diff --git a/ui/src/components/sidebar-attention.test.ts b/ui/src/components/sidebar-attention.test.ts
index d981c0b0b6b9..3c5842873054 100644
--- a/ui/src/components/sidebar-attention.test.ts
+++ b/ui/src/components/sidebar-attention.test.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,13 @@
 /* @vitest-environment jsdom */
 
 import { afterEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
+import type { GatewayBrowserClient } from "../api/gateway.ts";
+import type { CronJob, ModelAuthStatusResult } from "../api/types.ts";
+import type { ApplicationContext, ApplicationGateway } from "../app/context.ts";
 import type { ExecApprovalRequest } from "../app/exec-approval.ts";
+import { createApplicationContextProvider } from "../test-helpers/application-context.ts";
+import { createStorageMock as createTestStorageMock } from "../test-helpers/storage.ts";
+import { waitForFast } from "../test-helpers/wait-for.ts";
 import {
   addDismissal,
   dismissalStoreKey,
@@ -9,6 +15,37 @@ import {
   type SidebarAttentionKind,
 } from "./sidebar-attention-dismissals.ts";
 import { buildSidebarAttentionItems } from "./sidebar-attention-items.ts";
+import "./sidebar-attention.ts";
+
+function deferred<T>() {
+  let resolve!: (value: T) => void;
+  const promise = new Promise<T>((next) => {
+    resolve = next;
+  });
+  return { promise, resolve };
+}
+
+function cronJob(id: string): CronJob {
+  return {
+    id,
+    name: id,
+    enabled: true,
+    createdAtMs: 0,
+    updatedAtMs: 0,
+    schedule: { kind: "every", everyMs: 60_000 },
+    sessionTarget: "isolated",
+    wakeMode: "now",
+    payload: { kind: "agentTurn", message: "test" },
+    state: { lastRunStatus: "error" },
+  };
+}
+
+type SidebarAttentionElement = HTMLElement & {
+  updateComplete: Promise<boolean>;
+  cronJobs: CronJob[];
+  modelAuthStatus: ModelAuthStatusResult | null;
+  loadedAtMs: number;
+};
 
 function approval(id: string): ExecApprovalRequest {
   return {
@@ -57,6 +94,98 @@ describe("pending approval attention", () => {
   });
 });
 
