diff --git a/client/src/components/Map/MapView.test.tsx b/client/src/components/Map/MapView.test.tsx
index d63790d3a..76cc0ed0e 100644
--- a/client/src/components/Map/MapView.test.tsx
+++ b/client/src/components/Map/MapView.test.tsx
@@ -441,6 +441,34 @@ describe('MapView', () => {
     expect(mapMock.fitBounds).toHaveBeenCalled()
   })
 
+  it('frames Tour focus once, ignores waypoint and route updates, then honors a new focus intent', () => {
+    const route: [number, number][][] = [[[48, 11], [48.2, 11.3]]]
+    const { rerender } = render(
+      <MapView places={[]} route={null} followSelection={false} focusKey={1} focusPoints={[]} />,
+    )
+    expect(mapMock.fitBounds).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+
+    rerender(<MapView places={[]} route={route} followSelection={false} focusKey={1} focusPoints={[[48, 11], [48.2, 11.3]]} />)
+    expect(mapMock.fitBounds).toHaveBeenCalledOnce()
+    mapMock.fitBounds.mockClear()
+
+    rerender(
+      <MapView
+        places={[]}
+        route={[[[48, 11], [48.2, 11.3], [48.4, 11.6]]]}
+        followSelection={false}
+        focusKey={1}
+        focusPoints={[[48, 11], [48.2, 11.3], [48.4, 11.6]]}
+      />,
+    )
+    expect(mapMock.fitBounds).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+
+    rerender(
+      <MapView places={[]} followSelection={false} focusKey={2} focusPoints={[[48, 11], [48.5, 11.8]]} />,
+    )
+    expect(mapMock.fitBounds).toHaveBeenCalledOnce()
+  })
+
   it('keeps selection fit and the pending route-arrival refit for semantic changes', () => {
     const selectedPlace = buildMapPlace({ id: 901, lat: 48, lng: 11 })
     const route: [number, number][][] = [[[48, 11], [48.2, 11.3]]]
diff --git a/client/src/components/Map/MapView.tsx b/client/src/components/Map/MapView.tsx
index aaaec16a6..c933e7924 100644
--- a/client/src/components/Map/MapView.tsx
+++ b/client/src/components/Map/MapView.tsx
@@ -448,6 +448,8 @@ interface BoundsControllerProps {
    * needs that leg on screen, which is neither the day nor the trip.
    */
   focusPoints?: [number, number][]
+  /** Changes only when the caller intentionally wants a new initial frame. */
+  focusKey?: number
   /** False while the map is locked (#2010): an arriving route no longer re-fits it. */
   follow?: boolean
   /**
@@ -470,11 +472,13 @@ function leafletPadding(box: ViewportPadding): L.FitBoundsOptions {
   }
 }
 
-function BoundsController({ places, routeCoords, fitKey, paddingOpts, framedOnMount = false, focusPoints, fitPadding, follow = true }: BoundsControllerProps) {
+function BoundsController({ places, routeCoords, fitKey, paddingOpts, framedOnMount = false, focusPoints, focusKey, fitPadding, follow = true }: BoundsControllerProps) {
   const map = useMap()
   const prevFitKey = useRef(-1)
   const awaitingRoute = useRef(false)
   const fitRan = useRef(false)
+  const didInitialFocus = useRef(false)
+  const prevFocusKey = useRef(focusKey)
 
   const fitTo = useCallback((coords: [number, number][], padding: L.FitBoundsOptions = paddingOpts) => {
     if (coords.length === 0) return
@@ -537,10 +541,16 @@ function BoundsController({ places, routeCoords, fitKey, paddingOpts, framedOnMo
   // picker leaves the map where the user left it rather than snapping back.
   useEffect(() => {
     if (!focusPoints?.length) return
+    if (focusKey !== undefined) {
+      const shouldFit = !didInitialFocus.current || focusKey !== prevFocusKey.current
+      prevFocusKey.current = focusKey
+      if (!shouldFit) return
+      didInitialFocus.current = true
+    }
     // A day fit that has not run yet must not overwrite this a moment later.
     awaitingRoute.current = false
     fitTo(focusPoints, fitPadding ? leafletPadding(fitPadding) : paddingOpts)
-  }, [focusPoints, fitPaddingKey]) // eslint-disable-line react-hooks/exhaustive-deps
+  }, [focusPoints, focusKey, fitPaddingKey]) // eslint-disable-line react-hooks/exhaustive-deps
 
   return null
 }
@@ -786,6 +796,7 @@ export const MapView = memo(function MapView({
   // the shape a caller without one gets.
   tileUrl = OFM_POSITRON,
   fitKey = 0,
+  focusKey,
   dayOrderMap = {},
   leftWidth = 0,
   rightWidth = 0,
@@ -1249,7 +1260,7 @@ export const MapView = memo(function MapView({
 
