diff --git a/frontend/src/app/App.tsx b/frontend/src/app/App.tsx
index a8cf9cb390..e9976970d7 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/App.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/app/App.tsx
@@ -42,17 +42,20 @@ import './App.scss';
 
 type PocConfigType = {
   altNav?: boolean;
+  altPreferredProject?: boolean;
 };
 
 const FAVORITE_PROJECTS_KEY = 'odh-favorite-projects';
 const POC_SESSION_KEY = 'odh-poc-flags';
 const ALT_NAV_PARAM = 'altNav';
+const ALT_PROJECTS_PARAM = 'altProjects';
 
 const App: React.FC = () => {
   const [notificationsOpen, setNotificationsOpen] = React.useState(false);
   const { username, userError, isAllowed } = useUser();
   const [searchParams, setSearchParams] = useSearchParams();
   const [altNav, setAltNav] = React.useState<boolean>(false);
+  const [altPreferredProject, setAltPreferredProject] = React.useState<boolean>(false);
   const firstLoad = React.useRef(true);
   const [pocConfig, setPocConfig] = useBrowserStorage<PocConfigType | null>(
     POC_SESSION_KEY,
@@ -96,6 +99,15 @@ const App: React.FC = () => {
       searchParams.delete(ALT_NAV_PARAM);
       setSearchParams(searchParams, { replace: true });
     }
+    if (searchParams.has(ALT_PROJECTS_PARAM)) {
+      const updated = searchParams.get(ALT_PROJECTS_PARAM) === 'true';
+      setAltPreferredProject(updated);
+      setPocConfig({ altNav: updated });
+
+      // clean up query string
+      searchParams.delete(ALT_NAV_PARAM);
+      setSearchParams(searchParams, { replace: true });
+    }
     // do not react to changes to setters
     // eslint-disable-next-line react-hooks/exhaustive-deps
   }, [searchParams]);
@@ -109,11 +121,20 @@ const App: React.FC = () => {
             storageClasses,
             isRHOAI: dashboardConfig.metadata?.namespace === 'redhat-ods-applications',
             altNav,
+            altPreferredProject,
             favoriteProjects,
             setFavoriteProjects,
           }
         : null,
-    [dashboardConfig, buildStatuses, storageClasses, altNav, favoriteProjects, setFavoriteProjects],
+    [
+      dashboardConfig,
+      buildStatuses,
+      storageClasses,
+      altNav,
+      altPreferredProject,
+      favoriteProjects,
+      setFavoriteProjects,
+    ],
   );
 
   const isUnauthorized = fetchConfigError?.request?.status === 403;
diff --git a/frontend/src/app/AppContext.ts b/frontend/src/app/AppContext.ts
index f2568a650f..a53dc3a0b3 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/AppContext.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/app/AppContext.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ type AppContextProps = {
   storageClasses: StorageClassKind[];
   isRHOAI: boolean;
   altNav?: boolean;
+  altPreferredProject?: boolean;
   favoriteProjects: string[];
   setFavoriteProjects: (projects: string[]) => void;
 };
diff --git a/frontend/src/concepts/distributedWorkloads/DistributedWorkloadsContext.tsx b/frontend/src/concepts/distributedWorkloads/DistributedWorkloadsContext.tsx
index 15cc6575a5..67f1d2bdbd 100644
--- a/frontend/src/concepts/distributedWorkloads/DistributedWorkloadsContext.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/concepts/distributedWorkloads/DistributedWorkloadsContext.tsx
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ export const DistributedWorkloadsContextProvider =
   )(({ children, namespace }) => {
     const { projects } = React.useContext(ProjectsContext);
     const project = projects.find(byName(namespace)) ?? null;
-    useSyncPreferredProject(project);
+    useSyncPreferredProject('distributed-workloads', project);
 
     const { currentRefreshInterval } = React.useContext(MetricsCommonContext);
 
diff --git a/frontend/src/concepts/pipelines/context/PipelinesContext.tsx b/frontend/src/concepts/pipelines/context/PipelinesContext.tsx
index fc12134303..2f2095ec22 100644
--- a/frontend/src/concepts/pipelines/context/PipelinesContext.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/concepts/pipelines/context/PipelinesContext.tsx
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ export const PipelineContextProvider = conditionalArea<PipelineContextProviderPr
 )(({ children, namespace }) => {
   const { projects } = React.useContext(ProjectsContext);
   const project = projects.find(byName(namespace)) ?? null;
-  useSyncPreferredProject(project);
+  useSyncPreferredProject('pipelines', project);
 
   const state = usePipelineNamespaceCR(namespace);
   const [pipelineNamespaceCR, crLoaded, crLoadError, refreshCR] = state;
diff --git a/frontend/src/concepts/projects/InvalidProject.tsx b/frontend/src/concepts/projects/InvalidProject.tsx
index 83f532c89c..82522b8d32 100644
--- a/frontend/src/concepts/projects/InvalidProject.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/concepts/projects/InvalidProject.tsx
@@ -3,17 +3,24 @@ import EmptyStateErrorMessage from '~/components/EmptyStateErrorMessage';
 import ProjectSelectorNavigator from '~/concepts/projects/ProjectSelectorNavigator';
 
 type InvalidProjectProps = {
+  page: string;
   title?: string;
   namespace?: string;
   getRedirectPath: (namespace: string) => string;
 };
 
