diff --git a/resources/js/settings-sidebar-accordion.js b/resources/js/settings-sidebar-accordion.js
index 3c97a91bf8..fc62865f0b 100644
--- a/resources/js/settings-sidebar-accordion.js
+++ b/resources/js/settings-sidebar-accordion.js
@@ -34,12 +34,16 @@ export function initializeSettingsSidebarAccordionComponent() {
             this.groups = stored && typeof stored === 'object' ? stored : {};
         },
         isOpen(group) {
-            // Explicit user choice wins (so the active group can be collapsed too);
-            // otherwise only the active group is open by default.
+            // The current page must stay visible, even when this group was
+            // previously stored as collapsed on another page.
+            if (group === this.activeGroup) {
+                return true;
+            }
+
             if (Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(this.groups, group)) {
                 return this.groups[group];
             }
-            return group === this.activeGroup;
+            return false;
         },
         toggle(group) {
             this.groups = { ...this.groups, [group]: !this.isOpen(group) };
diff --git a/tests/Feature/SettingsSidebarAccordionTest.php b/tests/Feature/SettingsSidebarAccordionTest.php
index 698e5643cf..85ff5dabf3 100644
--- a/tests/Feature/SettingsSidebarAccordionTest.php
+++ b/tests/Feature/SettingsSidebarAccordionTest.php
@@ -58,3 +58,11 @@ it('registers the accordion Alpine provider', function () {
     expect(file_get_contents(base_path('resources/js/settings-sidebar-accordion.js')))
         ->toContain("Alpine.data('settingsSidebarAccordion'");
 });
+
+it('keeps the group for the active page open', function () {
+    $accordion = file_get_contents(base_path('resources/js/settings-sidebar-accordion.js'));
+
+    expect($accordion)
+        ->toContain('if (group === this.activeGroup)')
+        ->toContain('return true;');
+});