diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 165ac99e9..19791fbb2 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,14 @@
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [1.20.1] — 2026-06-23 — Dashboard render-loop fix
+
+A patch release. One fix; no schema changes.
+
+### Fixed
+
+- A user reported the dashboard crashing on returning to a backgrounded tab. The on-focus snapshot refetch re-rendered the page, and each chart's "data ready" notify — keyed on a handler that the page recreated every render — re-fired on every commit, driving the chart row into an unbounded update loop until the browser tripped its render-depth guard and the page fell back to its error card. The notify now fires once, when a chart's initial query settles, regardless of how often the page re-renders.
+
 ## [1.20.0] — 2026-06-22 — Coach on-demand retrieval, deeper recovery insight, Fitbit, and a leaner data tier
 
 A feature release. The Coach fetches what it needs on demand instead of carrying a full snapshot; the recovery-gap learns from the symptom journal and sleep; Fitbit connects over its own Web API; the trend tier serves slope and variability without a live scan; and several built surfaces become discoverable. Two additive migrations (`0190`, `0191`); no breaking changes.
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 090d49004..cfca3d647 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "healthlog",
-  "version": "1.20.0",
+  "version": "1.20.1",
   "description": "Self-hosted personal-health-tracking PWA with Withings integration, AI insights, and doctor-report PDF export.",
   "license": "PolyForm-Noncommercial-1.0.0",
   "homepage": "https://healthlog.dev",
diff --git a/public/sw.js b/public/sw.js
index c50ff48bf..4d042fcf2 100644
--- a/public/sw.js
+++ b/public/sw.js
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ try {
 // v1.4.38.4 → v1.4.42. Do not hand-edit; bump `package.json` and rebuild.
 const CACHE_VERSION =
   (typeof self !== "undefined" && self.__APP_VERSION__) ||
-  /* @sw-version-fallback */ "v1.20.0";
+  /* @sw-version-fallback */ "v1.20.1";
 const STATIC_CACHE = `healthlog-static-${CACHE_VERSION}`;
 const PAGE_CACHE = `healthlog-pages-${CACHE_VERSION}`;
 // v1.18.6 — read-only data cache for a curated allowlist of safe GET `/api/*`
diff --git a/src/components/charts/health-chart.tsx b/src/components/charts/health-chart.tsx
index dcc1c6454..6ea6cff27 100644
--- a/src/components/charts/health-chart.tsx
+++ b/src/components/charts/health-chart.tsx
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import {
   useMemo,
   useEffect,
   useCallback,
+  useRef,
   type ComponentType,
 } from "react";
 import { Skeleton } from "@/components/ui/skeleton";
@@ -60,6 +61,7 @@ import {
   computeWindowStats,
   type MetricWindowStats,
 } from "@/lib/charts/window-stats";
+import { shouldFireDataReady } from "@/lib/charts/data-ready-latch";
 
 const TIME_RANGES_KEYS = [
   {
@@ -1015,9 +1017,34 @@ export function HealthChart({
   // range-tab change creates a new cache entry but the gate has long
   // latched by then), so this fires exactly when the first paintable
   // state — chart, empty-window card, or error fallback — is available.
+  //
+  // v1.20.1 — fire exactly once, gated on a ref rather than on the
+  // `onDataReady` prop identity. The dashboard passes an inline
+  // `() => markChartReady(id)` closure, so `onDataReady` is a NEW
+  // reference on every parent render; keying the effect on it re-ran the
+  // notify on every commit (e.g. a snapshot refetch on tab-resume), and
+  // that per-commit passive effect kept the chart-row's Radix-Popper
+  // anchors re-committing until React tripped its update-depth guard
+  // (#185). The ready signal is monotonic — once a chart has settled it
+  // stays settled — so latch it behind a ref and depend on `isLoading`
+  // alone. `onDataReady` is read through a ref so a late-arriving handler
+  // still fires without re-arming the effect.
+  const onDataReadyRef = useRef(onDataReady);
   useEffect(() => {
-    if (!isLoading) onDataReady?.();
-  }, [isLoading, onDataReady]);
+    onDataReadyRef.current = onDataReady;
+  }, [onDataReady]);
+  const dataReadyFiredRef = useRef(false);
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (
+      !shouldFireDataReady({
+        isLoading,
+        alreadyFired: dataReadyFiredRef.current,
+      })
+    )
+      return;
+    dataReadyFiredRef.current = true;
+    onDataReadyRef.current?.();
+  }, [isLoading]);
 
   const chartData = useMemo(() => {
     if (!data?.length) return data;
diff --git a/src/components/charts/medication-compliance-chart.tsx b/src/components/charts/medication-compliance-chart.tsx
index d5fdd8ed8..9b0e9c651 100644
--- a/src/components/charts/medication-compliance-chart.tsx
+++ b/src/components/charts/medication-compliance-chart.tsx
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
  * the wrapper itself stays intact.
  */
 import { useQuery } from "@tanstack/react-query";
-import { useEffect, useMemo, useState } from "react";
+import { useEffect, useMemo, useState, useRef } from "react";
 import { queryKeys } from "@/lib/query-keys";
 import {
   ResponsiveContainer,
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ import { useChartOverlayPrefs } from "@/hooks/use-chart-overlay-prefs";
 import { useViewportWidth } from "@/hooks/use-viewport-width";
 import { chooseTickInterval } from "@/lib/charts/x-axis-density";
 import { apiGet } from "@/lib/api/api-fetch";
+import { shouldFireDataReady } from "@/lib/charts/data-ready-latch";
 
 interface DailyCompliancePoint {
   /** Berlin calendar day, "YYYY-MM-DD". */
@@ -255,9 +256,29 @@ export function MedicationComplianceChart({
 
