diff --git a/crates/engine/src/lib.rs b/crates/engine/src/lib.rs
index 856f1777e..b2d4af09e 100644
--- a/crates/engine/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/src/lib.rs
@@ -622,8 +622,12 @@ impl Session {
             // finds no recorder. A menu-style call that only opened a dialog (`file.open` with no
             // file, `home.formatCells` with no style) is not recorded either: the dialog's own
             // call is, so playing the recording back runs the command once, with its parameters.
+            // A call that opened a dialog and changed the workbook too (a script with an edit before
+            // a menu-style step) is recorded: the edit happened, and the dialog's confirming call
+            // is a step of its own.
             let opened_dialog = self.ui_requests.get(requests_before..).is_some_and(|new| new.iter().any(|q| matches!(q, UiRequest::Dialog(..))));
-            if let Some((doc, sheet, sheet_name, selection)) = place.filter(|_| !opened_dialog && !record::NOT_RECORDED.contains(&id))
+            let changed = before.as_ref().is_some_and(|(uid, wb, _)| self.docs.iter().any(|d| d.uid == *uid && !Arc::ptr_eq(&d.wb, wb)));
+            if let Some((doc, sheet, sheet_name, selection)) = place.filter(|_| (!opened_dialog || changed) && !record::NOT_RECORDED.contains(&id))
                 && let Some(rec) = self.recorder.as_mut()
             {
                 rec.push(record::RecordedStep { doc, sheet, sheet_name, selection, id: id.to_string(), params: cmd::journal_params(&params) });
diff --git a/crates/engine/src/tests/seams.rs b/crates/engine/src/tests/seams.rs
index 45d57e6f6..e93116120 100644
--- a/crates/engine/src/tests/seams.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/src/tests/seams.rs
@@ -846,6 +846,26 @@ fn stop_action_runs_only_on_its_own_and_is_not_recorded() {
     assert_eq!(s.stop_recording().unwrap().dropped, 0);
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn a_run_that_edits_and_opens_a_dialog_is_recorded() {
+    // A script with an edit before a menu-style step: the edit happened, so the run is a step of
+    // the recording (the person's confirming call is another). Only a call that opened a dialog
+    // and changed nothing is left out.
+    let mut s = s();
+    let edit_then_dialog = json!([{"command": "cell.set", "params": {"cell": "B1", "input": "1"}}, {"command": "home.formatCells", "params": {}}]);
+    let dialog_only = json!([{"command": "home.formatCells", "params": {}}]);
+    s.execute("automate.newScript", json!({"name": "Edit", "commands": edit_then_dialog})).unwrap();
+    s.execute("automate.newScript", json!({"name": "Ask", "commands": dialog_only})).unwrap();
+    s.start_recording();
+    s.execute("automate.runScript", json!({"name": "Ask"})).unwrap();
+    assert!(s.take_ui_requests().iter().any(|q| matches!(q, crate::UiRequest::Dialog(..))));
+    assert!(recorded_ids(&s).is_empty(), "{:?}", recorded_ids(&s));
+    s.execute("automate.runScript", json!({"name": "Edit"})).unwrap();
+    assert!(s.take_ui_requests().iter().any(|q| matches!(q, crate::UiRequest::Dialog(..))));
+    assert_eq!(recorded_ids(&s), ["automate.runScript"], "the edit happened, so the run is a step");
+    assert_eq!(s.stop_recording().unwrap().dropped, 0);
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn the_recorder_keeps_top_level_calls_with_where_they_ran() {
     let mut s = s();
diff --git a/docs/architecture.md b/docs/architecture.md
index 60e095611..34c167c39 100644
--- a/docs/architecture.md
+++ b/docs/architecture.md
@@ -72,7 +72,8 @@ Actions made of many commands (macros, a debugger that runs one step per call) u
 - **Recording buffer** (`record.rs`). `Session::start_recording` collects each successful
   top-level command with the document, sheet and selection it ran in, without secret parameters.
   Commands run by other commands are not recorded, nor is a menu-style call that only opened a
-  dialog (the dialog's confirming call is the step), and the buffer is independent of the journal
+  dialog (the dialog's confirming call is the step; a run that changed the workbook before a step
+  of it opened a dialog is recorded), and the buffer is independent of the journal
   (Automate › Record Actions still records through the journal).
 - **Document trust.** `DocState::trust` is `Local` for workbooks made in the session and
   `FromFile` for workbooks opened from a file. `Trust` has no default: `DocState::new` takes it,