diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b671cb7f0..22e4345d6 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ### Fixed
 
+- Welcome window sometimes failed to open on launch (and Dock-icon clicks did nothing) when the previous session restored only main connection windows. `WindowOpenerBridge` was mounted only in the Welcome scene and used `.onAppear`, so if Welcome got `orderOut`'d before its first appearance the bridge never wired and every `openWelcome()` call queued forever. The bridge now mounts in all four SwiftUI scenes (Welcome, ConnectionForm, IntegrationsActivity, Settings) and uses `.task` so wiring fires reliably whenever any scene materializes
 - Plugin upgrades for built-in drivers (MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite, ClickHouse, Redis, etc.) no longer revert to the bundled version after restart. Discovery now scans both built-in and user plugin directories, picks the newest version by `CFBundleShortVersionString`, and only prunes user copies that are older than or equal to the built-in (#1192)
 - Concurrent plugin installs from the registry can no longer race past the `isInstalling` guard; the lock now wraps `installFromRegistry` and `updateFromRegistry` end-to-end
 - Plugin manager's `waitForInitialLoad` no longer leaks a continuation when its 10-second timeout fires before initial load completes
diff --git a/TablePro/TableProApp.swift b/TablePro/TableProApp.swift
index c7cd4077a..7c61ad927 100644
--- a/TablePro/TableProApp.swift
+++ b/TablePro/TableProApp.swift
@@ -653,6 +653,7 @@ struct TableProApp: App {
 
         WindowGroup("New Connection", id: SceneId.connectionForm, for: UUID?.self) { $editingId in
             ConnectionFormView(connectionId: editingId ?? nil)
+                .background(WindowOpenerBridge())
                 .background(WindowChromeConfigurator(restorable: false))
                 .environment(\.appServices, .live)
         }
@@ -662,6 +663,7 @@ struct TableProApp: App {
 
         Window("Integrations Activity", id: SceneId.integrationsActivity) {
             IntegrationsActivityView()
+                .background(WindowOpenerBridge())
                 .environment(\.appServices, .live)
         }
         .windowResizability(.contentMinSize)
@@ -676,6 +678,7 @@ struct TableProApp: App {
 
         Settings {
             SettingsView()
+                .background(WindowOpenerBridge())
                 .environment(updaterBridge)
                 .environment(\.appServices, .live)
         }
diff --git a/TablePro/Views/Infrastructure/WindowOpenerBridge.swift b/TablePro/Views/Infrastructure/WindowOpenerBridge.swift
index 687cce781..547ecaa66 100644
--- a/TablePro/Views/Infrastructure/WindowOpenerBridge.swift
+++ b/TablePro/Views/Infrastructure/WindowOpenerBridge.swift
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ internal struct WindowOpenerBridge: View {
     var body: some View {
         Color.clear
             .frame(width: 0, height: 0)
-            .onAppear { wireUp() }
+            .task { wireUp() }
     }
 
     private func wireUp() {