diff --git a/mobile/app/h/[hostId]/tasks.tsx b/mobile/app/h/[hostId]/tasks.tsx
index dc356259f3e..7b773374e3a 100644
--- a/mobile/app/h/[hostId]/tasks.tsx
+++ b/mobile/app/h/[hostId]/tasks.tsx
@@ -3282,7 +3282,11 @@ export default function MobileTasksScreen() {
           setItems([])
           return
         }
-        const currentRepos = await repoListEnsureLoaded()
+        // Why: Linear issues do not need the repo list, only the composer does, so
+        // start the fetch either way but never make Linear wait on it.
+        const repoListRequest = repoListEnsureLoaded()
+        void repoListRequest.catch(() => {})
+        const currentRepos = provider === 'linear' ? [] : await repoListRequest
         if (!isCurrent()) {
           return
         }
@@ -8713,7 +8717,7 @@ export default function MobileTasksScreen() {
                 refreshGitHubProject()
                 return
               }
-              void loadTasks({ silent: true })
+              refreshTasks()
             }}
           >
             <RefreshCw size={16} color={taskUiReady ? colors.textSecondary : colors.textMuted} />
diff --git a/mobile/src/tasks/github-project-repo-list-load.test.ts b/mobile/src/tasks/github-project-repo-list-load.test.ts
index f4d7fac3412..e8c8bc7a458 100644
--- a/mobile/src/tasks/github-project-repo-list-load.test.ts
+++ b/mobile/src/tasks/github-project-repo-list-load.test.ts
@@ -21,12 +21,14 @@ describe('mobile GitHub Project repo list loading', () => {
   // loaded, so hostedRepos stayed empty and every board row was filtered out.
   it('loads the repo list before project mode bails out', () => {
     const body = loadTasksBody()
-    const repoLoad = body.indexOf('await repoListEnsureLoaded()')
+    const repoLoad = body.indexOf('const repoListRequest = repoListEnsureLoaded()')
+    const repoAwait = body.indexOf('await repoListRequest')
     const projectReturn = body.indexOf("provider === 'github' && githubMode === 'project'")
     expect(repoLoad, 'loadTasks must load the repo list').toBeGreaterThan(-1)
     expect(projectReturn, 'project mode must still short-circuit loadTasks').toBeGreaterThan(-1)
+    expect(repoAwait, 'the repo list must be awaited, not just started').toBeGreaterThan(repoLoad)
     expect(projectReturn, 'project mode must bail out after the repo list load').toBeGreaterThan(
-      repoLoad
+      repoAwait
     )
   })
 
diff --git a/mobile/src/tasks/use-host-repo-list.test.tsx b/mobile/src/tasks/use-host-repo-list.test.tsx
index cbc2a186038..5b35fb0a34c 100644
--- a/mobile/src/tasks/use-host-repo-list.test.tsx
+++ b/mobile/src/tasks/use-host-repo-list.test.tsx
@@ -161,6 +161,47 @@ describe('useHostRepoList', () => {
     expect(probe.resource.state.repos).toEqual([{ id: 'from-host-b' }])
   })
 
+  // Regression: A -> B -> A reuses the same client object, so a client-key match
+  // alone let a stale request for A overwrite a newer result for A.
+  it('discards a stale response after returning to the original client', async () => {
+    const probe = mountResource()
+    await act(async () => {
+      void probe.resource.ensureLoaded()
+    })
+    probe.rebind('client-b')
+    probe.rebind('client-a')
+    await act(async () => {
+      void probe.resource.ensureLoaded()
+    })
+    await probe.settle(1, [{ id: 'new-a' }])
+    expect(probe.resource.state.repos).toEqual([{ id: 'new-a' }])
+
+    await probe.settle(0, [{ id: 'stale-a' }])
+    expect(probe.resource.state.repos).toEqual([{ id: 'new-a' }])
+  })
+
+  // Regression: a refresh calls reload() and loadTasks() in the same event, and
+  // React has not rendered the `requested` dispatch yet, so ensureLoaded saw
+  // `loaded` and returned the very list the reload was replacing.
+  it('joins an in-flight reload instead of serving the list it will replace', async () => {
+    const probe = mountResource()
+    await act(async () => {
+      void probe.resource.ensureLoaded()
+    })
+    await probe.settle(0, [{ id: 'stale' }])
+
+    let joined: Repo[] = []
+    await act(async () => {
+      void probe.resource.reload()
+      void probe.resource.ensureLoaded().then((repos) => {
+        joined = repos
+      })
+    })
+    expect(probe.callCount).toBe(2)
+    await probe.settle(1, [{ id: 'fresh' }])
+    expect(joined).toEqual([{ id: 'fresh' }])
+  })
+
   it('stays idle with no connection instead of caching an empty answer', async () => {
     const probe = mountResource()
     probe.rebind('client-a', false)
diff --git a/mobile/src/tasks/use-host-repo-list.ts b/mobile/src/tasks/use-host-repo-list.ts
index 334048c7124..7ecbef9d69f 100644
--- a/mobile/src/tasks/use-host-repo-list.ts
+++ b/mobile/src/tasks/use-host-repo-list.ts
@@ -68,14 +68,16 @@ export function useHostRepoList<Repo>(
         dispatch({ type: 'requested' })
         try {
           const repos = await fetchNow()
-          if (boundKeyRef.current !== requestKey) {
+          // Why: A -> B -> A reuses the same client, so matching the key alone
+          // would let a stale request for A overwrite a newer result for A.
+          if (boundKeyRef.current !== requestKey || requestIdRef.current !== requestId) {
             return []
           }
           reposRef.current = repos
           dispatch({ type: 'resolved', repos })
           return repos
         } catch (err) {
-          if (boundKeyRef.current === requestKey) {
+          if (boundKeyRef.current === requestKey && requestIdRef.current === requestId) {
             dispatch({
               type: 'failed',
               error: err instanceof Error ? err.message : 'Unknown error'
@@ -92,8 +94,12 @@ export function useHostRepoList<Repo>(
       return request
     }
     callbacksRef.current = {
+      // Why: within one event React has not rendered the `requested` dispatch
+      // yet, so the status still reads `loaded`. Join the in-flight request
+      // instead of handing back the list it is about to replace.
       ensureLoaded: () =>
-        needsHostRepoListFetch(stateRef.current) ? reload() : Promise.resolve(reposRef.current),
+        inFlightRef.current ??
+        (needsHostRepoListFetch(stateRef.current) ? reload() : Promise.resolve(reposRef.current)),
       reload
     }
   }