diff --git a/src/renderer/api/kube-watch-api.ts b/src/renderer/api/kube-watch-api.ts
index 0387c27206..60adcee6c7 100644
--- a/src/renderer/api/kube-watch-api.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/api/kube-watch-api.ts
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 // Kubernetes watch-api client
 // API: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Streams_API/Using_readable_streams
 
-import type { Cluster } from "../../main/cluster";
 import type { IKubeWatchEvent, IKubeWatchEventStreamEnd, IWatchRoutePayload } from "../../main/routes/watch-route";
 import type { KubeObject } from "./kube-object";
 import type { KubeObjectStore } from "../kube-object.store";
+import type { ClusterContext } from "../components/context";
 
 import plimit from "p-limit";
 import debounce from "lodash/debounce";
-import { autorun, comparer, computed, IReactionDisposer, observable, reaction } from "mobx";
+import { comparer, computed, IReactionDisposer, observable, reaction, when } from "mobx";
 import { autobind, EventEmitter, noop } from "../utils";
 import { ensureObjectSelfLink, KubeApi, parseKubeApi } from "./kube-api";
 import { KubeJsonApiData, KubeJsonApiError } from "./kube-json-api";
@@ -48,21 +48,18 @@ export class KubeWatchApi {
   private reader: ReadableStreamReader<string>;
   public onMessage = new EventEmitter<[IKubeWatchMessage]>();
 
-  @observable.ref private cluster: Cluster;
-  @observable.ref private namespaces: string[] = [];
+  @observable context: ClusterContext = null;
   @observable subscribers = observable.map<KubeApi, number>();
   @observable isConnected = false;
 
-  @computed get isReady(): boolean {
-    return Boolean(this.cluster && this.namespaces);
-  }
+  contextReady = when(() => Boolean(this.context));
 
   @computed get isActive(): boolean {
     return this.apis.length > 0;
   }
 
   @computed get apis(): string[] {
-    if (!this.isReady) {
+    if (!this.context) {
       return [];
     }
 
@@ -72,22 +69,20 @@ export class KubeWatchApi {
       }
 
       // TODO: optimize - check when all namespaces are selected and then request all in one
-      if (api.isNamespaced && !this.cluster.isGlobalWatchEnabled) {
-        return this.namespaces.map(namespace => api.getWatchUrl(namespace));
+      if (api.isNamespaced && !this.context.cluster.isGlobalWatchEnabled) {
+        return this.context.contextNamespaces.map(namespace => api.getWatchUrl(namespace));
       }
 
       return api.getWatchUrl();
     }).flat();
   }
 
-  async init({ getCluster, getNamespaces }: {
-    getCluster: () => Cluster,
-    getNamespaces: () => string[],
-  }): Promise<void> {
-    autorun(() => {
-      this.cluster = getCluster();
-      this.namespaces = getNamespaces();
-    });
+  constructor() {
+    this.init();
+  }
+
+  private async init() {
+    await this.contextReady;
     this.bindAutoConnect();
   }
 
@@ -109,7 +104,7 @@ export class KubeWatchApi {
   }
 
   isAllowedApi(api: KubeApi): boolean {
-    return Boolean(this?.cluster.isAllowedResource(api.kind));
+    return Boolean(this.context?.cluster.isAllowedResource(api.kind));
   }
 
   subscribeApi(api: KubeApi | KubeApi[]): () => void {
@@ -130,15 +125,15 @@ export class KubeWatchApi {
     };
   }
 
-  preloadStores(stores: KubeObjectStore[], { loadOnce = false } = {}) {
+  preloadStores(stores: KubeObjectStore[], opts: { namespaces?: string[], loadOnce?: boolean } = {}) {
     const limitRequests = plimit(1); // load stores one by one to allow quick skipping when fast clicking btw pages
     const preloading: Promise<any>[] = [];
 
     for (const store of stores) {
       preloading.push(limitRequests(async () => {
-        if (store.isLoaded && loadOnce) return; // skip
+        if (store.isLoaded && opts.loadOnce) return; // skip
 
-        return store.loadAll(this.namespaces);
+        return store.loadAll({ namespaces: opts.namespaces });
       }));
     }
 
@@ -154,7 +149,7 @@ export class KubeWatchApi {
     const unsubscribeList: (() => void)[] = [];
     let isUnsubscribed = false;
 
-    const load = () => this.preloadStores(stores, { loadOnce });
+    const load = (namespaces?: string[]) => this.preloadStores(stores, { namespaces, loadOnce });
     let preloading = preload && load();
     let cancelReloading: IReactionDisposer = noop;
 
