diff --git a/src/stores/__tests__/keywords-store-shared.test.ts b/src/stores/__tests__/keywords-store-shared.test.ts
index 74e521f4..005577ee 100644
--- a/src/stores/__tests__/keywords-store-shared.test.ts
+++ b/src/stores/__tests__/keywords-store-shared.test.ts
@@ -44,6 +44,32 @@ describe('loadSharedTags', () => {
     expect(useKeywordsStore.getState().sharedTags.team.tags).toHaveLength(1);
   });
 
+  // Every list row reads its tag colours from this object: a new one on each
+  // re-read re-rendered the whole list.
+  it('keeps the same object when a re-read finds the same tags, and counts it as fresh', async () => {
+    vi.useFakeTimers();
+    try {
+      metadata.mockResolvedValue(TEAM_TAGS);
+      await useKeywordsStore.getState().loadSharedTags('team');
+      const before = useKeywordsStore.getState().sharedTags;
+      vi.advanceTimersByTime(3 * 60_000);
+      await useKeywordsStore.getState().loadSharedTags('team');
+      expect(metadata).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
+      expect(useKeywordsStore.getState().sharedTags).toBe(before);
+      // The unchanged answer still counts as a fresh read.
+      vi.advanceTimersByTime(60_000);
+      await useKeywordsStore.getState().loadSharedTags('team');
+      expect(metadata).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
+
+      metadata.mockResolvedValue({ tags: { tags: { urgent: { label: 'Now', color: 'red' } } } });
+      await useKeywordsStore.getState().loadSharedTags('team', { force: true });
+      expect(useKeywordsStore.getState().sharedTags).not.toBe(before);
+      expect(useKeywordsStore.getState().sharedTags.team.tags[0].label).toBe('Now');
+    } finally {
+      vi.useRealTimers();
+    }
+  });
+
   it('drops an answer that arrives after the user switched to another login', async () => {
     let resolve!: (v: unknown) => void;
     metadata.mockReturnValue(new Promise((r) => { resolve = r; }));
diff --git a/src/stores/keywords-store.ts b/src/stores/keywords-store.ts
index 7626d8a1..edb7595a 100644
--- a/src/stores/keywords-store.ts
+++ b/src/stores/keywords-store.ts
@@ -78,6 +78,14 @@ export function currentTagsLogin(): string {
 }
 
 const sharedInflight = new Map<string, Promise<void>>();
+// When each login's account last answered: an unchanged answer keeps the
+// entry (and its `loadedAt`), but still counts as fresh.
+const sharedReadAt = new Map<string, number>();
+
+function sameTags(a: KeywordDef[], b: KeywordDef[]): boolean {
+  return a.length === b.length
+    && a.every((t, i) => t.id === b[i].id && t.label === b[i].label && t.color === b[i].color);
+}
 
 function persist(keywords: KeywordDef[]): void {
   void AsyncStorage.setItem(STORAGE_KEY, JSON.stringify(keywords)).catch((err) => {
@@ -94,10 +102,11 @@ export const useKeywordsStore = create<KeywordsState>((set, get) => ({
     const login = currentTagsLogin();
     if (!login || !accountId || accountId === jmapClient.connectedAccountId) return Promise.resolve();
     const current = get().sharedTags[accountId];
-    if (!options?.force && current?.login === login && Date.now() - current.loadedAt < SHARED_TAGS_STALE_MS) {
+    const key = `${login}|${accountId}`;
+    const readAt = Math.max(current?.loadedAt ?? 0, sharedReadAt.get(key) ?? 0);
+    if (!options?.force && current?.login === login && Date.now() - readAt < SHARED_TAGS_STALE_MS) {
       return Promise.resolve();
     }
-    const key = `${login}|${accountId}`;
     const running = sharedInflight.get(key);
     if (running) return running;
     const run = (async () => {
@@ -106,10 +115,16 @@ export const useKeywordsStore = create<KeywordsState>((set, get) => ({
       if (currentTagsLogin() !== login) return;
       // A failed read (or none to make) keeps the last good tags.
       if (!entries) return;
+      const tags = parseSharedTags(entries[SHARED_TAGS_KEY]);
+      sharedReadAt.set(key, Date.now());
+      // Unchanged tags keep the entry, and with it every row's tag colours:
+      // a new object re-rendered each row of the list on every re-read.
+      const prev = get().sharedTags[accountId];
+      if (prev?.login === login && sameTags(prev.tags, tags)) return;
       set((s) => ({
         sharedTags: {
           ...s.sharedTags,
-          [accountId]: { login, tags: parseSharedTags(entries[SHARED_TAGS_KEY]), loadedAt: Date.now() },
+          [accountId]: { login, tags, loadedAt: Date.now() },
         },
       }));
     })().finally(() => sharedInflight.delete(key));