diff --git a/neode-ui/src/stores/homeStatus.ts b/neode-ui/src/stores/homeStatus.ts
index 4c39cd8a..e8ea5f4b 100644
--- a/neode-ui/src/stores/homeStatus.ts
+++ b/neode-ui/src/stores/homeStatus.ts
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ export const useHomeStatusStore = defineStore('homeStatus', () => {
         load_avg_1?: number
         load_avg_5?: number
         load_avg_15?: number
-      }>({ method: 'system.stats' })
+      }>({ method: 'system.stats', dedup: true })
       stats.cpuPercent = res.cpu_usage_percent
       stats.memUsed = res.mem_used_bytes
       stats.memTotal = res.mem_total_bytes
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ export const useHomeStatusStore = defineStore('homeStatus', () => {
       const btc = await rpcClient.call<{ block_height: number; sync_progress: number }>({
         method: 'bitcoin.getinfo',
         timeout: 5000,
+        dedup: true,
       })
       stats.bitcoinSyncPercent = (btc.sync_progress ?? 0) * 100
       stats.bitcoinBlockHeight = btc.block_height ?? 0
@@ -181,7 +182,7 @@ export const useHomeStatusStore = defineStore('homeStatus', () => {
         key_present: boolean
         anchor_connected?: boolean
         authenticated_peer_count?: number
-      }>({ method: 'fips.status' })
+      }>({ method: 'fips.status', dedup: true })
       fipsStatus.value = status
       fipsLoadState.value = 'ready'
       lastFipsRefreshAt.value = Date.now()
@@ -196,6 +197,7 @@ export const useHomeStatusStore = defineStore('homeStatus', () => {
       const res = await rpcClient.call<{ tollgate: { installed: boolean; enabled?: boolean } }>({
         method: 'openwrt.get-status',
         timeout: 15000,
+        dedup: true,
       })
       tollgateStatus.value = { installed: res.tollgate.installed, enabled: res.tollgate.enabled ?? false }
       tollgateLoadState.value = 'ready'
diff --git a/neode-ui/src/views/Home.vue b/neode-ui/src/views/Home.vue
index d9598961..78e3627d 100644
--- a/neode-ui/src/views/Home.vue
+++ b/neode-ui/src/views/Home.vue
@@ -2,9 +2,12 @@
   <div class="pb-6">
     <div class="mb-4 md:mb-8 flex items-start justify-between gap-4">
       <div class="min-h-[4.5rem]">
-        <h1 class="text-3xl font-bold text-white mb-2 drop-shadow-[0_2px_8px_rgba(0,0,0,0.6)]">
-          {{ line1Text }}<span v-if="showCaretLine1" class="typing-caret"></span>
-        </h1>
+        <div class="flex items-center gap-2">
+          <h1 class="text-3xl font-bold text-white mb-2 drop-shadow-[0_2px_8px_rgba(0,0,0,0.6)]">
+            {{ line1Text }}<span v-if="showCaretLine1" class="typing-caret"></span>
+          </h1>
+          <RefreshIndicator :state="homeRefreshIndicatorState" label="Refreshing wallet balance" />
+        </div>
         <p class="text-white/80">
           {{ line2Text }}<span v-if="showCaretLine2" class="typing-caret"></span>
         </p>
@@ -291,6 +294,8 @@
 
 <script setup lang="ts">
 import { computed, ref, watch, onActivated, onBeforeUnmount, onDeactivated, onMounted } from 'vue'
+import { useCachedResource } from '@/composables/useCachedResource'
+import RefreshIndicator from '@/components/RefreshIndicator.vue'
 import { RouterLink, useRoute, useRouter } from 'vue-router'
 import { useI18n } from 'vue-i18n'
 import WalletScanModal from '@/components/WalletScanModal.vue'
@@ -507,8 +512,8 @@ loadQuickStartState()
 // Update notification
 const updateAvailable = ref(false); const updateDismissed = ref(false); const updateVersion = ref(''); const updateChangelog = ref('')
 async function checkUpdateStatus() {
