diff --git a/packages/react/src/TooltipV2/Tooltip.dev.stories.tsx b/packages/react/src/TooltipV2/Tooltip.dev.stories.tsx
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index 60285231c40..00000000000
--- a/packages/react/src/TooltipV2/Tooltip.dev.stories.tsx
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-import {Button} from '../Button'
-import {Tooltip} from './Tooltip'
-import classes from './Tooltip.dev.stories.module.css'
-
-export default {
-  title: 'Components/TooltipV2/Dev',
-  component: Tooltip,
-}
-
-// Description type, north direction by default
-export const Default = () => (
-  <div className={classes.PaddedContainer}>
-    <Tooltip text="This tooltip has a red background and a larger font size." className={classes.Popover}>
-      <Button>Delete</Button>
-    </Tooltip>
-  </div>
-)
diff --git a/packages/react/src/TooltipV2/Tooltip.dev.stories.module.css b/packages/react/src/TooltipV2/Tooltip.examples.stories.module.css
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rename from packages/react/src/TooltipV2/Tooltip.dev.stories.module.css
rename to packages/react/src/TooltipV2/Tooltip.examples.stories.module.css
diff --git a/packages/react/src/TooltipV2/Tooltip.repro.stories.module.css b/packages/react/src/TooltipV2/Tooltip.repro.stories.module.css
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..de38b5fcf50
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/react/src/TooltipV2/Tooltip.repro.stories.module.css
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+/* TooltipV2.dev.stories.module.css */
+.PaddedContainer {
+  padding: var(--base-size-40);
+}
+
+.Popover[popover] {
+  /* stylelint-disable-next-line color-named */
+  background: red;
+  font-size: var(--text-title-size-small);
+}
diff --git a/packages/react/src/TooltipV2/Tooltip.repro.stories.tsx b/packages/react/src/TooltipV2/Tooltip.repro.stories.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f639b734360
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/react/src/TooltipV2/Tooltip.repro.stories.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,174 @@
+import React from 'react'
+import {flushSync} from 'react-dom'
+import {Button} from '../Button'
+import Checkbox from '../Checkbox'
+import {Stack} from '../Stack'
+import {Tooltip} from './Tooltip'
+import classes from './Tooltip.repro.stories.module.css'
+
+export default {
+  title: 'Components/TooltipV2/Repro',
+  component: Tooltip,
+}
+
+// Description type, north direction by default
+export const Default = () => (
+  <div className={classes.PaddedContainer}>
+    <Tooltip text="This tooltip has a red background and a larger font size." className={classes.Popover}>
+      <Button>Delete</Button>
+    </Tooltip>
+  </div>
+)
+
+function describeActiveElement() {
+  const el = document.activeElement
+  if (!el || el === document.body) return 'body'
+
+  const tag = el.tagName.toLowerCase()
+  const text = el.textContent ? el.textContent.trim() : ''
+  return text ? `${tag} "${text}"` : tag
+}
+
+export const ConditionalTooltipWrap = () => {
+  const [inactive, setInactive] = React.useState(false)
+  const [currentFocus, setCurrentFocus] = React.useState(describeActiveElement)
+  const buttonRef = React.useRef<HTMLButtonElement>(null)
+
+  React.useEffect(function printCurrentActiveElement() {
+    const interval = setInterval(() => {
+      setCurrentFocus(describeActiveElement())
+    }, 100)
+    return () => clearInterval(interval)
+  }, [])
+
+  // Buggy flow: same toggle, but no focus restoration.
+  const saveWithoutRestoringFocus = () => {
+    setInactive(true)
+    window.setTimeout(() => setInactive(false), 2000)
+  }
+
+  // Imperative save flow for the fixed buttons: start, then after 2s flip back,
+  // restoring focus after each swap. flushSync forces React to commit the
+  // remount synchronously so buttonRef points at the new node before focus().
