diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/editor/EditorContent.tsx b/src/renderer/src/components/editor/EditorContent.tsx
index eb8afa2d5c9..8e3ac1e0b5b 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/editor/EditorContent.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/editor/EditorContent.tsx
@@ -33,7 +33,11 @@ import { ExternalFileChangeBanner } from './ExternalFileChangeBanner'
 const MonacoEditor = lazy(() => import('./MonacoEditor'))
 const DiffViewer = lazy(() => import('./DiffViewer'))
 const CombinedDiffViewer = lazy(() => import('./CombinedDiffViewer'))
-const RichMarkdownEditor = lazy(() => import('./RichMarkdownEditor'))
+// Why keyed: the reload breadcrumb is the only pre-crash evidence, and an unkeyed
+// site logs `reloadKey: "unknown"` (see crash b860def2).
+const RichMarkdownEditor = lazy(() => import('./RichMarkdownEditor'), {
+  reloadKey: 'rich-markdown-editor'
+})
 const MarkdownPreview = lazy(() => import('./MarkdownPreview'))
 const ImageViewer = lazy(() => import('./ImageViewer'))
 const ImageDiffViewer = lazy(() => import('./ImageDiffViewer'))
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/editor/RichMarkdownErrorBoundary.lazy-chunk.test.tsx b/src/renderer/src/components/editor/RichMarkdownErrorBoundary.lazy-chunk.test.tsx
index 90046bf0d9c..7c69952fa9e 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/editor/RichMarkdownErrorBoundary.lazy-chunk.test.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/editor/RichMarkdownErrorBoundary.lazy-chunk.test.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 // @vitest-environment happy-dom
 
+import { readFileSync } from 'node:fs'
+import { join } from 'node:path'
 import { Suspense, act, type ReactElement, type ReactNode } from 'react'
 import { createRoot, type Root } from 'react-dom/client'
 import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
@@ -8,12 +10,20 @@ import { lazyWithRetry } from '@/lib/lazy-with-retry'
 import { RichMarkdownErrorBoundary } from './RichMarkdownErrorBoundary'
 
 const reportCrashMock = vi.hoisted(() => vi.fn())
+const recordBreadcrumbMock = vi.hoisted(() => vi.fn())
 
 vi.mock('@/lib/react-error-boundary-reporting', () => ({
   reportReactErrorBoundaryCrash: reportCrashMock
 }))
 
+vi.mock('@/lib/crash-breadcrumb-recorder', () => ({
+  recordRendererCrashBreadcrumb: recordBreadcrumbMock
+}))
+
 const RELOAD_GUARD_KEY = 'orca:lazy-chunk-reload-attempted'
+// A guard left by a *different* document is what proves the reload landed; only then
+// does lazy-with-retry produce the sentinel this boundary suppresses.
+const LANDED_RELOAD_GUARD_VALUE = 'doc-before-the-reload'
 
 globalThis.IS_REACT_ACT_ENVIRONMENT = true
 
@@ -23,11 +33,20 @@ function createContainer(): { container: HTMLDivElement; root: Root } {
   return { container, root: createRoot(container) }
 }
 
-// Mirrors EditorContent: the Suspense sits above the boundary, which wraps the lazy editor.
-function BoundaryHarness({ children }: { children: ReactNode }): ReactElement {
+// Mirrors EditorContent: the Suspense sits above the boundary, which EditorContent
+// re-keys per open file (`key={viewStateScopeId}`), and which wraps the lazy editor.
+function BoundaryHarness({
+  children,
+  boundaryKey = 'pane-a'
+}: {
+  children: ReactNode
+  boundaryKey?: string
+}): ReactElement {
   return (
     <Suspense fallback={<div>Loading...</div>}>
-      <RichMarkdownErrorBoundary fileId="file-1">{children}</RichMarkdownErrorBoundary>
+      <RichMarkdownErrorBoundary key={boundaryKey} fileId="file-1">
+        {children}
+      </RichMarkdownErrorBoundary>
     </Suspense>
   )
 }
@@ -38,6 +57,8 @@ async function flushReactWork(): Promise<void> {
   })
 }
 
