diff --git a/src/app/(app)/delivery-notes/page.tsx b/src/app/(app)/delivery-notes/page.tsx
index 06fca07..3e16332 100644
--- a/src/app/(app)/delivery-notes/page.tsx
+++ b/src/app/(app)/delivery-notes/page.tsx
@@ -1787,14 +1787,12 @@ export default function DeliveryNotesPage() {
           onOpenChange={(v) => setNoteEditor((prev) => ({ ...prev, open: v }))}
           deliveryNoteId={noteEditor.noteId}
           deliveryNoteNumber={noteEditor.number}
-          onSaved={(dnNumber) => {
+          onSaved={(dnNumber, showDocument) => {
             setNoteEditor((prev) => ({ ...prev, open: false }));
             // Refresh so the next quote review starts from what was
-            // just saved rather than the values fetched at page load,
-            // then bring the document back — "save, and show me what
-            // I just saved".
+            // just saved rather than the values fetched at page load.
             void fetchNotes().then(() => {
-              if (dnNumber) setPreviewDnNumber(dnNumber);
+              if (showDocument && dnNumber) setPreviewDnNumber(dnNumber);
             });
           }}
         />
diff --git a/src/components/delivery-notes/delivery-note-editor-dialog.tsx b/src/components/delivery-notes/delivery-note-editor-dialog.tsx
index 002f678..177267b 100644
--- a/src/components/delivery-notes/delivery-note-editor-dialog.tsx
+++ b/src/components/delivery-notes/delivery-note-editor-dialog.tsx
@@ -64,9 +64,12 @@ export interface DeliveryNoteEditorDialogProps {
   onOpenChange: (open: boolean) => void;
   deliveryNoteId: string;
   deliveryNoteNumber: string;
-  /** Called after a successful save, with the DN number, so the host
-   *  can bring the document back up for printing. */
-  onSaved?: (deliveryNoteNumber: string) => void;
+  /**
+   * Called after a SUCCESSFUL save, with the note number. The second
+   * argument is true when the operator pressed "Save & show document",
+   * so the host knows to bring the PDF up afterwards.
+   */
+  onSaved?: (deliveryNoteNumber: string, showDocument: boolean) => void;
 }
 
 export function DeliveryNoteEditorDialog({
@@ -152,7 +155,7 @@ export function DeliveryNoteEditorDialog({
     );
   };
 
-  const save = async () => {
+  const save = async (showDocumentAfter = false) => {
     setSaving(true);
     try {
       // Sequential rather than parallel: these rewrite the same DN
@@ -184,7 +187,12 @@ export function DeliveryNoteEditorDialog({
         `Saved ${lines.length} line${lines.length === 1 ? "" : "s"} on ${deliveryNoteNumber}.`,
       );
       onOpenChange(false);
-      onSaved?.(deliveryNoteNumber);
+      // The host opens the document when it gets the number back.
+      // Passing it here rather than on the button's own click is the
+      // whole fix: the old "Save & show document" closed the dialog
+      // and showed the PDF WITHOUT saving, so the operator saw the
+      // old quantities and reasonably concluded the edit hadn't taken.
+      onSaved?.(deliveryNoteNumber, showDocumentAfter);
     } catch (err: unknown) {
       toast.error(
         err instanceof Error ? err.message : "Failed to save the delivery note",
@@ -373,21 +381,19 @@ export function DeliveryNoteEditorDialog({
           >
             Cancel
           </Button>
-          {/* Close without saving, but still show the document —
-              most times someone opens this to LOOK, not change. */}
+          {/* Saves, THEN shows the document. It used to only close
+              and show — which looked exactly like "my change was
+              ignored" because the PDF still carried the old numbers. */}
           <Button
             variant="outline"
-            onClick={() => {
-              onOpenChange(false);
-              onSaved?.(deliveryNoteNumber);
-            }}
+            onClick={() => void save(true)}
             disabled={saving}
             data-testid="dn-editor-preview"
           >
             Save &amp; show document
           </Button>
           <Button
-            onClick={() => void save()}
+            onClick={() => void save(false)}
             disabled={saving || loading || lines.length === 0}
             data-testid="dn-editor-save"
           >