diff --git a/config/scripts/build-mobile-web-app-bundle.test.mjs b/config/scripts/build-mobile-web-app-bundle.test.mjs
index 489599d7bf3..4f523892d7e 100644
--- a/config/scripts/build-mobile-web-app-bundle.test.mjs
+++ b/config/scripts/build-mobile-web-app-bundle.test.mjs
@@ -539,10 +539,10 @@ describe('the Phase C budget', () => {
         key
       ).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(measured)
     }
-    // 1 to 10 per route, which is why four per route was a bound rather than a fit and why the
+    // 1 to 11 per route, which is why four per route was a bound rather than a fit and why the
     // envelope cannot be a line through the measurement either.
     expect(Math.min(...MOBILE_WEB_APP_BUNDLE_ROUTE_SCRIPT_SPREAD)).toBe(1)
-    expect(Math.max(...MOBILE_WEB_APP_BUNDLE_ROUTE_SCRIPT_SPREAD)).toBe(10)
+    expect(Math.max(...MOBILE_WEB_APP_BUNDLE_ROUTE_SCRIPT_SPREAD)).toBe(11)
   })
 
   it('sits exactly one margin over the swept tree and grants the worst route beyond it', () => {
@@ -614,13 +614,13 @@ describe('the Phase C budget', () => {
   it('fails the build when the derived ceiling passes what the phone will accept', async () => {
     // The shell hands back null for a manifest over its own ceiling, so a derived ceiling above
     // that ships a green build no device can open. At the 42 images the tree carries, the envelope
-    // plus 42 plus the document crosses 256 at 30 routes, which Phase C reaches. The crossing came
+    // plus 42 plus the document crosses 256 at 28 routes, which Phase C reaches. The crossing came
     // in from 50 with the envelope: it grants the worst swept route to each one past the sweep,
     // where `4r + 16` granted four, so re-measuring a tree whose routes share more moves it out.
     expect(await readMobileWebBundleMaxAssets()).toBe(MOBILE_WEB_BUNDLE_MAX_ASSETS)
-    expect(assertAssetCeilingFitsShell(29, 42, MOBILE_WEB_BUNDLE_MAX_ASSETS)).toBe(251)
-    expect(() => assertAssetCeilingFitsShell(30, 42, MOBILE_WEB_BUNDLE_MAX_ASSETS)).toThrow(
-      /261 .*256/
+    expect(assertAssetCeilingFitsShell(27, 42, MOBILE_WEB_BUNDLE_MAX_ASSETS)).toBe(249)
+    expect(() => assertAssetCeilingFitsShell(28, 42, MOBILE_WEB_BUNDLE_MAX_ASSETS)).toThrow(
+      /260 .*256/
     )
   })
 })
diff --git a/config/scripts/verify-mobile-web-app-bundle.mjs b/config/scripts/verify-mobile-web-app-bundle.mjs
index 48917d294ce..f9dd0ce7c66 100644
--- a/config/scripts/verify-mobile-web-app-bundle.mjs
+++ b/config/scripts/verify-mobile-web-app-bundle.mjs
@@ -50,9 +50,9 @@ export const MOBILE_WEB_APP_BUNDLE_MAX_TOTAL_BYTES = 9 * 1024 * 1024
  * A chunk is emitted per distinct set of importers, not per route, so a route's marginal cost is
  * what it fails to share rather than what it weighs. Re-measured on this head by building
  * `routes.slice(0, n)` for every n, which is what the fence below is derived from rather than
- * fitted to. The spread it shows is 1 to 10: `pr` and `web` add one script each, `session` adds ten.
+ * fitted to. The spread it shows is 1 to 11: `pr` and `web` add one script each, `tasks` adds eleven.
  * The root `./_layout.tsx` (the page's web sibling of the native root) sorts first; with it the
- * swept tree reads 74 scripts at 16 routes.
+ * swept tree reads 81 scripts at 16 routes.
  *
  * This table is the fence's only input, so a route added to the tree stales it and the pins beside
  * the fence fail until it is re-measured. That is the point: the bound is re-derived, never bumped.
@@ -60,20 +60,20 @@ export const MOBILE_WEB_APP_BUNDLE_MAX_TOTAL_BYTES = 9 * 1024 * 1024
 export const MOBILE_WEB_APP_BUNDLE_SCRIPT_SWEEP = [
   ['./_layout.tsx', 3],
   ['./h/[hostId]/[...page].tsx', 7],
-  ['./h/[hostId]/accounts.tsx', 9],
-  ['./h/[hostId]/agent-history/[worktreeId].tsx', 14],
+  ['./h/[hostId]/accounts.tsx', 10],
+  ['./h/[hostId]/agent-history/[worktreeId].tsx', 15],
   ['./h/[hostId]/edit.tsx', 19],
-  ['./h/[hostId]/files/[worktreeId].tsx', 24],
-  ['./h/[hostId]/files/preview/[worktreeId].tsx', 32],
+  ['./h/[hostId]/files/[worktreeId].tsx', 23],
+  ['./h/[hostId]/files/preview/[worktreeId].tsx', 31],
   ['./h/[hostId]/history/[worktreeId].tsx', 34],
-  ['./h/[hostId]/index.tsx', 39],
-  ['./h/[hostId]/pr/[worktreeId].tsx', 40],
-  ['./h/[hostId]/review/[worktreeId].tsx', 48],
-  ['./h/[hostId]/session/[worktreeId].tsx', 58],
-  ['./h/[hostId]/source-control/[worktreeId].tsx', 63],
-  ['./h/[hostId]/tasks.tsx', 71],
-  ['./h/[hostId]/web.tsx', 72],
-  ['./h/_layout.tsx', 74]
+  ['./h/[hostId]/index.tsx', 41],
+  ['./h/[hostId]/pr/[worktreeId].tsx', 42],
+  ['./h/[hostId]/review/[worktreeId].tsx', 51],
+  ['./h/[hostId]/session/[worktreeId].tsx', 61],
+  ['./h/[hostId]/source-control/[worktreeId].tsx', 66],
+  ['./h/[hostId]/tasks.tsx', 77],
+  ['./h/[hostId]/web.tsx', 78],
+  ['./h/_layout.tsx', 81]
 ]
 
