diff --git a/hadoop-ozone/recon/src/main/resources/webapps/recon/ozone-recon-web/src/__tests__/capacity/Capacity.test.tsx b/hadoop-ozone/recon/src/main/resources/webapps/recon/ozone-recon-web/src/__tests__/capacity/Capacity.test.tsx
index 037fcd093cd..89612d76784 100644
--- a/hadoop-ozone/recon/src/main/resources/webapps/recon/ozone-recon-web/src/__tests__/capacity/Capacity.test.tsx
+++ b/hadoop-ozone/recon/src/main/resources/webapps/recon/ozone-recon-web/src/__tests__/capacity/Capacity.test.tsx
@@ -307,4 +307,57 @@ describe('Capacity Page', () => {
     );
     expect(screen.queryByRole('option', { name: 'dn-17' })).not.toBeInTheDocument();
   });
+
+  test('keeps polling the DN scan to completion even when Auto Refresh is off', async () => {
+    // Auto Refresh disabled before mount, so useAutoReload never starts its timer.
+    sessionStorage.setItem('autoReloadEnabled', 'false');
+
+    let dnCallCount = 0;
+    // Report an in-progress scan on the first two reads, then FINISHED.
+    const dnStatuses = ['IN_PROGRESS', 'IN_PROGRESS', 'FINISHED'];
+    capacityServer.use(
+      rest.get('api/v1/pendingDeletion', (req, res, ctx) => {
+        const component = req.url.searchParams.get('component');
+        if (component === 'dn') {
+          const status = dnStatuses[Math.min(dnCallCount, dnStatuses.length - 1)];
+          dnCallCount++;
+          return res(
+            ctx.status(200),
+            ctx.json({ ...mockResponses.DnPendingDeletion, status })
+          );
+        }
+        const map: Record<string, object> = {
+          scm: mockResponses.ScmPendingDeletion,
+          om: mockResponses.OmPendingDeletion
+        };
+        const body = component ? map[component] : undefined;
+        return body
+          ? res(ctx.status(200), ctx.json(body))
+          : res(ctx.status(400), ctx.json({ message: 'Unsupported pending deletion component.' }));
+      })
+    );
+
+    vi.useFakeTimers();
+    try {
+      render(<Capacity />);
+
+      // Flush the initial mount fetch (dn read #1 -> IN_PROGRESS).
+      await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(50);
+      expect(dnCallCount).toBe(1);
+
+      // With the toggle off, an in-progress scan still polls every 5s. Advancing
+      // the timer drives further reads (#2 IN_PROGRESS, #3 FINISHED).
+      await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(5000);
+      expect(dnCallCount).toBe(2);
+      await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(5000);
+      expect(dnCallCount).toBe(3);
+
+      // Once FINISHED, polling stops even though Auto Refresh remains off.
+      await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(15000);
+      expect(dnCallCount).toBe(3);
+    } finally {
+      vi.useRealTimers();
+      sessionStorage.removeItem('autoReloadEnabled');
+    }
+  });
 });
diff --git a/hadoop-ozone/recon/src/main/resources/webapps/recon/ozone-recon-web/src/v2/pages/capacity/capacity.tsx b/hadoop-ozone/recon/src/main/resources/webapps/recon/ozone-recon-web/src/v2/pages/capacity/capacity.tsx
index d6695af6be3..ba52984e55e 100644
--- a/hadoop-ozone/recon/src/main/resources/webapps/recon/ozone-recon-web/src/v2/pages/capacity/capacity.tsx
+++ b/hadoop-ozone/recon/src/main/resources/webapps/recon/ozone-recon-web/src/v2/pages/capacity/capacity.tsx
@@ -202,18 +202,27 @@ const Capacity: React.FC<object> = () => {
     }
   };
 
-  // Adjust the polling interval based on DN scan status:
+  // Keep the latest refresh callback in a ref so the interval below always calls
+  // the current closure instead of a stale one captured when the effect last ran.
+  const loadDataIfIdleRef = React.useRef(loadDataIfIdle);
+  loadDataIfIdleRef.current = loadDataIfIdle;
+
+  // Drive the DN pending-deletion scan through to completion:
   // fast (5s) while a scan is running, normal (60s) once finished.
-  // Honors the auto-reload toggle: if polling is OFF, do nothing.
+  // A running scan must be polled to completion and refresh the whole page even
+  // when Auto Refresh is off, otherwise the datanode sections stay stuck loading
+  // after the toggle is disabled. The toggle only governs the steady-state
+  // periodic reload once the scan has FINISHED.
   React.useEffect(() => {
-    if (!autoReload.isPolling) {
+    const scanInProgress = dnPendingDeletes.data.status !== "FINISHED";
+    if (autoReload.isPolling) {
+      autoReload.startPolling(scanInProgress ? PENDING_POLL_INTERVAL : AUTO_RELOAD_INTERVAL_DEFAULT);
       return;
     }
-    autoReload.startPolling(
-      dnPendingDeletes.data.status === "FINISHED"
-        ? AUTO_RELOAD_INTERVAL_DEFAULT
-        : PENDING_POLL_INTERVAL
-    );
+    if (scanInProgress) {
+      const timer = window.setInterval(() => loadDataIfIdleRef.current(), PENDING_POLL_INTERVAL);
+      return () => clearInterval(timer);
+    }
   }, [dnPendingDeletes.data.status, autoReload.isPolling]); // eslint-disable-line react-hooks/exhaustive-deps
 
   const dnReportStatus = (