diff --git a/packages/insomnia/src/insomnia-data/src/models/workspace-meta.ts b/packages/insomnia/src/insomnia-data/src/models/workspace-meta.ts
index 2fe5e8b6e97..4276c0b4b03 100644
--- a/packages/insomnia/src/insomnia-data/src/models/workspace-meta.ts
+++ b/packages/insomnia/src/insomnia-data/src/models/workspace-meta.ts
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ export interface BaseWorkspaceMeta {
   hasUnpushedChanges: boolean;
   gitFilePath: string | null;
   gitFileLastSyncTime: number | null;
+  gitFileLastSyncHash: string | null;
 }
 
 export type WorkspaceMeta = BaseWorkspaceMeta & BaseModel;
@@ -35,6 +36,7 @@ export function init(): BaseWorkspaceMeta {
     gitRepositoryId: null,
     gitFilePath: null,
     gitFileLastSyncTime: null,
+    gitFileLastSyncHash: null,
     parentId: null,
     pushSnapshotOnInitialize: false,
     hasUncommittedChanges: false,
diff --git a/packages/insomnia/src/sync/git/repo-file-watcher.ts b/packages/insomnia/src/sync/git/repo-file-watcher.ts
index 14a098ef065..2da35890191 100644
--- a/packages/insomnia/src/sync/git/repo-file-watcher.ts
+++ b/packages/insomnia/src/sync/git/repo-file-watcher.ts
@@ -425,6 +425,13 @@ class RepoFileWatcher {
         this.lastKnownGitFilePath.set(workspace._id, absPath);
         const stat = await fs.promises.stat(absPath);
         this.lastSyncMtime.set(absPath, stat.mtimeMs);
+
+        // Persist tracking state so the maps can be restored after a restart
+        const workspaceMeta = meta ?? (await services.workspaceMeta.getOrCreateByParentId(workspace._id));
+        await services.workspaceMeta.update(workspaceMeta, {
+          gitFileLastSyncHash: hash,
+          gitFileLastSyncTime: stat.mtimeMs,
+        });
       } catch (err) {
         console.warn('[repo-file-watcher] Could not flush workspace to disk:', workspace._id, err);
       }
@@ -534,7 +541,7 @@ class RepoFileWatcher {
     }
 
     await this.deleteOrphans(docs);
-    await this.upsertDocs(absPath, normalised, result.mtimeMs, docs);
+    await this.upsertDocs(absPath, normalised, result.mtimeMs, result.hash, docs);
 
     this.notifyRenderer();
   }
@@ -649,6 +656,7 @@ class RepoFileWatcher {
     absPath: string,
     normalised: string,
     syncTime: number,
+    hash: string,
     docs: NonNullable<ReturnType<typeof tryImportV5Data>['data']>,
   ): Promise<void> {
     const bufferId = await db.bufferChanges();
@@ -660,6 +668,7 @@ class RepoFileWatcher {
           await services.workspaceMeta.update(workspaceMeta, {
             gitFilePath: this.toPosixRelPath(absPath),
             gitFileLastSyncTime: syncTime,
+            gitFileLastSyncHash: hash,
           });
           this.lastKnownGitFilePath.set(doc._id, normalised);
         }
@@ -818,14 +827,17 @@ class RepoFileWatcher {
   }
 
   /**
-   * Load existing workspace → gitFilePath mappings from the DB so rename
-   * detection works from the start.
+   * Load existing workspace → gitFilePath mappings from the DB and restore
+   * persisted tracking state (mtime + hash) so that the initial
+   * {@link importAllFiles} call can skip files that haven't changed since
+   * the last session.
    *
-   * Note: we intentionally do NOT pre-scan file mtimes here. The initial
-   * {@link importAllFiles} call in {@link create} populates both
-   * `lastSyncMtime` and `lastWrittenHash` as a side-effect of importing.
-   * Pre-scanning mtimes would cause `importAllFiles` to skip files it
-   * hasn't actually imported yet.
+   * Note: pre-seeding `lastWrittenHash` here is safe because
+   * `importAllFiles` uses `forceRead=true`, which bypasses the mtime
+   * fast-path but still runs the hash check in {@link readIfChanged}.
+   * Files whose content matches the persisted hash will be skipped,
+   * preventing unnecessary workspace re-imports (and modified-timestamp
+   * changes) on every app restart.
    */
   private async loadKnownGitFilePaths(): Promise<void> {
     const entries = await this.getWorkspacesWithMeta();
@@ -833,6 +845,12 @@ class RepoFileWatcher {
       if (meta?.gitFilePath) {
         const absPath = path.normalize(path.join(this.repoDir, meta.gitFilePath));
         this.lastKnownGitFilePath.set(workspace._id, absPath);
+        if (meta.gitFileLastSyncTime != null) {
+          this.lastSyncMtime.set(absPath, meta.gitFileLastSyncTime);
+        }
+        if (meta.gitFileLastSyncHash != null) {
+          this.lastWrittenHash.set(absPath, meta.gitFileLastSyncHash);
+        }
       }
     }
   }