diff --git a/angular.json b/angular.json
index 983dea2..e6fd4db 100644
--- a/angular.json
+++ b/angular.json
@@ -93,7 +93,10 @@
           "defaultConfiguration": "development"
         },
         "test": {
-          "builder": "@angular/build:unit-test"
+          "builder": "@angular/build:unit-test",
+          "options": {
+            "runnerConfig": "vitest.config.ts"
+          }
         }
       }
     }
diff --git a/src/app/shared/rete-editor/rete-editor.ts b/src/app/shared/rete-editor/rete-editor.ts
index e276437..fdfe25c 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/rete-editor/rete-editor.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/rete-editor/rete-editor.ts
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ export class ReteEditor implements OnChanges, OnDestroy {
   private rete?: ReteEditorInstance;
   private viewReady = false;
   private loadVersion = 0;
+  private destroyed = false;
   private suppressDirtyEvents = false;
   private typesLoadingPromise: Promise<void> | null = null;
   creatingEmptyBlock = false;
@@ -127,6 +128,10 @@ export class ReteEditor implements OnChanges, OnDestroy {
   }
 
   ngOnDestroy(): void {
+    // A load still under way would go on mounting nodes with this component's injector, which is
+    // about to be destroyed. Moving the version on makes that load stop at its next node.
+    this.loadVersion++;
+    this.destroyed = true;
     this.rete?.area?.destroy?.();
     this.rete = undefined;
     this.graphSelection.clearConnectionSelection();
@@ -296,6 +301,7 @@ export class ReteEditor implements OnChanges, OnDestroy {
     if (!host) return;
 
     await this.ensureNodeTypesLoaded();
+    if (this.destroyed) return;
 
     const currentVersion = ++this.loadVersion;
     this.editorMode.set('standard');
@@ -311,7 +317,8 @@ export class ReteEditor implements OnChanges, OnDestroy {
 
     const rete = await createEditor(host, this.injector, this.flowData(), {
       nodeView: this.nodeView(),
-      readonly: this.readonly()
+      readonly: this.readonly(),
+      isStale: () => currentVersion !== this.loadVersion
     });
     if (currentVersion !== this.loadVersion) {
       rete.area.destroy();
diff --git a/src/app/utilities/rete-editor.ts b/src/app/utilities/rete-editor.ts
index 5fa19bd..b5b255b 100644
--- a/src/app/utilities/rete-editor.ts
+++ b/src/app/utilities/rete-editor.ts
@@ -85,7 +85,12 @@ export async function createEditor(
   container: HTMLElement,
   injector: Injector,
   flowData: FlowData,
-  options?: { nodeView?: "editor" | "execution"; readonly?: boolean }
+  options?: {
+    nodeView?: "editor" | "execution";
+    readonly?: boolean;
+    /** True once the caller no longer wants this editor; loading stops at the next node. */
+    isStale?: () => boolean;
+  }
 ): Promise<ReteEditorInstance> {
 
   const editor = new NodeEditor<HFSchemes>();
@@ -193,6 +198,15 @@ export async function createEditor(
 
   AreaExtensions.simpleNodesOrder(area);
 
+  const isStale = options?.isStale ?? (() => false);
+  // Registered before the Angular renderer, so it sees each render first. An editor its caller has
+  // given up on - the component destroyed, or a newer load begun - must not mount anything more:
+  // the components would be created with an injector that is already gone.
+  area.addPipe((context: any) => {
+    if (context?.type === 'render' && isStale()) return;
+    return context;
+  });
+
   area.addPipe((context: any) => {
     if (readonly && nodeView !== "execution" && context?.type === 'nodetranslate') {
       const nodeId = String(context?.data?.id ?? '');
@@ -211,7 +225,8 @@ export async function createEditor(
   });
 
   if (flowData)
-    await loadFlowData(editor, area, flowData, runtime);
+    await loadFlowData(editor, area, flowData, runtime, isStale);
+  if (isStale()) return { editor, area };
   await refreshLoopMarkers(editor, area, runtime);
 
   AreaExtensions.zoomAt(area, editor.getNodes());
@@ -656,7 +671,8 @@ async function loadFlowData(
   editor: NodeEditor<HFSchemes>,
   area: AreaPlugin<HFSchemes, AreaExtra>,
   flowData: FlowData,
-  runtime?: ReteRuntimeContext
+  runtime?: ReteRuntimeContext,
+  isStale: () => boolean = () => false
 ) {
   const topLevelNodes = [...(flowData.blocks ?? []), ...(flowData.containers ?? [])];
   if (!topLevelNodes.length) return;
@@ -664,6 +680,7 @@ async function loadFlowData(
   const nodeMapping = new Map<string, any>();
 
   for (const [index, block] of topLevelNodes.entries()) {
+    if (isStale()) return;
     const fallbackPosition = block.position ?? {
       x: 120 + (index % 3) * 340,
       y: 100 + Math.floor(index / 3) * 220
@@ -674,6 +691,7 @@ async function loadFlowData(
 
   await withRestoredConnections(runtime, async () => {
     for (const c of flowData.connections ?? []) {
+      if (isStale()) return;
       if (!nodeMapping.has(c.sourceId) || !nodeMapping.has(c.targetId)) continue;
 
       const sourceNode = editor.getNode(nodeMapping.get(c.sourceId)) as any;
@@ -688,6 +706,7 @@ async function loadFlowData(
     }
 
     for (const dependency of flowData.dependencies ?? []) {
+      if (isStale()) return;
       if (!nodeMapping.has(dependency.sourceId) || !nodeMapping.has(dependency.targetId)) continue;
 
       const sourceNode = editor.getNode(nodeMapping.get(dependency.sourceId)) as any;
diff --git a/vitest.config.ts b/vitest.config.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..49a632a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vitest.config.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+import { defineConfig } from 'vitest/config';
+
+export default defineConfig({
+  test: {
+    server: {
+      deps: {
+        inline: [/node_modules\/rete/]
+      }
+    }
+  }
+});