diff --git a/.changeset/stale-draft-restore.md b/.changeset/stale-draft-restore.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..432828782
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/stale-draft-restore.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@keystatic/core': patch
+---
+
+A draft is now only restored automatically if the entry hasn't changed since the draft was saved. Otherwise the saved entry is shown along with a toast offering to restore the draft, so saving can no longer silently overwrite newer content with an old draft.
diff --git a/packages/keystatic/src/app/ItemPage.tsx b/packages/keystatic/src/app/ItemPage.tsx
index f19cc2de7..66c4a3552 100644
--- a/packages/keystatic/src/app/ItemPage.tsx
+++ b/packages/keystatic/src/app/ItemPage.tsx
@@ -80,6 +80,8 @@ import {
   getSlugFromState,
   isGitHubConfig,
   useShowRestoredDraftMessage,
+  getAutomaticallyRestorableDraft,
+  useStaleDraft,
 } from './utils';
 import { DataState, LOADING, useData, suspendOnData } from './useData';
 import { useYJsValue } from './useYJsValue';
@@ -389,7 +391,9 @@ function LocalItemPage(
   const { collectionConfig, schema } = useCollection(collection);
 
   const [{ state, localTreeKey: localTreeKeyInState }, setState] = useState({
-    state: draft?.state ?? initialState,
+    state:
+      getAutomaticallyRestorableDraft(draft, localTreeKey)?.state ??
+      initialState,
     localTreeKey,
   });
 
@@ -420,6 +424,18 @@ function LocalItemPage(
     slugField: collectionConfig.slugField,
   });
 
+  const keepStaleDraft = useStaleDraft(
+    draft,
+    localTreeKey,
+    hasChanged,
+    draftState => {
+      setState(state => ({
+        localTreeKey: state.localTreeKey,
+        state: draftState,
+      }));
+    }
+  );
+
   const slug = getSlugFromState(collectionConfig, state);
   const formatInfo = getCollectionFormat(config, collection);
   const futureBasePath = getCollectionItemPath(config, collection, slug);
@@ -453,7 +469,7 @@ function LocalItemPage(
         version: 1,
       };
       setDraft(key, data);
-    } else {
+    } else if (!keepStaleDraft) {
       delDraft(key);
     }
   }, [
@@ -461,6 +477,7 @@ function LocalItemPage(
     collectionConfig,
     config,
     futureBasePath,
+    keepStaleDraft,
     localTreeKey,
     props.itemSlug,
     slug,
diff --git a/packages/keystatic/src/app/SingletonPage.tsx b/packages/keystatic/src/app/SingletonPage.tsx
index e64eef51e..8cb6c909a 100644
--- a/packages/keystatic/src/app/SingletonPage.tsx
+++ b/packages/keystatic/src/app/SingletonPage.tsx
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ import {
   isCloudConfig,
   isGitHubConfig,
   useShowRestoredDraftMessage,
+  getAutomaticallyRestorableDraft,
+  useStaleDraft,
 } from './utils';
 
 import { CreateBranchDuringUpdateDialog } from './ItemPage';
@@ -359,7 +361,7 @@ function LocalSingletonPage(
     () => ({
       localTreeKey: localTreeKey,
       state:
-        draft?.state ??
+        getAutomaticallyRestorableDraft(draft, localTreeKey)?.state ??
         (initialState === null ? getInitialPropsValue(schema) : initialState),
     })
   );
@@ -379,6 +381,18 @@ function LocalSingletonPage(
     useHasChanged({ initialState, state, schema, slugField: undefined }) ||
     isCreating;
 
