diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/components/meilisearch/MeilisearchIndexView.vue b/apps/desktop/src/components/meilisearch/MeilisearchIndexView.vue
index df6f2a3ead..a90f924110 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/components/meilisearch/MeilisearchIndexView.vue
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/components/meilisearch/MeilisearchIndexView.vue
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 <script setup lang="ts">
 import { computed, onMounted, ref } from "vue";
 import { useI18n } from "vue-i18n";
-import { Copy, FileText, ListChecks, Settings } from "@lucide/vue";
+import { Copy, FileText, ListChecks, RefreshCcw, Settings } from "@lucide/vue";
+import { Button } from "@/components/ui/button";
 import * as api from "@/lib/backend/api";
 import type { MeilisearchIndexOverview } from "@/lib/backend/tauri";
 import { formatBytes } from "@/lib/database/serverMetrics";
@@ -26,6 +27,8 @@ const { toast } = useToast();
 
 const activeSection = ref<ActiveSection>(restoredUiState.activeSection ?? "documents");
 const overview = ref<MeilisearchIndexOverview | null>(null);
+const refreshing = ref(false);
+let refreshRequestId = 0;
 
 trackUiState(() => ({ activeSection: activeSection.value }));
 
@@ -41,11 +44,17 @@ const updatedAtLabel = computed(() => {
   return formatMeilisearchTaskDateTime(value, locale.value);
 });
 
-async function refreshStats() {
+async function refreshStats(notifyOnError = false) {
+  const requestId = ++refreshRequestId;
+  refreshing.value = true;
   try {
-    overview.value = await api.meilisearchGetIndexOverview(props.connectionId, props.index);
-  } catch {
+    const nextOverview = await api.meilisearchGetIndexOverview(props.connectionId, props.index);
+    if (requestId === refreshRequestId) overview.value = nextOverview;
+  } catch (cause: any) {
     // Overview is best-effort; the tab still works without it.
+    if (requestId === refreshRequestId && notifyOnError) toast(cause?.message || String(cause), 5000);
+  } finally {
+    if (requestId === refreshRequestId) refreshing.value = false;
   }
 }
 
@@ -69,7 +78,12 @@ onMounted(() => {
     <!-- Left column: index meta + navigation -->
     <nav class="w-44 shrink-0 border-r flex flex-col gap-1 overflow-y-auto p-2">
       <div class="px-1 pb-2">
-        <div class="truncate text-sm font-semibold text-foreground" :title="index">{{ index }}</div>
+        <div class="flex items-center gap-1">
+          <div class="min-w-0 flex-1 truncate text-sm font-semibold text-foreground" :title="index">{{ index }}</div>
+          <Button variant="ghost" size="icon" class="h-6 w-6 shrink-0" :disabled="refreshing" :title="t('meilisearch.refresh')" :aria-label="t('meilisearch.refresh')" @click="refreshStats(true)">
+            <RefreshCcw class="h-3.5 w-3.5" :class="{ 'animate-spin': refreshing }" />
+          </Button>
+        </div>
         <div v-if="overview?.isIndexing" class="mt-0.5 text-xs text-primary">{{ t("meilisearch.isIndexing") }}</div>
       </div>
 
diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/components/meilisearch/__tests__/MeilisearchIndexView.spec.ts b/apps/desktop/src/components/meilisearch/__tests__/MeilisearchIndexView.spec.ts
index 56f591f761..3c331af83a 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/components/meilisearch/__tests__/MeilisearchIndexView.spec.ts
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/components/meilisearch/__tests__/MeilisearchIndexView.spec.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 import { createApp, defineComponent, h, nextTick, ref, type Component } from "vue";
 import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
 
-const mocks = vi.hoisted(() => ({ getIndexOverview: vi.fn() }));
+const mocks = vi.hoisted(() => ({ getIndexOverview: vi.fn(), toast: vi.fn() }));
 
 function passthrough(tag: string): Component {
   return defineComponent({
@@ -21,10 +21,11 @@ vi.mock("@lucide/vue", () => ({
   Copy: passthrough("span"),
   FileText: passthrough("span"),
   ListChecks: passthrough("span"),
+  RefreshCcw: passthrough("span"),
   Settings: passthrough("span"),
 }));
 vi.mock("@/lib/backend/api", () => ({ meilisearchGetIndexOverview: mocks.getIndexOverview }));
-vi.mock("@/composables/useToast", () => ({ useToast: () => ({ toast: vi.fn() }) }));
+vi.mock("@/composables/useToast", () => ({ useToast: () => ({ toast: mocks.toast }) }));
 vi.mock("@/lib/tabs/tabUiState", () => ({ useTabUiState: () => ({ initialState: {}, track: () => {} }) }));
 vi.mock("@/components/meilisearch/MeilisearchDocumentsPage.vue", () => ({ default: passthrough("div") }));
 vi.mock("@/components/meilisearch/MeilisearchSettingsPage.vue", () => ({ default: passthrough("div") }));
@@ -105,3 +106,48 @@ describe("MeilisearchIndexView storage rows", () => {
     expect(text).toContain("25.7 MB");
   });
 });
+
+describe("MeilisearchIndexView refresh", () => {
+  const overview = {
+    uid: "report_template",
+    primaryKey: "id",
+    createdAt: "2026-09-21T06:30:00Z",
+    updatedAt: "2026-09-21T06:30:46Z",
+    numberOfDocuments: 256,
+    isIndexing: false,
+    documentSize: 309_329_920,
+    avgDocumentSize: 1_208_320,
+    databaseSize: 4_194_304_000,
+  };
+
+  function refreshButton(mounted: HTMLElement): HTMLButtonElement {
+    const button = mounted.querySelector<HTMLButtonElement>('button[aria-label="meilisearch.refresh"]');
+    expect(button).toBeTruthy();
+    return button!;
+  }
+
+  it("refetches the overview and renders the fresh numbers when clicked", async () => {
+    mocks.getIndexOverview.mockResolvedValueOnce(overview).mockResolvedValueOnce({ ...overview, numberOfDocuments: 512 });
+
+    const mounted = await mountIndexView();
+    expect(mounted.textContent).toContain("256");
+
+    refreshButton(mounted).click();
+    await vi.waitFor(() => expect(mocks.getIndexOverview).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2));
+    expect(mocks.getIndexOverview).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(2, "c1", "report_template");
+    await vi.waitFor(() => expect(mounted.textContent).toContain("512"));
+    expect(mounted.textContent).not.toContain("256");
+  });
+
+  it("toasts when a manual refresh fails", async () => {
+    mocks.getIndexOverview.mockResolvedValueOnce(overview).mockRejectedValueOnce(new Error("index unavailable"));
+
+    const mounted = await mountIndexView();
+    expect(mocks.toast).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+
+    refreshButton(mounted).click();
+    await vi.waitFor(() => expect(mocks.toast).toHaveBeenCalledWith("index unavailable", 5000));
+    // The mounted overview stays visible; the failure only notifies.
+    expect(mounted.textContent).toContain("256");
+  });
+});