 const sweptScripts = MOBILE_WEB_APP_BUNDLE_SCRIPT_SWEEP.map(([, scripts]) => scripts)
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ export async function readMobileWebBundleMaxAssets() {
  * shells return null for a manifest over MOBILE_WEB_BUNDLE_MAX_ASSETS rather than dropping the
  * extra assets, so a route count that pushes the chunk envelope plus images plus the document past
  * it would pass this build and fail on the device with nothing to read. At today's 42 images that
- * is 29 routes, inside what Phase C adds, which is why this is a build failure and not a comment.
+ * is 28 routes, inside what Phase C adds, which is why this is a build failure and not a comment.
  * The envelope grants the worst swept route to each one past the sweep, so re-measuring a tree
  * whose routes share more moves that crossing out again.
  */
diff --git a/mobile/src/host-screen/host-show-pinned-in-groups.test.ts b/mobile/src/host-screen/host-show-pinned-in-groups.test.ts
index 376b8dbebc2..a225a1a48bd 100644
--- a/mobile/src/host-screen/host-show-pinned-in-groups.test.ts
+++ b/mobile/src/host-screen/host-show-pinned-in-groups.test.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ import { createElement } from 'react'
 import { act, create } from 'react-test-renderer'
 import { describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
 
+// The desktop's server-list feed loads react-native; its timer never runs without a subscriber.
+vi.mock('react-native', () => ({}))
 vi.mock('expo-router', () => ({ useFocusEffect: () => {} }))
 vi.mock('../cache/worktree-cache', () => ({
   getCachedWorktrees: () => null,
diff --git a/mobile/src/host-screen/host-ssh-health-badge-wiring.test.ts b/mobile/src/host-screen/host-ssh-health-badge-wiring.test.ts
index ffd7e73f63a..a47f15d359d 100644
--- a/mobile/src/host-screen/host-ssh-health-badge-wiring.test.ts
+++ b/mobile/src/host-screen/host-ssh-health-badge-wiring.test.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ import { createElement } from 'react'
 import { act, create } from 'react-test-renderer'
 import { describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
 
+// The desktop's server-list feed loads react-native; its timer never runs without a subscriber.
+vi.mock('react-native', () => ({}))
 vi.mock('../cache/worktree-cache', () => ({
   getCachedWorktrees: () => null,
   setCachedWorktrees: () => {}
diff --git a/mobile/src/host-screen/host-worktree-catalog-action-error.test.ts b/mobile/src/host-screen/host-worktree-catalog-action-error.test.ts
index 79edb5209e1..1cd6df0f5fc 100644
--- a/mobile/src/host-screen/host-worktree-catalog-action-error.test.ts
+++ b/mobile/src/host-screen/host-worktree-catalog-action-error.test.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ import { createElement } from 'react'
 import { act, create } from 'react-test-renderer'
 import { describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
 
+// The desktop's server-list feed loads react-native; its timer never runs without a subscriber.
+vi.mock('react-native', () => ({}))
 vi.mock('expo-router', () => ({ useFocusEffect: () => {} }))
 vi.mock('../cache/worktree-cache', () => ({ setCachedWorktrees: () => {} }))
 vi.mock('../storage/preferences', () => ({ savePinnedIds: async () => {} }))
diff --git a/mobile/src/mobile-web-shell/mobile-web-shell-agent-history-route.test.tsx b/mobile/src/mobile-web-shell/mobile-web-shell-agent-history-route.test.tsx
index 0432bb5d36c..25bc9a7210e 100644
--- a/mobile/src/mobile-web-shell/mobile-web-shell-agent-history-route.test.tsx
+++ b/mobile/src/mobile-web-shell/mobile-web-shell-agent-history-route.test.tsx
@@ -32,7 +32,8 @@ vi.mock('../transport/client-context', () => ({
   useHostClient: () => ({ client: null, state: 'disconnected' })
 }))
 vi.mock('../transport/workspace-server', () => ({
-  useWorkspaceServer: () => ({ routeHost: undefined, server: null })
+  useWorkspaceServer: () => ({ routeHost: undefined, server: null }),
+  useWorkspaceServerConnState: ({ connState }: { connState: string }) => connState
 }))
 vi.mock('expo-router', () => ({ useLocalSearchParams: () => dependencies.params }))
 
