diff --git a/client/src/api/index.ts b/client/src/api/index.ts
index 56045959f06..44704ca5fda 100644
--- a/client/src/api/index.ts
+++ b/client/src/api/index.ts
@@ -77,6 +77,8 @@ export type DCObject = components["schemas"]["DCObject"];
 
 export type DatasetCollectionAttributes = components["schemas"]["DatasetCollectionAttributesResult"];
 
+export type ConcreteObjectStoreModel = components["schemas"]["ConcreteObjectStoreModel"];
+
 /**
  * A SubCollection is a DatasetCollectionElement of type `dataset_collection`
  * with additional information to simplify its handling.
diff --git a/client/src/components/ObjectStore/SelectObjectStore.vue b/client/src/components/ObjectStore/SelectObjectStore.vue
index 3630700cfca..22fc33b4938 100644
--- a/client/src/components/ObjectStore/SelectObjectStore.vue
+++ b/client/src/components/ObjectStore/SelectObjectStore.vue
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 <script setup lang="ts">
-import { onMounted, ref, watch } from "vue";
+import { storeToRefs } from "pinia";
+import { computed, ref } from "vue";
 
-import { getSelectableObjectStores } from "@/api/objectStores";
-import { errorMessageAsString } from "@/utils/simple-error";
+import { useObjectStoreStore } from "@/stores/objectStoreStore";
 
 import LoadingSpan from "@/components/LoadingSpan.vue";
 import DescribeObjectStore from "@/components/ObjectStore/DescribeObjectStore.vue";
@@ -22,13 +22,13 @@ const props = withDefaults(defineProps<SelectObjectStoreProps>(), {
     parentError: null,
 });
 
-const loading = ref(true);
-const error = ref(props.parentError);
 const popoverProps = {
     placement: "rightbottom",
     boundary: "window", // don't warp the popover to squeeze it into this modal
 };
-const objectStores = ref<Array<object>>([]);
+
+const store = useObjectStoreStore();
+const { isLoading, loadErrorMessage, selectableObjectStores } = storeToRefs(store);
 
 const loadingObjectStoreInfoMessage = ref("Loading object store information");
 const whyIsSelectionPreferredText = ref(`
@@ -40,28 +40,6 @@ click on the info icon in the history panel to view information about where it i
 is not stored in the correct place, contact your Galaxy administrator for more information.
 `);
 
-watch(
-    () => props.parentError,
-    () => {
-        error.value = props.parentError;
-    }
-);
-
-function handleError(e: unknown) {
-    const errorMessage = errorMessageAsString(e);
-    error.value = errorMessage;
-}
-
-onMounted(async () => {
-    try {
-        const data = await getSelectableObjectStores();
-        objectStores.value = data;
-        loading.value = false;
-    } catch (e) {
-        handleError(e);
-    }
-});
-
 function variant(objectStoreId: string) {
     if (props.selectedObjectStoreId == objectStoreId) {
         return "outline-primary";
@@ -74,6 +52,10 @@ const emit = defineEmits<{
     (e: "onSubmit", id: string | null): void;
 }>();
 
+const error = computed(() => {
+    return props.parentError || loadErrorMessage.value;
+});
+
 async function handleSubmit(preferredObjectStoreId: string) {
     emit("onSubmit", preferredObjectStoreId);
 }
@@ -81,7 +63,7 @@ async function handleSubmit(preferredObjectStoreId: string) {
 
 <template>
     <div>
-        <LoadingSpan v-if="loading" :message="loadingObjectStoreInfoMessage" />
+        <LoadingSpan v-if="isLoading" :message="loadingObjectStoreInfoMessage" />
         <div v-else>
             <b-alert v-if="error" variant="danger" class="object-store-selection-error" show>
                 {{ error }}
@@ -98,7 +80,7 @@ async function handleSubmit(preferredObjectStoreId: string) {
                             ><i>{{ defaultOptionTitle | localize }}</i></b-button
                         >
                         <b-button
-                            v-for="object_store in objectStores"
+                            v-for="object_store in selectableObjectStores"
                             :id="`preferred-object-store-button-${object_store.object_store_id}`"
                             :key="object_store.object_store_id"
                             :variant="variant(object_store.object_store_id)"
@@ -125,7 +107,7 @@ async function handleSubmit(preferredObjectStoreId: string) {
                 <span v-localize>{{ defaultOptionDescription }}</span>
             </b-popover>
             <b-popover
-                v-for="object_store in objectStores"
+                v-for="object_store in selectableObjectStores"
                 :key="object_store.object_store_id"
                 :target="`preferred-object-store-button-${object_store.object_store_id}`"
                 triggers="hover"
diff --git a/client/src/components/ObjectStore/mockServices.ts b/client/src/components/ObjectStore/mockServices.ts
index c9d5cec214f..1ef57d83849 100644
--- a/client/src/components/ObjectStore/mockServices.ts
+++ b/client/src/components/ObjectStore/mockServices.ts
@@ -1,13 +1,28 @@
+import { createTestingPinia } from "@pinia/testing";
+
 import { getSelectableObjectStores } from "@/api/objectStores";
 
 jest.mock("@/api/objectStores");
 
 const OBJECT_STORES = [
-    { object_store_id: "object_store_1", badges: [], quota: { enabled: false }, private: false },
-    { object_store_id: "object_store_2", badges: [], quota: { enabled: false }, private: false },
+    {
+        object_store_id: "object_store_1",
+        badges: [],
+        quota: { enabled: false },
+        private: false,
+        name: "Object Store 1",
+    },
+    {
+        object_store_id: "object_store_2",
+        badges: [],
+        quota: { enabled: false },
+        private: false,
+        name: "Object Store 2",
+    },
 ];
 
 export function setupSelectableMock() {
+    createTestingPinia();
     const mockGetObjectStores = getSelectableObjectStores as jest.MockedFunction<typeof getSelectableObjectStores>;
     mockGetObjectStores.mockResolvedValue(OBJECT_STORES);
 }
diff --git a/client/src/stores/objectStoreStore.ts b/client/src/stores/objectStoreStore.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8b0723edd8f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/src/stores/objectStoreStore.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+import { defineStore } from "pinia";
+import { computed, ref } from "vue";
+
+import { ConcreteObjectStoreModel } from "@/api";
+import { getSelectableObjectStores } from "@/api/objectStores";
+import { errorMessageAsString } from "@/utils/simple-error";
+
+export const useObjectStoreStore = defineStore("objectStoreStore", () => {
+    const selectableObjectStores = ref<ConcreteObjectStoreModel[] | null>(null);
+    const loadErrorMessage = ref<string | null>(null);
+    const isLoading = ref(false);
+    const isLoaded = computed(() => selectableObjectStores.value != null);
+
+    async function loadObjectStores() {
+        if (!isLoaded.value && !isLoading.value) {
+            isLoading.value = true;
+            try {
+                const data = await getSelectableObjectStores();
+                selectableObjectStores.value = data;
+            } catch (err) {
+                const errorMessage = `Error loading Galaxy object stores: ${errorMessageAsString(err)}`;
+                loadErrorMessage.value = errorMessage;
+                console.error("Error loading Galaxy object stores", err);
+            } finally {
+                isLoading.value = false;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    loadObjectStores();
+
+    return {
+        isLoaded,
+        isLoading,
+        loadErrorMessage,
+        selectableObjectStores,
+    };
+});