diff --git a/packages/backend/src/GlobalModule.ts b/packages/backend/src/GlobalModule.ts
index adccb4dc3ee..1688e26e105 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/GlobalModule.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/GlobalModule.ts
@@ -74,8 +74,13 @@ const $redisForPub: Provider = {
 const $redisForSub: Provider = {
 	provide: DI.redisForSub,
 	useFactory: (config: Config) => {
-		const redis = new Redis.Redis(config.redisForPubsub);
-		redis.subscribe(config.host);
+		const redis = new Redis.Redis({ ...config.redisForPubsub, autoResubscribe: false });
+		// An initial SUBSCRIBE can be discarded before ioredis has registered it for autoResubscribe.
+		redis.on('ready', () => {
+			redis.subscribe(config.host).catch(err => {
+				console.error('Redis subscription failed:', err);
+			});
+		});
 		return redis;
 	},
 	inject: [DI.config],
diff --git a/packages/backend/test/unit/GlobalModule.ts b/packages/backend/test/unit/GlobalModule.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e25fe4f9780
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/backend/test/unit/GlobalModule.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,110 @@
+/*
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: syuilo and misskey-project
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
+ */
+
+import 'reflect-metadata';
+import { once } from 'node:events';
+import { createServer, connect } from 'node:net';
+import { randomUUID } from 'node:crypto';
+import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, test, vi } from 'vitest';
+import { Redis } from 'ioredis';
+import { GlobalModule } from '@/GlobalModule.js';
+import { DI } from '@/di-symbols.js';
+import { loadConfig } from '@/config.js';
+import type { FactoryProvider } from '@nestjs/common';
+import type { Server, Socket, AddressInfo } from 'node:net';
+
+describe('Redis subscription recovery', () => {
+	const config = loadConfig();
+	const providers = Reflect.getMetadata('providers', GlobalModule) as FactoryProvider[];
+	const provider = providers.find(p => p.provide === DI.redisForSub)!;
+	let publisher: Redis;
+	let subscriber: Redis;
+	let proxy: Server;
+	let port: number;
+	let channel: string;
+	let reconnects: number;
+	const sockets = new Set<Socket>();
+
+	async function startProxy() {
+		proxy.listen(port, '127.0.0.1');
+		await once(proxy, 'listening');
+	}
+
+	async function stopProxy() {
+		const closed = once(proxy, 'close');
+		proxy.close();
+		for (const socket of sockets) socket.destroy();
+		await closed;
+	}
+
+	async function receiveMessage() {
+		const message = once(subscriber, 'message');
+		await vi.waitFor(async () => {
+			expect(await publisher.publish(channel, 'recovered')).toBe(1);
+		});
+		expect(await message).toEqual([channel, 'recovered']);
+	}
+
+	beforeEach(async () => {
+		publisher = new Redis(config.redisForPubsub);
+		await once(publisher, 'ready');
+		channel = `subscription-recovery:${randomUUID()}`;
+		proxy = createServer(client => {
+			const upstream = connect(config.redisForPubsub.port, config.redisForPubsub.host);
+			for (const socket of [client, upstream]) {
+				sockets.add(socket);
+				socket.on('close', () => sockets.delete(socket));
+			}
+			client.pipe(upstream).pipe(client);
+			client.on('close', () => upstream.destroy());
+			upstream.on('error', () => client.destroy());
+		});
+		port = 0;
+		await startProxy();
+		port = (proxy.address() as AddressInfo).port;
+		await stopProxy();
+		reconnects = 0;
+	});
+
+	function createSubscriber() {
+		subscriber = provider.useFactory({
+			...config,
+			host: channel,
+			redisForPubsub: {
+				...config.redisForPubsub,
+				host: '127.0.0.1',
+				port,
+				maxRetriesPerRequest: 1,
+				retryStrategy: () => 20,
+			},
+		});
+		subscriber.on('error', () => {}); // Expected while the isolated proxy is offline.
+		subscriber.on('reconnecting', () => reconnects++);
+	}
+
+	afterEach(async () => {
+		subscriber?.disconnect();
+		publisher?.disconnect();
+		if (proxy?.listening) await stopProxy();
+		for (const socket of sockets) socket.destroy();
+	});
+
+	test('subscribes after initial connection failures exceed the request retry limit', async () => {
+		createSubscriber();
+		await vi.waitFor(() => expect(reconnects).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(3));
+		await startProxy();
+		await receiveMessage();
+	});
+
+	test('restores an established subscription after a connection outage', async () => {
+		await startProxy();
+		createSubscriber();
+		await receiveMessage();
+		await stopProxy();
+		await vi.waitFor(() => expect(reconnects).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(3));
+		await startProxy();
+		await receiveMessage();
+	});
+});