diff --git a/client/src/components/Settings/ToggleSwitch.test.tsx b/client/src/components/Settings/ToggleSwitch.test.tsx
index 88a3d205a..692dc188e 100644
--- a/client/src/components/Settings/ToggleSwitch.test.tsx
+++ b/client/src/components/Settings/ToggleSwitch.test.tsx
@@ -64,4 +64,26 @@ describe('ToggleSwitch', () => {
     rerender(<ToggleSwitch on={true} onToggle={() => {}} />);
     expect(button.querySelector('span')!.style.left).toBe('22px');
   });
+
+  it('FE-COMP-TOGGLESWITCH-009: a disabled switch is out of reach and says so', async () => {
+    const user = userEvent.setup();
+    const onToggle = vi.fn();
+    render(<ToggleSwitch on={false} onToggle={onToggle} disabled />);
+    const button = screen.getByRole('button');
+    expect(button).toBeDisabled();
+    expect(button).toHaveAttribute('aria-disabled', 'true');
+    expect(button.style.cursor).toBe('not-allowed');
+    await user.click(button);
+    await user.tab();
+    expect(onToggle).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(button).not.toHaveFocus();
+  });
+
+  it('FE-COMP-TOGGLESWITCH-010: an enabled switch keeps the pointer and no aria-disabled', () => {
+    render(<ToggleSwitch on={false} onToggle={() => {}} />);
+    const button = screen.getByRole('button');
+    expect(button).toBeEnabled();
+    expect(button).not.toHaveAttribute('aria-disabled');
+    expect(button.style.cursor).toBe('pointer');
+  });
 });
diff --git a/client/src/components/Settings/ToggleSwitch.tsx b/client/src/components/Settings/ToggleSwitch.tsx
index a19040e9a..932674627 100644
--- a/client/src/components/Settings/ToggleSwitch.tsx
+++ b/client/src/components/Settings/ToggleSwitch.tsx
@@ -5,16 +5,18 @@ const EASE = 'cubic-bezier(0.32, 0.72, 0, 1)'
 
 /**
  * `describedBy` names the element that explains the switch, for a switch whose label alone
- * does not say what flipping it changes.
+ * does not say what flipping it changes. `disabled` takes it out of the tab order and tells
+ * assistive tech it cannot act; the caller dims it and says why.
  */
-export default function ToggleSwitch({ on, onToggle, label, describedBy }: { on: boolean; onToggle: () => void; label?: string; describedBy?: string }) {
+export default function ToggleSwitch({ on, onToggle, label, describedBy, disabled = false }: { on: boolean; onToggle: () => void; label?: string; describedBy?: string; disabled?: boolean }) {
   return (
     <button type="button" onClick={onToggle} aria-pressed={on} aria-label={label} aria-describedby={describedBy}
+      disabled={disabled} aria-disabled={disabled || undefined}
       // A keyboard focus ring in the text colour, like the fields; the pointer gets none.
       className="group outline-none focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-[color:var(--text-primary)] focus-visible:ring-offset-2 focus-visible:ring-offset-[color:var(--bg-card)]"
       style={{
         position: 'relative', width: 44, height: 24, minWidth: 44, flexShrink: 0,
-        borderRadius: 12, border: 'none', padding: 0, cursor: 'pointer',
+        borderRadius: 12, border: 'none', padding: 0, cursor: disabled ? 'not-allowed' : 'pointer',
         background: on ? 'var(--accent, #111827)' : 'var(--border-primary, #d1d5db)',
         boxShadow: 'inset 0 1px 2px color-mix(in srgb, var(--text-primary) 12%, transparent)',
         transition: `background 0.2s ${EASE}`,
diff --git a/client/src/components/Settings/WandererConnectionSection.tsx b/client/src/components/Settings/WandererConnectionSection.tsx
index 227f878ff..58cf6a22c 100644
--- a/client/src/components/Settings/WandererConnectionSection.tsx
+++ b/client/src/components/Settings/WandererConnectionSection.tsx
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ export default function WandererConnectionSection(): React.ReactElement {
         </div>
       )}
 
