diff --git a/frontend/src/composables/__tests__/useBatchImageAccess.retry.spec.ts b/frontend/src/composables/__tests__/useBatchImageAccess.retry.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1f2ce2c913
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/composables/__tests__/useBatchImageAccess.retry.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+import { beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
+
+const list = vi.hoisted(() => vi.fn())
+vi.mock('@/api/keys', () => ({ keysAPI: { list } }))
+vi.mock('@/stores/auth', () => ({ useAuthStore: () => ({ isAuthenticated: true }) }))
+
+beforeEach(() => { vi.resetModules(); list.mockReset() })
+
+describe('batch image access lookup', () => {
+  it('retries a failed lookup when another consumer requests access', async () => {
+    list.mockRejectedValueOnce(new Error('offline')).mockResolvedValueOnce({
+      items: [{ status: 'active', group: { platform: 'gemini', allow_batch_image_generation: true } }], pages: 1,
+    })
+    const { useBatchImageAccess } = await import('../useBatchImageAccess')
+    const access = useBatchImageAccess()
+    expect(await access.refreshBatchImageAccess()).toBe(false)
+    expect(access.batchImageAccessLoaded.value).toBe(false)
+    expect(await useBatchImageAccess().refreshBatchImageAccess()).toBe(true)
+    expect(list).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2)
+    expect(access.canUseBatchImage.value).toBe(true)
+  })
+
+  it('continues caching a successful lookup with no eligible keys', async () => {
+    list.mockResolvedValue({ items: [], pages: 1 })
+    const { useBatchImageAccess } = await import('../useBatchImageAccess')
+    const access = useBatchImageAccess()
+    expect(await access.refreshBatchImageAccess()).toBe(false)
+    expect(access.batchImageAccessLoaded.value).toBe(true)
+    expect(await access.refreshBatchImageAccess()).toBe(false)
+    expect(list).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
+  })
+})
diff --git a/frontend/src/composables/useBatchImageAccess.ts b/frontend/src/composables/useBatchImageAccess.ts
index caf1e8c0f9..381fdc5438 100644
--- a/frontend/src/composables/useBatchImageAccess.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/composables/useBatchImageAccess.ts
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ async function loadBatchImageAccess(force = false): Promise<boolean> {
   })()
     .catch(() => {
       hasAllowedBatchImageKey.value = false
-      loaded.value = true
+      loaded.value = false
       return false
     })
     .finally(() => {