Just ran into this. https://github.com/Differential/polymer-demo/blob/master/client/init.coffee#L3 https://github.com/meteor/meteor/blob/devel/packages/session/session.js#L1 https://github.com/meteor/meteor/blob/devel/packages/reactive-dict/migration.js > ReactiveVars are not automatically migrated across hot code pushes, whereas Session state is. http://docs.meteor.com/#/full/reactivevar