diff --git a/client_app/lib/features/payment/state/payment_catalog_provider.dart b/client_app/lib/features/payment/state/payment_catalog_provider.dart
index 06db942..701c378 100644
--- a/client_app/lib/features/payment/state/payment_catalog_provider.dart
+++ b/client_app/lib/features/payment/state/payment_catalog_provider.dart
@@ -106,7 +106,15 @@ const PaymentCatalog kFallbackPaymentCatalog = _FallbackCatalog();
 /// App-facing catalog. Calls `GET /api/client/payment-methods`; on 5xx or
 /// network error returns [kFallbackPaymentCatalog] so checkout never
 /// hard-fails. See `requirement/phase5-payment-catalog-plan.md` §5.
-final paymentCatalogProvider = FutureProvider<PaymentCatalog>((ref) async {
+///
+/// `autoDispose`: a plain FutureProvider caches its result for the whole app
+/// session, so control-center edits to payment methods (enable/disable/create)
+/// only showed up after an app restart. autoDispose drops the cached catalog
+/// once the payment screen is popped (no listeners), so re-opening the payment
+/// page re-fetches the now-current catalog from the backend (whose own cache is
+/// invalidated on every mutation).
+final paymentCatalogProvider =
+    FutureProvider.autoDispose<PaymentCatalog>((ref) async {
   final api = ref.read(apiClientProvider);
   try {
     final res = await api.get('/api/client/payment-methods');