diff --git a/android/app/src/main/java/com/fabledsword/minstrel/home/data/HomeRepository.kt b/android/app/src/main/java/com/fabledsword/minstrel/home/data/HomeRepository.kt
index 5edb5473..c18429e2 100644
--- a/android/app/src/main/java/com/fabledsword/minstrel/home/data/HomeRepository.kt
+++ b/android/app/src/main/java/com/fabledsword/minstrel/home/data/HomeRepository.kt
@@ -6,17 +6,26 @@ import com.fabledsword.minstrel.cache.db.dao.CachedArtistDao
 import com.fabledsword.minstrel.cache.db.dao.CachedHomeIndexDao
 import com.fabledsword.minstrel.cache.db.dao.CachedTrackDao
 import com.fabledsword.minstrel.cache.db.entities.CachedHomeIndexEntity
+import com.fabledsword.minstrel.di.ApplicationScope
+import com.fabledsword.minstrel.library.data.LibraryRepository
 import com.fabledsword.minstrel.library.data.toDomain
 import com.fabledsword.minstrel.models.AlbumRef
 import com.fabledsword.minstrel.models.ArtistRef
 import com.fabledsword.minstrel.models.TrackRef
+import kotlinx.coroutines.CoroutineScope
+import kotlinx.coroutines.async
+import kotlinx.coroutines.awaitAll
+import kotlinx.coroutines.coroutineScope
 import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.Flow
 import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.map
+import kotlinx.coroutines.launch
 import retrofit2.Retrofit
 import retrofit2.create
 import javax.inject.Inject
 import javax.inject.Singleton
 
+private const val HYDRATE_CONCURRENCY = 4
+
 /**
  * Cache-first reads for the Home screen. Per-section ID lists live in
  * `cached_home_index`; entity rows live in `cached_albums` /
@@ -38,6 +47,8 @@ class HomeRepository @Inject constructor(
     private val albumDao: CachedAlbumDao,
     private val artistDao: CachedArtistDao,
     private val trackDao: CachedTrackDao,
+    private val libraryRepository: LibraryRepository,
+    @ApplicationScope private val appScope: CoroutineScope,
     retrofit: Retrofit,
 ) {
     private val api: HomeApi = retrofit.create()
@@ -59,7 +70,17 @@ class HomeRepository @Inject constructor(
 
     /**
      * Pulls /api/home/index and replaces each section in cached_home_index.
-     * Caller (ViewModel) is responsible for catching network errors.
+     * Also fires a fire-and-forget hydration pass for any entity IDs
+     * the cache doesn't have yet — without this, Rediscover and
+     * Most-Played tiles silently disappear because [hydrateAlbums] /
+     * [hydrateTracks] mapNotNull-drop unknown rows.
+     *
+     * Hydration runs on the app scope so refreshIndex() returns as
+     * soon as the index is in place; the Flow re-emits each section
+     * as missing rows land.
+     *
+     * Caller (ViewModel) is responsible for catching network errors
+     * from the index fetch itself.
      */
     suspend fun refreshIndex() {
         val wire = api.getHomeIndex()
@@ -68,6 +89,44 @@ class HomeRepository @Inject constructor(
         replaceSection(SECTION_REDISCOVER_ARTISTS, "artist", wire.rediscoverArtists)
         replaceSection(SECTION_MOST_PLAYED_TRACKS, "track", wire.mostPlayedTracks)
         replaceSection(SECTION_LAST_PLAYED_ARTISTS, "artist", wire.lastPlayedArtists)
+        appScope.launch {
+            hydrateMissingAlbums((wire.recentlyAddedAlbums + wire.rediscoverAlbums).distinct())
+            hydrateMissingArtists((wire.rediscoverArtists + wire.lastPlayedArtists).distinct())
+            hydrateMissingTracks(wire.mostPlayedTracks)
+        }
+    }
+
+    private suspend fun hydrateMissingAlbums(ids: List<String>) {
+        val missing = ids.filter { albumDao.getById(it) == null }
+        missing.chunked(HYDRATE_CONCURRENCY).forEach { batch ->
+            coroutineScope {
+                batch.map { id ->
+                    async { runCatching { libraryRepository.refreshAlbumDetail(id) } }
+                }.awaitAll()
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private suspend fun hydrateMissingArtists(ids: List<String>) {
+        val missing = ids.filter { artistDao.getById(it) == null }
+        missing.chunked(HYDRATE_CONCURRENCY).forEach { batch ->
+            coroutineScope {
+                batch.map { id ->
+                    async { runCatching { libraryRepository.refreshArtistDetail(id) } }
+                }.awaitAll()
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private suspend fun hydrateMissingTracks(ids: List<String>) {
+        val missing = ids.filter { trackDao.getById(it) == null }
+        missing.chunked(HYDRATE_CONCURRENCY).forEach { batch ->
+            coroutineScope {
+                batch.map { id ->
+                    async { runCatching { libraryRepository.refreshTrack(id) } }
+                }.awaitAll()
+            }
+        }
     }
 
     private suspend fun replaceSection(section: String, entityType: String, ids: List<String>) {