+// The breadcrumb dedupe is module-scoped (it has to outlive boundary remounts), so
+// every test below must use a distinct parse-error message to start from a clean slate.
 describe('RichMarkdownErrorBoundary lazy chunk containment', () => {
   let root: Root | null = null
   let container: HTMLDivElement | null = null
@@ -45,6 +66,7 @@ describe('RichMarkdownErrorBoundary lazy chunk containment', () => {
 
   beforeEach(() => {
     reportCrashMock.mockReset()
+    recordBreadcrumbMock.mockReset()
     window.sessionStorage.clear()
     consoleError = vi.spyOn(console, 'error').mockImplementation(() => undefined)
   })
@@ -60,10 +82,11 @@ describe('RichMarkdownErrorBoundary lazy chunk containment', () => {
     consoleError.mockRestore()
   })
 
-  // Repro for crash b860def2: an app update swapped chunk hashes, lazy-with-retry
-  // burned its one guarded reload, then surfaced LazyChunkLoadError here.
+  // The only honest sentinel case: a landed reload already refetched the chunk and it
+  // still fails to parse, so the report is not actionable. (b860def2 itself is NOT this
+  // case — its reload was vetoed, so lazy-with-retry now re-throws the real error.)
   it('renders the fallback without reporting after guarded dynamic import exhaustion', async () => {
-    window.sessionStorage.setItem(RELOAD_GUARD_KEY, '1')
+    window.sessionStorage.setItem(RELOAD_GUARD_KEY, LANDED_RELOAD_GUARD_VALUE)
     const LazyRejectingImport = lazyWithRetry(
       () => Promise.reject(new SyntaxError("Unexpected token ':'")),
       { retries: 0 }
@@ -82,6 +105,70 @@ describe('RichMarkdownErrorBoundary lazy chunk containment', () => {
 
     expect(container?.textContent).toContain('rich markdown editor')
     expect(reportCrashMock).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+    // The suppressed report was the only artifact naming this surface; keep evidence.
+    expect(recordBreadcrumbMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith('lazy_chunk_boundary_degraded', {
+      boundaryId: 'editor.rich-markdown',
+      cause: "SyntaxError: Unexpected token ':'"
+    })
+  })
+
+  // The breadcrumb ring holds 30 entries and does not coalesce this name, so an
+  // impatient Retry streak on a permanently rejected chunk would erase the trail.
+  it('records the degraded breadcrumb once across repeated Retry clicks', async () => {
+    window.sessionStorage.setItem(RELOAD_GUARD_KEY, LANDED_RELOAD_GUARD_VALUE)
+    const LazyRejectingImport = lazyWithRetry(
+      () => Promise.reject(new SyntaxError("Unexpected token '}'")),
+      { retries: 0 }
+    )
+    ;({ container, root } = createContainer())
+
+    await act(async () => {
+      root?.render(
+        <BoundaryHarness>
+          <LazyRejectingImport />
+        </BoundaryHarness>
+      )
+    })
+    await flushReactWork()
+    await flushReactWork()
+
+    for (let click = 0; click < 3; click += 1) {
+      const retry = container?.querySelector('button')
+      expect(retry).not.toBeNull()
+      await act(async () => {
+        retry?.click()
+      })
+      await flushReactWork()
+    }
+
+    expect(container?.textContent).toContain('rich markdown editor')
+    expect(recordBreadcrumbMock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
+  })
+
+  // EditorContent re-keys the boundary per open file, so instance-scoped dedupe would
+  // re-record on every markdown tab switch — the same ring flush the Retry streak causes.
+  it('records the degraded breadcrumb once across boundary remounts', async () => {
+    window.sessionStorage.setItem(RELOAD_GUARD_KEY, LANDED_RELOAD_GUARD_VALUE)
+    const LazyRejectingImport = lazyWithRetry(
+      () => Promise.reject(new SyntaxError("Unexpected token '<'")),
+      { retries: 0 }
+    )
+    ;({ container, root } = createContainer())
+
+    for (const boundaryKey of ['pane-a', 'pane-b', 'pane-c']) {
+      await act(async () => {
+        root?.render(
+          <BoundaryHarness boundaryKey={boundaryKey}>
+            <LazyRejectingImport />
+          </BoundaryHarness>
+        )
+      })
+      await flushReactWork()
+      await flushReactWork()
+    }
+
+    expect(container?.textContent).toContain('rich markdown editor')
+    expect(recordBreadcrumbMock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
   })
 
   it('still reports ordinary render errors', async () => {
@@ -100,6 +187,7 @@ describe('RichMarkdownErrorBoundary lazy chunk containment', () => {
     })
 
