diff --git a/src/modules/market/composables/useMarketStallSelfHeal.ts b/src/modules/market/composables/useMarketStallSelfHeal.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6a0eb65
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+++ b/src/modules/market/composables/useMarketStallSelfHeal.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+import { useAuth } from '@/composables/useAuthService'
+import { injectService, SERVICE_TOKENS } from '@/core/di-container'
+import type { NostrmarketAPI } from '../services/nostrmarketAPI'
+
+const SESSION_FLAG = 'market-stall-self-heal-checked'
+const STALL_EVENT_KIND = 30017
+
+/**
+ * Detect-and-recover from the LNbits orphan-stall bug
+ * (aiolabs/lnbits#10): _create_default_merchant provisions the merchant
+ * + stall in nostrmarket's internal SQLite but historically never
+ * published the kind-30017 stall event to relays. The upstream fix is
+ * already in c0f3743c on aiolabs/lnbits@demo, but it only helps NEW
+ * signups. Existing accounts whose auto-stall never made it to a relay
+ * stay orphaned until somebody republishes — which manifests in our
+ * webapp as "Unknown Stall" on every product authored by them.
+ *
+ * This composable runs once per browser session (sessionStorage gate)
+ * for any logged-in user who lands on the merchant dashboard:
+ *
+ *   1. Ask the relay for kind-30017 events authored by their pubkey.
+ *   2. Ask LNbits for the merchant's known stalls.
+ *   3. For each stall in (2) whose id isn't represented in (1), PUT the
+ *      stall back to LNbits. The PUT path on the LNbits side already
+ *      calls sign_and_send_to_nostr, so the kind-30017 event lands on
+ *      the relay without any user interaction.
+ *
+ * Silent on success. Logs to console.info on republish; console.warn on
+ * failure. Never toasts — this is supposed to be invisible.
+ *
+ * Tracked in aiolabs/webapp#38.
+ */
+export function useMarketStallSelfHeal() {
+  const { user } = useAuth()
+  const relayHub = injectService(SERVICE_TOKENS.RELAY_HUB) as any
+  const nostrmarketAPI = injectService(SERVICE_TOKENS.NOSTRMARKET_API) as NostrmarketAPI
+
+  async function selfHealOnce(): Promise<void> {
+    if (sessionStorage.getItem(SESSION_FLAG)) return
+
+    const currentUser = user.value
+    if (!currentUser?.pubkey) return
+
+    const wallets = (currentUser as any).wallets as Array<{ adminkey?: string; inkey?: string }> | undefined
+    if (!wallets?.length) return
+
+    const adminWallet = wallets.find(w => w.adminkey) || wallets[0]
+    if (!adminWallet?.adminkey || !adminWallet?.inkey) return
+
+    // Mark checked early — even on failure we don't want to retry on every
+    // dashboard mount during the same tab session.
+    sessionStorage.setItem(SESSION_FLAG, '1')
+
+    if (!relayHub || !nostrmarketAPI) {
+      console.warn('[market-self-heal] Required services unavailable, skipping')
+      return
+    }
+
+    try {
+      const relayEvents: Array<{ tags?: Array<[string, string?]> }> = await relayHub.queryEvents([
+        { kinds: [STALL_EVENT_KIND], authors: [currentUser.pubkey] },
+      ])
+      const publishedStallIds = new Set<string>()
+      for (const ev of relayEvents) {
+        const dTag = ev.tags?.find(t => Array.isArray(t) && t[0] === 'd')
+        const stallId = dTag?.[1]
+        if (stallId) publishedStallIds.add(stallId)
+      }
+
+      const lnbitsStalls = await nostrmarketAPI.getStalls(adminWallet.inkey)
+      const orphans = lnbitsStalls.filter(s => !publishedStallIds.has(s.id))
+
+      if (orphans.length === 0) {
+        console.info(
+          `[market-self-heal] All ${lnbitsStalls.length} stall(s) have a relay event — no recovery needed.`,
+        )
+        return
+      }
+
+      console.info(
+        `[market-self-heal] Republishing ${orphans.length} orphan stall(s):`,
+        orphans.map(s => `${s.id} (${s.name})`),
+      )
+
+      for (const stall of orphans) {
+        try {
+          await nostrmarketAPI.updateStall(adminWallet.adminkey, stall)
+          console.info(`[market-self-heal] Republished ${stall.id} (${stall.name})`)
+        } catch (err) {
+          console.warn(`[market-self-heal] Failed to republish ${stall.id}:`, err)
+        }
+      }
+    } catch (err) {
+      console.warn('[market-self-heal] Self-heal check failed:', err)
+    }
+  }
+
+  return { selfHealOnce }
+}
diff --git a/src/modules/market/views/MarketDashboard.vue b/src/modules/market/views/MarketDashboard.vue
index ded7018..5e08423 100644
--- a/src/modules/market/views/MarketDashboard.vue
+++ b/src/modules/market/views/MarketDashboard.vue
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ import OrderHistory from '../components/OrderHistory.vue'
 import MerchantStore from '../components/MerchantStore.vue'
 import MarketSettings from '../components/MarketSettings.vue'
 import { auth } from '@/composables/useAuthService'
+import { useMarketStallSelfHeal } from '../composables/useMarketStallSelfHeal'
 
 const route = useRoute()
 const marketStore = useMarketStore()
@@ -139,6 +140,7 @@ const tabs = computed(() => [
 ])
 
 const router = useRouter()
+const { selfHealOnce } = useMarketStallSelfHeal()
 
 // Lifecycle
 onMounted(() => {
@@ -153,6 +155,9 @@ onMounted(() => {
     return
   }
   console.log('Market Dashboard mounted')
+  // Self-heal orphan stalls (issue #38) once per browser session.
+  // Fire-and-forget — never blocks the dashboard render.
+  void selfHealOnce()
 })
 </script>