   // v1.16.0 — report the settled query to the dashboard's shared
   // reveal gate (see `onDataReady` prop doc).
+  //
+  // v1.20.1 — fire once via a ref instead of keying on the unstable
+  // `onDataReady` prop. See the matching note in `health-chart.tsx`: the
+  // dashboard hands every chart a fresh `() => markChartReady(id)` closure
+  // each render, so depending on it re-ran this notify on every commit and
+  // the per-commit passive effect kept the Radix-Popper tile anchors
+  // re-committing until React's update-depth guard tripped (#185).
+  const onDataReadyRef = useRef(onDataReady);
   useEffect(() => {
-    if (!isLoading) onDataReady?.();
-  }, [isLoading, onDataReady]);
+    onDataReadyRef.current = onDataReady;
+  }, [onDataReady]);
+  const dataReadyFiredRef = useRef(false);
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (
+      !shouldFireDataReady({
+        isLoading,
+        alreadyFired: dataReadyFiredRef.current,
+      })
+    )
+      return;
+    dataReadyFiredRef.current = true;
+    onDataReadyRef.current?.();
+  }, [isLoading]);
 
   const chartData = useMemo(
     () =>
diff --git a/src/components/charts/mood-chart.tsx b/src/components/charts/mood-chart.tsx
index 47c016fa6..0eab8096b 100644
--- a/src/components/charts/mood-chart.tsx
+++ b/src/components/charts/mood-chart.tsx
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import {
   ReferenceArea,
   ReferenceLine,
 } from "recharts";
-import { useEffect, useState, useMemo } from "react";
+import { useEffect, useState, useMemo, useRef } from "react";
 import { Button } from "@/components/ui/button";
 import { Skeleton } from "@/components/ui/skeleton";
 import { Card, CardHeader, CardTitle, CardContent } from "@/components/ui/card";
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ import { useChartOverlayPrefs } from "@/hooks/use-chart-overlay-prefs";
 import { useViewportWidth } from "@/hooks/use-viewport-width";
 import { computeTickPositions } from "@/lib/charts/x-axis-density";
 import { CHART_HEIGHT_PX } from "@/lib/charts/constants";
+import { shouldFireDataReady } from "@/lib/charts/data-ready-latch";
 import { moodLabelKeyForScore } from "@/lib/mood/labels";
 import { apiGet } from "@/lib/api/api-fetch";
 
@@ -361,9 +362,29 @@ export function MoodChart({
   // gate (see `onDataReady` prop doc). Must run BEFORE the
   // empty-entries early return below so a no-data mount still unblocks
   // the row.
+  //
+  // v1.20.1 — fire once via a ref instead of keying on the unstable
+  // `onDataReady` prop. See the matching note in `health-chart.tsx`: the
+  // dashboard hands every chart a fresh `() => markChartReady(id)` closure
+  // each render, so depending on it re-ran this notify on every commit and
+  // the per-commit passive effect kept the Radix-Popper tile anchors
+  // re-committing until React's update-depth guard tripped (#185).
+  const onDataReadyRef = useRef(onDataReady);
   useEffect(() => {
-    if (!isLoading) onDataReady?.();
-  }, [isLoading, onDataReady]);
+    onDataReadyRef.current = onDataReady;
+  }, [onDataReady]);
+  const dataReadyFiredRef = useRef(false);
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (
+      !shouldFireDataReady({
+        isLoading,
+        alreadyFired: dataReadyFiredRef.current,
+      })
+    )
+      return;
+    dataReadyFiredRef.current = true;
+    onDataReadyRef.current?.();
+  }, [isLoading]);
 
