diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/editor/PluginCustomEditorFrame.tsx b/src/renderer/src/components/editor/PluginCustomEditorFrame.tsx
index d9ff8556ed9..35ddeacb3de 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/editor/PluginCustomEditorFrame.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/editor/PluginCustomEditorFrame.tsx
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import { PLUGIN_PANEL_FRAME_NAME_PREFIX } from '../../../../shared/plugins/frame
 import { CUSTOM_EDITOR_LARGE_DOCUMENT_BYTES } from '../../../../shared/plugins/frames/plugin-custom-editor-bridge'
 import { fillPluginPanelShell } from '../right-sidebar/plugin-panel-design-token-css'
 import { usePluginFrameHost } from '../right-sidebar/use-plugin-frame-host'
+import { usePluginFrameEntry } from '../right-sidebar/use-plugin-frame-entry'
 import { editorShortcutMatches } from './editor-shortcuts'
 import { registerEditorFrameFlush } from './editor-pending-flush'
 import {
@@ -29,12 +30,6 @@ type PluginCustomEditorFrameProps = {
   onBytesChange?: (document: CustomEditorBinaryDocument) => void
 }
 
-type EntryState =
-  | { status: 'loading' }
-  | { status: 'error' }
-  | { status: 'unresponsive' }
-  | { status: 'ready'; html: string; sessionToken: string | null; revision: number }
-
 function FrameMessage({ children }: { children: React.ReactNode }): React.JSX.Element {
   return (
     <div className="flex h-full items-center justify-center p-6 text-center text-sm text-muted-foreground">
@@ -55,7 +50,6 @@ export default function PluginCustomEditorFrame({
   binaryDocument,
   onBytesChange
 }: PluginCustomEditorFrameProps): React.JSX.Element {
-  const [entry, setEntry] = useState<EntryState>({ status: 'loading' })
   const [refusal, setRefusal] = useState<CustomEditorEditRefusal | null>(null)
   const [saveBlocked, setSaveBlocked] = useState(false)
   const iframeRef = useRef<HTMLIFrameElement | null>(null)
@@ -89,58 +83,7 @@ export default function PluginCustomEditorFrame({
   const isLarge =
     (binaryDocument?.bytes.byteLength ?? content.length) > CUSTOM_EDITOR_LARGE_DOCUMENT_BYTES
 
-  const { pluginKey, id: editorId } = editor
-  useEffect(() => {
-    let cancelled = false
-    let currentHtml: string | null = null
-    let revision = 0
-    // Why: refresh events start overlapping reads; only the newest may set the entry.
-    let latestRead = 0
-    const pluginsApi = window.api?.plugins
-    const readEntry = pluginsApi?.readCustomEditorEntry
-    if (!pluginsApi || !readEntry) {
-      setEntry({ status: 'error' })
-      return
-    }
-    setEntry({ status: 'loading' })
-    const load = (): void => {
-      const read = ++latestRead
-      readEntry({ pluginKey, editorId })
-        .then((result) => {
-          if (cancelled || read !== latestRead) {
-            return
-          }
-          if (!result) {
-            currentHtml = null
-            setEntry({ status: 'error' })
-            return
-          }
-          // Plugin list changes fire often; only new bytes remount the frame.
-          if (result.html !== currentHtml) {
-            currentHtml = result.html
-            revision += 1
-          }
-          setEntry({
-            status: 'ready',
-            html: result.html,
-            sessionToken: result.sessionToken,
-            revision
-          })
-        })
-        .catch(() => {
-          if (!cancelled && read === latestRead) {
-            currentHtml = null
-            setEntry({ status: 'error' })
-          }
-        })
-    }
-    load()
-    const unsubscribe = pluginsApi.onChanged ? pluginsApi.onChanged(load) : null
-    return () => {
-      cancelled = true
-      unsubscribe?.()
-    }
-  }, [pluginKey, editorId])
+  const { entry, markUnresponsive } = usePluginFrameEntry('editor', editor.pluginKey, editor.id)
 
