diff --git a/apps/app/src/components/plugin/PluginSidebarFooterItems.persistence.test.tsx b/apps/app/src/components/plugin/PluginSidebarFooterItems.persistence.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..52b3d69ad5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/app/src/components/plugin/PluginSidebarFooterItems.persistence.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,103 @@
+// @vitest-environment jsdom
+import { cleanup, fireEvent, render, screen } from "@testing-library/react";
+import { afterEach, expect, it } from "vitest";
+import { MemoryRouter } from "react-router-dom";
+import { SidebarMenu, SidebarProvider } from "@/components/ui/sidebar.js";
+import {
+  resetPluginSlotStoreForTest,
+  setPluginSlotRegistrations,
+} from "@/lib/plugin-slots";
+import {
+  collectPluginAppRegistrations,
+  definePluginApp,
+} from "@/lib/plugin-app-definition";
+import {
+  PluginSidebarFooterDisclosure,
+  PluginSidebarFooterItems,
+  usePluginSidebarFooterDisclosure,
+} from "./PluginSidebarFooterItems";
+
+function DisclosureHarness() {
+  const disclosure = usePluginSidebarFooterDisclosure();
+  return (
+    <>
+      <PluginSidebarFooterDisclosure
+        item={disclosure.activeItem}
+        onDismiss={disclosure.dismiss}
+      />
+      <SidebarMenu>
+        <PluginSidebarFooterItems
+          activeDisclosureKey={disclosure.activeKey}
+          suppressedTooltipKey={disclosure.suppressedTooltipKey}
+          onTooltipSuppressionEnd={disclosure.clearTooltipSuppression}
+          onDisclosureCommand={disclosure.handleCommand}
+        />
+      </SidebarMenu>
+    </>
+  );
+}
+
+function renderDisclosure() {
+  return render(
+    <MemoryRouter>
+      <SidebarProvider>
+        <DisclosureHarness />
+      </SidebarProvider>
+    </MemoryRouter>,
+  );
+}
+
+afterEach(() => {
+  cleanup();
+  resetPluginSlotStoreForTest();
+});
+
+it("keeps the active footer disclosure across a host remount", () => {
+  const definition = definePluginApp((app) => {
+    app.experimental_sidebarFooter.register({
+      kind: "disclosure",
+      id: "status",
+      label: "Provider status",
+      icon: "ChartColumn",
+      component: ({ dismiss }) => (
+        <div>
+          <p>Provider status content</p>
+          <button type="button" onClick={dismiss}>
+            Close provider status
+          </button>
+        </div>
+      ),
+    });
+  });
+  setPluginSlotRegistrations(
+    "status-plugin",
+    collectPluginAppRegistrations(definition),
+  );
+
+  const firstHost = renderDisclosure();
+  fireEvent.click(screen.getByRole("button", { name: "Provider status" }));
+  expect(screen.getByText("Provider status content")).toBeTruthy();
+  firstHost.unmount();
+
+  const secondHost = renderDisclosure();
+  expect(screen.getByText("Provider status content")).toBeTruthy();
+  expect(
+    screen
+      .getByRole("button", { name: "Provider status" })
+      .getAttribute("aria-expanded"),
+  ).toBe("true");
+
+  fireEvent.click(
+    screen.getByRole("button", { name: "Close provider status" }),
+  );
+  expect(screen.queryByText("Provider status content")).toBeNull();
+  secondHost.unmount();
+
+  renderDisclosure();
+  expect(
+    screen
+      .getByRole("button", { name: "Provider status" })
+      .getAttribute("aria-expanded"),
+  ).toBe("false");
+  expect(screen.queryByText("Provider status content")).toBeNull();
+});
diff --git a/apps/app/src/components/plugin/PluginSidebarFooterItems.tsx b/apps/app/src/components/plugin/PluginSidebarFooterItems.tsx
index be817c8950..16ff8e3302 100644
--- a/apps/app/src/components/plugin/PluginSidebarFooterItems.tsx
+++ b/apps/app/src/components/plugin/PluginSidebarFooterItems.tsx
@@ -25,11 +25,22 @@ const SIDEBAR_FOOTER_ACTION_CLASS = cn(
   COARSE_POINTER_CHILD_ICON_BUTTON_CLASS,
   "text-muted-foreground hover:text-sidebar-foreground [&>svg]:opacity-80",
 );
+let rememberedActiveDisclosureKey: string | null = null;
 
 function footerItemKey(item: PluginSidebarFooterItemSlot): string {
   return `${item.pluginId}/${item.id}/${item.generation}`;
 }
 
+function nextActiveDisclosureKey(
+  current: string | null,
+  itemKey: string,
+  command: ExperimentalSidebarFooterCommandKind,
+): string | null {
+  if (command === "open") return itemKey;
+  if (command === "close") return current === itemKey ? null : current;
+  return current === itemKey ? null : itemKey;
+}
+
 function footerDisclosureId(item: PluginSidebarFooterItemSlot): string {
   return `plugin-sidebar-footer-disclosure-${item.pluginId}-${item.id}-${item.generation}`;
 }
@@ -44,7 +55,9 @@ export function usePluginSidebarFooterDisclosure() {
     () => sidebarFooterItems.filter((item) => item.kind === "disclosure"),
     [sidebarFooterItems],
   );
-  const [activeKey, setActiveKey] = useState<string | null>(null);
+  const [activeKey, setActiveKey] = useState<string | null>(
+    rememberedActiveDisclosureKey,
+  );
   const [suppressedTooltipKey, setSuppressedTooltipKey] = useState<
     string | null
   >(null);
@@ -76,9 +89,9 @@ export function usePluginSidebarFooterDisclosure() {
         (command === "toggle" && activeKey === itemKey);
       setSuppressedTooltipKey(isClosing ? itemKey : null);
       setActiveKey((current) => {
-        if (command === "open") return itemKey;
-        if (command === "close") return current === itemKey ? null : current;
-        return current === itemKey ? null : itemKey;
+        const next = nextActiveDisclosureKey(current, itemKey, command);
+        rememberedActiveDisclosureKey = next;
+        return next;
       });
     },
     [activeKey],
@@ -88,6 +101,7 @@ export function usePluginSidebarFooterDisclosure() {
     if (activeItem !== null) {
       setSuppressedTooltipKey(footerItemKey(activeItem));
     }
+    rememberedActiveDisclosureKey = null;
     setActiveKey(null);
   }, [activeItem]);