diff --git a/browser_tests/tests/templateFitView.spec.ts b/browser_tests/tests/templateFitView.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..933c032285
--- /dev/null
+++ b/browser_tests/tests/templateFitView.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+import { expect } from '@playwright/test'
+
+import type { ComfyWorkflowJSON } from '@/platform/workflow/validation/schemas/workflowSchema'
+
+import { comfyPageFixture as test } from '../fixtures/ComfyPage'
+
+/**
+ * Tests that templates are automatically fitted to view when loaded.
+ *
+ * When openSource === 'template', fitView() is called to ensure
+ * templates with saved off-screen viewport positions (extra.ds)
+ * are always displayed correctly.
+ */
+test.describe('Template Fit View', { tag: ['@canvas', '@workflow'] }, () => {
+  test('should automatically fit view when loading a template with off-screen saved position', async ({
+    comfyPage
+  }) => {
+    await comfyPage.settings.setSetting('Comfy.EnableWorkflowViewRestore', true)
+
+    // Serialize the current default graph, inject an extreme off-screen
+    // viewport position, then reload it as a template. Without the fix,
+    // the saved offset [-5000, -5000] would be restored and nodes would
+    // be invisible.
+    const viewportState = await comfyPage.page.evaluate(async () => {
+      const app = window.app!
+      const workflow = app.graph.serialize()
+
+      workflow.extra = {
+        ...workflow.extra,
+        ds: { scale: 1, offset: [-5000, -5000] }
+      }
+
+      await app.loadGraphData(workflow as ComfyWorkflowJSON, true, true, null, {
+        openSource: 'template'
+      })
+
+      return {
+        offsetX: app.canvas.ds.offset[0],
+        offsetY: app.canvas.ds.offset[1],
+        nodeCount: app.graph._nodes.length
+      }
+    })
+
+    expect(viewportState.nodeCount).toBeGreaterThan(0)
+
+    // fitView() should have overridden the saved [-5000, -5000] offset
+    expect(
+      viewportState.offsetX,
+      'Viewport X offset should not be the saved off-screen value'
+    ).not.toBe(-5000)
+    expect(
+      viewportState.offsetY,
+      'Viewport Y offset should not be the saved off-screen value'
+    ).not.toBe(-5000)
+  })
+})
diff --git a/src/scripts/app.ts b/src/scripts/app.ts
index febf53ca39..6973114dfd 100644
--- a/src/scripts/app.ts
+++ b/src/scripts/app.ts
@@ -1250,7 +1250,10 @@ export class ComfyApp {
         restore_view &&
         useSettingStore().get('Comfy.EnableWorkflowViewRestore')
       ) {
-        if (graphData.extra?.ds) {
+        // Always fit view for templates to ensure they're visible on load
+        if (openSource === 'template') {
+          useLitegraphService().fitView()
+        } else if (graphData.extra?.ds) {
           this.canvas.ds.offset = graphData.extra.ds.offset
           this.canvas.ds.scale = graphData.extra.ds.scale