diff --git a/crates/engine/src/cmd/buildcmds/trace.rs b/crates/engine/src/cmd/buildcmds/trace.rs
index 8d72568e8..308e300ec 100644
--- a/crates/engine/src/cmd/buildcmds/trace.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/src/cmd/buildcmds/trace.rs
@@ -377,8 +377,11 @@ fn grouped(d: &mut Document, nodes: Vec<Node>, parents: &[Option<usize>]) -> Vec
 struct TraceInputs {
     target: NodeId,
     image: Box<ImageObject>,
-    /// The settings traced with, as JSON, the library's colours in.
+    /// The settings traced with, as JSON.
     params: Value,
+    /// Document Library: the library's colours, which the JSON leaves out
+    /// ([`tr::TraceParams::swatches`]).
+    swatches: Vec<[u8; 3]>,
 }
 
 /// What `imageTrace.make` and `imageTrace.makeAndExpand` take from the session before they trace.
@@ -431,7 +434,7 @@ fn prepare(s: &Session, c: &str, p: &Value) -> Result<Prepared> {
     let bytes = Arc::clone(&blob.bytes);
     let library = trace_library(c, s, &mut params)?;
     let traced_with = serde_json::to_value(&params).map_err(|e| EngineError::Other(e.to_string()))?;
-    let inputs = TraceInputs { target, image, params: traced_with };
+    let inputs = TraceInputs { target, image, params: traced_with, swatches: params.swatches.clone() };
     Ok(Prepared { inputs, trace: params, view, params_json, preset_label, library, bytes })
 }
 
@@ -544,7 +547,7 @@ pub(super) fn trace_make(s: &mut Session, p: &Value, expand: bool) -> Result<Val
         Some(traced) if traced.inputs == inputs => traced,
         _ => trace_now(&inputs, &trace, &bytes, &|_, _| true)?,
     };
-    let TraceInputs { target, image: img, params: _ } = inputs;
+    let TraceInputs { target, image: img, .. } = inputs;
     let warnings = trace_warnings((img.width, img.height), raster, res.worked_at);
     // Pixel space of the decoded raster → the image object's pixel space → document.
     let sx = img.width.max(1) as f64 / raster.0.max(1) as f64;
diff --git a/crates/engine/src/tests/build.rs b/crates/engine/src/tests/build.rs
index 5c7baad6f..cb4c2d018 100644
--- a/crates/engine/src/tests/build.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/src/tests/build.rs
@@ -2768,6 +2768,21 @@ fn a_trace_run_hands_its_trace_to_the_command() {
     assert!((bb.center().x - 160.0).abs() < 1.5, "traced where the image is now: {bb:?}");
 }
 
+/// A Document Library trace made away from its command no longer applies once the library's
+/// colours change: the settings' JSON leaves them out (#4605 review).
+#[test]
+fn a_trace_run_needs_the_library_colours_it_traced_with() {
+    let mut s = session();
+    image_doc(&mut s);
+    let p = json!({"preset": "6 Colors", "params": {"palette": "documentLibrary"}});
+    let run = cmd::TraceRun::prepare(&s, "imageTrace.make", &p).unwrap();
+    assert!(run.current(&s));
+    let swatch = |w: &&vectorcraft_color::Swatch| matches!(w.paint, Paint::Solid { .. }) && !w.name.starts_with('[');
+    let name = s.doc().unwrap().doc.swatches_iter().find(swatch).map(|w| w.name.clone()).unwrap();
+    s.execute("swatch.edit", &json!({"name": name, "color": "#123456"})).unwrap();
+    assert!(!run.current(&s), "{name} changed");
+}
+
 /// Shapes: the disc of the test image comes out as a live ellipse where the image lies, the same
 /// circle as its traced path; without the option it is a plain path.
 #[test]
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/app.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/app.rs
index 5a46f6157..6e2527fb6 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/app.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/app.rs
@@ -298,6 +298,7 @@ impl VectorcraftApp {
             || !self.opening.pending.is_empty()
             || !self.plugin_runs.running.is_empty()
             || !self.placing.pending.is_empty()
+            || !self.trace_runs.running.is_empty()
         {
             // Keep the status bar's progress moving and pick the result up when it arrives.
             ctx.request_repaint_after(std::time::Duration::from_millis(100));