     expect(container?.textContent).toContain('rich markdown editor')
+    expect(recordBreadcrumbMock).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
     expect(reportCrashMock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
     expect(reportCrashMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
       expect.objectContaining({
@@ -109,4 +197,14 @@ describe('RichMarkdownErrorBoundary lazy chunk containment', () => {
       })
     )
   })
+
+  // b860def2's pre-crash breadcrumb read `reloadKey: "unknown"`, which cannot tell
+  // the rich editor chunk apart from the seven other lazy chunks in EditorContent.
+  it('names the rich editor chunk at the EditorContent lazy call site', () => {
+    const source = readFileSync(
+      join(process.cwd(), 'src/renderer/src/components/editor/EditorContent.tsx'),
+      'utf8'
+    )
+    expect(source).toContain("reloadKey: 'rich-markdown-editor'")
+  })
 })
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/editor/RichMarkdownErrorBoundary.tsx b/src/renderer/src/components/editor/RichMarkdownErrorBoundary.tsx
index 68ae1ed819b..e6a5376f31f 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/editor/RichMarkdownErrorBoundary.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/editor/RichMarkdownErrorBoundary.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import React from 'react'
+import { recordRendererCrashBreadcrumb } from '@/lib/crash-breadcrumb-recorder'
 import { isLazyChunkLoadError } from '@/lib/lazy-with-retry'
 import { reportReactErrorBoundaryCrash } from '@/lib/react-error-boundary-reporting'
 import { translate } from '@/i18n/i18n'
@@ -13,6 +14,20 @@ type State = {
   fileId: string
 }
 
+// Module-scoped, not per instance: EditorContent re-keys this boundary per open file,
+// so an instance field would re-record on every markdown tab switch and flush the
+// 30-entry breadcrumb ring that this very evidence lives in. Bounded by the number of
+// distinct chunk failures a document can see (effectively one).
+const recordedLazyChunkCauses = new Set<string>()
+
+function describeLazyChunkCause(error: Error): string {
+  const cause = (error as { cause?: unknown }).cause
+  if (cause instanceof Error) {
+    return `${cause.name}: ${cause.message}`
+  }
+  return cause === undefined ? 'unknown' : String(cause)
+}
+
 // Why: a thrown exception inside the TipTap/ProseMirror render or in the
 // effect that runs `setContent` + empty-list repair on external-reload
 // would escape to the React root and — without this boundary — cause React
@@ -39,10 +54,18 @@ export class RichMarkdownErrorBoundary extends React.Component<Props, State> {
 
   componentDidCatch(error: Error, info: React.ErrorInfo): void {
     console.error('[RichMarkdownEditor] render crash contained by boundary', error, info)
-    // Why: lazy-with-retry already spent its retries and its one guarded reload, so a
-    // chunk-hash swap after an app update is expected degradation, not a crash. The
-    // fallback below still renders (matches RecoverableRenderErrorBoundary).
+    // Retries and the one guarded reload are already spent, so a crash report is not
+    // actionable — but it was the only artifact naming this surface, so leave a
+    // breadcrumb. Fallback still renders (matches RecoverableRenderErrorBoundary).
     if (isLazyChunkLoadError(error)) {
+      const cause = describeLazyChunkCause(error)
+      if (!recordedLazyChunkCauses.has(cause)) {
+        recordedLazyChunkCauses.add(cause)
+        recordRendererCrashBreadcrumb('lazy_chunk_boundary_degraded', {
+          boundaryId: 'editor.rich-markdown',
+          cause
+        })
+      }
       return
     }
     void reportReactErrorBoundaryCrash({
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/error-boundaries/RecoverableRenderErrorBoundary.lazy-chunk.test.tsx b/src/renderer/src/components/error-boundaries/RecoverableRenderErrorBoundary.lazy-chunk.test.tsx
index a4730f59e92..b6b19b2ec1f 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/error-boundaries/RecoverableRenderErrorBoundary.lazy-chunk.test.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/error-boundaries/RecoverableRenderErrorBoundary.lazy-chunk.test.tsx
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ vi.mock('@/lib/react-error-boundary-reporting', () => ({
 }))
 
 const RELOAD_GUARD_KEY = 'orca:lazy-chunk-reload-attempted'
+// Only a guard left by a *different* document proves the reload landed, which is
+// what makes lazy-with-retry emit the sentinel this boundary suppresses.
+const LANDED_RELOAD_GUARD_VALUE = 'doc-before-the-reload'
 
