diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/components/EditableSchemaForm.svelte b/frontend/src/lib/components/EditableSchemaForm.svelte
index 1e83887522..67dfeed0b8 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/components/EditableSchemaForm.svelte
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/components/EditableSchemaForm.svelte
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 	import PropertyEditor from './schema/PropertyEditor.svelte'
 	import SimpleEditor from './SimpleEditor.svelte'
 	import { createEventDispatcher, untrack } from 'svelte'
+	import { watch } from 'runed'
 	import ToggleButton from './common/toggleButton-v2/ToggleButton.svelte'
 	import ToggleButtonGroup from './common/toggleButton-v2/ToggleButtonGroup.svelte'
 	import Label from './Label.svelte'
@@ -173,6 +174,11 @@
 	let itemPicker: ItemPicker | undefined = $state(undefined)
 	let variableEditor: VariableEditor | undefined = $state(undefined)
 
+	watch(
+		() => ws,
+		() => itemPicker?.reloadItems()
+	)
+
 	let keys: string[] = $state(
 		(Array.isArray(schema?.order)
 			? [...schema.order]
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/components/InputTransformSchemaForm.svelte b/frontend/src/lib/components/InputTransformSchemaForm.svelte
index 034f891116..d0d29b3111 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/components/InputTransformSchemaForm.svelte
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/components/InputTransformSchemaForm.svelte
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 <script lang="ts">
 	import type { Schema } from '$lib/common'
-	import { VariableService, WorkspaceService, type InputTransform } from '$lib/gen'
+	import { CancelError, VariableService, WorkspaceService, type InputTransform } from '$lib/gen'
 	import { workspaceStore } from '$lib/stores'
 	import { allTrue, type DynamicInput as DynamicInputTypes } from '$lib/utils'
 	import { untrack } from 'svelte'
+	import { resource, watch } from 'runed'
 	import { Button } from './common'
 	import StepInputsGen from './copilot/StepInputsGen.svelte'
 	import type { PickableProperties } from './flows/previousResults'
@@ -81,21 +82,37 @@
 	let itemPicker: ItemPicker | undefined = $state(undefined)
 	let variableEditor: VariableEditor | undefined = $state(undefined)
 
-	let s3StorageConfigured = $state(true)
-
-	async function checkS3Storage() {
-		try {
-			if (ws) {
-				const settings = await WorkspaceService.getPublicSettings({ workspace: ws })
-				s3StorageConfigured = settings.large_file_storage?.s3_resource_path !== undefined
+	const settings = resource(
+		() => ws,
+		async (ws, _previousWs, { onCleanup }) => {
+			if (!ws) return undefined
+			const req = WorkspaceService.getPublicSettings({ workspace: ws })
+			// `resource` keeps whatever lands last: cancel a superseded request so a slow
+			// reply for a workspace we have left cannot overwrite the current one.
+			onCleanup(() => req.cancel())
+			try {
+				return { ws, settings: await req }
+			} catch (err) {
+				if (!(err instanceof CancelError)) {
+					console.error('Failed to fetch workspace settings:', err)
+				}
+				return undefined
 			}
-		} catch (error) {
-			console.error('Failed to fetch workspace settings:', error)
-			s3StorageConfigured = true
 		}
-	}
+	)
+	// Assume configured until this workspace's own answer lands: the warning must not
+	// linger from the previous workspace, nor appear merely because the fetch failed.
+	let s3StorageConfigured = $derived.by(() => {
+		const loaded = settings.current
+		return loaded && loaded.ws === ws
+			? loaded.settings.large_file_storage?.s3_resource_path !== undefined
+			: true
+	})
 
-	checkS3Storage()
+	watch(
+		() => ws,
+		() => itemPicker?.reloadItems()
+	)
 
 	let keys: string[] = $state([])
 	$effect(() => {
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/components/ItemPicker.svelte b/frontend/src/lib/components/ItemPicker.svelte
index 3c647539ab..9608621f43 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/components/ItemPicker.svelte
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/components/ItemPicker.svelte
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 <script lang="ts">
 	import { RotateCw } from 'lucide-svelte'
-	import { Button, Drawer, Skeleton } from './common'
+	import { Alert, Button, Drawer, Skeleton } from './common'
 	import DrawerContent from './common/drawer/DrawerContent.svelte'
 	import NoItemFound from './home/NoItemFound.svelte'
 	import IconedResourceType from './IconedResourceType.svelte'
 	import SearchItems from './SearchItems.svelte'
+	import { sendUserToast } from '$lib/toast'
 
 	type Item = Record<string, any>
 
@@ -39,22 +40,62 @@
 	}: Props = $props()
 
 	let loading = $state(false)
+	let loadError: string | undefined = $state(undefined)
 	let items: Item[] | undefined = $state([])
 	let filteredItems: Item[] | undefined = $state([])
 	let filter = $state('')
 