-  try { const res = await rpcClient.call<{ update_available: boolean }>({ method: 'update.status' }); updateAvailable.value = res.update_available } catch { /* unavailable */ }
-  if (updateAvailable.value) { try { const detail = await rpcClient.call<{ update: { version: string; changelog: string[] } | null }>({ method: 'update.check' }); if (detail.update) { updateVersion.value = detail.update.version; updateChangelog.value = detail.update.changelog.slice(0, 2).join('; ') } } catch { /* unavailable */ } }
+  try { const res = await rpcClient.call<{ update_available: boolean }>({ method: 'update.status', dedup: true }); updateAvailable.value = res.update_available } catch { /* unavailable */ }
+  if (updateAvailable.value) { try { const detail = await rpcClient.call<{ update: { version: string; changelog: string[] } | null }>({ method: 'update.check', dedup: true }); if (detail.update) { updateVersion.value = detail.update.version; updateChangelog.value = detail.update.changelog.slice(0, 2).join('; ') } } catch { /* unavailable */ } }
 }
 async function dismissUpdate() { updateDismissed.value = true; try { await rpcClient.call({ method: 'update.dismiss' }) } catch { /* ignore */ } }
 
@@ -518,24 +523,96 @@ function formatBytes(bytes: number): string { if (bytes === 0) return '0 B'; con
 const cloudStorageDisplay = computed(() => cloudStorageUsed.value !== null ? formatBytes(cloudStorageUsed.value) : '...')
 const cloudFolderDisplay = computed(() => cloudFolderCount.value !== null ? String(cloudFolderCount.value) : '...')
 
-// Only-while-visible side effects (system stats poll, wallet poll, wallet
-// websocket push) are armed on every activation (including the first mount —
-// Vue fires onActivated on first mount too) and torn down on deactivation, so
-// an off-screen Home costs nothing and a re-entered Home revalidates the
-// liveness-critical wallet figures immediately rather than waiting out the
-// 10s/30s intervals (T-02-13). Idempotent: any existing handle is cleared
-// before a new one is armed, so two consecutive activations never double-arm.
+// 02-06: system stats, update status and cloud storage usage on keyed
+// useCachedResource entries (side-effect-only, per the Mesh.vue/02-05
+// pattern — each fetcher wraps an existing function that already sets its
+// own reactive refs, resolving to a sentinel timestamp rather than the real
+// payload). homeStatus.refresh() is a Pinia store action, so — mirroring
+// 02-05's finding that a store's own defineStore(id, setup) runs in a bare
+// effectScope where onActivated() silently no-ops — the useCachedResource
+// wrapper lives here in Home.vue, not inside stores/homeStatus.ts.
+//
+// Web5.vue's own two resources (web5.networking-profits, web5.lnd-info)
+// were read and are NOT shared here: web5.networking-profits is an
+// unrelated dataset (routing/content-sale profit totals), and
+// web5.lnd-info's default persist:true (Web5.vue is out of this plan's
+// file scope to fix) would leak balance data to sessionStorage via its own
+// independent refresh cycle regardless of what Home declares for the same
+// key — sharing that key would either corrupt Web5.vue's differently-shaped
+// entry.data (a real number here vs. its typed balance object there) or
+// silently fail to close the sessionStorage gap this task exists to close.
+// Home's own wallet fetch is also a strictly broader 7-call composite
+// (lnd.getinfo + ecash/fedimint/ark balances + 3 histories), not the same
+// single-call dataset. See 02-06-SUMMARY.md for the full finding.