 globalThis.IS_REACT_ACT_ENVIRONMENT = true
 
@@ -60,7 +63,7 @@ describe('RecoverableRenderErrorBoundary lazy chunk containment', () => {
   })
 
   it('renders the fallback without reporting after guarded dynamic import exhaustion', async () => {
-    window.sessionStorage.setItem(RELOAD_GUARD_KEY, '1')
+    window.sessionStorage.setItem(RELOAD_GUARD_KEY, LANDED_RELOAD_GUARD_VALUE)
     const LazyRejectingImport = lazyWithRetry(
       () =>
         Promise.reject(
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/lib/lazy-with-retry.right-sidebar-syntax-error.test.ts b/src/renderer/src/lib/lazy-with-retry.right-sidebar-syntax-error.test.ts
index 01d8b776c16..5746d875d9e 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/lib/lazy-with-retry.right-sidebar-syntax-error.test.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/lib/lazy-with-retry.right-sidebar-syntax-error.test.ts
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ import { isLazyChunkLoadError, loadLazyWithRetry } from './lazy-with-retry'
 //     const SourceControl = lazy(() => import('./SourceControl'))   // lazyWithRetry
 //
 // So the corrupt-chunk recovery IS wired in. The crash was a BLIND SPOT in that
-// recovery: after the single guarded window.location.reload() has already fired
-// once this session (sessionStorage 'orca:lazy-chunk-reload-attempted' === '1'),
+// recovery: after the single guarded window.location.reload() has already landed
+// once this session (the guard holds a *previous* document's identity),
 // loadLazyWithRetry only converted the failure into a recoverable
 // LazyChunkLoadError when isKnownDynamicImportFailure(error) was true. A corrupt /
 // truncated chunk that parses as invalid JS rejects import() with a native
@@ -25,6 +25,10 @@ import { isLazyChunkLoadError, loadLazyWithRetry } from './lazy-with-retry'
 // corrupt-chunk failure; these tests pin that behavior.
 
 const RELOAD_GUARD_KEY = 'orca:lazy-chunk-reload-attempted'
+// Only a token left by a *different* document proves the reload landed; a token
+// matching this document means the reload was requested and vetoed.
+const LANDED_RELOAD_GUARD_VALUE = 'doc-before-the-reload'
+const VETOED_RELOAD_GUARD_VALUE = (): string => String(performance.timeOrigin)
 
 // The exact error the renderer received from the corrupt right-sidebar chunk.
 const reportedCrashError = (): SyntaxError => new SyntaxError("Unexpected token ')'")
@@ -57,9 +61,9 @@ afterEach(() => {
 describe('right-sidebar lazy chunk SyntaxError crash (regression)', () => {
   it('recovers a corrupt right-sidebar chunk SyntaxError instead of surfacing it to the boundary', async () => {
     const reload = spyOnReload()
-    // The one guarded reload already happened earlier this session: the user has
-    // navigated/reloaded once after the stale chunk was first hit.
-    window.sessionStorage.setItem(RELOAD_GUARD_KEY, '1')
+    // The one guarded reload already landed earlier this session: the guard was
+    // written by the document that reloaded, not by this one.
+    window.sessionStorage.setItem(RELOAD_GUARD_KEY, LANDED_RELOAD_GUARD_VALUE)
 