diff --git a/mobile/src/mobile-web-shell/mobile-web-shell-files-route.test.tsx b/mobile/src/mobile-web-shell/mobile-web-shell-files-route.test.tsx
index 818f798e189..9da93eedc30 100644
--- a/mobile/src/mobile-web-shell/mobile-web-shell-files-route.test.tsx
+++ b/mobile/src/mobile-web-shell/mobile-web-shell-files-route.test.tsx
@@ -34,7 +34,8 @@ vi.mock('../transport/client-context', () => ({
   useHostClient: () => ({ client: null, state: 'disconnected' })
 }))
 vi.mock('../transport/workspace-server', () => ({
-  useWorkspaceServer: () => ({ routeHost: undefined, server: null })
+  useWorkspaceServer: () => ({ routeHost: undefined, server: null }),
+  useWorkspaceServerConnState: ({ connState }: { connState: string }) => connState
 }))
 vi.mock('expo-router', () => ({ useLocalSearchParams: () => dependencies.params }))
 
diff --git a/mobile/src/mobile-web-shell/mobile-web-shell-session-route.test.tsx b/mobile/src/mobile-web-shell/mobile-web-shell-session-route.test.tsx
index 1ebaf6da334..b07899745ed 100644
--- a/mobile/src/mobile-web-shell/mobile-web-shell-session-route.test.tsx
+++ b/mobile/src/mobile-web-shell/mobile-web-shell-session-route.test.tsx
@@ -35,7 +35,8 @@ vi.mock('../transport/client-context', () => ({
   useHostClient: () => ({ client: null, state: 'disconnected' })
 }))
 vi.mock('../transport/workspace-server', () => ({
-  useWorkspaceServer: () => ({ routeHost: undefined, server: null })
+  useWorkspaceServer: () => ({ routeHost: undefined, server: null }),
+  useWorkspaceServerConnState: ({ connState }: { connState: string }) => connState
 }))
 vi.mock('expo-router', () => ({
   useLocalSearchParams: () => dependencies.params,
diff --git a/mobile/src/mobile-web-shell/shell-switch-build-kind.test.tsx b/mobile/src/mobile-web-shell/shell-switch-build-kind.test.tsx
index 6d7762a3711..4fea8f3a771 100644
--- a/mobile/src/mobile-web-shell/shell-switch-build-kind.test.tsx
+++ b/mobile/src/mobile-web-shell/shell-switch-build-kind.test.tsx
@@ -42,7 +42,8 @@ vi.mock('../transport/client-context', () => ({
   useHostClient: () => ({ client: null, state: 'disconnected' })
 }))
 vi.mock('../transport/workspace-server', () => ({
-  useWorkspaceServer: () => ({ routeHost: undefined, server: null })
+  useWorkspaceServer: () => ({ routeHost: undefined, server: null }),
+  useWorkspaceServerConnState: ({ connState }: { connState: string }) => connState
 }))
 vi.mock('expo-router', () => ({
   Redirect: 'Redirect',
diff --git a/mobile/src/navigation/workspace-route.test.tsx b/mobile/src/navigation/workspace-route.test.tsx
index df6e98a67d3..6159ef33f9d 100644
--- a/mobile/src/navigation/workspace-route.test.tsx
+++ b/mobile/src/navigation/workspace-route.test.tsx
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ vi.mock('expo-router', () => ({
   }
 }))
 vi.mock('react-native', () => ({
+  AppState: { currentState: 'active' },
   StyleSheet: { create: (styles: unknown) => styles },
   View: 'View',
   Text: 'Text',
@@ -46,7 +47,7 @@ vi.mock('../transport/host-descriptor-recorder', () => ({
 vi.mock('./route-handoff', () => ({ useRouteHandoff: () => ({ replace: () => {} }) }))
 // The native switch always hands the page its route, so the census reads what the page is told.
 vi.mock('../mobile-web-shell/shell-switch-decision', () => ({
-  useShellSwitchDecision: (shellRoute: unknown) =>
+  shellSwitchDecision: (shellRoute: unknown) =>
     shellRoute ? { kind: 'shell', route: shellRoute } : { kind: 'native' }
 }))
 vi.mock('../mobile-web-shell/ShellSwitchPendingScreen', () => ({
@@ -73,7 +74,10 @@ import {
   HostStatusGatesContext,
   useOptionalHostProtocolGates
 } from '../components/host-protocol-gates-context'
+import type { ExecutionHostHealth } from '../../../src/shared/execution-host-health'
+import { MOBILE_RELAY_HOSTS_LIST_METHOD } from '../../../src/shared/mobile-relay-hosts-contract'
 import type { HostStatusGates } from '../transport/host-status-gates'
+import type { ConnectionState } from '../transport/types'
 import { FakeSession } from '../transport/mobile-endpoint-supervisor-test-fakes'
 import type { RpcClient } from '../transport/rpc-client'
 import { useWorkspaceClient } from '../transport/use-workspace-client'
@@ -84,14 +88,21 @@ const RELAYS = [MOBILE_DESKTOP_RELAY_RUNTIME_CAPABILITY]
 const VAULT = 'aiVault.v1'
 
