diff --git a/apps/example/src/App.tsx b/apps/example/src/App.tsx
index cc85c03b5..08e0b2838 100644
--- a/apps/example/src/App.tsx
+++ b/apps/example/src/App.tsx
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ import { AsyncStarvation } from "./Diagnostics/AsyncStarvation";
 import { DeviceLostHang } from "./Diagnostics/DeviceLostHang";
 import { DiagnosticsList } from "./Diagnostics/DiagnosticsList";
 import { WorkletRequestAdapter } from "./Diagnostics/WorkletRequestAdapter";
+import { ReloadLifecycle } from "./Diagnostics/ReloadLifecycle";
 import { ContextEdgeCases } from "./Diagnostics/ContextEdgeCases";
 import { ViewFormatsUseAfterFree } from "./Diagnostics/ViewFormatsUseAfterFree";
 import { RenderAfterUnmount } from "./Diagnostics/RenderAfterUnmount";
@@ -113,6 +114,7 @@ function App() {
             name="WorkletRequestAdapter"
             component={WorkletRequestAdapter}
           />
+          <Stack.Screen name="ReloadLifecycle" component={ReloadLifecycle} />
           <Stack.Screen name="ContextEdgeCases" component={ContextEdgeCases} />
           <Stack.Screen
             name="ViewFormatsUseAfterFree"
diff --git a/apps/example/src/Diagnostics/DiagnosticsList.tsx b/apps/example/src/Diagnostics/DiagnosticsList.tsx
index 64d0a2ca5..3b514ffdc 100644
--- a/apps/example/src/Diagnostics/DiagnosticsList.tsx
+++ b/apps/example/src/Diagnostics/DiagnosticsList.tsx
@@ -21,6 +21,10 @@ const tests = [
     screen: "WorkletRequestAdapter",
     title: "⚠️ Worklet requestAdapter",
   },
+  {
+    screen: "ReloadLifecycle",
+    title: "⚠️ Runtime Reload Lifecycle",
+  },
   {
     screen: "ContextEdgeCases",
     title: "⚠️ Context Edge Cases",
diff --git a/apps/example/src/Diagnostics/ReloadLifecycle.tsx b/apps/example/src/Diagnostics/ReloadLifecycle.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..550c30a11
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/example/src/Diagnostics/ReloadLifecycle.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,139 @@
+import React, { useEffect, useRef, useState } from "react";
+import { DevSettings, Pressable, StyleSheet, Text, View } from "react-native";
+
+const styles = StyleSheet.create({
+  container: {
+    flex: 1,
+    padding: 24,
+    justifyContent: "center",
+    backgroundColor: "#111",
+  },
+  card: {
+    padding: 20,
+    gap: 12,
+    borderRadius: 12,
+    borderCurve: "continuous",
+    backgroundColor: "#1e1e1e",
+  },
+  title: {
+    color: "#f5f5f5",
+    fontWeight: "600",
+  },
+  paragraph: {
+    color: "#f5f5f5",
+    lineHeight: 20,
+  },
+  error: {
+    color: "#ffb347",
+    lineHeight: 20,
+  },
+  button: {
+    alignItems: "center",
+    padding: 12,
+    borderRadius: 8,
+    borderCurve: "continuous",
+    backgroundColor: "#2563eb",
+  },
+  buttonDisabled: {
+    backgroundColor: "#475569",
+  },
+  buttonText: {
+    color: "white",
+    fontWeight: "600",
+  },
+  note: {
+    color: "#aaa",
+    lineHeight: 18,
+  },
+});
+
+const createPendingPipeline = (device: GPUDevice) =>
+  device.createComputePipelineAsync({
+    label: "reload-lifecycle-pending-pipeline",
+    layout: "auto",
+    compute: {
+      module: device.createShaderModule({
+        code: "@compute @workgroup_size(1) fn main() {}",
+      }),
+      entryPoint: "main",
+    },
+  });
+
+export const ReloadLifecycle = () => {
+  const deviceRef = useRef<GPUDevice | null>(null);
+  const [status, setStatus] = useState("Requesting adapter…");
+  const [error, setError] = useState<string | null>(null);
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    let cancelled = false;
+
+    const prepare = async () => {
+      try {
+        const adapter = await navigator.gpu.requestAdapter();
+        if (!adapter) {
+          throw new Error("Failed to acquire a GPU adapter.");
+        }
+
+        const device = await adapter.requestDevice({
+          label: "reload-lifecycle-probe",
+        });
+        if (cancelled) {
+          return;
+        }
+
+        deviceRef.current = device;
+        setStatus("WebGPU is ready. Reload can now be triggered.");
+
+        // Keep a native callback registered so runtime teardown has to cancel it.
+        void device.lost.catch(() => undefined);
+      } catch (cause) {
+        if (!cancelled) {
+          setError(cause instanceof Error ? cause.message : String(cause));
+        }
+      }
+    };
+
+    void prepare();
+    return () => {
+      cancelled = true;
+      deviceRef.current = null;
+    };
+  }, []);
+
+  const reload = () => {
+    const device = deviceRef.current;
+    if (!device) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    // Do not await these operations: reload must invalidate their callbacks while
+    // they are still associated with the current JavaScript runtime.
+    void createPendingPipeline(device).catch(() => undefined);
+    void device.queue.onSubmittedWorkDone().catch(() => undefined);
+    DevSettings.reload("react-native-webgpu lifecycle regression");
+  };
+
+  const ready = deviceRef.current !== null;
+
+  return (
+    <View style={styles.container}>
+      <View style={styles.card}>
+        <Text style={styles.title}>Runtime Reload Lifecycle</Text>
+        <Text style={styles.paragraph}>{status}</Text>
+        {error ? <Text style={styles.error}>{error}</Text> : null}
+        <Pressable
+          accessibilityRole="button"
+          disabled={!ready}
+          onPress={reload}
+          style={[styles.button, !ready ? styles.buttonDisabled : null]}
+        >
+          <Text style={styles.buttonText}>Start async work and reload</Text>
+        </Pressable>
+        <Text style={styles.note}>
+          After reload, open this screen again. A healthy installation acquires
+          a fresh adapter and device and reaches the ready state.
+        </Text>
+      </View>
+    </View>
+  );
+};
diff --git a/apps/example/src/Route.ts b/apps/example/src/Route.ts
index a3c4cea20..329465bf4 100644
--- a/apps/example/src/Route.ts
+++ b/apps/example/src/Route.ts
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ export type Routes = {
   AsyncStarvation: undefined;
   DeviceLostHang: undefined;
   WorkletRequestAdapter: undefined;
+  ReloadLifecycle: undefined;
   ContextEdgeCases: undefined;
   ViewFormatsUseAfterFree: undefined;
   RenderAfterUnmount: undefined;