diff --git a/src/hooks/useCategories.test.ts b/src/hooks/useCategories.test.ts
index aaf2fe7..7e47133 100644
--- a/src/hooks/useCategories.test.ts
+++ b/src/hooks/useCategories.test.ts
@@ -281,6 +281,38 @@ describe("useCategories — « Vérifier la hiérarchie » (#393)", () => {
     expect(types).not.toContain("SET_LOADING");
   });
 
+  it("lets a load started during the check's read win over it", async () => {
+    let answer: (rows: unknown) => void = () => undefined;
+    const NEWER = [...ROWS, { ...ROWS[0], id: 2, name: "Épargne", sort_order: 2 }];
+    vi.mocked(findOrphanCategories).mockResolvedValue([]);
+    let api = await mount();
+    vi.mocked(getAllCategoriesWithCounts)
+      .mockReturnValueOnce(new Promise((r) => (answer = r)) as never)
+      .mockResolvedValueOnce(NEWER as never);
+    const checked = api.checkHierarchy();
+    await flush(); // the check's read is out, still unanswered
+    api = harness.render(useCategories);
+    await api.reinitializeCategories(); // a newer load: NEWER lands
+    answer(ROWS); // the check's older answer comes last
+    await checked;
+    const ids = harness.render(useCategories).state.categories.map((c) => c.id).sort((a, b) => a - b);
+    expect(ids).toEqual([1, 2, 10]);
+  });
+
+  it("a reattachment reads the categories again without the loading state: a form behind the window stays", async () => {
+    vi.mocked(findOrphanCategories).mockResolvedValueOnce([CYCLE]).mockResolvedValueOnce([]);
+    vi.mocked(reattachCategory).mockResolvedValue(3);
+    let api = await mount();
+    await api.checkHierarchy();
+    api = harness.render(useCategories);
+    harness.dispatch.mockClear();
+    await api.reattachOrphan(CYCLE, null);
+    const types = harness.dispatch.mock.calls.map(([action]) => (action as { type: string }).type);
+    expect(types).toContain("SET_CATEGORIES");
+    expect(types).not.toContain("SET_LOADING");
+    expect(getAllCategoriesWithCounts).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(3);
+  });
+
   it("reads the categories once the drag-and-drop's writes are over, never halfway", async () => {
     let written: () => void = () => undefined;
     vi.mocked(updateCategorySortOrders).mockReturnValue(new Promise<void>((r) => (written = r)));
diff --git a/src/hooks/useCategories.ts b/src/hooks/useCategories.ts
index e6689bf..6a4aa0e 100644
--- a/src/hooks/useCategories.ts
+++ b/src/hooks/useCategories.ts
@@ -407,38 +407,49 @@ export function useCategories() {
     [state.tree, loadCategories]
   );
 
+  /**
+   * Reads the categories again for the « Vérifier la hiérarchie » window
+   * (#393), without the page's loading state: `loadCategories` would show
+   * « Chargement » in place of the tree and the detail panel, and a form open
+   * behind the window would come back from its stored values, its unsaved
+   * changes lost. Waits for a drag-and-drop's writes first (one `UPDATE` per
+   * category: read halfway, the tree would show half the move); a load
+   * started meanwhile wins. Throws when the read fails.
+   */
+  const readCategoriesAgain = useCallback(async () => {
+    await pendingMoveRef.current;
+    const fetchId = fetchIdRef.current;
+    const rows = await getAllCategoriesWithCounts();
+    if (fetchId !== fetchIdRef.current) return;
+    const flat = rows.map((r) => ({ ...r, children: [] as CategoryTreeNode[] }));
+    dispatch({ type: "SET_CATEGORIES", payload: { flat, tree: buildTree(flat) } });
+  }, []);
+
   /**
    * Opens the « Vérifier la hiérarchie » window and runs the diagnostic (#393).
    * The window names the orphans and offers their parents from
    * `state.categories`, which a drag-and-drop leaves with what the tree shows
    * only (`SET_TREE`), without the categories no root reaches: the categories
-   * are read again first, once the drag-and-drop's writes are over (one
-   * `UPDATE` per category: read halfway, the tree would show half the move).
-   * Without the page's loading state, so a form open behind the window stays
-   * as it is; a load started meanwhile wins.
+   * are read again first (`readCategoriesAgain`).
    */
   const checkHierarchy = useCallback(async () => {
     dispatch({ type: "OPEN_HIERARCHY_CHECK" });
     try {
-      await pendingMoveRef.current;
-      const fetchId = fetchIdRef.current;
-      const rows = await getAllCategoriesWithCounts();
-      if (fetchId === fetchIdRef.current) {
-        const flat = rows.map((r) => ({ ...r, children: [] as CategoryTreeNode[] }));
-        dispatch({ type: "SET_CATEGORIES", payload: { flat, tree: buildTree(flat) } });
-      }
+      await readCategoriesAgain();
       const orphans = await findOrphanCategories();
       dispatch({ type: "SET_ORPHANS", payload: orphans });
     } catch (e) {
       dispatch({ type: "SET_HIERARCHY_ERROR", payload: categoriesErrorOf(e) });
     }
-  }, []);
+  }, [readCategoriesAgain]);
 
   /**
    * Reattaches an orphan under `parentId`, or to the root with `null` (#393).
    * On success: one Journal line (counts, no name), then the orphan list and
-   * the tree reload; the tree reloads even if the new check fails, since the
-   * write is committed. A refusal shows in the window, by its translated code.
+   * the categories are read again; the categories are read even if the new
+   * check fails, since the write is committed. Read like at the opening
+   * (`readCategoriesAgain`), so a form open behind the window keeps its
+   * unsaved changes. A refusal, or a failed read, shows in the window.
    */
   const reattachOrphan = useCallback(
     async (orphan: OrphanCategory, parentId: number | null) => {
@@ -450,14 +461,14 @@ export function useCategories() {
           const orphans = await findOrphanCategories();
           dispatch({ type: "SET_ORPHANS", payload: orphans });
         } finally {
-          await loadCategories();
+          await readCategoriesAgain();
         }
         dispatch({ type: "SET_SAVING", payload: false });
       } catch (e) {
         dispatch({ type: "SET_HIERARCHY_ERROR", payload: categoriesErrorOf(e) });
       }
     },
-    [loadCategories]
+    [readCategoriesAgain]
   );
 
   const closeHierarchyCheck = useCallback(() => {