diff --git a/res/fonts/NotoSansCJK-Subset.ttf b/res/fonts/NotoSansCJK-Subset.ttf
index 5a4acd6..a4c876b 100644
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diff --git a/res/lang/de.json b/res/lang/de.json
index ac20877..4bb9d79 100644
--- a/res/lang/de.json
+++ b/res/lang/de.json
@@ -1294,6 +1294,10 @@
     "sweep_to": "Gefegt an:",
     "sweep_toggle": "In meine Wallet fegen (Schlüssel nicht behalten)",
     "sweep_tx": "Transaktion:",
+    "switch_stopnode_body": "Beim Wallet-Wechsel wird der Knoten mit der ausgewählten Wallet neu gestartet. Der laufende Knoten wird gestoppt und mit der neuen Wallet neu gestartet – wenn Sie ihn absichtlich laufen ließen, startet er automatisch wieder.",
+    "switch_stopnode_confirm": "Knoten stoppen & wechseln",
+    "switch_stopnode_title": "Laufenden Knoten stoppen?",
+    "switch_stopnode_warn": "Es läuft bereits ein Knoten, den diese Wallet nicht gestartet hat.",
     "syncing": "Synchronisiere...",
     "t_address": "T-Adresse",
     "t_addresses": "T-Adressen",
diff --git a/res/lang/es.json b/res/lang/es.json
index a877ba0..416d087 100644
--- a/res/lang/es.json
+++ b/res/lang/es.json
@@ -1294,6 +1294,10 @@
     "sweep_to": "Barrido a:",
     "sweep_toggle": "Barrer a mi monedero (no conservar la clave)",
     "sweep_tx": "Transacción:",
+    "switch_stopnode_body": "Cambiar de cartera reinicia el nodo con la cartera seleccionada. El nodo en ejecución se detendrá y se reiniciará con la nueva cartera; si lo dejaste en marcha a propósito, volverá a iniciarse automáticamente.",
+    "switch_stopnode_confirm": "Detener nodo y cambiar",
+    "switch_stopnode_title": "¿Detener el nodo en ejecución?",
+    "switch_stopnode_warn": "Ya hay un nodo en ejecución que esta cartera no inició.",
     "syncing": "Sincronizando...",
     "t_address": "Dirección T",
     "t_addresses": "Direcciones T",
diff --git a/res/lang/fr.json b/res/lang/fr.json
index d537add..f9f6f91 100644
--- a/res/lang/fr.json
+++ b/res/lang/fr.json
@@ -1294,6 +1294,10 @@
     "sweep_to": "Balayé vers :",
     "sweep_toggle": "Balayer vers mon portefeuille (ne pas conserver la clé)",
     "sweep_tx": "Transaction :",
+    "switch_stopnode_body": "Changer de portefeuille redémarre le nœud sur le portefeuille sélectionné. Le nœud en cours sera arrêté puis relancé sur le nouveau portefeuille — si vous l'avez laissé tourner exprès, il redémarre automatiquement.",
+    "switch_stopnode_confirm": "Arrêter le nœud et changer",
+    "switch_stopnode_title": "Arrêter le nœud en cours d'exécution ?",
+    "switch_stopnode_warn": "Un nœud que ce portefeuille n'a pas démarré est déjà en cours d'exécution.",
     "syncing": "Synchronisation...",
     "t_address": "Adresse T",
     "t_addresses": "Adresses T",
diff --git a/res/lang/ja.json b/res/lang/ja.json
index 0dfb124..88a83a3 100644
--- a/res/lang/ja.json
+++ b/res/lang/ja.json
@@ -1294,6 +1294,10 @@
     "sweep_to": "集約先:",
     "sweep_toggle": "ウォレットに集約（鍵は保持しない）",
     "sweep_tx": "取引:",
+    "switch_stopnode_body": "ウォレットを切り替えると、選択したウォレットでノードが再起動します。実行中のノードは停止され、新しいウォレットで再起動されます。意図的に起動したままにしていた場合は、自動的に復帰します。",
+    "switch_stopnode_confirm": "ノードを停止して切り替え",
+    "switch_stopnode_title": "実行中のノードを停止しますか？",