-      <WandererWatchRow connected={S.connected} />
+      <WandererWatchRow refreshKey={S.checkKey} />
     </Section>
   );
 }
diff --git a/client/src/components/Settings/WandererWatchRow.test.tsx b/client/src/components/Settings/WandererWatchRow.test.tsx
index ab6d31311..37dfd8714 100644
--- a/client/src/components/Settings/WandererWatchRow.test.tsx
+++ b/client/src/components/Settings/WandererWatchRow.test.tsx
@@ -54,20 +54,23 @@ beforeEach(() => {
 describe('WandererWatchRow (WAN-02)', () => {
   it('is off by default and dimmed, not hidden, without a connection', async () => {
     repo.getWatch.mockResolvedValue({ ...off, connected: false });
-    render(<WandererWatchRow connected={false} />);
+    render(<WandererWatchRow refreshKey="false||" />);
     await waitFor(() => expect(repo.getWatch).toHaveBeenCalled());
     const toggle = await screen.findByRole('button', { name: 'Check my trails for changes', pressed: false });
     expect(toggle).toHaveAttribute('aria-pressed', 'false');
-    expect(toggle.closest('[aria-disabled="true"]')).not.toBeNull();
+    expect(toggle).toBeDisabled();
+    expect(toggle).toHaveAttribute('aria-disabled', 'true');
+    await userEvent.tab();
+    expect(toggle).not.toHaveFocus();
     expect(screen.queryByTestId('wanderer-watch-status')).toBeNull();
   });
 
   it('switches on at once and then says when it last looked', async () => {
     repo.getWatch.mockResolvedValue(off);
     repo.setWatch.mockResolvedValue({ ...off, enabled: true });
-    render(<WandererWatchRow connected />);
+    render(<WandererWatchRow refreshKey="true||" />);
     const toggle = await screen.findByRole('button', { name: 'Check my trails for changes', pressed: false });
-    await waitFor(() => expect(toggle.closest('[aria-disabled="true"]')).toBeNull());
+    await waitFor(() => expect(toggle).toBeEnabled());
     await userEvent.click(toggle);
     expect(repo.setWatch).toHaveBeenCalledWith(true);
     expect(await screen.findByText('Not looked yet')).toBeInTheDocument();
@@ -76,7 +79,7 @@ describe('WandererWatchRow (WAN-02)', () => {
 
   it('counts the open hints on the button and opens each tour from the dialog', async () => {
     repo.getWatch.mockResolvedValue({ ...off, enabled: true, lastRunAt: '2026-10-20T10:00:00Z', hints });
-    render(<WandererWatchRow connected />);
+    render(<WandererWatchRow refreshKey="true||" />);
     expect(await screen.findByTestId('wanderer-hint-count')).toHaveTextContent('2');
     await userEvent.click(screen.getByRole('button', { name: /Hints/ }));
 
