diff --git a/mobile/src/tasks/worktree-create-capability-reconnect.test.tsx b/mobile/src/tasks/worktree-create-capability-reconnect.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2792db5910c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mobile/src/tasks/worktree-create-capability-reconnect.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,176 @@
+import { createElement } from 'react'
+import { act, create, type ReactTestRenderer } from 'react-test-renderer'
+import { describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
+import type { RpcClient } from '../transport/rpc-client'
+import type { ConnectionState, RpcResponse } from '../transport/types'
+import { useNewWorktreeRuntimeCapabilities } from './worktree-create-capability'
+import { createWorktreeWithNameRetry } from './worktree-create-retry'
+
+type CapabilityHook = ReturnType<typeof useNewWorktreeRuntimeCapabilities>
+
+class CapabilityClient implements RpcClient {
+  private readonly listeners = new Set<(state: ConnectionState) => void>()
+  private state: ConnectionState = 'connected'
+  readonly statusRequests = vi.fn<() => Promise<RpcResponse>>()
+  readonly createRequests: Record<string, unknown>[] = []
+
+  constructor(statusOutcomes: Array<RpcResponse | Error>) {
+    let statusCall = 0
+    this.statusRequests.mockImplementation(async () => {
+      const outcome = statusOutcomes[Math.min(statusCall, statusOutcomes.length - 1)]!
+      statusCall += 1
+      if (outcome instanceof Error) {
+        throw outcome
+      }
+      return outcome
+    })
+  }
+
+  async sendRequest(method: string, params?: unknown): Promise<RpcResponse> {
+    if (method === 'status.get') {
+      return this.statusRequests()
+    }
+    this.createRequests.push((params ?? {}) as Record<string, unknown>)
+    return success({ worktree: { id: 'wt-1' } })
+  }
+
+  subscribe(): () => void {
+    return () => {}
+  }
+
+  updateTerminalSubscriptionViewport(): void {}
+  getState(): ConnectionState {
+    return this.state
+  }
+  getReconnectAttempt(): number {
+    return 0
+  }
+  getLastConnectedAt(): number | null {
+    return null
+  }
+  onStateChange(listener: (state: ConnectionState) => void): () => void {
+    this.listeners.add(listener)
+    return () => this.listeners.delete(listener)
+  }
+  notifyForeground(): void {}
+  close(): void {}
+
+  emitState(state: ConnectionState): void {
+    this.state = state
+    for (const listener of this.listeners) {
+      listener(state)
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+function success(result: unknown): RpcResponse {
+  return { id: '1', ok: true, result, _meta: { runtimeId: 'r' } }
+}
+
+function unsupported(): RpcResponse {
+  return {
+    id: '1',
+    ok: false,
+    error: { code: 'unsupported', message: 'unsupported' },
+    _meta: { runtimeId: 'r' }
+  }
+}
+
+function supported(): RpcResponse {
+  return success({
+    capabilities: ['mobile.tasks.v1', 'worktree.create-idempotency.v1'],
+    hostPlatform: 'darwin'
+  })
+}
+
+async function mountCapabilities(client: RpcClient): Promise<{
+  readonly current: CapabilityHook
+  unmount(): void
+}> {
+  let current: CapabilityHook | null = null
+  let renderer: ReactTestRenderer | null = null
+  function Probe(): null {
+    current = useNewWorktreeRuntimeCapabilities(client, true)
+    return null
+  }
+  await act(async () => {
+    renderer = create(createElement(Probe))
+    await Promise.resolve()
+  })
+  return {
+    get current(): CapabilityHook {
+      if (!current) {
+        throw new Error('capability probe did not render')
