diff --git a/src/hooks/useTransactions.test.ts b/src/hooks/useTransactions.test.ts
index 312bad4..8f6df11 100644
--- a/src/hooks/useTransactions.test.ts
+++ b/src/hooks/useTransactions.test.ts
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import {
   initTransactionsState,
   showsEmptyState,
   GUIDED_ENTRY_FILTERS,
+  type TransactionsAction,
   type TransactionsState,
 } from "./useTransactions";
 import type { TransactionPageResult } from "../shared/types";
@@ -170,6 +171,32 @@ describe("transactionsReducer — the guided entry's fallback (#399)", () => {
     expect(after.guidedFallback).toBe(false);
   });
 
+  // The actions the hook really sends around the first page: `fetchData` sends
+  // SET_LOADING then SET_ERROR(null) before each read, and the mount effect's
+  // categories, sources and count land before or after that page. None of
+  // them may disarm the fallback (review of #399).
+  it.each([
+    ["the mount reads land first", ["mount", "fetch", "page"]],
+    ["the first page lands first", ["fetch", "page", "mount"]],
+  ] as const)("the hook's real sequence still falls back (%s)", (_name, order) => {
+    const sent: Record<(typeof order)[number], TransactionsAction[]> = {
+      fetch: [
+        { type: "SET_LOADING", payload: true },
+        { type: "SET_ERROR", payload: null },
+      ],
+      mount: [
+        { type: "SET_CATEGORIES", payload: [] },
+        { type: "SET_SOURCES", payload: [] },
+        { type: "SET_TOTAL_IN_DB", payload: 12 },
+      ],
+      page: [{ type: "SET_PAGE_RESULT", payload: page(0) }],
+    };
+    const after = order.flatMap((group) => sent[group]).reduce(transactionsReducer, guided());
+    expect(after.filters.uncategorizedOnly).toBe(false);
+    expect(after.filters.dateFrom).toBeNull();
+    expect(after.isLoading).toBe(true);
+  });
+
   it("falls back once: an empty page after the fallback keeps the filters, so nothing reads again", () => {
     const fellBack = result(guided(), 0);
     const again = result(fellBack, 0);
diff --git a/src/pages/TransactionsPage.render.test.tsx b/src/pages/TransactionsPage.render.test.tsx
index 1ad3fde..04ba739 100644
--- a/src/pages/TransactionsPage.render.test.tsx
+++ b/src/pages/TransactionsPage.render.test.tsx
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 import { describe, it, expect, vi, beforeEach } from "vitest";
 import { renderToStaticMarkup } from "react-dom/server";
 import { MemoryRouter } from "react-router-dom";
-import type { TransactionRow } from "../shared/types";
+import type { TransactionFilters, TransactionRow } from "../shared/types";
 
 // The page's services pull the database: stub the connection.
 vi.mock("../services/db", () => ({ getDb: vi.fn(), withTransaction: vi.fn() }));
@@ -21,7 +21,12 @@ vi.mock("react-i18next", () => ({
 }));
 vi.mock("../components/shared/PageHelp", () => ({ PageHelp: () => null }));
 
-const harness = vi.hoisted(() => ({ onboarding: null as unknown, rows: [] as TransactionRow[] }));
+const harness = vi.hoisted(() => ({
+  onboarding: null as unknown,
+  rows: [] as TransactionRow[],
+  /** Filters a later dispatch would have set (the fallback, a filter picked by hand). */
+  filters: null as Partial<TransactionFilters> | null,
+}));
 
 vi.mock("../contexts/OnboardingContext", () => ({ useOnboarding: () => harness.onboarding }));
 vi.mock("../hooks/useTransactions", async (importOriginal) => {
@@ -30,7 +35,8 @@ vi.mock("../hooks/useTransactions", async (importOriginal) => {
     ...actual,
     useTransactions: (...args: Parameters<typeof actual.useTransactions>) => {
       const hook = actual.useTransactions(...args);
-      return { ...hook, state: { ...hook.state, rows: harness.rows } };
+      const filters = harness.filters ? { ...hook.state.filters, ...harness.filters } : hook.state.filters;
+      return { ...hook, state: { ...hook.state, rows: harness.rows, filters } };
     },
   };
 });
@@ -122,6 +128,7 @@ const activePeriod = (html: string) =>
 beforeEach(() => {
   harness.onboarding = path(IMPORTED);
   harness.rows = [];
+  harness.filters = null;
 });
 
 describe("TransactionsPage — the guided entry (#399)", () => {
@@ -165,6 +172,19 @@ describe("TransactionsPage — the step card (#399)", () => {
     expect(sentence(render())).toBe("t(onboarding.card.transactions.all[])");
   });
 
+  // The sentence follows the list's filter, not the navigation state.
+  it("the guided entry after its fallback: the sentence for every transaction", () => {
+    harness.filters = { uncategorizedOnly: false };
+    expect(sentence(render(GUIDED))).toBe("t(onboarding.card.transactions.all[])");
+  });
+
+  it("an ordinary visit with 'Uncategorized' picked by hand: the uncategorized sentence", () => {
+    harness.filters = { uncategorizedOnly: true };
+    expect(sentence(render())).toBe(
+      "t(onboarding.card.transactions.uncategorized[filter=t(transactions.filters.uncategorized)])",
+    );
+  });
+
   it("the first row's category is the one target", () => {
     harness.rows = [row(1, "IGA 123"), row(2, "METRO 456")];
     const html = render(GUIDED);