diff --git a/roborock/devices/v1_channel.py b/roborock/devices/v1_channel.py
index f39d6521..dba30b9e 100644
--- a/roborock/devices/v1_channel.py
+++ b/roborock/devices/v1_channel.py
@@ -181,14 +181,20 @@ async def _get_networking_info(self, *, use_cache: bool = True) -> NetworkInfo:
         This is a cloud only command used to get the local device's IP address.
         """
         cache_data = await self._cache.get()
-        if use_cache and cache_data.network_info and (network_info := cache_data.network_info.get(self._device_uid)):
+        cached_info = cache_data.network_info.get(self._device_uid) if cache_data.network_info else None
+        if use_cache and cached_info:
             _LOGGER.debug("Using cached network info for device %s", self._device_uid)
-            return network_info
+            return cached_info
         try:
             network_info = await self._mqtt_rpc_channel.send_command(
                 RoborockCommand.GET_NETWORK_INFO, response_type=NetworkInfo
             )
         except RoborockException as e:
+            if cached_info:
+                _LOGGER.warning(
+                    "Failed to refresh network info for device %s, falling back to cache: %s", self._device_uid, e
+                )
+                return cached_info
             raise RoborockException(f"Network info failed for device {self._device_uid}") from e
         _LOGGER.debug("Network info for device %s: %s", self._device_uid, network_info)
         self._last_network_info_refresh = datetime.datetime.now(datetime.UTC)
diff --git a/tests/devices/test_v1_channel_reconnect.py b/tests/devices/test_v1_channel_reconnect.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0065c625
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/devices/test_v1_channel_reconnect.py
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+import datetime
+from unittest.mock import AsyncMock, Mock
+
+import pytest
+
+from roborock.data import NetworkInfo
+from roborock.devices.cache import CacheData, InMemoryCache
+from roborock.devices.local_channel import LocalSession
+from roborock.devices.v1_channel import NETWORK_INFO_REFRESH_INTERVAL, V1Channel
+from roborock.exceptions import RoborockException
+from roborock.protocols.v1_protocol import SecurityData
+
+from ..conftest import FakeChannel
+
+TEST_DEVICE_UID = "abc123"
+TEST_SECURITY_DATA = SecurityData(endpoint="test_endpoint", nonce=b"test_nonce")
+TEST_IP = "192.168.1.100"
+
+
+@pytest.fixture(name="mock_mqtt_channel")
+async def setup_mock_mqtt_channel() -> FakeChannel:
+    """Mock MQTT channel for testing."""
+    channel = FakeChannel()
+    await channel.connect()
+    # Mock send_command to fail
+    channel.send_command = AsyncMock(side_effect=RoborockException("MQTT Failed"))
+    return channel
+
+
+@pytest.fixture(name="mock_local_channel")
+async def setup_mock_local_channel() -> FakeChannel:
+    """Mock Local channel for testing."""
+    channel = FakeChannel()
+    return channel
+
+
+@pytest.fixture(name="mock_local_session")
+def setup_mock_local_session(mock_local_channel: Mock) -> Mock:
+    """Mock Local session factory for testing."""
+    mock_session = Mock(spec=LocalSession)
+    mock_session.return_value = mock_local_channel
+    return mock_session
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_v1_channel_reconnect_with_stale_cache_and_mqtt_down(
+    mock_mqtt_channel: FakeChannel,
+    mock_local_session: Mock,
+    mock_local_channel: FakeChannel,
+):
+    """
+    Test that when cache is stale (> 12h) and MQTT is down, the system
+    falls back to the stale cache instead of failing indefinitely.
+    """
+    # 1. Setup stale cache
+    cache = InMemoryCache()
+    cache_data = CacheData()
+    stale_network_info = NetworkInfo(ip=TEST_IP, ssid="ssid", bssid="bssid")
+    cache_data.network_info[TEST_DEVICE_UID] = stale_network_info
+    await cache.set(cache_data)
+
+    v1_channel = V1Channel(
+        device_uid=TEST_DEVICE_UID,
+        security_data=TEST_SECURITY_DATA,
+        mqtt_channel=mock_mqtt_channel,
+        local_session=mock_local_session,
+        cache=cache,
+    )
+
+    # Manually set the last refresh to be old to simulate stale cache
+    # Break long line
+    last_refresh = datetime.datetime.now(datetime.UTC) - (NETWORK_INFO_REFRESH_INTERVAL + datetime.timedelta(hours=1))
+    v1_channel._last_network_info_refresh = last_refresh
+
+    # 2. Mock MQTT RPC channel to fail
+    # V1Channel creates _mqtt_rpc_channel in __init__. We need to mock its send_command.
+    v1_channel._mqtt_rpc_channel.send_command = AsyncMock(side_effect=RoborockException("MQTT Network Info Failed"))
+
+    # 3. Attempt local connection.
+    # Because cache is stale, use_cache will be False.
+    # Because MQTT fails, it will trigger fallback to cache.
+
+    # We call _local_connect(use_cache=False) which is what happens in the loop
+    # when _should_use_cache returns False (due to stale cache)
+    await v1_channel._local_connect(use_cache=False)
+
+    # 4. Assert that we tried to connect to the local IP from the cache
+    mock_local_session.assert_called_once_with(TEST_IP)
+    mock_local_channel.connect.assert_called_once()