diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5fd95fc08..8998ded54 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
 - CLI onboarding: always prompt for WhatsApp `whatsapp.allowFrom` and print (optionally open) the Control UI URL when done.
 - CLI onboarding: detect gateway reachability and annotate Local/Remote choices (helps pick the right mode).
 - macOS settings: colorize provider status subtitles to distinguish healthy vs degraded states.
-- macOS menu: show multi-line gateway error details, avoid duplicate gateway status rows, and auto-recover the control channel on disconnect.
+- macOS menu: show multi-line gateway error details, avoid duplicate gateway status rows, suppress transient `cancelled` device refresh errors, and auto-recover the control channel on disconnect.
 - macOS: log health refresh failures and recovery to make gateway issues easier to diagnose.
 - macOS codesign: skip hardened runtime for ad-hoc signing and avoid empty options args (#70) — thanks @petter-b
 - macOS packaging: move rpath config into swift build for reliability (#69) — thanks @petter-b
diff --git a/apps/macos/Sources/Clawdis/NodesStore.swift b/apps/macos/Sources/Clawdis/NodesStore.swift
index 2c00e15f7..cc647e102 100644
--- a/apps/macos/Sources/Clawdis/NodesStore.swift
+++ b/apps/macos/Sources/Clawdis/NodesStore.swift
@@ -75,10 +75,26 @@ final class NodesStore {
             self.lastError = nil
             self.statusMessage = nil
         } catch {
+            if Self.isCancelled(error) {
+                self.logger.debug("node.list cancelled; keeping last nodes")
+                if self.nodes.isEmpty {
+                    self.statusMessage = "Refreshing devices…"
+                }
+                self.lastError = nil
+                return
+            }
             self.logger.error("node.list failed \(error.localizedDescription, privacy: .public)")
             self.nodes = []
             self.lastError = error.localizedDescription
             self.statusMessage = nil
         }
     }
+
+    private static func isCancelled(_ error: Error) -> Bool {
+        if error is CancellationError { return true }
+        if let urlError = error as? URLError, urlError.code == .cancelled { return true }
+        let nsError = error as NSError
+        if nsError.domain == NSURLErrorDomain, nsError.code == NSURLErrorCancelled { return true }
+        return false
+    }
 }