diff --git a/src/trx-client/trx-frontend/trx-frontend-http/assets/web/generated/app.js b/src/trx-client/trx-frontend/trx-frontend-http/assets/web/generated/app.js
index ee2798ca..5860ede2 100644
--- a/src/trx-client/trx-frontend/trx-frontend-http/assets/web/generated/app.js
+++ b/src/trx-client/trx-frontend/trx-frontend-http/assets/web/generated/app.js
@@ -5604,7 +5604,10 @@ function navigateToTab(name, options = {}) {
   document.querySelectorAll(".tab-bar .tab").forEach((t) => t.classList.remove("active"));
   btn.classList.add("active");
   const toolsBtn = document.getElementById("mobile-more-btn");
-  if (toolsBtn) toolsBtn.classList.toggle("active", getComputedStyle(btn).display === "none");
+  if (toolsBtn) {
+    const inToolsMenu = !!document.querySelector(`#mobile-more-menu [data-navigate-tab="${name}"]`);
+    toolsBtn.classList.toggle("active", inToolsMenu);
+  }
   window.trxUi?.syncSelectedTab(document.querySelector(".tab-bar-nav"), btn);
   document.querySelectorAll(".tab-panel").forEach((p) => p.style.display = "none");
   const panel = document.getElementById(`tab-${name}`);
diff --git a/src/trx-client/trx-frontend/trx-frontend-http/frontend/src/app.ts b/src/trx-client/trx-frontend/trx-frontend-http/frontend/src/app.ts
index aedd73d4..6f076953 100644
--- a/src/trx-client/trx-frontend/trx-frontend-http/frontend/src/app.ts
+++ b/src/trx-client/trx-frontend/trx-frontend-http/frontend/src/app.ts
@@ -4618,10 +4618,17 @@ function navigateToTab(name: TabName, options: { updateHistory?: boolean; replac
   btn.classList.add("active");
   // A destination the strip hides is reached through Tools, so mark that
   // button instead — otherwise the strip looks identical on all four of them.
-  // Derived from what is actually hidden rather than from a second copy of the
-  // grouping, which would drift from the one ui-core installs.
+  // Membership of the Tools menu is the test: it still reads from the grouping
+  // ui-core installs rather than a second copy of it, but unlike the tab's
+  // computed display it does not depend on anything being laid out. The first
+  // route navigation runs while the card is still behind the loading state,
+  // where every tab computes to display:none — which lit Tools up on every
+  // refresh of every page.
   const toolsBtn = document.getElementById("mobile-more-btn");
-  if (toolsBtn) toolsBtn.classList.toggle("active", getComputedStyle(btn).display === "none");
+  if (toolsBtn) {
+    const inToolsMenu = !!document.querySelector(`#mobile-more-menu [data-navigate-tab="${name}"]`);
+    toolsBtn.classList.toggle("active", inToolsMenu);
+  }
   window.trxUi?.syncSelectedTab(document.querySelector(".tab-bar-nav"), btn);
   document.querySelectorAll<HTMLElement>(".tab-panel").forEach((p) => p.style.display = "none");
   const panel = document.getElementById(`tab-${name}`);
diff --git a/src/trx-client/trx-frontend/trx-frontend-http/frontend/tests/browser-smoke.mjs b/src/trx-client/trx-frontend/trx-frontend-http/frontend/tests/browser-smoke.mjs
index 4f35c38c..0ae6a4f2 100644
--- a/src/trx-client/trx-frontend/trx-frontend-http/frontend/tests/browser-smoke.mjs
+++ b/src/trx-client/trx-frontend/trx-frontend-http/frontend/tests/browser-smoke.mjs
@@ -124,7 +124,9 @@ const contentTypes = new Map([
 ]);
 
 function assetPath(urlPath) {
-  if (urlPath === "/") return path.join(webDir, "index.html");
+  // Every tab route has its own index handler on the server (see api/assets.rs),
+  // so a deep link or a refresh serves the SPA shell, not a 404.
+  if (!path.extname(urlPath)) return path.join(webDir, "index.html");
   if (urlPath.startsWith("/vendor/")) return path.join(webDir, urlPath);
   const generated = path.join(generatedDir, path.basename(urlPath));
   if (urlPath.endsWith(".js")) return generated;
@@ -265,6 +267,24 @@ try {
   assert.equal(new URL(page.url()).pathname, "/");
   assert.deepEqual(runtimeErrors, []);
 
+  // Refreshing or deep-linking must mark the destination, not Tools. The first
+  // route navigation runs while the card is still behind the loading state, so
+  // a test that asked whether the tab was displayed saw "none" for every tab
+  // and lit Tools up on every refresh of every page.
+  for (const [route, tab, toolsLit] of [["/map", "map", false], ["/about", "about", true]]) {
+    await page.goto(`http://127.0.0.1:${address.port}${route}`, { waitUntil: "domcontentloaded" });
+    await page.locator(`#tab-${tab}`).waitFor({ state: "visible" });
+    const marked = await page.evaluate(() => ({
+      actives: [...document.querySelectorAll(".tab-bar .tab.active")].map((t) => t.dataset.tab || t.id),
+      tools: document.getElementById("mobile-more-btn").classList.contains("active"),
+    }));
+    assert.ok(marked.actives.includes(tab), `${route} marks ${JSON.stringify(marked.actives)}`);
+    assert.equal(marked.tools, toolsLit, `${route}: Tools active is ${marked.tools}`);
+  }
+  await page.goto(`http://127.0.0.1:${address.port}/`, { waitUntil: "domcontentloaded" });
+  await page.locator("#tab-main").waitFor({ state: "visible" });
+  assert.deepEqual(runtimeErrors, []);
+
   // --- Layout regressions -------------------------------------------------
   // Every fault below shipped at some point while the rest of this file
   // passed, because nothing here looked at geometry: a header whose height