diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index dd95d760..dabe99e1 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ and this project adheres to
 - 🚸(frontend) redirect on current url tab after 401 #2197
 - 🐛(frontend) abort check media status unmount #2194
 - ✨(backend) order pinned documents by last updated at #2028
+- 🐛(frontend) fix app shallow reload #2231
 - 🐛(frontend) fix interlinking modal clipping #2213
 - 🛂(frontend) fix cannot manage member on small screen #2226
 - 🐛(backend) load jwks url when OIDC_RS_PRIVATE_KEY_STR is set
diff --git a/src/frontend/apps/e2e/__tests__/app-impress/doc-create.spec.ts b/src/frontend/apps/e2e/__tests__/app-impress/doc-create.spec.ts
index eb3a8dcb..9c506d79 100644
--- a/src/frontend/apps/e2e/__tests__/app-impress/doc-create.spec.ts
+++ b/src/frontend/apps/e2e/__tests__/app-impress/doc-create.spec.ts
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ test.describe('Doc Create', () => {
     ).toBeVisible();
   });
 
-  test('it creates a doc with link "/doc/new/', async ({
+  test('it creates a doc with link "/docs/new/"', async ({
     page,
     browserName,
   }) => {
diff --git a/src/frontend/apps/impress/src/features/auth/components/Auth.tsx b/src/frontend/apps/impress/src/features/auth/components/Auth.tsx
index 178474ab..13822151 100644
--- a/src/frontend/apps/impress/src/features/auth/components/Auth.tsx
+++ b/src/frontend/apps/impress/src/features/auth/components/Auth.tsx
@@ -18,32 +18,30 @@ import { FirstConnection } from './FirstConnection';
 
 export const Auth = ({ children }: PropsWithChildren) => {
   const {
-    isLoading: isAuthLoading,
+    isAuthLoading,
     pathAllowed,
-    isFetchedAfterMount,
     authenticated,
-    fetchStatus,
+    hasInitiallyLoaded,
     user,
   } = useAuth();
-  const isLoading = fetchStatus !== 'idle' || isAuthLoading;
   const [isRedirecting, setIsRedirecting] = useState(false);
   const { data: config } = useConfig();
   const shouldTrySilentLogin = useMemo(
     () =>
       !authenticated &&
       !hasTrySilent() &&
-      !isLoading &&
+      !isAuthLoading &&
       !isRedirecting &&
       config?.FRONTEND_SILENT_LOGIN_ENABLED,
     [
       authenticated,
-      isLoading,
+      isAuthLoading,
       isRedirecting,
       config?.FRONTEND_SILENT_LOGIN_ENABLED,
     ],
   );
   const shouldTryLogin =
-    !authenticated && !isLoading && !isRedirecting && !pathAllowed;
+    !authenticated && !isAuthLoading && !isRedirecting && !pathAllowed;
   const { replace, pathname } = useRouter();
 
   /**
@@ -104,7 +102,7 @@ export const Auth = ({ children }: PropsWithChildren) => {
   ]);
 
   const shouldShowLoader =
-    (isLoading && !isFetchedAfterMount) ||
+    !hasInitiallyLoaded ||
     isRedirecting ||
     (!authenticated && !pathAllowed) ||
     shouldTrySilentLogin;
diff --git a/src/frontend/apps/impress/src/features/auth/hooks/useAuth.tsx b/src/frontend/apps/impress/src/features/auth/hooks/useAuth.tsx
index dc9054da..0663a99d 100644
--- a/src/frontend/apps/impress/src/features/auth/hooks/useAuth.tsx
+++ b/src/frontend/apps/impress/src/features/auth/hooks/useAuth.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { useRouter } from 'next/router';
-import { useEffect, useState } from 'react';
+import { useEffect, useRef, useState } from 'react';
 
 import { useAnalytics } from '@/libs';
 
@@ -12,6 +12,12 @@ export const useAuth = () => {
   const { pathname } = useRouter();
   const { trackEvent } = useAnalytics();
   const [hasTracked, setHasTracked] = useState(authStates.isFetched);
+  const isAuthLoading =
+    authStates.fetchStatus !== 'idle' || authStates.isLoading;
+  const hasInitiallyLoaded = useRef(false);
+  if (authStates.isFetched) {
+    hasInitiallyLoaded.current = true;
+  }
   const [pathAllowed, setPathAllowed] = useState<boolean>(
     !regexpUrlsAuth.some((regexp) => !!pathname.match(regexp)),
   );
@@ -35,6 +41,8 @@ export const useAuth = () => {
     user,
     authenticated: !!user && authStates.isSuccess,
     pathAllowed,
+    hasInitiallyLoaded: hasInitiallyLoaded.current,
+    isAuthLoading,
     ...authStates,
   };
 };