diff --git a/src/cameraTilt.test.mjs b/src/cameraTilt.test.mjs
index 7d2664c9f..93bbf246e 100644
--- a/src/cameraTilt.test.mjs
+++ b/src/cameraTilt.test.mjs
@@ -78,6 +78,11 @@ function harness(
 }
 
 const pitchDeg = (camera) => degrees(camera.pitch);
+/** Tick until done() holds; a regression fails here instead of hanging. */
+const tickUntil = (h, done, frames = 600) => {
+  for (let i = 0; i < frames && !done(); i += 1) h.tick();
+  assert.ok(done(), `not reached in ${frames} frames`);
+};
 const headingDeg = (camera) =>
   degrees(Cesium.Math.negativePiToPi(camera.heading));
 
@@ -171,6 +176,20 @@ test('a requested angle the camera already holds is a no-op', (t) => {
   assert.equal(getActiveCameraMotion(), null);
 });
 
+for (const pitch of [-90, -89]) {
+  test(`a top-down view asked for ${pitch}° stays put`, (t) => {
+    // The tool description calls -89 top-down; the clamp must not tilt a
+    // -90° view up 1° and report it as a move up.
+    const h = harness(t);
+    const before = pitchDeg(h.camera);
+    const result = moveCamera({ motion: 'tilt', pitchDeg: pitch });
+    assert.equal(result.ok, true);
+    assert.equal(result.unchanged, true);
+    assert.equal(getActiveCameraMotion(), null);
+    assert.equal(pitchDeg(h.camera), before);
+  });
+}
+
 test('tilt down from top-down still refuses honestly', (t) => {
   harness(t);
   const result = moveCamera({ motion: 'tilt', direction: 'down' });
@@ -335,7 +354,7 @@ test('the pitchDeg and direction check uses the pitch the swing starts from', (t
 test('after a zoom in, a pivoting tilt never lowers the camera further', (t) => {
   const h = harness(t, { height: 1000 });
   moveCamera({ motion: 'tilt', direction: 'up', mode: 'continuous' });
-  while (pitchDeg(h.camera) < -30) h.tick();
+  tickUntil(h, () => pitchDeg(h.camera) >= -30);
   adjustOrbitRange(1 / 2.4);
   adjustOrbitRange(1 / 2.4);
   h.tick();
@@ -390,7 +409,7 @@ test('a zoom in during a pivot tilt stops at the clearance', (t) => {
   // the camera about 107 m up, then at the 80 m zoom floor.
   const h = harness(t, { height: 400 });
   moveCamera({ motion: 'tilt', direction: 'up', mode: 'continuous' });
-  while (pitchDeg(h.camera) < -40) h.tick();
+  tickUntil(h, () => pitchDeg(h.camera) >= -40);
   assert.deepEqual(adjustOrbitRange(1 / 2.4), { kind: 'tilt', changed: true });
   // At -40° the floor is 150 / sin 40° ≈ 233 m, which the first zoom reached.
   assert.deepEqual(adjustOrbitRange(1 / 2.4), { kind: 'tilt', changed: false });
diff --git a/src/cameraVerbs.js b/src/cameraVerbs.js
index 16888d73e..380a737f0 100644
--- a/src/cameraVerbs.js
+++ b/src/cameraVerbs.js
@@ -1671,7 +1671,13 @@ export function moveCamera(args = {}, runNavigation = null) {
     // Judge from the pitch the motion will start at: the pivot's, which at
     // regional range is a degree or two shallower than the camera's.
     const { from } = tiltStartFrame(_viewer.camera, { releasesTracking });
-    if (Math.abs(tiltToPitch - from) < Cesium.Math.toRadians(0.5)) {
+    // -89 or -90 means top-down, which a -90° view already is: the clamp
+    // must not tilt it up 1°.
+    const atTopDown = tiltToPitch <= PITCH_MIN && from <= PITCH_MIN;
+    if (
+      atTopDown ||
+      Math.abs(tiltToPitch - from) < Cesium.Math.toRadians(0.5)
+    ) {
       return {
         ok: true,
         action: 'move_camera',
diff --git a/src/voice/gevActions.js b/src/voice/gevActions.js
index f7573075e..c9bc811a4 100644
--- a/src/voice/gevActions.js
+++ b/src/voice/gevActions.js
@@ -1302,9 +1302,17 @@ export function createGevActionRunner({
           runOptions.signal,
           deadline,
         );
-        // A later fly-to in the same reply cancels this one: follow it to
-        // where the camera lands, within the same deadline.
-        while (status === 'cancelled' && voiceFlight !== flight && current()) {
+        // A later fly-to in the same reply replaces this one: follow it to
+        // where the camera lands, within the same deadline. Its status does
+        // not matter. A geocode that loses navigation reports failed, and a
+        // flight left flying while the next place is looked up can still
+        // land; running there would take navigation and cancel the newer one.
+        while (
+          voiceFlight !== flight &&
+          status !== 'aborted' &&
+          status !== 'timeout' &&
+          current()
+        ) {
           flight = voiceFlight;
           status = await waitForVoiceFlight(
             flight,
diff --git a/src/voice/gevActions.test.mjs b/src/voice/gevActions.test.mjs
index a464c94bd..14d008933 100644
--- a/src/voice/gevActions.test.mjs
+++ b/src/voice/gevActions.test.mjs
@@ -570,6 +570,71 @@ test('a motion follows a later fly-to in the same reply that cancels its flight'
   assert.equal(result.motion, 'orbit');
 });
 
