diff --git a/packages/y-indexeddb/src/__tests__/index.spec.ts b/packages/y-indexeddb/src/__tests__/index.spec.ts
index 350f40b1a..7cb8be085 100644
--- a/packages/y-indexeddb/src/__tests__/index.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/y-indexeddb/src/__tests__/index.spec.ts
@@ -136,10 +136,12 @@ describe('indexeddb provider', () => {
       rootDBName
     );
     provider.connect();
+    expect(provider.connected).toBe(true);
     const p1 = provider.whenSynced;
     await p1;
     const snapshot = encodeStateAsUpdate(workspace.doc);
     provider.disconnect();
+    expect(provider.connected).toBe(false);
     {
       const page = workspace.createPage('page0');
       const pageBlockId = page.addBlock('affine:page', { title: '' });
@@ -151,14 +153,18 @@ describe('indexeddb provider', () => {
       expect(updates.length).toBe(1);
       expect(updates[0]).toEqual(snapshot);
     }
+    expect(provider.connected).toBe(false);
     provider.connect();
+    expect(provider.connected).toBe(true);
     const p2 = provider.whenSynced;
     await p2;
     {
       const updates = await getUpdates(workspace.id);
       expect(updates).not.toEqual([]);
     }
+    expect(provider.connected).toBe(true);
     provider.disconnect();
+    expect(provider.connected).toBe(false);
     expect(p1).not.toBe(p2);
   });
 
diff --git a/packages/y-indexeddb/src/index.ts b/packages/y-indexeddb/src/index.ts
index 4d5e80ed7..829e86504 100644
--- a/packages/y-indexeddb/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/y-indexeddb/src/index.ts
@@ -209,6 +209,8 @@ export const createIndexedDBProvider = (
   };
   const apis = {
     connect: async () => {
+      if (connected) return;
+
       apis.whenSynced = new Promise<void>((_resolve, _reject) => {
         early = true;
         resolve = _resolve;
@@ -287,6 +289,9 @@ export const createIndexedDBProvider = (
       (await dbPromise).delete('workspace', id);
     },
     whenSynced: Promise.resolve(),
+    get connected() {
+      return connected;
+    },
   };
 
   return apis;
diff --git a/packages/y-indexeddb/src/shared.ts b/packages/y-indexeddb/src/shared.ts
index 855c6c961..1b994f30c 100644
--- a/packages/y-indexeddb/src/shared.ts
+++ b/packages/y-indexeddb/src/shared.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ export interface IndexedDBProvider {
   disconnect: () => void;
   cleanup: () => Promise<void>;
   whenSynced: Promise<void>;
+  readonly connected: boolean;
 }
 
 export type UpdateMessage = {