 /** What a screen under the route sees: its server, its client and its feature gates. */
-const below: { client: RpcClient | null; capabilities: readonly string[] | null } = {
+const below: {
+  client: RpcClient | null
+  state: ConnectionState | null
+  capabilities: readonly string[] | null
+} = {
   client: null,
+  state: null,
   capabilities: null
 }
 
 function Probe(): null {
   route.seen.push(useWorkspaceExecutionHost())
-  below.client = useWorkspaceClient('host-1').client
+  const workspace = useWorkspaceClient('host-1')
+  below.client = workspace.client
+  below.state = workspace.state
   below.capabilities = useOptionalHostProtocolGates()?.hostCapabilities ?? null
   return null
 }
@@ -108,13 +119,25 @@ function desktopGates(hostCapabilities: string[], statusPending = false): HostSt
   }
 }
 
+/** The server's health as the desktop reports it in `mobileRelay.hosts.list`. */
+const serverHealth: { current: ExecutionHostHealth } = { current: 'available' }
+
 /** A desktop whose own status is settled as given; a status it is asked for is the server's. */
 function desktop(serverCapabilities: string[] = []): FakeSession {
   const session = new FakeSession('connected')
   session.sendRequest.mockImplementation(async (method: string) => ({
     id: 'reply',
     ok: true,
-    result: method === 'status.get' ? { capabilities: serverCapabilities } : {},
+    result:
+      method === 'status.get'
+        ? { capabilities: serverCapabilities }
+        : method === MOBILE_RELAY_HOSTS_LIST_METHOD
+          ? {
+              hosts: [
+                { hostId: 'runtime:vm', label: 'vm', health: serverHealth.current, relay: 'ready' }
+              ]
+            }
+          : {},
     _meta: { runtimeId: 'runtime-1' }
   }))
   route.client = session
@@ -133,7 +156,9 @@ async function render(element: ReactElement, gates: HostStatusGates): Promise<Re
   route.shellRoutes.length = 0
   route.redirects.length = 0
   below.client = null
+  below.state = null
   below.capabilities = null
+  serverHealth.current = 'available'
   let renderer: ReactTestRenderer | null = null
   await act(async () => {
     renderer = create(createElement(HostStatusGatesContext.Provider, { value: gates }, element))
@@ -204,6 +229,45 @@ describe('a server workspace', () => {
     })
   })
 
+  it('reads as disconnected while the desktop reports its server down, and recovers', async () => {
+    vi.useFakeTimers({ toFake: ['setTimeout', 'clearTimeout', 'Date'] })
+    try {
+      route.params = { hostId: 'host-1', executionHost: 'runtime:vm' }
+      desktop()
+      await render(screen, desktopGates(RELAYS))
+      expect(below.state).toBe('connected')
+      serverHealth.current = 'connecting'
+      await act(async () => {
+        vi.advanceTimersByTime(3000)
+      })
+      expect(below.state).toBe('connecting')
+      serverHealth.current = 'error'
+      await act(async () => {
+        vi.advanceTimersByTime(3000)
+      })
+      expect(below.state).toBe('disconnected')
+      serverHealth.current = 'available'
+      await act(async () => {
+        vi.advanceTimersByTime(3000)
+      })
+      expect(below.state).toBe('connected')
+    } finally {
+      vi.useRealTimers()
+    }
+  })
+
+  it('opens disconnected, not loading, when its server is already down', async () => {
+    route.params = { hostId: 'host-1', executionHost: 'runtime:vm' }
+    desktop()
+    serverHealth.current = 'disconnected'
+    await act(async () => {
+      create(
+        createElement(HostStatusGatesContext.Provider, { value: desktopGates(RELAYS) }, screen)
+      )
+    })
+    expect(below.state).toBe('disconnected')
+  })
+
   it('says so once the desktop has answered that it cannot reach the server', async () => {
     route.params = { hostId: 'host-1', executionHost: 'runtime:vm' }
     const session = desktop()
@@ -235,6 +299,10 @@ describe('the desktop’s own workspace', () => {
     )
     expect([...new Set(route.seen)]).toEqual([undefined])
     expect(below.client).toBe(session)
+    expect(below.state).toBe('connected')
     expect(below.capabilities).toEqual([...RELAYS, VAULT])
+    expect(session.sendRequest.mock.calls.map(([method]) => method)).not.toContain(
+      MOBILE_RELAY_HOSTS_LIST_METHOD
+    )
   })
 })
diff --git a/mobile/src/navigation/workspace-route.tsx b/mobile/src/navigation/workspace-route.tsx
index b738334b6d1..2a8265923e6 100644
--- a/mobile/src/navigation/workspace-route.tsx
+++ b/mobile/src/navigation/workspace-route.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import type { ReactNode } from 'react'
+import { useMemo, type ReactNode } from 'react'
 import { useLocalSearchParams } from 'expo-router'
 import { normalizeExecutionHostId } from '../../../src/shared/execution-host'
 import { firstParam } from './route-param-reader'
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ import {
 } from '../components/host-protocol-gates-context'
 import { PageRouteUnavailableScreen } from '../mobile-web-shell/PageRouteUnavailableScreen'
 import { useHostClient } from '../transport/client-context'
-import { WorkspaceServerClientContext } from '../transport/use-workspace-client'
-import { useWorkspaceServer } from '../transport/workspace-server'
+import { WorkspaceServerContext } from '../transport/use-workspace-client'
+import { useWorkspaceServer, useWorkspaceServerConnState } from '../transport/workspace-server'
 