-const InvalidProject: React.FC<InvalidProjectProps> = ({ namespace, title, getRedirectPath }) => (
+const InvalidProject: React.FC<InvalidProjectProps> = ({
+  page,
+  namespace,
+  title,
+  getRedirectPath,
+}) => (
   <EmptyStateErrorMessage
     title={title || 'Project not found'}
     bodyText={`${namespace ? `Project ${namespace}` : 'The Project'} was not found.`}
   >
     <ProjectSelectorNavigator
+      page={page}
       getRedirectPath={getRedirectPath}
       invalidDropdownPlaceholder="Select project"
       primary
diff --git a/frontend/src/concepts/projects/ProjectSelectorNavigator.tsx b/frontend/src/concepts/projects/ProjectSelectorNavigator.tsx
index 3e4527f291..fa10572f1e 100644
--- a/frontend/src/concepts/projects/ProjectSelectorNavigator.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/concepts/projects/ProjectSelectorNavigator.tsx
@@ -4,10 +4,12 @@ import { ProjectsContext } from '~/concepts/projects/ProjectsContext';
 import ProjectSelector from './ProjectSelector';
 
 type ProjectSelectorProps = {
+  page: string;
   getRedirectPath: (namespace: string) => string;
 } & Omit<React.ComponentProps<typeof ProjectSelector>, 'onSelection' | 'namespace'>;
 
 const ProjectSelectorNavigator: React.FC<ProjectSelectorProps> = ({
+  page,
   getRedirectPath,
   ...projectSelectorProps
 }) => {
@@ -19,9 +21,7 @@ const ProjectSelectorNavigator: React.FC<ProjectSelectorProps> = ({
     <ProjectSelector
       {...projectSelectorProps}
       onSelection={(projectName) => {
-        if (!projectName) {
-          updatePreferredProject(null);
-        }
+        updatePreferredProject(page, projectName || null);
         navigate(getRedirectPath(projectName));
       }}
       namespace={namespace ?? ''}
diff --git a/frontend/src/concepts/projects/ProjectsContext.tsx b/frontend/src/concepts/projects/ProjectsContext.tsx
index 6f9a12ab71..59ec09e8d5 100644
--- a/frontend/src/concepts/projects/ProjectsContext.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/concepts/projects/ProjectsContext.tsx
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { FetchState } from '~/utilities/useFetchState';
 import { KnownLabels, ProjectKind } from '~/k8sTypes';
 import { useDashboardNamespace } from '~/redux/selectors';
 import { getDisplayNameFromK8sResource } from '~/concepts/k8s/utils';
+import { AppContext } from '~/app/AppContext';
 import { isAvailableProject } from './utils';
 
 const projectSorter = (projectA: ProjectKind, projectB: ProjectKind) =>
@@ -16,13 +17,13 @@ type ProjectsContextType = {
   /** eg. Terminating state, etc */
   nonActiveProjects: ProjectKind[];
 
-  /** Some component set this value, you should use this instead of projects[0] */
-  preferredProject: ProjectKind | null;
+  /** Get the project last used for the given page] */
+  getPreferredProject: (page: string) => ProjectKind | null;
   /**
    * Allows for navigation to be unimpeded by project selection
    * @see useSyncPreferredProject
    */
-  updatePreferredProject: (project: ProjectKind | null) => void;
+  updatePreferredProject: (page: string, projectName: string | null) => void;
   waitForProject: (projectName: string) => Promise<void>;
 
   // ...the rest of the state variables
@@ -34,8 +35,9 @@ export const ProjectsContext = React.createContext<ProjectsContextType>({
   projects: [],
   modelServingProjects: [],
   nonActiveProjects: [],
-  preferredProject: null,
-  updatePreferredProject: () => undefined,
+  getPreferredProject: () => null,
+  // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-empty-function
+  updatePreferredProject: () => {},
   loaded: false,
   loadError: new Error('Not in project provider'),
   waitForProject: () => Promise.resolve(),
@@ -50,10 +52,26 @@ type ProjectsProviderProps = {
 };
 
 const ProjectsContextProvider: React.FC<ProjectsProviderProps> = ({ children }) => {
-  const [preferredProject, setPreferredProject] =
-    React.useState<ProjectsContextType['preferredProject']>(null);
   const [projectData, loaded, loadError] = useProjects();
   const { dashboardNamespace } = useDashboardNamespace();
+  const { altPreferredProject } = React.useContext(AppContext);
+  const [pageProjects, setPageProjects] = React.useState<{ [key: string]: ProjectKind | null }>({});
+
+  const getPreferredProject = React.useCallback(
+    (page: string) => pageProjects[!altPreferredProject ? page : '__preferredProject'] ?? null,
+    [altPreferredProject, pageProjects],
+  );
+  const updatePreferredProject = React.useCallback(
+    (page: string, projectName: string | null) => {
+      const project = projectData.find((p) => p.metadata.name === projectName);
+      setPageProjects((prev) => {
+        const projects = { ...prev };
+        projects[!altPreferredProject ? page : '__preferredProject'] = project || null;
+        return projects;
+      });
+    },
+    [altPreferredProject, projectData],
+  );
 