       <MapController center={center} zoom={zoom} />
       {hasViewBaseLayer && <MapCameraSnapshot onChange={saveCameraSnapshot} />}
-      <BoundsController places={dayPlaces.length > 0 ? dayPlaces : places} routeCoords={dayPlaces.length > 0 ? routeCoords : []} fitKey={fitKey} paddingOpts={paddingOpts} framedOnMount={initialView.framed} focusPoints={focusPoints} fitPadding={fitPadding} follow={followSelection} />
+      <BoundsController places={dayPlaces.length > 0 ? dayPlaces : places} routeCoords={dayPlaces.length > 0 ? routeCoords : []} fitKey={fitKey} paddingOpts={paddingOpts} framedOnMount={initialView.framed} focusPoints={focusPoints} focusKey={focusKey} fitPadding={fitPadding} follow={followSelection} />
       <SelectionController follow={followSelection} places={places} selectedPlaceId={selectedPlaceId} dayPlaces={dayPlaces} selectedPlace={selectedPlace} paddingOpts={paddingOpts} />
       <MapClickHandler onClick={onMapClick} />
       <MapContextMenuHandler onContextMenu={onMapContextMenu} />
diff --git a/client/src/components/Map/MapViewGL.test.tsx b/client/src/components/Map/MapViewGL.test.tsx
index 274c10e94..a9fc1d87c 100644
--- a/client/src/components/Map/MapViewGL.test.tsx
+++ b/client/src/components/Map/MapViewGL.test.tsx
@@ -930,6 +930,61 @@ describe('MapViewGL', () => {
     expect(glMap.easeTo).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
   })
 
+  it('frames Tour focus once, ignores waypoint and route updates, then honors a new focus intent', async () => {
+    loadOnAttach()
+    const { rerender } = render(
+      <MapViewGL
+        places={[]}
+        route={null}
+        followSelection={false}
+        focusKey={1}
+        focusPoints={[]}
+        glProvider="maplibre-gl"
+      />,
+    )
+    await act(async () => {})
+    expect(glMap.fitBounds).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+
+    rerender(
+      <MapViewGL
+        places={[]}
+        route={[[[48, 11], [48.2, 11.3]]]}
+        followSelection={false}
+        focusKey={1}
+        focusPoints={[[48, 11], [48.2, 11.3]]}
+        glProvider="maplibre-gl"
+      />,
+    )
+    await act(async () => {})
+    expect(glMap.fitBounds).toHaveBeenCalledOnce()
+    glMap.fitBounds.mockClear()
+
+    rerender(
+      <MapViewGL
+        places={[]}
+        route={[[[48, 11], [48.2, 11.3], [48.4, 11.6]]]}
+        followSelection={false}
+        focusKey={1}
+        focusPoints={[[48, 11], [48.2, 11.3], [48.4, 11.6]]}
+        glProvider="maplibre-gl"
+      />,
+    )
+    await act(async () => {})
+    expect(glMap.fitBounds).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+
+    rerender(
+      <MapViewGL
+        places={[]}
+        followSelection={false}
+        focusKey={2}
+        focusPoints={[[48, 11], [48.5, 11.8]]}
+        glProvider="maplibre-gl"
+      />,
+    )
+    await act(async () => {})
+    expect(glMap.fitBounds).toHaveBeenCalledOnce()
+  })
+
   it('keeps selection fit and the pending route-arrival refit for semantic changes', async () => {
     loadOnAttach()
     const selectedPlace = buildPlace({ id: 902, lat: 48, lng: 11 })
diff --git a/client/src/components/Map/MapViewGL.tsx b/client/src/components/Map/MapViewGL.tsx
index 0f2ffc39e..85229418c 100644
--- a/client/src/components/Map/MapViewGL.tsx
+++ b/client/src/components/Map/MapViewGL.tsx
@@ -216,6 +216,8 @@ interface Props {
    * needs that leg on screen, which is neither the day nor the trip.
    */
   focusPoints?: [number, number][]
+  /** Changes only when the caller intentionally wants a new initial frame. */
+  focusKey?: number
   /**
    * What the caller's own chrome covers while `focusPoints` is framed, in pixels per edge.
    *
@@ -713,6 +715,7 @@ export function MapViewGL({
   zoom = DEFAULT_MAP_ZOOM,
   fitKey = 0,
   focusPoints,
+  focusKey,
   fitPadding,
   clusterLoosely = false,
   hazards,
@@ -2388,12 +2391,20 @@ export function MapViewGL({
   // The caller's padding as a value, so a parent that builds the object inline on every
   // render does not move the camera each time it renders.
   const fitPaddingKey = fitPadding ? [fitPadding.top, fitPadding.right, fitPadding.bottom, fitPadding.left].join(' ') : ''
+  const didInitialFocusRef = useRef(false)
+  const prevFocusKeyRef = useRef(focusKey)
 