+      }
+      return current
+    },
+    unmount: () => act(() => renderer?.unmount())
+  }
+}
+
+describe('useNewWorktreeRuntimeCapabilities reconnect recovery', () => {
+  it('recovers a transient probe and enables idempotent create after reconnect', async () => {
+    const client = new CapabilityClient([new Error('offline'), supported()])
+    const capabilities = await mountCapabilities(client)
+
+    await act(async () => {
+      client.emitState('reconnecting')
+      client.emitState('connected')
+      await Promise.resolve()
+    })
+    await createWorktreeWithNameRetry({
+      client,
+      baseName: 'otter',
+      buildParams: (name) => ({ repo: 'id:r', name }),
+      supportsIdempotentCutoverRetry: capabilities.current.getWorktreeCreateCutoverSupport(),
+      mintMutationId: () => 'mutation-after-reconnect'
+    })
+
+    expect({
+      statusRequests: client.statusRequests.mock.calls.length,
+      tasksSupported: capabilities.current.tasksSupported,
+      clientMutationId: client.createRequests[0]?.clientMutationId
+    }).toEqual({
+      statusRequests: 2,
+      tasksSupported: true,
+      clientMutationId: 'mutation-after-reconnect'
+    })
+    capabilities.unmount()
+  })
+
+  it('keeps an authoritative unsupported response cached across reconnect', async () => {
+    const client = new CapabilityClient([unsupported(), supported()])
+    const capabilities = await mountCapabilities(client)
+
+    await act(async () => {
+      client.emitState('reconnecting')
+      client.emitState('connected')
+      await Promise.resolve()
+    })
+
+    expect(client.statusRequests).toHaveBeenCalledOnce()
+    expect(capabilities.current.tasksSupported).toBe(false)
+    capabilities.unmount()
+  })
+
+  it('starts at most one replacement probe for a flapping reconnect', async () => {
+    const client = new CapabilityClient([new Error('offline'), supported()])
+    const capabilities = await mountCapabilities(client)
+
+    await act(async () => {
+      client.emitState('reconnecting')
+      client.emitState('disconnected')
+      client.emitState('reconnecting')
+      client.emitState('connected')
+      client.emitState('connected')
+      await Promise.all([
+        capabilities.current.getWorktreeCreateCutoverSupport(),
+        capabilities.current.getWorktreeCreateCutoverSupport()
+      ])
+    })
+
+    expect(client.statusRequests).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2)
+    expect(capabilities.current.tasksSupported).toBe(true)
+    capabilities.unmount()
+  })
+})
diff --git a/mobile/src/tasks/worktree-create-capability.ts b/mobile/src/tasks/worktree-create-capability.ts
index c4ca8170312..c78befb8803 100644
--- a/mobile/src/tasks/worktree-create-capability.ts
+++ b/mobile/src/tasks/worktree-create-capability.ts
@@ -29,16 +29,42 @@ const UNSUPPORTED_CAPABILITIES: NewWorktreeRuntimeCapabilities = {
   hostPlatform: null
 }
 
+type CapabilityProbeResult = {
+  capabilities: NewWorktreeRuntimeCapabilities
+  cache: 'authoritative' | 'transient'
+}
+
+type CapabilityProbeRecord = {
+  client: RpcClient | null
+  connectionRevision: number
+  cache: 'pending' | CapabilityProbeResult['cache']
+  promise: Promise<CapabilityProbeResult>
+}
+
+type ConnectionRevision = {
+  client: RpcClient | null
+  revision: number
+  state: ReturnType<RpcClient['getState']> | null
+  generation: number | null
+  connectedAt: number | null
+}
+
 // Why: status.get is safe to replay and must settle before create, independently
 // of slower provider probes, so ambiguous cutover retries are gated correctly.
