diff --git a/frontend/src/hooks/__tests__/useActionConfig.test.ts b/frontend/src/hooks/__tests__/useActionConfig.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..aee008c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/hooks/__tests__/useActionConfig.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+import { describe, it, expect, vi, beforeEach } from "vitest";
+import { renderHook, act } from "@testing-library/react";
+import * as configApi from "../../api/config";
+import { useActionConfig } from "../useActionConfig";
+
+vi.mock("../../api/config");
+
+describe("useActionConfig", () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    vi.clearAllMocks();
+    vi.mocked(configApi.fetchAction).mockResolvedValue({
+      name: "iptables",
+      filename: "iptables.conf",
+      source_file: "/etc/fail2ban/action.d/iptables.conf",
+      active: false,
+      used_by_jails: [],
+      before: null,
+      after: null,
+      actionstart: "",
+      actionstop: "",
+      actioncheck: "",
+      actionban: "",
+      actionunban: "",
+      actionflush: "",
+      definition_vars: {},
+      init_vars: {},
+      has_local_override: false,
+    });
+    vi.mocked(configApi.updateAction).mockResolvedValue(undefined);
+  });
+
+  it("calls fetchAction exactly once for stable name and rerenders", async () => {
+    const { rerender } = renderHook(
+      ({ name }) => useActionConfig(name),
+      { initialProps: { name: "iptables" } },
+    );
+
+    await act(async () => {
+      await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 0));
+    });
+
+    expect(configApi.fetchAction).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+
+    // Rerender with the same action name; fetch should not be called again.
+    rerender({ name: "iptables" });
+
+    await act(async () => {
+      await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 0));
+    });
+
+    expect(configApi.fetchAction).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+  });
+
+  it("calls fetchAction again when name changes", async () => {
+    const { rerender } = renderHook(
+      ({ name }) => useActionConfig(name),
+      { initialProps: { name: "iptables" } },
+    );
+
+    await act(async () => {
+      await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 0));
+    });
+
+    expect(configApi.fetchAction).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+
+    rerender({ name: "ssh" });
+
+    await act(async () => {
+      await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 0));
+    });
+
+    expect(configApi.fetchAction).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/frontend/src/hooks/__tests__/useFilterConfig.test.ts b/frontend/src/hooks/__tests__/useFilterConfig.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..84d8f9a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/hooks/__tests__/useFilterConfig.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+import { describe, it, expect, vi, beforeEach } from "vitest";
+import { renderHook, act } from "@testing-library/react";
+import * as configApi from "../../api/config";
+import { useFilterConfig } from "../useFilterConfig";
+
+vi.mock("../../api/config");
+
+describe("useFilterConfig", () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    vi.clearAllMocks();
+    vi.mocked(configApi.fetchParsedFilter).mockResolvedValue({
+      name: "sshd",
+      filename: "sshd.conf",
+      source_file: "/etc/fail2ban/filter.d/sshd.conf",
+      active: false,
+      used_by_jails: [],
+      before: null,
+      after: null,
+      variables: {},
+      prefregex: null,
+      failregex: [],
+      ignoreregex: [],
+      maxlines: null,
+      datepattern: null,
+      journalmatch: null,
+      has_local_override: false,
+    });
+    vi.mocked(configApi.updateParsedFilter).mockResolvedValue(undefined);
+  });
+
+  it("calls fetchParsedFilter only once for stable name", async () => {
+    const { rerender } = renderHook(
+      ({ name }) => useFilterConfig(name),
+      { initialProps: { name: "sshd" } },
+    );
+
+    await act(async () => {
+      await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 0));
+    });
+
+    expect(configApi.fetchParsedFilter).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+
+    rerender({ name: "sshd" });
+
+    await act(async () => {
+      await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 0));
+    });
+
+    expect(configApi.fetchParsedFilter).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+  });
+
+  it("calls fetchParsedFilter again when name changes", async () => {
+    const { rerender } = renderHook(
+      ({ name }) => useFilterConfig(name),
+      { initialProps: { name: "sshd" } },
+    );
+
+    await act(async () => {
+      await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 0));
+    });
+
+    expect(configApi.fetchParsedFilter).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+
+    rerender({ name: "apache-auth" });
+
+    await act(async () => {
+      await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 0));
+    });
+
+    expect(configApi.fetchParsedFilter).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/frontend/src/hooks/useActionConfig.ts b/frontend/src/hooks/useActionConfig.ts
index 0baf599..b8e8622 100644
--- a/frontend/src/hooks/useActionConfig.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/hooks/useActionConfig.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
  * React hook for loading and updating a single parsed action config.
  */
 
