diff --git a/ui/desktop/src/components/GooseSidebar/AppSidebar.tsx b/ui/desktop/src/components/GooseSidebar/AppSidebar.tsx
index 65a58cea299c..b80fd519647e 100644
--- a/ui/desktop/src/components/GooseSidebar/AppSidebar.tsx
+++ b/ui/desktop/src/components/GooseSidebar/AppSidebar.tsx
@@ -437,14 +437,16 @@ const AppSidebar: React.FC<SidebarProps> = ({ currentPath }) => {
     } else {
       isCreatingSessionRef.current = true;
       try {
-        await startNewSession('', setView, getInitialWorkingDir());
+        await startNewSession('', setView, getInitialWorkingDir(), {
+          allExtensions: configContext.extensionsList,
+        });
       } finally {
         setTimeout(() => {
           isCreatingSessionRef.current = false;
         }, 1000);
       }
     }
-  }, [setView, clearUnread]);
+  }, [setView, clearUnread, configContext.extensionsList]);
 
   useEffect(() => {
     const handleTriggerNewChat = () => {
diff --git a/ui/desktop/src/components/bottom_menu/BottomMenuExtensionSelection.tsx b/ui/desktop/src/components/bottom_menu/BottomMenuExtensionSelection.tsx
index d4368ac6b9d2..468121086f61 100644
--- a/ui/desktop/src/components/bottom_menu/BottomMenuExtensionSelection.tsx
+++ b/ui/desktop/src/components/bottom_menu/BottomMenuExtensionSelection.tsx
@@ -34,24 +34,14 @@ export const BottomMenuExtensionSelection = ({ sessionId }: BottomMenuExtensionS
   const isHubView = !sessionId;
 
   useEffect(() => {
-    const handleSessionLoaded = () => {
-      setTimeout(() => {
-        setRefreshTrigger((prev) => prev + 1);
-      }, 500);
-    };
-
     const handleExtensionsLoaded = () => {
       setRefreshTrigger((prev) => prev + 1);
     };
 
-    window.addEventListener(AppEvents.SESSION_CREATED, handleSessionLoaded);
     window.addEventListener(AppEvents.SESSION_EXTENSIONS_LOADED, handleExtensionsLoaded);
-    window.addEventListener(AppEvents.MESSAGE_STREAM_FINISHED, handleSessionLoaded);
 
     return () => {
-      window.removeEventListener(AppEvents.SESSION_CREATED, handleSessionLoaded);
       window.removeEventListener(AppEvents.SESSION_EXTENSIONS_LOADED, handleExtensionsLoaded);
-      window.removeEventListener(AppEvents.MESSAGE_STREAM_FINISHED, handleSessionLoaded);
     };
   }, []);
 
diff --git a/ui/desktop/src/hooks/useChatStream.ts b/ui/desktop/src/hooks/useChatStream.ts
index 21499e261e92..aa0d1497b68a 100644
--- a/ui/desktop/src/hooks/useChatStream.ts
+++ b/ui/desktop/src/hooks/useChatStream.ts
@@ -460,6 +460,7 @@ export function useChatStream({
         const extensionResults = resumeData?.extension_results;
 
         showExtensionLoadResults(extensionResults);
+        window.dispatchEvent(new CustomEvent(AppEvents.SESSION_EXTENSIONS_LOADED));
 
         dispatch({
           type: 'SESSION_LOADED',
diff --git a/ui/desktop/src/sessions.ts b/ui/desktop/src/sessions.ts
index 13c01096b506..9d9dcf98deef 100644
--- a/ui/desktop/src/sessions.ts
+++ b/ui/desktop/src/sessions.ts
@@ -84,9 +84,6 @@ export async function startNewSession(
 ): Promise<Session> {
   const session = await createSession(workingDir, options);
   window.dispatchEvent(new CustomEvent(AppEvents.SESSION_CREATED, { detail: { session } }));
-  window.dispatchEvent(
-    new CustomEvent(AppEvents.SESSION_EXTENSIONS_LOADED, { detail: { session } })
-  );
 
   const initialMessage = initialText ? { msg: initialText, images: [] } : undefined;