 export async function readNewWorktreeRuntimeCapabilities(
   client: RpcClient
 ): Promise<NewWorktreeRuntimeCapabilities> {
+  return (await probeNewWorktreeRuntimeCapabilities(client)).capabilities
+}
+
+async function probeNewWorktreeRuntimeCapabilities(
+  client: RpcClient
+): Promise<CapabilityProbeResult> {
   for (let migrationRetry = 0; ; migrationRetry += 1) {
     try {
       const response = await client.sendRequest('status.get')
       if (!response.ok) {
-        return UNSUPPORTED_CAPABILITIES
+        return { capabilities: UNSUPPORTED_CAPABILITIES, cache: 'authoritative' }
       }
       const result = (response as RpcSuccess).result as {
         capabilities?: string[]
@@ -50,23 +76,26 @@ export async function readNewWorktreeRuntimeCapabilities(
       )
       const advertisedIdempotency = result.worktreeCreateIdempotency
       return {
-        tasksSupported: capabilities.includes(MOBILE_TASKS_CAPABILITY),
-        worktreeCreateIdempotency: supportsIdempotency
-          ? advertisedIdempotency === undefined
-            ? { dedupeTtlMs: WORKTREE_CREATE_DEDUPE_TTL_LEGACY_HOST_MS }
-            : advertisedIdempotency !== null &&
-                typeof advertisedIdempotency === 'object' &&
-                !Array.isArray(advertisedIdempotency)
-              ? resolveWorktreeCreateIdempotencySupport(
-                  (advertisedIdempotency as { dedupeTtlMs?: unknown }).dedupeTtlMs
-                )
-              : { dedupeTtlMs: 0 }
-          : false,
-        hostPlatform: readMobileRuntimeHostPlatform(result)
+        capabilities: {
+          tasksSupported: capabilities.includes(MOBILE_TASKS_CAPABILITY),
+          worktreeCreateIdempotency: supportsIdempotency
+            ? advertisedIdempotency === undefined
+              ? { dedupeTtlMs: WORKTREE_CREATE_DEDUPE_TTL_LEGACY_HOST_MS }
+              : advertisedIdempotency !== null &&
+                  typeof advertisedIdempotency === 'object' &&
+                  !Array.isArray(advertisedIdempotency)
+                ? resolveWorktreeCreateIdempotencySupport(
+                    (advertisedIdempotency as { dedupeTtlMs?: unknown }).dedupeTtlMs
+                  )
+                : { dedupeTtlMs: 0 }
+            : false,
+          hostPlatform: readMobileRuntimeHostPlatform(result)
+        },
+        cache: 'authoritative'
       }
     } catch (error) {
       if (!isLogicalClientCutoverError(error) || migrationRetry >= STATUS_CUTOVER_MAX_RETRIES) {
-        return UNSUPPORTED_CAPABILITIES
+        return { capabilities: UNSUPPORTED_CAPABILITIES, cache: 'transient' }
       }
     }
   }
@@ -82,22 +111,40 @@ export function useNewWorktreeRuntimeCapabilities(
 } {
   const [tasksSupported, setTasksSupported] = useState(false)
   const [hostPlatform, setHostPlatform] = useState<NodeJS.Platform | null>(null)
-  const capabilityProbeRef = useRef<{
-    client: RpcClient | null
-    promise: Promise<NewWorktreeRuntimeCapabilities>
-  } | null>(null)
-  const getCapabilities = useCallback((): Promise<NewWorktreeRuntimeCapabilities> => {
-    if (!capabilityProbeRef.current || capabilityProbeRef.current.client !== client) {
-      // Why: a queued tap can reach Create before passive effects run; lazily
-      // starting one shared probe keeps that path from failing open.
-      capabilityProbeRef.current = {
-        client,
-        promise: client
-          ? readNewWorktreeRuntimeCapabilities(client)
-          : Promise.resolve(UNSUPPORTED_CAPABILITIES)
-      }
+  const capabilityProbeRef = useRef<CapabilityProbeRecord | null>(null)
+  const connectionRevisionRef = useRef<ConnectionRevision>(makeConnectionRevision(client))
+  if (connectionRevisionRef.current.client !== client) {
+    connectionRevisionRef.current = makeConnectionRevision(client)
+    capabilityProbeRef.current = null
+  }
+
+  const getCapabilityProbe = useCallback((): CapabilityProbeRecord => {
+    updateConnectionRevision(connectionRevisionRef.current)
+    const current = capabilityProbeRef.current
+    // Why: a transient answer gets one shared retry per recovered connection,
+    // while a host's authoritative answer remains durable across reconnects.
