diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/right-sidebar/git-status-refresh.ts b/src/renderer/src/components/right-sidebar/git-status-refresh.ts
index 4c6c625e113..d8dd54e5764 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/right-sidebar/git-status-refresh.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/right-sidebar/git-status-refresh.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { getRuntimeGitStatus, getRuntimeGitUpstreamStatus } from '@/runtime/runt
 import {
   clearAutomaticPushTargetUpstreamStatusCache,
   getCachedAutomaticPushTargetUpstreamStatus,
+  invalidateAutomaticPushTargetUpstreamStatusCache,
   storeCachedAutomaticPushTargetUpstreamStatus
 } from './push-target-upstream-refresh-cache'
 import type {
@@ -95,7 +96,21 @@ async function fetchAndApplyAutomaticUpstreamStatus({
       applyUpstreamStatus: false
     }
   )
-  if (!upstreamStatus || !shouldApplyAutomaticUpstreamRefresh(worktreeId, startGeneration)) {
+  if (!upstreamStatus) {
+    if (pushTarget) {
+      // Why: failed publish-target refreshes must not let an older automatic
+      // cache entry suppress the next recovery poll for the same target.
+      invalidateAutomaticPushTargetUpstreamStatusCache({
+        settings,
+        worktreeId,
+        worktreePath,
+        connectionId,
+        pushTarget
+      })
+    }
+    return null
+  }
+  if (!shouldApplyAutomaticUpstreamRefresh(worktreeId, startGeneration)) {
     return null
   }
   deps.setUpstreamStatus(worktreeId, upstreamStatus)
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/right-sidebar/push-target-upstream-refresh-cache.test.ts b/src/renderer/src/components/right-sidebar/push-target-upstream-refresh-cache.test.ts
index abbc3d21aa7..6ec8514351c 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/right-sidebar/push-target-upstream-refresh-cache.test.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/right-sidebar/push-target-upstream-refresh-cache.test.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import {
 } from './git-status-refresh'
 import {
   getCachedAutomaticPushTargetUpstreamStatus,
+  invalidateAutomaticPushTargetUpstreamStatusCache,
   storeCachedAutomaticPushTargetUpstreamStatus
 } from './push-target-upstream-refresh-cache'
 import type { GitPushTarget, GitStatusResult, GitUpstreamStatus } from '../../../../shared/types'
@@ -107,6 +108,42 @@ describe('push-target upstream refresh cache', () => {
     })
   })
 
+  it('retries after a failed push-target refresh invalidates an unchanged automatic poll cache hit', async () => {
+    stubGitStatus([unchangedStatus])
+    const deps = makeDeps()
+    vi.mocked(deps.fetchUpstreamStatus)
+      .mockResolvedValueOnce({
+        hasUpstream: true,
+        upstreamName: 'fork/feature/pr-head',
+        ahead: 1,
+        behind: 0
+      })
+      .mockResolvedValueOnce({
+        hasUpstream: true,
+        upstreamName: 'fork/feature/pr-head',
+        ahead: 0,
+        behind: 0
+      })
+
+    await refreshAutomatically({ deps })
+    invalidateAutomaticPushTargetUpstreamStatusCache({
+      settings: { activeRuntimeEnvironmentId: null },
+      worktreeId: 'wt-1',
+      worktreePath: '/repo',
+      pushTarget
+    })
+    await refreshAutomatically({ deps })
+    await refreshAutomatically({ deps })
+
+    expect(deps.fetchUpstreamStatus).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2)
+    expect(deps.setUpstreamStatus).toHaveBeenLastCalledWith('wt-1', {
+      hasUpstream: true,
+      upstreamName: 'fork/feature/pr-head',
+      ahead: 0,
+      behind: 0
+    })
+  })
+
   it('refreshes again when HEAD changes', async () => {
     stubGitStatus([
       { ...unchangedStatus, head: 'abc123' },
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/right-sidebar/push-target-upstream-refresh-cache.ts b/src/renderer/src/components/right-sidebar/push-target-upstream-refresh-cache.ts
index 99f9872aac4..bb79bd2a2c2 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/right-sidebar/push-target-upstream-refresh-cache.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/right-sidebar/push-target-upstream-refresh-cache.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ const AUTOMATIC_PUSH_TARGET_UPSTREAM_REFRESH_TTL_MS = 60_000
 const MAX_AUTOMATIC_PUSH_TARGET_UPSTREAM_CACHE_ENTRIES = 1024
 
 type PushTargetUpstreamRefreshCacheEntry = {
+  scopeKey: string
   status: GitUpstreamStatus
   refreshedAt: number
 }
@@ -37,6 +38,28 @@ function getStatusIdentityKey(status: GitStatusResult): readonly unknown[] {
   return [status.head ?? null, status.branch ?? null]
 }
 
