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diff --git a/frontend/src/hooks/useRealtimeAppState.ts b/frontend/src/hooks/useRealtimeAppState.ts
index fb5b9cc1..2611762d 100644
--- a/frontend/src/hooks/useRealtimeAppState.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/hooks/useRealtimeAppState.ts
@@ -85,6 +85,10 @@ function isActiveConversationMessage(
   return false;
 }
 
+function isMessageConversation(conversation: Conversation | null): boolean {
+  return conversation?.type === 'channel' || conversation?.type === 'contact';
+}
+
 export function useRealtimeAppState({
   prevHealthRef,
   setHealth,
@@ -180,7 +184,11 @@ export function useRealtimeAppState({
       },
       onReconnect: () => {
         setRawPackets([]);
-        triggerReconcile();
+        if (
+          !(hasNewerMessagesRef.current && isMessageConversation(activeConversationRef.current))
+        ) {
+          triggerReconcile();
+        }
         refreshUnreads();
         api.getChannels().then(setChannels).catch(console.error);
         fetchAllContacts()
diff --git a/frontend/src/test/useRealtimeAppState.test.ts b/frontend/src/test/useRealtimeAppState.test.ts
index 2531eaa4..4879e6fd 100644
--- a/frontend/src/test/useRealtimeAppState.test.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/test/useRealtimeAppState.test.ts
@@ -143,6 +143,56 @@ describe('useRealtimeAppState', () => {
     });
   });
 
+  it('reconnect skips active-conversation reconcile while browsing mid-history', async () => {
+    const contacts: Contact[] = [
+      {
+        public_key: 'bb'.repeat(32),
+        name: 'Bob',
+        type: 1,
+        flags: 0,
+        last_path: null,
+        last_path_len: 0,
+        out_path_hash_mode: 0,
+        last_advert: null,
+        lat: null,
+        lon: null,
+        last_seen: null,
+        on_radio: false,
+        last_contacted: null,
+        last_read_at: null,
+        first_seen: null,
+      },
+    ];
+
+    const { args, fns } = createRealtimeArgs({
+      fetchAllContacts: vi.fn(async () => contacts),
+      activeConversationRef: {
+        current: {
+          type: 'channel',
+          id: publicChannel.key,
+          name: publicChannel.name,
+        } satisfies Conversation,
+      },
+      hasNewerMessagesRef: { current: true },
+    });
+
+    const { result } = renderHook(() => useRealtimeAppState(args));
+
+    act(() => {
+      result.current.onReconnect?.();
+    });
+
+    await waitFor(() => {
+      expect(args.triggerReconcile).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+      expect(args.refreshUnreads).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+      expect(mocks.api.getChannels).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+      expect(args.fetchAllContacts).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+      expect(fns.setRawPackets).toHaveBeenCalledWith([]);
+      expect(fns.setChannels).toHaveBeenCalledWith([publicChannel]);
+      expect(fns.setContacts).toHaveBeenCalledWith(contacts);
+    });
+  });
+
   it('tracks unread state for a new non-active incoming message', () => {
     mocks.messageCache.addMessage.mockReturnValue(true);
     const { args } = createRealtimeArgs({