diff --git a/zddc/internal/handler/auth_invariants_test.go b/zddc/internal/handler/auth_invariants_test.go
index 9d06c06..7197824 100644
--- a/zddc/internal/handler/auth_invariants_test.go
+++ b/zddc/internal/handler/auth_invariants_test.go
@@ -459,8 +459,53 @@ func TestInvariant_UnelevatedAdminNoSilentBypass(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestInvariant_ProfileAdminEndpointsHideFromNonAdmins(t *testing.T) {
 	// These checks lock in the existence-hiding property: non-admins must
-	// see 404, never 403, so they can't probe which paths exist.
-	t.Skip("requires the profile handler dispatcher entry point; skip until the refactor confirms ServeProfile signature")
+	// see 404, never 403, so they can't probe which admin-only resources
+	// exist. ServeProfile is the dispatcher (the refactor this test waited
+	// on); its adminOnly wrapper denies with 404 before the sub-handler
+	// runs, so a nil ring/index is safe for the non-admin paths.
+	cfg, _ := invariantsFixture(t)
+
+	adminEndpoints := []string{"/whoami", "/config", "/logs", "/effective-policy", "/reindex"}
+
+	profileGet := func(sub, email string, elevated bool) *httptest.ResponseRecorder {
+		req := httptest.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, ProfilePathPrefix+sub, nil)
+		ctx := context.WithValue(req.Context(), EmailKey, email)
+		ctx = context.WithValue(ctx, ElevatedKey, elevated)
+		req = req.WithContext(ctx)
+		rec := httptest.NewRecorder()
+		ServeProfile(cfg, nil, nil, rec, req)
+		return rec
+	}
+
+	// Non-admin (eve, project_team only) and anonymous callers must get
+	// 404 on every admin endpoint — never 403, never 200.
+	for _, who := range []struct {
+		email    string
+		elevated bool
+		label    string
+	}{
+		{"eve@example.com", false, "non-admin"},
+		{"", false, "anonymous"},
+		{"admin@example.com", false, "un-elevated admin"}, // sudo-style: no authority until elevated
+	} {
+		for _, sub := range adminEndpoints {
+			rec := profileGet(sub, who.email, who.elevated)
+			if rec.Code != http.StatusNotFound {
+				t.Errorf("%s GET /.profile%s = %d, want 404 (existence-hiding)", who.label, sub, rec.Code)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Positive control: an elevated root admin must NOT get 404 on the
+	// gated routes that need no ring/index — proving the 404s above are
+	// the admin gate, not a missing route. (/whoami and /config don't
+	// touch the log ring or archive index.)
+	for _, sub := range []string{"/whoami", "/config"} {
+		rec := profileGet(sub, "admin@example.com", true)
+		if rec.Code == http.StatusNotFound {
+			t.Errorf("elevated admin GET /.profile%s = 404; the gate should admit admins", sub)
+		}
+	}
 }
 
 // dump prints the rec body when t.Logf would help debugging — used in