@@ -95,7 +98,7 @@ describe('WandererWatchRow (WAN-02)', () => {
 
   it('names a refused token instead of a last look', async () => {
     repo.getWatch.mockResolvedValue({ ...off, enabled: true, blocked: true });
-    render(<WandererWatchRow connected />);
+    render(<WandererWatchRow refreshKey="true||" />);
     expect(await screen.findByText('Token refused')).toBeInTheDocument();
   });
 });
diff --git a/client/src/components/Settings/WandererWatchRow.tsx b/client/src/components/Settings/WandererWatchRow.tsx
index aebc1b874..3680288b8 100644
--- a/client/src/components/Settings/WandererWatchRow.tsx
+++ b/client/src/components/Settings/WandererWatchRow.tsx
@@ -13,12 +13,22 @@ import { useWandererWatch, type WandererWatchController } from './useWandererWat
 function WatchSwitch({ W }: { W: WandererWatchController }) {
   const { t } = useTranslation();
   const toggle = (
-    <ToggleSwitch on={W.enabled} onToggle={() => void W.toggle()} label={t('wanderer.watch.label')} />
+    <ToggleSwitch
+      on={W.enabled}
+      onToggle={() => void W.toggle()}
+      label={t('wanderer.watch.label')}
+      disabled={!W.available}
+    />
   );
   if (W.available) return toggle;
+  // A disabled button takes no focus and, in some browsers, no hover either, so
+  // the reason sits on a focusable wrapper the tooltip listens to.
   return (
     <Tooltip label={t('wanderer.watch.notConnected')}>
-      <span className="inline-flex opacity-50" aria-disabled="true">
+      <span
+        tabIndex={0}
+        className="inline-flex cursor-not-allowed rounded-full opacity-50 outline-none focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-[color:var(--text-primary)] focus-visible:ring-offset-2 focus-visible:ring-offset-[color:var(--bg-card)]"
+      >
         <span className="pointer-events-none inline-flex">{toggle}</span>
       </span>
     </Tooltip>
@@ -62,9 +72,9 @@ function HintsButton({ W }: { W: WandererWatchController }) {
  * own imported trails. Off until switched on; while on, what it last did and
  * its open hints, which open in a dialog that leads to each tour.
  */
-export default function WandererWatchRow({ connected }: { connected: boolean }): React.ReactElement {
+export default function WandererWatchRow({ refreshKey }: { refreshKey: string }): React.ReactElement {
   const { t } = useTranslation();
-  const W = useWandererWatch(connected);
+  const W = useWandererWatch(refreshKey);
   return (
     <SettingRows>
       <SettingRow
diff --git a/client/src/components/Settings/useWandererConnection.ts b/client/src/components/Settings/useWandererConnection.ts
index dbb7c4946..991ee4c53 100644
--- a/client/src/components/Settings/useWandererConnection.ts
+++ b/client/src/components/Settings/useWandererConnection.ts
@@ -129,6 +129,13 @@ export function useWandererConnection() {
     saved?.lastCheckedAt && saved.lastCheckOk === false && saved.lastCheckError
       ? errorText(saved.lastCheckError)
       : null;
+  /**
+   * Changes whenever the server's view of the connection does: connecting,
+   * disconnecting, a saved token (which clears the last check) or a test that
+   * stored a new result. The watch row re-reads itself on it, since each of
+   * those can lift or set its "token refused" state.
+   */
+  const checkKey = `${connected}|${saved?.lastCheckedAt ?? ''}|${saved?.lastCheckOk ?? ''}`;
 
   return {
     url,
@@ -145,6 +152,7 @@ export function useWandererConnection() {
     tokenInvalid,
     canSave,
     lastCheck,
+    checkKey,
     save,
     test,
     disconnect,
diff --git a/client/src/components/Settings/useWandererWatch.test.ts b/client/src/components/Settings/useWandererWatch.test.ts
index c88b4a09b..f345c6edf 100644
--- a/client/src/components/Settings/useWandererWatch.test.ts
+++ b/client/src/components/Settings/useWandererWatch.test.ts
@@ -75,18 +75,32 @@ describe('watchStatusOf (WAN-02)', () => {
 
 describe('useWandererWatch (WAN-02)', () => {
   it('loads with the card and again when the connection comes or goes', async () => {
-    const { result, rerender } = renderHook(({ connected }) => useWandererWatch(connected), {
-      initialProps: { connected: true },
+    const { result, rerender } = renderHook(({ refreshKey }) => useWandererWatch(refreshKey), {
+      initialProps: { refreshKey: 'true||' },
     });
     await waitFor(() => expect(result.current.available).toBe(true));
     expect(result.current.enabled).toBe(false);
     expect(result.current.status).toBeNull();
-    rerender({ connected: false });
+    rerender({ refreshKey: 'true||' });
+    expect(repo.getWatch).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    rerender({ refreshKey: 'false||' });
     await waitFor(() => expect(repo.getWatch).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2));
   });
 
