diff --git a/src/webui/internal/handlers/yang_tree.go b/src/webui/internal/handlers/yang_tree.go
index 1f01ea8e..e5fe380f 100644
--- a/src/webui/internal/handlers/yang_tree.go
+++ b/src/webui/internal/handlers/yang_tree.go
@@ -1227,17 +1227,17 @@ func (h *TreeHandler) SaveLeaf(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	}
 
 	body := map[string]any{qualName: coerceLeafValue(rawValue, node)}
-	data := &nodeDetailData{Node: node}
 
+	// Emit cfgSaved/cfgError like SaveGroup and let the client re-fetch the
+	// whole current page from the fresh candidate (so confd inference and
+	// normalisation surface) — don't echo the raw input back, which hid it.
 	if putErr := h.RC.Put(r.Context(), candidateDS+path, body); putErr != nil {
-		data.Error = putErr.Error()
-		data.CurrentValue = rawValue
-	} else {
-		data.SavedOK = true
-		data.CurrentValue = rawValue
+		w.Header().Set("HX-Trigger", `{"cfgError":"`+node.Name+": "+putErr.Error()+`"}`)
+		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusUnprocessableEntity)
+		return
 	}
-
-	h.FragTmpl.ExecuteTemplate(w, "yang-node-detail", data)
+	w.Header().Set("HX-Trigger", `{"cfgSaved":"Saved `+node.Name+` to candidate"}`)
+	w.WriteHeader(http.StatusNoContent)
 }
 
 // DeleteLeaf serves DELETE /configure/tree/node?path=...
diff --git a/src/webui/static/js/app.js b/src/webui/static/js/app.js
index f740d419..19d9425e 100644
--- a/src/webui/static/js/app.js
+++ b/src/webui/static/js/app.js
@@ -2121,6 +2121,22 @@ function renderCfgLog() {
         span.classList.remove('saved');
       }, 3000);
     }
+
+    // Re-render the whole current tree page from the (now fresh) candidate.
+    // The save handlers only WRITE — they don't echo back what confd
+    // inferred from the change (DHCP option lists, related leaves,
+    // normalised values), and inference can land outside the edited node.
+    // Re-fetching the page the user is on surfaces all of it.  Guarded on
+    // #yang-detail so curated pages that also emit cfgSaved are unaffected.
+    var detail = document.getElementById('yang-detail');
+    if (detail && window.htmx) {
+      var node = (history.state && history.state.yangDetailPath) ||
+                 new URLSearchParams(window.location.search).get('node');
+      if (node) {
+        htmx.ajax('GET', '/configure/tree/node?path=' + encodeURIComponent(node),
+          { target: '#yang-detail', swap: 'innerHTML' });
+      }
+    }
   });
 })();
 
diff --git a/src/webui/templates/fragments/yang-node-detail.html b/src/webui/templates/fragments/yang-node-detail.html
index a5170538..3238f917 100644
--- a/src/webui/templates/fragments/yang-node-detail.html
+++ b/src/webui/templates/fragments/yang-node-detail.html
@@ -21,10 +21,12 @@
 
   {{/* ── Edit form — only for writable leaves in non-ReadOnly mode ── */}}
   {{if and (not .ReadOnly) .Config (or (eq .Kind "leaf") (eq .Kind "leaf-list"))}}
+  {{/* hx-swap="none": SaveLeaf returns 204 + a cfgSaved trigger, and the
+       cfgSaved handler re-fetches the whole current tree page from the
+       fresh candidate so confd-inferred values surface. */}}
   <form class="yt-edit-form"
         hx-put="/configure/tree/node?path={{.Path | urlquery}}"
-        hx-target="#yang-detail"
-        hx-swap="innerHTML">
+        hx-swap="none">
     <div class="cfg-card-footer">
       <label class="yt-value-label">
         {{if .UsingDefault -}}