 const NO_CAPABILITIES: readonly string[] = []
 const UNREACHABLE_SERVER_MESSAGE =
@@ -37,6 +37,13 @@ export function WorkspaceRoute({ children }: { children: ReactNode }) {
     desktopCapabilities: desktopGates?.hostCapabilities ?? NO_CAPABILITIES,
     executionHost
   })
+  const serverConnState = useWorkspaceServerConnState({ client, connState: state, routeHost })
+  const serverClient = server ? server.client : undefined
+  const serverContext = useMemo(
+    () =>
+      serverClient === undefined ? undefined : { client: serverClient, state: serverConnState },
+    [serverClient, serverConnState]
+  )
   // Why: once the desktop has answered, a server it can't reach for this phone is a dead end, not a spinner.
   if (state === 'connected' && desktopGates && !desktopGates.statusPending && routeHost === null) {
     return <PageRouteUnavailableScreen hostId={hostId} message={UNREACHABLE_SERVER_MESSAGE} />
@@ -46,12 +53,12 @@ export function WorkspaceRoute({ children }: { children: ReactNode }) {
       {children}
     </WorkspaceExecutionHostContext.Provider>
   )
-  return server ? (
-    <WorkspaceServerClientContext.Provider value={server.client}>
+  return server && serverContext ? (
+    <WorkspaceServerContext.Provider value={serverContext}>
       <HostStatusGatesContext.Provider value={server.gates}>
         {screens}
       </HostStatusGatesContext.Provider>
-    </WorkspaceServerClientContext.Provider>
+    </WorkspaceServerContext.Provider>
   ) : (
     screens
   )
diff --git a/mobile/src/transport/use-workspace-client.ts b/mobile/src/transport/use-workspace-client.ts
index 61aa443a2ea..198982c18ab 100644
--- a/mobile/src/transport/use-workspace-client.ts
+++ b/mobile/src/transport/use-workspace-client.ts
@@ -1,13 +1,16 @@
 import { createContext, useContext } from 'react'
 import { useHostClient } from './client-context'
 import type { RpcClient } from './rpc-client'
+import type { ConnectionState } from './types'
 
-// Provided by `WorkspaceRoute` for a server's workspace (null until reachable); absent otherwise.
-export const WorkspaceServerClientContext = createContext<RpcClient | null | undefined>(undefined)
+// Provided by `WorkspaceRoute` for a server's workspace (client null until reachable); absent otherwise.
+export const WorkspaceServerContext = createContext<
+  { client: RpcClient | null; state: ConnectionState } | undefined
+>(undefined)
 