   // Frame whatever was handed over. Nothing happens when it empties, so closing the
   // picker leaves the map where the user left it rather than snapping back.
   useEffect(() => {
     const map = mapRef.current
     if (!map || !focusPoints?.length) return
+    if (focusKey !== undefined) {
+      const shouldFit = !didInitialFocusRef.current || focusKey !== prevFocusKeyRef.current
+      prevFocusKeyRef.current = focusKey
+      if (!shouldFit) return
+      didInitialFocusRef.current = true
+    }
     const bounds = new gl.LngLatBounds()
     focusPoints.forEach(([lat, lng]) => bounds.extend([lng, lat]))
     // A day fit still waiting on its route must not overwrite this a moment later.
@@ -2406,7 +2417,7 @@ export function MapViewGL({
         duration: 400,
       })
     } catch { /* noop */ }
-  }, [focusPoints, fitPaddingKey]) // eslint-disable-line react-hooks/exhaustive-deps
+  }, [focusPoints, focusKey, fitPaddingKey]) // eslint-disable-line react-hooks/exhaustive-deps
 
   // flyTo selected place
   useEffect(() => {
diff --git a/client/src/components/Tours/planner/useTourPlanner.test.tsx b/client/src/components/Tours/planner/useTourPlanner.test.tsx
index f66a6a274..b349b2165 100644
--- a/client/src/components/Tours/planner/useTourPlanner.test.tsx
+++ b/client/src/components/Tours/planner/useTourPlanner.test.tsx
@@ -81,6 +81,36 @@ describe('useTourPlanner', () => {
     expect(result.current.waypoints).toHaveLength(3)
   })
 
+  it('changes the map focus intent only for explicit Tour context changes', async () => {
+    detailTour.mockResolvedValue({
+      tour: savedTour,
+      waypoints: [
+        { lat: 48, lng: 11, role: 'start', sequence: 0 },
+        { lat: 48.01, lng: 11.02, role: 'end', sequence: 1 },
+      ],
+    })
+    const { result } = renderHook(() => useTourPlanner({ tripId: 8 }))
+    const initialFocusKey = result.current.mapFocusKey
+
+    act(() => {
+      result.current.addWaypoint(48, 11)
+      result.current.addWaypoint(48.01, 11.02)
+    })
+    await act(async () => { await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(450) })
+    expect(result.current.mapFocusKey).toBe(initialFocusKey)
+
+    act(() => result.current.retry())
+    expect(result.current.mapFocusKey).toBe(initialFocusKey)
+
+    await act(async () => { expect(await result.current.openTour(savedTour)).toBe(true) })
+    expect(result.current.mapFocusKey).toBe(initialFocusKey + 1)
+    act(() => result.current.addWaypoint(48.02, 11.03))
+    expect(result.current.mapFocusKey).toBe(initialFocusKey + 1)
+
+    act(() => result.current.viewGpxTour({ ...savedTour, has_waypoints: false }, '[[48,11],[48.01,11.02]]'))
+    expect(result.current.mapFocusKey).toBe(initialFocusKey + 2)
+  })
+
   it('TOUR-PLANNER-002: restores a trip-scoped local draft without changing stable ids', () => {
     localStorage.setItem('tour-draft-8', JSON.stringify({
       version: 1,
diff --git a/client/src/components/Tours/planner/useTourPlanner.ts b/client/src/components/Tours/planner/useTourPlanner.ts
index 2dc405f1e..f1c994fbe 100644
--- a/client/src/components/Tours/planner/useTourPlanner.ts
+++ b/client/src/components/Tours/planner/useTourPlanner.ts
@@ -136,6 +136,7 @@ export function useTourPlanner({ tripId, active = true, onSaved, canEdit: editPe
   const [elevationProfileExpanded, setElevationProfileExpanded] = useState(true)
   const [routeProfileFocus, setRouteProfileFocus] = useState<RouteProfileFocus | null>(null)
   const [newDraftGeneration, setNewDraftGeneration] = useState(0)
+  const [mapFocusKey, setMapFocusKey] = useState(0)
   const abortRef = useRef<AbortController | null>(null)
   const generationRef = useRef(0)
   const draftRevisionRef = useRef(0)
@@ -334,6 +335,7 @@ export function useTourPlanner({ tripId, active = true, onSaved, canEdit: editPe
     setNewTourConfirmationOpen(false)
     setElevationProfileExpanded(true)
     setNewDraftGeneration(generation => generation + 1)
+    setMapFocusKey(key => key + 1)
   }, [invalidateDetailRequest, interruptRouting, storageKey])
 
