diff --git a/lib/main.dart b/lib/main.dart
index b0534e57..646f07e2 100644
--- a/lib/main.dart
+++ b/lib/main.dart
@@ -301,6 +301,9 @@ class _MainAppState extends State<MainApp> with WidgetsBindingObserver {
   late final DownloadManagerService _downloadManager;
   late final OfflineWatchSyncService _offlineWatchSyncService;
 
+  /// Last time server health probes ran from a resume event (cooldown for desktop)
+  DateTime _lastResumeProbe = DateTime(0);
+
   @override
   void initState() {
     super.initState();
@@ -335,9 +338,18 @@ class _MainAppState extends State<MainApp> with WidgetsBindingObserver {
         // App came back to foreground - trigger sync check and start new session
         _offlineWatchSyncService.onAppResumed();
         InAppReviewService.instance.startSession();
-        // Re-probe servers — mobile OS may have dropped TCP connections during doze/sleep
-        _serverManager.checkServerHealth();
-        _serverManager.reconnectOfflineServers();
+        // Re-probe servers — mobile OS may have dropped TCP connections during doze/sleep.
+        // On desktop, resumed fires on every window focus (alt-tab), so apply a cooldown
+        // to avoid piling up network probes from rapid alt-tabbing.
+        final now = DateTime.now();
+        final cooldown = (Platform.isIOS || Platform.isAndroid)
+            ? const Duration(seconds: 10)
+            : const Duration(minutes: 2);
+        if (now.difference(_lastResumeProbe) >= cooldown) {
+          _lastResumeProbe = now;
+          _serverManager.checkServerHealth();
+          _serverManager.reconnectOfflineServers();
+        }
       case AppLifecycleState.paused:
       case AppLifecycleState.detached:
         // App went to background or is closing - end session
diff --git a/lib/services/multi_server_manager.dart b/lib/services/multi_server_manager.dart
index 6a3bab30..7c637017 100644
--- a/lib/services/multi_server_manager.dart
+++ b/lib/services/multi_server_manager.dart
@@ -38,6 +38,15 @@ class MultiServerManager {
   /// Debounce timers for endpoint-exhaustion-triggered reconnection (per server)
   final Map<String, Timer> _reconnectDebounce = {};
 
+  /// Coalescing guard for checkServerHealth — prevents concurrent health checks
+  Future<void>? _activeHealthCheck;
+
+  /// Coalescing guard for reconnectOfflineServers — prevents concurrent reconnect sweeps
+  Future<void>? _activeReconnect;
+
+  /// Debounce timer for connectivity events — collapses rapid network flapping
+  Timer? _connectivityDebounce;
+
   /// Get all registered server IDs
   List<String> get serverIds => _servers.keys.toList();
 
@@ -292,6 +301,18 @@ class MultiServerManager {
   /// Uses [PlexClient.isHealthy] which checks for HTTP 200, so servers with
   /// invalid tokens (401) are correctly reported as offline.
   Future<void> checkServerHealth() async {
+    // Coalesce concurrent calls — return the in-flight future if one exists
+    if (_activeHealthCheck != null) return _activeHealthCheck!;
+
+    _activeHealthCheck = _doCheckServerHealth();
+    try {
+      await _activeHealthCheck;
+    } finally {
+      _activeHealthCheck = null;
+    }
+  }
+
+  Future<void> _doCheckServerHealth() async {
     appLogger.d('Checking health for ${_clients.length} servers');
 
     final healthChecks = _clients.entries.map((entry) async {
@@ -327,18 +348,24 @@ class MultiServerManager {
             return;
           }
 
-          appLogger.d(
-            'Connectivity change detected, re-optimizing all servers',
-            error: {
-              'status': status.name,
-              'interfaces': results.map((r) => r.name).toList(),
-              'serverCount': _servers.length,
-            },
-          );
+          // Debounce rapid connectivity events (e.g. WiFi flapping) into a single trigger
+          _connectivityDebounce?.cancel();
+          _connectivityDebounce = Timer(const Duration(seconds: 2), () {
+            _connectivityDebounce = null;
 
-          // Re-optimize all servers and re-probe offline ones
-          _reoptimizeAllServers(reason: 'connectivity:${status.name}');
-          checkServerHealth();
+            appLogger.d(
+              'Connectivity change detected, re-optimizing all servers',
+              error: {
+                'status': status.name,
+                'interfaces': results.map((r) => r.name).toList(),
+                'serverCount': _servers.length,
+              },
+            );
+
+            // Re-optimize all servers and re-probe offline ones
+            _reoptimizeAllServers(reason: 'connectivity:${status.name}');
+            checkServerHealth();
+          });
         },
         onError: (error, stackTrace) {
           appLogger.w('Connectivity listener error', error: error, stackTrace: stackTrace);
@@ -353,6 +380,8 @@ class MultiServerManager {
   void stopNetworkMonitoring() {
     _connectivitySubscription?.cancel();
     _connectivitySubscription = null;
+    _connectivityDebounce?.cancel();
+    _connectivityDebounce = null;
     appLogger.i('Stopped network monitoring');
   }
 
@@ -441,6 +470,18 @@ class MultiServerManager {
 
   /// Attempt reconnection for all offline servers
   Future<void> reconnectOfflineServers() async {
+    // Coalesce concurrent calls — return the in-flight future if one exists
+    if (_activeReconnect != null) return _activeReconnect!;
+
+    _activeReconnect = _doReconnectOfflineServers();
+    try {
+      await _activeReconnect;
+    } finally {
+      _activeReconnect = null;
+    }
+  }
+
+  Future<void> _doReconnectOfflineServers() async {
     final offline = offlineServerIds;
     if (offline.isEmpty) return;
 
@@ -501,6 +542,8 @@ class MultiServerManager {
       timer.cancel();
     }
     _reconnectDebounce.clear();
+    _activeHealthCheck = null;
+    _activeReconnect = null;
     _clients.clear();
     _servers.clear();
     _serverStatus.clear();