diff --git a/libs/services/src/lib/server-storage-status.service.spec.ts b/libs/services/src/lib/server-storage-status.service.spec.ts
index 319ec7823..4707e0029 100644
--- a/libs/services/src/lib/server-storage-status.service.spec.ts
+++ b/libs/services/src/lib/server-storage-status.service.spec.ts
@@ -93,4 +93,14 @@ describe('ServerStorageStatusService', () => {
         expect(status.state()).toBe('online');
         expect(readServerAccessToken('i-1')).toBe('kept');
     });
+
+    it('checks the instance again after an outage on the sign-in page', () => {
+        status.activate(instance, jest.fn());
+        status.reportUnauthorized();
+
+        status.reportOffline();
+
+        expect(status.state()).toBe('unauthorized');
+        expect(status.isVerified()).toBe(false);
+    });
 });
diff --git a/libs/services/src/lib/server-storage-status.service.ts b/libs/services/src/lib/server-storage-status.service.ts
index b5893b08b..830399abc 100644
--- a/libs/services/src/lib/server-storage-status.service.ts
+++ b/libs/services/src/lib/server-storage-status.service.ts
@@ -77,11 +77,15 @@ export class ServerStorageStatusService {
     }
 
     reportOffline(): void {
+        if (!this.isActive()) {
+            return;
+        }
+        // It may come back as another database (a replaced volume at the
+        // same address): no token, no writes until it is checked, also
+        // from the sign-in page.
+        this.verified = false;
         // A late failure after sign-out must not unlock the workspace.
-        if (this.isActive() && this.stateSignal() !== 'unauthorized') {
-            // It may come back as another database (a replaced volume at
-            // the same address): no token, no writes until it is checked.
-            this.verified = false;
+        if (this.stateSignal() !== 'unauthorized') {
             this.stateSignal.set('offline');
         }
     }