diff --git a/app/static/error-handling-enhanced.js b/app/static/error-handling-enhanced.js
index b43fb33c..b2ce2924 100644
--- a/app/static/error-handling-enhanced.js
+++ b/app/static/error-handling-enhanced.js
@@ -56,14 +56,10 @@ class EnhancedErrorHandler {
         // Re-probe when the tab becomes active again (background timers may have gone stale)
         document.addEventListener('visibilitychange', () => {
             if (document.visibilityState === 'visible') {
+                this.beginResumeGrace();
                 this.startHealthProbeInterval();
-                this.checkOnlineStatus({ quiet: true, onResume: true });
-                // Second probe to sweep up errors from resuming background requests
-                setTimeout(() => {
-                    if (document.visibilityState === 'visible') {
-                        this.checkOnlineStatus({ quiet: true, onResume: true });
-                    }
-                }, 1500);
+                this.probeAfterResume();
+                this.dispatchTabResumed();
             } else {
                 this.stopHealthProbeInterval();
             }
@@ -81,6 +77,56 @@ class EnhancedErrorHandler {
         }
     }
 
+    // When the tab wakes up, requests race a burst of reconnects and stale
+    // keep-alive sockets. Treat failures inside this window as transient:
+    // no error toasts, and a later probe clears the state automatically.
+    static RESUME_GRACE_MS = 8000;
+    static TAB_RESUMED_DEBOUNCE_MS = 1500;
+
+    beginResumeGrace() {
+        this._resumeGraceUntil = Date.now() + EnhancedErrorHandler.RESUME_GRACE_MS;
+    }
+
+    inResumeGraceWindow() {
+        return Boolean(this._resumeGraceUntil) && Date.now() < this._resumeGraceUntil;
+    }
+
+    // Probe /api/health several times with short backoff before declaring the
+    // server offline — the first probe right after resume often fails on a
+    // dead keep-alive connection even when the server is healthy.
+    probeAfterResume(attempts = [0, 2000, 5000]) {
+        if (this._resumeProbeToken === undefined) this._resumeProbeToken = 0;
+        const token = ++this._resumeProbeToken;
+
+        const attemptAt = (delays) => {
+            if (token !== this._resumeProbeToken) return;
+            const [delay, ...rest] = delays;
+            setTimeout(() => {
+                if (token !== this._resumeProbeToken || document.visibilityState !== 'visible') return;
+                this.checkOnlineStatus({ quiet: true, onResume: true }).then((healthy) => {
+                    if (token !== this._resumeProbeToken) return;
+                    if (healthy || rest.length === 0) return;
+                    attemptAt(rest);
+                });
+            }, delay);
+        };
+        attemptAt(attempts);
+    }
+
+    // Single debounced signal so widgets (timer bar, notifications) can
+    // refetch authoritative data once the reconnect burst has settled.
+    dispatchTabResumed() {
+        if (this._tabResumedTimer) {
+            clearTimeout(this._tabResumedTimer);
+        }
+        this._tabResumedTimer = setTimeout(() => {
+            this._tabResumedTimer = null;
+            if (document.visibilityState === 'visible') {
+                document.dispatchEvent(new CustomEvent('tt:tab-resumed'));
+            }
+        }, EnhancedErrorHandler.TAB_RESUMED_DEBOUNCE_MS);
+    }
+
     startHealthProbeInterval() {
         if (this._healthProbeTimer) return;
         this._healthProbeTimer = window.setInterval(() => {
@@ -371,6 +417,12 @@ class EnhancedErrorHandler {
     }
 
     async handleFetchError(response, url, options) {
+        // Transient proxy errors right after tab resume: the server is usually
+        // fine again within seconds, so don't alarm the user.
+        if (this.inResumeGraceWindow() && [502, 503, 504].includes(response.status)) {
+            console.debug('Suppressed transient error during tab-resume grace window:', response.status, url);
+            return response;
+        }
         // Clone the response before reading it, so the caller can still read it
         const clonedResponse = response.clone();
         const errorData = await clonedResponse.json().catch(() => ({ error: 'Unknown error' }));
@@ -403,6 +455,17 @@ class EnhancedErrorHandler {
             });
         }
 