+  const saveAndRestoreFocus = () => {
+    flushSync(() => {
+      setInactive(true)
+    })
+    if (document.activeElement === document.body) buttonRef.current?.focus()
+    window.setTimeout(() => {
+      flushSync(() => {
+        setInactive(false)
+      })
+      if (document.activeElement === document.body) buttonRef.current?.focus()
+    }, 2000)
+  }
+
+  return (
+    <>
+      <p>
+        Current focus: <span style={{fontFamily: 'monospace', fontWeight: 'bold'}}>{currentFocus}</span>
+      </p>
+      <h3>Buggy</h3>
+      <p>
+        The element type at this slot swaps between <code>Button</code> and <code>Tooltip</code>, so React unmounts and
+        recreates the button. Focusing the button and activating it drops focus to <code>body</code>.
+      </p>
+      <Stack direction="horizontal">
+        {inactive ? (
+          <Tooltip text="Saving progress">
+            <Button inactive>Saving</Button>
+          </Tooltip>
+        ) : (
+          <Button onClick={saveWithoutRestoringFocus}>Save</Button>
+        )}
+
+        <Button>Another button</Button>
+      </Stack>
+      <br />
+      <h3>Fix, Option A: stable tree</h3>
+      <p>
+        The <code>Tooltip</code> is always mounted and only its <code>text</code> changes, so the button is never
+        remounted and focus is preserved. Tradeoff: the active button also gets a tooltip.
+      </p>
+      <Stack direction="horizontal">
+        <Tooltip text={inactive ? 'Saving progress' : 'Save your progress'}>
+          <Button inactive={inactive} onClick={inactive ? undefined : saveWithoutRestoringFocus}>
+            {inactive ? 'Saving' : 'Save'}
+          </Button>
+        </Tooltip>
+
+        <Button>Another button</Button>
+      </Stack>
+      <br />
+      <h3>Fix, Option B: restore focus via ref</h3>
+      <p>
+        Accept the remount, then restore focus with a ref (see <code>saveAndRestoreFocus</code>). The ref goes on the{' '}
+        <code>Tooltip</code> in the inactive branch, because <code>Tooltip</code> overrides its child&apos;s ref via{' '}
+        <code>cloneElement</code>.
+      </p>
+      <Stack direction="horizontal">
+        {inactive ? (
+          <Tooltip text="Saving progress" ref={buttonRef}>
+            <Button inactive>Saving</Button>
+          </Tooltip>
+        ) : (
+          <Button ref={buttonRef} onClick={saveAndRestoreFocus}>
+            Save
+          </Button>
+        )}
+
+        <Button>Another button</Button>
+      </Stack>
+    </>
+  )
+}
+
+const ALERTS = ['Item 1', 'Item 2', 'Item 3']
+
+export const CheckToActivate = () => {
+  const [checked, setChecked] = React.useState<boolean[]>(() => ALERTS.map(() => false))
+  const [focus, setFocus] = React.useState(describeActiveElement)
+
+  React.useEffect(() => {
+    const interval = setInterval(() => {
+      setFocus(describeActiveElement())
+    }, 100)
+    return () => clearInterval(interval)
+  }, [])
+
+  const selectedCount = checked.filter(Boolean).length
+  const active = selectedCount >= 2
+
+  const toggle = (index: number) => {
+    setChecked(prev => prev.map((value, i) => (i === index ? !value : value)))
+  }
+
+  return (
+    <div>
+      <p>
+        Current focus: <span style={{fontFamily: 'monospace', fontWeight: 'bold'}}>{focus}</span>
+      </p>
+      <p>{selectedCount} selected (check at least 2 to activate the button)</p>
+      {active ? (
+        <Button onClick={() => setChecked(ALERTS.map(() => false))}>Assign to Copilot</Button>
+      ) : (
+        <Tooltip text="Select at least 2 items to assign to Copilot">
+          <Button inactive>Assign to Copilot</Button>
+        </Tooltip>
+      )}
+      <ul style={{listStyle: 'none', paddingLeft: 0, marginTop: 16}}>
+        {ALERTS.map((label, index) => (
+          <li key={label} style={{display: 'flex', alignItems: 'center', gap: 8, marginBottom: 8}}>
+            <Checkbox
+              checked={checked[index]}
+              onChange={() => toggle(index)}
+              aria-label={label}
+              id={`alert-${index}`}
+            />
+            <label htmlFor={`alert-${index}`}>{label}</label>
+          </li>
+        ))}
+      </ul>
+    </div>
+  )
+}