diff --git a/packages/twenty-front/src/modules/object-record/record-board/components/RecordBoardDataChangedEffect.tsx b/packages/twenty-front/src/modules/object-record/record-board/components/RecordBoardDataChangedEffect.tsx
index fa13327fe26..cafabc12863 100644
--- a/packages/twenty-front/src/modules/object-record/record-board/components/RecordBoardDataChangedEffect.tsx
+++ b/packages/twenty-front/src/modules/object-record/record-board/components/RecordBoardDataChangedEffect.tsx
@@ -57,13 +57,13 @@ export const RecordBoardDataChangedEffect = () => {
               getShouldInitializeRecordBoardForUpdateInputs(updateInputs);
 
             if (shouldInitializeForUpdateOperation) {
-              triggerRecordBoardInitialQuery();
+              triggerRecordBoardInitialQuery({ preserveScroll: true });
             }
           }
           break;
         case 'create-one': {
           if (objectRecordOperation.createdRecord.position === 'first') {
-            triggerRecordBoardInitialQuery();
+            triggerRecordBoardInitialQuery({ preserveScroll: true });
           } else {
             const createdRecordPosition =
               objectRecordOperation.createdRecord.position;
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ export const RecordBoardDataChangedEffect = () => {
             const groupIsEmpty = recordIdsWithoutCreatedRecord.length === 0;
 
             if (groupIsEmpty) {
-              triggerRecordBoardInitialQuery();
+              triggerRecordBoardInitialQuery({ preserveScroll: true });
               return;
             }
 
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ export const RecordBoardDataChangedEffect = () => {
             if (
               createdRecordPosition < (firstExistingRecordInGroup.position ?? 0)
             ) {
-              triggerRecordBoardInitialQuery();
+              triggerRecordBoardInitialQuery({ preserveScroll: true });
             }
           }
           break;
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ export const RecordBoardDataChangedEffect = () => {
           return;
         }
         default: {
-          triggerRecordBoardInitialQuery();
+          triggerRecordBoardInitialQuery({ preserveScroll: true });
         }
       }
     },
diff --git a/packages/twenty-front/src/modules/object-record/record-board/hooks/useTriggerRecordBoardInitialQuery.ts b/packages/twenty-front/src/modules/object-record/record-board/hooks/useTriggerRecordBoardInitialQuery.ts
index 3400c7a04d0..f164c0a9746 100644
--- a/packages/twenty-front/src/modules/object-record/record-board/hooks/useTriggerRecordBoardInitialQuery.ts
+++ b/packages/twenty-front/src/modules/object-record/record-board/hooks/useTriggerRecordBoardInitialQuery.ts
@@ -75,7 +75,11 @@ export const useTriggerRecordBoardInitialQuery = () => {
       objectMetadataItem,
     });
 
-  const triggerRecordBoardInitialQuery = useCallback(async () => {
+  const triggerRecordBoardInitialQuery = useCallback(async (options?: {
+    preserveScroll?: boolean;
+  }) => {
+    const preserveScroll = options?.preserveScroll === true;
+
     store.set(recordIndexRecordGroupsAreInInitialLoading, true);
 
     const cleanStateBeforeExit = () => {
@@ -85,7 +89,13 @@ export const useTriggerRecordBoardInitialQuery = () => {
 
       setRecordBoardCurrentGroupByQueryOffset(0);
 
-      scrollWrapperHTMLElement?.scrollTo({ top: 0, left: 0 });
+      // Scroll reset only makes sense when the dataset itself changed
+      // (filters/sort/group). For data-driven re-init (a single record
+      // changed via SSE or an own mutation), preserveScroll keeps the user
+      // where they were.
+      if (!preserveScroll) {
+        scrollWrapperHTMLElement?.scrollTo({ top: 0, left: 0 });
+      }
     };
 
     const recordIndexGroupsRecordsGroupByLazyQueryResult =