   const { projects, modelServingProjects, nonActiveProjects } = React.useMemo(
     () =>
@@ -121,8 +139,8 @@ const ProjectsContextProvider: React.FC<ProjectsProviderProps> = ({ children })
       projects: projects.toSorted(projectSorter),
       modelServingProjects: modelServingProjects.toSorted(projectSorter),
       nonActiveProjects: nonActiveProjects.toSorted(projectSorter),
-      preferredProject,
-      updatePreferredProject: setPreferredProject,
+      getPreferredProject,
+      updatePreferredProject,
       loaded,
       loadError,
       waitForProject,
@@ -131,8 +149,8 @@ const ProjectsContextProvider: React.FC<ProjectsProviderProps> = ({ children })
       projects,
       modelServingProjects,
       nonActiveProjects,
-      preferredProject,
-      setPreferredProject,
+      getPreferredProject,
+      updatePreferredProject,
       loaded,
       loadError,
       waitForProject,
diff --git a/frontend/src/concepts/projects/useSyncPreferredProject.tsx b/frontend/src/concepts/projects/useSyncPreferredProject.tsx
index e357c78d81..47cab7e3fb 100644
--- a/frontend/src/concepts/projects/useSyncPreferredProject.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/concepts/projects/useSyncPreferredProject.tsx
@@ -2,14 +2,15 @@ import * as React from 'react';
 import { ProjectsContext } from '~/concepts/projects/ProjectsContext';
 import { ProjectKind } from '~/k8sTypes';
 
-const useSyncPreferredProject = (newPreferredProject: ProjectKind | null): void => {
-  const { preferredProject, updatePreferredProject } = React.useContext(ProjectsContext);
+const useSyncPreferredProject = (page: string, newPreferredProject: ProjectKind | null): void => {
+  const { getPreferredProject, updatePreferredProject } = React.useContext(ProjectsContext);
+  const preferredProject = getPreferredProject(page);
 
   React.useEffect(() => {
     if (newPreferredProject?.metadata.name !== preferredProject?.metadata.name) {
-      updatePreferredProject(newPreferredProject);
+      updatePreferredProject(page, newPreferredProject?.metadata.name || null);
     }
-  }, [newPreferredProject, preferredProject, updatePreferredProject]);
+  }, [page, newPreferredProject, preferredProject, updatePreferredProject]);
 };
 
 export default useSyncPreferredProject;
diff --git a/frontend/src/pages/clusterStorage/GlobalClusterStoragePage.tsx b/frontend/src/pages/clusterStorage/GlobalClusterStoragePage.tsx
index 9919a022e7..8872433243 100644
--- a/frontend/src/pages/clusterStorage/GlobalClusterStoragePage.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/pages/clusterStorage/GlobalClusterStoragePage.tsx
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ import { ProjectsContext } from '~/concepts/projects/ProjectsContext';
 import StorageList from '~/pages/projects/screens/detail/storage/StorageList';
 
 const GlobalClusterStoragePage: React.FC = () => {
-  const { projects, preferredProject, updatePreferredProject } = React.useContext(ProjectsContext);
+  const { getPreferredProject, updatePreferredProject } = React.useContext(ProjectsContext);
+  const preferredProject = getPreferredProject('cluster-storage');
   const navigate = useNavigate();
   return (
     <PageSection hasBodyWrapper={false}>
@@ -17,8 +18,7 @@ const GlobalClusterStoragePage: React.FC = () => {
             selectAllProjects
             invalidDropdownPlaceholder="All projects"
             onSelection={(projectName) => {
-              const project = projects.find((p) => p.metadata.name === projectName);
-              updatePreferredProject(project || null);
+              updatePreferredProject('cluster-storage', projectName);
               navigate('/clusterStorage');
             }}
             namespace={preferredProject?.metadata.name ?? 'all-projects'}
diff --git a/frontend/src/pages/connections/GlobalConnectionsPage.tsx b/frontend/src/pages/connections/GlobalConnectionsPage.tsx
index 6806842a8f..81c1441970 100644
--- a/frontend/src/pages/connections/GlobalConnectionsPage.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/pages/connections/GlobalConnectionsPage.tsx
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ import { ProjectsContext } from '~/concepts/projects/ProjectsContext';
 import ConnectionsList from '~/pages/projects/screens/detail/connections/ConnectionsList';
 
 const GlobalConnectionsPage: React.FC = () => {
-  const { projects, preferredProject, updatePreferredProject } = React.useContext(ProjectsContext);
+  const { getPreferredProject, updatePreferredProject } = React.useContext(ProjectsContext);
+  const preferredProject = getPreferredProject('connections');
   const navigate = useNavigate();
   return (
     <PageSection hasBodyWrapper={false}>
@@ -17,8 +18,7 @@ const GlobalConnectionsPage: React.FC = () => {
             selectAllProjects
             invalidDropdownPlaceholder="All projects"
             onSelection={(projectName) => {
-              const project = projects.find((p) => p.metadata.name === projectName);
-              updatePreferredProject(project || null);
+              updatePreferredProject('connections', projectName);
               navigate('/connections');
             }}
             namespace={preferredProject?.metadata.name ?? 'all-projects'}
diff --git a/frontend/src/pages/distributedWorkloads/global/GlobalDistributedWorkloads.tsx b/frontend/src/pages/distributedWorkloads/global/GlobalDistributedWorkloads.tsx
index 4f9a03e134..df8b133f29 100644
--- a/frontend/src/pages/distributedWorkloads/global/GlobalDistributedWorkloads.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/pages/distributedWorkloads/global/GlobalDistributedWorkloads.tsx
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ const GlobalDistributedWorkloads: React.FC<GlobalDistributedWorkloadsProps> = ({
   getInvalidRedirectPath,
 }) => {
   const { namespace } = useParams<{ namespace: string }>();
-  const { projects, preferredProject } = React.useContext(ProjectsContext);
+  const { projects, getPreferredProject } = React.useContext(ProjectsContext);
+  const preferredProject = getPreferredProject('distributed-workloads');
 
