diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/components/mq/__tests__/KafkaMessagesPanel.spec.ts b/apps/desktop/src/components/mq/__tests__/KafkaMessagesPanel.spec.ts
index 5c20afb7fb..0b7b80684d 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/components/mq/__tests__/KafkaMessagesPanel.spec.ts
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/components/mq/__tests__/KafkaMessagesPanel.spec.ts
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ describe("KafkaMessagesPanel", () => {
     const overview = panel.querySelector('[data-testid="kafka-partition-overview"]');
     expect(overview?.textContent).toContain("mqMonitoring.tableBeginOffset");
     expect(overview?.textContent).toContain("mqMonitoring.tableLogEndOffset");
+    expect(overview?.querySelector("button.btn-sm")?.textContent?.trim()).toBe("common.refresh");
     expect(overview?.textContent).toContain("10");
     expect(panel.querySelector('[data-testid="message-browser"]')).not.toBeNull();
     expect(panel.querySelector(".send-message-panel")).not.toBeNull();
diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/i18n/__tests__/commonRefreshKey.spec.ts b/apps/desktop/src/i18n/__tests__/commonRefreshKey.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a5062d28ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/i18n/__tests__/commonRefreshKey.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+import az from "../locales/az";
+import en from "../locales/en";
+import es from "../locales/es";
+import it_ from "../locales/it";
+import ja from "../locales/ja";
+import ko from "../locales/ko";
+import ptBR from "../locales/pt-BR";
+import tr from "../locales/tr";
+import zhCN from "../locales/zh-CN";
+import zhTW from "../locales/zh-TW";
+
+// Shared actions such as KafkaMessagesPanel and DoltVersionControl render
+// `t("common.refresh")`. When the key is missing everywhere, vue-i18n echoes
+// the key path itself (issue #8768). KafkaMessagesPanel.spec.ts mocks i18n as
+// `t: (key) => key`, so that spec cannot catch a missing-from-everywhere key.
+const locales: Array<[string, Record<string, unknown>]> = [
+  ["az", az as Record<string, unknown>],
+  ["es", es],
+  ["it", it_],
+  ["ja", ja],
+  ["ko", ko],
+  ["pt-BR", ptBR],
+  ["tr", tr],
+  ["zh-CN", zhCN],
+  ["zh-TW", zhTW],
+];
+
+function commonRefresh(locale: Record<string, unknown>): unknown {
+  const common = locale["common"];
+  if (!common || typeof common !== "object") return undefined;
+  return (common as Record<string, unknown>)["refresh"];
+}
+
+describe("common.refresh i18n key", () => {
+  it("en resolves common.refresh to text", () => {
+    const value = commonRefresh(en as Record<string, unknown>);
+    expect(value, "common.refresh missing from locales/en.ts").toBeTypeOf("string");
+    expect(value).not.toBe("");
+    expect(value).not.toBe("common.refresh");
+  });
+
+  it.each(locales)("%s resolves common.refresh to text", (_name, locale) => {
+    const value = commonRefresh(locale);
+    expect(value, `${_name} common.refresh`).toBeTypeOf("string");
+    expect(value).not.toBe("");
+    expect(value).not.toBe("common.refresh");
+  });
+
+  it("zh-CN uses a Chinese refresh label", () => {
+    expect(commonRefresh(zhCN)).toBe("刷新");
+  });
+});
diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/i18n/locales/az.ts b/apps/desktop/src/i18n/locales/az.ts
index a679ac491e..1503789e59 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/i18n/locales/az.ts
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/i18n/locales/az.ts
@@ -2377,6 +2377,7 @@ export default withEnglishFallback({
     import: "İdxal et",
     remove: "Çıxar",
     retry: "Yenidən cəhd et",
+    refresh: "Yenilə",
     more: "Daha çox",
     decrease: "Azalt",
     increase: "Artır",
diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/i18n/locales/en.ts b/apps/desktop/src/i18n/locales/en.ts
index 93378ee00c..bff40e657e 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/i18n/locales/en.ts
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/i18n/locales/en.ts
@@ -2378,6 +2378,7 @@ export default {
     import: "Import",
     remove: "Remove",
