diff --git a/csaxs_bec/bec_widgets/widgets/tomo_params/tomo_params.py b/csaxs_bec/bec_widgets/widgets/tomo_params/tomo_params.py
index e21b791..55ee053 100644
--- a/csaxs_bec/bec_widgets/widgets/tomo_params/tomo_params.py
+++ b/csaxs_bec/bec_widgets/widgets/tomo_params/tomo_params.py
@@ -1318,6 +1318,25 @@ class TomoQueueDialog(QDialog):
     # ── queue actions ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
     def add_to_queue(self) -> None:
+        # "Current params" here means the *live* global vars -- if the
+        # params panel has an unsubmitted edit open, that edit is NOT what
+        # gets queued (the panel's own "Add to queue" button is the one
+        # that reads the form; see TOMO_QUEUE_COMMAND_JOBS_PLAN.md section
+        # 6.1). Warn rather than silently queuing something other than
+        # what the operator is looking at.
+        if getattr(self.parent(), "_edit_mode", False):
+            reply = QMessageBox.warning(
+                self,
+                "Unsaved edit in progress",
+                "The tomo parameters panel has an edit in progress. This button "
+                "queues the current LIVE parameters -- not your unsaved edit. Use "
+                "\"Add to queue\" in the params panel itself if you want to queue "
+                "what you just typed.\n\n"
+                "Queue the live (unedited) parameters anyway?",
+                QMessageBox.StandardButton.Yes | QMessageBox.StandardButton.Cancel,
+            )
+            if reply != QMessageBox.StandardButton.Yes:
+                return
         label, ok = QInputDialog.getText(self, "Add to queue", "Job label (leave blank for auto):")
         if not ok:
             return