diff --git a/web/src/components/Sidebar.svelte b/web/src/components/Sidebar.svelte
index 14c7e25..e1756f4 100644
--- a/web/src/components/Sidebar.svelte
+++ b/web/src/components/Sidebar.svelte
@@ -12,15 +12,11 @@
     return routerState.path === route;
   }
 
-  // Track whether we've attempted to load projects to avoid infinite retries on error
-  let loadAttempted = false;
-
-  // Load projects on mount
+  // Load projects on mount and poll for changes every 10 seconds
   $effect(() => {
-    if (projectsState.projects.length === 0 && !loadAttempted) {
-      loadAttempted = true;
-      loadProjects();
-    }
+    loadProjects();
+    const interval = setInterval(loadProjects, 10_000);
+    return () => clearInterval(interval);
   });
 </script>
 
diff --git a/web/src/views/Dashboard.svelte b/web/src/views/Dashboard.svelte
index bc6acb3..58025c2 100644
--- a/web/src/views/Dashboard.svelte
+++ b/web/src/views/Dashboard.svelte
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
    */
 
   import type { ActiveAgent } from '../types';
-  import { loadProjects, projectsState } from '../stores/projects.svelte';
+  import { projectsState } from '../stores/projects.svelte';
   import { apiClient } from '../api';
   import { navigate } from '../router.svelte';
   import LoadingSpinner from '../components/LoadingSpinner.svelte';
@@ -33,27 +33,25 @@
   let error = $state<string | null>(null);
 
   /**
-   * Load dashboard data on mount.
-   * Read reactive dependencies synchronously, then call async function.
+   * Reload dashboard whenever the project list changes.
+   * Projects are loaded/polled by the Sidebar, so we just react here.
    */
   $effect(() => {
-    // Read reactive deps synchronously so Svelte tracks them
     const projects = projectsState.projects;
-    loadDashboardData(projects);
+    if (projects.length > 0) {
+      loadDashboardData(projects);
+    }
   });
 
   /**
    * Async function to load all dashboard data.
    * Parallelizes goal fetches per-project, then parallelizes agent fetches.
    */
-  async function loadDashboardData(projects: typeof projectsState.projects): Promise<void> {
+  async function loadDashboardData(projects: Array<typeof projectsState.projects[number]>): Promise<void> {
     try {
       loading = true;
       error = null;
 
-      // Load all projects first
-      await loadProjects();
-
       // Fetch goals for all projects in parallel using Promise.allSettled
       const goalResults = await Promise.allSettled(
         projects.map((project) => apiClient.listGoals(project.id))