+const systemStatsRes = useCachedResource<number>({
+  key: 'home.system-stats',
+  immediate: false,
+  ttlMs: 10_000, // matches the pre-existing 10s poll cadence
+  persist: true, // aggregate system/bitcoin/vpn/fips/tollgate status, no identity payload
+  fetcher: async () => { await loadSystemStats(); return Date.now() },
+})
+const updateStatusRes = useCachedResource<number>({
+  key: 'home.update-status',
+  immediate: false,
+  ttlMs: 300_000, // near-static — an available update doesn't appear/disappear quickly
+  persist: true,
+  fetcher: async () => { await checkUpdateStatus(); return Date.now() },
+})
+const cloudUsageRes = useCachedResource<number>({
+  key: 'home.cloud-usage',
+  immediate: false,
+  ttlMs: 30_000, // default tier
+  persist: true,
+  fetcher: async () => {
+    try {
+      const usage = await fileBrowserClient.getUsage()
+      cloudStorageUsed.value = usage.totalSize
+      cloudFolderCount.value = usage.folderCount
+    } catch { /* not running */ }
+    return Date.now()
+  },
+})
+const homeCachedGroups = [systemStatsRes, updateStatusRes, cloudUsageRes]
+function refreshHomeGroupIfStale(res: typeof systemStatsRes): Promise<void> {
+  if (res.entry.data === null || res.isStale.value) return res.refresh()
+  return Promise.resolve()
+}
+
+// Wallet is the exception (T-02-13): a money figure must never be presented
+// as current without a visible re-check, so this resource revalidates
+// UNCONDITIONALLY on every activation rather than TTL-gated — never via
+// refreshHomeGroupIfStale above. persist:false — the fetcher wraps
+// loadWeb5Status(), which sets the wallet balance/transaction refs directly
+// as a side effect; hydrateWalletSnapshot() (localStorage, a separate
+// mechanism) is the view's own last-known-figures path and is untouched by
+// this resource.
+const walletStatusRes = useCachedResource<number>({
+  key: 'home.wallet-status',
+  immediate: false,
+  persist: false,
+  fetcher: async () => { await loadWeb5Status(); return Date.now() },
+})
+
+// Only-while-visible side effects (system/update/storage cache revalidation,
+// wallet poll, wallet websocket push) are armed on every activation
+// (including the first mount — Vue fires onActivated on first mount too)
+// and torn down on deactivation, so an off-screen Home costs nothing and a
+// re-entered Home revalidates the liveness-critical wallet figures
+// immediately rather than waiting out the 10s/30s intervals (T-02-13).
+// Idempotent: any existing handle is cleared before a new one is armed, so
+// two consecutive activations never double-arm.
 function armLiveDataPolling() {
-  loadSystemStats()
+  void Promise.allSettled(homeCachedGroups.map(refreshHomeGroupIfStale))
   if (systemStatsInterval) clearInterval(systemStatsInterval)
-  systemStatsInterval = setInterval(loadSystemStats, 10000)
+  systemStatsInterval = setInterval(() => void systemStatsRes.refresh(), 10000)
 
   // Poll wallet balances/transactions like Web5.vue does — without this a
   // pending on-chain receive (or a fresh instant payment) only shows up
-  // after a manual wallet action or a remount.
-  void loadWeb5Status()
+  // after a manual wallet action or a remount. Unconditional refresh, not
+  // staleness-gated (T-02-13) — see walletStatusRes above.
+  void walletStatusRes.refresh()
   if (walletRefreshInterval) clearInterval(walletRefreshInterval)
-  walletRefreshInterval = setInterval(loadWeb5Status, 30000)
+  walletRefreshInterval = setInterval(() => void walletStatusRes.refresh(), 30000)
 
   // Real-time wallet push (2026-07-22): the backend streams LND transaction
   // events and nudges /ws/db the moment a tx hits the mempool. Any push =
@@ -545,10 +622,15 @@ function armLiveDataPolling() {
   if (unsubscribeWs) { unsubscribeWs(); unsubscribeWs = null }
   unsubscribeWs = wsClient.subscribe(() => {
     if (wsWalletDebounce) clearTimeout(wsWalletDebounce)
-    wsWalletDebounce = setTimeout(() => { void loadWeb5Status() }, 800)
+    wsWalletDebounce = setTimeout(() => { void walletStatusRes.refresh() }, 800)
   })
 }
 
+// Drives the header RefreshIndicator (D-05/T-02-13): visible whenever the
+// wallet resource is revalidating, so a resumed tab never presents a
+// paused-poll balance as current without a visible signal.
+const homeRefreshIndicatorState = computed(() => walletStatusRes.loadState.value)
+
 function disarmLiveDataPolling() {
   if (systemStatsInterval) { clearInterval(systemStatsInterval); systemStatsInterval = null }
   if (walletRefreshInterval) { clearInterval(walletRefreshInterval); walletRefreshInterval = null }
@@ -569,15 +651,18 @@ onActivated(() => {
 })
 onDeactivated(() => { disarmLiveDataPolling() })
 
-onMounted(async () => {
+onMounted(() => {
   // Once-per-session: paint last-known wallet figures BEFORE any network
-  // round-trip, check for an available update, and read the cloud usage
-  // summary once. None of these are polled, so they stay here rather than
-  // moving to onActivated — a resumed tab doesn't need them re-run.
