diff --git a/artifacts/tx-os/src/pages/notes.tsx b/artifacts/tx-os/src/pages/notes.tsx
index 92f56a20..51c2b20c 100644
--- a/artifacts/tx-os/src/pages/notes.tsx
+++ b/artifacts/tx-os/src/pages/notes.tsx
@@ -286,14 +286,10 @@ export default function NotesPage() {
       setView("active");
       // The top Composer is only mounted when
       // `view === "active" && folderSelection.kind !== "shared-folder"`.
-      // If the user arrived from /notes?new=1 while sitting inside a
-      // shared folder, leaving the selection alone would mean the
-      // Composer is never rendered and the open trigger would be lost.
-      // Reset to the default "all" folder so the composer is guaranteed
-      // visible regardless of where they were before.
-      setFolderSelection((cur) =>
-        cur.kind === "shared-folder" ? { kind: "all" } : cur,
-      );
+      // Always land on the default "all" folder so /notes?new=1 has a
+      // deterministic landing state and the composer is guaranteed
+      // mounted regardless of where the user was before.
+      setFolderSelection({ kind: "all" });
       setComposerOpenTrigger((n) => n + 1);
       if (typeof window !== "undefined") {
         params.delete("new");
@@ -3566,10 +3562,14 @@ function Composer({
   };
 
   // External open trigger (e.g. /notes?new=1 from the meetings quick
-  // note tab). Skip the initial mount value (0) and only react to
-  // subsequent bumps, then focus + scroll the textarea into view.
-  const lastOpenTrigger = useRef(openTrigger);
+  // note tab). React both to subsequent bumps AND to the initial mount
+  // when the trigger is already > 0 — this covers the case where the
+  // page resets folder selection and the Composer mounts fresh with a
+  // non-zero trigger (e.g. user was in a shared folder and clicked the
+  // quick-note tab).
+  const lastOpenTrigger = useRef(0);
   useEffect(() => {
+    if (openTrigger === 0) return;
     if (openTrigger === lastOpenTrigger.current) return;
     lastOpenTrigger.current = openTrigger;
     setOpen(true);