     // import('./SourceControl') rejects with the native parse error from the
     // corrupt chunk — exactly what the crash report captured.
@@ -87,7 +91,7 @@ describe('right-sidebar lazy chunk SyntaxError crash (regression)', () => {
     // chunk, surfaced as a fetch failure, IS recovered; surfaced as a parse error,
     // it is not. Both are the same unrecoverable corrupt right-sidebar chunk.
     const recover = async (makeError: () => Error): Promise<unknown> => {
-      window.sessionStorage.setItem(RELOAD_GUARD_KEY, '1')
+      window.sessionStorage.setItem(RELOAD_GUARD_KEY, LANDED_RELOAD_GUARD_VALUE)
       const factory = vi.fn(() => Promise.reject(makeError()))
       const loaded = loadLazyWithRetry(factory, { retries: 0, reloadKey: 'right-sidebar' })
       try {
@@ -109,4 +113,31 @@ describe('right-sidebar lazy chunk SyntaxError crash (regression)', () => {
     // The parse error from the very same corrupt chunk must be recovered too.
     expect(isLazyChunkLoadError(parseOutcome)).toBe(true)
   })
+
+  // Deliberate narrowing of the recovery above: a guard this document wrote itself
+  // means its reload() was vetoed, so no refetch ever happened and the sentinel
+  // would hide a live failure from the boundary.
+  it('surfaces the raw SyntaxError when this document is the one whose reload was vetoed', async () => {
+    const reload = spyOnReload()
+    window.sessionStorage.setItem(RELOAD_GUARD_KEY, VETOED_RELOAD_GUARD_VALUE())
+    const error = reportedCrashError()
+    const factory = vi.fn(() => Promise.reject(error))
+
+    const loaded = loadLazyWithRetry(factory, { retries: 0, reloadKey: 'right-sidebar' })
+    // Track settlement rather than awaiting: a regression leaves this pending forever.
+    let caught: unknown = 'pending'
+    void loaded.then(
+      (value) => {
+        caught = value
+      },
+      (rejection: unknown) => {
+        caught = rejection
+      }
+    )
+    await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(5000)
+
+    expect(caught).toBe(error)
+    expect(isLazyChunkLoadError(caught)).toBe(false)
+    expect(reload).not.toHaveBeenCalled() // re-arming would loop against the veto
+  })
 })
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/lib/lazy-with-retry.test.ts b/src/renderer/src/lib/lazy-with-retry.test.ts
index a5d19e3c4e9..1f8faceb099 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/lib/lazy-with-retry.test.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/lib/lazy-with-retry.test.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ import type { ComponentType } from 'react'
 import { isLazyChunkLoadError, loadLazyWithRetry } from './lazy-with-retry'
 
 const RELOAD_GUARD_KEY = 'orca:lazy-chunk-reload-attempted'
+// A guard holding a *different* document's token is the only proof the reload
+// landed; a token matching this document means the reload was vetoed.
+const LANDED_RELOAD_GUARD_VALUE = 'doc-before-the-reload'
 const Comp: ComponentType = () => null
 const chunkParseError = (): SyntaxError => new SyntaxError("Unexpected token ']'")
 const chunkFetchError = (): TypeError =>
@@ -103,15 +106,45 @@ describe('loadLazyWithRetry', () => {
 
     expect(factory).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(3)
     expect(reload).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
-    expect(window.sessionStorage.getItem(RELOAD_GUARD_KEY)).toBe('1')
-    // The load promise must suspend (never settle) while the page reloads, so the
-    // error boundary never flashes.
+    // The guard stores the requesting document's identity, not a bare flag.
+    expect(window.sessionStorage.getItem(RELOAD_GUARD_KEY)).toBe(String(performance.timeOrigin))
+    // The load promise must stay pending across the reload window, so the error
+    // boundary never flashes ahead of the navigation.
     expect(settled).toBe(false)
   })
 
+  // Crash b860def2: reload() was called at 19:05 and the document was still alive at
+  // 19:49 (no renderer bootstrap in between), so the requesting pane suspended forever.
+  it('surfaces the original error when the guarded reload never tears the document down', async () => {
+    const reload = spyOnReload()
+    stubCrashReportsBreadcrumb()
+    const error = chunkParseError()
+    const factory = vi.fn(() => Promise.reject(error))
+
+    const loaded = loadLazyWithRetry(factory, { retries: 0 })
+    let settled: unknown = 'pending'
+    void loaded.then(
+      (value) => {
+        settled = value
+      },
+      (rejection) => {
+        settled = rejection
+      }
+    )
+
+    await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(5000)
+    expect(reload).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
+    // Still suspended inside the grace window, so a landed reload shows no fallback.
+    expect(settled).toBe('pending')
+
+    await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(10_000)
+    expect(settled).toBe(error)
+    expect(reload).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
+  })
+
   it('does NOT reload twice — wraps known chunk failures once the guard is already set', async () => {
     const reload = spyOnReload()
-    window.sessionStorage.setItem(RELOAD_GUARD_KEY, '1')
+    window.sessionStorage.setItem(RELOAD_GUARD_KEY, LANDED_RELOAD_GUARD_VALUE)
     const error = chunkFetchError()
     const factory = vi.fn(() => Promise.reject(error))
 
@@ -128,9 +161,29 @@ describe('loadLazyWithRetry', () => {
     expect(isLazyChunkLoadError(caught)).toBe(true)
   })
 