+test('a motion follows a later fly-to whose start cancels its geocode', async (t) => {
+  t.after(() => interruptCameraMotion('test-cleanup'));
+  const { viewer, styleManager } = tiltAfterFlightHarness();
+  const searches = [];
+  const runner = createGevActionRunner({
+    viewer,
+    styleManager,
+    dataManager: { layers: new Map(), getAll: () => [] },
+    searchNavigation: (_viewer, query, options) => new Promise((resolve) => {
+      searches.push({ query, options, resolve });
+    }),
+  });
+  const flyA = runner('fly_to_location', { query: 'Place A' });
+  const moved = runner('move_camera', { motion: 'orbit' });
+  const movedDone = settledYet(moved);
+  const flyB = runner('fly_to_location', { query: 'Place B' });
+  await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 0));
+  // B takes navigation authority, so A's lookup comes back cancelled.
+  searches[0].resolve({ cancelled: true });
+  assert.equal((await flyA).cancelled, true);
+  await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 0));
+  assert.equal(movedDone(), false, 'the orbit must follow B, not drop');
+  searches[1].resolve({ label: 'Place B', navigationMode: 'city-overview' });
+  assert.equal((await flyB).ok, true);
+  searches[1].options.onComplete();
+  const result = await moved;
+  assert.equal(result.ok, true);
+  assert.equal(result.motion, 'orbit');
+});
+
+test('a motion does not run at a flight that lands while the next place is looked up', async (t) => {
+  t.after(() => interruptCameraMotion('test-cleanup'));
+  const { viewer, styleManager, order, flights } = tiltAfterFlightHarness();
+  const searches = [];
+  const runner = createGevActionRunner({
+    viewer,
+    styleManager,
+    dataManager: { layers: new Map(), getAll: () => [] },
+    searchNavigation: (_viewer, query, options) => new Promise((resolve) => {
+      searches.push({ query, options, resolve });
+    }),
+  });
+  assert.equal((await runner('fly_to_location', { locationId: 'austin' })).ok, true);
+  const moved = runner('move_camera', { motion: 'tilt', pitchDeg: -45 });
+  const movedDone = settledYet(moved);
+  const flyB = runner('fly_to_location', { query: 'Place B' });
+  await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 0));
+  // Deferred navigation leaves A flying while B is looked up, and A lands.
+  const before = order.length;
+  flights[0].complete();
+  await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 0));
+  assert.equal(movedDone(), false, 'the tilt must wait for B');
+  assert.equal(
+    order.slice(before).includes('cancel'),
+    false,
+    'the tilt must not take navigation and cancel B',
+  );
+  searches[0].resolve({ label: 'Place B', navigationMode: 'city-overview' });
+  assert.equal((await flyB).ok, true);
+  searches[0].options.onComplete();
+  const result = await moved;
+  assert.equal(result.ok, true);
+  assert.equal(result.motion, 'tilt');
+});
+
 test('a stale motion does not follow a newer reply\'s fly-to', async () => {
   const { viewer, styleManager, flights } = tiltAfterFlightHarness();
   const runner = createGevActionRunner({