diff --git a/frontend/dashboard.js b/frontend/dashboard.js
index 2d4996d..914cce9 100644
--- a/frontend/dashboard.js
+++ b/frontend/dashboard.js
@@ -1771,6 +1771,7 @@
     qs('#pull-ci-state').textContent = 'CI unknown';
     qs('#pull-merge-state').textContent = 'Review data not loaded';
     qs('#merge-pull').disabled = true;
+    qs('#merge-pull').textContent = workSession.active() ? 'Merge & next' : 'Merge';
     qs('#retry-pull-load').hidden = true;
     qs('#open-pull-gitea').href = item.url || '#';
     qs('#close-pull-sheet').focus();
@@ -3376,8 +3377,14 @@
       lastMyWork = lastMyWork.filter(item =>
         !(item.kind === 'pull' && item.repository === merging.repository && item.number === merging.number)
       );
-      refreshMyWorkView();
-      qs('#my-work-action-status').textContent = merging.key + ' merged.';
+      refreshMyWorkView({ reconcileSession:false });
+      const continuingSession = workSession.active();
+      if (workSession.active()) workSession.complete();
+      if (continuingSession && workSession.active()) {
+        qs('#my-work-action-status').textContent = merging.key + ' merged. Next work item opened.';
+      } else if (!continuingSession) {
+        qs('#my-work-action-status').textContent = merging.key + ' merged.';
+      }
     } catch (error) {
       qs('#pull-sheet-status').textContent = error.message + ' The pull request remains in My Work; refresh and retry.';
       button.disabled = false;
diff --git a/tests/test_my_work.py b/tests/test_my_work.py
index 2fb6a6f..1923552 100644
--- a/tests/test_my_work.py
+++ b/tests/test_my_work.py
@@ -1643,6 +1643,56 @@ async def test_closing_issue_advances_active_session_once_and_exposes_close_and_
     )
 
 
+@pytest.mark.anyio
+async def test_merging_pull_advances_active_session_once_and_exposes_merge_and_next():
+    html = await dashboard()
+
+    assert "qs('#merge-pull').textContent = workSession.active() ? 'Merge & next' : 'Merge';" in html
+    merge_handler = html.split("qs('#merge-pull').addEventListener('click'", 1)[1].split(
+        "qs('#keep-update-unread').addEventListener", 1
+    )[0]
+    assert "refreshMyWorkView({ reconcileSession:false });" in merge_handler
+    assert "const continuingSession = workSession.active();" in merge_handler
+    assert "if (workSession.active()) workSession.complete();" in merge_handler
+    assert "merged. Next work item opened." in merge_handler
+    assert merge_handler.index("await pullController.merge") < merge_handler.index(
+        "if (workSession.active()) workSession.complete();"
+    )
+    assert merge_handler.index("lastMyWork = lastMyWork.filter") < merge_handler.index(
+        "if (workSession.active()) workSession.complete();"
+    )
+
+
+@pytest.mark.anyio
+async def test_pull_merge_keeps_non_session_copy_and_final_session_completion_announcement():
+    html = await dashboard()
+    merge_handler = html.split("qs('#merge-pull').addEventListener('click'", 1)[1].split(
+        "qs('#keep-update-unread').addEventListener", 1
+    )[0]
+
+    assert "else if (!continuingSession)" in merge_handler
+    assert "merging.key + ' merged.'" in merge_handler
+    assert "else if (continuingSession" not in merge_handler
+    assert "onFinish: () =>" in html
+    assert "qs('#my-work-action-status').textContent = 'Work session complete.';" in html
+
+
+@pytest.mark.anyio
+async def test_failed_pull_merge_does_not_remove_or_advance_the_session():
+    html = await dashboard()
+    merge_handler = html.split("qs('#merge-pull').addEventListener('click'", 1)[1].split(
+        "qs('#keep-update-unread').addEventListener", 1
+    )[0]
+    success_path, failure_path = merge_handler.split("} catch (error) {", 1)
+
+    assert "lastMyWork = lastMyWork.filter" in success_path
+    assert "workSession.complete()" in success_path
+    assert "lastMyWork = lastMyWork.filter" not in failure_path
+    assert "workSession.complete()" not in failure_path
+    assert "The pull request remains in My Work; refresh and retry." in failure_path
+    assert "button.disabled = false;" in failure_path
+
+
 def test_work_session_can_start_at_a_newly_created_item():
     script = f"""
 const buildMyWork = require({json.dumps(str(MY_WORK))});