diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/composables/useFolderTopic.svelte.ts b/frontend/src/lib/composables/useFolderTopic.svelte.ts
index 747bec37..9193fb56 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/composables/useFolderTopic.svelte.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/composables/useFolderTopic.svelte.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 // `RtEventKind` — the switch below fails to type-check until every
 // arm is handled, keeping the FE exhaustive.
 
+import { useReconnect } from './useReconnect.svelte';
 import { useTopic } from './useTopic.svelte';
 import type RtEventParams from '$lib/generated/message-bus/RtEventParams';
 import type RtRevokedParams from '$lib/generated/message-bus/RtRevokedParams';
@@ -41,6 +42,13 @@ export interface FolderTopicHandlers {
 	/** Grant revoked or folder deleted — the subscription is gone
 	 *  server-side. Reasonable UX: toast + navigate away. */
 	onRevoked?: (params: RtRevokedParams) => void;
+	/** WS reconnected after a prior disconnect. Bus events published
+	 *  during the outage window are lost (in-memory bus, no replay),
+	 *  so the folder view has to refetch to catch up with the server.
+	 *  Typical wiring: `onReconnect: () => reload()`. Not called on
+	 *  the initial connect — the caller's own load path handles that.
+	 *  See `project_message_bus_reconnect_gap` memory. */
+	onReconnect?: () => void;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -61,6 +69,7 @@ export function useFolderTopic(
 		return id ? `folder:${id}` : null;
 	};
 	useTopic(topic, (params) => dispatch(params, handlers), handlers.onRevoked);
+	useReconnect(handlers.onReconnect);
 }
 
 function dispatch(params: RtEventParams, handlers: FolderTopicHandlers): void {
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/composables/useReconnect.svelte.ts b/frontend/src/lib/composables/useReconnect.svelte.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..476b761a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/composables/useReconnect.svelte.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+// Svelte 5 rune wrapper around `messageBus.onReconnect`.
+//
+// Fires the given callback the first time the WS reconnects after a
+// prior disconnect (server restart, network blip, sleep/wake).
+// **Not** called on the initial connect — the caller's own load path
+// is already fetching then. Bridges the "events published during the
+// disconnect window are lost" gap; consumers typically pass
+// `reload()` so the view catches up with the server after the outage.
+//
+// See `client.svelte.ts::onReconnect` for lifecycle details and
+// `project_message_bus_reconnect_gap` memory for the gap it closes.
+
+import { messageBus } from '$lib/message-bus/client.svelte';
+
+/**
+ * Register `cb` as a reconnect handler for the lifetime of the
+ * calling component. Auto-unregisters on destroy via `$effect`
+ * cleanup. Passing `null`/`undefined` is a no-op — convenient for
+ * conditional wiring (`useReconnect(handlers.onReconnect)`).
+ */
+export function useReconnect(cb: (() => void) | null | undefined): void {
+	$effect(() => {
+		if (!cb) return;
+		const release = messageBus.onReconnect(cb);
+		return () => release();
+	});
+}
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/message-bus/client.svelte.ts b/frontend/src/lib/message-bus/client.svelte.ts
index a381ae30..fcc8982a 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/message-bus/client.svelte.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/message-bus/client.svelte.ts
@@ -66,6 +66,15 @@ export type EventHandler = (params: RtEventParams) => void;
  *  fires this so the consumer can toast / redirect / whatever. */
 export type RevokedHandler = (params: RtRevokedParams) => void;
 
+/** Callback invoked when the WS reconnects AFTER a prior disconnect —
+ *  never on the first connect. Fires after client-side sub replay has
+ *  been kicked off (`#sendSubscribe` for every known topic), so the
+ *  handler can safely call `reload()`-style refetches knowing the
+ *  post-reconnect event stream is armed. Bridges the "events published
+ *  during the disconnect window are lost" gap — see
+ *  `project_message_bus_reconnect_gap` memory. */
+export type ReconnectHandler = () => void;
+
 /** Handle returned by `subscribe`. Call to release one refcount on the
  *  topic; the client unsubscribes over the wire only when the last
  *  refcount drops. Idempotent — calling twice from the same subscriber
@@ -134,6 +143,17 @@ export class MessageBusClient {
 	 *  `MAX_CONSECUTIVE_FAILURES` the client stops reconnecting and
 	 *  requires an explicit `reconnect()` from the caller. */
 	#consecutiveFailures = 0;
+	/** True once we've observed at least one successful `#onOpen`.
+	 *  Used to distinguish "initial connect" (don't fire onReconnect
+	 *  handlers — the initial load path is doing the fetch already)
+	 *  from "reconnect" (do fire — events during the outage window
+	 *  were lost, consumers must refetch). */
+	#hasConnectedBefore = false;
+	/** Reconnect handlers, invoked from `#onOpen` on the SECOND-onwards
+	 *  successful connect. Plain Set — internal registry, not
+	 *  reactive. Same rationale as `#subs` / `#pending`. */
+	// eslint-disable-next-line svelte/prefer-svelte-reactivity
+	#reconnectHandlers = new Set<ReconnectHandler>();
 
