diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/plugins/state/plugin-preview-cache.test.ts b/src/renderer/src/components/plugins/state/plugin-preview-cache.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d48a8c20b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/plugins/state/plugin-preview-cache.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+import { describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
+import type { PluginMarketplaceHostListing } from '../../../../../preload/api-types'
+import { pluginManifestSchema } from '../../../../../shared/plugins/manifest/plugin-manifest'
+import { PLUGIN_PREVIEW_CACHE_CAP, PluginPreviewCache } from './plugin-preview-cache'
+import type { PluginPagePreview } from './use-plugin-catalog'
+
+function listing(pluginKey: string, commit: string): PluginMarketplaceHostListing {
+  return {
+    marketplaceSourceId: 'source',
+    marketplaceName: 'Catalog',
+    marketplaceOwner: 'acme',
+    marketplaceCommit: commit,
+    pluginKey,
+    source: { kind: 'git', url: 'https://example.invalid/p.git', ref: 'main' },
+    categories: [],
+    official: false,
+    bundled: false
+  }
+}
+
+const manifest = pluginManifestSchema.parse({
+  manifestVersion: 1,
+  id: 'dusk',
+  publisher: 'acme',
+  name: 'Dusk',
+  version: '1.0.0',
+  engines: { orca: '>=1.0.0' },
+  pluginApi: 1,
+  contributes: { themes: [{ id: 'dusk', title: 'Dusk', path: 'themes/dusk.json' }] }
+})
+
+function setup(): { cache: PluginPreviewCache; load: ReturnType<typeof vi.fn> } {
+  const load = vi.fn(async (entry: PluginMarketplaceHostListing): Promise<PluginPagePreview> => ({
+    ok: true,
+    preview: {
+      ...entry,
+      resolvedCommit: 'c'.repeat(40),
+      contentHash: 'd'.repeat(64),
+      consentFingerprint: 'sha256-shown',
+      manifest
+    }
+  }))
+  return { cache: new PluginPreviewCache(load), load }
+}
+
+describe('PluginPreviewCache', () => {
+  it('keeps one preview per plugin across revisions, bounded overall', async () => {
+    const { cache, load } = setup()
+    for (let revision = 0; revision < 10; revision++) {
+      const latest = listing('a', `c${revision}`)
+      cache.retainListed([latest])
+      await cache.fetch(latest)
+    }
+    expect(cache.size).toBe(1)
+    await cache.fetch(listing('a', 'c9'))
+    expect(load).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(10)
+
+    cache.retainListed([])
+    for (let index = 0; index < PLUGIN_PREVIEW_CACHE_CAP * 2; index++) {
+      await cache.fetch(listing(`p${index}`, 'c'))
+    }
+    expect(cache.size).toBe(PLUGIN_PREVIEW_CACHE_CAP)
+  })
+
+  it('does not let a pinned older revision displace the current one', async () => {
+    const { cache, load } = setup()
+    const current = listing('a', 'new')
+    cache.retainListed([current])
+    await cache.fetch(current)
+    await cache.fetch(listing('a', 'old'))
+    await cache.fetch(current)
+    expect(load).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2)
+  })
+})
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/plugins/state/plugin-preview-cache.ts b/src/renderer/src/components/plugins/state/plugin-preview-cache.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7ee5c867bb7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/plugins/state/plugin-preview-cache.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+import type { PluginMarketplaceHostListing } from '../../../../../preload/api-types'
+import type { PluginPagePreview } from './use-plugin-catalog'
+
+/** Plugins whose preview one Settings visit keeps; each holds a parsed manifest. */
+export const PLUGIN_PREVIEW_CACHE_CAP = 32
+
+type Entry = { commit: string; request: Promise<PluginPagePreview> }
+
+function pluginId(listing: PluginMarketplaceHostListing): string {
+  return `${listing.marketplaceSourceId}:${listing.pluginKey}`
+}
+
+/**
+ * One preview per plugin, for the catalog revision last seen: a newer revision replaces the
+ * older one, a refresh drops revisions the catalog no longer lists, and the least recently
+ * used plugin goes past the cap. Callers keep the promise they got, so eviction never
+ * changes a preview already on screen or approved.
+ */
+export class PluginPreviewCache {
+  private readonly entries = new Map<string, Entry>()
+  // Why: a page pinned to an older listing must not displace the current revision's preview.
+  private currentCommits = new Map<string, string>()
+
+  constructor(
+    private readonly load: (listing: PluginMarketplaceHostListing) => Promise<PluginPagePreview>
+  ) {}
+
+  get size(): number {
+    return this.entries.size
+  }
+
+  fetch(listing: PluginMarketplaceHostListing): Promise<PluginPagePreview> {
+    const id = pluginId(listing)
+    const commit = listing.marketplaceCommit
+    const cached = this.entries.get(id)
+    if (cached?.commit === commit) {
+      this.entries.delete(id)
+      this.entries.set(id, cached)
+      return cached.request
+    }
+    const request = this.load(listing).then((result) => {
+      // Why: only successes are cached, so Retry asks again.
+      if (!result.ok && this.entries.get(id)?.request === request) {
+        this.entries.delete(id)
+      }
+      return result
+    })
+    const current = this.currentCommits.get(id)
+    if (current === undefined || current === commit) {
+      this.entries.delete(id)
+      this.entries.set(id, { commit, request })
+      for (const oldest of this.entries.keys()) {
+        if (this.entries.size <= PLUGIN_PREVIEW_CACHE_CAP) {
+          break
+        }
+        this.entries.delete(oldest)
+      }
+    }
+    return request
+  }
+
+  /** Records the catalog's current revisions and drops previews of any other. */
+  retainListed(listings: readonly PluginMarketplaceHostListing[]): void {
+    this.currentCommits = new Map(
+      listings.map((listing) => [pluginId(listing), listing.marketplaceCommit])
+    )
+    for (const [id, entry] of this.entries) {
+      if (this.currentCommits.get(id) !== entry.commit) {
+        this.entries.delete(id)
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/plugins/state/use-plugin-catalog.ts b/src/renderer/src/components/plugins/state/use-plugin-catalog.ts
index 3e318142f95..d6db0fece46 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/plugins/state/use-plugin-catalog.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/plugins/state/use-plugin-catalog.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import type {
 } from '../../../../../preload/api-types'
 import { translate } from '@/i18n/i18n'
 import { usePluginPreviewRequestStore } from '@/store/plugin-preview-request'
+import { PluginPreviewCache } from './plugin-preview-cache'
 
