diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/components/graph/GraphResultView.vue b/apps/desktop/src/components/graph/GraphResultView.vue
index a47e2b84db..bfbfe35e3d 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/components/graph/GraphResultView.vue
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/components/graph/GraphResultView.vue
@@ -291,11 +291,25 @@ function exportImage() {
 watch(query, highlightSearch);
 watch(
   () => props.graph,
-  () => {
-    expanded.value = undefined;
-    hidden.value = new Set();
-    pinned.value = new Set();
-    void nextTick(() => renderGraph());
+  (next, previous) => {
+    // Appending a result page reuses the same cells and only adds new ones;
+    // keep the view state and re-render with preserved positions instead of
+    // wiping selection/pins/hidden nodes and re-running a full layout.
+    const appended =
+      !!previous &&
+      previous.cells.length < next.cells.length &&
+      (() => {
+        const nextCellKeys = new Set(next.cells.map((cell) => `${cell.row}:${cell.column}`));
+        if (previous.cells.some((cell) => !nextCellKeys.has(`${cell.row}:${cell.column}`))) return false;
+        const nextNodeIds = new Set(next.nodes.map((node) => node.id));
+        return previous.nodes.every((node) => nextNodeIds.has(node.id));
+      })();
+    if (!appended) {
+      expanded.value = undefined;
+      hidden.value = new Set();
+      pinned.value = new Set();
+    }
+    void nextTick(() => renderGraph(appended));
   },
 );
 watch(selectedId, () => {
diff --git a/crates/dbx-core/src/data/query_result_export.rs b/crates/dbx-core/src/data/query_result_export.rs
index 634c35438c..ca245725d5 100644
--- a/crates/dbx-core/src/data/query_result_export.rs
+++ b/crates/dbx-core/src/data/query_result_export.rs
@@ -1100,6 +1100,9 @@ async fn export_query_result_core_inner(
             result.rows.truncate(this_page);
         }
         let row_count = result.rows.len();
+        if request.database_type == DatabaseType::Nebula {
+            crate::text_export::normalize_nebula_export_rows(&mut result.rows);
+        }
         let formatted_rows = crate::temporal_format::format_temporal_export_rows_with_string_types_cow(
             &result.rows,
             &page_column_types,
diff --git a/crates/dbx-formats/src/text_export.rs b/crates/dbx-formats/src/text_export.rs
index 6c8d033bcd..99055dbe89 100644
--- a/crates/dbx-formats/src/text_export.rs
+++ b/crates/dbx-formats/src/text_export.rs
@@ -12,6 +12,20 @@ pub struct QueryResultTextExportData {
     pub rows: Vec<Vec<Value>>,
 }
 
+pub fn normalize_nebula_export_rows(rows: &mut [Vec<Value>]) {
+    for value in rows.iter_mut().flatten() {
+        let graph_cell = value.get("__dbx_graph_cell").and_then(Value::as_str) == Some("nebula-v1")
+            && value.get("kind").is_some_and(Value::is_string)
+            && value.get("nodes").is_some_and(Value::is_array)
+            && value.get("edges").is_some_and(Value::is_array);
+        if graph_cell {
+            if let Some(display) = value.get("display").and_then(Value::as_str) {
+                *value = Value::String(display.to_owned());
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 pub fn format_json(data: &QueryResultTextExportData) -> Result<String, String> {
     let rows = data
         .rows
@@ -428,7 +442,55 @@ fn chrono_local_now() -> String {
 mod tests {
     use serde_json::{json, Value};
 
-    use super::{format_html, format_json, format_markdown, QueryResultTextExportData};
+    use super::{format_html, format_json, format_markdown, normalize_nebula_export_rows, QueryResultTextExportData};
+
+    #[test]
+    fn nebula_exports_use_display_cells_without_leaking_graph_metadata() {
+        let mut rows = vec![
+            vec![
+                json!({
+                    "__dbx_graph_cell": "nebula-v1", "kind": "vertex", "display": "(:\"player\" {\"name\":\"Tim\"})",
+                    "nodes": [{"id": "vid:1", "labels": ["player"], "properties": [{"name": "name", "value": "Tim"}]}], "edges": []
+                }),
+                json!(false),
+                Value::Null,
+            ],
+            vec![
+                json!({"__dbx_graph_cell": "nebula-v1", "kind": "edge", "display": "[:follow]", "nodes": [], "edges": [{"type": "follow"}]}),
+                json!(7),
+                json!("plain"),
+            ],
+        ];
+        normalize_nebula_export_rows(&mut rows);
+        assert_eq!(rows[0], vec![json!("(:\"player\" {\"name\":\"Tim\"})"), json!(false), Value::Null]);
+        assert_eq!(rows[1], vec![json!("[:follow]"), json!(7), json!("plain")]);
+        let data = QueryResultTextExportData {
+            title: None,
+            columns: vec!["entity".into(), "value".into(), "note".into()],
+            rows,
+        };
+        let exported: Value = serde_json::from_str(&format_json(&data).unwrap()).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(exported[0]["entity"], json!("(:\"player\" {\"name\":\"Tim\"})"));
+        assert!(!format_markdown(&data).contains("__dbx_graph_cell"));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn nebula_export_normalization_preserves_ordinary_and_unknown_objects() {
+        let mut rows = vec![vec![
+            json!({"display": "ordinary", "properties": []}),
+            json!({"__dbx_graph_cell": "neo4j-v1", "kind": "vertex", "display": "neo4j", "nodes": [], "edges": []}),
+            json!({"__dbx_graph_cell": "nebula-v2", "kind": "vertex", "display": "future", "nodes": [], "edges": []}),
+            json!({"__dbx_graph_cell": "nebula-v1", "kind": "vertex", "display": 42, "nodes": [], "edges": []}),
+            json!({"__dbx_graph_cell": "nebula-v1", "kind": "vertex", "display": "malformed", "nodes": null, "edges": []}),
+        ]];
+        let original = rows.clone();
+        normalize_nebula_export_rows(&mut rows);
+        assert_eq!(rows[0][0], json!({"display": "ordinary", "properties": []}));
+        assert_eq!(rows[0][1], original[0][1]);
+        assert_eq!(rows[0][2], original[0][2]);
+        assert_eq!(rows[0][3], original[0][3]);
+        assert_eq!(rows[0][4], original[0][4]);
+    }
 
     #[test]
     fn formats_json_rows_as_objects() {