diff --git a/frontend/packages/console-app/src/components/flags/FeatureFlagExtensionLoader.tsx b/frontend/packages/console-app/src/components/flags/FeatureFlagExtensionLoader.tsx
index b3d001f8d4c..3fb59497c73 100644
--- a/frontend/packages/console-app/src/components/flags/FeatureFlagExtensionLoader.tsx
+++ b/frontend/packages/console-app/src/components/flags/FeatureFlagExtensionLoader.tsx
@@ -22,30 +22,49 @@ import { FeatureFlagExtensionHookResolver } from './FeatureFlagExtensionHookReso
 
 /**
  * React hook that returns a stable {@link SetFeatureFlag} callback.
+ *
+ * Sync calls during render are deferred until after layout effects so we avoid
+ * "Cannot update a component while rendering" with react-redux 8.x (handlers may
+ * invoke this while rendering). Async calls (e.g. after a fetch in a
+ * console.flag/hookProvider) flush immediately so flag-gated extensions update
+ * without waiting for an unrelated re-render.
  */
-const useFeatureFlagController = () => {
+export const useFeatureFlagController = () => {
   const dispatch = useConsoleDispatch();
   const flags = useConsoleSelector(({ FLAGS }) => FLAGS);
+  const flagsRef = useRef(flags);
+  flagsRef.current = flags;
 
   // Queue of flag updates to be dispatched after render
   const pendingUpdatesRef = useRef<Map<string, boolean>>(new Map());
+  const isRenderingRef = useRef(true);
 
-  // Process pending flag updates after render completes.
-  // This avoids "Cannot update a component while rendering" errors with react-redux 8.x
-  // because handlers are called during render (they use hooks) but dispatches happen after.
-  useLayoutEffect(() => {
+  // Mark the render phase; cleared in the layout effect below.
+  isRenderingRef.current = true;
+
+  const flushPendingUpdates = useCallback(() => {
     pendingUpdatesRef.current.forEach((enabled, flag) => {
-      if (flags.get(flag) !== enabled) {
+      if (flagsRef.current.get(flag) !== enabled) {
         dispatch(setFlag(flag, enabled));
       }
     });
     pendingUpdatesRef.current.clear();
+  }, [dispatch]);
+
+  useLayoutEffect(() => {
+    isRenderingRef.current = false;
+    flushPendingUpdates();
   });
 
-  return useCallback<SetFeatureFlag>((flag, enabled) => {
-    // Queue the update to be processed after render
-    pendingUpdatesRef.current.set(flag, enabled);
-  }, []);
+  return useCallback<SetFeatureFlag>(
+    (flag, enabled) => {
+      pendingUpdatesRef.current.set(flag, enabled);
+      if (!isRenderingRef.current) {
+        flushPendingUpdates();
+      }
+    },
+    [flushPendingUpdates],
+  );
 };
 
 /**
diff --git a/frontend/packages/console-app/src/components/flags/__tests__/FeatureFlagExtensionLoader.spec.tsx b/frontend/packages/console-app/src/components/flags/__tests__/FeatureFlagExtensionLoader.spec.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f165393a1b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/packages/console-app/src/components/flags/__tests__/FeatureFlagExtensionLoader.spec.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+import { act, renderHook } from '@testing-library/react';
+import { Map as ImmutableMap } from 'immutable';
+import { setFlag } from '@console/internal/actions/flags';
+import { useConsoleDispatch } from '@console/shared/src/hooks/useConsoleDispatch';
+import { useConsoleSelector } from '@console/shared/src/hooks/useConsoleSelector';
+import { useFeatureFlagController } from '../FeatureFlagExtensionLoader';
+
+jest.mock('@console/shared/src/hooks/useConsoleSelector', () => ({
+  useConsoleSelector: jest.fn(),
+}));
+
+jest.mock('@console/shared/src/hooks/useConsoleDispatch', () => ({
+  useConsoleDispatch: jest.fn(),
+}));
+
+jest.mock('@console/internal/actions/flags', () => ({
+  ...jest.requireActual('@console/internal/actions/flags'),
+  setFlag: jest.fn((flag: string, value: boolean) => ({
+    type: 'setFlag',
+    payload: { flag, value },
+  })),
+}));
+
+const mockDispatch = jest.fn();
+const mockUseSelector = useConsoleSelector as jest.Mock;
+const mockUseDispatch = useConsoleDispatch as jest.Mock;
+const mockSetFlag = setFlag as jest.MockedFunction<typeof setFlag>;
+
+describe('useFeatureFlagController', () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    jest.clearAllMocks();
+    mockUseDispatch.mockReturnValue(mockDispatch);
+    mockUseSelector.mockReturnValue(ImmutableMap());
+  });
+
+  it('defers flag updates made during render until after layout effects', () => {
+    const { result } = renderHook(() => {
+      const setFeatureFlag = useFeatureFlagController();
+      // Simulate console.flag/hookProvider handlers that set flags during render.
+      setFeatureFlag('SYNC_FLAG', true);
+      return setFeatureFlag;
+    });
+
+    expect(mockDispatch).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(mockSetFlag).toHaveBeenCalledWith('SYNC_FLAG', true);
+    expect(result.current).toEqual(expect.any(Function));
+  });
+
+  it('dispatches async flag updates immediately without waiting for another render', () => {
+    const { result } = renderHook(() => useFeatureFlagController());
+
+    mockDispatch.mockClear();
+    mockSetFlag.mockClear();
+
+    act(() => {
+      result.current('ASYNC_FLAG', true);
+    });
+
+    expect(mockDispatch).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(mockSetFlag).toHaveBeenCalledWith('ASYNC_FLAG', true);
+  });
+
+  it('does not redispatch when the flag already has the requested value', () => {
+    mockUseSelector.mockReturnValue(ImmutableMap({ EXISTING_FLAG: true }));
+    const { result } = renderHook(() => useFeatureFlagController());
+
+    mockDispatch.mockClear();
+
+    act(() => {
+      result.current('EXISTING_FLAG', true);
+    });
+
+    expect(mockDispatch).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+});