-	export function openDrawer() {
-		loading = true
-		loadItems()
+	// Only the newest load may write `items`: a slower earlier request can resolve last.
+	// Skeletons replace a list that is known-stale; the refresh button omits them so a
+	// known-good list does not flicker.
+	let loadSeq = 0
+	function load(showSkeleton = false): Promise<void> {
+		const seq = ++loadSeq
+		if (showSkeleton) {
+			loading = true
+		}
+		return loadItems()
 			.then((v) => {
-				items = v
+				if (seq === loadSeq) {
+					items = v
+					loadError = undefined
+				}
+			})
+			.catch((err) => {
+				if (seq !== loadSeq) return
+				// Drop the list rather than keep offering entries the failed load may have
+				// superseded. `loadError` then has to carry the reason, or an empty list reads
+				// as an empty workspace. An empty body must not win over the message, or the
+				// error state is skipped for a falsy `loadError` — hence `||`, not `??`.
+				items = []
+				loadError = err.body || err.message || String(err)
+				// 401/403 are handled globally by onunhandledrejection (logout, privilege
+				// toast). No caller awaits load(), so rethrowing still reaches it.
+				if (err?.status === 401 || err?.status === 403) {
+					throw err
+				}
+				sendUserToast(`Failed to load ${itemName.toLowerCase()}s: ${loadError}`, true)
 			})
 			.finally(() => {
-				loading = false
+				if (seq === loadSeq) {
+					loading = false
+				}
 			})
+	}
+
+	export function openDrawer() {
+		load(true)
 		drawer?.openDrawer?.()
 	}
 
+	/** Re-runs `loadItems` against what it closes over now. No-op while closed —
+	 * opening reloads anyway. */
+	export function reloadItems() {
+		if (drawer?.isOpen()) {
+			load(true)
+		}
+	}
+
 	let drawer: Drawer | undefined = $state()
 
 	let refreshing = $state(false)
@@ -94,14 +135,9 @@
 				<Button
 					on:click={() => {
 						refreshing = true
-						loadItems()
-							.then((v) => {
-								items = v
-							})
-							.finally(() => {
-								loading = false
-								refreshing = false
-							})
+						load().finally(() => {
+							refreshing = false
+						})
 					}}
 					iconOnly
 					startIcon={{ icon: RotateCw, classes: loading || refreshing ? 'animate-spin' : '' }}
@@ -111,6 +147,10 @@
 				{#each new Array(3) as _}
 					<Skeleton layout={[[5], 0.2]} />
 				{/each}
+			{:else if loadError}
+				<Alert type="error" size="xs" title="Failed to load {itemName.toLowerCase()}s">
+					{loadError}
+				</Alert>
 			{:else if !items?.length}
 				<div class="text-center text-sm text-primary mt-2">
 					{@html noItemMessage}
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/components/SchemaForm.svelte b/frontend/src/lib/components/SchemaForm.svelte
index 0bd2f23e61..ddc2f182bc 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/components/SchemaForm.svelte
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/components/SchemaForm.svelte
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 	import { Plus } from 'lucide-svelte'
 	import ArgInput from './ArgInput.svelte'
 	import { createEventDispatcher, untrack } from 'svelte'
+	import { watch } from 'runed'
 	import { deepEqual } from 'fast-equals'
 	import {
 		dragHandleZone,
@@ -155,6 +156,11 @@
 	let itemPicker: ItemPicker | undefined = $state(undefined)
 	let variableEditor: VariableEditor | undefined = $state(undefined)
 
+	watch(
+		() => ws,
+		() => itemPicker?.reloadItems()
+	)
+
 	let resourceTypes: string[] | undefined = $state(undefined)
 
 	async function loadResourceTypes() {
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/components/flows/content/FlowEnvironmentVariables.svelte b/frontend/src/lib/components/flows/content/FlowEnvironmentVariables.svelte
index 4af530a08a..cc2f5ea808 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/components/flows/content/FlowEnvironmentVariables.svelte
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/components/flows/content/FlowEnvironmentVariables.svelte
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 <script lang="ts">
 	import { Alert } from '$lib/components/common'
 	import { getContext, setContext } from 'svelte'
+	import { watch } from 'runed'
 	import type { PropPickerWrapperContext } from '../propPicker/PropPickerWrapper.svelte'
 	import { writable } from 'svelte/store'
 	import type { FlowEditorContext } from '../types'
@@ -229,6 +230,11 @@
 	let variablePicker: ItemPicker | undefined = $state(undefined)
 	let pickForKey: string | undefined = $state(undefined)
 
+	watch(
+		() => opWs,
+		() => variablePicker?.reloadItems()
+	)
+
 	setContext<PropPickerWrapperContext>('PropPickerWrapper', {
 		inputMatches: writable(undefined),
 		connectProp: () => {},