diff --git a/apps/portal-bff/src/auth/auth.errors.ts b/apps/portal-bff/src/auth/auth.errors.ts
index 3a11501..63738c3 100644
--- a/apps/portal-bff/src/auth/auth.errors.ts
+++ b/apps/portal-bff/src/auth/auth.errors.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 export type AuthCodeFlowError =
   | { kind: 'state-mismatch' }
   | { kind: 'flow-expired' }
-  | { kind: 'amr-missing' }
   | { kind: 'token-exchange-failed'; cause: string };
 
 export class AuthCodeFlowException extends Error {
diff --git a/apps/portal-bff/src/auth/auth.service.spec.ts b/apps/portal-bff/src/auth/auth.service.spec.ts
index 74e3010..109ad7e 100644
--- a/apps/portal-bff/src/auth/auth.service.spec.ts
+++ b/apps/portal-bff/src/auth/auth.service.spec.ts
@@ -129,12 +129,19 @@ describe('AuthService.completeAuthCodeFlow', () => {
     ).rejects.toMatchObject({ failure: { kind: 'flow-expired' } });
   });
 
-  it('throws amr-missing when the ID token has no amr claim', async () => {
+  it('returns the user even when the ID token has no `amr` claim (Entra optional)', async () => {
     const acquireTokenByCode = jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(makeAuthResult({ amr: [] }));
     const { service } = makeService({ acquireTokenByCode });
-    await expect(
-      service.completeAuthCodeFlow('code', PRE_AUTH_OK.state, PRE_AUTH_OK, PRE_AUTH_OK.createdAt),
-    ).rejects.toMatchObject({ failure: { kind: 'amr-missing' } });
+    const user = await service.completeAuthCodeFlow(
+      'code',
+      PRE_AUTH_OK.state,
+      PRE_AUTH_OK,
+      PRE_AUTH_OK.createdAt,
+    );
+    // `amr` flows through as an empty array; MFA enforcement is
+    // Conditional Access's job per ADR-0011, not this code path.
+    expect(user.amr).toEqual([]);
+    expect(user.oid).toBe('user-oid');
   });
 
   it('throws token-exchange-failed when MSAL throws', async () => {
diff --git a/apps/portal-bff/src/auth/auth.service.ts b/apps/portal-bff/src/auth/auth.service.ts
index 6d00e35..eb8ad72 100644
--- a/apps/portal-bff/src/auth/auth.service.ts
+++ b/apps/portal-bff/src/auth/auth.service.ts
@@ -150,18 +150,24 @@ export class AuthService {
 
   private toAuthenticatedUser(result: AuthenticationResult): AuthenticatedUser {
     const claims = result.idTokenClaims as Record<string, unknown>;
+
+    // `amr` is an optional claim. Entra includes it when it has
+    // explicit auth-method tracking to report (fresh interactive
+    // sign-in with MFA, etc.) and may omit it for SSO / refresh
+    // flows or when no Conditional Access policy requires the
+    // method to be surfaced. The BFF surfaces whatever is there in
+    // the audit log / future `@RequireMfa` guard — but it does NOT
+    // reject the token on empty / missing `amr`. Per ADR-0011, MFA
+    // enforcement is org-side via Conditional Access, and the
+    // BFF's "sanity check" is that MSAL accepted the token at all
+    // (signature + issuer + audience + exp validated). Sensitive
+    // routes that need a fresh MFA event will assert it explicitly
+    // through the `@RequireMfa({ freshness: 600 })` decorator once
+    // it lands.
     const amr = Array.isArray(claims['amr'])
       ? (claims['amr'] as unknown[]).filter((v): v is string => typeof v === 'string')
       : [];
 
-    // ADR-0011 sanity-check: Conditional Access on the org side is
-    // the actual enforcement layer; the BFF refuses tokens that
-    // lack any `amr` evidence (an empty array would indicate a
-    // policy misconfiguration where MFA never fired).
-    if (amr.length === 0) {
-      throw new AuthCodeFlowException({ kind: 'amr-missing' });
-    }
-
     return {
       oid: requireString(claims['oid'], 'oid'),
       tid: requireString(claims['tid'], 'tid'),