diff --git a/changelog.d/1564-stage-poll.fixed.md b/changelog.d/1564-stage-poll.fixed.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6a7c5725b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/1564-stage-poll.fixed.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+The workflow stage reads `workflow/state` once per 2-second tick while a run is live instead of twice — two effects were polling the same condition. A read the host refuses now shows its error on the stage and retries, instead of ending as an unhandled rejection and painting the stage as "No workflows yet.". ([#1564](https://github.com/ThinkFlowLab/FlyBot/issues/1564))
diff --git a/plugins/workflow/client.js b/plugins/workflow/client.js
index 1d3fa976d..9ca67036d 100644
--- a/plugins/workflow/client.js
+++ b/plugins/workflow/client.js
@@ -1258,10 +1258,12 @@ window.__ModuleLoader__.load({
 
       const stageCall = (name, body, fallback) => settledCall(call, name, body, fallback)
 
+      const [readError, setReadError] = useState('')
+
       const refresh = async () => {
-        const value = await call('workflow/state')
-        if (value && Array.isArray(value.workflows)) setPack(value)
-        else setError(value?.error ?? 'The workflow host did not answer')
+        const value = await stageCall('workflow/state', undefined, 'The workflow host did not answer')
+        if (value && Array.isArray(value.workflows)) { setPack(value); setReadError('') }
+        else setReadError(value?.error ?? 'The workflow host did not answer')
         return value
       }
       
@@ -1299,25 +1301,16 @@ window.__ModuleLoader__.load({
         return () => { root.openWorkflowAssign = prev }
       }, [])
       
+      // One poll: while a run is live, for the Bot replies that advance nodes, and while a
+      // read error is showing, so a refused read is retried. Two effects used to test the
+      // same condition and both fired, so every tick read the whole store twice (#1564).
+      const live = (pack?.workflows ?? []).some(item => (item.activeCount ?? 0) > 0)
       useEffect(() => {
-        const live = (pack?.workflows ?? []).some(item => (item.activeCount ?? 0) > 0)
-        if (!live) return undefined
+        if (!live && !readError) return undefined
         let gone = false
         const timer = setInterval(() => { if (!gone) void refresh() }, 2000)
         return () => { gone = true; clearInterval(timer) }
-      }, [pack])
-      
-      // Refresh when a workflow has active runs - poll for Bot replies advancing nodes
-      useEffect(() => {
-        const active = (pack?.workflows ?? []).filter(item => (item.activeCount ?? 0) > 0)
-        if (active.length === 0) return undefined
-        let gone = false
-        const poll = setInterval(() => {
-          if (gone) return
-          void refresh()
-        }, 2000)
-        return () => { gone = true; clearInterval(poll) }
-      }, [pack?.workflows?.some(item => (item.activeCount ?? 0) > 0)])
+      }, [live, readError])
       
       useEffect(() => {
         if (!openId || typeof document === 'undefined') return undefined
@@ -1438,7 +1431,7 @@ window.__ModuleLoader__.load({
         h('div', { className: 'wf-sec' },
           h('span', null, tr('Workflows')),
           h('button', { type: 'button', className: 'wf-new', onClick: () => setCreating(true) }, tr('New'))),
-        workflows.length === 0 ? h('div', { className: 'wf-muted' }, tr('No workflows yet.')) : null,
+        workflows.length === 0 && !readError ? h('div', { className: 'wf-muted' }, tr('No workflows yet.')) : null,
         workflows.map(item => h('button', {
           key: item.id, type: 'button', className: `wf-row ${openId === item.id ? 'on' : ''}`,
           onClick: () => { setOpenId(item.id) },
@@ -1457,6 +1450,7 @@ window.__ModuleLoader__.load({
           h('span', { className: 'wf-ico' }, glyph()),
           h('span', { className: 'wf-txt' }, h('span', { className: 'wf-t1' }, tr('Hand a task to a Workflow')))),
         error ? h('div', { className: 'wf-err', role: 'alert' }, error) : null,
+        readError ? h('div', { className: 'wf-err', role: 'alert' }, readError) : null,
         open ? portal(h(Stage, {
           workflow: open, roster, stageLeft, drawer, tab, focusedRunId,
           onFocusRun: setFocusedRunId,
diff --git a/plugins/workflow/test/client.test.js b/plugins/workflow/test/client.test.js
index d5449a941..ef83c171a 100644
--- a/plugins/workflow/test/client.test.js
+++ b/plugins/workflow/test/client.test.js
@@ -1383,3 +1383,70 @@ test('the settings page injects the workflow stylesheet without the sidebar sect
     globalThis.document = prev
   }
 })
+
+// The workflow stage polls the store while a run is live, and a read that fails must
+// not be painted as "no workflows" (#1564).
+test('an active run polls the store once per tick, not twice', async (t) => {
+  const graph = delivery()
+  graph.activeCount = 1
+  const reads = []
+  const call = async (name) => {
+    if (name === 'workflow/state') { reads.push(Date.now()); return { workflows: [graph] } }
+    return { ok: true, workflows: [graph] }
+  }
+  const timers = []
+  const realSet = globalThis.setInterval
+  const realClear = globalThis.clearInterval
+  globalThis.setInterval = (fn, ms) => { timers.push({ fn, ms }); return timers.length }
+  globalThis.clearInterval = () => {}
+  try {
+    const view = mount(client.Section, { roster: { bots: [] }, call, actions: {} })
+    t.after(() => view.unmount())
+    await settle()
+    assert.equal(reads.length, 1, 'the first paint reads the store once')
+    assert.equal(timers.length, 1, `exactly one poll is armed for one live run, saw ${timers.length}`)
+    assert.equal(timers[0].ms, 2000)
+    timers[0].fn()
+    await settle()
+    assert.equal(reads.length, 2, 'one tick is one read')
+  } finally {
+    globalThis.setInterval = realSet
+    globalThis.clearInterval = realClear
+  }
+})
+
+test('a failed store read is reported and retried, not painted as no workflows', async (t) => {
+  await withUnhandled(async (unhandled) => {
+    const graph = delivery()
+    let reads = 0
+    const call = async (name) => {
+      if (name === 'workflow/state') {
+        reads += 1
+        if (reads === 1) throw new Error('The workflow store is unreachable')
+        return { workflows: [graph] }
+      }
+      return { ok: true, workflows: [graph] }
+    }
+    const timers = []
+    const realSet = globalThis.setInterval
+    const realClear = globalThis.clearInterval
+    globalThis.setInterval = (fn, ms) => { timers.push({ fn, ms }); return timers.length }
+    globalThis.clearInterval = () => {}
+    try {
+      const view = mount(client.Section, { roster: { bots: [] }, call, actions: {} })
+      t.after(() => view.unmount())
+      await settle()
+      assert.deepEqual(unhandled, [], 'a refused read is not an unhandled rejection')
+      assert.deepEqual(alertsOf(view), ['The workflow store is unreachable'], 'the failure is on screen')
+      assert.equal(htmlOf(view.tree).includes('No workflows yet.'), false, 'a failure is not an empty shelf')
+      assert.equal(timers.length, 1, 'the failed read arms a retry')
+      timers[0].fn()
+      await settle()
+      assert.deepEqual(alertsOf(view), [], 'the retry that succeeds clears the alert')
+      assert.equal(textOf(view.tree).includes('发布交付流水线'), true, 'the workflows are on screen')
+    } finally {
+      globalThis.setInterval = realSet
+      globalThis.clearInterval = realClear
+    }
+  })
+})