+  // round-trip. Not polled, so it stays here rather than moving to
+  // onActivated — a resumed tab doesn't need it re-run.
   hydrateWalletSnapshot()
-  checkUpdateStatus()
-  try { const usage = await fileBrowserClient.getUsage(); cloudStorageUsed.value = usage.totalSize; cloudFolderCount.value = usage.folderCount } catch { /* not running */ }
 
+  // 02-06: update status and cloud storage usage are now every-entry,
+  // TTL-gated cached resources (see homeCachedGroups above) — armed
+  // concurrently (Promise.allSettled, no sequential await chain) alongside
+  // system stats and the wallet from the single armLiveDataPolling() call
+  // below, rather than a separate trailing-await block here.
+  //
   // Also arm here directly: onActivated is a no-op outside a <KeepAlive>
   // boundary (Vue only auto-fires it on first mount for a component that
   // already has a KeepAlive ancestor), so a bare mount — a unit test, or any
@@ -675,7 +760,7 @@ async function loadWeb5Status() {
   // block cost 7 × (mesh RTT + backend time); parallel it costs one slowest
   // call, which is what makes the card feel like an app launch.
   const balances = Promise.allSettled([
-    rpcClient.call<{ balance_sats: number; channel_balance_sats: number }>({ method: 'lnd.getinfo', timeout: 5000 })
+    rpcClient.call<{ balance_sats: number; channel_balance_sats: number }>({ method: 'lnd.getinfo', timeout: 5000, dedup: true })
       .then(res => { walletOnchain.value = res.balance_sats || 0; walletLightning.value = res.channel_balance_sats || 0; walletConnected.value = true; walletInfoFailures = 0 })
       .catch(() => {
         // A single slow poll must NOT flip the card to "disconnected" and
@@ -686,21 +771,21 @@ async function loadWeb5Status() {
         walletInfoFailures += 1
         if (walletInfoFailures >= 3) walletConnected.value = false
       }),
-    rpcClient.call<{ balance_sats: number }>({ method: 'wallet.ecash-balance', timeout: 5000 })
+    rpcClient.call<{ balance_sats: number }>({ method: 'wallet.ecash-balance', timeout: 5000, dedup: true })
       .then(res => { walletEcash.value = res.balance_sats ?? 0 }).catch(() => { /* keep last-known */ }),
-    rpcClient.call<{ balance_sats: number }>({ method: 'wallet.fedimint-balance', timeout: 5000 })
+    rpcClient.call<{ balance_sats: number }>({ method: 'wallet.fedimint-balance', timeout: 5000, dedup: true })
       .then(res => { walletFedimint.value = res.balance_sats ?? 0 }).catch(() => { /* keep last-known */ }),
-    rpcClient.call<{ spendable_sats: number }>({ method: 'wallet.ark-balance', timeout: 5000 })
+    rpcClient.call<{ spendable_sats: number }>({ method: 'wallet.ark-balance', timeout: 5000, dedup: true })
       .then(res => { walletArk.value = res.spendable_sats ?? 0 }).catch(() => { /* keep last-known */ }),
   ])
   // Merge LND transactions with ecash/Fedimint history (wallet.ecash-history
   // already unifies both) so Cashu/Fedimint receives appear in the modal.
