diff --git a/src/main/ipc/ssh.test.ts b/src/main/ipc/ssh.test.ts
index cde245ee43f..37517cbe30b 100644
--- a/src/main/ipc/ssh.test.ts
+++ b/src/main/ipc/ssh.test.ts
@@ -50,7 +50,8 @@ const {
     onRequest: vi.fn().mockReturnValue(() => {}),
     onDispose: vi.fn().mockReturnValue(() => {}),
     request: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue({}),
-    notify: vi.fn()
+    notify: vi.fn(),
+    probeLiveness: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(false)
   },
   mockPtyProvider: {
     onData: vi.fn(),
@@ -316,6 +317,7 @@ describe('SSH IPC handlers', () => {
     mockMux.isDisposed.mockReset().mockReturnValue(false)
     mockMux.onNotification.mockReset()
     mockMux.onDispose.mockReset().mockReturnValue(() => {})
+    mockMux.probeLiveness.mockReset().mockResolvedValue(false)
     mockPtyProvider.onData.mockReset()
     mockPtyProvider.onExit.mockReset()
     mockPtyProvider.onReplay.mockReset()
@@ -1401,7 +1403,7 @@ describe('SSH IPC handlers', () => {
     expect(mockConnectionManager.disconnect).toHaveBeenCalledWith('ssh-1')
   })
 
-  it('forces active SSH sessions to reconnect when the system resumes from sleep', async () => {
+  it('reconnects on system resume when the relay liveness probe fails', async () => {
     const target: SshTarget = {
       id: 'ssh-1',
       label: 'Server',
@@ -1419,6 +1421,7 @@ describe('SSH IPC handlers', () => {
       error: null,
       reconnectAttempt: 0
     })
+    mockMux.probeLiveness.mockResolvedValue(false)
 
     await handlers.get('ssh:connect')!(null, { targetId: 'ssh-1' })
 
@@ -1427,7 +1430,42 @@ describe('SSH IPC handlers', () => {
 
     resumeListener()
 
-    expect(mockConnectionManager.reconnect).toHaveBeenCalledWith('ssh-1')
+    await vi.waitFor(() => expect(mockConnectionManager.reconnect).toHaveBeenCalledWith('ssh-1'))
+    // Why: a failed first probe gets one retry before teardown (slow post-wake network).
+    expect(mockMux.probeLiveness).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2)
+  })
+
+  it('skips reconnect on system resume when the relay link is still alive', async () => {
+    const target: SshTarget = {
+      id: 'ssh-1',
+      label: 'Server',
+      host: 'example.com',
+      port: 22,
+      username: 'deploy'
+    }
+    const conn = {}
+    mockSshStore.getTarget.mockReturnValue(target)
+    mockConnectionManager.connect.mockResolvedValue(conn)
+    mockConnectionManager.getConnection.mockReturnValue(conn)
+    mockConnectionManager.getState.mockReturnValue({
+      targetId: 'ssh-1',
+      status: 'connected',
+      error: null,
+      reconnectAttempt: 0
+    })
+    mockMux.probeLiveness.mockResolvedValue(true)
+
+    await handlers.get('ssh:connect')!(null, { targetId: 'ssh-1' })
+
+    const resumeListener = powerMonitorOnMock.mock.calls.find(([event]) => event === 'resume')?.[1]
+    expect(resumeListener).toBeTypeOf('function')
+
+    resumeListener()
+
+    await vi.waitFor(() => expect(mockMux.probeLiveness).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1))
+    // Let the async resume handler settle before asserting no teardown happened.
+    await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 0))
+    expect(mockConnectionManager.reconnect).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
   })
 
   it('extends active relay grace while the system is suspending', async () => {
diff --git a/src/main/ipc/ssh.ts b/src/main/ipc/ssh.ts
index 58391c4c0cd..9f19406ca72 100644
--- a/src/main/ipc/ssh.ts
+++ b/src/main/ipc/ssh.ts
@@ -442,6 +442,24 @@ function registerAdvertisedUrlRefresh(getMainWindow: () => BrowserWindow | null)
   })
 }
 
+// Why: macOS can resume the process before the network stack is back up, so
+// a failed first probe gets one retry before the link is declared dead (#7773).
+const RESUME_PROBE_TIMEOUT_MS = 5_000
+const RESUME_PROBE_ATTEMPTS = 2
+
+async function isRelayLinkAliveAfterResume(session: SshRelaySession): Promise<boolean> {
+  const mux = session.getMux()
+  if (!mux || mux.isDisposed()) {
+    return false
+  }
+  for (let attempt = 0; attempt < RESUME_PROBE_ATTEMPTS; attempt++) {
+    if (await mux.probeLiveness(RESUME_PROBE_TIMEOUT_MS)) {
+      return true
+    }
+  }
+  return false
+}
+
 function registerPowerMonitorReconnect(): void {
   powerMonitorUnsubscribe?.()
   const onSuspend = (): void => {
@@ -450,19 +468,28 @@ function registerPowerMonitorReconnect(): void {
     }
   }
   const onResume = (): void => {
-    for (const targetId of activeSessions.keys()) {
+    for (const [targetId, session] of activeSessions) {
       const conn = connectionManager?.getConnection(targetId)
       if (!conn) {
         continue
       }
-      const reconnect = connectionManager?.reconnect(targetId)
-      void reconnect?.catch((err) => {
-        console.warn(
-          `[ssh] Failed to reconnect ${targetId} after system resume: ${
-            err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err)
-          }`
-        )
-      })
+      void (async () => {
+        // Why: unconditional reconnect on every wake tore down live sessions
+        // and flashed the reconnect overlay (#7773). Only reconnect targets
+        // whose relay link actually died during sleep.
+        if (await isRelayLinkAliveAfterResume(session)) {
+          return
+        }
+        try {
+          await connectionManager?.reconnect(targetId)
+        } catch (err) {
+          console.warn(
+            `[ssh] Failed to reconnect ${targetId} after system resume: ${
+              err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err)
+            }`
+          )
+        }
+      })()
     }
   }
   powerMonitor.on('suspend', onSuspend)