From 32af92454a5df22533918bac95d653d69679fe8e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ivan Sekovanikj <ivan.sekovanikj@getstream.io>
Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2025 13:19:22 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] fix: properly use initializeOnMount

---
 package/src/components/Channel/Channel.tsx | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/package/src/components/Channel/Channel.tsx b/package/src/components/Channel/Channel.tsx
index 14e64932d..a731acd6a 100644
--- a/package/src/components/Channel/Channel.tsx
+++ b/package/src/components/Channel/Channel.tsx
@@ -945,7 +945,7 @@ const ChannelWithContext = (props: PropsWithChildren<ChannelPropsWithContext>) =
       }
       let errored = false;
 
-      if (!channel.initialized || !channel.state.isUpToDate || !initializeOnMount) {
+      if ((!channel.initialized || !channel.state.isUpToDate) && initializeOnMount) {
         try {
           await channel?.watch();
         } catch (err) {