   if (projects.length === 0) {
     return (
@@ -52,7 +53,11 @@ const GlobalDistributedWorkloads: React.FC<GlobalDistributedWorkloadsProps> = ({
         loaded
         empty
         emptyStatePage={
-          <InvalidProject namespace={namespace} getRedirectPath={getInvalidRedirectPath} />
+          <InvalidProject
+            page="distributed-workloads"
+            namespace={namespace}
+            getRedirectPath={getInvalidRedirectPath}
+          />
         }
       />
     );
@@ -67,6 +72,7 @@ const GlobalDistributedWorkloads: React.FC<GlobalDistributedWorkloadsProps> = ({
       empty={false}
       headerContent={
         <ProjectSelectorNavigator
+          page="distributed-workloads"
           getRedirectPath={(ns: string) => `/distributedWorkloads/${activeTab.path}/${ns}`}
           showTitle
         />
diff --git a/frontend/src/pages/modelServing/ModelServingContext.tsx b/frontend/src/pages/modelServing/ModelServingContext.tsx
index 4d9fc75bf7..e76cb9e7b5 100644
--- a/frontend/src/pages/modelServing/ModelServingContext.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/pages/modelServing/ModelServingContext.tsx
@@ -75,9 +75,10 @@ const ModelServingContextProvider = conditionalArea<ModelServingContextProviderP
 )(({ children, namespace, getErrorComponent }) => {
   const { dashboardNamespace } = useDashboardNamespace();
   const navigate = useNavigate();
-  const { projects, preferredProject } = React.useContext(ProjectsContext);
+  const { projects, getPreferredProject } = React.useContext(ProjectsContext);
+  const preferredProject = getPreferredProject('model-serving');
   const project = projects.find(byName(namespace)) ?? null;
-  useSyncPreferredProject(project);
+  useSyncPreferredProject('model-serving', project);
   const servingRuntimeTemplates = useTemplates(dashboardNamespace);
 
   const servingRuntimeTemplateOrder = useContextResourceData<string>(
diff --git a/frontend/src/pages/modelServing/screens/global/GlobalModelServingCoreLoader.tsx b/frontend/src/pages/modelServing/screens/global/GlobalModelServingCoreLoader.tsx
index 07c8541863..7661865828 100644
--- a/frontend/src/pages/modelServing/screens/global/GlobalModelServingCoreLoader.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/pages/modelServing/screens/global/GlobalModelServingCoreLoader.tsx
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@ const GlobalModelServingCoreLoader: React.FC<GlobalModelServingCoreLoaderProps>
   getInvalidRedirectPath,
 }) => {
   const { namespace } = useParams<{ namespace: string }>();
-  const { projects, preferredProject } = React.useContext(ProjectsContext);
+  const { projects, getPreferredProject } = React.useContext(ProjectsContext);
+  const preferredProject = getPreferredProject('model-serving');
 
   let renderStateProps: ApplicationPageRenderState & { children?: React.ReactNode };
   if (projects.length === 0) {
@@ -43,7 +44,11 @@ const GlobalModelServingCoreLoader: React.FC<GlobalModelServingCoreLoaderProps>
     renderStateProps = {
       empty: true,
       emptyStatePage: (
-        <InvalidProject namespace={namespace} getRedirectPath={getInvalidRedirectPath} />
+        <InvalidProject
+          page="model-serving"
+          namespace={namespace}
+          getRedirectPath={getInvalidRedirectPath}
+        />
       ),
     };
   } else {
diff --git a/frontend/src/pages/modelServing/screens/global/ModelServingProjectSelection.tsx b/frontend/src/pages/modelServing/screens/global/ModelServingProjectSelection.tsx
index 19cd3b4dcc..c65b906fd6 100644
--- a/frontend/src/pages/modelServing/screens/global/ModelServingProjectSelection.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/pages/modelServing/screens/global/ModelServingProjectSelection.tsx
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ const ModelServingProjectSelection: React.FC<ModelServingProjectSelectionProps>
   getRedirectPath,
 }) => (
   <ProjectSelectorNavigator
+    page="model-serving"
     getRedirectPath={getRedirectPath}
     invalidDropdownPlaceholder="All projects"
     selectAllProjects
diff --git a/frontend/src/pages/notebooks/GlobalNotebooksPage.tsx b/frontend/src/pages/notebooks/GlobalNotebooksPage.tsx
index 4e3d10112a..edd9a61766 100644
--- a/frontend/src/pages/notebooks/GlobalNotebooksPage.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/pages/notebooks/GlobalNotebooksPage.tsx
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ import { ProjectsContext } from '~/concepts/projects/ProjectsContext';
 import NotebookList from '~/pages/projects/screens/detail/notebooks/NotebookList';
 
 const GlobalNotebooksPage: React.FC = () => {
-  const { projects, preferredProject, updatePreferredProject } = React.useContext(ProjectsContext);
+  const { getPreferredProject, updatePreferredProject } = React.useContext(ProjectsContext);
+  const preferredProject = getPreferredProject('notebooks');
   const navigate = useNavigate();
   return (
     <PageSection hasBodyWrapper={false}>
@@ -18,8 +19,7 @@ const GlobalNotebooksPage: React.FC = () => {
             selectAllProjects
             invalidDropdownPlaceholder="All projects"
             onSelection={(projectName) => {
-              const project = projects.find((p) => p.metadata.name === projectName);
-              updatePreferredProject(project || null);
+              updatePreferredProject('notebooks', projectName);
               navigate('/workbenches');
             }}
             namespace={preferredProject?.metadata.name ?? 'all-projects'}
diff --git a/frontend/src/pages/pipelines/GlobalArtifactsRoutes.tsx b/frontend/src/pages/pipelines/GlobalArtifactsRoutes.tsx
index cedbd549ad..caf5893ae9 100644
--- a/frontend/src/pages/pipelines/GlobalArtifactsRoutes.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/pages/pipelines/GlobalArtifactsRoutes.tsx
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { Navigate, Route } from 'react-router-dom';
 