   const histories = Promise.allSettled([
-    rpcClient.call<{ transactions: WalletTransaction[]; incoming_pending_count: number }>({ method: 'lnd.gettransactions', timeout: 5000 })
+    rpcClient.call<{ transactions: WalletTransaction[]; incoming_pending_count: number }>({ method: 'lnd.gettransactions', timeout: 5000, dedup: true })
       .then(res => (res.transactions || []).map(tx => ({ ...tx, kind: 'onchain' as const }))).catch(() => [] as WalletTransaction[]),
-    rpcClient.call<{ transactions: WalletTransaction[] }>({ method: 'lnd.lightning-history', timeout: 5000 })
+    rpcClient.call<{ transactions: WalletTransaction[] }>({ method: 'lnd.lightning-history', timeout: 5000, dedup: true })
       .then(res => res.transactions || []).catch(() => [] as WalletTransaction[]),
-    rpcClient.call<{ transactions: EcashTransaction[] }>({ method: 'wallet.ecash-history', timeout: 5000 })
+    rpcClient.call<{ transactions: EcashTransaction[] }>({ method: 'wallet.ecash-history', timeout: 5000, dedup: true })
       .then(res => (res.transactions || []).map(ecashToWalletTransaction)).catch(() => [] as WalletTransaction[]),
   ]).then((results) => {
     const merged = results.flatMap(r => (r.status === 'fulfilled' ? r.value : []))
@@ -732,6 +817,11 @@ async function loadSystemStats() {
 }
 
 function uploadFiles() { const pkg = packages.value['filebrowser']; if (pkg && pkg.state === PackageState.Running) { const host = window.location.hostname; useAppLauncherStore().open({ url: `http://${host}:8083`, title: 'File Browser' }) } else { router.push('/dashboard/cloud') } }
+
+defineExpose({
+  loadWeb5Status,
+  homeRefreshIndicatorState,
+})
 </script>
 
 <style scoped>
diff --git a/neode-ui/src/views/__tests__/homeTabCache.test.ts b/neode-ui/src/views/__tests__/homeTabCache.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2cc4840b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/neode-ui/src/views/__tests__/homeTabCache.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,351 @@
+// 02-06 Task 2: caches Home's system stats, update status and cloud storage
+// usage behind keyed useCachedResource entries (every-entry, TTL-gated), and
+// wraps the existing loadWeb5Status() wallet fetch in its own resource that
+// revalidates UNCONDITIONALLY on every activation (T-02-13) — a money figure
+// must never be presented as current without a visible re-check. Web5.vue's
+// own two resources (web5.networking-profits, web5.lnd-info) were read and
+// are NOT shared here — see 02-06-SUMMARY.md for the finding.
+
+import { flushPromises, mount } from '@vue/test-utils'
+import { createPinia } from 'pinia'
+import { KeepAlive, defineComponent, h, ref } from 'vue'
+import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
+import Home from '../Home.vue'
+import HomeWalletCard from '../home/HomeWalletCard.vue'
+import RefreshIndicator from '@/components/RefreshIndicator.vue'
+
+vi.mock('vue-router', () => ({
+  useRoute: () => ({ query: {} }),
+  useRouter: () => ({ push: vi.fn() }),
+  RouterLink: { name: 'RouterLink', props: ['to'], template: '<a><slot /></a>' },
+}))
+
+vi.mock('vue-i18n', () => ({
+  useI18n: () => ({ t: (key: string) => key }),
+}))
+
+vi.mock('@/stores/app', () => ({
+  useAppStore: () => ({ packages: {} }),
+}))
+
+vi.mock('@/api/websocket', () => ({
+  wsClient: { subscribe: vi.fn(() => vi.fn()) },
+}))
+
+vi.mock('@/api/filebrowser-client', () => ({
+  fileBrowserClient: {
+    getUsage: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue({ totalSize: 1024, folderCount: 2, fileCount: 5 }),
+  },
+}))
+
+// Records every rpcClient.call({method}) invocation. wallet/system/update
+// calls all route through call(); nothing Home.vue uses goes through a
+// separate convenience method (unlike Server.vue's vpnStatus/dnsStatus).