   const frameKey = entry.status === 'ready' ? `${editor.key}:${entry.revision}` : null
   const entryHtml = entry.status === 'ready' ? entry.html : null
@@ -197,7 +140,7 @@ export default function PluginCustomEditorFrame({
     frameKey,
     sessionToken: entry.status === 'ready' ? entry.sessionToken : null,
     editor: host.channel,
-    onUnresponsive: () => setEntry({ status: 'unresponsive' })
+    onUnresponsive: markUnresponsive
   })
 
   useEffect(() => {
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/right-sidebar/PluginPanel.test.tsx b/src/renderer/src/components/right-sidebar/PluginPanel.test.tsx
index 6c7497e0f26..6d9024075dc 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/right-sidebar/PluginPanel.test.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/right-sidebar/PluginPanel.test.tsx
@@ -331,6 +331,26 @@ describe('PluginPanel', () => {
     expect(container.textContent).toContain('stopped responding and was suspended')
   })
 
+  it('stays suspended, and reported as failed, when the plugin list changes but its HTML does not', async () => {
+    readPanelEntryMock.mockResolvedValue({
+      html: '<h1>Hello plugin</h1>',
+      sessionToken: SESSION_TOKEN
+    })
+    await renderPanel('plugin:samples.my-plugin/dashboard')
+    await act(async () => watchdogCallbacks.onUnresponsive?.())
+
+    await act(async () => {
+      pluginChangedListener?.()
+      await waitForHappyDomTasks()
+    })
+
+    expect(container.textContent).toContain('stopped responding and was suspended')
+    expect(setPanelHealthMock).toHaveBeenLastCalledWith(
+      'plugin:samples.my-plugin/dashboard',
+      'error'
+    )
+  })
+
   it('keeps a watchdog error published when navigation unmounts the failed panel', async () => {
     readPanelEntryMock.mockResolvedValue({
       html: '<h1>Hello plugin</h1>',
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/right-sidebar/PluginPanel.tsx b/src/renderer/src/components/right-sidebar/PluginPanel.tsx
index 2abf2109b98..77c4d9e3295 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/right-sidebar/PluginPanel.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/right-sidebar/PluginPanel.tsx
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
-import React, { useEffect, useMemo, useRef, useState } from 'react'
+import React, { useEffect, useMemo, useRef } from 'react'
 import { isPluginPanelTabKey } from '../../../../shared/plugins/manifest/plugin-manifest'
 import { PLUGIN_PANEL_FRAME_NAME_PREFIX } from '../../../../shared/plugins/frames/plugin-frame-bridge'
 import { fillPluginPanelShell } from './plugin-panel-design-token-css'
 import { usePluginFrameHost } from './use-plugin-frame-host'
+import { usePluginFrameEntry } from './use-plugin-frame-entry'
 import { usePluginPanels, usePluginPanelsStore } from '@/store/plugin-panels'
 import { translate } from '@/i18n/i18n'
 
