diff --git a/invokeai/frontend/webv2/src/workbench/workbenchState.test.ts b/invokeai/frontend/webv2/src/workbench/workbenchState.test.ts
index 80c9f9b140a..be7b77ad3ee 100644
--- a/invokeai/frontend/webv2/src/workbench/workbenchState.test.ts
+++ b/invokeai/frontend/webv2/src/workbench/workbenchState.test.ts
@@ -5601,6 +5601,26 @@ describe('workbenchReducer Phase 5 generation flow', () => {
     expect(getActiveProject(state).settings.showProgressImagesInViewer).toBe(false);
   });
 
+  it('keeps an explicit live-follow opt-out through later Gallery selections and submissions', () => {
+    let state = primeGenerate();
+    state = workbenchReducer(state, { destination: 'gallery', type: 'setInvocationDestination' });
+    state = workbenchReducer(state, {
+      settings: { showProgressImagesInViewer: false },
+      type: 'setActiveProjectSettings',
+    });
+    state = workbenchReducer(state, { item: createGalleryImageItem('selected.png'), type: 'selectGalleryItem' });
+    state = workbenchReducer(state, {
+      image: createGalleryImageItem('compare.png'),
+      type: 'setGalleryCompareImage',
+    });
+
+    state = submitGenerate(state);
+
+    const project = getActiveProject(state);
+    expect(project.settings.showProgressImagesInViewer).toBe(false);
+    expect(getProjectWidgetValues(project, 'gallery').selectedImageName).toBe('image:selected.png');
+  });
+
   it('lifts the selection pause when live-follow is toggled explicitly', () => {
     let state = createInitialWorkbenchState();
     state = workbenchReducer(state, { item: createGalleryImageItem('selected.png'), type: 'selectGalleryItem' });
diff --git a/invokeai/frontend/webv2/src/workbench/workbenchState.ts b/invokeai/frontend/webv2/src/workbench/workbenchState.ts
index 4bd67fd72eb..4687858eeb7 100644
--- a/invokeai/frontend/webv2/src/workbench/workbenchState.ts
+++ b/invokeai/frontend/webv2/src/workbench/workbenchState.ts
@@ -3153,29 +3153,35 @@ const reconcileDeletedGalleryBoard = (
   return didChangeQueue ? { ...withBoardReferencesCleared, projects } : withBoardReferencesCleared;
 };
 
-/** A deliberate selection pauses live-follow; only generations submitted after that selection may take the preview. */
+const getLiveFollowPausedAt = (project: Project): string | null => {
+  const pausedAt = getWidgetValues(project, 'gallery').liveFollowPausedAt;
+
+  return typeof pausedAt === 'string' ? pausedAt : null;
+};
+
+/**
+ * A deliberate selection pauses live-follow; only generations submitted after that selection may take the preview.
+ * With live-follow explicitly off there is nothing to pause, and a pause recorded then would let the next submission
+ * turn it back on.
+ */
 const updateGalleryValuesAndPauseLiveFollow = (
   state: WorkbenchState,
   getValues: (values: Record<string, unknown>) => Record<string, unknown>,
   projectId = state.activeProjectId
 ): WorkbenchState =>
   updateProjectById(state, projectId, (project) =>
-    updateProjectWidgetValues(
-      {
-        ...project,
-        settings: { ...project.settings, showProgressImagesInViewer: false },
-      },
-      'gallery',
-      (values) => ({ ...getValues(values), liveFollowPausedAt: now() })
-    )
+    !project.settings.showProgressImagesInViewer && getLiveFollowPausedAt(project) === null
+      ? updateProjectWidgetValues(project, 'gallery', getValues)
+      : updateProjectWidgetValues(
+          {
+            ...project,
+            settings: { ...project.settings, showProgressImagesInViewer: false },
+          },
+          'gallery',
+          (values) => ({ ...getValues(values), liveFollowPausedAt: now() })
+        )
   );
 
-const getLiveFollowPausedAt = (project: Project): string | null => {
-  const pausedAt = getWidgetValues(project, 'gallery').liveFollowPausedAt;
-
-  return typeof pausedAt === 'string' ? pausedAt : null;
-};
-
 /** Submission resumes selection-paused live-follow, but preserves an explicit opt-out. */
 const shouldResumeLiveFollowOnSubmit = (project: Project): boolean =>
   !project.settings.showProgressImagesInViewer && getLiveFollowPausedAt(project) !== null;