diff --git a/drb-frontend/components/LiveView.tsx b/drb-frontend/components/LiveView.tsx
index 95ff42d..3007867 100644
--- a/drb-frontend/components/LiveView.tsx
+++ b/drb-frontend/components/LiveView.tsx
@@ -284,9 +284,15 @@ export function LiveView() {
     lookupId && lookedUp && lookedUp.incident_id === lookupId && !!orgId && (lookedUp as IncidentDoc).org_id === orgId
       ? lookedUp
       : null;
-  const selected: IncidentDoc | null = activeSelected ?? fetchedSelected;
   const lookupPending = !!lookupId && !fetchedSelected && (lookupLoading || !orgId);
   const notFound = !!lookupId && !fetchedSelected && !lookupPending;
+  // The incident on screen resolving drops it from the active list before its
+  // by-id lookup lands. Hold the last doc for that same id meanwhile, so the
+  // wall doesn't fly back to the region and straight back again.
+  const lastSelected = useRef<IncidentDoc | null>(null);
+  const held = lookupPending && lastSelected.current?.incident_id === link.inc ? lastSelected.current : null;
+  const selected: IncidentDoc | null = activeSelected ?? fetchedSelected ?? held;
+  lastSelected.current = selected;
   const resolvedSelected = fetchedSelected?.status === "resolved" ? fetchedSelected : null;
 
   // The selected incident's own calls, by incident id — no limit, so a long
diff --git a/drb-frontend/lib/useIncidents.ts b/drb-frontend/lib/useIncidents.ts
index be06281..ab4ff34 100644
--- a/drb-frontend/lib/useIncidents.ts
+++ b/drb-frontend/lib/useIncidents.ts
@@ -86,17 +86,19 @@ export function useIncidents(limitCount = 100, dateFrom?: Date, dateTo?: Date) {
 export function useIncident(incidentId: string | null) {
   const [incident, setIncident] = useState<IncidentRecord | null>(null);
   const [loading, setLoading] = useState(true);
+  // The id the current `incident`/`loading` answer belongs to. On the render
+  // where the id changes the effect hasn't run yet, so `loading` alone would
+  // still read false from the previous id and a caller would flash "not found".
+  const [settledId, setSettledId] = useState<string | null>(null);
 
   useEffect(() => {
     if (!incidentId) { setLoading(false); return; }
-    // A new id is a new lookup: without this, `loading` stays false from the
-    // previous id and a caller reads "not found" until the snapshot lands.
     setLoading(true);
     let unsubFirestore: (() => void) | undefined;
 
     const unsubAuth = onAuthStateChanged(auth, (user) => {
       if (unsubFirestore) { unsubFirestore(); unsubFirestore = undefined; }
-      if (!user) { setLoading(false); return; }
+      if (!user) { setLoading(false); setSettledId(incidentId); return; }
 
       const ref = doc(db, "incidents", incidentId);
       unsubFirestore = onSnapshot(ref, (snap) => {
@@ -111,16 +113,19 @@ export function useIncident(incidentId: string | null) {
           setIncident(null);
         }
         setLoading(false);
+        setSettledId(incidentId);
       }, (err: FirestoreError) => {
         console.error("useIncident:", err);
+        setIncident(null); // a denied/failed read must not leave the previous id's doc
         setLoading(false);
+        setSettledId(incidentId);
       });
     });
 
     return () => { unsubAuth(); if (unsubFirestore) unsubFirestore(); };
   }, [incidentId]);
 
-  return { incident, loading };
+  return { incident, loading: loading || (!!incidentId && settledId !== incidentId) };
 }
 
 export function useActiveIncidents() {