+  // Crash b860def2: the guarded reload() was vetoed, the document lived on for 44
+  // minutes, and the still-set guard turned the next failure into the sentinel that
+  // error boundaries suppress — hiding a recovery that never ran.
+  it('reports the original error when the guard belongs to this same document (reload vetoed)', async () => {
+    const reload = spyOnReload()
+    window.sessionStorage.setItem(RELOAD_GUARD_KEY, String(performance.timeOrigin))
+    const error = chunkParseError()
+    const factory = vi.fn(() => Promise.reject(error))
+
+    const loaded = loadLazyWithRetry(factory, { retries: 0 })
+    const assertion = expect(loaded).rejects.toBe(error)
+    await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(5000)
+    await assertion
+
+    // Re-arming the reload here would loop against whatever vetoed the first one.
+    expect(reload).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+    const caught = await loaded.catch((rejection) => rejection)
+    expect(isLazyChunkLoadError(caught)).toBe(false)
+  })
+
   it('preserves the original error when the guarded failure is not a dynamic import failure', async () => {
     const reload = spyOnReload()
-    window.sessionStorage.setItem(RELOAD_GUARD_KEY, '1')
+    window.sessionStorage.setItem(RELOAD_GUARD_KEY, LANDED_RELOAD_GUARD_VALUE)
     const error = new Error('render bug from lazy module evaluation')
     const factory = vi.fn(() => Promise.reject(error))
 
@@ -152,7 +205,7 @@ describe('loadLazyWithRetry', () => {
     // same dead import). Regression guard for crash report e08749bb (right
     // sidebar, "Unexpected token ')'").
     const reload = spyOnReload()
-    window.sessionStorage.setItem(RELOAD_GUARD_KEY, '1')
+    window.sessionStorage.setItem(RELOAD_GUARD_KEY, LANDED_RELOAD_GUARD_VALUE)
     const error = chunkParseError()
     const factory = vi.fn(() => Promise.reject(error))
 
@@ -172,7 +225,7 @@ describe('loadLazyWithRetry', () => {
     // An ordinary Error from a lazy module is a genuine evaluation bug, not a
     // corrupt chunk; it must still surface raw after the guard is set.
     const reload = spyOnReload()
-    window.sessionStorage.setItem(RELOAD_GUARD_KEY, '1')
+    window.sessionStorage.setItem(RELOAD_GUARD_KEY, LANDED_RELOAD_GUARD_VALUE)
     const error = new Error('render bug from lazy module evaluation')
     const factory = vi.fn(() => Promise.reject(error))
 
@@ -250,14 +303,14 @@ describe('loadLazyWithRetry', () => {
 
   it('keeps the reload guard set across a successful load (no second reload in one session)', async () => {
     const reload = spyOnReload()
-    window.sessionStorage.setItem(RELOAD_GUARD_KEY, '1')
+    window.sessionStorage.setItem(RELOAD_GUARD_KEY, LANDED_RELOAD_GUARD_VALUE)
     const factory = vi.fn(() => Promise.resolve({ default: Comp }))
 
     await loadLazyWithRetry(factory)
 
     // The guard must survive a healthy load — otherwise a sibling chunk's success
     // would re-arm the reload and an auto-mounted corrupt chunk would loop.
-    expect(window.sessionStorage.getItem(RELOAD_GUARD_KEY)).toBe('1')
+    expect(window.sessionStorage.getItem(RELOAD_GUARD_KEY)).toBe(LANDED_RELOAD_GUARD_VALUE)
     expect(reload).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
   })
 })
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/lib/lazy-with-retry.ts b/src/renderer/src/lib/lazy-with-retry.ts
index 26784436524..415d72a25c2 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/lib/lazy-with-retry.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/lib/lazy-with-retry.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ type AnyComponent = ComponentType<any>
 
 type LazyFactory<T extends AnyComponent> = () => Promise<{ default: T }>
 
-type ReloadGuardState = 'not-attempted' | 'attempted' | 'unavailable'
+type ReloadGuardState = 'not-attempted' | 'reload-landed' | 'reload-not-landed' | 'unavailable'
 
 export type LazyWithRetryOptions = {
   retries?: number
@@ -46,15 +46,31 @@ export function isLazyChunkLoadError(error: unknown): error is LazyChunkLoadErro
 // otherwise a sibling chunk's healthy load would re-arm the reload and an
 // auto-mounted corrupt chunk would loop.
 const RELOAD_GUARD_KEY = 'orca:lazy-chunk-reload-attempted'
+// Stand-in document identity for hosts without a usable performance.timeOrigin; a
+// reload re-evaluates this module, so a fresh value still means the reload landed.
+const FALLBACK_RELOAD_TOKEN = `doc-${Math.random().toString(36).slice(2)}`
 const DEFAULT_RETRIES = 2
 const DEFAULT_BASE_DELAY_MS = 250
 
