diff --git a/fusion_plating/fusion_plating/__manifest__.py b/fusion_plating/fusion_plating/__manifest__.py
index dee9ea3b..d75f2e40 100644
--- a/fusion_plating/fusion_plating/__manifest__.py
+++ b/fusion_plating/fusion_plating/__manifest__.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 {
     'name': 'Fusion Plating',
-    'version': '19.0.20.6.0',
+    'version': '19.0.20.6.1',
     'category': 'Manufacturing/Plating',
     'summary': 'Core plating / metal finishing ERP: facilities, processes, tanks, baths, jobs, operators.',
     'description': """
diff --git a/fusion_plating/fusion_plating/static/src/js/simple_recipe_editor.js b/fusion_plating/fusion_plating/static/src/js/simple_recipe_editor.js
index 5b68f83a..9ff158d3 100644
--- a/fusion_plating/fusion_plating/static/src/js/simple_recipe_editor.js
+++ b/fusion_plating/fusion_plating/static/src/js/simple_recipe_editor.js
@@ -86,6 +86,20 @@ export class FpSimpleRecipeEditor extends Component {
     }
 
     async loadAll() {
+        // Preserve scroll position across the re-render. .o_fp_simple_editor
+        // is the overflow:auto scroll container — when `state.steps` is
+        // replaced with a fresh array, OWL tears down the t-foreach and
+        // rebuilds every row, which snaps scrollTop back to 0. Operators
+        // hate this: they save a step half-way down the recipe and the
+        // page jumps to the top. Capture the position before the RPC,
+        // restore it after the next paint.
+        //
+        // Regression note (2026-05-20): every save/insert/remove/promote
+        // handler calls loadAll, so this single choke point fixes scroll
+        // reset for the whole editor.
+        const scrollRoot = document.querySelector(".o_fp_simple_editor");
+        const savedScrollTop = scrollRoot ? scrollRoot.scrollTop : 0;
+
         this.state.loading = true;
         const [recipeData, libraryData, templateData] = await Promise.all([
             rpc("/fp/simple_recipe/load", { recipe_id: this._recipeId }),
@@ -97,6 +111,21 @@ export class FpSimpleRecipeEditor extends Component {
         this.state.library = libraryData.templates;
         this.state.templateOptions = templateData.templates;
         this.state.loading = false;
+
+        // Restore AFTER OWL repaints. Microtask runs before paint in OWL 2;
+        // we need rAF (or two of them, defensively) so the rebuilt DOM
+        // exists when we set scrollTop. Without this the assignment fires
+        // against the pre-render DOM and gets discarded.
+        if (savedScrollTop > 0) {
+            requestAnimationFrame(() => {
+                requestAnimationFrame(() => {
+                    const el = document.querySelector(".o_fp_simple_editor");
+                    if (el) {
+                        el.scrollTop = savedScrollTop;
+                    }
+                });
+            });
+        }
     }
 
     async onSearchLibrary(ev) {