 	/** `topic` → `{count, handlers, revokedHandlers, acked}`. Refcount
 	 *  drives the wire: first refcount ⇒ send `rt.subscribe`; last drop
@@ -225,6 +245,35 @@ export class MessageBusClient {
 		});
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Register a handler that fires when the WS reconnects AFTER a
+	 * prior disconnect (server restart, network blip, sleep/wake).
+	 * NOT called on the initial connect — that path is already
+	 * handled by the consumer's own load logic. Returns an
+	 * unsubscribe fn.
+	 *
+	 * Wrapped in `untrack` for the same reason `subscribe` is —
+	 * reading `#hasConnectedBefore` etc. inside a caller's `$effect`
+	 * would leak a reactive dep. Callers reach for this via the
+	 * `useReconnect` composable, which manages the lifecycle.
+	 *
+	 * Bridges the "events lost during outage window" gap: consumers
+	 * refetch on reconnect to bring their view back in line with the
+	 * server, since bus publishes during the disconnect never reached
+	 * this session. See `project_message_bus_reconnect_gap` memory.
+	 */
+	onReconnect(cb: ReconnectHandler): () => void {
+		return untrack(() => {
+			this.#reconnectHandlers.add(cb);
+			let released = false;
+			return () => {
+				if (released) return;
+				released = true;
+				this.#reconnectHandlers.delete(cb);
+			};
+		});
+	}
+
 	/** Force a fresh reconnect — for a live-updates toggle or a manual
 	 *  "reconnect" button. Rare; not part of the normal flow. Also the
 	 *  escape hatch after the circuit breaker trips: zeroes the
@@ -320,6 +369,10 @@ export class MessageBusClient {
 		this.state = 'connected';
 		this.#backoffMs = RECONNECT_MIN_MS;
 		this.#consecutiveFailures = 0;
+		// Snapshot whether this is a reconnect BEFORE we flip the
+		// `hasConnectedBefore` bit, so handlers only fire on 2nd+ open.
+		const isReconnect = this.#hasConnectedBefore;
+		this.#hasConnectedBefore = true;
 		// Replay every already-known topic. `entry.acked` is reset here
 		// because the fresh connection has no server-side memory of
 		// prior subscriptions.
@@ -329,6 +382,24 @@ export class MessageBusClient {
 				busLog.warn('resubscribe failed', { topic, error: err })
 			);
 		}
+		// Fire reconnect handlers AFTER sub replay is kicked (the
+		// `rt.subscribe` frames are on the socket; ack may be
+		// in-flight). Handlers refetching state via REST will see a
+		// consistent post-reconnect view; any events published between
+		// resubscribe and the handler's refetch race safely — a stale
+		// event just means one extra `reload()` on the next tick.
+		if (isReconnect && this.#reconnectHandlers.size > 0) {
+			busLog.debug('firing reconnect handlers', {
+				count: this.#reconnectHandlers.size
+			});
+			for (const cb of this.#reconnectHandlers) {
+				try {
+					cb();
+				} catch (err) {
+					busLog.warn('reconnect handler threw', { error: err });
+				}
+			}
+		}
 	}
 
 	#onMessage(ev: MessageEvent): void {
diff --git a/frontend/src/routes/files/[...path]/+page.svelte b/frontend/src/routes/files/[...path]/+page.svelte
index 3b4cf19b..9db4cf26 100644
--- a/frontend/src/routes/files/[...path]/+page.svelte
+++ b/frontend/src/routes/files/[...path]/+page.svelte
@@ -484,6 +484,21 @@
 			);
 			busLog.warn('folder access revoked', { topic: params.topic, reason: params.reason });
 			void goto(resolve('/files'));
+		},
+		onReconnect: () => {
+			// WS reconnected after a prior disconnect — any bus events
+			// published during the outage window were dropped by the
+			// in-memory bus (no replay). Force a refetch so the listing
+			// catches up with the server-authoritative state. Goes
+			// through the same `scheduleLiveReload` coalescer as event-
+			// driven refreshes so a burst of reconnects (rare, but the
+			// circuit breaker can produce one) collapses to a single
+			// fetch. Passing an actor of `null`-equivalent — use an
+			// empty string so the echo-skip's `actor === user.id`
+			// check never matches. See
+			// `project_message_bus_reconnect_gap` memory.
+			busLog.warn('reconnected — refetching folder');
+			scheduleLiveReload('');
 		}
 	});