 import ProjectsRoutes from '~/concepts/projects/ProjectsRoutes';
 import GlobalPipelineCoreLoader from '~/pages/pipelines/global/GlobalPipelineCoreLoader';
-import { artifactsBaseRoute } from '~/routes';
+import { artifactsBaseRoute, artifactsRootPath } from '~/routes';
 import { GlobalArtifactsPage } from './global/experiments/artifacts';
 import GlobalPipelineCoreDetails from './global/GlobalPipelineCoreDetails';
 import { ArtifactDetails } from './global/experiments/artifacts/ArtifactDetails';
@@ -12,7 +12,12 @@ const GlobalArtifactsRoutes: React.FC = () => (
   <ProjectsRoutes>
     <Route
       path="/:namespace?/*"
-      element={<GlobalPipelineCoreLoader getInvalidRedirectPath={artifactsBaseRoute} />}
+      element={
+        <GlobalPipelineCoreLoader
+          page={artifactsRootPath}
+          getInvalidRedirectPath={artifactsBaseRoute}
+        />
+      }
     >
       <Route index element={<GlobalArtifactsPage />} />
       <Route
diff --git a/frontend/src/pages/pipelines/GlobalPipelineExecutionsRoutes.tsx b/frontend/src/pages/pipelines/GlobalPipelineExecutionsRoutes.tsx
index d2bd1a56da..0ace072f1f 100644
--- a/frontend/src/pages/pipelines/GlobalPipelineExecutionsRoutes.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/pages/pipelines/GlobalPipelineExecutionsRoutes.tsx
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import * as React from 'react';
 import { Navigate, Route } from 'react-router-dom';
 import ProjectsRoutes from '~/concepts/projects/ProjectsRoutes';
 import GlobalPipelineCoreLoader from '~/pages/pipelines/global/GlobalPipelineCoreLoader';
-import { executionsBaseRoute } from '~/routes';
+import { executionsBaseRoute, executionsRootPath } from '~/routes';
 import {
   executionsPageDescription,
   executionsPageTitle,
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ const GlobalPipelineExecutionsRoutes: React.FC = () => (
       path="/:namespace?/*"
       element={
         <GlobalPipelineCoreLoader
+          page={executionsRootPath}
           title={executionsPageTitle}
           description={executionsPageDescription}
           getInvalidRedirectPath={executionsBaseRoute}
diff --git a/frontend/src/pages/pipelines/GlobalPipelineExperimentsRoutes.tsx b/frontend/src/pages/pipelines/GlobalPipelineExperimentsRoutes.tsx
index 744190e8d4..717ae07a61 100644
--- a/frontend/src/pages/pipelines/GlobalPipelineExperimentsRoutes.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/pages/pipelines/GlobalPipelineExperimentsRoutes.tsx
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import {
   experimentsPageTitle,
 } from '~/pages/pipelines/global/experiments/const';
 import GlobalExperiments from '~/pages/pipelines/global/experiments/GlobalExperiments';
-import { experimentsBaseRoute } from '~/routes';
+import { experimentsBaseRoute, experimentsRootPath } from '~/routes';
 import ExperimentContextProvider from '~/pages/pipelines/global/experiments/ExperimentContext';
 import ExperimentPipelineRuns from '~/pages/pipelines/global/experiments/ExperimentPipelineRuns';
 import ExperimentPipelineRunsTabs from '~/pages/pipelines/global/experiments/ExperimentPipelineRunsTabs';
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ const GlobalPipelineExperimentsRoutes: React.FC = () => (
       path="/:namespace?/*"
       element={
         <GlobalPipelineCoreLoader
+          page={experimentsRootPath}
           title={experimentsPageTitle}
           description={experimentsPageDescription}
           getInvalidRedirectPath={experimentsBaseRoute}
diff --git a/frontend/src/pages/pipelines/GlobalPipelineRunsRoutes.tsx b/frontend/src/pages/pipelines/GlobalPipelineRunsRoutes.tsx
index 0ed46d9071..993b33f3a3 100644
--- a/frontend/src/pages/pipelines/GlobalPipelineRunsRoutes.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/pages/pipelines/GlobalPipelineRunsRoutes.tsx
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { Navigate, Route } from 'react-router-dom';
 import ProjectsRoutes from '~/concepts/projects/ProjectsRoutes';
 import GlobalPipelineCoreLoader from '~/pages/pipelines/global/GlobalPipelineCoreLoader';
 import { PipelineRunCoreDetails } from '~/pages/pipelines/global/GlobalPipelineCoreDetails';
-import { globNamespaceAll, pipelineRunsBaseRoute } from '~/routes';
+import { globNamespaceAll, pipelineRunsBaseRoute, pipelineRunsRootPath } from '~/routes';
 import { PipelineRunType } from '~/pages/pipelines/global/runs';
 import PipelineAvailabilityLoader from '~/pages/pipelines/global/pipelines/PipelineAvailabilityLoader';
 import GlobalPipelineRuns from '~/pages/pipelines/global/runs/GlobalPipelineRuns';
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ const GlobalPipelineRunsRoutes: React.FC = () => (
       path={globNamespaceAll}
       element={
         <GlobalPipelineCoreLoader
+          page={pipelineRunsRootPath}
           title={pipelineRunsPageTitle}
           description={pipelineRunsPageDescription}
           getInvalidRedirectPath={pipelineRunsBaseRoute}
diff --git a/frontend/src/pages/pipelines/GlobalPipelinesRoutes.tsx b/frontend/src/pages/pipelines/GlobalPipelinesRoutes.tsx
index ae2665ea76..9fccfbcc47 100644
--- a/frontend/src/pages/pipelines/GlobalPipelinesRoutes.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/pages/pipelines/GlobalPipelinesRoutes.tsx
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import {
 } from '~/pages/pipelines/global/pipelines/const';
 import { PipelineVersionCoreDetails } from '~/pages/pipelines/global/GlobalPipelineCoreDetails';
 import PipelineDetails from '~/concepts/pipelines/content/pipelinesDetails/pipeline/PipelineDetails';
-import { globNamespaceAll, pipelinesBaseRoute } from '~/routes';
+import { globNamespaceAll, pipelinesBaseRoute, pipelinesRootPath } from '~/routes';
 import PipelineAvailabilityLoader from '~/pages/pipelines/global/pipelines/PipelineAvailabilityLoader';
 import GlobalPipelines from './global/pipelines/GlobalPipelines';
 
