diff --git a/changelog.d/1117-google-viewer-lifecycle.md b/changelog.d/1117-google-viewer-lifecycle.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..66d73d4a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/1117-google-viewer-lifecycle.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+- Release superseded Google Street View open waits and suppress metadata
+  requests whose viewer was unmounted while the service loaded (rudycelekli,
+  #1117).
diff --git a/docs/CURRENT-STATE.md b/docs/CURRENT-STATE.md
index f1c04711e..f425d6ebe 100644
--- a/docs/CURRENT-STATE.md
+++ b/docs/CURRENT-STATE.md
@@ -3465,7 +3465,10 @@ controls (the address goes in the caption); a pose goes out at once and
 again when the panorama's month, photographer and address arrive (one
 successful lookup per panorama per session, seeded by the nearest lookup;
 a details lookup that fails or takes over ten seconds waits five seconds
-before a view event can retry, and an unmount drops lookups in flight). A key
+before a view event can retry, and an unmount drops lookups in flight). Opening
+another panorama settles the previous open before registering its wait; closing
+then releases the current wait immediately. A details lookup released while its
+service loads makes no panorama request after that service becomes available. A key
 Google refuses (`gm_authFailure`: the API not enabled, a referrer it does
 not allow, billing off) reads KEY REJECTED and fails a pending open at
 once; a lookup or open Google never answers fails after 10 or 20 s. In CI
diff --git a/src/layers/streetLevel/providers/google/viewer.js b/src/layers/streetLevel/providers/google/viewer.js
index 422f52c0c..25e0b08fe 100644
--- a/src/layers/streetLevel/providers/google/viewer.js
+++ b/src/layers/streetLevel/providers/google/viewer.js
@@ -97,6 +97,8 @@ export function createGoogleViewer({ loader, getService, render } = {}) {
           service ||= getService
             ? await getService()
             : new (await ensureLibrary()).StreetViewService();
+          if (!current())
+            throw new Error('Street View details lookup was released');
           return service.getPanorama({ pano: panoId });
         })().then(resolve, reject);
       });
@@ -236,6 +238,7 @@ export function createGoogleViewer({ loader, getService, render } = {}) {
       const panoId = String(imageId);
       if (!host) throw new Error('Street View is not mounted');
       if (loader.authFailed()) throw new Error(KEY_REJECTED_MESSAGE);
+      cancelShown?.();
       pendingOpen = panoId;
       const instance = await ensurePanorama(host);
       if (pendingOpen !== panoId) return;
diff --git a/src/layers/streetLevel/providers/google/viewer.test.mjs b/src/layers/streetLevel/providers/google/viewer.test.mjs
index a3d746a34..e1d4a187c 100644
--- a/src/layers/streetLevel/providers/google/viewer.test.mjs
+++ b/src/layers/streetLevel/providers/google/viewer.test.mjs
@@ -403,3 +403,69 @@ test('a remount looks up again a panorama whose lookup hung', async () => {
   await settle();
   assert.equal(poses.length, count);
 });
+
+test('superseded panorama waits cannot steal the current close cleanup', async (t) => {
+  t.mock.timers.enable({ apis: ['setTimeout'] });
+  const { OPEN_TIMEOUT_MS } = await import('./policy.js');
+  const flush = async () => {
+    for (let i = 0; i < 10; i++) await Promise.resolve();
+  };
+  const { fake, loader, viewer, host } = setup();
+  await viewer.mount(host);
+  const [panorama] = fake.built;
+  panorama.setPano = (id) => {
+    panorama.pano = id;
+  };
+  const first = viewer.open('pano-a');
+  await flush();
+  const second = viewer.open('pano-b');
+  await flush();
+  panorama.fire('position_changed'); // new panorama has not reached OK
+  await flush();
+  viewer.close();
+  const remaining = loader.listenerCount();
+  t.mock.timers.tick(OPEN_TIMEOUT_MS);
+  await Promise.allSettled([first, second]);
+  assert.equal(
+    remaining,
+    0,
+    'close disposes every pending open without waiting 20 seconds',
+  );
+  assert.equal(panorama.visible, false);
+});
+
+test('unmount during details-service acquisition makes no later billed lookup', async () => {
+  const fake = fakeStreetViewLibrary({ panoramas: PANORAMAS });
+  const loader = fakeMapsLoader(fake.library);
+  const { createGoogleProvider } = await import('./index.js');
+  let release;
+  const acquiring = new Promise((resolve) => {
+    release = resolve;
+  });
+  const importLibrary = loader.importLibrary.bind(loader);
+  let imports = 0;
+  loader.importLibrary = async (name) => {
+    if (++imports > 1) await acquiring;
+    return importLibrary(name);
+  };
+  const provider = createGoogleProvider({
+    getApiKey: () => 'fixture-key',
+    loader,
+  });
+  const instance = provider.create({
+    notify() {},
+    actions: { reportError() {} },
+  });
+  const viewer = instance.viewer;
+  await viewer.mount(fakeHost());
+  await viewer.open('pano-a');
+  viewer.unmount();
+  release();
+  for (let i = 0; i < 10; i++) await Promise.resolve();
+  assert.equal(
+    fake.lookups.length,
+    0,
+    'teardown invalidates the request before calling getPanorama',
+  );
+  instance.destroy();
+});