@@ -10,12 +11,6 @@ type PluginPanelProps = {
   tabKey: string
 }
 
-type PluginPanelEntryState =
-  | { status: 'loading' }
-  | { status: 'error' }
-  | { status: 'unresponsive' }
-  | { status: 'ready'; shellHtml: string; documentRevision: number }
-
 function PluginPanelMessage({ children }: { children: React.ReactNode }): React.JSX.Element {
   return (
     <div className="flex min-h-0 flex-1 items-center justify-center p-6 text-center text-sm text-muted-foreground">
@@ -30,93 +25,34 @@ function PluginPanel({ tabKey }: PluginPanelProps): React.JSX.Element {
   const panel = isPluginPanelTabKey(tabKey)
     ? (panels.find((entry) => entry.tabKey === tabKey) ?? null)
     : null
-  const [entryState, setEntryState] = useState<PluginPanelEntryState>({ status: 'loading' })
-  const [sessionToken, setSessionToken] = useState<string | null>(null)
   const iframeRef = useRef<HTMLIFrameElement | null>(null)
-
-  const pluginKey = panel?.pluginKey ?? null
-  const panelId = panel?.id ?? null
-  const panelShell = entryState.status === 'ready' ? entryState.shellHtml : null
+  const { entry, markUnresponsive } = usePluginFrameEntry(
+    'panel',
+    panel?.pluginKey ?? null,
+    panel?.id ?? null
+  )
+  const panelShell = entry.status === 'ready' ? entry.html : null
   // Why memoized: a new srcdoc reloads the frame; theme changes arrive as messages instead.
   const panelDocument = useMemo(
     () => (panelShell ? fillPluginPanelShell(panelShell) : null),
     [panelShell]
   )
-  const panelFrameKey =
-    entryState.status === 'ready' ? `${tabKey}:${entryState.documentRevision}` : null
+  const panelFrameKey = entry.status === 'ready' ? `${tabKey}:${entry.revision}` : null
   const { onFrameLoad } = usePluginFrameHost({
     surface: 'panel',
     iframeRef,
     frameKey: panelFrameKey,
-    sessionToken,
-    onUnresponsive: () => {
-      setPanelHealth(tabKey, 'error')
-      setEntryState({ status: 'unresponsive' })
-    }
+    sessionToken: entry.status === 'ready' ? entry.sessionToken : null,
+    onUnresponsive: markUnresponsive
   })
 
   useEffect(() => {
-    if (!pluginKey || !panelId) {
-      return
-    }
-    let cancelled = false
-    let currentHtml: string | null = null
-    let documentRevision = 0
-    setEntryState({ status: 'loading' })
-    setSessionToken(null)
-    const pluginsApi = window.api?.plugins
-    if (!pluginsApi) {
+    if (entry.status === 'ready') {
+      setPanelHealth(tabKey, 'healthy')
+    } else if (entry.status !== 'loading') {
       setPanelHealth(tabKey, 'error')
-      setEntryState({ status: 'error' })
-      return
     }
-    let loadGeneration = 0
-    const load = (): void => {
-      const generation = ++loadGeneration
-      pluginsApi
-        .readPanelEntry({ pluginKey, panelId })
-        .then((entry) => {
-          if (cancelled || generation !== loadGeneration) {
-            return
-          }
-          if (!entry) {
-            currentHtml = null
-            setSessionToken(null)
-            setPanelHealth(tabKey, 'error')
-            setEntryState({ status: 'error' })
-            return
-          }
-          // Rotate authority without replacing unchanged content or restarting its watchdog.
-          setSessionToken(entry.sessionToken)
-          setPanelHealth(tabKey, 'healthy')
-          if (entry.html !== currentHtml) {
-            currentHtml = entry.html
-            documentRevision += 1
-            setPanelHealth(tabKey, 'healthy')
-            setEntryState({
-              status: 'ready',
-              shellHtml: entry.html,
-              documentRevision
-            })
-          }
-        })
-        .catch(() => {
-          if (!cancelled && generation === loadGeneration) {
-            currentHtml = null
-            setSessionToken(null)
-            setPanelHealth(tabKey, 'error')
-            setEntryState({ status: 'error' })
-          }
-        })
-    }
-    load()
-    const unsubscribe = pluginsApi.onChanged ? pluginsApi.onChanged(load) : null
-    return () => {
-      cancelled = true
-      loadGeneration += 1
-      unsubscribe?.()
-    }
-  }, [panelId, pluginKey, setPanelHealth, tabKey])
+  }, [entry.status, setPanelHealth, tabKey])
 
   // Persisted tabs can outlive an uninstalled or disabled plugin.
   if (!panel) {
@@ -130,7 +66,7 @@ function PluginPanel({ tabKey }: PluginPanelProps): React.JSX.Element {
     )
   }
 
