diff --git a/docs/wiki/Changelog.md b/docs/wiki/Changelog.md
index 1d32b95d23..15ea3ae6b0 100644
--- a/docs/wiki/Changelog.md
+++ b/docs/wiki/Changelog.md
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@ Current version of the Fantasy Map Generator is the latest `master` branch. You
 
 # Releases
 
+**1.151.2 - 2026-09-05**:
+
+- Fix burg label tiers hidden at every zoom on maps migrated from pre-1.140 versions by _[barrulus](https://github.com/barrulus)_ [1.151.2]
+
 **1.151.1 - 2026-09-03**:
 
 - Brushes stamp by distance travelled: smooth, gap-free painting at any refresh rate by _[barrulus](https://github.com/barrulus)_ [1.151.1]
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 197453408b..00db3fa511 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "fantasy-map-generator",
-  "version": "1.151.1-fork.1",
+  "version": "1.151.2-fork.1",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "fantasy-map-generator",
-      "version": "1.151.1-fork.1",
+      "version": "1.151.2-fork.1",
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "alea": "^1.0.1",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 6aea77ff24..312983e79e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "fantasy-map-generator",
   "productName": "Fantasy Map Generator",
-  "version": "1.151.1-fork.1",
+  "version": "1.151.2-fork.1",
   "description": "Azgaar's _Fantasy Map Generator_ is a free web application that helps fantasy writers, game masters, and cartographers create and edit fantasy maps.",
   "homepage": "https://github.com/Azgaar/Fantasy-Map-Generator#readme",
   "bugs": {
diff --git a/src/generators/styles-legacy.test.ts b/src/generators/styles-legacy.test.ts
index 940107ef42..eb056a9a0c 100644
--- a/src/generators/styles-legacy.test.ts
+++ b/src/generators/styles-legacy.test.ts
@@ -164,6 +164,19 @@ test("labelGroupFromLegacy prefers a numeric data-size over font-size, stringifi
   expect(group.attrs["font-size"]).toBe("10");
 });
 
+// pre-1.140 zoom auto-visibility hid a burg tier with an inline display: none, and a map saved while
+// zoomed out carries it in the group's style attribute; harvested verbatim it hides the tier forever
+test("labelGroupFromLegacy drops the zoom auto-visibility display from the style", () => {
+  const legacy = { style: "text-shadow: white 0px 0px 4px; display: none;", "data-dx": 0, "data-dy": -0.4 };
+  expect(labelGroupFromLegacy(legacy).attrs.style).toBe(
+    "text-shadow: white 0px 0px 4px; transform: translate(0em, -0.4em)"
+  );
+  expect(labelGroupFromLegacy({ style: "display: none;" }).attrs.style).toBeNull();
+  expect(labelGroupFromLegacy({ style: "text-shadow: white 0px 0px 4px" }).attrs.style).toBe(
+    "text-shadow: white 0px 0px 4px"
+  );
+});
+
 const presetDir = path.join(__dirname, "../../public/styles");
 
 test("all 12 shipped presets parse as the new format with zero warnings", () => {
diff --git a/src/generators/styles-legacy.ts b/src/generators/styles-legacy.ts
index b66e59e4e0..e28b7e759c 100644
--- a/src/generators/styles-legacy.ts
+++ b/src/generators/styles-legacy.ts
@@ -627,13 +627,17 @@ export function labelGroupFromLegacy(legacy: unknown): Styles["labels"]["groups"
 }
 
 function labelStyleFromLegacy(bag: Record<string, unknown>): string | null {
-  const style = strOr(bag.style, null);
   const dx = toNumber(bag["data-dx"], 0);
   const dy = toNumber(bag["data-dy"], 0);
-  const declarations = style?.trim().replace(/;+$/, "") || "";
   const transform = dx || dy ? `transform: translate(${dx}em, ${dy}em)` : "";
-  const cssText = [declarations, transform].filter(Boolean).join("; ");
-  return cssText ?? null;
+  return stripDisplay([strOr(bag.style, null), transform].filter(Boolean).join("; "));
+}
+
+// pre-1.140 zoom auto-visibility hid a group with an inline display: none, which a map saved while
+// zoomed out carries in the style attribute; it is layer state, not style, and must not be persisted
+export function stripDisplay(style: string | null): string | null {
+  const declarations = (style || "").split(";").map(declaration => declaration.trim());
+  return declarations.filter(declaration => declaration && !/^display\s*:/.test(declaration)).join("; ") || null;
 }
 