@@ -175,10 +170,10 @@ export class KubeWatchApi {
         subscribe();
       }
 
-      // reload when context namespaces changes
-      cancelReloading = reaction(() => this.namespaces, () => {
+      // partial reload only selected namespaces
+      cancelReloading = reaction(() => this.context.contextNamespaces, namespaces => {
         preloading?.cancelLoading();
-        preloading = load();
+        preloading = load(namespaces);
       }, {
         equals: comparer.shallow,
       });
@@ -291,7 +286,7 @@ export class KubeWatchApi {
         }
 
         // skip updates from non-watching resources context
-        if (!namespace || this.namespaces.includes(namespace)) {
+        if (!namespace || this.context?.contextNamespaces.includes(namespace)) {
           this.onMessage.emit(message);
         }
       } catch (error) {
diff --git a/src/renderer/components/+custom-resources/crd-resources.tsx b/src/renderer/components/+custom-resources/crd-resources.tsx
index 4a9290eb4e..afc6dd87c2 100644
--- a/src/renderer/components/+custom-resources/crd-resources.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/components/+custom-resources/crd-resources.tsx
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ export class CrdResources extends React.Component<Props> {
         const { store } = this;
 
         if (store && !store.isLoading && !store.isLoaded) {
-          store.loadAllFromContextNamespaces();
+          store.reloadAll();
         }
       })
     ]);
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ export class CrdResources extends React.Component<Props> {
           ...extraColumns.map((column) => {
             let value = jsonPath.value(crdInstance, parseJsonPath(column.jsonPath.slice(1)));
 
-            if (Array.isArray(value) || typeof value === "object") {
+            if (Array.isArray(value) || typeof value === "object") {
               value = JSON.stringify(value);
             }
 
diff --git a/src/renderer/components/+events/kube-event-details.tsx b/src/renderer/components/+events/kube-event-details.tsx
index 9ac4587395..264b99f11b 100644
--- a/src/renderer/components/+events/kube-event-details.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/components/+events/kube-event-details.tsx
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ export interface KubeEventDetailsProps {
 @observer
 export class KubeEventDetails extends React.Component<KubeEventDetailsProps> {
   async componentDidMount() {
-    eventStore.loadAllFromContextNamespaces();
+    eventStore.reloadAll();
   }
 
   render() {
diff --git a/src/renderer/components/+namespaces/namespace-details.tsx b/src/renderer/components/+namespaces/namespace-details.tsx
index c8cf0f6bcb..2ad6d7d0da 100644
--- a/src/renderer/components/+namespaces/namespace-details.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/components/+namespaces/namespace-details.tsx
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@ export class NamespaceDetails extends React.Component<Props> {
   }
 
   componentDidMount() {
-    resourceQuotaStore.loadAllFromContextNamespaces();
-    limitRangeStore.loadAllFromContextNamespaces();
+    resourceQuotaStore.reloadAll();
+    limitRangeStore.reloadAll();
   }
 
   render() {
diff --git a/src/renderer/components/+namespaces/namespace.store.ts b/src/renderer/components/+namespaces/namespace.store.ts
index 4ea270a3af..d62d3767e7 100644
--- a/src/renderer/components/+namespaces/namespace.store.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/components/+namespaces/namespace.store.ts
@@ -41,8 +41,7 @@ export class NamespaceStore extends KubeObjectStore<Namespace> {
   }
 
   private async init() {
-    await this.resolveCluster();
-    if (!this.cluster) return; // skip for non-cluster context window
+    if (!this.context) return; // skip for non-cluster context window
 
     this.setContext(this.initialNamespaces);
     this.autoLoadAllowedNamespaces();
@@ -66,7 +65,7 @@ export class NamespaceStore extends KubeObjectStore<Namespace> {
   }
 
   private autoLoadAllowedNamespaces(): IReactionDisposer {
-    return reaction(() => this.allowedNamespaces, namespaces => this.loadAll(namespaces), {
+    return reaction(() => this.allowedNamespaces, namespaces => this.loadAll({ namespaces }), {
       fireImmediately: true,
       equals: comparer.shallow,
     });
@@ -94,8 +93,8 @@ export class NamespaceStore extends KubeObjectStore<Namespace> {
 