+    "switch_stopnode_warn": "このウォレットが起動していないノードがすでに実行中です。",
     "syncing": "同期中...",
     "t_address": "Tアドレス",
     "t_addresses": "Tアドレス",
diff --git a/res/lang/ko.json b/res/lang/ko.json
index fb83487..bf08637 100644
--- a/res/lang/ko.json
+++ b/res/lang/ko.json
@@ -1294,6 +1294,10 @@
     "sweep_to": "쓸어담은 주소:",
     "sweep_toggle": "내 지갑으로 쓸어담기 (키 보관 안 함)",
     "sweep_tx": "거래:",
+    "switch_stopnode_body": "지갑을 전환하면 선택한 지갑으로 노드가 다시 시작됩니다. 실행 중인 노드가 중지되고 새 지갑으로 다시 시작됩니다. 일부러 계속 실행해 두었다면 자동으로 다시 켜집니다.",
+    "switch_stopnode_confirm": "노드 중지 후 전환",
+    "switch_stopnode_title": "실행 중인 노드를 중지할까요?",
+    "switch_stopnode_warn": "이 지갑이 시작하지 않은 노드가 이미 실행 중입니다.",
     "syncing": "동기화 중...",
     "t_address": "T 주소",
     "t_addresses": "T 주소",
diff --git a/res/lang/pt.json b/res/lang/pt.json
index 8eb68c0..e9810c0 100644
--- a/res/lang/pt.json
+++ b/res/lang/pt.json
@@ -1294,6 +1294,10 @@
     "sweep_to": "Varrido para:",
     "sweep_toggle": "Varrer para minha carteira (não manter a chave)",
     "sweep_tx": "Transação:",
+    "switch_stopnode_body": "Trocar de carteira reinicia o nó com a carteira selecionada. O nó em execução será parado e reiniciado com a nova carteira — se você o deixou em execução de propósito, ele volta automaticamente.",
+    "switch_stopnode_confirm": "Parar nó e trocar",
+    "switch_stopnode_title": "Parar o nó em execução?",
+    "switch_stopnode_warn": "Já há um nó em execução que esta carteira não iniciou.",
     "syncing": "Sincronizando...",
     "t_address": "Endereço T",
     "t_addresses": "Endereços T",
diff --git a/res/lang/ru.json b/res/lang/ru.json
index 23c69ba..8753c90 100644
--- a/res/lang/ru.json
+++ b/res/lang/ru.json
@@ -1294,6 +1294,10 @@
     "sweep_to": "Переведено на:",
     "sweep_toggle": "Перевести в мой кошелёк (не сохранять ключ)",
     "sweep_tx": "Транзакция:",
+    "switch_stopnode_body": "Смена кошелька перезапускает узел с выбранным кошельком. Запущенный узел будет остановлен и перезапущен с новым кошельком — если вы намеренно оставили его работать, он запустится снова автоматически.",
+    "switch_stopnode_confirm": "Остановить узел и переключить",
+    "switch_stopnode_title": "Остановить запущенный узел?",
+    "switch_stopnode_warn": "Уже запущен узел, который не был запущен этим кошельком.",
     "syncing": "Синхронизация...",
     "t_address": "T-адрес",
     "t_addresses": "T-адреса",
diff --git a/res/lang/zh.json b/res/lang/zh.json
index c856b2f..abcb69f 100644
--- a/res/lang/zh.json
+++ b/res/lang/zh.json
@@ -1294,6 +1294,10 @@
     "sweep_to": "归集到：",
     "sweep_toggle": "归集到我的钱包（不保留密钥）",
     "sweep_tx": "交易：",
+    "switch_stopnode_body": "切换钱包会以所选钱包重启节点。正在运行的节点将被停止并以新钱包重新启动——如果你是特意让它保持运行的，它会自动重新启动。",
+    "switch_stopnode_confirm": "停止节点并切换",
+    "switch_stopnode_title": "停止正在运行的节点？",
+    "switch_stopnode_warn": "已有一个并非由此钱包启动的节点正在运行。",
     "syncing": "同步中...",
     "t_address": "T 地址",
     "t_addresses": "T 地址",
diff --git a/src/app.cpp b/src/app.cpp
index 063cb76..7c661f1 100644
--- a/src/app.cpp
+++ b/src/app.cpp
@@ -2034,6 +2034,7 @@ void App::render()
     renderEncryptWalletDialog();
     renderDecryptWalletDialog();
     renderPinDialogs();
+    renderSwitchStopDaemonDialog();
 