-  if (entryState.status === 'loading') {
+  if (entry.status === 'loading') {
     return (
       <PluginPanelMessage>
         {translate('auto.components.right.sidebar.PluginPanel.loading', 'Loading plugin panel...')}
@@ -138,7 +74,7 @@ function PluginPanel({ tabKey }: PluginPanelProps): React.JSX.Element {
     )
   }
 
-  if (entryState.status === 'unresponsive') {
+  if (entry.status === 'unresponsive') {
     return (
       <PluginPanelMessage>
         {translate(
@@ -149,7 +85,7 @@ function PluginPanel({ tabKey }: PluginPanelProps): React.JSX.Element {
     )
   }
 
-  if (entryState.status === 'error') {
+  if (entry.status === 'error') {
     return (
       <PluginPanelMessage>
         {translate(
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/right-sidebar/use-plugin-frame-entry.ts b/src/renderer/src/components/right-sidebar/use-plugin-frame-entry.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f9115e4e9c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/right-sidebar/use-plugin-frame-entry.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+import { useCallback, useEffect, useState } from 'react'
+
+export type PluginFrameEntryState =
+  | { status: 'loading' }
+  | { status: 'error' }
+  | { status: 'unresponsive' }
+  | { status: 'ready'; html: string; sessionToken: string | null; revision: number }
+
+/**
+ * A plugin frame's document (panel or custom editor), reread on every plugin change. Only new
+ * HTML bumps the revision that remounts the frame; a suspended frame stays suspended until then.
+ */
+export function usePluginFrameEntry(
+  surface: 'panel' | 'editor',
+  /** Null while there is no plugin to read from. */
+  pluginKey: string | null,
+  /** The panel or custom editor id in the plugin's manifest. */
+  contributionId: string | null
+): { entry: PluginFrameEntryState; markUnresponsive: () => void } {
+  const [entry, setEntry] = useState<PluginFrameEntryState>({ status: 'loading' })
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (!pluginKey || !contributionId) {
+      return
+    }
+    let cancelled = false
+    let currentHtml: string | null = null
+    let revision = 0
+    // Why: refresh events start overlapping reads; only the newest may set the entry.
+    let latestRead = 0
+    setEntry({ status: 'loading' })
+    const pluginsApi = window.api?.plugins
+    if (!pluginsApi) {
+      setEntry({ status: 'error' })
+      return
+    }
+    const fail = (): void => {
+      currentHtml = null
+      setEntry({ status: 'error' })
+    }
+    const load = (): void => {
+      const readId = ++latestRead
+      const pending =
+        surface === 'panel'
+          ? pluginsApi.readPanelEntry({ pluginKey, panelId: contributionId })
+          : pluginsApi.readCustomEditorEntry?.({ pluginKey, editorId: contributionId })
+      if (!pending) {
+        fail()
+        return
+      }
+      pending
+        .then((result) => {
+          if (cancelled || readId !== latestRead) {
+            return
+          }
+          if (!result) {
+            fail()
+            return
+          }
+          const changed = result.html !== currentHtml
+          if (changed) {
+            currentHtml = result.html
+            revision += 1
+          }
+          const ready: PluginFrameEntryState = {
+            status: 'ready',
+            html: result.html,
+            sessionToken: result.sessionToken,
+            revision
+          }
+          // Why: a session rotation must not revive a frame the watchdog suspended.
+          setEntry((previous) =>
+            previous.status === 'unresponsive' && !changed ? previous : ready
+          )
+        })
+        .catch(() => {
+          if (!cancelled && readId === latestRead) {
+            fail()
+          }
+        })
+    }
+    load()
+    const unsubscribe = pluginsApi.onChanged ? pluginsApi.onChanged(load) : null
+    return () => {
+      cancelled = true
+      unsubscribe?.()
+    }
+  }, [surface, pluginKey, contributionId])
+
+  const markUnresponsive = useCallback(() => setEntry({ status: 'unresponsive' }), [])
+  return { entry, markUnresponsive }
+}