diff --git a/zerver/tests/test_auth_backends.py b/zerver/tests/test_auth_backends.py
index acb845b6e1..6aaa8a43d0 100644
--- a/zerver/tests/test_auth_backends.py
+++ b/zerver/tests/test_auth_backends.py
@@ -2176,6 +2176,55 @@ class SAMLAuthBackendTest(SocialAuthBase):
             settings.SOCIAL_AUTH_SAML_ENABLED_IDPS["test_idp"]["slo_url"], result["Location"]
         )
 
+    @override_settings(TERMS_OF_SERVICE_VERSION=None)
+    def test_social_auth_sp_initiated_logout_after_desktop_registration(self) -> None:
+        """
+        SAML SP-initiated logout relies on certain necessary information being saved
+        in the authenticated session that was established during SAML authentication.
+        The mechanism of plumbing the information to the final session through the signup process
+        is a bit different than the one for the simpler case of direct login to an already existing
+        account - thus a separate test is needed for the registration codepath.
+        """
+        email = "newuser@zulip.com"
+        name = "Full Name"
+        subdomain = "zulip"
+        realm = get_realm("zulip")
+        desktop_flow_otp = "1234abcd" * 8
+        account_data_dict = self.get_account_data_dict(email=email, name=name)
+
+        result = self.social_auth_test(
+            account_data_dict,
+            subdomain="zulip",
+            expect_choose_email_screen=True,
+            is_signup=True,
+            desktop_flow_otp=desktop_flow_otp,
+        )
+        self.stage_two_of_registration(
+            result,
+            realm,
+            subdomain,
+            email,
+            name,
+            name,
+            self.BACKEND_CLASS.full_name_validated,
+            desktop_flow_otp=desktop_flow_otp,
+        )
+
+        # Check that the SessionIndex got plumbed through to the final session
+        # acquired in the desktop application after signup.
+        session_index = self.client.session["saml_session_index"]
+        self.assertNotEqual(session_index, None)
+
+        # Verify that the logout request will trigger the SAML SLO flow,
+        # just like in the regular case where the user simply logged in
+        # without needing to go through signup.
+        result = self.client_post("/accounts/logout/")
+        # A redirect to the IdP is returned.
+        self.assertEqual(result.status_code, 302)
+        self.assertIn(
+            settings.SOCIAL_AUTH_SAML_ENABLED_IDPS["test_idp"]["slo_url"], result["Location"]
+        )
+
     def test_saml_sp_initiated_logout_invalid_logoutresponse(self) -> None:
         hamlet = self.example_user("hamlet")
         self.login("hamlet")
diff --git a/zerver/views/auth.py b/zerver/views/auth.py
index 635ecc4c34..10bb941455 100644
--- a/zerver/views/auth.py
+++ b/zerver/views/auth.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Callable, Dict, List, Mapping, Optional,
 from urllib.parse import urlencode
 
 import jwt
+import orjson
 from cryptography.hazmat.primitives.ciphers.aead import AESGCM
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.contrib.auth import authenticate
@@ -159,6 +160,7 @@ def maybe_send_to_registration(
     is_signup: bool = False,
     multiuse_object_key: str = "",
     full_name_validated: bool = False,
+    params_to_store_in_authenticated_session: Optional[Dict[str, str]] = None,
 ) -> HttpResponse:
     """Given a successful authentication for an email address (i.e. we've
     confirmed the user controls the email address) that does not
@@ -199,6 +201,13 @@ def maybe_send_to_registration(
             desktop_flow_otp,
             expiry_seconds=EXPIRABLE_SESSION_VAR_DEFAULT_EXPIRY_SECS,
         )
+        if params_to_store_in_authenticated_session:
+            set_expirable_session_var(
+                request.session,
+                "registration_desktop_flow_params_to_store_in_authenticated_session",
+                orjson.dumps(params_to_store_in_authenticated_session).decode(),
+                expiry_seconds=EXPIRABLE_SESSION_VAR_DEFAULT_EXPIRY_SECS,
+            )
 
     try:
         # TODO: This should use get_realm_from_request, but a bunch of tests
@@ -319,6 +328,7 @@ def register_remote_user(request: HttpRequest, result: ExternalAuthResult) -> Ht
         "is_signup",
         "multiuse_object_key",
         "full_name_validated",
+        "params_to_store_in_authenticated_session",
     ]
     for key in dict(kwargs):
         if key not in kwargs_to_pass:
diff --git a/zerver/views/registration.py b/zerver/views/registration.py
index d808c450fb..3bffdcbeba 100644
--- a/zerver/views/registration.py
+++ b/zerver/views/registration.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ from contextlib import suppress
 from typing import Any, Dict, Iterable, List, Optional, Tuple, Union
 from urllib.parse import urlencode, urljoin
 
+import orjson
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.contrib.auth import REDIRECT_FIELD_NAME, authenticate, get_backends
 from django.contrib.sessions.backends.base import SessionBase
@@ -647,7 +648,17 @@ def login_and_go_to_home(request: HttpRequest, user_profile: UserProfile) -> Htt
     if mobile_flow_otp is not None:
         return finish_mobile_flow(request, user_profile, mobile_flow_otp)
     elif desktop_flow_otp is not None:
-        return finish_desktop_flow(request, user_profile, desktop_flow_otp)
+        params_to_store_in_authenticated_session = orjson.loads(
+            get_expirable_session_var(
+                request.session,
+                "registration_desktop_flow_params_to_store_in_authenticated_session",
+                default_value="{}",
+                delete=True,
+            )
+        )
+        return finish_desktop_flow(
+            request, user_profile, desktop_flow_otp, params_to_store_in_authenticated_session
+        )
 
     do_login(request, user_profile)
     # Using 'mark_sanitized' to work around false positive where Pysa thinks