diff --git a/frontend/src/main.tsx b/frontend/src/main.tsx
index a07831485..d6a295369 100644
--- a/frontend/src/main.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/main.tsx
@@ -12,6 +12,32 @@ import { ThemeProvider } from '@/hooks/useTheme';
 import { QueryProvider } from '@/api/QueryProvider';
 import { router } from '@/routes';
 
+// A stale tab keeps this entry's old chunk URLs after a deploy. Reload once per
+// panel base path and entry URL; the same bundle must not loop on a real outage.
+const chunkRecoveryKey = `xui:chunk-recovery:${window.X_UI_BASE_PATH || '/'}:${import.meta.url}`;
+let chunkRecoveryCommitted = false;
+
+window.addEventListener('vite:preloadError', (event) => {
+  if (chunkRecoveryCommitted) return;
+  chunkRecoveryCommitted = true;
+  let shouldReload = false;
+  try {
+    if (sessionStorage.getItem(chunkRecoveryKey) == null) {
+      sessionStorage.setItem(chunkRecoveryKey, '1');
+      shouldReload = true;
+    }
+  } catch {
+    chunkRecoveryCommitted = false;
+    return;
+  }
+  if (!shouldReload) {
+    chunkRecoveryCommitted = false;
+    return;
+  }
+  event.preventDefault();
+  location.reload();
+});
+
 setupHttp();
 
 const messageContainer = document.getElementById('message');
diff --git a/frontend/src/test/chunk-recovery.test.tsx b/frontend/src/test/chunk-recovery.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0c8d13879
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/test/chunk-recovery.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,284 @@
+import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, test, vi } from 'vitest';
+
+vi.mock('react-dom/client', () => ({
+  createRoot: () => ({
+    render: () => {},
+    unmount: () => {},
+  }),
+}));
+
+vi.mock('react-router/dom', () => ({
+  RouterProvider: () => null,
+}));
+
+vi.mock('antd', () => ({
+  message: { config: () => {} },
+}));
+
+vi.mock('@/api/http-init', () => ({
+  setupHttp: () => {},
+}));
+
+vi.mock('@/i18n/react', () => ({
+  readyI18n: () => Promise.resolve(),
+}));
+
+vi.mock('@/hooks/useTheme', () => ({
+  ThemeProvider: ({ children }: { children?: unknown }) => children ?? null,
+}));
+
+vi.mock('@/api/QueryProvider', () => ({
+  QueryProvider: ({ children }: { children?: unknown }) => children ?? null,
+}));
+
+vi.mock('@/routes', () => ({
+  router: { routes: [] },
+}));
+
+const PANEL_HREF = 'http://panel.example/secret/panel/inbounds?tab=1#row';
+
+// Same absolute URL main.tsx sees as import.meta.url. Vite rewrites new URL(..., import.meta.url).
+function entryModuleUrl(): string {
+  return import.meta.url.replace(/\/src\/test\/chunk-recovery\.test\.tsx$/, '/src/main.tsx');
+}
+
+function preloadEvent(): Event {
+  return new Event('vite:preloadError', { cancelable: true });
+}
+
+function createStorage(options?: {
+  onSet?: (key: string, value: string) => void;
+  throwOn?: 'getItem' | 'setItem';
+}): Storage {
+  const map = new Map<string, string>();
+  return {
+    get length() {
+      return map.size;
+    },
+    clear() {
+      map.clear();
+    },
+    getItem(key: string) {
+      if (options?.throwOn === 'getItem') throw new DOMException('denied');
+      return map.has(key) ? (map.get(key) ?? null) : null;
+    },
+    key(index: number) {
+      return Array.from(map.keys())[index] ?? null;
+    },
+    removeItem(key: string) {
+      map.delete(key);
+    },
+    setItem(key: string, value: string) {
+      if (options?.throwOn === 'setItem') throw new DOMException('denied');
+      options?.onSet?.(key, value);
+      map.set(key, String(value));
+    },
+  };
+}
+
+function useStorage(storage: Storage) {
+  Object.defineProperty(window, 'sessionStorage', {
+    configurable: true,
+    value: storage,
+  });
+}
+
+function storageKeys(): string[] {
+  const keys: string[] = [];
+  for (let i = 0; i < sessionStorage.length; i += 1) {
+    const key = sessionStorage.key(i);
+    if (key != null) keys.push(key);
+  }
+  return keys;
+}
+
+function installLocation(reload: ReturnType<typeof vi.fn>, href = PANEL_HREF) {
+  const url = new URL(href);
+  const assign = vi.fn();
+  const replace = vi.fn();
+  Object.defineProperty(window, 'location', {
+    configurable: true,
+    value: {
+      href,
+      origin: url.origin,
+      pathname: url.pathname,
+      search: url.search,
+      hash: url.hash,
+      reload,
+      assign,
+      replace,
+    },
+  });
+  return { assign, replace };
+}
+
+const tracked: Array<{ type: string; listener: EventListenerOrEventListenerObject }> = [];
+let restoreAdd: typeof window.addEventListener | undefined;
+
+function startTracking() {
+  const current = window.addEventListener.bind(window);
+  restoreAdd = current;
+  window.addEventListener = ((
+    type: string,
+    listener: EventListenerOrEventListenerObject | null,
+    options?: boolean | AddEventListenerOptions,
+  ) => {
+    if (listener) tracked.push({ type, listener });
+    current(type, listener as EventListenerOrEventListenerObject, options);
+  }) as typeof window.addEventListener;
+}
+
+function stopTracking() {
+  const remove = window.removeEventListener.bind(window);
+  for (const entry of tracked) remove(entry.type, entry.listener);
+  if (restoreAdd) window.addEventListener = restoreAdd;
+  restoreAdd = undefined;
+  tracked.length = 0;
+}
+
+async function boot(): Promise<void> {
+  await import('@/main');
