diff --git a/src/pages/UsageRecordsPage.tsx b/src/pages/UsageRecordsPage.tsx
index 9d95108..1c7650b 100644
--- a/src/pages/UsageRecordsPage.tsx
+++ b/src/pages/UsageRecordsPage.tsx
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ import {
   type UsageTimelinePoint,
 } from '../services/usageTrend';
 import { createRefreshScheduler } from '../services/refreshScheduler';
+import { usageViewScopeKey } from '../services/usageViewScope';
 
 type UsageTab = 'overview' | 'analysis' | 'events' | 'pricing' | 'data-management';
 type UsageRange = '4h' | '24h' | 'today' | '7d' | '30d' | 'all' | 'custom';
@@ -309,6 +310,7 @@ export function UsageRecordsPage() {
   const [pricing, setPricing] = useState<UsagePricing | null>(null);
   const [loading, setLoading] = useState(true);
   const [error, setError] = useState('');
+  const [loadedScopeKey, setLoadedScopeKey] = useState('');
   const requestIdRef = useRef(0);
   const schedulerRef = useRef<ReturnType<typeof createRefreshScheduler> | null>(null);
   if (!schedulerRef.current) schedulerRef.current = createRefreshScheduler(250);
@@ -343,6 +345,32 @@ export function UsageRecordsPage() {
     };
   }, [apiKeyHash, customEnd, customStart, model, provider, range, result, source]);
 
+  const scopeKey = useMemo(() => usageViewScopeKey({
+    tab: activeTab,
+    range,
+    customStart,
+    customEnd,
+    model,
+    provider,
+    source,
+    apiKeyHash,
+    result,
+    page,
+    pageSize,
+  }), [
+    activeTab,
+    apiKeyHash,
+    customEnd,
+    customStart,
+    model,
+    page,
+    pageSize,
+    provider,
+    range,
+    result,
+    source,
+  ]);
+
   const executeLoadData = useCallback(
     async (quiet = false) => {
       const requestId = ++requestIdRef.current;
@@ -405,6 +433,7 @@ export function UsageRecordsPage() {
           setStatus(nextStatus);
           setOptionsAnalysis(nextOptions);
         }
+        setLoadedScopeKey(scopeKey);
         setError('');
       } catch (requestError) {
         if (requestId === requestIdRef.current) setError(String(requestError));
@@ -412,7 +441,7 @@ export function UsageRecordsPage() {
         if (requestId === requestIdRef.current) setLoading(false);
       }
     },
-    [activeTab, buildQueries, page, pageSize, model, provider, source, apiKeyHash, result]
+    [activeTab, buildQueries, page, pageSize, model, provider, source, apiKeyHash, result, scopeKey]
   );
 
   const loadData = useCallback(
@@ -481,12 +510,16 @@ export function UsageRecordsPage() {
   };
 
   const collectorTone = status?.state === 'error' ? 'error' : status?.state === 'collecting' ? 'success' : '';
+  const hasCurrentSnapshot = loadedScopeKey === scopeKey;
   const showInitialLoading =
-    loading &&
-    ((activeTab === 'overview' && !overview) ||
-      (activeTab === 'analysis' && !overview) ||
-      (activeTab === 'events' && !events) ||
-      (activeTab === 'pricing' && !pricing));
+    activeTab !== 'data-management' &&
+    !error &&
+    (!hasCurrentSnapshot ||
+      (loading &&
+        ((activeTab === 'overview' && !overview) ||
+          (activeTab === 'analysis' && !overview) ||
+          (activeTab === 'events' && !events) ||
+          (activeTab === 'pricing' && !pricing))));
 
   return (
     <section className="page management-page usage-records-page">
@@ -702,9 +735,9 @@ export function UsageRecordsPage() {
         </div>
       ) : null}
 
-      {activeTab === 'overview' && overview ? <OverviewView overview={overview} range={overviewRange} /> : null}
-      {activeTab === 'analysis' ? <AnalysisView analysis={analysis} overview={overview} /> : null}
-      {activeTab === 'events' && events ? (
+      {hasCurrentSnapshot && activeTab === 'overview' && overview ? <OverviewView overview={overview} range={overviewRange} /> : null}
+      {hasCurrentSnapshot && activeTab === 'analysis' ? <AnalysisView analysis={analysis} overview={overview} /> : null}
+      {hasCurrentSnapshot && activeTab === 'events' && events ? (
         <EventsView
           events={events}
           pageSize={pageSize}
@@ -715,7 +748,7 @@ export function UsageRecordsPage() {
           }}
         />
       ) : null}
-      {activeTab === 'pricing' && pricing ? (
+      {hasCurrentSnapshot && activeTab === 'pricing' && pricing ? (
         <PricingView pricing={pricing} query={buildQueries().query} onChanged={() => loadData(true)} />
       ) : null}
       {activeTab === 'data-management' ? <UsageDataManagementView /> : null}
diff --git a/src/services/usageViewScope.ts b/src/services/usageViewScope.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0c4671e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/services/usageViewScope.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+export type UsageViewScope = {
+  tab: string;
+  range: string;
+  customStart: string;
+  customEnd: string;
+  model: string;
+  provider: string;
+  source: string;
+  apiKeyHash: string;
+  result: string;
+  page: number;
+  pageSize: number;
+};
+
+export function usageViewScopeKey(scope: UsageViewScope): string {
+  return JSON.stringify([
+    scope.tab,
+    scope.range,
+    scope.customStart,
+    scope.customEnd,
+    scope.model,
+    scope.provider,
+    scope.source,
+    scope.apiKeyHash,
+    scope.result,
+    scope.page,
+    scope.pageSize,
+  ]);
+}
diff --git a/tests/usageViewScope.test.ts b/tests/usageViewScope.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ef557c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/usageViewScope.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+import { describe, expect, test } from 'bun:test';
+import { usageViewScopeKey, type UsageViewScope } from '../src/services/usageViewScope';
+
+const allModelsScope: UsageViewScope = {
+  tab: 'overview',
+  range: '24h',
+  customStart: '',
+  customEnd: '',
+  model: '',
+  provider: '',
+  source: '',
+  apiKeyHash: '',
+  result: 'all',
+  page: 1,
+  pageSize: 50,
+};
+
+describe('usage view scope', () => {
+  test('invalidates a filtered snapshot when switching back to all models', () => {
+    const grokScope = usageViewScopeKey({ ...allModelsScope, model: 'grok-4' });
+    const currentScope = usageViewScopeKey(allModelsScope);
+
+    expect(currentScope).not.toBe(grokScope);
+  });
+
+  test('stays stable when the represented view and filters do not change', () => {
+    expect(usageViewScopeKey({ ...allModelsScope })).toBe(usageViewScopeKey({ ...allModelsScope }));
+  });
+
+  test('invalidates snapshots for pagination and tab changes', () => {
+    const base = usageViewScopeKey(allModelsScope);
+
+    expect(usageViewScopeKey({ ...allModelsScope, page: 2 })).not.toBe(base);
+    expect(usageViewScopeKey({ ...allModelsScope, tab: 'events' })).not.toBe(base);
+  });
+});