diff --git a/mobile/lib/shared/community/community_membership_provider.dart b/mobile/lib/shared/community/community_membership_provider.dart
index 4e1eb6c8a04..dcf6da77c51 100644
--- a/mobile/lib/shared/community/community_membership_provider.dart
+++ b/mobile/lib/shared/community/community_membership_provider.dart
@@ -104,10 +104,25 @@ CommunityMembershipSnapshot communityMembershipFromEvents(
 /// The HTTP query resolves from the first response rather than waiting for a
 /// WebSocket EOSE frame, and watching [relayConfigProvider] makes the result
 /// community-scoped.
+///
+/// The snapshot is queried once per community and kept alive across consumer
+/// remounts. It refreshes only on an explicit `ref.invalidate`, on a community
+/// switch, or when the relay session (re)connects — never on every session
+/// state emission.
 final communityMembershipProvider =
     FutureProvider.autoDispose<CommunityMembershipSnapshot>((ref) async {
       ref.watch(relayConfigProvider);
-      final session = ref.watch(relaySessionProvider.notifier);
+      ref.keepAlive();
+      // Re-fetch only after a (re)connect completes, mirroring
+      // channelMembersProvider. Reading (not watching) the notifier keeps
+      // reconnecting/disconnected transitions from rebuilding this provider.
+      ref.listen(relaySessionProvider, (previous, next) {
+        if (next.status == SessionStatus.connected &&
+            previous?.status != SessionStatus.connected) {
+          ref.invalidateSelf();
+        }
+      });
+      final session = ref.read(relaySessionProvider.notifier);
       final events = await session.queryRelay([NostrFilters.relayMembers()]);
       return communityMembershipFromEvents(events);
     });
diff --git a/mobile/test/shared/community/community_membership_provider_test.dart b/mobile/test/shared/community/community_membership_provider_test.dart
index 45731c34692..8896589b26a 100644
--- a/mobile/test/shared/community/community_membership_provider_test.dart
+++ b/mobile/test/shared/community/community_membership_provider_test.dart
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import 'package:buzz/shared/community/community_membership_provider.dart';
 import 'package:buzz/shared/relay/relay.dart';
 import 'package:flutter_test/flutter_test.dart';
+import 'package:hooks_riverpod/hooks_riverpod.dart';
 
 void main() {
   const owner =
@@ -58,6 +59,124 @@ void main() {
     expect(snapshot.members, isEmpty);
     expect(canManageCommunityInvites(snapshot.roleFor(owner)), isFalse);
   });
+
+  group('communityMembershipProvider caching', () {
+    late _CountingRelaySession session;
+    late ProviderContainer container;
+
+    setUp(() {
+      session = _CountingRelaySession(owner);
+      container = ProviderContainer(
+        retry: (_, _) => null,
+        overrides: [
+          relaySessionProvider.overrideWith(() => session),
+          relayConfigProvider.overrideWith(_TestRelayConfigNotifier.new),
+        ],
+      );
+      addTearDown(container.dispose);
+    });
+
+    test('does not re-query when the session state changes', () async {
+      final subscription = container.listen(
+        communityMembershipProvider,
+        (_, _) {},
+      );
+      addTearDown(subscription.close);
+
+      final first = await container.read(communityMembershipProvider.future);
+      expect(first.roleFor(owner), CommunityMemberRole.owner);
+      expect(session.queryCount, 1);
+
+      session.setStatus(SessionStatus.reconnecting);
+      await container.pump();
+      session.setStatus(SessionStatus.disconnected);
+      await container.pump();
+      await container.read(communityMembershipProvider.future);
+
+      expect(session.queryCount, 1);
+      final cached = container.read(communityMembershipProvider).asData?.value;
+      expect(cached?.roleFor(owner), CommunityMemberRole.owner);
+    });
+
+    test('does not re-query when a consumer remounts', () async {
+      final subscription = container.listen(
+        communityMembershipProvider,
+        (_, _) {},
+      );
+      await container.read(communityMembershipProvider.future);
+      expect(session.queryCount, 1);
+
+      subscription.close();
+      await container.pump();
+
+      final remounted = container.listen(
+        communityMembershipProvider,
+        (_, _) {},
+      );
+      addTearDown(remounted.close);
+      await container.read(communityMembershipProvider.future);
+
+      expect(session.queryCount, 1);
+    });
+
+    test('re-queries on explicit invalidation and on reconnect', () async {
+      final subscription = container.listen(
+        communityMembershipProvider,
+        (_, _) {},
+      );
+      addTearDown(subscription.close);
+      await container.read(communityMembershipProvider.future);
+      expect(session.queryCount, 1);
+
+      container.invalidate(communityMembershipProvider);
+      await container.read(communityMembershipProvider.future);
+      expect(session.queryCount, 2);
+
+      session.setStatus(SessionStatus.reconnecting);
+      await container.pump();
+      expect(session.queryCount, 2);
+      session.setStatus(SessionStatus.connected);
+      await container.pump();
+      await container.read(communityMembershipProvider.future);
+      expect(session.queryCount, 3);
+    });
+  });
+}
+
+class _TestRelayConfigNotifier extends RelayConfigNotifier {
+  @override
+  RelayConfig build() =>
+      const RelayConfig(baseUrl: 'https://relay.example.com');
+}
+
+class _CountingRelaySession extends RelaySessionNotifier {
+  _CountingRelaySession(this.owner);
+
+  final String owner;
+  int queryCount = 0;
+
+  @override
+  SessionState build() => const SessionState(status: SessionStatus.connected);
+
+  void setStatus(SessionStatus status) {
+    state = SessionState(status: status);
+  }
+
+  @override
+  Future<List<NostrEvent>> queryRelay(
+    List<NostrFilter> filters, {
+    Duration timeout = const Duration(seconds: 8),
+  }) async {
+    queryCount++;
+    return [
+      _event(
+        createdAt: queryCount,
+        tags: [
+          ['member', owner, 'owner'],
+        ],
+      ),
+    ];
+  }
 }
 
 NostrEvent _event({required int createdAt, required List<List<String>> tags}) =>