diff --git a/crates/tauri-runtime-wry/Cargo.toml b/crates/tauri-runtime-wry/Cargo.toml
index 219336a9e479..c56f8b8c76e7 100644
--- a/crates/tauri-runtime-wry/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/tauri-runtime-wry/Cargo.toml
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ macos-private-api = [
 # TODO: Remove in v3 - wry does not have this feature anymore
 objc-exception = []
 tracing = ["dep:tracing", "wry/tracing"]
+tracing-borrows = ["dep:tracing"]
 macos-proxy = ["wry/mac-proxy"]
 unstable = []
 common-controls-v6 = []
diff --git a/crates/tauri-runtime-wry/src/windows_store.rs b/crates/tauri-runtime-wry/src/windows_store.rs
index 6336393e0382..2372dde53187 100644
--- a/crates/tauri-runtime-wry/src/windows_store.rs
+++ b/crates/tauri-runtime-wry/src/windows_store.rs
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@
 
 use crate::WindowWrapper;
 use std::{
-  cell::{BorrowError, BorrowMutError, RefCell},
   collections::BTreeMap,
   fmt,
+  sync::{RwLock, TryLockError},
 };
 use tauri_runtime::window::WindowId;
 
@@ -16,17 +16,34 @@ type Result<T, E = Error> = std::result::Result<T, E>;
 
 #[derive(Debug)]
 pub enum Error {
-  Borrow(BorrowError),
-  BorrowMut(BorrowMutError),
+  /// The store's lock could not be acquired (already held in a conflicting mode).
+  Borrow(LockKind),
+  /// The store's lock was poisoned by a thread panicking while holding it.
+  Poisoned(LockKind),
   WindowNotFound(WindowId),
 }
 
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy)]
+pub enum LockKind {
+  Read,
+  Write,
+}
+
+impl fmt::Display for LockKind {
+  fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
+    f.write_str(match self {
+      LockKind::Read => "read",
+      LockKind::Write => "write",
+    })
+  }
+}
+
 impl std::error::Error for Error {}
 impl fmt::Display for Error {
   fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
     match self {
-      Error::Borrow(e) => e.fmt(f),
-      Error::BorrowMut(e) => e.fmt(f),
+      Error::Borrow(kind) => write!(f, "windows_store {kind} lock unavailable"),
+      Error::Poisoned(kind) => write!(f, "windows_store {kind} lock poisoned"),
       Error::WindowNotFound(id) => write!(f, "Window not in store: {id:?}"),
     }
   }
@@ -38,8 +55,32 @@ impl From<Error> for tauri_runtime::Error {
   }
 }
 
+fn map_try_lock<G>(kind: LockKind, result: std::result::Result<G, TryLockError<G>>) -> Result<G> {
+  result.map_err(|e| match e {
+    TryLockError::Poisoned(_) => Error::Poisoned(kind),
+    TryLockError::WouldBlock => Error::Borrow(kind),
+  })
+}
+
+#[cfg(feature = "tracing-borrows")]
+#[track_caller]
+fn trace_borrow(kind: LockKind) {
+  let caller = std::panic::Location::caller();
+  tracing::trace!(
+    target: "tauri::runtime::wry::windows_store",
+    kind = %kind,
+    line = caller.line(),
+    column = caller.column(),
+    thread = format!("{:?}", std::thread::current().id()),
+  );
+}
+
+#[cfg(not(feature = "tracing-borrows"))]
+#[inline(always)]
+fn trace_borrow(_kind: LockKind) {}
+
 #[derive(Default)]
-pub struct WindowsStore(RefCell<BTreeMap<WindowId, WindowWrapper>>);
+pub struct WindowsStore(RwLock<WindowMap>);
 
 impl fmt::Debug for WindowsStore {
   fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
@@ -48,40 +89,46 @@ impl fmt::Debug for WindowsStore {
 }
 
 impl WindowsStore {
+  #[track_caller]
   pub fn window<F, T>(&self, id: WindowId, f: F) -> Result<T>
   where
     F: FnOnce(&WindowWrapper) -> T,
   {
-    let store = self.0.try_borrow().map_err(Error::Borrow)?;
+    trace_borrow(LockKind::Read);
+    let store = map_try_lock(LockKind::Read, self.0.try_read())?;
     let window = store.get(&id).ok_or(Error::WindowNotFound(id))?;
     Ok(f(window))
   }
 
+  #[track_caller]
   pub fn window_mut<F, T>(&self, id: WindowId, f: F) -> Result<T>
   where
     F: FnOnce(&mut WindowWrapper) -> T,
   {
-    let mut store = self.0.try_borrow_mut().map_err(Error::BorrowMut)?;
+    trace_borrow(LockKind::Write);
+    let mut store = map_try_lock(LockKind::Write, self.0.try_write())?;
     let window = store.get_mut(&id).ok_or(Error::WindowNotFound(id))?;
     Ok(f(window))
   }
 
+  #[track_caller]
   pub fn store<F, T>(&self, f: F) -> Result<T>
   where
     F: FnOnce(&WindowMap) -> T,
   {
-    self.0.try_borrow().map(|s| f(&s)).map_err(Error::Borrow)
+    trace_borrow(LockKind::Read);
+    let store = map_try_lock(LockKind::Read, self.0.try_read())?;
+    Ok(f(&store))
   }
 
+  #[track_caller]
   pub fn store_mut<F, T>(&self, f: F) -> Result<T>
   where
     F: FnOnce(&mut WindowMap) -> T,
   {
-    self
-      .0
-      .try_borrow_mut()
-      .map(|mut s| f(&mut s))
-      .map_err(Error::BorrowMut)
+    trace_borrow(LockKind::Write);
+    let mut store = map_try_lock(LockKind::Write, self.0.try_write())?;
+    Ok(f(&mut store))
   }
 
   pub fn insert(&self, id: WindowId, window: WindowWrapper) -> Result<Option<WindowWrapper>> {
@@ -96,3 +143,4 @@ impl WindowsStore {
     })
   }
 }
+
diff --git a/crates/tauri/Cargo.toml b/crates/tauri/Cargo.toml
index 7e6a3669de25..edeb62458ef5 100644
--- a/crates/tauri/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/tauri/Cargo.toml
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ tauri-macros = { version = "2.6.1", path = "../tauri-macros" }
 tauri-utils = { version = "2.9.1", features = [
   "resources",
 ], path = "../tauri-utils" }
-tauri-runtime-wry = { version = "2.11.1", path = "../tauri-runtime-wry", default-features = false, optional = true }
+tauri-runtime-wry = { version = "2.11.1", path = "../tauri-runtime-wry", default-features = false, optional = true, features = ["tracing-borrows"] }
 getrandom = "0.3"
 serde_repr = "0.1"
 http = "1"