   const startNewTour = useCallback((confirmed = false) => {
@@ -429,6 +431,7 @@ export function useTourPlanner({ tripId, active = true, onSaved, canEdit: editPe
       setDraftRestored(false)
       setEditingPlaceId(result.tour.place_id)
       editingPlaceIdRef.current = result.tour.place_id
+      setMapFocusKey(key => key + 1)
       setSaveOutcome(null)
       setReadOnlyGpxTour(null)
       return true
@@ -613,7 +616,7 @@ export function useTourPlanner({ tripId, active = true, onSaved, canEdit: editPe
     mapBaseLayer, setMapBaseLayer,
     mode, readOnlyGpxTour, readOnlyGpxAnalysis, viewGpxTour, closeGpxTour,
     startNewTour, newTourConfirmationOpen, cancelNewTour,
-    elevationProfileExpanded, toggleElevationProfile, newDraftGeneration, draftRestored,
+    elevationProfileExpanded, toggleElevationProfile, newDraftGeneration, draftRestored, mapFocusKey,
     editingPlaceId, openingTourId, openTour,
     saveOutcome, hasUnsavedChanges, canSave, save, discard, returnToNeutral,
   }
diff --git a/client/src/pages/TripPlannerPage.tsx b/client/src/pages/TripPlannerPage.tsx
index 65a5066aa..729947640 100644
--- a/client/src/pages/TripPlannerPage.tsx
+++ b/client/src/pages/TripPlannerPage.tsx
@@ -1082,6 +1082,7 @@ function TripPlannerPageDesktop(): React.ReactElement | null {
               tripId={tripId}
               places={[]}
               route={tourMap.route}
+              followSelection={false}
               onMapClick={canPlaceEdit && !tourPlanner.isSaving && (tourPlanner.mode.type === 'new-draft' || tourPlanner.mode.type === 'edit-saved')
                 ? ({ latlng }: { latlng: { lat: number; lng: number } }) => tourPlanner.addWaypoint(latlng.lat, latlng.lng)
                 : undefined}
@@ -1089,6 +1090,7 @@ function TripPlannerPageDesktop(): React.ReactElement | null {
               leftWidth={leftPanelPx}
               rightWidth={rightPanelPx}
               focusPoints={tourMap.focusPoints}
+              focusKey={tourMap.focusKey}
               plannerWaypoints={tourPlanner.mode.type === 'new-draft' || tourPlanner.mode.type === 'edit-saved' ? tourPlanner.waypoints : []}
               selectedPlannerWaypointId={tourPlanner.mode.type === 'new-draft' || tourPlanner.mode.type === 'edit-saved' ? tourPlanner.selectedWaypointId : null}
               onPlannerWaypointClick={tourPlanner.setSelectedWaypointId}
diff --git a/client/src/pages/tripPlanner/useTripPlannerPage.ts b/client/src/pages/tripPlanner/useTripPlannerPage.ts
index b83c84c35..d8a0b0568 100644
--- a/client/src/pages/tripPlanner/useTripPlannerPage.ts
+++ b/client/src/pages/tripPlanner/useTripPlannerPage.ts
@@ -101,6 +101,6 @@ export function useTripPlannerPage() {
     permissions: { canPlaceEdit, canDayEdit },
     tourPlanner,
     tourDetails: { openerRef: tourDetailOpenerRef, onSelectTour },
-    tourMap: { route, focusPoints, captureViewport },
+    tourMap: { route, focusPoints, focusKey: tourPlanner.mapFocusKey, captureViewport },
   }
 }
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