diff --git a/apps/client/src/hooks/use-likes.test.tsx b/apps/client/src/hooks/use-likes.test.tsx
index dcf953be..cf32f9af 100644
--- a/apps/client/src/hooks/use-likes.test.tsx
+++ b/apps/client/src/hooks/use-likes.test.tsx
@@ -23,6 +23,10 @@ function makeWrapper() {
     defaultOptions: { queries: { retry: false }, mutations: { retry: false } },
   })
   client.setQueryData(queryKeys.posts.detail('s'), post)
+  // The feed's own cached copy of this post, under one filter set — this is
+  // what stayed stale until a hard refresh before the fix, since the list has
+  // a 5-minute staleTime and navigating back to it never triggered a refetch.
+  client.setQueryData(queryKeys.posts.list({}), [post])
   const wrapper = ({ children }: { children: React.ReactNode }) => (
     <QueryClientProvider client={client}>{children}</QueryClientProvider>
   )
@@ -57,4 +61,35 @@ describe('useLikePost', () => {
     await waitFor(() => expect(result.current.isError).toBe(true))
     expect(client.getQueryData<Post>(queryKeys.posts.detail('s'))?.likeCount).toBe(2)
   })
+
+  // REGRESSION: liking a post, then navigating back to the feed, showed the
+  // pre-like count until a hard refresh. The detail cache updated; the feed's
+  // own cached list — a separate copy of the same likeCount — did not.
+  it("also bumps the feed's cached copy of this post, so navigating back shows the new count", async () => {
+    vi.stubGlobal('fetch', vi.fn(() => new Promise(() => {}))) // never resolves
+    const { client, wrapper } = makeWrapper()
+    const { result } = renderHook(() => useLikePost('s'), { wrapper })
+    result.current.mutate()
+    await waitFor(() => {
+      const list = client.getQueryData<Post[]>(queryKeys.posts.list({}))
+      expect(list?.[0]?.likeCount).toBe(3)
+    })
+  })
+
+  it("rolls back the feed's cached copy too, alongside the detail cache", async () => {
+    vi.stubGlobal(
+      'fetch',
+      vi
+        .fn()
+        .mockResolvedValue(
+          new Response(JSON.stringify({ error: { message: 'nope' } }), { status: 500 }),
+        ),
+    )
+    const { client, wrapper } = makeWrapper()
+    const { result } = renderHook(() => useLikePost('s'), { wrapper })
+    result.current.mutate()
+    await waitFor(() => expect(result.current.isError).toBe(true))
+    const list = client.getQueryData<Post[]>(queryKeys.posts.list({}))
+    expect(list?.[0]?.likeCount).toBe(2)
+  })
 })
diff --git a/apps/client/src/hooks/use-likes.ts b/apps/client/src/hooks/use-likes.ts
index 7d5655c2..5d2fa12b 100644
--- a/apps/client/src/hooks/use-likes.ts
+++ b/apps/client/src/hooks/use-likes.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,12 @@ import type { Post } from '../api/posts.js'
  * Optimistic, unlike `useDeletePost` — a like is cheap and reversible, so the
  * count moves before the server answers and `onError` puts it back. The
  * rollback is the point: the failure path is tested, not just the happy one.
+ *
+ * Patches both caches that hold a likeCount for this post — the detail query
+ * AND every cached feed variant under `posts.lists` — because they are two
+ * independent copies of the same number. Bumping only the detail cache left
+ * the feed showing the pre-like count until a hard refresh, since the list's
+ * 5-minute staleTime meant navigating back never triggered a refetch.
  */
 export function useLikePost(slug: string) {
   const queryClient = useQueryClient()
@@ -15,19 +21,34 @@ export function useLikePost(slug: string) {
     mutationFn: () => postsApi.like(slug),
     onMutate: async () => {
       // An in-flight refetch would otherwise land after this and clobber it.
-      await queryClient.cancelQueries({ queryKey: queryKeys.posts.detail(slug) })
-      const previous = queryClient.getQueryData<Post>(queryKeys.posts.detail(slug))
-      if (previous) {
+      await queryClient.cancelQueries({ queryKey: queryKeys.posts.all })
+
+      const previousDetail = queryClient.getQueryData<Post>(queryKeys.posts.detail(slug))
+      if (previousDetail) {
         queryClient.setQueryData<Post>(queryKeys.posts.detail(slug), {
-          ...previous,
-          likeCount: previous.likeCount + 1,
+          ...previousDetail,
+          likeCount: previousDetail.likeCount + 1,
         })
       }
-      return { previous }
+
+      // Snapshotted BEFORE mutating: setQueriesData's return value is the data
+      // AFTER the updater runs, not the prior value, so it cannot double as the
+      // rollback snapshot — this must be captured separately, first.
+      const previousLists = queryClient.getQueriesData<Post[]>({ queryKey: queryKeys.posts.lists })
+      queryClient.setQueriesData<Post[]>({ queryKey: queryKeys.posts.lists }, (old) =>
+        old?.map((post) => (post.slug === slug ? { ...post, likeCount: post.likeCount + 1 } : post)),
+      )
+
+      return { previousDetail, previousLists }
     },
     onError: (_err, _vars, context) => {
-      if (context?.previous) queryClient.setQueryData(queryKeys.posts.detail(slug), context.previous)
+      if (context?.previousDetail) {
+        queryClient.setQueryData(queryKeys.posts.detail(slug), context.previousDetail)
+      }
+      context?.previousLists?.forEach(([key, data]) => queryClient.setQueryData(key, data))
     },
-    onSettled: () => queryClient.invalidateQueries({ queryKey: queryKeys.posts.detail(slug) }),
+    // Every posts query, not just this detail — the feed's cached lists carry
+    // their own copy of likeCount and must catch up too.
+    onSettled: () => queryClient.invalidateQueries({ queryKey: queryKeys.posts.all }),
   })
 }
diff --git a/apps/client/src/lib/query-client.ts b/apps/client/src/lib/query-client.ts
index 47c8ecad..28fba036 100644
--- a/apps/client/src/lib/query-client.ts
+++ b/apps/client/src/lib/query-client.ts
@@ -20,6 +20,13 @@ export const queryKeys = {
      * they must all still be dropped together when a post changes.
      */
     all: ['posts'] as const,
+    /**
+     * Match target for every cached feed variant regardless of filters, never
+     * fetched directly — same idea as `all`, one level narrower. Lets a
+     * mutation patch every list the feed might currently have cached without
+     * also touching detail queries, which store a single Post, not an array.
+     */
+    lists: ['posts', 'list'] as const,
     list: (params: PostListParams = {}) => ['posts', 'list', params] as const,
     /**
      * Namespaced under 'detail' rather than sitting directly on the slug: with