diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/api/client.ts b/frontend/src/lib/api/client.ts
index 31b97ee..6cd0660 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/api/client.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/api/client.ts
@@ -46,8 +46,8 @@ export class ApiError extends Error {
 let refreshPromise: Promise<void> | null = null;
 
 async function refreshTokens(): Promise<void> {
-	const { refreshToken } = get(authStore);
-	if (!refreshToken) {
+	const attempted = get(authStore).refreshToken;
+	if (!attempted) {
 		endSession();
 		throw new ApiError(401, 'unauthorized', 'Session expired');
 	}
@@ -55,10 +55,15 @@ async function refreshTokens(): Promise<void> {
 	const res = await fetch(`${BASE}/auth/refresh`, {
 		method: 'POST',
 		headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
-		body: JSON.stringify({ refresh_token: refreshToken })
+		body: JSON.stringify({ refresh_token: attempted })
 	});
 
 	if (!res.ok) {
+		// Refresh tokens rotate, so another tab may have already refreshed and
+		// rotated ours out. If a newer token has since synced in from that tab (via
+		// the auth store's storage listener), adopt it and let the caller retry
+		// rather than ending a session that's actually still alive.
+		if (get(authStore).refreshToken !== attempted) return;
 		endSession();
 		throw new ApiError(401, 'unauthorized', 'Session expired');
 	}
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/stores/auth.ts b/frontend/src/lib/stores/auth.ts
index 38b1844..72c08a7 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/stores/auth.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/stores/auth.ts
@@ -25,10 +25,35 @@ function loadStored(): AuthState {
 
 export const authStore = writable<AuthState>(loadStored());
 
+// Persist on change. Compare first so a value that just arrived from another tab
+// (applied by the storage listener below) isn't written straight back, which
+// would risk a storage-event echo between tabs.
 authStore.subscribe((state) => {
-	if (typeof localStorage !== 'undefined') {
-		localStorage.setItem('auth', JSON.stringify(state));
+	if (typeof localStorage === 'undefined') return;
+	const serialized = JSON.stringify(state);
+	if (localStorage.getItem('auth') !== serialized) {
+		localStorage.setItem('auth', serialized);
 	}
 });
 
+// Keep tabs in sync. Refresh tokens rotate on every use (each refresh deletes the
+// old session server-side), so when one tab logs in, refreshes, or logs out, the
+// others must pick up the new tokens — or the cleared session — immediately.
+// Otherwise a second tab would later refresh with a token that's already been
+// rotated away and get bounced to the login screen.
+if (typeof window !== 'undefined') {
+	window.addEventListener('storage', (e) => {
+		if (e.key !== 'auth') return;
+		let next: AuthState = initial;
+		if (e.newValue) {
+			try {
+				next = (JSON.parse(e.newValue) as AuthState) ?? initial;
+			} catch {
+				next = initial;
+			}
+		}
+		authStore.set(next);
+	});
+}
+
 export const isAuthenticated = derived(authStore, ($auth) => !!$auth.accessToken);