   @computed get allowedNamespaces(): string[] {
     return Array.from(new Set([
-      ...(this.cluster?.allowedNamespaces ?? []), // loaded names from main, updating every 30s and thus might be stale
-      ...this.items.map(item => item.getName()), // loaded names from hosted cluster
+      ...(this.context?.allNamespaces ?? []), // allowed namespaces from cluster (main), updating every 30s
+      ...this.items.map(item => item.getName()), // loaded namespaces from k8s api
     ].flat()));
   }
 
@@ -111,7 +110,7 @@ export class NamespaceStore extends KubeObjectStore<Namespace> {
 
   getSubscribeApis() {
     // if user has given static list of namespaces let's not start watches because watch adds stuff that's not wanted
-    if (this.cluster?.accessibleNamespaces.length > 0) {
+    if (this.context?.cluster.accessibleNamespaces.length > 0) {
       return [];
     }
 
diff --git a/src/renderer/components/+nodes/node-details.tsx b/src/renderer/components/+nodes/node-details.tsx
index 455005db25..810837d59d 100644
--- a/src/renderer/components/+nodes/node-details.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/components/+nodes/node-details.tsx
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ export class NodeDetails extends React.Component<Props> {
   });
 
   async componentDidMount() {
-    podsStore.loadAllFromContextNamespaces();
+    podsStore.reloadAll();
   }
 
   componentWillUnmount() {
diff --git a/src/renderer/components/+user-management-roles-bindings/add-role-binding-dialog.tsx b/src/renderer/components/+user-management-roles-bindings/add-role-binding-dialog.tsx
index fde70e1290..85d27243c2 100644
--- a/src/renderer/components/+user-management-roles-bindings/add-role-binding-dialog.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/components/+user-management-roles-bindings/add-role-binding-dialog.tsx
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import { Dialog, DialogProps } from "../dialog";
 import { Wizard, WizardStep } from "../wizard";
 import { Select, SelectOption } from "../select";
 import { SubTitle } from "../layout/sub-title";
-import { IRoleBindingSubject, RoleBinding, ServiceAccount, Role } from "../../api/endpoints";
+import { IRoleBindingSubject, Role, RoleBinding, ServiceAccount } from "../../api/endpoints";
 import { Icon } from "../icon";
 import { Input } from "../input";
 import { NamespaceSelect } from "../+namespaces/namespace-select";
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import { namespaceStore } from "../+namespaces/namespace.store";
 import { serviceAccountsStore } from "../+user-management-service-accounts/service-accounts.store";
 import { roleBindingsStore } from "./role-bindings.store";
 import { showDetails } from "../kube-object";
+import { KubeObjectStore } from "../../kube-object.store";
 
 interface BindingSelectOption extends SelectOption {
   value: string; // binding name
@@ -73,14 +74,14 @@ export class AddRoleBindingDialog extends React.Component<Props> {
   };
 
   async loadData() {
-    const stores = [
+    const stores: KubeObjectStore[] = [
       namespaceStore,
       rolesStore,
       serviceAccountsStore,
     ];
 
     this.isLoading = true;
-    await Promise.all(stores.map(store => store.loadAllFromContextNamespaces()));
+    await Promise.all(stores.map(store => store.reloadAll()));
     this.isLoading = false;
   }
 
@@ -136,8 +137,7 @@ export class AddRoleBindingDialog extends React.Component<Props> {
           roleBinding: this.roleBinding,
           addSubjects: subjects,
         });
-      }
-      else {
+      } else {
         const name = useRoleForBindingName ? selectedRole.getName() : bindingName;
 
         roleBinding = await roleBindingsStore.create({ name, namespace }, {
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ export class AddRoleBindingDialog extends React.Component<Props> {
       </h5>
     );
     const disableNext = this.isLoading || !selectedRole || !selectedBindings.length;
-    const nextLabel = isEditing ? "Update"  : "Create";
+    const nextLabel = isEditing ? "Update" : "Create";
 
     return (
       <Dialog
diff --git a/src/renderer/components/+workloads-cronjobs/cronjob-details.tsx b/src/renderer/components/+workloads-cronjobs/cronjob-details.tsx
index 6ac5e474b7..1b473e90c1 100644
--- a/src/renderer/components/+workloads-cronjobs/cronjob-details.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/components/+workloads-cronjobs/cronjob-details.tsx
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ interface Props extends KubeObjectDetailsProps<CronJob> {
 @observer
 export class CronJobDetails extends React.Component<Props> {
   async componentDidMount() {
-    jobStore.loadAllFromContextNamespaces();
+    jobStore.reloadAll();
   }
 