+describe("sidebar attention refresh ownership", () => {
+  afterEach(() => {
+    document.body.replaceChildren();
+    vi.restoreAllMocks();
+    vi.unstubAllGlobals();
+  });
+
+  it("keeps the latest refresh when an older load on the same client finishes last", async () => {
+    const firstCron = deferred<unknown>();
+    const firstAuth = deferred<unknown>();
+    const secondCron = deferred<unknown>();
+    const secondAuth = deferred<unknown>();
+    const responses = {
+      "cron.list": [firstCron, secondCron],
+      "models.authStatus": [firstAuth, secondAuth],
+    };
+    const request = vi.fn((method: keyof typeof responses) => {
+      const response = responses[method].shift();
+      if (!response) {
+        throw new Error(`Unexpected request: ${method}`);
+      }
+      return response.promise;
+    });
+    const client = { request } as unknown as GatewayBrowserClient;
+    const snapshot = {
+      client,
+      connected: true,
+      reconnecting: false,
+      hello: null,
+      assistantAgentId: "main",
+      sessionKey: "agent:main:main",
+      lastError: null,
+      lastErrorCode: null,
+    };
+    const gateway = {
+      snapshot,
+      connection: {
+        gatewayUrl: "ws://gateway.test",
+        token: "",
+        bootstrapToken: "",
+        password: "",
+      },
+      subscribe: () => () => undefined,
+    } as unknown as ApplicationGateway;
+    const overlays = {
+      snapshot: { approvalQueue: [] },
+      subscribe: () => () => undefined,
+    } as unknown as ApplicationContext["overlays"];
+    const storage = createTestStorageMock();
+    vi.stubGlobal("localStorage", storage);
+    localStorage.setItem(
+      dismissalStoreKey(gateway.connection.gatewayUrl),
+      JSON.stringify({ cronFailed: "current" }),
+    );
+    vi.spyOn(document, "visibilityState", "get").mockReturnValue("visible");
+    let now = 120_000;
+    vi.spyOn(Date, "now").mockImplementation(() => now);
+
+    const provider = createApplicationContextProvider({ gateway, overlays } as ApplicationContext);
+    const element = document.createElement("openclaw-sidebar-attention") as SidebarAttentionElement;
+    provider.append(element);
+    document.body.append(provider);
+    await waitForFast(() => expect(request).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2));
+
+    document.dispatchEvent(new Event("visibilitychange"));
+    await waitForFast(() => expect(request).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(4));
+
+    const currentAuth = { ts: 2, providers: [] } as ModelAuthStatusResult;
+    now = 200_000;
+    secondCron.resolve({ jobs: [cronJob("current")] });
+    secondAuth.resolve(currentAuth);
+    await waitForFast(() => expect(element.loadedAtMs).toBe(200_000));
+    expect(element.cronJobs.map((job) => job.id)).toEqual(["current"]);
+    expect(element.modelAuthStatus).toBe(currentAuth);
+    expect(localStorage.getItem(dismissalStoreKey(gateway.connection.gatewayUrl))).not.toBeNull();
+
+    now = 300_000;
+    firstCron.resolve({ jobs: [cronJob("stale")] });
+    firstAuth.resolve({ ts: 1, providers: [] });
+    await Promise.all([firstCron.promise, firstAuth.promise]);
+    await new Promise<void>((resolve) => {
+      globalThis.setTimeout(resolve, 0);
+    });
+    await element.updateComplete;
+
+    expect(element.cronJobs.map((job) => job.id)).toEqual(["current"]);
+    expect(element.modelAuthStatus).toBe(currentAuth);
+    expect(element.loadedAtMs).toBe(200_000);
+    expect(localStorage.getItem(dismissalStoreKey(gateway.connection.gatewayUrl))).not.toBeNull();
+  });
+});
+
 describe("pruneDismissals", () => {
   const chip = (kind: SidebarAttentionKind, signature: string) => ({ kind, signature });
 
diff --git a/ui/src/components/sidebar-attention.ts b/ui/src/components/sidebar-attention.ts
index 079509b80a48..79aa4e797060 100644
--- a/ui/src/components/sidebar-attention.ts
+++ b/ui/src/components/sidebar-attention.ts
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ class SidebarAttention extends OpenClawLightDomContentsElement {
   @property({ attribute: false }) onOpenApprovals?: () => void;
 
   private loadedClient: GatewayBrowserClient | null = null;
+  private loadGeneration = 0;
   private loadedAtMs = 0;
   private dismissedScope: string | null = null;
   private idleRefreshTimer: ReturnType<typeof globalThis.setInterval> | null = null;
@@ -101,6 +102,7 @@ class SidebarAttention extends OpenClawLightDomContentsElement {
       this.idleRefreshTimer = null;
     }
     this.subscriptions.clear();
+    this.loadGeneration += 1;
     this.loadedClient = null;
     super.disconnectedCallback();
   }
@@ -113,6 +115,7 @@ class SidebarAttention extends OpenClawLightDomContentsElement {
       this.dismissed = loadDismissals(gatewayUrl);
     }
     if (!snapshot.connected || !snapshot.client) {
+      this.loadGeneration += 1;
       this.loadedClient = null;
       this.cronJobs = [];
       this.modelAuthStatus = null;
@@ -122,12 +125,20 @@ class SidebarAttention extends OpenClawLightDomContentsElement {
       return;
     }
     this.loadedClient = snapshot.client;
-    void this.load(gateway, snapshot.client);
+    // Stale refreshes reuse the same client, so identity alone cannot retire
+    // an older completion once the replacement load starts.
+    const generation = ++this.loadGeneration;
+    void this.load(gateway, snapshot.client, generation);
   }
 
-  private async load(gateway: ApplicationContext["gateway"], client: GatewayBrowserClient) {
+  private async load(
+    gateway: ApplicationContext["gateway"],
+    client: GatewayBrowserClient,
+    generation: number,
+  ) {
     const isCurrent = () =>
       this.isConnected &&
+      this.loadGeneration === generation &&
       this.loadedClient === client &&
       gateway.snapshot.client === client &&
       gateway.snapshot.connected;