+  it('drops a refused token once a connection test passes, without a reload', async () => {
+    repo.getWatch.mockResolvedValueOnce({ ...off, enabled: true, blocked: true, pausedUntil: '2999-01-01T00:00:00Z' });
+    repo.getWatch.mockResolvedValueOnce({ ...off, enabled: true, lastRunAt: '2026-10-20T10:00:00Z' });
+    const { result, rerender } = renderHook(({ refreshKey }) => useWandererWatch(refreshKey), {
+      initialProps: { refreshKey: 'true|2026-10-20T09:00:00Z|false' },
+    });
+    await waitFor(() => expect(result.current.status?.text).toBe('wanderer.watch.blocked'));
+    rerender({ refreshKey: 'true|2026-10-20T11:00:00Z|true' });
+    await waitFor(() => expect(result.current.status?.tone).toBe('neutral'));
+    expect(result.current.status?.text).toMatch(/^wanderer\.watch\.lastRun/);
+  });
+
   it('switches at once, and says so either way', async () => {
-    const { result } = renderHook(() => useWandererWatch(true));
+    const { result } = renderHook(() => useWandererWatch('true||'));
     await waitFor(() => expect(result.current.available).toBe(true));
     await act(async () => {
       await result.current.toggle();
@@ -105,7 +119,7 @@ describe('useWandererWatch (WAN-02)', () => {
 
   it('leaves the switch alone without a connection, or when the watch could not be read', async () => {
     repo.getWatch.mockResolvedValueOnce({ ...off, connected: false });
-    const { result } = renderHook(() => useWandererWatch(false));
+    const { result } = renderHook(() => useWandererWatch('false||'));
     await waitFor(() => expect(repo.getWatch).toHaveBeenCalled());
     await act(async () => {
       await result.current.toggle();
@@ -113,14 +127,14 @@ describe('useWandererWatch (WAN-02)', () => {
     expect(repo.setWatch).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
 
     repo.getWatch.mockRejectedValueOnce(new Error('offline'));
-    const failed = renderHook(() => useWandererWatch(true));
+    const failed = renderHook(() => useWandererWatch('true||'));
     await waitFor(() => expect(repo.getWatch).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2));
     expect(failed.result.current.available).toBe(false);
   });
 
   it('lists the hints and opens the tour one is about', async () => {
     repo.getWatch.mockResolvedValue({ ...off, enabled: true, hints: [hint] });
-    const { result } = renderHook(() => useWandererWatch(true));
+    const { result } = renderHook(() => useWandererWatch('true||'));
     await waitFor(() => expect(result.current.hints).toEqual([hint]));
     act(() => result.current.openHints());
     expect(result.current.hintsOpen).toBe(true);
diff --git a/client/src/components/Settings/useWandererWatch.ts b/client/src/components/Settings/useWandererWatch.ts
index 1ef183f86..06e82c49d 100644
--- a/client/src/components/Settings/useWandererWatch.ts
+++ b/client/src/components/Settings/useWandererWatch.ts
@@ -43,12 +43,14 @@ export function watchStatusOf(
 
 /**
  * WAN-02: the background watch in the wanderer card. It loads with the card
- * and again whenever the connection comes or goes, switches on and off at
+ * and again whenever `refreshKey` changes, which the connection card bumps on
+ * connecting, disconnecting, saving a token and a stored test result, so a
+ * refused token clears once it is fixed. It switches on and off at
  * once (there is nothing to save with the form), and opens the tour a hint is
  * about. Online-only like the rest of the connection: the watch runs on the
  * server and its hints are read from there.
  */
-export function useWandererWatch(connected: boolean) {
+export function useWandererWatch(refreshKey: string) {
   const { t, locale } = useTranslation();
   const toast = useToast();
   const navigate = useNavigate();
@@ -71,7 +73,7 @@ export function useWandererWatch(connected: boolean) {
     return () => {
       cancelled = true;
     };
-  }, [connected]);
+  }, [refreshKey]);
 
   const toggle = useCallback(async () => {
     if (!watch?.connected || saving) return;