   render() {
diff --git a/src/renderer/components/+workloads-daemonsets/daemonset-details.tsx b/src/renderer/components/+workloads-daemonsets/daemonset-details.tsx
index 68f20e4b54..329eaf3ed7 100644
--- a/src/renderer/components/+workloads-daemonsets/daemonset-details.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/components/+workloads-daemonsets/daemonset-details.tsx
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ export class DaemonSetDetails extends React.Component<Props> {
   });
 
   componentDidMount() {
-    podsStore.loadAllFromContextNamespaces();
+    podsStore.reloadAll();
   }
 
   componentWillUnmount() {
diff --git a/src/renderer/components/+workloads-deployments/deployment-details.tsx b/src/renderer/components/+workloads-deployments/deployment-details.tsx
index 426d8f40c6..e31f63d7d7 100644
--- a/src/renderer/components/+workloads-deployments/deployment-details.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/components/+workloads-deployments/deployment-details.tsx
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ export class DeploymentDetails extends React.Component<Props> {
   });
 
   componentDidMount() {
-    podsStore.loadAllFromContextNamespaces();
+    podsStore.reloadAll();
   }
 
   componentWillUnmount() {
diff --git a/src/renderer/components/+workloads-jobs/job-details.tsx b/src/renderer/components/+workloads-jobs/job-details.tsx
index 21a4edd4e2..f0665bd291 100644
--- a/src/renderer/components/+workloads-jobs/job-details.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/components/+workloads-jobs/job-details.tsx
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ interface Props extends KubeObjectDetailsProps<Job> {
 @observer
 export class JobDetails extends React.Component<Props> {
   async componentDidMount() {
-    podsStore.loadAllFromContextNamespaces();
+    podsStore.reloadAll();
   }
 
   render() {
diff --git a/src/renderer/components/+workloads-replicasets/replicaset-details.tsx b/src/renderer/components/+workloads-replicasets/replicaset-details.tsx
index c0a4ddc549..0cf747a1d1 100644
--- a/src/renderer/components/+workloads-replicasets/replicaset-details.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/components/+workloads-replicasets/replicaset-details.tsx
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ export class ReplicaSetDetails extends React.Component<Props> {
   });
 
   async componentDidMount() {
-    podsStore.loadAllFromContextNamespaces();
+    podsStore.reloadAll();
   }
 
   componentWillUnmount() {
diff --git a/src/renderer/components/+workloads-statefulsets/statefulset-details.tsx b/src/renderer/components/+workloads-statefulsets/statefulset-details.tsx
index c386f32503..f1f86b6b5f 100644
--- a/src/renderer/components/+workloads-statefulsets/statefulset-details.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/components/+workloads-statefulsets/statefulset-details.tsx
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ export class StatefulSetDetails extends React.Component<Props> {
   });
 
   componentDidMount() {
-    podsStore.loadAllFromContextNamespaces();
+    podsStore.reloadAll();
   }
 
   componentWillUnmount() {
diff --git a/src/renderer/components/app.tsx b/src/renderer/components/app.tsx
index 8dd711e4ed..8b7f8a527c 100755
--- a/src/renderer/components/app.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/components/app.tsx
@@ -43,12 +43,13 @@ import { ClusterPageMenuRegistration, clusterPageMenuRegistry } from "../../exte
 import { TabLayout, TabLayoutRoute } from "./layout/tab-layout";
 import { StatefulSetScaleDialog } from "./+workloads-statefulsets/statefulset-scale-dialog";
 import { eventStore } from "./+events/event.store";
-import { namespaceStore } from "./+namespaces/namespace.store";
 import { nodesStore } from "./+nodes/nodes.store";
 import { podsStore } from "./+workloads-pods/pods.store";
 import { kubeWatchApi } from "../api/kube-watch-api";
 import { ReplicaSetScaleDialog } from "./+workloads-replicasets/replicaset-scale-dialog";
 import { CommandContainer } from "./command-palette/command-container";
+import { KubeObjectStore } from "../kube-object.store";
+import { clusterContext } from "./context";
 
 @observer
 export class App extends React.Component {
@@ -76,10 +77,9 @@ export class App extends React.Component {
     });
     whatInput.ask(); // Start to monitor user input device
 
