diff --git a/tools/chatgui/src/messagelist.cpp b/tools/chatgui/src/messagelist.cpp
index 94298521..e9f35119 100644
--- a/tools/chatgui/src/messagelist.cpp
+++ b/tools/chatgui/src/messagelist.cpp
@@ -1479,7 +1479,7 @@ void MessageList::onRadioTalk(quint64 groupId, quint64 srcNodeId, bool on) {
 
 /* Каталог выбранного канала не удерживает media owner; DM/пустой target снимает наблюдение. */
 void MessageList::watchStreams() {
-    if (gui_stream_ready()) gui_stream_watch(isDmChannel(m_currentChannelId) ? 0 : m_currentChannelId.toULongLong());
+    gui_stream_watch(isDmChannel(m_currentChannelId) ? 0 : m_currentChannelId.toULongLong());
 }
 
 void MessageList::clearStreams() { m_streamSources.clear(); m_streamBtn->hide(); }
diff --git a/tools/chatgui/tests/test_stream_view.cpp b/tools/chatgui/tests/test_stream_view.cpp
index 6ee621ce..aa352216 100644
--- a/tools/chatgui/tests/test_stream_view.cpp
+++ b/tools/chatgui/tests/test_stream_view.cpp
@@ -98,7 +98,8 @@ private slots:
         QCOMPARE(sqlite3_step(statement), SQLITE_ROW);
         group = QString::fromUtf8(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(sqlite3_column_text(statement, 0))).toULongLong();
         sqlite3_finalize(statement); QVERIFY(group);
-        chat_event_set_handler(inst, sourceEvent); QVERIFY(gui_stream_attach(inst)); uasync_mark_running(ua);
+        chat_event_set_handler(inst, sourceEvent); QVERIFY(gui_stream_watch(group));
+        QVERIFY(gui_stream_attach(inst)); uasync_mark_running(ua);
         connect(&poll, &QTimer::timeout, this, [this] { uasync_poll(ua, 0); }); poll.start(1);
     }
 
diff --git a/tools/chatgui/transport/stream_bridge.cpp b/tools/chatgui/transport/stream_bridge.cpp
index f79205fe..6998b4df 100644
--- a/tools/chatgui/transport/stream_bridge.cpp
+++ b/tools/chatgui/transport/stream_bridge.cpp
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ void process(void*);
 
 /* Вызывается под lock; резервирование делает отказ команды наблюдаемым до изменения состояния. */
 bool schedule() {
-    if (!bridge.inst || !uasync_is_running(bridge.inst->ua)) {
+    if (!bridge.inst) {
         DEBUG_WARN(DEBUG_CATEGORY_STREAM, "desktop stream command rejected: core unavailable"); return false;
     }
     if (bridge.pending) return true;
@@ -150,6 +150,11 @@ bool gui_stream_attach(UTUN_INSTANCE* inst) {
     }
     bridge.inst = inst; bridge.output.clear(); bridge.bytes = 0;
     stream_set_event_callback(inst, mediaEvent, nullptr);
+    if (bridge.watchPending) {
+        bridge.watchPending = false;
+        if (stream_watch_sources(inst, bridge.watch) != STREAM_OK)
+            DEBUG_ERROR(DEBUG_CATEGORY_STREAM, "desktop initial source watch failed group=%llx", (unsigned long long)bridge.watch);
+    }
     DEBUG_INFO(DEBUG_CATEGORY_STREAM, "desktop stream bridge attached"); return true;
 }
 
@@ -167,6 +172,10 @@ void gui_stream_detach(UTUN_INSTANCE* inst) {
 
 bool gui_stream_watch(uint64_t group) {
     std::lock_guard<std::mutex> guard(bridge.lock);
+    if (!bridge.inst) {
+        bridge.watch = group; bridge.watchPending = true;
+        DEBUG_DEBUG(DEBUG_CATEGORY_STREAM, "desktop source watch queued until attach group=%llx", (unsigned long long)group); return true;
+    }
     if (!schedule()) return false;
     bridge.watch = group; bridge.watchPending = true; return true;
 }