+async function defaultRpcCallImpl({ method }: { method: string }) {
+  switch (method) {
+    case 'system.stats':
+      return { cpu_usage_percent: 10, mem_used_bytes: 100, mem_total_bytes: 200, disk_used_bytes: 1, disk_total_bytes: 2, uptime_secs: 60 }
+    case 'bitcoin.getinfo':
+      return { block_height: 100, sync_progress: 1 }
+    case 'fips.status':
+      return { installed: false, service_active: false, key_present: false }
+    case 'openwrt.get-status':
+      return { tollgate: { installed: false } }
+    case 'update.status':
+      return { update_available: false }
+    case 'lnd.getinfo':
+      return { balance_sats: 5000, channel_balance_sats: 2500, synced_to_chain: true }
+    case 'wallet.ecash-balance':
+      return { balance_sats: 100 }
+    case 'wallet.fedimint-balance':
+      return { balance_sats: 0 }
+    case 'wallet.ark-balance':
+      return { spendable_sats: 0 }
+    case 'lnd.gettransactions':
+      return { transactions: [], incoming_pending_count: 0 }
+    case 'lnd.lightning-history':
+      return { transactions: [] }
+    case 'wallet.ecash-history':
+      return { transactions: [] }
+    default:
+      return {}
+  }
+}
+
+const rpcCallMock = vi.fn(defaultRpcCallImpl)
+
+const vpnStatusMock = vi.fn(async () => ({
+  connected: false, peers_connected: 0, bytes_in: 0, bytes_out: 0, configured: false, configured_provider: '',
+}))
+
+vi.mock('@/api/rpc-client', () => ({
+  rpcClient: {
+    call: (...args: unknown[]) => (rpcCallMock as unknown as (...a: unknown[]) => unknown)(...args),
+    vpnStatus: (...args: unknown[]) => (vpnStatusMock as unknown as (...a: unknown[]) => unknown)(...args),
+  },
+}))
+
+const Other = defineComponent({ name: 'Other', render: () => h('div', 'other') })
+
+function mountHomeHost() {
+  const Host = defineComponent({
+    setup() {
+      const show = ref(true)
+      return { show }
+    },
+    render() {
+      return h(KeepAlive, null, () =>
+        this.show ? h(Home, { key: 'home' }) : h(Other, { key: 'other' }),
+      )
+    },
+  })
+  return mount(Host, {
+    global: {
+      plugins: [createPinia()],
+      stubs: {
+        HomeSystemCard: true,
+        EasyHome: true,
+        WalletScanModal: true,
+        SendBitcoinModal: true,
+        ReceiveBitcoinModal: true,
+        TransactionsModal: true,
+        WalletSettingsModal: true,
+      },
+    },
+  })
+}
+
+function callCountFor(method: string): number {
+  return rpcCallMock.mock.calls.filter(([opts]) => (opts as { method: string }).method === method).length
+}
+
+async function toggleTab(wrapper: ReturnType<typeof mountHomeHost>, show: boolean) {
+  ;(wrapper.vm as unknown as { show: boolean }).show = show
+  await wrapper.vm.$nextTick()
+}
+
+// loadWeb5Status()'s nested Promise.allSettled chains (balances + histories,
+// each wrapping several rpcClient.call().then() hops) need more than one
+// macrotask boundary to fully settle under fake timers — a single
+// flushPromises() left the wallet resource's loadState at 'loading' in
+// practice. Two calls reliably drain it.
+async function settle() {
+  await flushPromises()
+  await flushPromises()
+}
+
+beforeEach(() => {
+  vi.useFakeTimers()
+  rpcCallMock.mockClear()
+  // Guard against a leaking permanent mockImplementation() override from a
+  // prior test (e.g. the never-resolving-promise case below) — mockClear()
+  // only clears call history, not a permanently swapped implementation.
