diff --git a/docs/guide/invalidation/purging.md b/docs/guide/invalidation/purging.md
index e0815335..f0944b3c 100644
--- a/docs/guide/invalidation/purging.md
+++ b/docs/guide/invalidation/purging.md
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ path is `/rest-cache/purge`. It requires an authenticated admin user holding
 | Field | Type | Required | Meaning |
 | --- | --- | --- | --- |
 | `contentType` | `string` | yes | The uid to purge. Must be a content type you configured. |
-| `params` | `object` | no | Route parameters to substitute, e.g. `{ id }`. Omit to purge the routes that take no parameters. |
+| `params` | `object` | no | Route parameters to substitute, e.g. `{ id }`, where `id` is the documentId as it appears in the URL - not the numeric database id. Omit to purge the routes that take no parameters. |
 | `wildcard` | `boolean` | no | Ignore `params` and match any value for every route parameter. |
 
 | Status | Meaning |
diff --git a/docs/guide/reference/routes.md b/docs/guide/reference/routes.md
index b6e01cad..f9a946eb 100644
--- a/docs/guide/reference/routes.md
+++ b/docs/guide/reference/routes.md
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ endpoint does not make someone an operator entitled to credentials.
 ```json
 {
   "contentType": "api::article.article",
-  "params": { "id": 42 },
+  "params": { "id": "lxr8ai1cs0a1234" },
   "wildcard": false
 }
 ```
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ endpoint does not make someone an operator entitled to credentials.
 | Field | Type | Required | Description |
 | --- | --- | --- | --- |
 | `contentType` | `string` | yes | The uid to purge. `400` if it is not a cached content type. |
-| `params` | `object` | no | Route parameters used to narrow the purge. |
+| `params` | `object` | no | Route parameters used to narrow the purge. `id` is the **documentId**, as it appears in `/api/articles/:id` - not the numeric database id. |
 | `wildcard` | `boolean` | no | Ignore `params` and clear everything for the content type. |
 