+// The guard stores the requesting document's identity, not a bare flag: reload() can be
+// vetoed (beforeunload preventDefault → Electron cancels the navigation) and a bare flag
+// would then read as "recovery ran" forever inside a document that never reloaded (crash
+// b860def2). timeOrigin changes per navigation, so a value still ours means no reload.
+function currentDocumentReloadToken(): string {
+  const timeOrigin = typeof performance === 'undefined' ? Number.NaN : performance.timeOrigin
+  return Number.isFinite(timeOrigin) && timeOrigin > 0 ? String(timeOrigin) : FALLBACK_RELOAD_TOKEN
+}
+
 function readChunkReloadGuardState(): ReloadGuardState {
   if (typeof window === 'undefined') {
     return 'unavailable'
   }
   try {
-    return window.sessionStorage.getItem(RELOAD_GUARD_KEY) === '1' ? 'attempted' : 'not-attempted'
+    const stored = window.sessionStorage.getItem(RELOAD_GUARD_KEY)
+    if (stored === null) {
+      return 'not-attempted'
+    }
+    return stored === currentDocumentReloadToken() ? 'reload-not-landed' : 'reload-landed'
   } catch {
     // Why: when storage is blocked we cannot prove a reload happened, but still
     // fail closed on reloads so a broken chunk never loops.
@@ -64,7 +80,7 @@ function readChunkReloadGuardState(): ReloadGuardState {
 
 function markChunkReloadAttempted(): boolean {
   try {
-    window.sessionStorage.setItem(RELOAD_GUARD_KEY, '1')
+    window.sessionStorage.setItem(RELOAD_GUARD_KEY, currentDocumentReloadToken())
     return true
   } catch {
     // A reload without a durable guard can loop, so treat write failure as unavailable.
@@ -86,9 +102,19 @@ function recordReloadBreadcrumb(reloadKey: string, message: string): void {
 
 const wait = (ms: number): Promise<void> => new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, ms))
 
-// Suspends the React.lazy boundary while window.location.reload() tears the page
-// down, so the error fallback never flashes in the moment before the reload lands.
-const SUSPEND_UNTIL_RELOAD = new Promise<never>(() => undefined)
+// Grace window for reload() to tear the document down. Long enough that the error
+// fallback never flashes ahead of a real navigation.
+const RELOAD_SETTLE_GRACE_MS = 10_000
+
+// Suspends the boundary while reload() tears the page down. Suspending forever would
+// hang the pane on a spinner when the reload is vetoed (Orca preventDefault()s
+// beforeunload for dirty editor tabs), so surface the real failure once the grace
+// window proves the navigation never happened.
+function suspendUntilReloadLands(loadError: unknown): Promise<never> {
+  return new Promise<never>((_resolve, reject) => {
+    setTimeout(() => reject(loadError), RELOAD_SETTLE_GRACE_MS)
+  })
+}
 
 function isKnownDynamicImportFailure(error: unknown): boolean {
   if (!(error instanceof Error)) {
@@ -150,15 +176,17 @@ export async function loadLazyWithRetry<T extends AnyComponent>(
       lastError instanceof Error ? lastError.message : String(lastError)
     )
     window.location.reload()
-    return SUSPEND_UNTIL_RELOAD
+    return suspendUntilReloadLands(lastError)
   }
 
-  if (reloadGuardState === 'attempted' && isKnownDynamicImportFailure(lastError)) {
+  if (reloadGuardState === 'reload-landed' && isKnownDynamicImportFailure(lastError)) {
     throw new LazyChunkLoadError(lastError)
   }
 
-  // No proven reload attempt (SSR / node / blocked storage) or unknown failure:
-  // re-throw the original error so normal error reporting semantics stay intact.
+  // No proven reload (SSR / node / blocked storage / a reload this document asked
+  // for but never got) or unknown failure: re-throw the original error so normal
+  // error reporting semantics stay intact. Boundaries suppress the sentinel, so
+  // wrapping an unproven recovery here would hide the failure entirely.
   throw lastError
 }