diff --git a/app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/calendula/ui/CalendarHost.kt b/app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/calendula/ui/CalendarHost.kt
index 2011bfb..dc4d5a8 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/calendula/ui/CalendarHost.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/calendula/ui/CalendarHost.kt
@@ -197,10 +197,21 @@ fun CalendarHost(
     // is "restore a backup", not "add this one event". An externally opened .ics
     // keeps routing a single event straight into the prefilled create form.
     var importForceMany by remember { mutableStateOf(false) }
+    // Where a restore came from, so closing the import puts it back: the import
+    // overlays are declared under Backup & restore and the manager, so starting
+    // one has to close them — without this, finishing a restore drops you on the
+    // calendar and the next file means walking in through Settings again.
+    var backupAfterImport by rememberSaveable { mutableStateOf(false) }
+    var calendarsAfterImport by rememberSaveable { mutableStateOf(false) }
+    // One import run. The import VM lives in the Activity's store, so this is
+    // what tells it a *re-import of the same file* is new work and not the run
+    // it already finished; a rotation keeps the number and keeps the result.
+    var importSession by rememberSaveable { mutableStateOf(0) }
     LaunchedEffect(requestedImportUri) {
         if (requestedImportUri != null) {
             importUri = requestedImportUri
             importForceMany = false
+            importSession++
             onImportConsumed()
         }
     }
@@ -510,11 +521,28 @@ fun CalendarHost(
         importUri?.let { uri ->
             ImportScreen(
                 uri = uri,
+                session = importSession,
                 forceMany = importForceMany,
-                onClose = { importUri = null },
-                onManageCalendars = { showCalendars = true },
+                onClose = {
+                    importUri = null
+                    // Back to the surface the restore started from, ready for
+                    // the next file.
+                    showCalendars = calendarsAfterImport
+                    showBackup = backupAfterImport
+                    calendarsAfterImport = false
+                    backupAfterImport = false
+                },
+                onManageCalendars = {
+                    // The manager is where this leads, so it must not be
+                    // reopened underneath on close.
+                    calendarsAfterImport = false
+                    backupAfterImport = false
+                    showCalendars = true
+                },
                 onOpenSingle = { form ->
                     importUri = null
+                    calendarsAfterImport = false
+                    backupAfterImport = false
                     importFormSource = ImportSource.File
                     importForm = form
                 },
@@ -569,6 +597,9 @@ fun CalendarHost(
                     onImport = {
                         importUri = it
                         importForceMany = true
+                        importSession++
+                        backupAfterImport = true
+                        calendarsAfterImport = showCalendars
                         showBackup = false
                         showCalendars = false
                     },
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/calendula/ui/imports/ImportScreen.kt b/app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/calendula/ui/imports/ImportScreen.kt
index a3b7690..fcf33d3 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/calendula/ui/imports/ImportScreen.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/calendula/ui/imports/ImportScreen.kt
@@ -73,19 +73,19 @@ import de.jeanlucmakiola.floret.identity.predictiveBack
 @Composable
 fun ImportScreen(
     uri: Uri,
+    session: Int,
     onClose: () -> Unit,
     onOpenSingle: (EventForm) -> Unit,
     forceMany: Boolean = false,
     onManageCalendars: (() -> Unit)? = null,
-    // Key the VM by the file uri. This screen has no nav backstack, so an
-    // unkeyed hiltViewModel() resolves to the Activity's store and is retained
-    // across imports — its one-shot `load` guard would then show the *previous*
-    // file's parsed state on the next import (a second restore, export→restore,
-    // etc.). Keying per uri hands each distinct file a fresh VM (fresh Loading
-    // state), while the same uri (rotation) reuses it and holds the result.
-    viewModel: ImportViewModel = hiltViewModel(key = uri.toString()),
+    viewModel: ImportViewModel = hiltViewModel(),
 ) {
-    LaunchedEffect(uri) { viewModel.load(uri, forceMany) }
+    // hiltViewModel() resolves to the Activity's store and is retained across
+    // imports, so the reload is driven by [session] rather than by a fresh VM:
+    // keying per uri looked right but handed a *re-import of the same file* the
+    // previous run's finished state, importing nothing (#304). A rotation keeps
+    // the session and so keeps the result.
+    LaunchedEffect(session) { viewModel.load(uri, forceMany, session) }
     val state by viewModel.state.collectAsStateWithLifecycle()
 
     // A single event isn't shown here — it opens the create form for review.
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/calendula/ui/imports/ImportViewModel.kt b/app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/calendula/ui/imports/ImportViewModel.kt
index 46a18a2..8dceb1f 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/calendula/ui/imports/ImportViewModel.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/calendula/ui/imports/ImportViewModel.kt
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import de.jeanlucmakiola.calendula.domain.ics.ParsedIcsEvent
 import de.jeanlucmakiola.calendula.domain.ics.toEventForm
 import de.jeanlucmakiola.calendula.domain.isEventTarget
 import kotlinx.coroutines.CoroutineDispatcher
+import kotlinx.coroutines.Job
 import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.MutableStateFlow
 import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.StateFlow
 import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.asStateFlow
@@ -69,18 +70,26 @@ class ImportViewModel @Inject constructor(
     private val parser = IcsParser()
     private val _state = MutableStateFlow<ImportUiState>(ImportUiState.Loading)
     val state: StateFlow<ImportUiState> = _state.asStateFlow()
-    private var started = false
+    private var loadedSession: Int? = null
+    private var loadJob: Job? = null
 
     /**
-     * Read + parse [uri] once; subsequent calls (recomposition) are ignored.
+     * Read + parse [uri] once per [session]; recomposition (and a rotation,
+     * which keeps the session) re-calls this and keeps the result. A new import
+     * of the *same* file is a new session, and has to parse and run again —
+     * keying on the uri alone showed the previous run's summary and imported
+     * nothing (#304).
+     *
      * When [forceMany] is set (an in-app restore), a single-event file still goes
      * through the bulk picker + summary rather than the prefilled create form —
      * a restore is "bring back a backup", not "add this one event".
      */
-    fun load(uri: Uri, forceMany: Boolean = false) {
-        if (started) return
-        started = true
-        viewModelScope.launch {
+    fun load(uri: Uri, forceMany: Boolean = false, session: Int = 0) {
+        if (loadedSession == session) return
+        loadedSession = session
+        loadJob?.cancel()
+        _state.value = ImportUiState.Loading
+        loadJob = viewModelScope.launch {
             val parsed = withContext(io) {
                 importer.readText(uri)?.let(parser::parse)
             }