reportLogoutAudit({
+      endpoint: "https://server.example/api/v1/audit-events",
+      accessToken: "access-token",
+      fetcher,
+    });
+
+    expect(fetcher).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    const [url, init] = fetcher.mock.calls[0];
+    expect(url).toBe("https://server.example/api/v1/audit-events");
+    expect(init).toMatchObject({
+      method: "POST",
+      body: JSON.stringify({ event: "logout" }),
+      keepalive: true,
+    });
+    expect(new Headers(init?.headers).get("Authorization")).toBe(
+      "Bearer access-token",
+    );
+  });
+});
+
+describe("completeLogout", () => {
+  it("navigates immediately without waiting for audit reporting", async () => {
+    const reportAudit = jest.fn(
+      () => new Promise<unknown>(() => undefined),
+    );
+    const clearLocalState = jest.fn();
+    const navigate = jest.fn();
+
+    const result = completeLogout({
+      reportAudit,
+      clearLocalState,
+      navigate,
+    });
+
+    await Promise.resolve();
+
+    expect(reportAudit).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(clearLocalState).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(navigate).toHaveBeenCalledWith("/api/auth/keycloak-logout");
+    await expect(result).resolves.toEqual({ success: true });
+  });
+
+  it("completes logout when audit reporting fails", async () => {
+    const reportAudit = jest.fn(() => Promise.reject(new Error("offline")));
+    const clearLocalState = jest.fn();
+    const navigate = jest.fn();
+
+    await expect(
+      completeLogout({ reportAudit, clearLocalState, navigate }),
+    ).resolves.toEqual({ success: true });
+
+    expect(clearLocalState).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(navigate).toHaveBeenCalledWith("/api/auth/keycloak-logout");
+  });
+
+  it("completes logout when audit reporting throws synchronously", async () => {
+    const clearLocalState = jest.fn();
+    const navigate = jest.fn();
+
+    await expect(
+      completeLogout({
+        reportAudit: () => {
+          throw new Error("invalid request");
+        },
+        clearLocalState,
+        navigate,
+      }),
+    ).resolves.toEqual({ success: true });
+
+    expect(clearLocalState).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(navigate).toHaveBeenCalledWith("/api/auth/keycloak-logout");
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/lib/logoutFlow.ts b/src/lib/logoutFlow.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b3c33f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/logoutFlow.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+const KEYCLOAK_LOGOUT_PATH = "/api/auth/keycloak-logout";
+
+type CompleteLogoutOptions = {
+  reportAudit: () => Promise<unknown>;
+  clearLocalState: () => void;
+  navigate: (path: string) => void;
+};
+
+type LogoutAuditOptions = {
+  endpoint: string;
+  accessToken?: string | null;
+  fetcher?: typeof fetch;
+};
+
+export const reportLogoutAudit = ({
+  endpoint,
+  accessToken,
+  fetcher = fetch,
+}: LogoutAuditOptions) => {
+  const headers = new Headers({ "Content-Type": "application/json" });
+  if (accessToken) {
+    headers.set("Authorization", `Bearer ${accessToken}`);
+  }
+
+  return fetcher(endpoint, {
+    method: "POST",
+    headers,
+    body: JSON.stringify({ event: "logout" }),
+    keepalive: true,
+  });
+};
+
+export const completeLogout = async ({
+  reportAudit,
+  clearLocalState,
+  navigate,
+}: CompleteLogoutOptions) => {
+  try {
+    void reportAudit().catch(() => undefined);
+  } catch {
+    // Synchronous reporting errors must not block logout either.
+  }
+
+  clearLocalState();
+  navigate(KEYCLOAK_LOGOUT_PATH);
+  return { success: true as const };
+};