 /** `useHostClient` for a workspace screen: its calls run where the workspace does. */
 export function useWorkspaceClient(hostId: string | undefined): ReturnType<typeof useHostClient> {
   const host = useHostClient(hostId)
-  const serverClient = useContext(WorkspaceServerClientContext)
-  return serverClient === undefined ? host : { ...host, client: serverClient }
+  const server = useContext(WorkspaceServerContext)
+  return server === undefined ? host : { ...host, ...server }
 }
diff --git a/mobile/src/transport/workspace-server.ts b/mobile/src/transport/workspace-server.ts
index 2b0d6fbb8fe..4df40813200 100644
--- a/mobile/src/transport/workspace-server.ts
+++ b/mobile/src/transport/workspace-server.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
+import { useCallback, useSyncExternalStore } from 'react'
 import type { ExecutionHostId } from '../../../src/shared/execution-host'
+import { relayHostsFeed } from '../worktree/relay-hosts-feed'
+import { serverHostHealth } from '../worktree/server-workspaces'
 import {
   scopeRpcClientToExecutionHost,
   workspaceRouteExecutionHost
@@ -28,3 +31,41 @@ export function useWorkspaceServer(args: {
   const gates = useHostStatusGates({ hostId: undefined, client: serverClient, connState })
   return { routeHost, server: routeHost === undefined ? null : { client: serverClient, gates } }
 }
+
+const noSubscription = (): (() => void) => () => {}
+
+/**
+ * The connection state a server workspace's screens see: the desktop's, unless the desktop reports
+ * that server down. Desktop-owned workspaces (`routeHost` absent) keep the desktop's state untouched.
+ */
+export function useWorkspaceServerConnState(args: {
+  client: RpcClient | null
+  connState: ConnectionState
+  routeHost: ExecutionHostId | undefined | null
+}): ConnectionState {
+  const { client, connState, routeHost } = args
+  // The same feed the host list reads, so a row's badge and its screens agree.
+  const feed = client && routeHost ? relayHostsFeed(client) : null
+  const subscribe = useCallback(
+    (listener: () => void) => (feed ? feed.subscribe(listener) : noSubscription()),
+    [feed]
+  )
+  const readHosts = () => feed?.getSnapshot() ?? null
+  const hosts = useSyncExternalStore(subscribe, readHosts, readHosts)
+  if (connState !== 'connected' || !routeHost || !hosts) {
+    return connState
+  }
+  const host = hosts.find((entry) => entry.hostId === routeHost)
+  // A server the desktop no longer lists cannot be reached through it.
+  switch (host ? serverHostHealth(host) : 'disconnected') {
+    case 'local':
+    case 'available':
+      return 'connected'
+    case 'connecting':
+      return 'connecting'
+    case 'blocked':
+    case 'disconnected':
+    case 'error':
+      return 'disconnected'
+  }
+}
diff --git a/mobile/src/worktree/relay-hosts-feed.test.ts b/mobile/src/worktree/relay-hosts-feed.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ee5f00d6a96
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mobile/src/worktree/relay-hosts-feed.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
+
+vi.mock('react-native', () => ({ AppState: { currentState: 'active' } }))
+
+import { MOBILE_RELAY_HOSTS_LIST_METHOD } from '../../../src/shared/mobile-relay-hosts-contract'
+import { FakeSession } from '../transport/mobile-endpoint-supervisor-test-fakes'
+import { relayHostsFeed } from './relay-hosts-feed'
+
+function desktop(health: () => string): FakeSession {
+  const session = new FakeSession('connected')
+  session.sendRequest.mockImplementation(async () => ({
+    id: 'reply',
+    ok: true,
+    result: { hosts: [{ hostId: 'runtime:vm', label: 'vm', health: health(), relay: 'ready' }] },
+    _meta: { runtimeId: 'runtime-1' }
+  }))
+  return session
+}
+
+function listCalls(session: FakeSession): number {
+  return session.sendRequest.mock.calls.filter(
+    ([method]) => method === MOBILE_RELAY_HOSTS_LIST_METHOD
+  ).length
+}
+
+describe('the desktop’s server list', () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    vi.useFakeTimers({ toFake: ['setTimeout', 'clearTimeout', 'Date'] })
+  })
+  afterEach(() => {
+    vi.useRealTimers()
+  })
+
+  it('is read once per poll however many readers share it', async () => {
+    const session = desktop(() => 'available')
+    const feed = relayHostsFeed(session)
+    // The host list reads on its own poll; an open workspace subscribes a second later.
+    await feed.read()
+    await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(1000)
+    const unsubscribe = feed.subscribe(() => {})
+    const unsubscribeAgain = feed.subscribe(() => {})
+    expect(listCalls(session)).toBe(1)
+    // Its timed read waits out the host list's, then both readers share each one.
+    await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(1999)
+    expect(listCalls(session)).toBe(1)
+    await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(1)
+    expect(listCalls(session)).toBe(2)
+    await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(3000)
+    expect(listCalls(session)).toBe(3)
+    unsubscribe()
+    unsubscribeAgain()
+    await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(9000)
+    expect(listCalls(session)).toBe(3)
+  })
+
+  it('joins a read already in flight', async () => {
+    const session = desktop(() => 'available')
+    const feed = relayHostsFeed(session)
+    const [first, second] = await Promise.all([feed.read(), feed.read()])
+    expect(second).toBe(first)
+    expect(listCalls(session)).toBe(1)
+  })
+
+  it('forgets its answer on a drop, and reads again on reconnect', async () => {
+    let health = 'available'
+    const session = desktop(() => health)
+    const feed = relayHostsFeed(session)
+    const unsubscribe = feed.subscribe(() => {})
+    await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(0)