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ const GlobalPipelinesRoutes: React.FC = () => (
       path={globNamespaceAll}
       element={
         <GlobalPipelineCoreLoader
+          page={pipelinesRootPath}
           title={pipelinesPageTitle}
           description={pipelinesPageDescription}
           getInvalidRedirectPath={pipelinesBaseRoute}
diff --git a/frontend/src/pages/pipelines/global/GlobalPipelineCoreLoader.tsx b/frontend/src/pages/pipelines/global/GlobalPipelineCoreLoader.tsx
index ed769a5455..d53fcbcc2e 100644
--- a/frontend/src/pages/pipelines/global/GlobalPipelineCoreLoader.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/pages/pipelines/global/GlobalPipelineCoreLoader.tsx
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ type ApplicationPageProps = React.ComponentProps<typeof ApplicationsPage>;
 type EmptyStateProps = 'emptyStatePage' | 'empty';
 
 type GlobalPipelineCoreLoaderProps = {
+  page: string;
   getInvalidRedirectPath: (namespace: string) => string;
 } & Omit<
   ApplicationPageProps,
@@ -20,11 +21,13 @@ type GlobalPipelineCoreLoaderProps = {
 type ApplicationPageRenderState = Pick<ApplicationPageProps, EmptyStateProps>;
 
 const GlobalPipelineCoreLoader: React.FC<GlobalPipelineCoreLoaderProps> = ({
+  page,
   getInvalidRedirectPath,
   ...applicationPageProps
 }) => {
   const { namespace } = useParams<{ namespace: string }>();
-  const { projects, preferredProject } = React.useContext(ProjectsContext);
+  const { projects, getPreferredProject } = React.useContext(ProjectsContext);
+  const preferredProject = getPreferredProject(page);
 
   let renderStateProps: ApplicationPageRenderState & { children?: React.ReactNode };
   if (projects.length === 0) {
@@ -47,7 +50,11 @@ const GlobalPipelineCoreLoader: React.FC<GlobalPipelineCoreLoaderProps> = ({
     renderStateProps = {
       empty: true,
       emptyStatePage: (
-        <InvalidProject namespace={namespace} getRedirectPath={getInvalidRedirectPath} />
+        <InvalidProject
+          page="pipelines"
+          namespace={namespace}
+          getRedirectPath={getInvalidRedirectPath}
+        />
       ),
     };
   } else {
@@ -61,7 +68,9 @@ const GlobalPipelineCoreLoader: React.FC<GlobalPipelineCoreLoaderProps> = ({
       {...applicationPageProps}
       {...renderStateProps}
       loaded
-      headerContent={<PipelineCoreProjectSelector getRedirectPath={getInvalidRedirectPath} />}
+      headerContent={
+        <PipelineCoreProjectSelector page={page} getRedirectPath={getInvalidRedirectPath} />
+      }
       provideChildrenPadding
     />
   );
diff --git a/frontend/src/pages/pipelines/global/PipelineCoreApplicationPage.tsx b/frontend/src/pages/pipelines/global/PipelineCoreApplicationPage.tsx
index cc56beb718..95f3d6efcd 100644
--- a/frontend/src/pages/pipelines/global/PipelineCoreApplicationPage.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/pages/pipelines/global/PipelineCoreApplicationPage.tsx
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import ProjectLink from '~/concepts/projects/ProjectLink';
 
 export type PipelineCoreApplicationPageProps = {
   children: React.ReactNode;
+  page: string;
   getRedirectPath: (namespace: string) => string;
   showProjectSelector?: boolean;
   overrideChildPadding?: boolean;
@@ -23,6 +24,7 @@ export type PipelineCoreApplicationPageProps = {
 
