diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c742db9..2b8868f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -10,3 +10,4 @@ ui/node_modules/
 nginx/certs/
 
 backups/
+ui/tsconfig.tsbuildinfo
diff --git a/ui/app/i/[invoiceId]/page.tsx b/ui/app/i/[invoiceId]/page.tsx
index a5a6016..78d0259 100644
--- a/ui/app/i/[invoiceId]/page.tsx
+++ b/ui/app/i/[invoiceId]/page.tsx
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import InvoicePaymentDetails from "../../../components/invoice-payment-details";
 import InvoiceStatusAutoRefresh from "../../../components/invoice-status-auto-refresh";
 import { formatRelativeTime } from "../../../components/relative-time";
 import StatusRefreshButton from "../../../components/status-refresh-button";
+import BtcpayAutoReturn from "../../../components/btcpay-auto-return";
 
 export const dynamic = "force-dynamic";
 export const metadata: Metadata = {
@@ -149,7 +150,12 @@ export default async function BtcpayModalInvoicePage({
   const isBtcpayInvoice = Boolean(invoice.btcpay_amount && invoice.btcpay_currency);
   const useClassicCheckout =
     isBtcpayInvoice && invoice.btcpay_checkout_style === "btcpay_classic";
-  const shouldShowBtcpayActions = isBtcpayInvoice && invoice.status === "confirmed";
+  // The merchant's own order page is where a customer belongs once the payment has been seen, so
+  // the way back appears at detection. The receipt still waits for the confirmation target, because
+  // that is the point at which there is a settled payment to write one about.
+  const shouldShowBtcpayActions =
+    isBtcpayInvoice &&
+    (invoice.status === "payment_detected" || invoice.status === "confirmed");
   const checkoutContinueAvailable =
     !isBtcpayInvoice &&
     invoice.status === "confirmed" &&
@@ -257,6 +263,11 @@ export default async function BtcpayModalInvoicePage({
             ) : null}
           </div>
 
+          <BtcpayAutoReturn
+            status={invoice.status}
+            redirectUrl={invoice.btcpay_redirect_url ?? null}
+            redirectAutomatically={invoice.btcpay_redirect_automatically ?? null}
+          />
           <div className="mt-5">
             <InvoicePaymentDetails
               address={invoice.address}
@@ -270,12 +281,14 @@ export default async function BtcpayModalInvoicePage({
           </div>
           {shouldShowBtcpayActions ? (
             <div className="mt-6 grid gap-3">
-              <a
-                className="inline-flex items-center justify-center rounded-full bg-sage px-6 py-3 text-sm font-semibold text-cream shadow-[0_14px_22px_rgba(93,122,106,0.25)] transition hover:-translate-y-0.5"
-                href={`/i/${encodeURIComponent(invoiceId)}/receipt`}
-              >
-                View receipt
-              </a>
+              {invoice.status === "confirmed" ? (
+                <a
+                  className="inline-flex items-center justify-center rounded-full bg-sage px-6 py-3 text-sm font-semibold text-cream shadow-[0_14px_22px_rgba(93,122,106,0.25)] transition hover:-translate-y-0.5"
+                  href={`/i/${encodeURIComponent(invoiceId)}/receipt`}
+                >
+                  View receipt
+                </a>
+              ) : null}
               {invoice.btcpay_redirect_url ? (
                 <a
                   className="inline-flex items-center justify-center rounded-full border border-stroke bg-white px-6 py-3 text-sm font-semibold text-sage transition hover:bg-cream"
diff --git a/ui/components/btcpay-auto-return.tsx b/ui/components/btcpay-auto-return.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c32c6f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui/components/btcpay-auto-return.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+"use client";
+
+import { useEffect } from "react";
+
+/**
+ * Sends the customer back to the merchant once their payment has been seen.
+ *
+ * A merchant that supplied `redirectURL` and `redirectAutomatically` on the invoice is asking for
+ * its customer back, and the moment to do that is detection rather than final depth: the payment is
+ * irreversible from the payer's side already, and the merchant's own page is where the order status
+ * belongs. Waiting for the confirmation target instead leaves the customer parked on a payment page
+ * for as long as the coin takes, which for Wownero is its own unlock depth.
+ *
+ * The delay is deliberate. The customer should see the payment acknowledged here before the page
+ * changes under them, otherwise the redirect reads as the checkout failing.
+ *
+ * Rendered by both checkout styles so the rule lives in one place.
+ */
+type BtcpayAutoReturnProps = {
+  status: string;
+  redirectUrl: string | null;
+  redirectAutomatically: boolean | null;
+  delayMs?: number;
+};
+
+export default function BtcpayAutoReturn({
+  status,
+  redirectUrl,
+  redirectAutomatically,
+  delayMs = 3000,
+}: BtcpayAutoReturnProps) {
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (
+      (status !== "confirmed" && status !== "payment_detected") ||
+      !redirectUrl ||
+      !redirectAutomatically
+    ) {
+      return;
+    }
+    const timer = window.setTimeout(() => {
+      try {
+        window.top?.location.assign(redirectUrl);
+      } catch {
+        window.location.assign(redirectUrl);
+      }
+    }, delayMs);
+    return () => {
+      window.clearTimeout(timer);
+    };
+  }, [delayMs, redirectAutomatically, redirectUrl, status]);
+
+  return null;
+}
diff --git a/ui/components/btcpay-classic-checkout.tsx b/ui/components/btcpay-classic-checkout.tsx
index 3b0ed53..adbc817 100644
--- a/ui/components/btcpay-classic-checkout.tsx
+++ b/ui/components/btcpay-classic-checkout.tsx
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import { useEffect, useMemo, useState } from "react";
 import QRCode from "qrcode";
 
 import { formatXmrAmount } from "../lib/formatting";
+import BtcpayAutoReturn from "./btcpay-auto-return";
 
 type InvoiceStatus =
   | "pending"
@@ -129,22 +130,6 @@ export default function BtcpayClassicCheckout({
       ? `1 WOW = ${formatFiatAmount(quote.rate, quote.fiat_currency)}`
       : null;
 
-  useEffect(() => {
-    if ((status !== "confirmed" && status !== "payment_detected") || !redirectUrl || !redirectAutomatically) {
-      return;
-    }
-    const timer = window.setTimeout(() => {
-      try {
-        window.top?.location.assign(redirectUrl);
-      } catch {
-        window.location.assign(redirectUrl);
-      }
-    }, 3000);
-    return () => {
-      window.clearTimeout(timer);
-    };
-  }, [redirectAutomatically, redirectUrl, status]);
-
   const handleCopy = async (value: string, field: string) => {
     try {
       await navigator.clipboard.writeText(value);
@@ -285,6 +270,11 @@ export default function BtcpayClassicCheckout({
 
   return (
     <div className="rounded-[28px] border border-stroke bg-white px-6 py-8 shadow-card">
+      <BtcpayAutoReturn
+        status={status}
+        redirectUrl={redirectUrl}
+        redirectAutomatically={redirectAutomatically}
+      />
       <div className="text-center">
         <p className="text-sm font-semibold uppercase tracking-[0.2em] text-ink-soft">
           Payment request