diff --git a/src/App.svelte b/src/App.svelte
index 743b082..123f22f 100644
--- a/src/App.svelte
+++ b/src/App.svelte
@@ -631,26 +631,32 @@
 
   async function autoRefreshTick() {
     if (!autoRefreshEnabled || activeView !== "repository" || !activeRepoPath || isBusy || autoRefreshInFlight || resolveDialogOpen || compareDialogOpen || compareSelectOpen || newBranchCommit || globalSearchOpen) return;
+    const path = activeRepoPath;
     autoRefreshInFlight = true;
     try {
       // Cheap fast path: only fetch status; skip the heavy reload if nothing changed.
-      const nextStatus = await getStatus(activeRepoPath);
+      const nextStatus = await getStatus(path);
+      // The user may have switched repos (or closed this one) while the status
+      // call was in flight — applying a stale result would flash/overwrite the
+      // now-active repo's name and data with this one's.
+      if (!sameRepoPath(path, activeRepoPath)) return;
       if (statusFingerprint(nextStatus) === lastStatusFingerprint) return;
       applyStatus(nextStatus);
       // Something changed — reload branches, commits and files in one bundled call.
-      const bundle = await openRepositoryBundle(activeRepoPath, 100);
+      const bundle = await openRepositoryBundle(path, 100);
+      if (!sameRepoPath(path, activeRepoPath)) return;
       const previousHeadHash = lastFileHistoryHeadHash;
-      await refreshBranchList(activeRepoPath, bundle.branches);
-      await refreshTags(activeRepoPath, bundle.tags);
-      await refreshStashes(activeRepoPath, bundle.stashes);
-      await refreshCommitHistory(activeRepoPath, bundle.commits);
-      await refreshExplorerFiles(activeRepoPath, bundle.files);
+      await refreshBranchList(path, bundle.branches);
+      await refreshTags(path, bundle.tags);
+      await refreshStashes(path, bundle.stashes);
+      await refreshCommitHistory(path, bundle.commits);
+      await refreshExplorerFiles(path, bundle.files);
       // File history reflects `git log`, which only changes when HEAD actually moves
       // (new commit, checkout, merge, ...) — skip the reload otherwise so a plain
       // working-tree/status change (staging, edits) doesn't keep re-fetching and
       // flickering the currently viewed file's history.
-      if (lastFileHistoryHeadHash !== previousHeadHash) {
-        await refreshFileHistory(activeRepoPath);
+      if (lastFileHistoryHeadHash !== previousHeadHash && sameRepoPath(path, activeRepoPath)) {
+        await refreshFileHistory(path);
       }
     } catch { /* ignore transient errors */ } finally {
       autoRefreshInFlight = false;