+        // Network error on a stale keep-alive connection during the resume
+        // window: callers still get a non-ok response, but no toast — the
+        // resume probes will declare offline if the server is really gone.
+        if (this.inResumeGraceWindow()) {
+            console.debug('Suppressed network error during tab-resume grace window:', url);
+            return new Response(JSON.stringify({ error: 'Reconnecting' }), {
+                status: 503,
+                statusText: 'Reconnecting'
+            });
+        }
+
         const userFriendlyMessage = this.getUserFriendlyMessage(0, error);
         const errorId = this.showErrorWithRetry(userFriendlyMessage, 0, () => {
             return this.retryFetch(url, options);
diff --git a/app/static/floating-timer-bar.js b/app/static/floating-timer-bar.js
index cf0a5490..e4843bdd 100644
--- a/app/static/floating-timer-bar.js
+++ b/app/static/floating-timer-bar.js
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@
                 this.lastFocusFetch = now;
                 this.fetchStatus();
             });
+            document.addEventListener('tt:tab-resumed', () => this.fetchStatus());
             document.addEventListener('click', (evt) => {
                 if (!this.switchPopover || this.switchPopover.classList.contains('hidden')) return;
                 if (this.switchPopover.contains(evt.target)) return;
@@ -177,6 +178,13 @@
                     return;
                 }
                 if (!res.ok) {
+                    // The fetch interceptor converts network errors (stale
+                    // keep-alive connection after tab resume) into synthetic
+                    // 503 responses, so retry those the same as real failures.
+                    if ([502, 503, 504].includes(res.status) && !this._statusRetried) {
+                        this.retryStatusFetchOnce();
+                        return;
+                    }
                     console.warn('FloatingTimerBar: fetch status failed', res.status);
                     return;
                 }
@@ -195,10 +203,24 @@
                 }
                 syncFabDesktopHide(this.timerData);
             } catch (e) {
+                if (!this._statusRetried) {
+                    this.retryStatusFetchOnce();
+                    return;
+                }
                 console.warn('FloatingTimerBar: fetch status failed', e);
             }
         }
 
+        retryStatusFetchOnce() {
+            // Right after tab resume the first fetch can land on a dead
+            // keep-alive connection; one delayed retry recovers transparently.
+            this._statusRetried = true;
+            setTimeout(() => {
+                this._statusRetried = false;
+                this.fetchStatus();
+            }, 1500);
+        }
+
         startElapsedUpdater() {
             this.stopElapsedUpdater();
             const update = () => {
diff --git a/app/static/smart-notifications.js b/app/static/smart-notifications.js
index 12fc9321..a79773a6 100644
--- a/app/static/smart-notifications.js
+++ b/app/static/smart-notifications.js
@@ -314,6 +314,7 @@ class SmartNotificationManager {
         try {
             setTimeout(() => this.pollServerSmartNotifications(), 12000);
             setInterval(() => this.pollServerSmartNotifications(), this._serverSmartPollMs);
+            document.addEventListener('tt:tab-resumed', () => this.pollServerSmartNotifications());
         } catch (e) {
             console.error('[SmartNotifications] server poll init:', e);
         }
diff --git a/tests/test_reconnect_on_resume.py b/tests/test_reconnect_on_resume.py
index c0707f2c..8a1cfc9d 100644
--- a/tests/test_reconnect_on_resume.py
+++ b/tests/test_reconnect_on_resume.py
@@ -27,11 +27,13 @@ def test_error_handler_quiet_health_and_visibility_reconnect():
     assert "startHealthProbeInterval" in content
     assert "/api/health" in content
     assert "if (quiet)" in content
-    # Delayed probes on resume sweep errors from background fetches (#703 / #746)
-    assert "setTimeout" in content
-    assert "1500" in content
-    assert "5000" in content
-    assert content.count("checkOnlineStatus({ quiet: true, onResume: true })") >= 3
+    # Resume probes retry with backoff before declaring the server offline,
+    # and transient failures during the grace window are toast-suppressed
+    assert "probeAfterResume" in content
+    assert "beginResumeGrace" in content
+    assert "inResumeGraceWindow" in content
+    # Debounced signal for widgets to refetch after the reconnect burst settles
+    assert "tt:tab-resumed" in content
 
 
 def test_idle_background_fetches_are_quiet():