diff --git a/packages/lab/src/MobilePowerSearch/MobilePowerSearch.test.tsx b/packages/lab/src/MobilePowerSearch/MobilePowerSearch.test.tsx
index eef63e03d1406..f6c14e5970f31 100644
--- a/packages/lab/src/MobilePowerSearch/MobilePowerSearch.test.tsx
+++ b/packages/lab/src/MobilePowerSearch/MobilePowerSearch.test.tsx
@@ -2632,6 +2632,89 @@ describe('MobilePowerSearch Core parity', () => {
       ).toHaveLength(9);
     });
 
+    it('does not announce "No results found" when Add filter is left after a query that listed suggestions', async () => {
+      setup({config: contentSearchConfig, filters: [openFilter]});
+      openSheet();
+      tapRow('Add filter');
+      const input = within(sheet()).getByRole('searchbox', {name: 'Search'});
+      fireEvent.change(input, {target: {value: 'status'}});
+      expect(
+        within(sheet()).getAllByRole('button', {name: /Status/}).length,
+      ).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+      // Back to Filters: the Add filter sheet's body stays mounted, its
+      // results list emptied by the step change — no empty-result message is
+      // spoken, not on the page and not in the Filters dialog.
+      fireEvent.click(within(sheet()).getByRole('button', {name: 'Back'}));
+      expect(
+        within(sheet()).getByRole('heading', {name: 'Filters'}),
+      ).toBeTruthy();
+      await new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, 40));
+      expect(pageRegionText()).toBe('');
+      expect(
+        sheet().querySelector(
+          ':scope > [data-astryx-modal-live-region="polite"]',
+        )?.textContent ?? '',
+      ).not.toContain('No results found');
+      // Escape out of the flow after another query: nothing on the page.
+      tapRow('Add filter');
+      fireEvent.change(
+        within(sheet()).getByRole('searchbox', {name: 'Search'}),
+        {target: {value: 'status'}},
+      );
+      fireEvent.keyDown(sheet(), {key: 'Escape'});
+      settleSheets();
+      await new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, 40));
+      expect(pageRegionText()).toBe('');
+    });
+
+    it('announces the unavailable state only while its step is open, and again when the same stale filter reopens', async () => {
+      const stale: PowerSearchConfig = {
+        ...config,
+        fields: config.fields.map(f =>
+          f.key === 'status'
+            ? {...f, operators: f.operators.filter(o => o.key !== 'is')}
+            : f,
+        ),
+      };
+      const {rerender} = setup({filters: [openFilter, authorFilter]});
+      openEditFlow('Status is Open');
+      fireEvent.click(within(sheet()).getByRole('button', {name: 'Cancel'}));
+      expect(
+        within(sheet()).getByRole('heading', {name: 'Filters'}),
+      ).toBeTruthy();
+      // The value step is closed but its body stays mounted with the draft; a
+      // config update that drops the edited operator must not be spoken — not
+      // now, and not held for the next dialog that opens.
+      rerender(
+        <MobilePowerSearch
+          config={stale}
+          filters={[openFilter, authorFilter]}
+          onChange={vi.fn()}
+        />,
+      );
+      await new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, 40));
+      expect(pageRegionText()).toBe('');
+      // Opening another filter's step: words held for the closed step would
+      // surface in the value step's dialog here.
+      tapRow('Author is Ada');
+      await new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, 40));
+      for (const region of document.querySelectorAll('[aria-live]')) {
+        expect(region.textContent ?? '').not.toContain(
+          'This filter is no longer available',
+        );
+      }
+      fireEvent.click(within(sheet()).getByRole('button', {name: 'Cancel'}));
+      // Reopening the stale filter — its row now reads the field's label and
+      // the raw operator key — speaks it, in its own dialog, as a new
+      // occasion even though the filter is the same.
+      tapRow('Status is');
+      await waitFor(() =>
+        expect(sheetRegion().textContent).toBe(
+          'This filter is no longer available',
+        ),
+      );
+    });
+
     it('shows no "no match" message for a config with no field', () => {
       setup({config: {name: 'Empty', fields: []}});
       openSheet();
diff --git a/packages/lab/src/MobilePowerSearch/MobilePowerSearch.tsx b/packages/lab/src/MobilePowerSearch/MobilePowerSearch.tsx
index adabac695976d..b7f23c61b5dd8 100644
--- a/packages/lab/src/MobilePowerSearch/MobilePowerSearch.tsx
+++ b/packages/lab/src/MobilePowerSearch/MobilePowerSearch.tsx
@@ -503,15 +503,27 @@ function SheetEmptyMessage({
   id,
   message,
   occasion,
+  isShown,
 }: {
   id?: string;
   message: string;
   occasion: string;
+  /**
+   * Whether the message's step is the open one. A closed sheet keeps its body
+   * mounted, so the message can exist — and its occasion change — while no
+   * one is in the sheet: nothing is spoken then, and the occasion is
+   * forgotten so the same one is spoken again when the step reopens on it.
+   */
+  isShown: boolean;
 }) {
   const ref = useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null);
   const announce = useAnnounce();
   const spokenOccasionRef = useRef<string | null>(null);
   useEffect(() => {
+    if (!isShown) {
+      spokenOccasionRef.current = null;
+      return;
+    }
     if (spokenOccasionRef.current === occasion) {
       return;
     }
@@ -520,7 +532,7 @@ function SheetEmptyMessage({
     if (text) {
       announce(text);
     }
-  }, [announce, occasion]);
+  }, [announce, isShown, occasion]);
   return (
     <div ref={ref} id={id} {...stylex.props(styles.empty)}>
       <Text type="supporting" color="secondary">
@@ -1994,6 +2006,7 @@ export function MobilePowerSearch({
                   id={contentResultsId}
                   message="No results found"
                   occasion={contentQuery}
+                  isShown={step === 'fields'}
                 />
               ) : (
                 // An empty query with no bootstrap suggestion: the results
@@ -2008,6 +2021,7 @@ export function MobilePowerSearch({
                 <SheetEmptyMessage
                   message="No filters match your search"
                   occasion={fieldQuery}
+                  isShown={step === 'fields'}
                 />
               )
             ) : (
@@ -2144,6 +2158,7 @@ export function MobilePowerSearch({
                     <SheetEmptyMessage
                       message="This filter is no longer available"
                       occasion={`${draft.field}-${draft.operator ?? ''}`}
+                      isShown={step === 'value'}
                     />
                   )
                 )}