+  await Promise.resolve();
+}
+
+describe('stale chunk recovery', () => {
+  let reload: ReturnType<typeof vi.fn>;
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    vi.resetModules();
+    reload = vi.fn();
+    useStorage(createStorage());
+    installLocation(reload);
+    window.X_UI_BASE_PATH = '/secret/';
+    document.body.innerHTML = '<div id="message"></div><div id="app"></div>';
+    startTracking();
+  });
+
+  afterEach(() => {
+    stopTracking();
+    delete window.X_UI_BASE_PATH;
+    vi.clearAllMocks();
+  });
+
+  test('reloads once for a preload failure and ignores a re-entrant one', async () => {
+    let nested: Event | undefined;
+    useStorage(
+      createStorage({
+        onSet() {
+          if (nested) return;
+          nested = preloadEvent();
+          window.dispatchEvent(nested);
+        },
+      }),
+    );
+    const navigation = installLocation(reload);
+    let duringReload = '';
+    reload.mockImplementation(() => {
+      duringReload = storageKeys().join('\n');
+    });
+
+    await boot();
+    const event = preloadEvent();
+    window.dispatchEvent(event);
+
+    expect(entryModuleUrl()).toMatch(/^(https?:|file:)/);
+    expect(duringReload).toContain(entryModuleUrl());
+    expect(duringReload).toContain('/secret/');
+    expect(reload).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(event.defaultPrevented).toBe(true);
+    expect(nested?.defaultPrevented).toBe(false);
+    expect(window.location.href).toBe(PANEL_HREF);
+    expect(navigation.assign).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(navigation.replace).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+
+    const repeat = preloadEvent();
+    window.dispatchEvent(repeat);
+    expect(reload).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(repeat.defaultPrevented).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  test('a second bootstrap of the same entry does not reload or hide the error', async () => {
+    await boot();
+    window.dispatchEvent(preloadEvent());
+    expect(reload).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    const saved = storageKeys();
+    expect(saved).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(saved[0]).toContain(entryModuleUrl());
+
+    vi.resetModules();
+    await boot();
+    expect(storageKeys()).toEqual(saved);
+
+    const again = preloadEvent();
+    window.dispatchEvent(again);
+    expect(reload).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(again.defaultPrevented).toBe(false);
+    expect(storageKeys()).toEqual(saved);
+  });
+
+  test('another base path and a later entry bundle each recover once', async () => {
+    window.X_UI_BASE_PATH = '/alpha/';
+    await boot();
+    window.dispatchEvent(preloadEvent());
+    expect(reload).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    const [alphaKey] = storageKeys();
+    expect(alphaKey).toContain('/alpha/');
+    expect(alphaKey).toContain(entryModuleUrl());
+
+    vi.resetModules();
+    window.X_UI_BASE_PATH = '/beta/';
+    await boot();
+    window.dispatchEvent(preloadEvent());
+    expect(reload).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
+    const both = storageKeys();
+    expect(both).toContain(alphaKey);
+    const betaKey = both.find((key) => key !== alphaKey);
+    expect(betaKey).toContain('/beta/');
+    expect(betaKey).toContain(entryModuleUrl());
+
+    sessionStorage.clear();
+    const laterEntry = 'https://panel.example/beta/assets/index-later.js';
+    const laterKey = betaKey!.replace(entryModuleUrl(), laterEntry);
+    expect(laterKey).not.toContain(entryModuleUrl());
+    sessionStorage.setItem(laterKey, '1');
+    vi.resetModules();
+    await boot();
+    window.dispatchEvent(preloadEvent());
+    expect(reload).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(3);
+    const recovered = storageKeys();
+    expect(recovered).toContain(laterKey);
+    expect(recovered).toContain(betaKey);
+
+    const spent = preloadEvent();
+    window.dispatchEvent(spent);
+    expect(reload).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(3);
+    expect(spent.defaultPrevented).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  test.each(['getItem', 'setItem'] as const)(
+    'sessionStorage.%s throwing leaves the preload error unsuppressed',
+    async (method) => {
+      useStorage(createStorage({ throwOn: method }));
+      await expect(boot()).resolves.toBeUndefined();
+
+      const event = preloadEvent();
+      expect(() => window.dispatchEvent(event)).not.toThrow();
+      expect(reload).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+      expect(event.defaultPrevented).toBe(false);
+
+      const again = preloadEvent();
+      window.dispatchEvent(again);
+      expect(reload).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+      expect(again.defaultPrevented).toBe(false);
+    },
+  );
+
+  test('runtime errors and navigation do not reload the document', async () => {
+    await boot();
+    window.dispatchEvent(new ErrorEvent('error', { message: 'render failed', cancelable: true }));
+    window.dispatchEvent(new Event('unhandledrejection', { cancelable: true }));
+    window.dispatchEvent(new PopStateEvent('popstate', { state: { page: 'hosts' } }));
+    expect(reload).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(storageKeys()).toEqual([]);
+  });
+});