diff --git a/src/lib/queries/__tests__/use-dashboard-snapshot.test.tsx b/src/lib/queries/__tests__/use-dashboard-snapshot.test.tsx
index 9205493a0..c19d91a69 100644
--- a/src/lib/queries/__tests__/use-dashboard-snapshot.test.tsx
+++ b/src/lib/queries/__tests__/use-dashboard-snapshot.test.tsx
@@ -83,7 +83,13 @@ describe("useDashboardSnapshot — auto-refresh on an open page", () => {
     useDashboardSnapshot();
     const opts = lastOpts();
     expect(opts.staleTime).toBe(60_000);
-    expect(opts.refetchOnMount).toBe(false);
+    const refetchOnMount = opts.refetchOnMount as (query: {
+      state: { isInvalidated: boolean };
+    }) => boolean;
+    // A live cell is read as it is on remount ...
+    expect(refetchOnMount({ state: { isInvalidated: false } })).toBe(false);
+    // ... and one restored from the offline copy (invalidated) fetches.
+    expect(refetchOnMount({ state: { isInvalidated: true } })).toBe(true);
   });
 
   it("always refetches on focus so freshness is not suppressed by staleTime", () => {
diff --git a/src/lib/queries/use-dashboard-snapshot.ts b/src/lib/queries/use-dashboard-snapshot.ts
index 9218ec6c3..280564b75 100644
--- a/src/lib/queries/use-dashboard-snapshot.ts
+++ b/src/lib/queries/use-dashboard-snapshot.ts
@@ -215,7 +215,13 @@ export function useDashboardSnapshot(enabled = true) {
     queryFn: makeSnapshotQueryFn(queryClient),
     enabled,
     staleTime: 60_000,
-    refetchOnMount: false,
+    // A remount of a cell that holds live data reads it as it is, but a cell
+    // restored from the offline copy (`restorePersistedQueryCache`) arrives
+    // invalidated and must fetch on its first mount. Plain `false` kept the
+    // restored copy on screen: a page reloaded right after a write, before
+    // the persister had flushed the newer snapshot, painted the pre-write
+    // dashboard until the two-minute poll.
+    refetchOnMount: (query) => query.state.isInvalidated,
     // Keep the snapshot and Today digest in lockstep after a background sync.
     // Both are out-of-band reads, so staleTime cannot signal that a worker
     // landed a new arrival while the browser was hidden.