+    expect(feed.getSnapshot()?.[0]?.health).toBe('available')
+    session.publishState('reconnecting')
+    expect(feed.getSnapshot()).toBeNull()
+    await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(9000)
+    expect(listCalls(session)).toBe(1)
+    health = 'error'
+    session.publishState('connected')
+    await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(0)
+    expect(feed.getSnapshot()?.[0]?.health).toBe('error')
+    unsubscribe()
+  })
+})
diff --git a/mobile/src/worktree/relay-hosts-feed.ts b/mobile/src/worktree/relay-hosts-feed.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..adca7ae3f1a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mobile/src/worktree/relay-hosts-feed.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,129 @@
+// The paired desktop's servers (`mobileRelay.hosts.list`), one feed per desktop client: the host
+// list and every open server workspace share one poll and one answer, so a row's badge and its
+// workspace screen never disagree and two readers never double the desktop's load.
+
+import { AppState } from 'react-native'
+import type { MobileRelayHost } from '../../../src/shared/mobile-relay-hosts-contract'
+import type { RpcClient } from '../transport/rpc-client'
+import { relayHostsListRead } from './server-workspace-operations'
+
+// The host list's own poll cadence; a read by any reader pushes the next timed one back.
+const RELAY_HOSTS_POLL_MS = 3000
+
+export type RelayHostsFeed = {
+  subscribe: (listener: () => void) => () => void
+  /** The last answer on this connection; null before one lands. */
+  getSnapshot: () => readonly MobileRelayHost[] | null
+  /** Reads now, or joins the read in flight; null when the desktop did not answer. */
+  read: () => Promise<readonly MobileRelayHost[] | null>
+}
+
+const feeds = new WeakMap<RpcClient, RelayHostsFeed>()
+
+function createFeed(client: RpcClient): RelayHostsFeed {
+  let snapshot: readonly MobileRelayHost[] | null = null
+  let inFlight: Promise<readonly MobileRelayHost[] | null> | null = null
+  let lastReadAt = Number.NEGATIVE_INFINITY
+  // Bumped on every drop, so a read from an earlier connection never lands.
+  let generation = 0
+  let timer: ReturnType<typeof setTimeout> | null = null
+  const listeners = new Set<() => void>()
+
+  const publish = (next: readonly MobileRelayHost[] | null): void => {
+    // Why: an unchanged poll keeps its identity, so readers do not re-render every tick.
+    if (JSON.stringify(next) === JSON.stringify(snapshot)) {
+      return
+    }
+    snapshot = next
+    for (const listener of listeners) {
+      listener()
+    }
+  }
+  const stopTimer = (): void => {
+    if (timer) {
+      clearTimeout(timer)
+      timer = null
+    }
+  }
+  // Timed reads run only while someone subscribes and the desktop is connected.
+  const schedule = (): void => {
+    stopTimer()
+    if (listeners.size === 0 || client.getState() !== 'connected') {
+      return
+    }
+    const delay = lastReadAt + RELAY_HOSTS_POLL_MS - Date.now()
+    if (delay <= 0) {
+      tick()
+      return
+    }
+    timer = setTimeout(tick, delay)
+  }
+  const tick = (): void => {
+    timer = null
+    if (AppState.currentState === 'active') {
+      void read()
+      return
+    }
+    timer = setTimeout(tick, RELAY_HOSTS_POLL_MS)
+  }
+  const fetchHosts = async (readGeneration: number): Promise<readonly MobileRelayHost[] | null> => {
+    try {
+      const listed = relayHostsListRead.interpret(await relayHostsListRead.request(client))
+      // A reply from before a drop is not this connection's answer.
+      if (!listed.accepted || readGeneration !== generation) {
+        return null
+      }
+      publish(listed.value)
+      return listed.value
+    } catch {
+      return null
+    }
+  }
+  const read = (): Promise<readonly MobileRelayHost[] | null> => {
+    if (inFlight) {
+      return inFlight
+    }
+    lastReadAt = Date.now()
+    const readGeneration = generation
+    inFlight = fetchHosts(readGeneration).finally(() => {
+      if (readGeneration === generation) {
+        inFlight = null
+      }
+    })
+    schedule()
+    return inFlight
+  }
+
+  client.onStateChange((state) => {
+    if (state !== 'connected') {
+      generation += 1
+      inFlight = null
+      lastReadAt = Number.NEGATIVE_INFINITY
+      publish(null)
+    }
+    schedule()
+  })
+  return {
+    subscribe: (listener) => {
+      listeners.add(listener)
+      schedule()
+      return () => {
+        listeners.delete(listener)
+        if (listeners.size === 0) {
+          stopTimer()
+        }
+      }
+    },
+    getSnapshot: () => snapshot,
+    read
+  }
+}
+
+export function relayHostsFeed(client: RpcClient): RelayHostsFeed {
+  let feed = feeds.get(client)
+  if (!feed) {
+    feed = createFeed(client)
+    feeds.set(client, feed)
+  }
+  return feed
+}
diff --git a/mobile/src/worktree/server-workspaces.ts b/mobile/src/worktree/server-workspaces.ts
index b1eea4d0816..7ad1ffda130 100644
--- a/mobile/src/worktree/server-workspaces.ts
+++ b/mobile/src/worktree/server-workspaces.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@ import type { ExecutionHostId } from '../../../src/shared/execution-host'
 import type { ExecutionHostHealth } from '../../../src/shared/execution-host-health'
 import type { MobileRelayHost } from '../../../src/shared/mobile-relay-hosts-contract'
 import type { RpcOperationSender } from '../transport/rpc-operation-sender'
-import { relayHostsListRead, relayHostWorktreesRead } from './server-workspace-operations'
+import type { RpcClient } from '../transport/rpc-client'
+import { relayHostsFeed } from './relay-hosts-feed'
+import { relayHostWorktreesRead } from './server-workspace-operations'
 import type { Worktree } from './workspace-list-types'
 import { areWorktreeListsEqual } from './worktree-list-snapshot'
 