+  const keepStaleDraft = useStaleDraft(
+    draft,
+    localTreeKey,
+    hasChanged,
+    draftState => {
+      setState(state => ({
+        localTreeKey: state.localTreeKey,
+        state: draftState,
+      }));
+    }
+  );
+
   useEffect(() => {
     const key = ['singleton', singleton] as const;
     if (hasChanged) {
@@ -397,11 +411,12 @@ function LocalSingletonPage(
         version: 1,
       };
       setDraft(key, data);
-    } else {
+    } else if (!keepStaleDraft) {
       delDraft(key);
     }
   }, [
     config,
+    keepStaleDraft,
     localTreeKey,
     state,
     hasChanged,
diff --git a/packages/keystatic/src/app/drafts.test.tsx b/packages/keystatic/src/app/drafts.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..76d7cc1c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/keystatic/src/app/drafts.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+/** @vitest-environment jsdom */
+import { act, renderHook } from '@testing-library/react';
+import { StrictMode } from 'react';
+import { beforeEach, expect, test, vi } from 'vitest';
+
+const staleToasts: { savedAt: Date; onRestore: () => void }[] = [];
+
+vi.mock('./persistence', () => ({
+  showDraftRestoredToast: vi.fn(),
+  showStaleDraftToast: (savedAt: Date, onRestore: () => void) => {
+    staleToasts.push({ savedAt, onRestore });
+  },
+}));
+
+const { getAutomaticallyRestorableDraft, useStaleDraft } = await import(
+  './utils'
+);
+
+beforeEach(() => {
+  staleToasts.length = 0;
+});
+
+const draft = {
+  state: { title: 'draft' },
+  savedAt: new Date('2026-01-01'),
+  treeKey: 'tree-a',
+};
+
+test('a draft saved against the current tree is restored automatically', () => {
+  expect(getAutomaticallyRestorableDraft(draft, 'tree-a')).toBe(draft);
+});
+
+test('a draft saved against an older tree is not restored automatically', () => {
+  expect(getAutomaticallyRestorableDraft(draft, 'tree-b')).toBeUndefined();
+});
+
+test('no draft means nothing to restore or keep', () => {
+  const { result } = renderHook(() =>
+    useStaleDraft(undefined, 'tree-a', false, () => {})
+  );
+  expect(result.current).toBe(false);
+  expect(staleToasts).toHaveLength(0);
+});
+
+test('a current draft is not treated as stale', () => {
+  const { result } = renderHook(() =>
+    useStaleDraft(draft, 'tree-a', false, () => {})
+  );
+  expect(result.current).toBe(false);
+  expect(staleToasts).toHaveLength(0);
+});
+
+test('a stale draft is kept and offered for restoring', () => {
+  const restore = vi.fn();
+  const { result } = renderHook(() =>
+    useStaleDraft(draft, 'tree-b', false, restore)
+  );
+  expect(result.current).toBe(true);
+  expect(staleToasts).toHaveLength(1);
+  expect(staleToasts[0].savedAt).toBe(draft.savedAt);
+
+  act(() => staleToasts[0].onRestore());
+  expect(restore).toHaveBeenCalledWith(draft.state);
+  expect(result.current).toBe(false);
+});
+
+test('a stale draft stops being kept once the user makes changes', () => {
+  const { result, rerender } = renderHook(
+    ({ hasChanged }) => useStaleDraft(draft, 'tree-b', hasChanged, () => {}),
+    { initialProps: { hasChanged: false } }
+  );
+  expect(result.current).toBe(true);
+  rerender({ hasChanged: true });
+  expect(result.current).toBe(false);
+  rerender({ hasChanged: false });
+  expect(result.current).toBe(false);
+});
+
+test('a stale draft toast is only shown once in strict mode', () => {
+  renderHook(() => useStaleDraft(draft, 'tree-b', false, () => {}), {
+    wrapper: StrictMode,
+  });
+  expect(staleToasts).toHaveLength(1);
+});
diff --git a/packages/keystatic/src/app/persistence.tsx b/packages/keystatic/src/app/persistence.tsx
index 4ff335ed9..3b5c65962 100644
--- a/packages/keystatic/src/app/persistence.tsx
+++ b/packages/keystatic/src/app/persistence.tsx
@@ -62,6 +62,20 @@ export function showDraftRestoredToast(
   );
 }
 
+export function showStaleDraftToast(savedAt: Date, onRestore: () => void) {
+  toastQueue.info(
+    <Text>
+      A draft from <RelativeTime date={savedAt} /> was not restored because this
+      entry has changed since the draft was saved.
+    </Text>,
+    {
+      actionLabel: 'Restore draft',
+      onAction: onRestore,
+      shouldCloseOnAction: true,
+    }
+  );
+}
+
 let store: UseStore;
 
 function getStore() {
diff --git a/packages/keystatic/src/app/utils.ts b/packages/keystatic/src/app/utils.ts
index fd2a11e15..ae1e02392 100644
--- a/packages/keystatic/src/app/utils.ts
+++ b/packages/keystatic/src/app/utils.ts
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ import { collectDirectoriesUsedInSchema, getTreeKey } from './tree-key';
 import { getTreeNodeAtPath, TreeNode } from './trees';
 import pkgJson from '../../package.json';
 import { object } from '../form/fields/object';
-import { useEffect } from 'react';
-import { showDraftRestoredToast } from './persistence';
+import { useEffect, useRef, useState } from 'react';
+import { showDraftRestoredToast, showStaleDraftToast } from './persistence';
 import { useEffectEvent } from 'react-aria/private/utils/useEffectEvent';
 
 export * from './path-utils';
@@ -243,3 +243,55 @@ export function useShowRestoredDraftMessage(
     }
   }, [draft, show]);
 }
+
+type Draft = {
+  state: Record<string, unknown>;
+  savedAt: Date;
+  treeKey?: string | undefined;
+};
+
+// a draft is only restored automatically if the entry hasn't changed since
+// the draft was saved, otherwise saving it would overwrite those changes
+export function getAutomaticallyRestorableDraft<D extends Draft>(
+  draft: D | undefined,
+  localTreeKey: string | undefined
+): D | undefined {
+  return draft !== undefined && draft.treeKey === localTreeKey
+    ? draft
+    : undefined;
+}
+
+// offers to restore a draft that wasn't restored automatically. returns
+// whether the draft should be kept even though the state hasn't changed,
+// which is until the user restores it or makes changes of their own
+export function useStaleDraft(
+  draft: Draft | undefined,
+  localTreeKey: string | undefined,
+  hasChanged: boolean,
+  restore: (state: Record<string, unknown>) => void
+) {
+  const [staleDraft, setStaleDraft] = useState(() =>
+    draft !== undefined &&
+    getAutomaticallyRestorableDraft(draft, localTreeKey) === undefined
+      ? draft
+      : undefined
+  );
+  if (staleDraft !== undefined && hasChanged) {
+    setStaleDraft(undefined);
+  }
+  // effects run twice in strict mode so this stops the toast showing twice
+  const shownFor = useRef<Draft | undefined>(undefined);
+  const show = useEffectEvent(() => {
+    if (staleDraft && shownFor.current !== staleDraft) {
+      shownFor.current = staleDraft;
+      showStaleDraftToast(staleDraft.savedAt, () => {
+        setStaleDraft(undefined);
+        restore(staleDraft.state);
+      });
+    }
+  });
+  useEffect(() => {
+    show();
+  }, [show]);
+  return staleDraft !== undefined;
+}