diff --git a/apps/studio/components/interfaces/Workers/WorkersList.test.tsx b/apps/studio/components/interfaces/Workers/WorkersList.test.tsx
index e78acd3b302..09bd808ad2b 100644
--- a/apps/studio/components/interfaces/Workers/WorkersList.test.tsx
+++ b/apps/studio/components/interfaces/Workers/WorkersList.test.tsx
@@ -18,8 +18,16 @@ const worker = (name: string, overrides: Partial<Worker> = {}): Worker => ({
   ...overrides,
 })
 
-const renderList = (workers: Worker[]) =>
-  customRender(<WorkersList projectRef="default" workers={workers} onDeploy={vi.fn()} />)
+const renderList = (workers: Worker[], onRefresh = vi.fn()) =>
+  customRender(
+    <WorkersList
+      projectRef="default"
+      workers={workers}
+      onDeploy={vi.fn()}
+      onRefresh={onRefresh}
+      isRefreshing={false}
+    />
+  )
 
 const rowNames = () =>
   screen
@@ -48,12 +56,19 @@ describe('WorkersList', () => {
 
     await userEvent.type(screen.getByPlaceholderText('Search by name'), 'resize')
     expect(rowNames()).toEqual(['resize-images'])
-    expect(screen.getByText('1 worker')).toBeVisible()
-
     await userEvent.type(screen.getByPlaceholderText('Search by name'), '-nope')
     expect(screen.getByText('No workers match your filters')).toBeVisible()
   })
 
+  it('refreshes the workers list on request', async () => {
+    const onRefresh = vi.fn()
+    renderList([worker('embed')], onRefresh)
+
+    await userEvent.click(screen.getByRole('button', { name: 'Refresh' }))
+
+    expect(onRefresh).toHaveBeenCalledOnce()
+  })
+
   it('pages through the workers ten at a time', async () => {
     const workers = Array.from({ length: 12 }, (_, index) => worker(`worker-${index}`))
     renderList(workers)
diff --git a/apps/studio/components/interfaces/Workers/WorkersList.tsx b/apps/studio/components/interfaces/Workers/WorkersList.tsx
index 7503d8c1533..ca2aa4b9d46 100644
--- a/apps/studio/components/interfaces/Workers/WorkersList.tsx
+++ b/apps/studio/components/interfaces/Workers/WorkersList.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { ChevronLeft, ChevronRight, Terminal } from 'lucide-react'
+import { ChevronLeft, ChevronRight, RefreshCw, Terminal } from 'lucide-react'
 import Link from 'next/link'
 import { useRouter } from 'next/router'
 import { useState } from 'react'
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ interface WorkersListProps {
   projectRef: string
   workers: Worker[]
   onDeploy: () => void
+  onRefresh: () => void
+  isRefreshing: boolean
 }
 
 const STATE_FILTERS: { value: WorkerBuildState | 'all'; label: string }[] = [
@@ -55,7 +57,13 @@ const parseStateFilter = (value: string): WorkerBuildState | 'all' =>
 const parseAccessFilter = (value: string): WorkerAccess | 'all' =>
   ACCESS_FILTERS.find((option) => option.value === value)?.value ?? 'all'
 
-export const WorkersList = ({ projectRef, workers, onDeploy }: WorkersListProps) => {
+export const WorkersList = ({
+  projectRef,
+  workers,
+  onDeploy,
+  onRefresh,
+  isRefreshing,
+}: WorkersListProps) => {
   const router = useRouter()
   const [search, setSearch] = useState('')
   const [stateFilter, setStateFilter] = useState<WorkerBuildState | 'all'>('all')
@@ -124,9 +132,9 @@ export const WorkersList = ({ projectRef, workers, onDeploy }: WorkersListProps)
         </Select>
 
