diff --git a/ViewModels/MainViewModel.Streaming.Operations.cs b/ViewModels/MainViewModel.Streaming.Operations.cs
index ac1ca12..7261c15 100644
--- a/ViewModels/MainViewModel.Streaming.Operations.cs
+++ b/ViewModels/MainViewModel.Streaming.Operations.cs
@@ -96,13 +96,25 @@ public partial class MainViewModel : ViewModelBase
         }
     }
 
-    private void BeginGoLive(bool alsoRecord)
+    /// <summary>Builds the Start Stream dialog's model from the Stream Info tab. Re-reads the store
+    /// first: the form is loaded once at startup, and a second LlamaCasty on the same profile (the dev
+    /// instance, or Release recording while Debug goes live) writes its edits straight to the store, so
+    /// this process's copy can be empty while the tab the creator filled in is not (2026-11-06).</summary>
+    internal GoLiveViewModel CreateGoLiveDialog()
     {
+        BroadcastForm.Load();
         var dialog = new GoLiveViewModel(() => SignInAsync(), _youtubeAuth.CurrentChannel)
         {
             StreamTitle = BroadcastForm.Title,
             StreamDescription = BroadcastForm.Description,
         };
+        AppLog.Write($"Go Live dialog: title='{dialog.StreamTitle}' description={dialog.StreamDescription.Length} chars");
+        return dialog;
+    }
+
+    private void BeginGoLive(bool alsoRecord)
+    {
+        var dialog = CreateGoLiveDialog();
         var window = new ytLive.GoLiveWindow(dialog) { Owner = System.Windows.Application.Current.MainWindow };
         if (window.ShowDialog() != true) return;
 
diff --git a/ytLive.Tests/BroadcastPullOutTests.cs b/ytLive.Tests/BroadcastPullOutTests.cs
index 40b6cce..10cd222 100644
--- a/ytLive.Tests/BroadcastPullOutTests.cs
+++ b/ytLive.Tests/BroadcastPullOutTests.cs
@@ -76,6 +76,21 @@ public sealed class BroadcastPullOutTests
             vm.BroadcastForm.Load();
             Assert.Equal("Hello", vm.BroadcastForm.Title);
 
+            // Go Live must read what the STORE holds, not this process's copy. Two instances share the
+            // real profile (Release recording while Debug goes live), and the other one's edits never
+            // reach this process's in-memory form — that is how the creator got an empty dialog while
+            // the Stream Info tab was filled in (2026-11-06).
+            using (var otherInstance = new LayoutStore(tempDb))
+                otherInstance.SaveBroadcastMetadata(new BroadcastMetadata
+                {
+                    Title = "Written by the other instance",
+                    Description = "And its description",
+                });
+
+            var dialog = vm.CreateGoLiveDialog();
+            Assert.Equal("Written by the other instance", dialog.StreamTitle);
+            Assert.Equal("And its description", dialog.StreamDescription);
+
             Assert.False(vm.BroadcastForm.IsDrawerOpen);
             vm.BroadcastForm.ToggleDrawerCommand.Execute(null);
             Assert.True(vm.BroadcastForm.IsDrawerOpen);