+function getCacheScopeKey({
+  settings,
+  worktreeId,
+  worktreePath,
+  connectionId,
+  pushTarget
+}: {
+  settings?: Pick<GlobalSettings, 'activeRuntimeEnvironmentId'> | null
+  worktreeId: string
+  worktreePath: string
+  connectionId?: string
+  pushTarget: GitPushTarget
+}): string {
+  return JSON.stringify([
+    worktreeId,
+    worktreePath,
+    connectionId ?? null,
+    getRuntimeEnvironmentKey(settings),
+    getPushTargetKey(pushTarget)
+  ])
+}
+
 function getCacheKey({
   settings,
   worktreeId,
@@ -53,11 +76,7 @@ function getCacheKey({
   status: GitStatusResult
 }): string {
   return JSON.stringify([
-    worktreeId,
-    worktreePath,
-    connectionId ?? null,
-    getRuntimeEnvironmentKey(settings),
-    getPushTargetKey(pushTarget),
+    getCacheScopeKey({ settings, worktreeId, worktreePath, connectionId, pushTarget }),
     getStatusIdentityKey(status)
   ])
 }
@@ -106,12 +125,28 @@ export function storeCachedAutomaticPushTargetUpstreamStatus(
   upstreamStatus: GitUpstreamStatus
 ): void {
   automaticPushTargetUpstreamRefreshCache.set(getCacheKey(input), {
+    scopeKey: getCacheScopeKey(input),
     status: upstreamStatus,
     refreshedAt: Date.now()
   })
   trimAutomaticPushTargetUpstreamRefreshCache()
 }
 
+export function invalidateAutomaticPushTargetUpstreamStatusCache(input: {
+  settings?: Pick<GlobalSettings, 'activeRuntimeEnvironmentId'> | null
+  worktreeId: string
+  worktreePath: string
+  connectionId?: string
+  pushTarget: GitPushTarget
+}): void {
+  const scopeKey = getCacheScopeKey(input)
+  for (const [key, entry] of automaticPushTargetUpstreamRefreshCache) {
+    if (entry.scopeKey === scopeKey) {
+      automaticPushTargetUpstreamRefreshCache.delete(key)
+    }
+  }
+}
+
 export function clearAutomaticPushTargetUpstreamStatusCache(): void {
   automaticPushTargetUpstreamRefreshCache.clear()
 }
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/store/slices/editor.ts b/src/renderer/src/store/slices/editor.ts
index eabed3d30c5..92d0371f68b 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/store/slices/editor.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/store/slices/editor.ts
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ import { FLOATING_TERMINAL_WORKTREE_ID } from '../../../../shared/constants'
 import { clampMarkdownTocPanelWidth } from '../../../../shared/markdown-toc-panel-width'
 import { folderWorkspaceKey } from '../../../../shared/workspace-scope'
 import type { RemoteOpKind } from '@/components/right-sidebar/source-control-primary-action'
+import { invalidateAutomaticPushTargetUpstreamStatusCache } from '@/components/right-sidebar/push-target-upstream-refresh-cache'
 import {
   isNonFastForwardRemoteError,
   resolveRemoteOperationErrorMessage
@@ -3545,8 +3546,8 @@ export const createEditorSlice: StateCreator<AppState, [], [], EditorSlice> = (s
       }
     }),
   fetchUpstreamStatus: async (worktreeId, worktreePath, connectionId, pushTarget, options) => {
+    const runtimeSettings = options?.runtimeTargetSettings ?? get().settings
     try {
-      const runtimeSettings = options?.runtimeTargetSettings ?? get().settings
       const status = await getRuntimeGitUpstreamStatus(
         {
           settings: runtimeSettings,
@@ -3567,6 +3568,17 @@ export const createEditorSlice: StateCreator<AppState, [], [], EditorSlice> = (s
       // re-publish, clobbering the upstream relationship. If the branch is
       // genuinely newly unpublished, the polling effect will eventually correct
       // the status on success.
+      if (pushTarget) {
+        // Why: an old automatic poll cache entry must not suppress the next
+        // retry after a post-push/fetch refresh fails transiently.
+        invalidateAutomaticPushTargetUpstreamStatusCache({
+          settings: runtimeSettings,
+          worktreeId,
+          worktreePath,
+          connectionId,
+          pushTarget
+        })
+      }
       console.error('fetchUpstreamStatus failed', error)
       return null
     }