-    await kubeWatchApi.init({
-      getCluster: () => getHostedCluster(),
-      getNamespaces: () => namespaceStore.contextNamespaces,
-    });
+    // Setup hosted cluster context
+    KubeObjectStore.defaultContext = clusterContext;
+    kubeWatchApi.context = clusterContext;
   }
 
   componentDidMount() {
@@ -162,9 +162,9 @@ export class App extends React.Component {
         const tabRoutes = this.getTabLayoutRoutes(menu);
 
         if (tabRoutes.length > 0) {
-          const pageComponent = () => <TabLayout tabs={tabRoutes} />;
+          const pageComponent = () => <TabLayout tabs={tabRoutes}/>;
 
-          route = <Route key={`extension-tab-layout-route-${index}`} component={pageComponent} path={tabRoutes.map((tab) => tab.routePath)} />;
+          route = <Route key={`extension-tab-layout-route-${index}`} component={pageComponent} path={tabRoutes.map((tab) => tab.routePath)}/>;
           this.extensionRoutes.set(menu, route);
         } else {
           const page = clusterPageRegistry.getByPageTarget(menu.target);
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ export class App extends React.Component {
           <StatefulSetScaleDialog/>
           <ReplicaSetScaleDialog/>
           <CronJobTriggerDialog/>
-          <CommandContainer cluster={cluster} />
+          <CommandContainer cluster={cluster}/>
         </ErrorBoundary>
       </Router>
     );
diff --git a/src/renderer/components/context.ts b/src/renderer/components/context.ts
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..3c8c6d29e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/renderer/components/context.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+import type { Cluster } from "../../main/cluster";
+import { getHostedCluster } from "../../common/cluster-store";
+import { namespaceStore } from "./+namespaces/namespace.store";
+
+export interface ClusterContext {
+  cluster?: Cluster;
+  allNamespaces?: string[]; // available / allowed namespaces from cluster.ts
+  contextNamespaces?: string[]; // selected by user (see: namespace-select.tsx)
+}
+
+export const clusterContext: ClusterContext = {
+  get cluster(): Cluster | null {
+    return getHostedCluster();
+  },
+
+  get allNamespaces(): string[] {
+    return this.cluster?.allowedNamespaces ?? [];
+  },
+
+  get contextNamespaces(): string[] {
+    return namespaceStore.contextNamespaces ?? [];
+  },
+};
diff --git a/src/renderer/components/layout/sidebar.tsx b/src/renderer/components/layout/sidebar.tsx
index de78609813..f47ba1702e 100644
--- a/src/renderer/components/layout/sidebar.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/components/layout/sidebar.tsx
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ interface Props {
 @observer
 export class Sidebar extends React.Component<Props> {
   async componentDidMount() {
-    crdStore.loadAllFromContextNamespaces();
+    crdStore.reloadAll();
   }
 
   renderCustomResources() {
diff --git a/src/renderer/item.store.ts b/src/renderer/item.store.ts
index f7a4e0e94e..ce2c5eac25 100644
--- a/src/renderer/item.store.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/item.store.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ export interface ItemObject {
 
 @autobind()
 export abstract class ItemStore<T extends ItemObject = ItemObject> {
-  abstract loadAll(...args: any[]): Promise<void>;
+  abstract loadAll(...args: any[]): Promise<void | T[]>;
 
   protected defaultSorting = (item: T) => item.getName();
 
diff --git a/src/renderer/kube-object.store.ts b/src/renderer/kube-object.store.ts
index 3eb4d0c147..cd67cdf082 100644
--- a/src/renderer/kube-object.store.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/kube-object.store.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
-import type { Cluster } from "../main/cluster";
-import type { NamespaceStore } from "./components/+namespaces/namespace.store";
+import type { ClusterContext } from "./components/context";
 
-import { action, computed, observable, reaction } from "mobx";
+import { action, observable, reaction, when } from "mobx";
 import { autobind } from "./utils";
 import { KubeObject } from "./api/kube-object";
 import { IKubeWatchEvent, IKubeWatchMessage, kubeWatchApi } from "./api/kube-watch-api";
@@ -17,44 +16,23 @@ export interface KubeObjectStoreLoadingParams {
 
