From fa23ffb53c7d11823790c7a28eb81cdeead6b1fd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "google-labs-jules[bot]"
 <161369871+google-labs-jules[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2026 13:52:14 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] fix(subscriptions): prevent spinner loop on background
 refresh

---
 js/subscriptions.js | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/js/subscriptions.js b/js/subscriptions.js
index b239274d..e3c042a9 100644
--- a/js/subscriptions.js
+++ b/js/subscriptions.js
@@ -860,7 +860,9 @@ class SubscriptionsManager {
       return this.lastResult;
     }
 
-    container.innerHTML = getSidebarLoadingMarkup("Fetching subscriptions…");
+    if (!this.hasRenderedOnce) {
+      container.innerHTML = getSidebarLoadingMarkup("Fetching subscriptions…");
+    }
 
     this.lastRunOptions = {
       actorPubkey: userPubkey,