   // v1.4.43 W2-CHART-GATE — raw mood-entry count across every day in
   // the window. `entries[].samples` carries the per-day raw count
diff --git a/src/lib/charts/__tests__/data-ready-latch.test.ts b/src/lib/charts/__tests__/data-ready-latch.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..21e9a46c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/charts/__tests__/data-ready-latch.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+/**
+ * v1.20.1 — regression cover for the dashboard chart-row render loop.
+ *
+ * A user reported the dashboard crashing (blank error card) on returning
+ * to a backgrounded tab. The snapshot query refetches on window focus,
+ * re-rendering the page; every chart was handed an inline
+ * `() => markChartReady(id)` closure, so the chart's `onDataReady` notify
+ * effect — keyed on that ever-changing prop — re-fired on every commit.
+ * That per-commit passive effect kept the tile strip's Radix-Popper
+ * anchors re-committing until React tripped its update-depth guard
+ * (minified React error #185).
+ *
+ * The fix latches the notify behind a ref so it fires exactly once on the
+ * first non-loading commit and depends on `isLoading` alone. This pins the
+ * pure decision and the charts' wiring so the latch cannot silently revert
+ * to the per-render notify.
+ */
+import { describe, it, expect } from "vitest";
+import { readFileSync } from "node:fs";
+import { join } from "node:path";
+
+import { shouldFireDataReady } from "@/lib/charts/data-ready-latch";
+
+describe("shouldFireDataReady", () => {
+  it("holds while the chart's initial query is still loading", () => {
+    expect(shouldFireDataReady({ isLoading: true, alreadyFired: false })).toBe(
+      false,
+    );
+  });
+
+  it("fires once on the first non-loading commit", () => {
+    expect(shouldFireDataReady({ isLoading: false, alreadyFired: false })).toBe(
+      true,
+    );
+  });
+
+  it("never re-fires after it has fired once, even though the chart keeps re-rendering", () => {
+    // Models the tab-resume path: the parent re-renders repeatedly (a new
+    // `onDataReady` closure each time) while `isLoading` stays false. The
+    // latch must decline every subsequent commit so the notify cannot
+    // drive an unbounded render loop.
+    let fired = false;
+    let fireCount = 0;
+    for (let commit = 0; commit < 60; commit += 1) {
+      if (shouldFireDataReady({ isLoading: false, alreadyFired: fired })) {
+        fired = true;
+        fireCount += 1;
+      }
+    }
+    expect(fireCount).toBe(1);
+  });
+
+  it("a chart that never loaded data still fires once the moment it settles", () => {
+    // Loading first, then settled — fires on the settle commit, then holds.
+    expect(shouldFireDataReady({ isLoading: true, alreadyFired: false })).toBe(
+      false,
+    );
+    expect(shouldFireDataReady({ isLoading: false, alreadyFired: false })).toBe(
+      true,
+    );
+    expect(shouldFireDataReady({ isLoading: false, alreadyFired: true })).toBe(
+      false,
+    );
+  });
+});
+
+describe("chart notify wiring", () => {
+  const charts = [
+    "src/components/charts/health-chart.tsx",
+    "src/components/charts/mood-chart.tsx",
+    "src/components/charts/medication-compliance-chart.tsx",
+  ];
+
+  for (const rel of charts) {
+    const src = readFileSync(join(process.cwd(), rel), "utf8");
+
+    it(`${rel} latches the data-ready notify once, not per render`, () => {
+      // Routes through the pure latch.
+      expect(src).toContain("shouldFireDataReady(");
+      // Reads the handler through a ref so a changing prop identity never
+      // re-arms the effect.
+      expect(src).toContain("onDataReadyRef.current");
+      // The notify effect depends on `isLoading` ALONE — never on the
+      // unstable `onDataReady` prop (the loop trigger).
+      expect(src).not.toMatch(/\}, \[isLoading, onDataReady\]\)/);
+    });
+  }
+});
diff --git a/src/lib/charts/data-ready-latch.ts b/src/lib/charts/data-ready-latch.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..edda8d65c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/charts/data-ready-latch.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+/**
+ * v1.20.1 — pure decision behind the charts' one-shot `onDataReady`
+ * notify.
+ *
+ * The dashboard's shared reveal gate (`useDashboardChartReveal`) listens
+ * for each chart reporting its data query settled. Every chart receives
+ * an inline `() => markChartReady(id)` closure from the dashboard, so the
+ * `onDataReady` prop is a NEW reference on every parent render. Keying the
+ * notify effect on that prop re-ran it on every commit — and a refetch on
+ * tab-resume (`refetchOnWindowFocus`) re-rendered the page repeatedly,
+ * which kept that per-commit passive effect firing and the chart row's
+ * Radix-Popper anchors re-committing until React tripped its update-depth
+ * guard (the minified React error #185 a user reported on returning to a
+ * backgrounded tab).
+ *
+ * The ready signal is monotonic: once a chart's initial query has settled
+ * it never un-settles (a later range-tab change opens a fresh cache entry,
+ * but the gate has long latched by then). So the notify must fire exactly
+ * once — on the first non-loading commit — and never again, regardless of
+ * the `onDataReady` prop identity.
+ *
+ * This helper is the pure core of that latch, exported so the gate has
+ * direct unit coverage without mounting React (project convention:
+ * SSR-only tests, no DOM runner). The chart wires it to a `useRef` flag.
+ */
+export function shouldFireDataReady(input: {
+  /** The chart's query is still on its initial load. */
+  isLoading: boolean;
+  /** Whether the notify has already fired this mount. */
+  alreadyFired: boolean;
+}): boolean {
+  if (input.isLoading) return false;
+  if (input.alreadyFired) return false;
+  return true;
+}