 /** A plugin page's manifest read; a failure means nothing is known, not "nothing needed". */
 export type PluginPagePreview =
@@ -36,6 +37,21 @@ export function usePluginCatalog({
   const [error, setError] = useState<string | null>(null)
   const mountedRef = useRef(false)
   const requestRef = useRef(0)
+  const [previewCache] = useState(
+    () =>
+      new PluginPreviewCache((listing) =>
+        window.api.plugins
+          .previewMarketplacePlugin({
+            marketplaceSourceId: listing.marketplaceSourceId,
+            pluginKey: listing.pluginKey
+          })
+          .then((preview): PluginPagePreview => ({ ok: true, preview }))
+          .catch((cause: unknown): PluginPagePreview => {
+            console.warn('[plugins] plugin page preview failed:', cause)
+            return { ok: false }
+          })
+      )
+  )
 
   const loadMarketplaceData = useCallback(async (): Promise<void> => {
     const requestId = ++requestRef.current
@@ -47,6 +63,7 @@ export function usePluginCatalog({
       if (mountedRef.current && requestId === requestRef.current) {
         setSources(nextSources)
         setListings(nextListings)
+        previewCache.retainListed(nextListings)
         setError(null)
       }
     } catch (cause) {
@@ -66,7 +83,7 @@ export function usePluginCatalog({
         setLoading(false)
       }
     }
-  }, [])
+  }, [previewCache])
 
   useEffect(() => {
     mountedRef.current = true
@@ -124,29 +141,9 @@ export function usePluginCatalog({
     }
   }, [previewRequest, listings, loading])
 
-  const previewCacheRef = useRef(new Map<string, Promise<PluginPagePreview>>())
   const fetchPreview = useCallback(
-    (listing: PluginMarketplaceHostListing): Promise<PluginPagePreview> => {
-      const key = `${listing.marketplaceSourceId}:${listing.pluginKey}:${listing.marketplaceCommit}`
-      let request = previewCacheRef.current.get(key)
-      if (!request) {
-        request = window.api.plugins
-          .previewMarketplacePlugin({
-            marketplaceSourceId: listing.marketplaceSourceId,
-            pluginKey: listing.pluginKey
-          })
-          .then((preview): PluginPagePreview => ({ ok: true, preview }))
-          .catch((cause: unknown): PluginPagePreview => {
-            console.warn('[plugins] plugin page preview failed:', cause)
-            // Why: only successes are cached, so Retry asks again.
-            previewCacheRef.current.delete(key)
-            return { ok: false }
-          })
-        previewCacheRef.current.set(key, request)
-      }
-      return request
-    },
-    []
+    (listing: PluginMarketplaceHostListing) => previewCache.fetch(listing),
+    [previewCache]
   )
 
   return {