diff --git a/packages/terriajs/CHANGES.md b/packages/terriajs/CHANGES.md
index f02551fe1b..52800193f0 100644
--- a/packages/terriajs/CHANGES.md
+++ b/packages/terriajs/CHANGES.md
@@ -9,6 +9,11 @@
 - Document security best practices for production deployment of terriajs
 - Fix an error when picking features on a Mapbox vector tile layer: `@mapbox/vector-tile` now builds feature props with a null prototype, which broke Cesium's `ImageryLayerFeatureInfo` methods that call `hasOwnProperty` directly. Props are now copied into a plain object before use.
 - Move catalog index from terria.ts class to catalog instance
+- Improved ideal zoom behaviour when zooming to a mappable items rectangle.
+- Show spinner when loading tab group members
+- Changed `disablePreview` to also hide `Add to map` in preview modal.
+- Changed `About data` button to `About job` in workbench for CatalogFunctionJob instances.
+- Add `edit` stratum for tracking temporary user changes that shouldn't be captured in share link - example form edits.
 
 #### 8.12.5 - 2026-07-28
 
@@ -16,10 +21,6 @@
 - Upgraded `terriajs-cesium` to `26.0.0` and `terriajs-cesium-widgets` to `16.0.0`. We are now using cesium 1.142.
 - Upgraded terriajs-server to v5.0.0-alpha.3
 - Upgraded to i18next v26 and migrated to i18next select pattern `(t($ => translation.key))` #7882
-- Show spinner when loading tab group members
-- Changed `disablePreview` to also hide `Add to map` in preview modal.
-- Changed `About data` button to `About job` in workbench for CatalogFunctionJob instances.
-- Add `edit` stratum for tracking temporary user changes that shouldn't be captured in share link - example form edits.
 - Upgraded `papaparse` to `5.5.4` (and `@types/papaparse` to `5.5.2`).
 - Guard CSV exports against spreadsheet formula injection (CWE-1236): the feature-info "Download" CSV, table data export, and `CsvCatalogItem`'s inline `csvString` export now prefix cells a spreadsheet would treat as a formula (`= + - @`, tab, CR) with a `'`, while leaving legitimate numbers (e.g. `-5`) untouched. `TableMixin` table exports now also structurally escape values via `papaparse` (previously they were joined with `,` unescaped). Downloads of a remote `url` are unchanged (the original file is served directly).
 
diff --git a/packages/terriajs/lib/Models/Cesium.ts b/packages/terriajs/lib/Models/Cesium.ts
index dac87674a1..ca30978fb8 100644
--- a/packages/terriajs/lib/Models/Cesium.ts
+++ b/packages/terriajs/lib/Models/Cesium.ts
@@ -945,10 +945,7 @@ export default class Cesium extends GlobeOrMap {
       } else if (MappableMixin.isMixedInto(target)) {
         // target is a Mappable
         if (isDefined(target.cesiumRectangle)) {
-          return flyToPromise(camera, {
-            duration: flightDurationSeconds,
-            destination: target.cesiumRectangle
-          });
+          return this.doZoomTo(target.cesiumRectangle, flightDurationSeconds);
         } else if (target.mapItems.length > 0) {
           // Zoom to the first item!
           return this.doZoomTo(target.mapItems[0], flightDurationSeconds);
diff --git a/packages/terriajs/test/Models/TerriaSpec.ts b/packages/terriajs/test/Models/TerriaSpec.ts
index 2318d2f036..7067c6df13 100644
--- a/packages/terriajs/test/Models/TerriaSpec.ts
+++ b/packages/terriajs/test/Models/TerriaSpec.ts
@@ -1327,6 +1327,7 @@ describe("TerriaSpec", function () {
         await terria.start({ configUrl: "test-config.json" });
         await terria.loadInitSources();
         await when(() => terria.currentViewer.type === "Cesium");
+        await when(() => terria.currentViewer.isMapZooming === false);
 
         const cameraPos = terria.cesium?.scene.camera.positionCartographic;
         expect(cameraPos).toBeDefined();
@@ -1350,6 +1351,7 @@ describe("TerriaSpec", function () {
         });
         // Wait for the switch to happen
         await when(() => terria.mainViewer.currentViewer.type === "Cesium");
+        await when(() => terria.currentViewer.isMapZooming === false);
         // Ensure that the camera position is correctly updated after the switch
         const cameraPos = terria.cesium?.scene.camera.positionCartographic;
         const { longitude, latitude, height } = cameraPos!;