+    if (
+      current?.client === client &&
+      (current.cache === 'authoritative' ||
+        current.connectionRevision === connectionRevisionRef.current.revision)
+    ) {
+      return current
     }
-    return capabilityProbeRef.current.promise
+    const record: CapabilityProbeRecord = {
+      client,
+      connectionRevision: connectionRevisionRef.current.revision,
+      cache: 'pending',
+      promise: client
+        ? probeNewWorktreeRuntimeCapabilities(client)
+        : Promise.resolve({ capabilities: UNSUPPORTED_CAPABILITIES, cache: 'authoritative' })
+    }
+    capabilityProbeRef.current = record
+    void record.promise.then((result) => {
+      if (capabilityProbeRef.current === record) {
+        record.cache = result.cache
+      }
+    })
+    return record
   }, [client])
 
   useEffect(() => {
@@ -105,20 +152,73 @@ export function useNewWorktreeRuntimeCapabilities(
       return
     }
     let stale = false
-    void getCapabilities().then((capabilities) => {
-      if (!stale) {
-        setTasksSupported(capabilities.tasksSupported)
-        setHostPlatform(capabilities.hostPlatform)
+    const refresh = (): void => {
+      const record = getCapabilityProbe()
+      void record.promise.then(({ capabilities }) => {
+        if (!stale && capabilityProbeRef.current === record) {
+          setTasksSupported(capabilities.tasksSupported)
+          setHostPlatform(capabilities.hostPlatform)
+        }
+      })
+    }
+    const unsubscribe = client.onStateChange(() => {
+      const previousRevision = connectionRevisionRef.current.revision
+      updateConnectionRevision(connectionRevisionRef.current)
+      if (
+        connectionRevisionRef.current.revision !== previousRevision &&
+        capabilityProbeRef.current?.cache !== 'authoritative'
+      ) {
+        refresh()
       }
     })
+    refresh()
     return () => {
       stale = true
+      unsubscribe()
     }
-  }, [client, enabled, getCapabilities, setTasksSupported])
+  }, [client, enabled, getCapabilityProbe, setTasksSupported])
 
   const getWorktreeCreateCutoverSupport = useCallback(
-    () => getCapabilities().then((capabilities) => capabilities.worktreeCreateIdempotency),
-    [getCapabilities]
+    () =>
+      getCapabilityProbe().promise.then(
+        ({ capabilities }) => capabilities.worktreeCreateIdempotency
+      ),
+    [getCapabilityProbe]
   )
   return { tasksSupported, hostPlatform, getWorktreeCreateCutoverSupport }
 }
+
+function makeConnectionRevision(client: RpcClient | null): ConnectionRevision {
+  return {
+    client,
+    revision: 0,
+    state: client?.getState() ?? null,
+    generation: readLogicalClientGeneration(client),
+    connectedAt: client?.getLastConnectedAt() ?? null
+  }
+}
+
+function updateConnectionRevision(connection: ConnectionRevision): void {
+  const { client } = connection
+  if (!client) {
+    return
+  }
+  const state = client.getState()
+  const generation = readLogicalClientGeneration(client)
+  const connectedAt = client.getLastConnectedAt()
+  const reconnected = state === 'connected' && connection.state !== 'connected'
+  const migrated = generation !== null && generation !== connection.generation
+  const connectionChanged = connectedAt !== null && connectedAt !== connection.connectedAt
+  connection.state = state
+  connection.generation = generation
+  connection.connectedAt = connectedAt
+  if (reconnected || migrated || connectionChanged) {
+    connection.revision += 1
+  }
+}
+
+function readLogicalClientGeneration(client: RpcClient | null): number | null {
+  const getGeneration = (client as (RpcClient & { getGeneration?: () => number }) | null)
+    ?.getGeneration
+  return getGeneration?.() ?? null
+}