diff --git a/news/+dev-reload-hold-socket.bugfix.md b/news/+dev-reload-hold-socket.bugfix.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3696def32ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/news/+dev-reload-hold-socket.bugfix.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Keep the development backend port open while hot reload restarts the worker, so requests made during a reload wait for the new worker instead of being refused.
diff --git a/reflex/utils/exec.py b/reflex/utils/exec.py
index c93b11949c3..766d66f7710 100644
--- a/reflex/utils/exec.py
+++ b/reflex/utils/exec.py
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 import os
 import platform
 import re
+import socket
 import subprocess
 import sys
 from collections.abc import Mapping, Sequence
@@ -669,13 +670,31 @@ def run_granian_backend(host: str, port: int, loglevel: LogLevel):
 
     from granian.constants import Interfaces
     from granian.log import LogLevels
+    from granian.net import SocketSpec  # pyright: ignore[reportPrivateImportUsage]
     from granian.server import Server as Granian
     from reflex_base.environment import _load_dotenv_from_env
 
+    class ParentBoundGranian(Granian):  # pyright: ignore[reportGeneralTypeIssues]
+        """Granian server that binds the listen socket in the supervisor.
+
+        On Linux each worker otherwise binds only after loading the app, so
+        requests during a reload are refused. With the supervisor holding the
+        socket they wait in the accept backlog for the new worker.
+        """
+
+        def _init_shared_socket(self):
+            self._ssp = SocketSpec(self.bind_addr, self.bind_port, self.backlog)
+            self._shd = self._ssp.build()
+            self._sfd = self._shd.get_fd()
+            self._ssp = None
+            sock = socket.socket(fileno=self._sfd)
+            sock.set_inheritable(True)
+            self._sso = sock
+
     reset_dev_backend_reload_marker()
     environment.REFLEX_DEV_BACKEND_RELOAD_ACTIVE.set(True)
 
-    granian_app = Granian(
+    granian_app = ParentBoundGranian(
         target=get_app_instance_from_file(),
         factory=True,
         address=host,
diff --git a/tests/units/utils/test_exec.py b/tests/units/utils/test_exec.py
index 5dfc677c094..88592da53c0 100644
--- a/tests/units/utils/test_exec.py
+++ b/tests/units/utils/test_exec.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 """Tests for development backend launchers in ``reflex.utils.exec``."""
 
 import os
+import socket
 from pathlib import Path
 
 import pytest
@@ -80,6 +81,55 @@ def serve(self):
     assert seen["value"] == "True"
 
 
+def test_run_granian_backend_binds_listen_socket_in_supervisor(
+    tmp_path: Path, mocker: MockerFixture
+):
+    """The dev server holds the listen socket so requests queue across worker restarts."""
+    mocker.patch.object(
+        exec_utils,
+        "get_dev_backend_reload_marker",
+        return_value=tmp_path / exec_utils.DEV_BACKEND_RELOAD_MARKER,
+    )
+    mocker.patch.object(
+        exec_utils, "get_app_instance_from_file", return_value="app:app"
+    )
+    mocker.patch.object(exec_utils, "get_reload_paths", return_value=[])
+    granian_server = pytest.importorskip("granian.server")
+    servers: list[object] = []
+
+    class FakeGranian:
+        def __init__(self, *_args, **_kwargs):
+            self.bind_addr = "127.0.0.1"
+            self.bind_port = 0
+            self.backlog = 16
+            servers.append(self)
+
+        def on_reload(self, _callback):
+            pass
+
+        def serve(self):
+            pass
+
+    mocker.patch.object(granian_server, "Server", FakeGranian)
+
+    exec_utils.run_granian_backend(
+        host="127.0.0.1", port=0, loglevel=exec_utils.LogLevel.INFO
+    )
+
+    (server,) = servers
+    server._init_shared_socket()  # pyright: ignore[reportAttributeAccessIssue]
+    listener: socket.socket = server._sso  # pyright: ignore[reportAttributeAccessIssue]
+    try:
+        assert listener.get_inheritable()
+        # Once a worker calls listen the supervisor's descriptor keeps the
+        # socket listening, so connections queue while no worker accepts.
+        listener.listen()
+        with socket.create_connection(listener.getsockname(), timeout=1):
+            pass
+    finally:
+        listener.close()
+
+
 def test_with_development_condition_sets_node_and_bun_options():
     """Both runtime option vars gain the development condition flag."""
     env = exec_utils._with_development_condition({})