     retry: "Retry",
+    refresh: "Refresh",
     more: "More",
     decrease: "Decrease",
     increase: "Increase",
diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/i18n/locales/es.ts b/apps/desktop/src/i18n/locales/es.ts
index 5853130973..51283785a7 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/i18n/locales/es.ts
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/i18n/locales/es.ts
@@ -2287,6 +2287,7 @@ export default withEnglishFallback({
     import: "Importar",
     remove: "Eliminar",
     retry: "Reintentar",
+    refresh: "Actualizar",
     more: "Más",
     decrease: "Reducir",
     increase: "Aumentar",
diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/i18n/locales/it.ts b/apps/desktop/src/i18n/locales/it.ts
index f7e900e2be..56b26ed10f 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/i18n/locales/it.ts
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/i18n/locales/it.ts
@@ -2285,6 +2285,7 @@ export default withEnglishFallback({
     import: "Importa",
     remove: "Rimuovi",
     retry: "Riprova",
+    refresh: "Aggiorna",
     more: "Altro",
     decrease: "Riduci",
     increase: "Aumenta",
diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/i18n/locales/ja.ts b/apps/desktop/src/i18n/locales/ja.ts
index 7af37e4495..0423e820c0 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/i18n/locales/ja.ts
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/i18n/locales/ja.ts
@@ -2309,6 +2309,7 @@ export default withEnglishFallback({
     save: "保存",
     clear: "クリア",
     retry: "再試行",
+    refresh: "更新",
     more: "もっと見る",
     decrease: "縮小",
     increase: "拡大",
diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/i18n/locales/ko.ts b/apps/desktop/src/i18n/locales/ko.ts
index 802985ae66..989533f124 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/i18n/locales/ko.ts
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/i18n/locales/ko.ts
@@ -2186,6 +2186,7 @@ export default withEnglishFallback({
     import: "가져오기",
     remove: "제거",
     retry: "다시 시도",
+    refresh: "새로고침",
     more: "더보기",
     decrease: "감소",
     increase: "증가",
diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/i18n/locales/pt-BR.ts b/apps/desktop/src/i18n/locales/pt-BR.ts
index bba554a6ad..7ce6fd3caf 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/i18n/locales/pt-BR.ts
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/i18n/locales/pt-BR.ts
@@ -2284,6 +2284,7 @@ export default withEnglishFallback({
     save: "Salvar",
     clear: "Limpar",
     retry: "Tentar novamente",
+    refresh: "Atualizar",
     more: "Mais",
     decrease: "Diminuir",
     increase: "Aumentar",
diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/i18n/locales/tr.ts b/apps/desktop/src/i18n/locales/tr.ts
index c96dd3fa4a..ab288e3619 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/i18n/locales/tr.ts
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/i18n/locales/tr.ts
@@ -2355,6 +2355,7 @@ export default withEnglishFallback({
     import: "İçe Aktar",
     remove: "Kaldır",
     retry: "Yeniden dene",
+    refresh: "Yenile",
     more: "Daha fazla",
     decrease: "Azalt",
     increase: "Artır",
diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/i18n/locales/zh-CN.ts b/apps/desktop/src/i18n/locales/zh-CN.ts
index 94a969e06b..30c13fb190 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/i18n/locales/zh-CN.ts
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/i18n/locales/zh-CN.ts
@@ -2301,6 +2301,7 @@ export default withEnglishFallback({
     import: "导入",
     remove: "移除",
     retry: "重试",
+    refresh: "刷新",
     more: "更多",
     decrease: "减小",
     increase: "增大",
diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/i18n/locales/zh-TW.ts b/apps/desktop/src/i18n/locales/zh-TW.ts
index 2d98eeac8e..74aa0043d9 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/i18n/locales/zh-TW.ts
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/i18n/locales/zh-TW.ts
@@ -2285,6 +2285,7 @@ export default withEnglishFallback({
     import: "匯入",
     remove: "移除",
     retry: "重試",
+    refresh: "重新整理",
     more: "更多",
     decrease: "縮小",
     increase: "放大",