diff --git a/src/app/pages/client/SyncStatus.tsx b/src/app/pages/client/SyncStatus.tsx
index a6ae01056..d21088388 100644
--- a/src/app/pages/client/SyncStatus.tsx
+++ b/src/app/pages/client/SyncStatus.tsx
@@ -65,12 +65,12 @@ export function SyncStatus({ mx }: SyncStatusProps) {
     );
   }
 
-  if (
-    (stateData.current === SyncState.Prepared ||
-      stateData.current === SyncState.Syncing ||
-      stateData.current === SyncState.Catchup) &&
-    stateData.previous !== SyncState.Syncing
-  ) {
+  // [Gitea #274] Only while catching up after a drop. Upstream also showed it
+  // for PREPARED and for the first SYNCING after PREPARED/RECONNECTING, i.e.
+  // until the NEXT /sync returned: on a quiet account that long-polls ~30 s
+  // while the app already works (a SYNCING means a sync just succeeded).
+  // A real failure still surfaces as Reconnecting / Connection lost.
+  if (stateData.current === SyncState.Catchup) {
     return (
       <Box direction="Column" shrink="No">
         <Box