diff --git a/apps/web/src/App.tsx b/apps/web/src/App.tsx
index 67f0b89c7..739ffb658 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/App.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/App.tsx
@@ -15,6 +15,38 @@ import { TanStackRouterDevtools } from "@tanstack/react-router-devtools";
 import { ErrorBoundary } from "react-error-boundary";
 import { MapProvider } from "react-map-gl/maplibre";
 
+import { useConnections } from "@pages/Connections/useConnections.ts";
+import { useEffect, useRef } from "react";
+
+function AutoConnect() {
+  const savedConnections = useDeviceStore((s) => s.savedConnections);
+  const { connect } = useConnections();
+  const { selectedDeviceId } = useAppStore();
+  const { getDevice } = useDeviceStore();
+  const device = getDevice(selectedDeviceId);
+  const hasAttempted = useRef(false);
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (hasAttempted.current || device || savedConnections.length === 0) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    const target =
+      savedConnections.find((c) => c.isDefault && c.type === "http") ||
+      savedConnections.find((c) => c.type === "http");
+
+    if (target) {
+      hasAttempted.current = true;
+      useDeviceStore
+        .getState()
+        .updateSavedConnection(target.id, { status: "disconnected" });
+      void connect(target.id);
+    }
+  }, [savedConnections, device, connect]);
+
+  return null;
+}
+
 export function App() {
   useTheme();
 
@@ -26,6 +58,7 @@ export function App() {
   return (
     <ErrorBoundary FallbackComponent={ErrorPage}>
       <Toaster />
+      <AutoConnect />
       <TanStackRouterDevtools position="bottom-right" />
       <DeviceWrapper deviceId={selectedDeviceId}>
         {/* Overlay sits outside the device-conditional branch so it shows
diff --git a/apps/web/src/components/Map.tsx b/apps/web/src/components/Map.tsx
index 0300a96c3..c0e0fad4e 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/components/Map.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/components/Map.tsx
@@ -72,7 +72,11 @@ export const BaseMap = ({
       renderWorldCopies={false}
       maxPitch={0}
       dragRotate={false}
-      touchZoomRotate={false}
+      touchZoomRotate={true}
+      scrollZoom={true}
+      doubleClickZoom={true}
+      minZoom={0}
+      maxZoom={20}
       initialViewState={
         initialViewState ?? {
           zoom: 1.8,
@@ -80,7 +84,11 @@ export const BaseMap = ({
           longitude: 0,
         }
       }
-      style={{ filter: darkMode ? "brightness(0.9)" : undefined }}
+      style={{
+        width: "100%",
+        height: "100%",
+        filter: darkMode ? "brightness(0.9)" : undefined,
+      }}
       locale={locale}
       interactiveLayerIds={interactiveLayerIds}
       onMouseMove={onMouseMove}
diff --git a/apps/web/src/core/hooks/useMapFitting.ts b/apps/web/src/core/hooks/useMapFitting.ts
index 0229b1b78..28e504962 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/core/hooks/useMapFitting.ts
+++ b/apps/web/src/core/hooks/useMapFitting.ts
@@ -6,14 +6,25 @@ import type { MapRef } from "react-map-gl/maplibre";
 export function useMapFitting(map: MapRef | undefined) {
   const focusLngLat = useCallback(
     (position: LngLat) => {
-      if (!map) {
+      if (!map || !position) {
         return;
       }
       const [lng, lat] = position;
-      map.easeTo({
-        center: [lng, lat],
-        zoom: map.getZoom(),
-      });
+      if (
+        !Number.isFinite(lng) ||
+        !Number.isFinite(lat) ||
+        (lng === 0 && lat === 0)
+      ) {
+        return;
+      }
+      try {
+        map.easeTo({
+          center: [lng, lat],
+          zoom: map.getZoom(),
+        });
+      } catch {
+        // Ignore easeTo error
+      }
     },
     [map],
   );
@@ -25,22 +36,34 @@ export function useMapFitting(map: MapRef | undefined) {
       }
 
       if (nodes.length === 1 && nodes[0]) {
-        return focusLngLat(toLngLat(nodes[0].position));
+        const pos = toLngLat(nodes[0].position);
+        if (
+          pos &&
+          Number.isFinite(pos[0]) &&
+          Number.isFinite(pos[1]) &&
+          !(pos[0] === 0 && pos[1] === 0)
+        ) {
+          return focusLngLat(pos);
+        }
+        return;
       }
 
