diff --git a/crates/filemeta/src/metacache.rs b/crates/filemeta/src/metacache.rs
index 725342956..e6f475bfe 100644
--- a/crates/filemeta/src/metacache.rs
+++ b/crates/filemeta/src/metacache.rs
@@ -872,7 +872,7 @@ mod tests {
         Arc, Mutex as StdMutex,
         atomic::{AtomicUsize, Ordering},
     };
-    use tokio::sync::oneshot;
+    use tokio::sync::{Notify, oneshot};
     use uuid::Uuid;
 
     #[tokio::test]
@@ -1127,6 +1127,74 @@ mod tests {
         .expect("background refresh should complete");
     }
 
+    #[tokio::test(flavor = "multi_thread", worker_threads = 4)]
+    async fn test_cache_no_wait_coalesces_background_refreshes() {
+        let calls = Arc::new(AtomicUsize::new(0));
+        let release_refresh = Arc::new(Notify::new());
+        let ttl = Duration::from_secs(60);
+        let cache = Arc::new(Cache::new(
+            Box::new({
+                let calls = Arc::clone(&calls);
+                let release_refresh = Arc::clone(&release_refresh);
+                move || {
+                    let calls = Arc::clone(&calls);
+                    let release_refresh = Arc::clone(&release_refresh);
+                    Box::pin(async move {
+                        let call = calls.fetch_add(1, Ordering::SeqCst);
+                        if call > 0 {
+                            release_refresh.notified().await;
+                        }
+                        Ok(call)
+                    })
+                }
+            }),
+            ttl,
+            Opts {
+                return_last_good: true,
+                no_wait: true,
+            },
+        ));
+
+        let prime = Arc::clone(&cache).get().await.expect("prime cache should succeed");
+        assert_eq!(prime, 0);
+
+        let now = Cache::<usize>::current_unix_secs();
+        cache
+            .last_update_secs
+            .store(now.saturating_sub(ttl.as_secs()), AtomicOrdering::SeqCst);
+
+        let stale = Arc::clone(&cache).get().await.expect("stale get should succeed");
+        assert_eq!(stale, 0);
+
+        tokio::time::timeout(Duration::from_secs(1), async {
+            loop {
+                if calls.load(Ordering::SeqCst) == 2 {
+                    break;
+                }
+                tokio::time::sleep(Duration::from_millis(10)).await;
+            }
+        })
+        .await
+        .expect("background refresh should start");
+
+        let mut readers = Vec::new();
+        for _ in 0..8 {
+            let cache = Arc::clone(&cache);
+            readers.push(tokio::spawn(
+                async move { Arc::clone(&cache).get().await.expect("stale get should succeed") },
+            ));
+        }
+
+        for reader in readers {
+            assert_eq!(reader.await.expect("reader task should not panic"), 0);
+        }
+
+        tokio::time::sleep(Duration::from_millis(50)).await;
+        assert_eq!(calls.load(Ordering::SeqCst), 2);
+
+        release_refresh.notify_waiters();
+    }
+
     #[tokio::test]
     async fn test_cache_return_last_good_on_refresh_error() {
         let calls = Arc::new(AtomicUsize::new(0));