@@ -60,13 +62,12 @@ export type FetchedServerWorkspaces = {
 
 /** The servers' rows through the desktop's one listing path; null when it did not answer. */
 export async function fetchServerWorkspaces(
-  client: RpcOperationSender
+  client: RpcClient
 ): Promise<FetchedServerWorkspaces | null> {
-  const listed = relayHostsListRead.interpret(await relayHostsListRead.request(client))
-  if (!listed.accepted) {
+  const hosts = await relayHostsFeed(client).read()
+  if (!hosts) {
     return null
   }
-  const hosts = listed.value
   return { hosts, rows: await Promise.all(hosts.map((host) => fetchHostRows(client, host.hostId))) }
 }
 
diff --git a/tests/e2e/paired-mobile-desktop-mirror.spec.ts b/tests/e2e/paired-mobile-desktop-mirror.spec.ts
index 746a6218ca4..29165752e9a 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/paired-mobile-desktop-mirror.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/e2e/paired-mobile-desktop-mirror.spec.ts
@@ -21,15 +21,14 @@ const WorktreeListSchema = z.object({
 const CreatedTerminalSchema = z.object({ tab: z.looseObject({ terminal: z.string().nullable() }) })
 const SubscribedSchema = z.looseObject({ type: z.literal('subscribed'), streamId: z.number() })
 const HostsSchema = z.object({
-  hosts: z.array(z.looseObject({ hostId: z.string(), relay: z.string() }))
+  hosts: z.array(z.looseObject({ hostId: z.string(), health: z.string(), relay: z.string() }))
 })
 const DirectorySchema = z.array(z.looseObject({ name: z.string() }))
 const GitStatusSchema = z.looseObject({ entries: z.array(z.looseObject({ path: z.string() })) })
 const HostWorktreesSchema = z.looseObject({
   worktrees: z.array(
     z.looseObject({ worktreeId: z.string(), path: z.string(), hostId: z.string() })
-  ),
-  stale: z.boolean()
+  )
 })
 
 let pollId = 0
@@ -42,6 +41,18 @@ async function hostWorktrees(socket: PairedMobileSocket, hostId: string) {
   return listed.success ? listed.data : null
 }
 
+let hostsId = 0
+/** The server as the desktop reports it to the phone: its health and whether it relays. */
+async function listedHost(socket: PairedMobileSocket, hostId: string) {
+  hostsId += 1
+  const { hosts } = await call(
+    socket,
+    { id: `hosts-${hostsId}`, method: 'mobileRelay.hosts.list', params: {} },
+    HostsSchema
+  )
+  return hosts.find((entry) => entry.hostId === hostId)
+}
+
 async function reply(socket: PairedMobileSocket, id: string, timeout = 30_000): Promise<Frame> {
   let found: Frame | undefined
   await expect
@@ -196,7 +207,7 @@ test('phone paired with a desktop lists, opens and types into a workspace on its
     await expect
       .poll(async () => {
         listed = await hostWorktrees(socket, serverHostId)
-        return listed?.stale === false && listed.worktrees.some((row) => row.path === serverRepo)
+        return listed?.worktrees.some((row) => row.path === serverRepo) ?? false
       })
       .toBe(true)
     const serverRow = listed!.worktrees.find((row) => row.path === serverFolder)
@@ -258,18 +269,15 @@ test('phone paired with a desktop lists, opens and types into a workspace on its
 
     await host.restartServeProcess({
       betweenProcesses: async () => {
-        // The server is down: its workspace stays listed, marked stale, never synthesized away.
+        // The server is down: the desktop says so, and its workspace stays listed from its last rows.
         await expect
-          .poll(
-            async () => {
-              const stale = await hostWorktrees(socket, serverHostId)
-              return (
-                stale?.stale === true && stale.worktrees.some((row) => row.path === serverFolder)
-              )
-            },
-            { timeout: 60_000, intervals: [1_000] }
-          )
-          .toBe(true)
+          .poll(async () => (await listedHost(socket, serverHostId))?.relay, {
+            timeout: 60_000,
+            intervals: [1_000]
+          })
+          .toBe('unavailable')
+        const lastRows = await hostWorktrees(socket, serverHostId)
+        expect(lastRows?.worktrees.map((row) => row.path)).toContain(serverFolder)
         // A relayed call fails as unavailable, and never runs on the desktop instead.
         socket.send('ps-stopped', 'worktree.ps', { limit: 1_000 }, serverHostId)
         const stopped = await reply(socket, 'ps-stopped', 60_000)
@@ -286,13 +294,13 @@ test('phone paired with a desktop lists, opens and types into a workspace on its
         }
       }
     })
-    // Back up: the listing is fresh again, and the same phone socket reaches the server.
+    // Back up: the desktop reports it available again, and the same phone socket reaches it.
     await expect
-      .poll(async () => (await hostWorktrees(socket, serverHostId))?.stale, {
+      .poll(async () => (await listedHost(socket, serverHostId))?.health, {
         timeout: 90_000,
         intervals: [2_000]
       })
-      .toBe(false)
+      .toBe('available')
     const reopened = await call(
       socket,
       { id: 'ps-restarted', ...list, executionHost: serverHostId },