diff --git a/crates/engine/src/history.rs b/crates/engine/src/history.rs
index ee6adccc4..4ce4e4599 100644
--- a/crates/engine/src/history.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/src/history.rs
@@ -129,8 +129,8 @@ impl History {
     }
 
     /// Which step the document is at: the newest undo step and the next redo step, by numbers no
-    /// other step takes (0 for none). Every new step, Undo and Redo changes it; an edit merged into
-    /// the newest step (an undo group) and a selection change do not.
+    /// other step takes (0 for none). Every new step, Undo, Redo and edit merged into the newest
+    /// step (an undo group) changes it; a selection change does not.
     pub fn step(&self) -> (u64, u64) {
         (self.undo.last().map_or(0, |e| e.serial), self.redo.last().map_or(0, |e| e.serial))
     }
@@ -161,11 +161,12 @@ impl History {
     }
 
     /// Estimate the newest undo step again, its next state now being `now` (the steps after it were
-    /// merged into it, or an undo group extended it).
+    /// merged into it, or an undo group extended it). It takes a new number ([`History::step`]).
     pub(crate) fn recost_last(&mut self, now: &Document) {
         if let Some(e) = self.undo.last_mut() {
             (e.bytes, e.next_bytes) = e.doc.retained_bytes_each(now);
             e.next = std::ptr::from_ref(now) as usize;
+            e.serial = next_serial();
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/crates/engine/src/tests/blendopts.rs b/crates/engine/src/tests/blendopts.rs
index 366a19241..059357ddb 100644
--- a/crates/engine/src/tests/blendopts.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/src/tests/blendopts.rs
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ fn escape_drops_the_blend_tools_first_pick() {
 
 #[test]
 fn an_edit_undo_or_redo_made_outside_the_blend_tool_drops_its_first_pick() {
-    for case in ["edit", "undo", "redo"] {
+    for case in ["edit", "undo", "redo", "group"] {
         let undo = case == "undo";
         let mut s = session();
         let (a, b, c) = (rect(&mut s, 0.0, 0.0, 40.0), rect(&mut s, 200.0, 0.0, 40.0), rect(&mut s, 400.0, 0.0, 40.0));
@@ -243,6 +243,11 @@ fn an_edit_undo_or_redo_made_outside_the_blend_tool_drops_its_first_pick() {
             s.execute("paint.setFill", &json!({"ids": [c.0], "color": "#ff0000"})).unwrap();
             s.execute("edit.undo", &json!({})).unwrap();
         }
+        // In an open undo group, the edit after the pick is merged into the group's step.
+        if case == "group" {
+            s.begin_undo_group();
+            s.execute("paint.setFill", &json!({"ids": [c.0], "color": "#00ff00"})).unwrap();
+        }
         s.select_tool("blend", ViewInfo::default()).unwrap();
         let click = |s: &mut Session, x: f64, y: f64| s.pointer(&PointerEvent::new(PointerKind::Down, x, y), ViewInfo::default()).unwrap();
         // Undo takes away c, the object picked first; an edit or a redo recolors c, which is not picked.
diff --git a/crates/engine/src/tests/history_mem.rs b/crates/engine/src/tests/history_mem.rs
index 23665d9ec..c14ea4aca 100644
--- a/crates/engine/src/tests/history_mem.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/src/tests/history_mem.rs
@@ -181,8 +181,8 @@ fn redo_during_an_interaction_keeps_the_history_and_the_document_in_step() {
 }
 
 /// `History::step` changes with every new step, Undo and Redo, also when an undo and a new edit
-/// leave as many steps as before, and stays the same for an edit merged into an undo group and for
-/// a selection change.
+/// leave as many steps as before, and with an edit merged into an undo group's step. It stays the
+/// same for a selection change.
 #[test]
 fn the_history_step_changes_with_each_step_undo_and_redo() {
     let mut s = session_with_rects(2);
@@ -210,9 +210,13 @@ fn the_history_step_changes_with_each_step_undo_and_redo() {
     s.execute("select.all", &json!({})).unwrap();
     s.begin_undo_group();
     s.execute("object.move", &json!({"dx": 1, "dy": 0})).unwrap();
-    let grouped = step(&s);
-    s.execute("object.move", &json!({"dx": 1, "dy": 0})).unwrap();
-    assert_eq!(step(&s), grouped, "the second move is merged into the first");
-    s.end_undo_group(false);
+    let (grouped, depth) = (step(&s), s.doc().unwrap().history.undo.len());
     assert_ne!(grouped, other);
+    s.execute("object.move", &json!({"dx": 1, "dy": 0})).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(s.doc().unwrap().history.undo.len(), depth, "the second move is merged into the first");
+    let merged = step(&s);
+    assert!(merged != grouped && merged.1 == 0, "a merged edit moves the step: {merged:?}");
+    s.execute("select.none", &json!({})).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(step(&s), merged);
+    s.end_undo_group(false);
 }