-      // Build [lng, lat] coords, then let boundsFromLngLat do the turf dance
       const coords = nodes.map((n) => toLngLat(n.position));
       const bounds = boundsFromLngLat(coords);
       if (!bounds) {
         return;
       }
 
-      const center = map.cameraForBounds(bounds, {
-        padding: { top: 10, bottom: 10, left: 10, right: 10 },
-      });
+      try {
+        const center = map.cameraForBounds(bounds, {
+          padding: { top: 10, bottom: 10, left: 10, right: 10 },
+        });
 
-      if (center) {
-        map.easeTo(center);
+        if (center && center.center) {
+          map.easeTo(center);
+        }
+      } catch {
+        // Ignore cameraForBounds failure and leave default view
       }
     },
     [map, focusLngLat],
diff --git a/apps/web/src/core/stores/deviceStore/index.ts b/apps/web/src/core/stores/deviceStore/index.ts
index 8ab6381b6..d1f9807c6 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/core/stores/deviceStore/index.ts
+++ b/apps/web/src/core/stores/deviceStore/index.ts
@@ -816,20 +816,13 @@ const persistOptions: PersistOptions<PrivateDeviceState, DevicePersisted> = {
         }
         draft.devices = rebuilt as unknown as Map<number, Draft<Device>>;
 
-        // Stale in-flight states can't survive a reload — no JS code is
-        // running that could complete them. Reset any persisted
-        // "connecting" / "configuring" / "disconnecting" entries to
-        // "disconnected" so the connecting overlay (which keys off
-        // these statuses) doesn't get stuck visible on cold boot.
+        // Active network connections cannot survive a browser page reload.
+        // Reset all saved connection statuses to "disconnected" on rehydration
+        // so stale "configured"/"connected"/"connecting" states do not block
+        // auto-reconnecting or leave the UI in a desynced state.
         for (const conn of draft.savedConnections) {
-          if (
-            conn.status === "connecting" ||
-            conn.status === "configuring" ||
-            conn.status === "disconnecting"
-          ) {
-            conn.status = "disconnected";
-            conn.error = undefined;
-          }
+          conn.status = "disconnected";
+          conn.error = undefined;
         }
       }),
     );
diff --git a/apps/web/src/core/utils/geo.ts b/apps/web/src/core/utils/geo.ts
index a3017bd94..4600e7ca2 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/core/utils/geo.ts
+++ b/apps/web/src/core/utils/geo.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-import { bbox, lineString } from "@turf/turf";
-
 export type LngLat = [number, number];
 export type Mercator = [number, number];
 export type Bounds = [[number, number], [number, number]];
@@ -28,8 +26,28 @@ export const boundsFromLngLat = (coords: LngLat[]): Bounds | undefined => {
     return undefined;
   }
 
-  const turfCoords = coords.map(([lng, lat]) => [lat, lng]);
-  const [minLat, minLng, maxLat, maxLng] = bbox(lineString(turfCoords));
+  let minLng = Infinity;
+  let maxLng = -Infinity;
+  let minLat = Infinity;
+  let maxLat = -Infinity;
+
+  for (const [lng, lat] of coords) {
+    if (Number.isFinite(lng) && Number.isFinite(lat)) {
+      if (lng < minLng) minLng = lng;
+      if (lng > maxLng) maxLng = lng;
+      if (lat < minLat) minLat = lat;
+      if (lat > maxLat) maxLat = lat;
+    }
+  }
+
+  if (
+    !Number.isFinite(minLng) ||
+    !Number.isFinite(minLat) ||
+    !Number.isFinite(maxLng) ||
+    !Number.isFinite(maxLat)
+  ) {
+    return undefined;
+  }
 
   return [
     [minLng, minLat],
diff --git a/apps/web/src/pages/Map/index.tsx b/apps/web/src/pages/Map/index.tsx
index f9d4a4bfc..712b539b4 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/pages/Map/index.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/pages/Map/index.tsx
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ const MapPage = () => {
           />
         )}
       </BaseMap>
-      <div className="flex flex-col space-y-1 fixed top-35 right-2.5">
+      <div className="flex flex-col space-y-1 absolute top-36 right-3.5 z-10">
         {myNode && hasPos(myNode?.position) && (
           <button
             type="button"