     // Render notifications (toast messages)
     ui::Notifications::instance().render();
@@ -3860,6 +3861,42 @@ void App::renderAntivirusHelpDialog()
 #endif
 }
 
+void App::renderSwitchStopDaemonDialog()
+{
+    if (!show_switch_stop_daemon_confirm_) return;
+
+    ui::material::OverlayDialogSpec ov;
+    ov.title = TR("switch_stopnode_title");
+    ov.p_open = &show_switch_stop_daemon_confirm_;   // the X / backdrop click acts as Cancel
+    ov.style = ui::material::OverlayStyle::BlurFloat;
+    ov.cardWidth = 520.0f; ov.idSuffix = "switchstopnode";
+    if (!ui::material::BeginOverlayDialog(ov)) {
+        // Closed via X/backdrop — treat as cancel: drop the pending target.
+        if (!show_switch_stop_daemon_confirm_) pending_switch_wallet_file_.clear();
+        return;
+    }
+    const float dp = ui::Layout::dpiScale();
+
+    ui::material::DialogWarningHeader(TR("switch_stopnode_warn"));
+    ImGui::Dummy(ImVec2(0, ui::Layout::spacingSm()));
+    ImGui::TextWrapped("%s", TR("switch_stopnode_body"));
+    ImGui::Dummy(ImVec2(0, ui::Layout::spacingMd()));
+
+    if (ui::material::TactileButton(TR("switch_stopnode_confirm"), ImVec2(200.0f * dp, 0))) {
+        const std::string w = pending_switch_wallet_file_;
+        pending_switch_wallet_file_.clear();
+        show_switch_stop_daemon_confirm_ = false;
+        switchToWallet(w, /*stopDaemonConfirmed=*/true);   // now proceeds to stop + wait + restart
+    }
+    ImGui::SameLine();
+    if (ui::material::TactileButton(TR("cancel"), ImVec2(110.0f * dp, 0))) {
+        pending_switch_wallet_file_.clear();
+        show_switch_stop_daemon_confirm_ = false;
+    }
+
+    ui::material::EndOverlayDialog();
+}
+
 void App::refreshNow()
 {
     // Trigger immediate refresh on all categories
diff --git a/src/app.h b/src/app.h
index 7b5b426..155542c 100644
--- a/src/app.h
+++ b/src/app.h
@@ -488,7 +488,9 @@ public:
     // Switch the active wallet: persist the new -wallet=<name>, stop the node, restart on it
     // (rescan only if it was never synced in this datadir). Per-wallet data follows automatically
     // via the identity-scoped caches (P1). No-op if that wallet is already active.
-    void switchToWallet(const std::string& walletFile);
+    // stopDaemonConfirmed: skip the "stop the running node?" confirmation (set true when re-entered from
+    // that dialog). The confirmation only appears when the node to restart was ADOPTED (externally running).
+    void switchToWallet(const std::string& walletFile, bool stopDaemonConfirmed = false);
     // Main-thread continuation: if a wallet switch's daemon failed to start, revert active_wallet_file.
     void processWalletSwitchRevert();
 
@@ -762,6 +764,10 @@ private:
     // loop flags a revert so a broken wallet still can't stick.
     std::atomic<bool> wallet_switch_pending_confirm_{false};
     std::string wallet_switch_prev_file_;
+    // Confirm-before-stop for a switch that would stop an ADOPTED (externally-running) node. switchToWallet
+    // sets these and defers to renderSwitchStopDaemonDialog; confirming re-calls switchToWallet(w, true).
+    bool show_switch_stop_daemon_confirm_ = false;
+    std::string pending_switch_wallet_file_;
 
