diff --git a/src/renderer/src/lib/lazy-chunk-error-classification.ts b/src/renderer/src/lib/lazy-chunk-error-classification.ts
index ba02722202f..90340a56e50 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/lib/lazy-chunk-error-classification.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/lib/lazy-chunk-error-classification.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ export function describeLazyChunkError(
   return {
     reloadKey: sanitizeReloadKey(reloadKey),
     errorName,
-    errorCategory: classifyErrorCategory(messageClass),
+    errorCategory: classifyErrorCategory(messageClass, errorName),
     messageClass
   }
 }
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ function classifyErrorName(error: unknown): string {
   }
   switch (error.name) {
     case 'AggregateError':
+    case 'ChunkLoadError':
     case 'DOMException':
     case 'EvalError':
     case 'Error':
@@ -62,6 +63,7 @@ function classifyErrorMessage(message: string): string {
     normalized.includes('failed to fetch dynamically imported module') ||
     normalized.includes('error loading dynamically imported module') ||
     normalized.includes('importing a module script failed') ||
+    normalized.includes('failed to load module script') ||
     normalized.includes('loading chunk') ||
     normalized.includes('chunkloaderror') ||
     normalized.includes('networkerror')
@@ -71,11 +73,11 @@ function classifyErrorMessage(message: string): string {
   return 'unknown'
 }
 
-function classifyErrorCategory(messageClass: string): string {
+function classifyErrorCategory(messageClass: string, errorName: string): string {
   if (messageClass === 'syntax') {
     return 'syntax'
   }
-  if (messageClass === 'fetch') {
+  if (messageClass === 'fetch' || errorName === 'ChunkLoadError') {
     return 'fetch'
   }
   return 'unknown'
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/lib/lazy-with-retry.test.ts b/src/renderer/src/lib/lazy-with-retry.test.ts
index 984590e12fb..22a8094ee05 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/lib/lazy-with-retry.test.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/lib/lazy-with-retry.test.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,15 @@ const chunkFetchError = (): TypeError =>
   new TypeError(
     'Failed to fetch dynamically imported module: https://assets.example.test/chunks/panel.js?v=secret /Users/test/orca/panel.js'
   )
+const chunkLoadErrorByName = (): Error => {
+  const error = new Error('async route asset request failed')
+  error.name = 'ChunkLoadError'
+  return error
+}
+const failedModuleScriptError = (): TypeError =>
+  new TypeError(
+    'Failed to load module script: Expected a JavaScript-or-Wasm module script but the server responded with a MIME type of "text/html".'
+  )
 
 function markChunkReloadAttemptedInPriorRenderer(): void {
   window.sessionStorage.setItem(RELOAD_RENDERER_BOOT_KEY, 'previous-renderer-boot')
@@ -330,6 +339,34 @@ describe('loadLazyWithRetry', () => {
     expect(isLazyChunkLoadError(caught)).toBe(true)
   })
 
+  it.each([
+    ['ChunkLoadError name', chunkLoadErrorByName],
+    ['failed module script message', failedModuleScriptError]
+  ])('restarts the app for post-reload %s failures', async (_label, createError) => {
+    const reload = spyOnReload()
+    const api = stubPreloadRecoveryApi()
+    markChunkReloadAttemptedInPriorRenderer()
+    const factory = vi.fn(() => Promise.reject(createError()))
+
+    const loaded = loadLazyWithRetry(factory, { retries: 0, reloadKey: 'route-panel' })
+    let settled = false
+    void loaded.then(
+      () => {
+        settled = true
+      },
+      () => {
+        settled = true
+      }
+    )
+    await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(5000)
+
+    expect(api.getVersion).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
+    expect(api.restart).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
+    expect(window.localStorage.getItem(APP_RESTART_GUARD_KEY)).toBe('1')
+    expect(reload).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+    expect(settled).toBe(false)
+  })
+
   it('does not restart the app for non-chunk lazy module failures after renderer reload', async () => {
     const reload = spyOnReload()
     const api = stubPreloadRecoveryApi()