diff --git a/app/src/resources/__tests__/useNotifyService.test.ts b/app/src/resources/__tests__/useNotifyService.test.ts
index 11b3afcb93d..f2bf6bb516f 100644
--- a/app/src/resources/__tests__/useNotifyService.test.ts
+++ b/app/src/resources/__tests__/useNotifyService.test.ts
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ describe('useNotifyService', () => {
     vi.clearAllMocks()
   })
 
-  it('should trigger a subscribe action on a successful initial mount', () => {
+  it('should trigger an HTTP refetch and subscribe action on a successful initial mount', () => {
     renderHook(() =>
       useNotifyService({
         topic: MOCK_TOPIC,
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ describe('useNotifyService', () => {
         options: MOCK_OPTIONS,
       } as any)
     )
+    expect(mockHTTPRefetch).toHaveBeenCalledWith('once')
     expect(mockDispatch).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
       notifySubscribeAction(MOCK_HOST_CONFIG.hostname, MOCK_TOPIC)
     )
diff --git a/app/src/resources/useNotifyService.ts b/app/src/resources/useNotifyService.ts
index 022ce0407b7..619b797e527 100644
--- a/app/src/resources/useNotifyService.ts
+++ b/app/src/resources/useNotifyService.ts
@@ -51,6 +51,8 @@ export function useNotifyService<TData, TError = Error>({
 
   React.useEffect(() => {
     if (shouldUseNotifications) {
+      // Always fetch on initial mount to keep latency as low as possible.
+      setRefetch('once')
       appShellListener({
         hostname,
         topic,