diff --git a/surfaces/quickshell/modules/common/panels/lock/LockScreen.qml b/surfaces/quickshell/modules/common/panels/lock/LockScreen.qml
index 20e9c0c..91e9434 100644
--- a/surfaces/quickshell/modules/common/panels/lock/LockScreen.qml
+++ b/surfaces/quickshell/modules/common/panels/lock/LockScreen.qml
@@ -121,12 +121,23 @@ Scope {
         onSecureChanged: {
             GlobalStates.screenLockSecure = secure;
             console.log("[lock] session lock secure=" + secure);
-            if (secure && !root.bootDismissed) {
-                root.bootDismissed = true;
-                GlobalStates.bootBloomActive = false;
-            }
+            root.dismissBloomIfSecure();
         }
 
+        // The dismissal above is an EDGE, and a scene reload is exactly the
+        // case where the edge is in the past. `GlobalStates.bootBloomActive`
+        // defaults to true on every scene construction and `bootDismissed`
+        // resets with it, but a reload during an already-secure lock never
+        // moves `secure` — so nothing ever cleared the bloom and the phone sat
+        // under a full-screen white overlay until the shell was restarted.
+        // Observed 2026-07-29: a reload at 10:44:10 with no secure transition
+        // after it, and a solid white `grim` capture.
+        //
+        // Same shape as the locked_ack edge that never re-fired after a
+        // sessiond restart, and as the ChargeRate stale-scene reload. Check the
+        // LEVEL at construction as well as the edge.
+        Component.onCompleted: root.dismissBloomIfSecure()
+
         // The compositor can end our lock without us asking: ext-session-lock
         // `finished` (denied because another client held it) makes quickshell
         // drop `locked` to false C++-side. Our request bool never hears about
@@ -144,6 +155,17 @@ Scope {
         }
     }
 
+    // Idempotent, and deliberately NOT a timeout. A bloom that outlives its
+    // reason is a bug to locate, not something to paper over with a timer — if
+    // this is still up while the lock is secure, the caller is missing and the
+    // fix belongs where the call is missing.
+    function dismissBloomIfSecure() {
+        if (!lock.secure || root.bootDismissed)
+            return;
+        root.bootDismissed = true;
+        GlobalStates.bootBloomActive = false;
+    }
+
     function lock() {
         if (Config.options.lock.useHyprlock) {
             Quickshell.execDetached(["bash", "-c", "pidof hyprlock || hyprlock"]);