diff --git a/app/components/CartSync.tsx b/app/components/CartSync.tsx
index 55a16d2..caa51b8 100644
--- a/app/components/CartSync.tsx
+++ b/app/components/CartSync.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 "use client";
 
 import { useEffect, useRef } from "react";
-import { useCart } from "../lib/cart";
+import { useCart, pullServerCart } from "../lib/cart";
 
 // Mirrors the local cart to the server whenever it changes, so a logged-in
 // customer's cart follows them across devices (see Customers.ts's `cart`
@@ -10,6 +10,14 @@ import { useCart } from "../lib/cart";
 // no-op when logged out — POST /api/account/cart 401s in that case, which
 // this component doesn't need to distinguish from success; there's simply
 // nothing to keep in sync yet.
+//
+// Push (local→server) and pull (server→local) are both handled here, but
+// deliberately asymmetric: push reacts to every local cart change (that's
+// this device's news to share), pull only runs on mount and on window
+// focus (see pullServerCart()'s own comment on why it's safe to call
+// repeatedly) — no polling interval, since "another device changed my
+// cart while this tab has been open and unfocused the whole time" is a
+// rare enough case not to justify a persistent timer.
 export function CartSync() {
   const cart = useCart();
   const isFirstRender = useRef(true);
@@ -34,5 +42,11 @@ export function CartSync() {
     return () => clearTimeout(timeout);
   }, [cart]);
 
+  useEffect(() => {
+    pullServerCart();
+    window.addEventListener("focus", pullServerCart);
+    return () => window.removeEventListener("focus", pullServerCart);
+  }, []);
+
   return null;
 }
diff --git a/app/lib/cart.ts b/app/lib/cart.ts
index 18ffcce..fb76ccb 100644
--- a/app/lib/cart.ts
+++ b/app/lib/cart.ts
@@ -146,3 +146,38 @@ export async function mergeServerCartIntoLocal(): Promise<void> {
     // as it was; nothing local is lost either way.
   }
 }
+
+// Cross-device sync for an *already* logged-in session — CartSync.tsx
+// only ever pushes local→server, and mergeServerCartIntoLocal() above only
+// ever runs at the moment of a fresh login/register, so a customer already
+// signed in on device B never picked up an addition made on device A. This
+// covers that gap: called on mount and on window focus (CartSync.tsx), not
+// just at login.
+//
+// Unlike mergeServerCartIntoLocal()'s additive `addToCart` (only safe
+// right after login, when the local cart can't yet overlap the server
+// one — see that function's own comment), this must be idempotent: it can
+// run repeatedly against a cart that's already in sync. For a line that
+// exists on both sides, the server's qty wins outright (overwrite, not
+// add) — otherwise calling this twice in a row would double the quantity
+// every time. A local-only line (added on this device but not yet pushed
+// by CartSync's 800ms debounce) is left untouched rather than dropped.
+export async function pullServerCart(): Promise<void> {
+  try {
+    const res = await fetch("/api/account/cart");
+    if (!res.ok) return;
+    const data: { cart?: CartItem[] } = await res.json();
+    const serverItems = data.cart ?? [];
+    if (serverItems.length === 0) return;
+    const items = readCart();
+    for (const server of serverItems) {
+      const existing = items.find((i) => sameLine(i, server.id, server.variant));
+      if (existing) existing.qty = server.qty;
+      else items.push(server.variant ? { id: server.id, qty: server.qty, variant: server.variant } : { id: server.id, qty: server.qty });
+    }
+    writeCart(items);
+  } catch {
+    // Best-effort — a failed pull just means this device doesn't see
+    // another device's changes yet; nothing local is lost either way.
+  }
+}