diff --git a/tools/xbox/droiddeck-xbox-ticket.patch b/tools/xbox/droiddeck-xbox-ticket.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..78093d74d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/xbox/droiddeck-xbox-ticket.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+--- a/crates/xodus/src/models/secrets.rs
++++ b/crates/xodus/src/models/secrets.rs
+@@ -80,9 +80,17 @@
+     }
+ }
+ 
+-/// Store and licensing services reject delegation-compact tickets in the "d="
+-/// form that Xbox Live sign-in needs (InvalidMsaTicketFormat) and accept the
+-/// same value as "t=". Convert only where a ticket is sent to those services.
++// Xbox accepts compact JWE tickets without the delegation prefix; opaque
++// delegation tickets keep their original wire representation.
++pub fn xbox_ticket(ticket: String) -> String {
++    match ticket.strip_prefix("d=") {
++        Some(raw) if is_compact_jwe(raw) => raw.to_owned(),
++        _ => ticket,
++    }
++}
++
++/// Store services accept delegation-compact tickets in the "t=" form.
++/// Convert only where a ticket is sent to those services.
+ pub fn store_ticket(ticket: String) -> String {
+     match ticket.strip_prefix("d=") {
+         Some(value) => format!("t={value}"),
+--- a/crates/xodus/src/models/licensing_ticket_tests.rs
++++ b/crates/xodus/src/models/licensing_ticket_tests.rs
+@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
+ //! Public synthetic data only, no account, keyring or network access.
+-use super::{Token, licensing_ticket, store_ticket};
++use super::{Token, licensing_ticket, store_ticket, xbox_ticket};
+ use crate::models::soap;
+ use base64::{Engine, engine::general_purpose::URL_SAFE_NO_PAD};
+ use serde_json::json;
+@@ -77,3 +77,35 @@
+     let long_header = jwe(json!({"alg":"dir","enc":"A256GCM","kid":"a".repeat(9000)}), "");
+     assert_eq!(licensing_ticket(format!("d={long_header}")), format!("t={long_header}"));
+ }
++
++#[test]
++fn credential_xbox_ticket_compact_jwe_uses_bare_wire_format_without_changing_store_conversion() {
++    for raw in [
++        jwe(json!({"alg":"dir","enc":"A128CBC-HS256"}), ""),
++        jwe(json!({"alg":"RSA-OAEP-256","enc":"A256GCM"}), "a2V5"),
++    ] {
++        let Token::Compact(original) = delegation(&raw) else { panic!("fixture"); };
++        assert_eq!(original, format!("d={raw}"));
++        assert_eq!(store_ticket(original.clone()), format!("t={raw}"));
++        assert_eq!(xbox_ticket(original), raw);
++        assert_eq!(xbox_ticket(raw.clone()), raw);
++        assert_eq!(xbox_ticket(format!("t={raw}")), format!("t={raw}"));
++    }
++}
++
++#[test]
++fn credential_xbox_ticket_opaque_and_malformed_tokens_are_preserved() {
++    let valid = jwe(json!({"alg":"dir","enc":"A256GCM"}), "");
++    let mut cases = vec!["d=opaque".to_string(), "opaque".into(), "".into(), "d=".into(),
++        "d=opaque..iv.ciphertext.tag".into(), "d=eyJ..a.b.c".into(),
++        format!("d={valid}.extra"), format!("d={}", valid.replace("..", ".+.")),
++        format!("d={}", jwe(json!({"alg":"dir"}), "")),
++        format!("d={}", jwe(json!({"alg":"dir","enc":""}), "")),
++        format!("d={}", jwe(json!({"alg":"dir","enc":"A256GCM","kid":"a".repeat(9000)}), ""))];
++    let mut parts: Vec<_> = valid.split('.').map(str::to_string).collect();
++    for index in [2, 3, 4] {
++        let old = parts[index].clone(); parts[index].clear();
++        cases.push(format!("d={}", parts.join("."))); parts[index] = old;
++    }
++    for ticket in cases { assert_eq!(xbox_ticket(ticket.clone()), ticket); }
++}
+--- a/crates/xodus/src/api/xbox/auth.rs
++++ b/crates/xodus/src/api/xbox/auth.rs
+@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
+         properties: UserAuthProperties {
+             auth_method: "RPS".to_string(),
+             site_name: "user.auth.xboxlive.com".to_string(),
+-            rps_ticket,
++            rps_ticket: crate::models::secrets::xbox_ticket(rps_ticket),
+         },
+     };
+ 
diff --git a/tools/xbox/prepare.py b/tools/xbox/prepare.py
index 47564ad11..8d435d34b 100755
--- a/tools/xbox/prepare.py
+++ b/tools/xbox/prepare.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ recipe = Path(__file__).resolve().parent
 cache = Path(sys.argv[1]).resolve()
 lock = json.loads((recipe / 'backend.lock.json').read_text())
 local_patches = ['droiddeck-credentials.patch', 'droiddeck-launch-view.patch', 'droiddeck-library-subscriptions.patch',
-                 'droiddeck-credential-fallback.patch', 'droiddeck-credential-diagnostics.patch', 'droiddeck-cloud-token.patch']
+                 'droiddeck-credential-fallback.patch', 'droiddeck-credential-diagnostics.patch', 'droiddeck-cloud-token.patch', 'droiddeck-xbox-ticket.patch']
 identity = hashlib.sha256((recipe / 'backend.lock.json').read_bytes() + b''.join((recipe / name).read_bytes() for name in local_patches)).hexdigest()
 source = cache / ('source-' + identity[:16])
 if not (source / '.prepared').is_file():