diff --git a/command-center-sdk/CHANGELOG.md b/command-center-sdk/CHANGELOG.md
index 56c844a9..50a29728 100644
--- a/command-center-sdk/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/command-center-sdk/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
   hosts default to English; locale updates preserve authorization and child state.
 - Add public `/localization` and `/localization/react` message adapters, English
   defaults and live localization of resource controls and accessibility messages.
+- Preserve selection and open confirmations when the normalized search query has
+  not changed; a delayed mount-time debounce must not clear them during a locale update.
 - Keep existing schema IDs, protocol versions and component overrides. External
   strict validators receive the legacy payload unless their child advertises
   `locale-context-v1`; locale-aware validators adopt the updated schema. No SDK-owned
diff --git a/command-center-sdk/docs/localization.md b/command-center-sdk/docs/localization.md
index 41bc7cfb..f1d4d29e 100644
--- a/command-center-sdk/docs/localization.md
+++ b/command-center-sdk/docs/localization.md
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@ at `@dev-mainsequence/command-center-sdk/localization/react`.
 import { CommandCenterLocalizationProvider } from '@dev-mainsequence/command-center-sdk/localization/react';
 import type { TranslateSdkMessage } from '@dev-mainsequence/command-center-sdk/localization';
 import { useTranslation } from 'react-i18next';
-import { useCallback } from 'react';
+import { useCallback, type ReactNode } from 'react';
 
-function LocalizedApplication({ children }) {
+function LocalizedApplication({ children }: { children: ReactNode }) {
   const { i18n } = useTranslation('sdk');
   const locale = i18n.resolvedLanguage ?? i18n.language;
   const translate = useCallback<TranslateSdkMessage>((key, values) =>
diff --git a/command-center-sdk/src/views/README.md b/command-center-sdk/src/views/README.md
index 9281caf0..31c6fa52 100644
--- a/command-center-sdk/src/views/README.md
+++ b/command-center-sdk/src/views/README.md
@@ -144,3 +144,8 @@ title; the host sizes it, and a lead that renders nothing takes no space. No vie
 Shared message defaults now come from `/localization/react`; wrap views in
 `CommandCenterLocalizationProvider` to inject application catalogs. Explicit label
 props retain precedence. See `docs/localization.md` for interpolation/plurals.
+
+`ResourceListPage` resets selection only when the normalized debounced search
+query changes. Mounting, locale updates, and whitespace-only edits to the same
+query preserve selection and any open confirmation. Keep translation callbacks
+out of transport/query dependencies.
diff --git a/command-center-sdk/src/views/ResourceListPage.tsx b/command-center-sdk/src/views/ResourceListPage.tsx
index 2d44622d..77735af9 100644
--- a/command-center-sdk/src/views/ResourceListPage.tsx
+++ b/command-center-sdk/src/views/ResourceListPage.tsx
@@ -394,8 +394,11 @@ export function ResourceListPage<T, Id extends ResourceId>({
   ]);
 
   useEffect(() => {
+    const nextSearch = searchInput.trim();
+    // Mounting, a locale update, or whitespace around the same query must not clear selection.
+    if (nextSearch === search) return undefined;
     const timeout = window.setTimeout(() => {
-      setSearch(searchInput.trim());
+      setSearch(nextSearch);
       setPageIndex(0);
       setAllMatching(false);
       selection.clearSelection();
@@ -403,7 +406,7 @@ export function ResourceListPage<T, Id extends ResourceId>({
     return () => window.clearTimeout(timeout);
     // Selection callbacks intentionally stay outside dependencies: the query value is the reset boundary.
     // eslint-disable-next-line react-hooks/exhaustive-deps
-  }, [searchInput]);
+  }, [searchInput, search]);
 
   useEffect(() => {
     setPageIndex(0);
diff --git a/command-center-sdk/tests/browser/localization-controls.pw.ts b/command-center-sdk/tests/browser/localization-controls.pw.ts
index d29344b3..e9353b09 100644
--- a/command-center-sdk/tests/browser/localization-controls.pw.ts
+++ b/command-center-sdk/tests/browser/localization-controls.pw.ts
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ test.beforeAll(async () => {
 
 test("localizes resource selection, long pagination labels and an open confirmation in place", async ({ page }) => {
   await page.setContent(`<!doctype html><html><head><style>${styles} body { margin: 0; padding: 16px; } #root { max-width: 1100px; }</style></head><body><div id="root"></div></body></html>`);
+  await page.clock.install();
+  const pageErrors: string[] = [];
+  page.on("pageerror", error => pageErrors.push(error.message));
   await page.addScriptTag({ content: bundle });
   await expect(page.getByRole("button", { name: "Weiter zur nächsten Ergebnisseite" })).toBeVisible();
   const pagination = page.getByRole("navigation", { name: "records pagination" });
@@ -34,6 +37,9 @@ test("localizes resource selection, long pagination labels and an open confirmat
   await dialog.getByLabel("Bestätigungswort").fill("ARC");
   // An application-owned update can arrive while focus is inside a modal.
   await page.getByRole("button", { name: "Change language" }).evaluate((button: HTMLButtonElement) => button.click());
+  // A delayed mount-time search reset used to clear selection and destroy the open dialog.
+  await page.clock.fastForward(1_000);
+  expect(pageErrors).toEqual([]);
   await expect(dialog.getByRole("button", { name: "Cancel", exact: true })).toBeVisible();
   await expect(confirmationInput).toHaveAttribute("aria-label", "Confirmation word");
   await expect(confirmationInput).toHaveValue("ARC");