diff --git a/web/src/discover/DiscoverPage.test.tsx b/web/src/discover/DiscoverPage.test.tsx
index 6060513..f4591f2 100644
--- a/web/src/discover/DiscoverPage.test.tsx
+++ b/web/src/discover/DiscoverPage.test.tsx
@@ -618,6 +618,66 @@ describe('DiscoverPage', () => {
       expect(screen.getByRole('button', { name: 'Quest log · 1' })).toBeInTheDocument()
     })
 
+    it('keeps focus in the open Quest log after a removal: on the next row, the one before the last, then the sheet', async () => {
+      const archive = (id: string) => () => {
+        server.questLogDinners.dinners = server.questLogDinners.dinners.filter((dinner) => dinner !== byId[id])
+        return jsonResponse(200, { ...byId[id]!, status: 'archived' })
+      }
+      const byId: Record<string, DinnerBody> = { q1: PAD_THAI, q2: GUMBO, q3: RISOTTO }
+      const server = stubQuestLog([PAD_THAI, GUMBO, RISOTTO], {
+        'DELETE /api/v1/dinners/q1': archive('q1'),
+        'DELETE /api/v1/dinners/q2': archive('q2'),
+        'DELETE /api/v1/dinners/q3': archive('q3'),
+      })
+      await renderPage()
+      const sheet = await openSheet(3)
+
+      async function removeAndExpectFocus(name: string, expected: () => HTMLElement) {
+        within(sheet).getByRole('button', { name: `Remove ${name}` }).focus()
+        fireEvent.click(within(sheet).getByRole('button', { name: `Remove ${name}` }))
+        fireEvent.click(within(screen.getByRole('dialog', { name: `Remove ${name}?` })).getByRole('button', { name: 'Remove' }))
+        await waitFor(() => expect(screen.queryByRole('dialog', { name: `Remove ${name}?` })).not.toBeInTheDocument())
+        expect(expected()).toHaveFocus()
+        expect(sheet).toContainElement(document.activeElement as HTMLElement)
+      }
+
+      // A middle row: focus goes to the row now in its place.
+      await removeAndExpectFocus('Shrimp gumbo', () => within(sheet).getByRole('button', { name: 'Remove Mushroom risotto' }))
+      // The last row: focus goes to the row before it.
+      await removeAndExpectFocus('Mushroom risotto', () => within(sheet).getByRole('button', { name: 'Remove Pad thai' }))
+      // The only row: focus goes to the sheet itself.
+      await removeAndExpectFocus('Pad thai', () => sheet)
+      expect(within(sheet).getByText('Your Quest log is empty — swipe right on a side quest to add one.')).toBeInTheDocument()
+
+      // From there Escape still reaches the Quest log, and closes it.
+      fireEvent.keyDown(document.activeElement!, { key: 'Escape' })
+      expect(screen.queryByRole('dialog')).not.toBeInTheDocument()
+    })
+
+    it('keeps the confirmation open while a removal is under way: Keep it, Escape and the scrim do nothing', async () => {
+      const archive = deferred()
+      const server = stubQuestLog([PAD_THAI, GUMBO], { 'DELETE /api/v1/dinners/q1': () => archive.promise })
+      await renderPage()
+      const sheet = await openSheet(2)
+
+      fireEvent.click(within(sheet).getByRole('button', { name: 'Remove Pad thai' }))
+      const confirm = screen.getByRole('dialog', { name: 'Remove Pad thai?' })
+      fireEvent.click(within(confirm).getByRole('button', { name: 'Remove' }))
+      expect(await within(confirm).findByRole('button', { name: 'Removing…' })).toBeDisabled()
+      const keepIt = within(confirm).getByRole('button', { name: 'Keep it' })
+      expect(keepIt).toBeDisabled()
+
+      fireEvent.click(keepIt)
+      fireEvent.keyDown(confirm, { key: 'Escape' })
+      fireEvent.click(confirm.previousElementSibling!)
+      expect(screen.getByRole('dialog', { name: 'Remove Pad thai?' })).toBe(confirm)
+
+      server.questLogDinners.dinners = [GUMBO]
+      await act(async () => archive.resolve(jsonResponse(200, { ...PAD_THAI, status: 'archived' })))
+      await waitFor(() => expect(screen.queryByRole('dialog', { name: 'Remove Pad thai?' })).not.toBeInTheDocument())
+      expect(names(sheet)).toEqual(['Shrimp gumbo'])
+    })
+
     it('keeps a dinner whose removal the server refuses, saying why', async () => {
       const server = stubQuestLog([PAD_THAI, GUMBO], { 'DELETE /api/v1/dinners/q1': () => errorResponse(500, 'internal') })
       await renderPage()
diff --git a/web/src/discover/QuestLogSheet.tsx b/web/src/discover/QuestLogSheet.tsx
index 2f34608..2e63c20 100644
--- a/web/src/discover/QuestLogSheet.tsx
+++ b/web/src/discover/QuestLogSheet.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { Trash2 } from 'lucide-react'
-import { useId, useState } from 'react'
+import { useEffect, useId, useRef, useState } from 'react'
 import { useNavigate } from 'react-router'
 import { Confirm } from '../settings/LeaveGuard.tsx'
 import { Icon } from '../ui/Icon.tsx'
@@ -37,6 +37,25 @@ export function QuestLogSheet({ open, dinners, onClose }: QuestLogSheetProps) {
   const remove = useRemoveFromQuestLog()
   // The dinner whose removal is being confirmed.
   const [removing, setRemoving] = useState<QuestLogDinner | null>(null)
+  // The dinner just removed and its place in the list, until focus has
+  // moved on from it.