 @autobind()
 export abstract class KubeObjectStore<T extends KubeObject = any> extends ItemStore<T> {
+  @observable static defaultContext: ClusterContext; // TODO: support multiple cluster contexts
+
   abstract api: KubeApi<T>;
   public readonly limit?: number;
   public readonly bufferSize: number = 50000;
-  @observable.ref protected cluster: Cluster;
+
+  contextReady = when(() => Boolean(this.context));
+
+  get context(): ClusterContext {
+    return KubeObjectStore.defaultContext;
+  }
 
   constructor() {
     super();
     this.bindWatchEventsUpdater();
   }
 
-  // TODO: detach / remove circular dependency
-  @observable.ref private namespaceStore: NamespaceStore;
-
-  protected async resolveNamespaceStore(): Promise<NamespaceStore> {
-    const { namespaceStore } = await import("./components/+namespaces/namespace.store");
-
-    this.namespaceStore = namespaceStore;
-
-    return namespaceStore;
-  }
-
-  protected async resolveCluster(): Promise<Cluster> {
-    const { getHostedCluster, clusterStore } = await import("../common/cluster-store");
-
-    await clusterStore.whenLoaded;
-    this.cluster = getHostedCluster();
-    await this.cluster.whenReady;
-
-    return this.cluster;
-  }
-
-  // TODO: figure out how to transparently replace with this.items
-  @computed get contextItems(): T[] {
-    const contextNamespaces = this.namespaceStore?.contextNamespaces ?? []; // not loaded
-
-    return this.items.filter((item: T) => !item.getNs() || contextNamespaces.includes(item.getId()));
-  }
-
   get query(): IKubeApiQueryParams {
     const { limit } = this;
 
@@ -111,9 +89,7 @@ export abstract class KubeObjectStore<T extends KubeObject = any> extends ItemSt
   }
 
   protected async loadItems({ namespaces, api }: KubeObjectStoreLoadingParams): Promise<T[]> {
-    const cluster = await this.resolveCluster();
-
-    if (cluster.isAllowedResource(api.kind)) {
+    if (this.context?.cluster.isAllowedResource(api.kind)) {
       if (api.isNamespaced) {
         return Promise
           .all(namespaces.map(namespace => api.list({ namespace })))
@@ -131,21 +107,24 @@ export abstract class KubeObjectStore<T extends KubeObject = any> extends ItemSt
   }
 
   @action
-  async loadAll(namespaces?: string[], { replace = false /*partial update*/ } = {}): Promise<void> {
+  async loadAll({ namespaces = [], merge = true } = {}): Promise<void | T[]> {
+    await this.contextReady;
     this.isLoading = true;
 
     try {
-      // load all available namespaces by default
-      if (!namespaces?.length) {
-        const namespaceStore = await this.resolveNamespaceStore();
-
-        namespaces = namespaceStore.allowedNamespaces; // load all by default if list not provided
+      if (!namespaces.length) {
+        namespaces = this.context.allNamespaces; // load all available namespaces by default
       }
 
       const items = await this.loadItems({ namespaces, api: this.api });
 
-      this.mergeItems(items, { replace });
       this.isLoaded = true;
+
+      if (merge) {
+        this.mergeItems(items);
+      } else {
+        return items;
+      }
     } catch (error) {
       console.error("Loading store items failed", { error, store: this });
       this.resetOnError(error);
@@ -155,18 +134,28 @@ export abstract class KubeObjectStore<T extends KubeObject = any> extends ItemSt
   }
 
   @action
-  mergeItems(partialItems: T[], { replace = false, updateStore = true, sort = true, filter = true } = {}): T[] {
+  reloadAll(opts: { namespaces?: string[], merge?: boolean, force?: boolean } = {}) {
+    const { force = false, ...loadingOptions } = opts;
+
+    if (this.isLoading || (this.isLoaded && !force)) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    return this.loadAll(loadingOptions);
+  }
+
+  @action
+  mergeItems(partialItems: T[], { replace = true, updateStore = true, sort = true, filter = true } = {}): T[] {
     let items = partialItems;
 
+    // update existing items
     if (!replace) {
-      items = this.items.toJS();
+      const partialIds = partialItems.map(item => item.getId());
 
-      partialItems.forEach(item => {
-        const index = items.findIndex(i => i.getId() === item.getId());
-
-        if (index < 0) items.push(item); // add
-        else items[index] = item; // update
-      });
+      items = [
+        ...this.items.filter(existingItem => !partialIds.includes(existingItem.getId())),
+        ...partialItems,
+      ];
     }
 
     if (filter) items = this.filterItemsOnLoad(items);
@@ -176,10 +165,6 @@ export abstract class KubeObjectStore<T extends KubeObject = any> extends ItemSt
     return items;
   }
 
-  async loadAllFromContextNamespaces(): Promise<void> {
-    return this.loadAll(this.namespaceStore?.contextNamespaces);
-  }
-
   protected resetOnError(error: any) {
     if (error) this.reset();
   }