 ### GET /rest-cache/stats
diff --git a/e2e/tests/purge-controls.spec.ts b/e2e/tests/purge-controls.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0adf66eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/e2e/tests/purge-controls.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+import { test, expect, request, type Page } from '@playwright/test';
+
+const ARTICLES = '/admin/content-manager/collection-types/api::article.article';
+const PURGE = 'Purge REST Cache';
+
+/**
+ * Strapi's guided tour overlays the page for a fresh admin and swallows
+ * clicks. It is Strapi's, not ours, so get it out of the way and move on.
+ */
+async function skipGuidedTour(page: Page) {
+  const skip = page.getByRole('dialog').getByRole('button', { name: 'Skip' });
+
+  try {
+    await skip.waitFor({ state: 'visible', timeout: 8_000 });
+    await skip.click();
+    await skip.waitFor({ state: 'hidden' });
+  } catch {
+    // No tour.
+  }
+}
+
+test.describe('purge controls', () => {
+  /**
+   * The confirm button's loading state was set when a purge started and never
+   * cleared, so the second time the dialog opened its only action was a
+   * disabled spinner - until a page reload remounted the button.
+   */
+  test('the list-view purge can be used twice without a reload', async ({ page }) => {
+    await page.goto(ARTICLES);
+    await skipGuidedTour(page);
+
+    for (let attempt = 1; attempt <= 2; attempt += 1) {
+      await page.getByRole('button', { name: PURGE }).first().click();
+
+      const confirm = page.getByRole('alertdialog').getByRole('button', { name: PURGE });
+      await expect(confirm, `confirm button on attempt ${attempt}`).toBeEnabled({
+        timeout: 5_000,
+      });
+      await confirm.click();
+
+      await expect(page.getByText('Cache purged successfully').first()).toBeVisible();
+      await expect(page.getByRole('alertdialog')).toHaveCount(0);
+    }
+  });
+
+  /**
+   * The edit view's purge action must remove the cached response for the
+   * entry that is open: /api/articles/:id, where REST's `:id` is the
+   * documentId. It used to send the document's own fields as the route
+   * params, so `:id` was filled with the numeric database row id and matched
+   * no cache key.
+   *
+   * clearRelatedCache - on in the playground - masks that: a content type is a
+   * member of its own related set, so every purge also wildcards its own
+   * routes and the entry goes anyway. That is why the request body is asserted
+   * directly, rather than relying on the entry going missing. Run with
+   * CLEAR_RELATED_CACHE=false and the MISS assertion below covers it as well.
+   */
+  test('the edit-view purge action purges the open entry', async ({ page, baseURL }) => {
+    // Cookie-less, so the default hitpass does not bypass the cache.
+    const anonymous = await request.newContext({ baseURL, storageState: undefined });
+
+    const list = await anonymous.get('/api/articles');
+    const { data } = (await list.json()) as { data: Array<{ documentId: string }> };
+    const { documentId } = data[0];
+    const entryUrl = `/api/articles/${documentId}`;
+
+    await anonymous.get(entryUrl);
+    expect((await anonymous.get(entryUrl)).headers()['x-cache']).toBe('HIT');
+
+    await page.goto(`${ARTICLES}/${documentId}`);
+
+    const purgeRequest = page.waitForRequest(
+      (req) => req.url().endsWith('/rest-cache/purge') && req.method() === 'POST'
+    );
+
+    await page
+      .getByRole('button', { name: /more (document )?actions/i })
+      .last()
+      .click();
+    await page.getByRole('menuitem', { name: PURGE }).click();
+    await page.getByRole('alertdialog').getByRole('button', { name: /confirm/i }).click();
+
+    const sent = (await purgeRequest).postDataJSON() as {
+      contentType: string;
+      params?: Record<string, unknown>;
+    };
+
+    await expect(page.getByText('Cache purged successfully')).toBeVisible();
+
+    // The entry the editor purged must now be a miss.
+    expect((await anonymous.get(entryUrl)).headers()['x-cache']).toBe('MISS');
+
+    // And for the right reason: scoped to this entry's documentId.
+    expect(sent.contentType).toBe('api::article.article');
+    expect(sent.params?.id).toBe(documentId);
+
+    await anonymous.dispose();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/plugin-rest-cache/admin/src/components/PurgeCacheButton/index.tsx b/packages/plugin-rest-cache/admin/src/components/PurgeCacheButton/index.tsx
index af4339d3..fa29c704 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-rest-cache/admin/src/components/PurgeCacheButton/index.tsx
+++ b/packages/plugin-rest-cache/admin/src/components/PurgeCacheButton/index.tsx
@@ -99,6 +99,10 @@ const PurgeCacheButton = ({
           }),
       });
     } finally {
+      // The button stays mounted after the dialog closes, so a loading state
+      // left set here is what the next confirmation opens with: a disabled
+      // spinner as the only action, until a reload remounts it.
+      setIsLoading(false);
       setShowConfirmModal(false);
     }
   };
diff --git a/packages/plugin-rest-cache/admin/src/hooks/useCachedDocument.ts b/packages/plugin-rest-cache/admin/src/hooks/useCachedDocument.ts
index 71de976c..130a82c3 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-rest-cache/admin/src/hooks/useCachedDocument.ts
+++ b/packages/plugin-rest-cache/admin/src/hooks/useCachedDocument.ts
@@ -29,6 +29,31 @@ const toPurgeParams = (values: unknown): PurgeRequest['params'] => {
   return params;
 };
 
+/**
+ * The route params that address this entry in the REST API.
+ *
+ * `:id` in a Strapi 5 REST route is the documentId - `/api/articles/:id` is
+ * requested as `/api/articles/<documentId>`, and that is what the cache key
+ * holds. The document's own `id` field is the numeric database row id, which
+ * never appears in a URL, so passing the document through as-is purged a key
+ * that cannot exist. With clearRelatedCache on that went unnoticed, because a
+ * content type is related to itself and its routes are wildcarded anyway; with
+ * it off, the edit-view purge removed nothing for the entry it was opened on.
+ *
+ * The other scalar fields stay, so a custom route such as `/api/articles/:slug`
+ * is still narrowed to this entry. The server's document service middleware
+ * scopes its own purges the same way, with `{ id: documentId }`.
+ */
+const toEntryParams = (values: unknown, documentId?: string): PurgeRequest['params'] => {
+  const params = toPurgeParams(values) ?? {};
+
+  if (documentId) {
+    params.id = documentId;
+  }
+
+  return params;
+};
+
 export interface CachedDocument {
   /**
    * Whether a purge control should be offered for the document currently open.
@@ -79,7 +104,7 @@ export const useCachedDocument = ({
     // Nothing has been written yet, so nothing can be cached.
     isEligible: Boolean(documentId) && config !== undefined,
     config,
-    params: isSingleType ? {} : toPurgeParams(document),
+    params: isSingleType ? {} : toEntryParams(document, documentId),
     isSingleType,
   };
 };