diff --git a/lib/screens/app_detail_screen.dart b/lib/screens/app_detail_screen.dart
index cd2bacc..1f35fc3 100644
--- a/lib/screens/app_detail_screen.dart
+++ b/lib/screens/app_detail_screen.dart
@@ -22,6 +22,11 @@ import 'package:zapstore/widgets/install_button.dart';
 import 'package:zapstore/widgets/screenshots_gallery.dart';
 import 'package:zapstore/widgets/stacked_by_row.dart';
 
+const _detailCatalogSource = LocalAndRemoteSource(
+  relays: 'AppCatalog',
+  stream: true,
+);
+
 class AppDetailScreen extends HookConsumerWidget {
   const AppDetailScreen({super.key, required this.appId, this.authorPubkey});
 
@@ -42,12 +47,15 @@ class AppDetailScreen extends HookConsumerWidget {
         },
         limit: 1,
         and: (a) => {
-          a.latestAsset.query(),
+          a.latestAsset.query(source: _detailCatalogSource),
           a.latestRelease.query(
-            and: (release) => {release.latestMetadata.query()},
+            source: _detailCatalogSource,
+            and: (release) => {
+              release.latestMetadata.query(source: _detailCatalogSource),
+            },
           ),
         },
-        source: const LocalAndRemoteSource(relays: 'AppCatalog', stream: false),
+        source: _detailCatalogSource,
         subscriptionPrefix: 'app-detail-$appId',
       ),
     );
@@ -62,12 +70,15 @@ class AppDetailScreen extends HookConsumerWidget {
         },
         limit: 1,
         and: (a) => {
-          a.latestAsset.query(),
+          a.latestAsset.query(source: _detailCatalogSource),
           a.latestRelease.query(
-            and: (release) => {release.latestMetadata.query()},
+            source: _detailCatalogSource,
+            and: (release) => {
+              release.latestMetadata.query(source: _detailCatalogSource),
+            },
           ),
         },
-        source: const LocalAndRemoteSource(relays: 'AppCatalog', stream: false),
+        source: _detailCatalogSource,
         subscriptionPrefix: 'app-detail-$appId',
       ),
       (previous, next) async {
diff --git a/spec/work/WORK-018-app-detail-live-refresh.md b/spec/work/WORK-018-app-detail-live-refresh.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b59a289
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/work/WORK-018-app-detail-live-refresh.md
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+# WORK-018 — App Detail Live Refresh
+
+**Feature:** FEAT-004-asset-first-queries.md
+**Status:** In Progress
+
+## Problem
+
+An open app-detail page uses one-shot catalog queries. A newly published release
+can therefore leave the page showing a stale installable and an `Open` CTA until
+the user leaves and reopens the page.
+
+## Tasks
+
+- [x] 1. Subscribe to the selected app and its current asset/release
+  relationships while the detail screen is mounted.
+  - Files: `lib/screens/app_detail_screen.dart`
+  - Preserve cached rendering and rely on provider disposal for cancellation.
+- [ ] 2. Verify static analysis for the changed screen.
+- [x] 3. Self-review against `INVARIANTS.md`.
+
+## Test Coverage
+
+| Scenario | Expected | Status |
+|----------|----------|--------|
+| Cached detail opened offline | Cached app and CTA render without waiting for relay | [ ] |
+| New asset published while open | Relationship updates and CTA re-evaluates | [ ] |
+| Detail screen closed | Query subscriptions are auto-disposed | [ ] |
+| Relay fails | Cached detail remains usable | [ ] |
+
+## Decisions
+
+### 2026-07-14 — Stream only the open app detail
+
+**Context:** The detail page must receive a release published after it opens.
+**Decision:** Use the existing `query` provider with `stream: true` for the
+page's app, current asset, release, and release metadata relationships.
+**Rationale:** Purplebase owns the subscription lifecycle, local cache renders
+first, and closing the auto-disposed provider cancels every subscription.
+
+## Spec Issues
+
+_None — authorized as an obvious bug fix using the existing asset-first spec._
+
+## Progress Notes
+
+**2026-07-14:** Identified one-shot detail queries as the stale-CTA path.
+**2026-07-14:** Switched the detail app, asset, release, and metadata queries
+to a shared live source. `fvm flutter analyze lib/screens/app_detail_screen.dart`
+is blocked in this environment because the analyzer cannot create
+`/Users/zed/.dartServer`.