diff --git a/.changeset/storage-plugin-reload-discovery.md b/.changeset/storage-plugin-reload-discovery.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0ca0b927
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/storage-plugin-reload-discovery.md
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+'@rozenite/storage-plugin': patch
+---
+
+Fix the Storage panel losing its storages after an app reload. The device now
+announces itself once it is listening, so the panel runs discovery again instead
+of waiting forever on a request that was sent before the app finished mounting.
diff --git a/packages/storage-plugin/src/react-native/useRozeniteStoragePlugin.ts b/packages/storage-plugin/src/react-native/useRozeniteStoragePlugin.ts
index 7e926713..31590331 100644
--- a/packages/storage-plugin/src/react-native/useRozeniteStoragePlugin.ts
+++ b/packages/storage-plugin/src/react-native/useRozeniteStoragePlugin.ts
@@ -196,6 +196,13 @@ export const useRozeniteStoragePlugin = ({ storages }: RozeniteStoragePluginOpti
       }),
     ];
 
+    // Sent last, so a panel that reacts to it is guaranteed to find the
+    // handlers above already listening. The panel is recreated on every app
+    // reload and asks for storages as soon as it boots, which usually beats the
+    // app's React tree to the punch; without this the panel's only request is
+    // dropped and it waits for storages forever.
+    client.send('device-ready', { type: 'device-ready' });
+
     return () => {
       disposed = true;
       viewSubscriptions.forEach((subscription) => subscription.remove());
diff --git a/packages/storage-plugin/src/shared/messaging.ts b/packages/storage-plugin/src/shared/messaging.ts
index fab3e190..0a13ede6 100644
--- a/packages/storage-plugin/src/shared/messaging.ts
+++ b/packages/storage-plugin/src/shared/messaging.ts
@@ -30,6 +30,16 @@ export type StorageInvalidatedEvent = {
   entryCount: number;
 };
 
+/**
+ * Announced by the device once it is listening for panel requests. The panel is
+ * recreated on every app reload and asks for storages immediately, which can
+ * land before the app's React tree has mounted the plugin; this lets the panel
+ * ask again instead of waiting forever on a dropped request.
+ */
+export type StorageDeviceReadyEvent = {
+  type: 'device-ready';
+};
+
 export type StorageDiscoverStoragesRequestEvent = {
   type: 'discover-storages';
   requestId: string;
@@ -149,6 +159,7 @@ export type StorageEvent =
   | StorageDeleteEntryEvent
   | StoragePurgeEvent
   | StorageInvalidatedEvent
+  | StorageDeviceReadyEvent
   | StorageDiscoverStoragesRequestEvent
   | StorageDiscoverStoragesResponseEvent
   | StorageListEntryPreviewsRequestEvent
diff --git a/packages/storage-plugin/src/ui/__tests__/panel.test.tsx b/packages/storage-plugin/src/ui/__tests__/panel.test.tsx
index 69eac1f1..a19449eb 100644
--- a/packages/storage-plugin/src/ui/__tests__/panel.test.tsx
+++ b/packages/storage-plugin/src/ui/__tests__/panel.test.tsx
@@ -186,8 +186,10 @@ const renderPanel = async () => {
   await act(async () => root.render(<StoragePanel />));
   return { root, container };
 };
+const discoveryRequests = () =>
+  mocks.client.send.mock.calls.filter(([type]) => type === 'discover-storages');
 const discover = async () => {
-  const request = mocks.client.send.mock.calls.find(([type]) => type === 'discover-storages')?.[1];
+  const request = discoveryRequests().at(-1)?.[1];
   await act(async () =>
     mocks.emit('storage-descriptors', {
       type: 'storage-descriptors',
@@ -362,4 +364,19 @@ describe('StoragePanel preview query cutover', () => {
     await vi.waitFor(() => expect(mocks.client.request).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2));
     await act(async () => root.unmount());
   });
+
+  // The panel is recreated on every app reload and asks for storages before the
+  // app's React tree has mounted the plugin, so its first request is dropped.
+  it('runs discovery again when the device announces itself', async () => {
+    const { root, container } = await renderPanel();
+    expect(discoveryRequests()).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(container.textContent).toContain('Waiting for storages');
+
+    await act(async () => mocks.emit('device-ready', { type: 'device-ready' }));
+    expect(discoveryRequests()).toHaveLength(2);
+    await discover();
+
+    expect(container.textContent).toContain('First');
+    await act(async () => root.unmount());
+  });
 });
diff --git a/packages/storage-plugin/src/ui/panel.tsx b/packages/storage-plugin/src/ui/panel.tsx
index a3716b80..67cebb53 100644
--- a/packages/storage-plugin/src/ui/panel.tsx
+++ b/packages/storage-plugin/src/ui/panel.tsx
@@ -141,6 +141,14 @@ function StoragePanelContent() {
   useEffect(() => {
     if (!client) return;
 
+    const requestDiscovery = () => {
+      discoveryRequestIdRef.current += 1;
+      client.send('discover-storages', {
+        type: 'discover-storages',
+        requestId: `discovery-${discoveryRequestIdRef.current}`,
+      });
+    };
+
     const descriptorsSubscription = client.onMessage(
       'storage-descriptors',
       (event: StorageDiscoverStoragesResponseEvent) => {
@@ -228,16 +236,21 @@ function StoragePanelContent() {
       },
     );
 
-    discoveryRequestIdRef.current += 1;
-    client.send('discover-storages', {
-      type: 'discover-storages',
-      requestId: `discovery-${discoveryRequestIdRef.current}`,
+    // The device announces itself once it is listening. It reconnects on every
+    // app reload, so discovery has to run again — the descriptors and cached
+    // entries the panel holds belong to the previous JS context.
+    const deviceReadySubscription = client.onMessage('device-ready', () => {
+      void queryClient.resetQueries();
+      requestDiscovery();
     });
+
+    requestDiscovery();
     return () => {
       descriptorsSubscription.remove();
       importProgressSubscription.remove();
       importResultSubscription.remove();
       invalidationSubscription.remove();
+      deviceReadySubscription.remove();
     };
   }, [client, queryClient]);