+  rpcCallMock.mockImplementation(defaultRpcCallImpl)
+  vpnStatusMock.mockClear()
+  try {
+    sessionStorage.clear()
+    localStorage.clear()
+  } catch { /* unavailable in some envs */ }
+})
+
+afterEach(() => {
+  vi.useRealTimers()
+})
+
+describe('Home tab cache (Task 2): system/update/storage groups + wallet freshness', () => {
+  it('reactivating inside the TTL issues zero new RPCs for the system, update and storage-usage groups', async () => {
+    const wrapper = mountHomeHost()
+    await settle()
+    const before = {
+      stats: callCountFor('system.stats'),
+      btc: callCountFor('bitcoin.getinfo'),
+      fips: callCountFor('fips.status'),
+      tollgate: callCountFor('openwrt.get-status'),
+      vpn: vpnStatusMock.mock.calls.length,
+      update: callCountFor('update.status'),
+      usage: vi.mocked((await import('@/api/filebrowser-client')).fileBrowserClient.getUsage).mock.calls.length,
+    }
+
+    await toggleTab(wrapper, false)
+    vi.advanceTimersByTime(3000) // well under every group's TTL (shortest is 10s)
+    await toggleTab(wrapper, true)
+    await settle()
+
+    expect(callCountFor('system.stats')).toBe(before.stats)
+    expect(callCountFor('bitcoin.getinfo')).toBe(before.btc)
+    expect(callCountFor('fips.status')).toBe(before.fips)
+    expect(callCountFor('openwrt.get-status')).toBe(before.tollgate)
+    expect(vpnStatusMock.mock.calls.length).toBe(before.vpn)
+    expect(callCountFor('update.status')).toBe(before.update)
+    expect(vi.mocked((await import('@/api/filebrowser-client')).fileBrowserClient.getUsage).mock.calls.length).toBe(before.usage)
+
+    wrapper.unmount()
+  })
+
+  it('reactivating always triggers a wallet revalidation even when the TTL has not lapsed', async () => {
+    const wrapper = mountHomeHost()
+    await settle()
+    const lndCallsAtMount = callCountFor('lnd.getinfo')
+    expect(lndCallsAtMount).toBeGreaterThan(0)
+
+    await toggleTab(wrapper, false)
+    vi.advanceTimersByTime(1000) // nowhere near stale by any TTL definition
+    await toggleTab(wrapper, true)
+    await settle()
+
+    // Unconditional — fires again regardless of staleness (T-02-13).
+    expect(callCountFor('lnd.getinfo')).toBe(lndCallsAtMount + 1)
+
+    wrapper.unmount()
+  })
+
+  it('the previously rendered wallet figure stays in the DOM throughout a wallet revalidation', async () => {
+    const wrapper = mount(Home, {
+      global: {
+        plugins: [createPinia()],
+        stubs: {
+          HomeSystemCard: true,
+          EasyHome: true,
+          WalletScanModal: true,
+          SendBitcoinModal: true,
+          ReceiveBitcoinModal: true,
+          TransactionsModal: true,
+          WalletSettingsModal: true,
+        },
+      },
+    })
+    await settle()
+
+    const walletCardBefore = wrapper.findComponent(HomeWalletCard)
+    expect(walletCardBefore.exists()).toBe(true)
+    expect(walletCardBefore.props('walletOnchain')).toBe(5000)
+
+    // Trigger a fresh revalidation directly (mirrors what reactivation does)
+    // and assert the card's props are still populated with the prior figure
+    // before the new fetch resolves — never blanked/reset to 0 mid-flight.
+    let resolveLnd!: (v: unknown) => void
+    rpcCallMock.mockImplementationOnce(() => new Promise((resolve) => { resolveLnd = resolve as (v: unknown) => void }) as ReturnType<typeof defaultRpcCallImpl>)
+    const pending = (wrapper.vm as unknown as { loadWeb5Status: () => Promise<void> }).loadWeb5Status()
+    await wrapper.vm.$nextTick()
+
+    const walletCardDuring = wrapper.findComponent(HomeWalletCard)
+    expect(walletCardDuring.props('walletOnchain')).toBe(5000)
+
+    resolveLnd({ balance_sats: 6000, channel_balance_sats: 2500, synced_to_chain: true })
+    await pending
+    await settle()
+
+    wrapper.unmount()
+  })
+
+  it('no sessionStorage key exists for the wallet resource after a mount and reactivation cycle', async () => {
+    const wrapper = mountHomeHost()
+    await settle()
+    await toggleTab(wrapper, false)
+    vi.advanceTimersByTime(1000)
+    await toggleTab(wrapper, true)
+    await settle()
+
+    const readSnapshot = (key: string) => {
+      try {
+        return sessionStorage.getItem(`resource:${key}`)
+      } catch {
+        return null
+      }
+    }
+    expect(readSnapshot('home.wallet-status')).toBeNull()
+    // Non-sensitive groups may persist.
+    expect(readSnapshot('home.system-stats')).not.toBeNull()
+    expect(readSnapshot('home.update-status')).not.toBeNull()
+    expect(readSnapshot('home.cloud-usage')).not.toBeNull()
+
+    wrapper.unmount()
+  })
+
+  it('hydrateWalletSnapshot still paints last-known figures before any network round-trip', async () => {
+    localStorage.setItem('archy-wallet-snapshot-v1', JSON.stringify({
+      onchain: 42000, lightning: 1000, ecash: 0, fedimint: 0, ark: 0, connected: true, transactions: [],
+    }))
+    // Defer every RPC indefinitely so nothing resolves before the assertion.