 // legacy wrote stored burg-group bags to the DOM verbatim with no per-key defaults; only
@@ -721,6 +725,7 @@ globalThis.stylesLegacy = {
   harvestAttributes,
   stylesFromMap,
   harvestStylesFromSvg,
+  stripDisplay,
   migrateStyles,
   restoreStrippedLayerStyles,
   stripMigratedAttributes
diff --git a/src/services/io/auto-update.test.ts b/src/services/io/auto-update.test.ts
index 0ccb0adff4..15e9ba328b 100644
--- a/src/services/io/auto-update.test.ts
+++ b/src/services/io/auto-update.test.ts
@@ -371,6 +371,51 @@ describe("v1.140 label group migration", () => {
 });
 
 // the .map file carries the whole #map svg, so its defs are only what the file was saved with
+describe("v1.151.2 label group display cleanup", () => {
+  // v1.140-1.151 harvested the zoom auto-visibility display: none into the persisted label group
+  // style, and since v1.150 the store is re-applied over the saved svg, so the record has to be cleaned
+  function stylesRecord(style: string | null) {
+    const record = structuredClone(Styles.defaults) as {
+      labels: { groups: Record<string, { attrs: { style: string | null } }> };
+    };
+    record.labels.groups.hamlet = {
+      ...record.labels.groups.city,
+      attrs: { ...record.labels.groups.city.attrs, style }
+    };
+    return record;
+  }
+
+  it("strips display from stored label group styles, keeping the rest of the record", () => {
+    const data: string[] = [];
+    data[48] = JSON.stringify(
+      stylesRecord("text-shadow: white 0px 0px 4px; display: none; transform: translate(0em, -0.4em)")
+    );
+
+    resolveVersionConflicts("1.151.1", data);
+
+    const expected = stylesRecord("text-shadow: white 0px 0px 4px; transform: translate(0em, -0.4em)");
+    expect(JSON.parse(data[48])).toEqual(expected);
+  });
+
+  it("stores null when display was the only declaration", () => {
+    const data: string[] = [];
+    data[48] = JSON.stringify(stylesRecord("display: none"));
+
+    resolveVersionConflicts("1.151.1", data);
+
+    expect(JSON.parse(data[48]).labels.groups.hamlet.attrs.style).toBeNull();
+  });
+
+  it("leaves current maps alone", () => {
+    const data: string[] = [];
+    data[48] = JSON.stringify(stylesRecord("display: none"));
+
+    resolveVersionConflicts(VERSION, data);
+
+    expect(JSON.parse(data[48]).labels.groups.hamlet.attrs.style).toBe("display: none");
+  });
+});
+
 describe("missing svg defs", () => {
   const getDeftempIds = () => Array.from(document.querySelectorAll("#deftemp > *"), node => node.id);
 
diff --git a/src/services/io/auto-update.ts b/src/services/io/auto-update.ts
index 14771c8582..3872e1671a 100644
--- a/src/services/io/auto-update.ts
+++ b/src/services/io/auto-update.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,12 @@ import type { GraphOverrides } from "@/generators/graph-override";
 import { type Label, type LabelNameMode, Labels as LabelsGenerator } from "@/generators/labels-generator";
 import type { Measurer, MeasurerType } from "@/generators/measurers-generator";
 
-import { labelGroupFromLegacy, migrateStyles, restoreStrippedLayerStyles } from "@/generators/styles-legacy";
+import {
+  labelGroupFromLegacy,
+  migrateStyles,
+  restoreStrippedLayerStyles,
+  stripDisplay
+} from "@/generators/styles-legacy";
 import type { Point } from "@/generators/voronoi";
 import { getGroupStyle } from "@/renderers/labels/label-groups";
 import { unfog } from "@/renderers/overlays/fogging";
@@ -1889,4 +1894,13 @@ export async function resolveVersionConflicts(mapVersion: string, data: string[]
     // v1.150.0 made the styles store the source of truth
     data[48] = await migrateStyles(data[48]);
   }
+
+  if (isOlderThan("1.151.2")) {
+    // v1.140-1.151 harvested the zoom auto-visibility display: none into the persisted label group
+    // styles, and the store is applied over the saved svg, so the hidden tiers never came back
+    const record = data[48] ? safeParseJSON(data[48]) : undefined;
+    const groups: { attrs?: { style?: string | null } }[] = Object.values(record?.labels?.groups || {});
+    for (const group of groups) if (group?.attrs) group.attrs.style = stripDisplay(group.attrs.style ?? null);
+    if (record) data[48] = JSON.stringify(record);
+  }
 }
diff --git a/src/services/versioning.ts b/src/services/versioning.ts
index fba183c162..df4a3e9554 100644
--- a/src/services/versioning.ts
+++ b/src/services/versioning.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import { dialogState } from "@/components/dialog/state";
 import { tip } from "@/components/tooltips";
 import { isElectron } from "./platform";
 
-export const VERSION = "1.151.1";
+export const VERSION = "1.151.2";
 
 // new changes on top
 const latestPublicChanges = [