 const PipelineCoreApplicationPage: React.FC<PipelineCoreApplicationPageProps> = ({
   children,
+  page,
   getRedirectPath,
   overrideChildPadding,
   showProjectSelector = true,
@@ -54,7 +56,7 @@ const PipelineCoreApplicationPage: React.FC<PipelineCoreApplicationPageProps> =
       emptyStatePage={<NoPipelineServer variant={ButtonVariant.primary} />}
       headerContent={
         showProjectSelector ? (
-          <PipelineCoreProjectSelector getRedirectPath={getRedirectPath} />
+          <PipelineCoreProjectSelector page={page} getRedirectPath={getRedirectPath} />
         ) : null
       }
       provideChildrenPadding={!overrideChildPadding}
diff --git a/frontend/src/pages/pipelines/global/PipelineCoreProjectSelector.tsx b/frontend/src/pages/pipelines/global/PipelineCoreProjectSelector.tsx
index c0302e7d14..7af736b564 100644
--- a/frontend/src/pages/pipelines/global/PipelineCoreProjectSelector.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/pages/pipelines/global/PipelineCoreProjectSelector.tsx
@@ -2,11 +2,13 @@ import * as React from 'react';
 import ProjectSelectorNavigator from '~/concepts/projects/ProjectSelectorNavigator';
 
 type PipelineCoreProjectSelectorProps = {
+  page: string;
   getRedirectPath: (namespace: string) => string;
 };
 
 const PipelineCoreProjectSelector: React.FC<PipelineCoreProjectSelectorProps> = ({
+  page,
   getRedirectPath,
-}) => <ProjectSelectorNavigator getRedirectPath={getRedirectPath} showTitle />;
+}) => <ProjectSelectorNavigator page={page} getRedirectPath={getRedirectPath} showTitle />;
 
 export default PipelineCoreProjectSelector;
diff --git a/frontend/src/pages/pipelines/global/experiments/ExperimentPipelineRuns.tsx b/frontend/src/pages/pipelines/global/experiments/ExperimentPipelineRuns.tsx
index 04656f655a..8936384932 100644
--- a/frontend/src/pages/pipelines/global/experiments/ExperimentPipelineRuns.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/pages/pipelines/global/experiments/ExperimentPipelineRuns.tsx
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import {
   ExperimentContext,
   useContextExperimentArchivedOrDeleted,
 } from '~/pages/pipelines/global/experiments/ExperimentContext';
-import { experimentsBaseRoute } from '~/routes';
+import { experimentsBaseRoute, experimentsRootPath } from '~/routes';
 
 const ExperimentPipelineRuns: PipelineCoreDetailsPageComponent = ({ breadcrumbPath }) => {
   const { experiment } = React.useContext(ExperimentContext);
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ const ExperimentPipelineRuns: PipelineCoreDetailsPageComponent = ({ breadcrumbPa
 
   return (
     <PipelineCoreApplicationPage
+      page={experimentsRootPath}
       title={
         <TitleWithIcon title={pipelineRunsPageTitle} objectType={ProjectObjectType.pipelineRun} />
       }
diff --git a/frontend/src/pages/pipelines/global/experiments/GlobalExperiments.tsx b/frontend/src/pages/pipelines/global/experiments/GlobalExperiments.tsx
index e53bf51975..4ad7c8b67d 100644
--- a/frontend/src/pages/pipelines/global/experiments/GlobalExperiments.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/pages/pipelines/global/experiments/GlobalExperiments.tsx
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import PipelineCoreApplicationPage from '~/pages/pipelines/global/PipelineCoreAp
 import EnsureAPIAvailability from '~/concepts/pipelines/EnsureAPIAvailability';
 import PipelineAndVersionContextProvider from '~/concepts/pipelines/content/PipelineAndVersionContext';
 import EnsureCompatiblePipelineServer from '~/concepts/pipelines/EnsureCompatiblePipelineServer';
-import { experimentsBaseRoute } from '~/routes';
+import { experimentsBaseRoute, experimentsRootPath } from '~/routes';
 import { ProjectObjectType } from '~/concepts/design/utils';
 import TitleWithIcon from '~/concepts/design/TitleWithIcon';
 import { ExperimentListTabs, experimentsPageDescription, experimentsPageTitle } from './const';
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ const GlobalExperiments: React.FC<GlobalExperimentsParams> = ({ tab }) => {
 
   return (
     <PipelineCoreApplicationPage
+      page={experimentsRootPath}
       title={
         <TitleWithIcon
           title={experimentsPageTitle}
diff --git a/frontend/src/pages/pipelines/global/experiments/artifacts/GlobalArtifactsPage.tsx b/frontend/src/pages/pipelines/global/experiments/artifacts/GlobalArtifactsPage.tsx
index 8ee50bbbb4..57f0ab4c93 100644
--- a/frontend/src/pages/pipelines/global/experiments/artifacts/GlobalArtifactsPage.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/pages/pipelines/global/experiments/artifacts/GlobalArtifactsPage.tsx
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import PipelineServerActions from '~/concepts/pipelines/content/PipelineServerAc
 import PipelineCoreApplicationPage from '~/pages/pipelines/global/PipelineCoreApplicationPage';
 import EnsureAPIAvailability from '~/concepts/pipelines/EnsureAPIAvailability';
 import EnsureCompatiblePipelineServer from '~/concepts/pipelines/EnsureCompatiblePipelineServer';
-import { artifactsBaseRoute } from '~/routes';
+import { artifactsBaseRoute, artifactsRootPath } from '~/routes';
 import TitleWithIcon from '~/concepts/design/TitleWithIcon';
 import { ProjectObjectType } from '~/concepts/design/utils';
 import { ArtifactsList } from './ArtifactsList';
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ export const GlobalArtifactsPage: React.FC = () => {
 