+    rpcCallMock.mockImplementation(() => new Promise(() => { /* never resolves */ }))
+
+    const wrapper = mount(Home, {
+      global: {
+        plugins: [createPinia()],
+        stubs: {
+          HomeSystemCard: true,
+          EasyHome: true,
+          WalletScanModal: true,
+          SendBitcoinModal: true,
+          ReceiveBitcoinModal: true,
+          TransactionsModal: true,
+          WalletSettingsModal: true,
+        },
+      },
+    })
+    await wrapper.vm.$nextTick()
+
+    const walletCard = wrapper.findComponent(HomeWalletCard)
+    expect(walletCard.props('walletOnchain')).toBe(42000)
+    expect(walletCard.props('walletLightning')).toBe(1000)
+
+    wrapper.unmount()
+  })
+
+  it('the websocket wallet-push path (02-04) is still present and still triggers a wallet refresh', async () => {
+    const { wsClient } = await import('@/api/websocket')
+    const wrapper = mountHomeHost()
+    await settle()
+
+    expect(vi.mocked(wsClient.subscribe)).toHaveBeenCalled()
+    const subscribeCalls = vi.mocked(wsClient.subscribe).mock.calls
+    const pushHandler = subscribeCalls[0]?.[0] as (() => void) | undefined
+    expect(pushHandler).toBeDefined()
+    const lndCallsBefore = callCountFor('lnd.getinfo')
+
+    pushHandler?.()
+    vi.advanceTimersByTime(800) // the debounce window
+    await settle()
+
+    expect(callCountFor('lnd.getinfo')).toBe(lndCallsBefore + 1)
+
+    wrapper.unmount()
+  })
+
+  it('renders RefreshIndicator bound to the wallet resource\'s loadState', async () => {
+    const wrapper = mountHomeHost()
+    await settle()
+
+    const indicator = wrapper.findComponent(RefreshIndicator)
+    expect(indicator.exists()).toBe(true)
+    expect(indicator.props('state')).toBe('ready')
+
+    await toggleTab(wrapper, false)
+    vi.advanceTimersByTime(1000)
+    await toggleTab(wrapper, true)
+    await wrapper.vm.$nextTick()
+    expect(wrapper.findComponent(RefreshIndicator).props('state')).toBe('refreshing')
+
+    await settle()
+    expect(wrapper.findComponent(RefreshIndicator).props('state')).toBe('ready')
+
+    wrapper.unmount()
+  })
+
+  it('every fetcher backing the wallet composite call passes dedup:true', async () => {
+    const wrapper = mountHomeHost()
+    await settle()
+
+    const walletMethods = [
+      'lnd.getinfo', 'wallet.ecash-balance', 'wallet.fedimint-balance', 'wallet.ark-balance',
+      'lnd.gettransactions', 'lnd.lightning-history', 'wallet.ecash-history',
+    ]
+    const dedupFlags = rpcCallMock.mock.calls
+      .filter(([opts]) => walletMethods.includes((opts as { method: string }).method))
+      .map(([opts]) => (opts as { dedup?: boolean }).dedup)
+    expect(dedupFlags.length).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(walletMethods.length)
+    expect(dedupFlags.every(Boolean)).toBe(true)
+
+    wrapper.unmount()
+  })
+})
diff --git a/neode-ui/src/views/__tests__/serverTabCache.test.ts b/neode-ui/src/views/__tests__/serverTabCache.test.ts
index 05deb6a6..396ec6e5 100644
--- a/neode-ui/src/views/__tests__/serverTabCache.test.ts
+++ b/neode-ui/src/views/__tests__/serverTabCache.test.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ import { KeepAlive, defineComponent, h, ref } from 'vue'
 import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
 import Server from '../Server.vue'
 import RefreshIndicator from '@/components/RefreshIndicator.vue'
-import { rpcClient } from '@/api/rpc-client'
 
 vi.mock('@/stores/app', () => ({
   useAppStore: () => ({ packages: {} }),