diff --git a/apps/client/src/features/user/user-provider.tsx b/apps/client/src/features/user/user-provider.tsx
index 4e7c726c..5720f29e 100644
--- a/apps/client/src/features/user/user-provider.tsx
+++ b/apps/client/src/features/user/user-provider.tsx
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import { useTreeSocket } from "@/features/websocket/use-tree-socket.ts";
 import { useNotificationSocket } from "@/features/notification/hooks/use-notification-socket.ts";
 import { useCollabToken } from "@/features/auth/queries/auth-query.tsx";
 import { Error404 } from "@/components/ui/error-404.tsx";
+import { queryClient } from "@/main.tsx";
 
 export function UserProvider({ children }: React.PropsWithChildren) {
   const [, setCurrentUser] = useAtom(currentUserAtom);
@@ -33,8 +34,19 @@ export function UserProvider({ children }: React.PropsWithChildren) {
     // @ts-ignore
     setSocket(newSocket);
 
+    // Distinguish the first connect from a reconnect so we only resync after a gap.
+    let firstConnect = true;
     newSocket.on("connect", () => {
       console.log("ws connected");
+      if (!firstConnect) {
+        // On RECONNECT (not the first connect) refetch the sidebar tree through the
+        // authorized API so the view re-converges after a gap where ws events were
+        // missed (wifi blip, laptop sleep). Invalidate both the root level and the
+        // nested-page levels of every space tree.
+        queryClient.invalidateQueries({ queryKey: ["root-sidebar-pages"] });
+        queryClient.invalidateQueries({ queryKey: ["sidebar-pages"] });
+      }
+      firstConnect = false;
     });
 
     return () => {