+  const removed = useRef<{ id: string; index: number } | null>(null)
+  const removeButtons = useRef(new Map<string, HTMLButtonElement>())
+  const sheetRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null)
+
+  // Once a removal's confirmation has closed and the dinner has left the list,
+  // focus goes to the remove button of the dinner now in its place, or of the
+  // one before it when it was the last, or to the Quest log sheet itself when
+  // none is left. Otherwise it would be left on the removed dinner's button,
+  // which the confirmation hands it back to, and which is then gone.
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const done = removed.current
+    if (removing !== null || done === null || dinners.some((d) => d.id === done.id)) return
+    removed.current = null
+    const next = dinners[Math.min(done.index, dinners.length - 1)]
+    if (next) removeButtons.current.get(next.id)!.focus()
+    else sheetRef.current!.closest<HTMLElement>('[role="dialog"]')!.focus()
+  }, [removing, dinners])
 
   function cancelRemove() {
     remove.reset()
@@ -46,7 +65,7 @@ export function QuestLogSheet({ open, dinners, onClose }: QuestLogSheetProps) {
   return (
     <>
       <Sheet open={open} onClose={onClose} aria-labelledby={titleId}>
-        <div className={styles.sheet}>
+        <div ref={sheetRef} className={styles.sheet}>
           <h2 id={titleId} className={styles.title}>
             Quest log
           </h2>
@@ -67,7 +86,15 @@ export function QuestLogSheet({ open, dinners, onClose }: QuestLogSheetProps) {
                     meta={details(dinner)}
                     onClick={() => navigate(`/dinner/${encodeURIComponent(dinner.id)}`)}
                     trailing={
-                      <IconButton label={`Remove ${dinner.name}`} tone="neutral" onClick={() => setRemoving(dinner)}>
+                      <IconButton
+                        ref={(button) => {
+                          if (button) removeButtons.current.set(dinner.id, button)
+                          else removeButtons.current.delete(dinner.id)
+                        }}
+                        label={`Remove ${dinner.name}`}
+                        tone="neutral"
+                        onClick={() => setRemoving(dinner)}
+                      >
                         <Icon icon={Trash2} />
                       </IconButton>
                     }
@@ -84,9 +111,18 @@ export function QuestLogSheet({ open, dinners, onClose }: QuestLogSheetProps) {
         confirmLabel={remove.isPending ? 'Removing…' : 'Remove'}
         cancelLabel="Keep it"
         busy={remove.isPending}
+        // Once the removal is sent, it stands: the confirmation stays until it settles.
+        dismissible={!remove.isPending}
         error={remove.isError ? `Couldn't remove it. ${remove.error.message}` : null}
         onCancel={cancelRemove}
-        onConfirm={() => remove.mutate(removing!, { onSuccess: () => setRemoving(null) })}
+        onConfirm={() =>
+          remove.mutate(removing!, {
+            onSuccess: (_data, dinner) => {
+              removed.current = { id: dinner.id, index: dinners.findIndex((d) => d.id === dinner.id) }
+              setRemoving(null)
+            },
+          })
+        }
       >
         It leaves your Quest log for good.
       </Confirm>
diff --git a/web/src/settings/LeaveGuard.tsx b/web/src/settings/LeaveGuard.tsx
index 35ae711..5938f1c 100644
--- a/web/src/settings/LeaveGuard.tsx
+++ b/web/src/settings/LeaveGuard.tsx
@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@ type ConfirmProps = {
   confirmLabel: string
   cancelLabel?: string
   busy?: boolean
+  // When false, the cancel button, Escape and the scrim do nothing, so the
+  // sheet stays until the action settles.
+  dismissible?: boolean
   error?: string | null
   onCancel: () => void
   onConfirm: () => void
@@ -49,13 +52,17 @@ export function Confirm({
   confirmLabel,
   cancelLabel = 'Cancel',
   busy = false,
+  dismissible = true,
   error = null,
   onCancel,
   onConfirm,
 }: ConfirmProps) {
   const titleId = useId()
+  function dismiss() {
+    if (dismissible) onCancel()
+  }
   return (
-    <Sheet open={open} onClose={onCancel} aria-labelledby={titleId}>
+    <Sheet open={open} onClose={dismiss} aria-labelledby={titleId}>
       <div className={styles.sheet}>
         <h2 id={titleId} className={styles.title}>
           {title}
@@ -67,7 +74,7 @@ export function Confirm({
           </p>
         )}
         <div className={styles.actions}>
-          <Button variant="outline" onClick={onCancel}>
+          <Button variant="outline" disabled={!dismissible} onClick={onCancel}>
             {cancelLabel}
           </Button>
           <Button disabled={busy} onClick={onConfirm}>