         <div className="flex items-center gap-3 md:ml-auto">
-          <span className="text-sm text-foreground-lighter">
-            {filtered.length} worker{filtered.length === 1 ? '' : 's'}
-          </span>
+          <Button variant="default" icon={<RefreshCw />} loading={isRefreshing} onClick={onRefresh}>
+            Refresh
+          </Button>
           <Button variant="primary" icon={<Terminal />} onClick={onDeploy}>
             Deploy a worker
           </Button>
diff --git a/apps/studio/data/workers/workers-query.ts b/apps/studio/data/workers/workers-query.ts
index 5aaed1734df..a74453ffa63 100644
--- a/apps/studio/data/workers/workers-query.ts
+++ b/apps/studio/data/workers/workers-query.ts
@@ -28,4 +28,5 @@ export const workersQueryOptions = ({ projectRef }: WorkersVariables) =>
     queryKey: workersKeys.list(projectRef),
     queryFn: ({ signal }) => getWorkers({ projectRef }, signal),
     enabled: IS_PLATFORM && typeof projectRef !== 'undefined',
+    refetchOnWindowFocus: 'always',
   })
diff --git a/apps/studio/pages/project/[ref]/workers/index.tsx b/apps/studio/pages/project/[ref]/workers/index.tsx
index 73debf88890..327dfd8e732 100644
--- a/apps/studio/pages/project/[ref]/workers/index.tsx
+++ b/apps/studio/pages/project/[ref]/workers/index.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 import { useQuery } from '@tanstack/react-query'
 import { useParams } from 'common'
+import { RefreshCw } from 'lucide-react'
 import { useState } from 'react'
+import { Button } from 'ui'
 import { Admonition } from 'ui-patterns/Admonition'
 import { PageContainer } from 'ui-patterns/PageContainer'
 import {
@@ -38,6 +40,8 @@ const WorkersPage: NextPageWithLayout = () => {
     isPending,
     isError,
     isSuccess,
+    isFetching,
+    refetch,
   } = useQuery(workersQueryOptions({ projectRef: ref }))
 
   const isNotEnrolled = isError && isWorkersUnavailable(error)
@@ -74,7 +78,22 @@ const WorkersPage: NextPageWithLayout = () => {
               />
             )}
             {isMissingPermission && <NoPermission resourceText="view this project's workers" />}
-            {isUnexpectedError && <AlertError error={error} subject="Failed to retrieve workers" />}
+            {isUnexpectedError && (
+              <AlertError
+                error={error}
+                subject="Failed to retrieve workers"
+                additionalActions={
+                  <Button
+                    variant="default"
+                    icon={<RefreshCw />}
+                    loading={isFetching}
+                    onClick={() => refetch()}
+                  >
+                    Refresh
+                  </Button>
+                }
+              />
+            )}
             {isSuccess && workers.length === 0 && (
               <WorkersEmptyState onDeploy={() => setIsDeployInstructionsOpen(true)} />
             )}
@@ -83,6 +102,8 @@ const WorkersPage: NextPageWithLayout = () => {
                 projectRef={ref}
                 workers={workers}
                 onDeploy={() => setIsDeployInstructionsOpen(true)}
+                onRefresh={() => refetch()}
+                isRefreshing={isFetching}
               />
             )}
           </PageSectionContent>
diff --git a/apps/studio/tests/pages/project/[ref]/workers/index.test.tsx b/apps/studio/tests/pages/project/[ref]/workers/index.test.tsx
index a30ff8ba80b..72111ae36b9 100644
--- a/apps/studio/tests/pages/project/[ref]/workers/index.test.tsx
+++ b/apps/studio/tests/pages/project/[ref]/workers/index.test.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { QueryClient } from '@tanstack/react-query'
-import { screen } from '@testing-library/react'
+import { fireEvent, screen } from '@testing-library/react'
 import type { components } from 'api-types'
 import { HttpResponse } from 'msw'
 import { beforeEach, describe, expect, it } from 'vitest'
@@ -90,6 +90,17 @@ describe('/project/[ref]/workers', () => {
     expect(screen.queryByRole('table')).not.toBeInTheDocument()
   })
 
+  it('refreshes the workers list on request', async () => {
+    mockWorkersList([workerDatum('existing')])
+
+    await renderWorkersPage()
+
+    mockWorkersList([workerDatum('embed')])
+    fireEvent.click(screen.getByRole('button', { name: 'Refresh' }))
+
+    expect(await screen.findByRole('link', { name: 'embed' })).toBeVisible()
+  })
+
   it('explains that a project outside the alpha is not enrolled', async () => {
     mockWorkersListFailure(404)
 
@@ -109,4 +120,25 @@ describe('/project/[ref]/workers', () => {
     ).toBeVisible()
     expect(screen.queryByRole('table')).not.toBeInTheDocument()
   })
+
+  it('allows retrying an unexpected error', async () => {
+    let requestCount = 0
+    addAPIMock({
+      method: 'get',
+      path: '/v2/projects/:ref/workers',
+      response: (): HttpResponse<APIErrorBody> | HttpResponse<ListWorkersResponse> => {
+        if (requestCount++ === 0) {
+          return HttpResponse.json<APIErrorBody>({ message: 'Unavailable' }, { status: 500 })
+        }
+
+        return HttpResponse.json<ListWorkersResponse>({ data: [workerDatum('embed')] })
+      },
+    })
+
+    await renderWorkersPage()
+
+    fireEvent.click(screen.getByRole('button', { name: 'Refresh' }))
+
+    expect(await screen.findByRole('link', { name: 'embed' })).toBeVisible()
+  })
 })