+import { useCallback } from "react";
 import { useConfigItem } from "./useConfigItem";
 import { fetchAction, updateAction } from "../api/config";
 import type { ActionConfig, ActionConfigUpdate } from "../types/config";
@@ -23,12 +24,18 @@ export interface UseActionConfigResult {
  * @param name - Action base name (e.g. ``"iptables"``).
  */
 export function useActionConfig(name: string): UseActionConfigResult {
+  const fetchFn = useCallback(() => fetchAction(name), [name]);
+  const saveFn = useCallback(
+    (update: ActionConfigUpdate) => updateAction(name, update),
+    [name],
+  );
+
   const { data, loading, error, saving, saveError, refresh, save } = useConfigItem<
     ActionConfig,
     ActionConfigUpdate
   >({
-    fetchFn: () => fetchAction(name),
-    saveFn: (update) => updateAction(name, update),
+    fetchFn,
+    saveFn,
     mergeOnSave: (prev, update) =>
       prev
         ? {
diff --git a/frontend/src/hooks/useFilterConfig.ts b/frontend/src/hooks/useFilterConfig.ts
index b4163d1..387cada 100644
--- a/frontend/src/hooks/useFilterConfig.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/hooks/useFilterConfig.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
  * React hook for loading and updating a single parsed filter config.
  */
 
+import { useCallback } from "react";
 import { useConfigItem } from "./useConfigItem";
 import { fetchParsedFilter, updateParsedFilter } from "../api/config";
 import type { FilterConfig, FilterConfigUpdate } from "../types/config";
@@ -23,12 +24,18 @@ export interface UseFilterConfigResult {
  * @param name - Filter base name (e.g. ``"sshd"``).
  */
 export function useFilterConfig(name: string): UseFilterConfigResult {
+  const fetchFn = useCallback(() => fetchParsedFilter(name), [name]);
+  const saveFn = useCallback(
+    (update: FilterConfigUpdate) => updateParsedFilter(name, update),
+    [name],
+  );
+
   const { data, loading, error, saving, saveError, refresh, save } = useConfigItem<
     FilterConfig,
     FilterConfigUpdate
   >({
-    fetchFn: () => fetchParsedFilter(name),
-    saveFn: (update) => updateParsedFilter(name, update),
+    fetchFn,
+    saveFn,
     mergeOnSave: (prev, update) =>
       prev
         ? {
diff --git a/frontend/src/hooks/useJailFileConfig.ts b/frontend/src/hooks/useJailFileConfig.ts
index a440bb2..dcfe40e 100644
--- a/frontend/src/hooks/useJailFileConfig.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/hooks/useJailFileConfig.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
  * React hook for loading and updating a single parsed jail.d config file.
  */
 
+import { useCallback } from "react";
 import { useConfigItem } from "./useConfigItem";
 import { fetchParsedJailFile, updateParsedJailFile } from "../api/config";
 import type { JailFileConfig, JailFileConfigUpdate } from "../types/config";
@@ -21,12 +22,18 @@ export interface UseJailFileConfigResult {
  * @param filename - Filename including extension (e.g. ``"sshd.conf"``).
  */
 export function useJailFileConfig(filename: string): UseJailFileConfigResult {
+  const fetchFn = useCallback(() => fetchParsedJailFile(filename), [filename]);
+  const saveFn = useCallback(
+    (update: JailFileConfigUpdate) => updateParsedJailFile(filename, update),
+    [filename],
+  );
+
   const { data, loading, error, refresh, save } = useConfigItem<
     JailFileConfig,
     JailFileConfigUpdate
   >({
-    fetchFn: () => fetchParsedJailFile(filename),
-    saveFn: (update) => updateParsedJailFile(filename, update),
+    fetchFn,
+    saveFn,
     mergeOnSave: (prev, update) =>
       update.jails != null && prev
         ? { ...prev, jails: { ...prev.jails, ...update.jails } }