   return (
     <PipelineCoreApplicationPage
+      page={artifactsRootPath}
       title={<TitleWithIcon title="Artifacts" objectType={ProjectObjectType.pipelineArtifact} />}
       description="View your artifacts and their metadata."
       headerAction={<PipelineServerActions isDisabled={!pipelinesAPI.pipelinesServer.installed} />}
diff --git a/frontend/src/pages/pipelines/global/experiments/executions/GlobalExecutions.tsx b/frontend/src/pages/pipelines/global/experiments/executions/GlobalExecutions.tsx
index d7e41f2dbc..35933ce890 100644
--- a/frontend/src/pages/pipelines/global/experiments/executions/GlobalExecutions.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/pages/pipelines/global/experiments/executions/GlobalExecutions.tsx
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import PipelineServerActions from '~/concepts/pipelines/content/PipelineServerAc
 import PipelineCoreApplicationPage from '~/pages/pipelines/global/PipelineCoreApplicationPage';
 import EnsureAPIAvailability from '~/concepts/pipelines/EnsureAPIAvailability';
 import EnsureCompatiblePipelineServer from '~/concepts/pipelines/EnsureCompatiblePipelineServer';
-import { executionsBaseRoute } from '~/routes';
+import { executionsBaseRoute, executionsRootPath } from '~/routes';
 import {
   executionsPageDescription,
   executionsPageTitle,
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ const GlobalExecutions: React.FC = () => {
 
   return (
     <PipelineCoreApplicationPage
+      page={executionsRootPath}
       title={
         <TitleWithIcon
           title={executionsPageTitle}
diff --git a/frontend/src/pages/pipelines/global/pipelines/GlobalPipelines.tsx b/frontend/src/pages/pipelines/global/pipelines/GlobalPipelines.tsx
index c24ed0072e..a4ffa05102 100644
--- a/frontend/src/pages/pipelines/global/pipelines/GlobalPipelines.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/pages/pipelines/global/pipelines/GlobalPipelines.tsx
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import PipelinesView from '~/pages/pipelines/global/pipelines/PipelinesView';
 import EnsureAPIAvailability from '~/concepts/pipelines/EnsureAPIAvailability';
 import PipelineAndVersionContextProvider from '~/concepts/pipelines/content/PipelineAndVersionContext';
 import EnsureCompatiblePipelineServer from '~/concepts/pipelines/EnsureCompatiblePipelineServer';
-import { pipelinesBaseRoute } from '~/routes';
+import { pipelinesBaseRoute, pipelinesRootPath } from '~/routes';
 import { ProjectObjectType } from '~/concepts/design/utils';
 import TitleWithIcon from '~/concepts/design/TitleWithIcon';
 
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ const GlobalPipelines: React.FC = () => {
 
   return (
     <PipelineCoreApplicationPage
+      page={pipelinesRootPath}
       title={<TitleWithIcon title={pipelinesPageTitle} objectType={ProjectObjectType.pipeline} />}
       description={pipelinesPageDescription}
       headerAction={<PipelineServerActions isDisabled={!pipelinesAPI.pipelinesServer.installed} />}
diff --git a/frontend/src/pages/pipelines/global/runs/GlobalPipelineRuns.tsx b/frontend/src/pages/pipelines/global/runs/GlobalPipelineRuns.tsx
index 5677869f3b..738fe91daf 100644
--- a/frontend/src/pages/pipelines/global/runs/GlobalPipelineRuns.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/pages/pipelines/global/runs/GlobalPipelineRuns.tsx
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import PipelineServerActions from '~/concepts/pipelines/content/PipelineServerAc
 import PipelineCoreApplicationPage from '~/pages/pipelines/global/PipelineCoreApplicationPage';
 import EnsureAPIAvailability from '~/concepts/pipelines/EnsureAPIAvailability';
 import EnsureCompatiblePipelineServer from '~/concepts/pipelines/EnsureCompatiblePipelineServer';
-import { pipelineRunsBaseRoute } from '~/routes';
+import { pipelineRunsBaseRoute, pipelineRunsRootPath } from '~/routes';
 import { ProjectObjectType } from '~/concepts/design/utils';
 import TitleWithIcon from '~/concepts/design/TitleWithIcon';
 import {
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ const GlobalPipelineRuns: React.FC<GlobalPipelineRunsProps> = ({ tab }) => {
 
   return (
     <PipelineCoreApplicationPage
+      page={pipelineRunsRootPath}
       title={
         <TitleWithIcon title={pipelineRunsPageTitle} objectType={ProjectObjectType.pipelineRun} />
       }
diff --git a/frontend/src/pages/projects/ProjectDetailsContext.tsx b/frontend/src/pages/projects/ProjectDetailsContext.tsx
index b8b66299a4..7aa00f4f00 100644
--- a/frontend/src/pages/projects/ProjectDetailsContext.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/pages/projects/ProjectDetailsContext.tsx
@@ -80,9 +80,10 @@ const ProjectDetailsContextProvider: React.FC<ProjectDetailsContextProviderProps
 }) => {
   const { dashboardNamespace } = useDashboardNamespace();
   const { namespace } = useParams();
-  const { projects, loaded, preferredProject } = React.useContext(ProjectsContext);
+  const { projects, loaded, getPreferredProject } = React.useContext(ProjectsContext);
+  const preferredProject = getPreferredProject('project-details');
   const project = projects.find(byName(namespace)) ?? null;
-  useSyncPreferredProject(project);
+  useSyncPreferredProject('project-details', project);
   const notebooks = useContextResourceData<NotebookState>(
     useProjectNotebookStates(namespace, true),
   );
@@ -174,6 +175,7 @@ const ProjectDetailsContextProvider: React.FC<ProjectDetailsContextProviderProps
     if (!allowAllProjects) {
       return (
         <InvalidProject
+          page="project-details"
           namespace={namespace}
           title="Problem loading project details"
           getRedirectPath={(ns) => `/projects/${ns}`}