diff --git a/packages/bridge/src/hook-manager.ts b/packages/bridge/src/hook-manager.ts
index 22473fc3..89dc6057 100644
--- a/packages/bridge/src/hook-manager.ts
+++ b/packages/bridge/src/hook-manager.ts
@@ -309,7 +309,9 @@ export class HookManager {
           this.runAutoLoad(session, autoLoad);
           continue;
         }
-        if ((session.status === 'connecting' || session.status === 'disconnected')
+        if ((session.status === 'connecting'
+            || session.status === 'disconnected'
+            || session.status === 'error')
           && this.pipeWatcher.isPipeLive(session.pid)) {
           session.onPipeUp();
         }
diff --git a/packages/bridge/src/hook-session.ts b/packages/bridge/src/hook-session.ts
index 88f24c90..f6fef1d1 100644
--- a/packages/bridge/src/hook-session.ts
+++ b/packages/bridge/src/hook-session.ts
@@ -358,6 +358,15 @@ export class HookSession extends EventEmitter {
       this._error = errMsg(error);
       this.setStatus('error', this._error);
       this.log.error('load failed: PID=%d err=%s', this.pid, this._error);
+      // The module can already be listening even when this call returns
+      // failure: another load left it resident, or it came up after the
+      // call returned. A live pipe still has the account state, so connect
+      // instead of staying on the failed load.
+      await this.pipeWatcher.tickNow?.();
+      if (!this.disposed && this.pipeWatcher.isPipeLive(this.pid)) {
+        this.log.info('PID=%d load failed but pipe is up; connecting', this.pid);
+        await this.reconcilePipeUp();
+      }
     }
     return this.toInfo();
   }
diff --git a/packages/bridge/tests/hook-session.test.ts b/packages/bridge/tests/hook-session.test.ts
index 0e715de7..89267e14 100644
--- a/packages/bridge/tests/hook-session.test.ts
+++ b/packages/bridge/tests/hook-session.test.ts
@@ -205,6 +205,35 @@ describe('HookSession — runtime TRACE', () => {
     }
   });
 
+  it('connects when load fails but the pipe is already up', async () => {
+    let pipeLive = false;
+    const clients: FakeClient[] = [];
+    const session = new HookSession(7108, {
+      injector: {
+        inject: () => {
+          pipeLive = true;
+          throw new Error('component loading failed [COMPONENT_LOAD_FAILED]');
+        },
+        unload: () => undefined,
+      },
+      makeClient: () => {
+        const client = new FakeClient();
+        client.fireLogin('10001');
+        clients.push(client);
+        return client as unknown as QqHookClient;
+      },
+      pipeWatcher: {
+        isPipeLive: () => pipeLive,
+        tickNow: async () => undefined,
+      },
+    });
+    const info = await session.load();
+    expect(info.status).toBe('online');
+    expect(info.uin).toBe('10001');
+    expect(info.connected).toBe(true);
+    expect(clients).toHaveLength(1);
+  });
+
   it('records login, disconnect, and process-gone only when state changes', async () => {
     const entries: LogEntry[] = [];
     setLogLevel('trace');