     // Set by the deleteBlockchainData worker (item count); the main loop surfaces a completion toast
     // and resets it to -1. Atomic because the worker thread writes it and the UI thread reads/clears it.
@@ -1163,6 +1169,7 @@ private:
     void renderDecryptWalletDialog();
     void renderPinDialogs();
     void renderAntivirusHelpDialog();
+    void renderSwitchStopDaemonDialog();  // confirm before stopping an adopted node to switch wallets
     void processDeferredEncryption();
 
     // Private methods - connection
diff --git a/src/app_network.cpp b/src/app_network.cpp
index 216178b..d1c821a 100644
--- a/src/app_network.cpp
+++ b/src/app_network.cpp
@@ -1023,7 +1023,7 @@ void App::updateWalletIndexForActiveWallet(bool markOpened)
     if (wallet_index_.upsert(e)) wallet_index_.save();
 }
 
-void App::switchToWallet(const std::string& walletFile)
+void App::switchToWallet(const std::string& walletFile, bool stopDaemonConfirmed)
 {
     if (!supportsFullNodeLifecycleActions()) {
         ui::Notifications::instance().warning("Full-node lifecycle actions are unavailable in lite build");
@@ -1056,6 +1056,15 @@ void App::switchToWallet(const std::string& walletFile)
         ui::Notifications::instance().warning("Finish or cancel the pending send before switching wallets.");
         return;
     }
+    // The node we'd restart may be one this session ADOPTED — a dragonxd already running when the wallet
+    // launched (left running by "keep node running", or started by the user). Switching must stop+restart
+    // it on the new wallet, so confirm first rather than killing a node the user may have kept up on
+    // purpose. (An owned node we started this session restarts silently, as before.)
+    if (!stopDaemonConfirmed && daemon_controller_ && daemon_controller_->externalDaemonDetected()) {
+        pending_switch_wallet_file_ = walletFile;
+        show_switch_stop_daemon_confirm_ = true;
+        return;
+    }
 
     // Rescan only if this wallet was never synced in this datadir (freshly imported/new). One we've
     // loaded here before just catches up from its recorded block on start — fast.
diff --git a/src/app_sweep.cpp b/src/app_sweep.cpp
index 7a82532..9d977c7 100644
--- a/src/app_sweep.cpp
+++ b/src/app_sweep.cpp
@@ -376,6 +376,9 @@ void App::buildSweepCatalog()
     add("modal-antivirus", ui::NavPage::Mining,
         [](App& a) { a.pending_antivirus_dialog_ = true; },
         [](App& a) { a.pending_antivirus_dialog_ = false; });
+    add("modal-switch-stopnode", ui::NavPage::Settings,
+        [](App& a) { a.pending_switch_wallet_file_ = "wallet-savings.dat"; a.show_switch_stop_daemon_confirm_ = true; },
+        [](App& a) { a.show_switch_stop_daemon_confirm_ = false; a.pending_switch_wallet_file_.clear(); });
     // Wave-2 fund/secret dialogs (setup never fires the async RPC — no button is clicked).
     add("modal-shield", ui::NavPage::Send,
         [](App&) { ui::ShieldDialog::showShieldCoinbase(); },
diff --git a/src/util/i18n.cpp b/src/util/i18n.cpp
index 9a640e3..b353004 100644
--- a/src/util/i18n.cpp
+++ b/src/util/i18n.cpp
@@ -1039,7 +1039,13 @@ void I18n::loadBuiltinEnglish()
         strings_["confirm_transaction"] = "Confirm Transaction";
         strings_["confirm_and_send"] = "Confirm & Send";
         strings_["cancel"] = "Cancel";
-        
+
+        // Wallet-switch "stop the running node?" confirmation
+        strings_["switch_stopnode_title"] = "Stop the running node?";
+        strings_["switch_stopnode_warn"] = "A node is already running that this wallet didn't start.";
+        strings_["switch_stopnode_body"] = "Switching wallets restarts the node on the wallet you selected. The running node will be stopped and relaunched on the new wallet — if you kept it running on purpose, it comes back up automatically.";
+        strings_["switch_stopnode_confirm"] = "Stop node & switch";
+
         // Receive Tab
         strings_["receiving_addresses"] = "Your Receiving Addresses";
         strings_["new_z_shielded"] = "New z-Address (Shielded)";