diff --git a/services/web/frontend/extracted-translations.json b/services/web/frontend/extracted-translations.json
index 564474cd65..b82381aa03 100644
--- a/services/web/frontend/extracted-translations.json
+++ b/services/web/frontend/extracted-translations.json
@@ -2584,6 +2584,7 @@
   "zotero_reference_loading_error_expired": "",
   "zotero_reference_loading_error_forbidden": "",
   "zotero_sync_description": "",
+  "zotero_sync_lost_access": "",
   "zotero_sync_multiple_collections": "",
   "zotero_sync_no_collection": "",
   "zotero_sync_success": "",
diff --git a/services/web/frontend/js/utils/meta.ts b/services/web/frontend/js/utils/meta.ts
index bfe14e656f..3231bb59e9 100644
--- a/services/web/frontend/js/utils/meta.ts
+++ b/services/web/frontend/js/utils/meta.ts
@@ -279,6 +279,14 @@ export interface Meta {
     | undefined
   'ol-recurlyApiKey': string
   'ol-recurlySubdomain': string
+  'ol-refSyncState': {
+    synced: boolean
+    accessOk: boolean
+    lastSyncProblem:
+      | 'zotero_no_collection'
+      | 'zotero_multiple_collections'
+      | null
+  }
   'ol-ro-mirror-on-client-no-local-storage': boolean
   'ol-samlError': SAMLError | undefined
   'ol-script-log': ScriptLogType
diff --git a/services/web/locales/en.json b/services/web/locales/en.json
index 36f73eb4ed..32de070bf9 100644
--- a/services/web/locales/en.json
+++ b/services/web/locales/en.json
@@ -3255,6 +3255,7 @@
   "zotero_reference_loading_error_expired": "Zotero token expired, please re-link your account",
   "zotero_reference_loading_error_forbidden": "Could not load references from Zotero, please re-link your account and try again",
   "zotero_sync_description": "With the Zotero integration you can import your references from Zotero into your __appName__ projects.",
+  "zotero_sync_lost_access": "We’ve lost access to your Zotero library. <0>Reconnect your account</0> to keep syncing your references.",
   "zotero_sync_multiple_collections": "We found more than one collection called “Overleaf” in your Zotero library. Sync requires exactly one.",
   "zotero_sync_no_collection": "We couldn’t find a collection called “Overleaf” in your Zotero library.",
   "zotero_sync_success": "Synced __count__ reference from Zotero",