diff --git a/frontend/src/App.tsx b/frontend/src/App.tsx
index 876f84e..3b27ef1 100644
--- a/frontend/src/App.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/App.tsx
@@ -173,6 +173,7 @@ export function App() {
     fetchOlderMessages,
     addMessageIfNew,
     updateMessageAck,
+    triggerReconcile,
   } = useConversationMessages(activeConversation);
 
   const {
@@ -182,6 +183,7 @@ export function App() {
     incrementUnread,
     markAllRead,
     trackNewMessage,
+    refreshUnreads,
   } = useUnreadCounts(channels, contacts, activeConversation);
 
   // Determine if active contact is a repeater (used for routing to dashboard)
@@ -227,10 +229,12 @@ export function App() {
         });
       },
       onReconnect: () => {
-        toast.warning('Unstable connection', {
-          description: 'Please refresh the page to ensure all messages are correctly loaded.',
-          duration: 10000,
-        });
+        // Silently recover any data missed during the disconnect window
+        triggerReconcile();
+        refreshUnreads();
+        fetchAllContacts()
+          .then((data) => setContacts(data))
+          .catch(console.error);
       },
       onMessage: (msg: Message) => {
         const activeConv = activeConversationRef.current;
@@ -299,6 +303,9 @@ export function App() {
       setConfig,
       activeConversationRef,
       setContacts,
+      triggerReconcile,
+      refreshUnreads,
+      fetchAllContacts,
     ]
   );
 
diff --git a/frontend/src/hooks/useConversationMessages.ts b/frontend/src/hooks/useConversationMessages.ts
index ebbc617..ed81e7d 100644
--- a/frontend/src/hooks/useConversationMessages.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/hooks/useConversationMessages.ts
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ interface UseConversationMessagesResult {
   fetchOlderMessages: () => Promise<void>;
   addMessageIfNew: (msg: Message) => boolean;
   updateMessageAck: (messageId: number, ackCount: number, paths?: MessagePath[]) => void;
+  triggerReconcile: () => void;
 }
 
 export function useConversationMessages(
@@ -258,6 +259,15 @@ export function useConversationMessages(
     }
   }, [activeConversation, loadingOlder, hasOlderMessages, messages, applyPendingAck]);
 
+  // Trigger a background reconciliation for the current conversation.
+  // Used after WebSocket reconnects to silently recover any missed messages.
+  const triggerReconcile = useCallback(() => {
+    const conv = activeConversation;
+    if (!conv || conv.type === 'raw' || conv.type === 'map' || conv.type === 'visualizer') return;
+    const controller = new AbortController();
+    reconcileFromBackend(conv, controller.signal);
+  }, [activeConversation]); // eslint-disable-line react-hooks/exhaustive-deps
+
   // Background reconciliation: silently fetch from backend after a cache restore
   // and only update state if something differs (missed WS message, stale ack, etc.).
   // No-ops on the happy path — zero rerenders when cache is already consistent.
@@ -435,5 +445,6 @@ export function useConversationMessages(
     fetchOlderMessages,
     addMessageIfNew,
     updateMessageAck,
+    triggerReconcile,
   };
 }
diff --git a/frontend/src/hooks/useUnreadCounts.ts b/frontend/src/hooks/useUnreadCounts.ts
index 8821bd0..34eee7a 100644
--- a/frontend/src/hooks/useUnreadCounts.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/hooks/useUnreadCounts.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ interface UseUnreadCountsResult {
   incrementUnread: (stateKey: string, hasMention?: boolean) => void;
   markAllRead: () => void;
   trackNewMessage: (msg: Message) => void;
+  refreshUnreads: () => Promise<void>;
 }
 
 export function useUnreadCounts(
@@ -170,5 +171,6 @@ export function useUnreadCounts(
     incrementUnread,
     markAllRead,
     trackNewMessage,
+    refreshUnreads: fetchUnreads,
   };
 }