diff --git a/resources/js/pages/investor-path/show.tsx b/resources/js/pages/investor-path/show.tsx
index 905ed3be..1bb1de9d 100644
--- a/resources/js/pages/investor-path/show.tsx
+++ b/resources/js/pages/investor-path/show.tsx
@@ -462,7 +462,7 @@ export default function InvestmentPath(path: Path) {
         reveal();
         window.addEventListener('hashchange', reveal);
         return () => window.removeEventListener('hashchange', reveal);
-    }, [path.case.id, path.context_opportunity, stageCodes]);
+    }, [path.case.id, path.context_opportunity, stageCodes, path.next?.code]);
     const { auth, flash } = usePage<{
         auth: { user: { id: number } };
         flash: { success?: string };
diff --git a/tests/frontend/licensing-stage.test.mjs b/tests/frontend/licensing-stage.test.mjs
index 7c2c897b..d12d4e53 100644
--- a/tests/frontend/licensing-stage.test.mjs
+++ b/tests/frontend/licensing-stage.test.mjs
@@ -200,11 +200,12 @@ test("unknown, absent or out-of-scope hash targets have no effect", () => {
     assert.equal(f.phase.open, false);
     assert.deepEqual(f.calls, []);
 });
-test("page reveals the initial hash, listens for later hash changes and cleans up the listener", () => {
+test("page reveals the initial hash and server next-stage updates, listens for hash changes and cleans up", () => {
     const f = targetFixture(),
         effects = [],
         listeners = new Map();
     const previousWindow = globalThis.window;
+    let previousDependencies;
     globalThis.window = {
         location: { hash: "#S08" },
         addEventListener: (type, fn) => listeners.set(type, fn),
@@ -233,7 +234,12 @@ test("page reveals the initial hash, listens for later hash changes and cleans u
             {
                 ...React,
                 useRef: () => ({ current: f.root }),
-                useEffect: (effect) => effects.push(effect),
+                useEffect: (effect, dependencies) => {
+                    if (!previousDependencies || dependencies.some((value, i) => value !== previousDependencies[i])) {
+                        effects.push(effect);
+                    }
+                    previousDependencies = dependencies;
+                },
                 useState: (initial) => [
                     typeof initial === "function" ? initial() : initial,
                     () => {},
@@ -249,6 +255,17 @@ test("page reveals the initial hash, listens for later hash changes and cleans u
         assert.equal(f.phase.open, true);
         cleanup();
         assert.equal(listeners.size, 0);
+        h.renderPage();
+        assert.equal(effects.length, 1);
+        // A saved transition changes the controlled phase's `open` prop.
+        h.path.next = { code: "S09" };
+        f.phase.open = false;
+        h.renderPage();
+        assert.equal(effects.length, 2);
+        const updatedCleanup = effects[1]();
+        assert.equal(f.phase.open, true);
+        updatedCleanup();
+        assert.equal(listeners.size, 0);
     } finally {
         globalThis.window = previousWindow;
     }