diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/PassageDetail/PassageDetailMarkVerses.test.tsx b/src/renderer/src/components/PassageDetail/PassageDetailMarkVerses.test.tsx
index 8f09ff81..2f26ea73 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/PassageDetail/PassageDetailMarkVerses.test.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/PassageDetail/PassageDetailMarkVerses.test.tsx
@@ -537,15 +537,24 @@ test('blocks autosave when markup has hard reference errors', async () => {
     ?.firstChild as HTMLElement;
   await waitFor(() => expect(tbody.children.length).toBeTruthy());
 
+  // Load saved segment data with an out-of-passage ref ("9:9") into the table.
   act(() => {
     if (mockPlayerAction) {
       mockPlayerAction(
         '{"regions":"[{\\"start\\":0,\\"end\\":5,\\"label\\":\\"9:9\\"}]"}',
-        false
+        true
       );
     }
   });
 
+  // Simulate a user boundary edit (init=false) so checkBlockersAndScheduleAutosave
+  // runs with "9:9" still in the table — the blocker should be detected and warned.
+  act(() => {
+    if (mockPlayerAction) {
+      mockPlayerAction('{"regions":"[{\\"start\\":0,\\"end\\":6}]"}', false);
+    }
+  });
+
   await waitFor(() => {
     expect(mockShowMessage).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
       expect.anything(),
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/PassageDetail/PassageDetailMarkVerses.tsx b/src/renderer/src/components/PassageDetail/PassageDetailMarkVerses.tsx
index d5dab1e8..e8f0fd93 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/PassageDetail/PassageDetailMarkVerses.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/PassageDetail/PassageDetailMarkVerses.tsx
@@ -185,7 +185,6 @@ export function PassageDetailMarkVerses({ width }: MarkVersesProps) {
   const {
     toolChanged,
     toolsChanged,
-    isChanged,
     saveRequested,
     saveCompleted,
     clearRequested,
@@ -616,7 +615,10 @@ export function PassageDetailMarkVerses({ width }: MarkVersesProps) {
       if (reset) {
         resetSegments(regions);
       }
-      if (!init && !isChanged(verseToolId)) toolChanged(verseToolId);
+      if (!init) {
+        toolChanged(verseToolId);
+        checkBlockersAndScheduleAutosave();
+      }
     }
   };
 
@@ -741,6 +743,7 @@ export function PassageDetailMarkVerses({ width }: MarkVersesProps) {
       setData(newData);
       setSegments();
       toolChanged(verseToolId);
+      checkBlockersAndScheduleAutosave();
     }
   };
 
@@ -845,8 +848,8 @@ export function PassageDetailMarkVerses({ width }: MarkVersesProps) {
     // eslint-disable-next-line react-hooks/exhaustive-deps
   }, [toolsChanged, scheduleAutosave]);
 
-  useEffect(() => {
-    if (!isChanged(verseToolId) || !hasPermission || savingRef.current) return;
+  const checkBlockersAndScheduleAutosave = () => {
+    if (!hasPermission) return;
     const allIssues = checkRefs();
     const blockers = checkAutosaveBlockers();
     setSaveIssues(allIssues);
@@ -885,8 +888,7 @@ export function PassageDetailMarkVerses({ width }: MarkVersesProps) {
       setIssuesDialogOpen(false);
     }
     scheduleAutosave();
-    // eslint-disable-next-line react-hooks/exhaustive-deps
-  }, [toolsChanged, hasPermission, scheduleAutosave]);
+  };
 
   return Boolean(mediafileId) && passType !== PassageTypeEnum.NOTE ? (
     <Box>
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/hoc/SnackBar.tsx b/src/renderer/src/hoc/SnackBar.tsx
index d0e713df..4ea0a88f 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/hoc/SnackBar.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/src/hoc/SnackBar.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /* eslint-disable react-refresh/only-export-components */
-import { useState, useEffect } from 'react';
+import { useState, useEffect, Fragment } from 'react';
 import { useGlobal } from '../context/useGlobal';
 import {
   Snackbar as MuiSnackbar,
@@ -45,8 +45,9 @@ function SimpleSnackbar(props: ISBProps) {
   };
 
   useEffect(() => {
-    if ((message?.type === 'span') !== open) {
-      setOpen(!open);
+    const hasMessage = !!message && message.type !== Fragment;
+    if (hasMessage !== open) {
+      setOpen(hasMessage);
     }
     // eslint-disable-next-line react-hooks/exhaustive-deps
   }, [message]);