diff --git a/src/hooks/useVaultLoader.empty-cache.test.ts b/src/hooks/useVaultLoader.empty-cache.test.ts
index c67d5d02..a10209e6 100644
--- a/src/hooks/useVaultLoader.empty-cache.test.ts
+++ b/src/hooks/useVaultLoader.empty-cache.test.ts
@@ -61,6 +61,39 @@ describe('useVaultLoader empty cache recovery', () => {
     mockIsTauri = true
   })
 
+  it('keeps mounted workspace entries visible while a newly active empty workspace loads', async () => {
+    const laputa = { label: 'Laputa', path: '/laputa', alias: 'laputa', available: true, mounted: true }
+    const refactoring = { label: 'Refactoring', path: '/refactoring', alias: 'refactoring', available: true, mounted: true }
+    const commandResults = new Map<string, unknown>([
+      ['reload_vault:/laputa', [makeEntry('/laputa/note/hello.md', 'Laputa Hello')]],
+      ['reload_vault:/refactoring', []],
+      ['list_vault:/refactoring', []],
+      ['get_modified_files:', []],
+      ['list_vault_folders:', []],
+      ['list_views:', []],
+    ])
+
+    backendInvokeFn.mockImplementation((command: string, args?: Record<string, unknown>) => {
+      return Promise.resolve(commandResults.get(commandKey(command, args)) ?? null)
+    })
+
+    const { result, rerender } = renderHook(
+      ({ activePath, vaults }) => useVaultLoader(activePath, vaults, activePath, vaults),
+      { initialProps: { activePath: '/laputa', vaults: [laputa] } },
+    )
+
+    await waitFor(() => {
+      expect(result.current.entries.map((entry) => entry.title)).toEqual(['Laputa Hello'])
+    })
+
+    rerender({ activePath: '/refactoring', vaults: [laputa, refactoring] })
+
+    expect(result.current.entries.map((entry) => entry.title)).toContain('Laputa Hello')
+    await waitFor(() => {
+      expect(result.current.entries.map((entry) => entry.title)).toContain('Laputa Hello')
+    })
+  })
+
   it('reloads a background workspace when its cached startup listing is empty in Tauri mode', async () => {
     const brian = { label: 'Brian', path: '/brian', alias: 'brian', available: true, mounted: true }
     const laputa = { label: 'Laputa', path: '/laputa', alias: 'laputa', available: true, mounted: true }
diff --git a/src/hooks/useVaultLoader.ts b/src/hooks/useVaultLoader.ts
index 62b926a5..b5d3aa89 100644
--- a/src/hooks/useVaultLoader.ts
+++ b/src/hooks/useVaultLoader.ts
@@ -307,18 +307,22 @@ function shouldReuseLoadedWorkspaceEntries(
   return !!loadOptions.vaults?.length && isWorkspacePathLoaded(path)
 }
 
-function resetInitialVaultLoadState(options: InitialVaultLoadEffectOptions, reuseLoadedWorkspaceEntries: boolean) {
+function shouldPreserveWorkspaceEntries(loadOptions: InitialVaultLoadSnapshot): boolean {
+  return !!loadOptions.vaults?.length
+}
+
+function resetInitialVaultLoadState(options: InitialVaultLoadEffectOptions, preserveWorkspaceEntries: boolean) {
   clearPrefetchCache()
   options.setViews([])
   resetVaultState({
     clearNewPaths: options.clearNewPaths,
     clearUnsaved: options.clearUnsaved,
-    setEntries: reuseLoadedWorkspaceEntries ? () => {} : options.setEntries,
+    setEntries: preserveWorkspaceEntries ? () => {} : options.setEntries,
     setFolders: options.setFolders,
     setIsLoading: options.setIsLoading,
     setModifiedFiles: options.setModifiedFiles,
     setModifiedFilesError: options.setModifiedFilesError,
-    setViews: reuseLoadedWorkspaceEntries ? () => {} : options.setViews,
+    setViews: preserveWorkspaceEntries ? () => {} : options.setViews,
   })
   options.resetReloading()
 }
@@ -395,7 +399,8 @@ function useInitialVaultLoad(options: InitialVaultLoadOptions) {
       vaultPath, vaults: loadOptions.vaults,
     }
     const reuseLoadedWorkspaceEntries = shouldReuseLoadedWorkspaceEntries(path, loadOptions, isWorkspacePathLoaded)
-    resetInitialVaultLoadState(effectOptions, reuseLoadedWorkspaceEntries)
+    const preserveWorkspaceEntries = reuseLoadedWorkspaceEntries || shouldPreserveWorkspaceEntries(loadOptions)
+    resetInitialVaultLoadState(effectOptions, preserveWorkspaceEntries)
 
     if (!hasVaultPath({ vaultPath: path })) return