diff --git a/.github/release-notes/2.0.0b16.md b/.github/release-notes/2.0.0b16.md
index f1d672824..cc2c82bb5 100644
--- a/.github/release-notes/2.0.0b16.md
+++ b/.github/release-notes/2.0.0b16.md
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ See the cover docs for the details and the known limits.
 #### ⚠️ Other behaviour changes
 
 - **`myhome.send_message` and `myhome.sync_time` reject unknown keys.** A misspelt key such as `gw_mac` or a missing `message` raises a validation error instead of sending the frame to the default gateway; both services get text selectors in the visual editor (#189).
+- **Climate zones show the setpoint in force (dimension 12).** When the thermostat regulates to another setpoint than the commanded one (dimension 14; 23.5 in force while 21.0 commanded on an F461), the entity and `local_target_temperature` now show the one in force instead of the commanded value plus the knob offset. Known limit: once a zone has reported dimension 12, a dimension 14 that is not the echo of a Home Assistant write does not move the slider until the next dimension 12 report or poll (see Known Limitations).
 - **`myhome.sync_time` refuses time zones with a half-hour offset** (e.g. `Asia/Kolkata`, UTC+5:30) with a translated error. The WHO 13 time-zone field carries whole hours only; b15 (on OWNd 2.0.0b10) set the gateway clock with a truncated offset without saying so (#764).
 - **`advanced: true` on a standard F411 shutter now logs a startup warning.** Those actuators have no position reporting, so the position stayed at 50 % and calibration was refused; the error now says to remove `advanced: true` (#761, #762).
 
diff --git a/custom_components/myhome/climate.py b/custom_components/myhome/climate.py
index 7c4769ec2..f148e3e24 100644
--- a/custom_components/myhome/climate.py
+++ b/custom_components/myhome/climate.py
@@ -380,6 +380,9 @@ def __init__(
         self._local_offset: float = 0
         self._knob_pos: str = "UNKNOWN"
         self._local_target_temperature: float | None = None
+        # True while _local_target_temperature is the zone's own dimension 12 report (the
+        # setpoint in force, offset included): dimension 14 and 13 frames then leave it alone.
+        self._local_target_reported = False
         self._nominal_before_dim12: tuple[float | None, float] | None = None
         self._poll_health = PollHealth()
 
@@ -815,6 +818,9 @@ async def async_set_temperature(self, **kwargs: Any) -> None:
                 standalone=self._standalone,
             )
         )
+        # The write's echo decides what is shown next: dimension 12 where the gateway reports
+        # the setpoint in force (F461, MyHomeServer1), else the commanded dimension 14.
+        self._local_target_reported = False
 
     def _dimension_3_is_protection(self, message: OWNHeatingEvent) -> bool:
         """Whether a dimension 12/14 frame may be a protection setpoint rather than the nominal one.
@@ -843,6 +849,17 @@ def _restore_nominal_before_protection(self) -> None:
         if remembered is not None and time.monotonic() - remembered[1] <= _PROTECTION_FRAME_WINDOW:
             self._target_temperature = remembered[0]
 
+    def _show_nominal(self) -> None:
+        """Show the nominal setpoint plus the knob offset until the zone reports dimension 12 again.
+
+        Used when the zone leaves OFF (the dimension 12 value seen while OFF was the protection
+        setpoint) or a frame carries a new setpoint of its own.
+        """
+        if self._target_temperature is None:
+            return
+        self._local_target_temperature = self._target_temperature + self._local_offset
+        self._local_target_reported = False
+
     def _apply_zone_state(self, message: OWNHeatingEvent) -> None:
         """Dimension 7: the zone's operating state, and its setpoint in state 'setpoint'.
 
@@ -873,7 +890,7 @@ def _apply_zone_state(self, message: OWNHeatingEvent) -> None:
         if self._attr_hvac_mode != HVACMode.OFF and self._target_temperature is not None and (
             temperature is not None or prev_mode == HVACMode.OFF
         ):
-            self._local_target_temperature = self._target_temperature + self._local_offset
+            self._show_nominal()
 
     @callback
     def handle_event(self, message: OWNHeatingEvent) -> None:
@@ -903,7 +920,9 @@ def handle_event(self, message: OWNHeatingEvent) -> None:
             )
             self._target_temperature = message.set_temperature
             is_protection_or_off = self._dimension_3_is_protection(message)
-            if not is_protection_or_off:
+            # Dimension 14 is the commanded setpoint. The thermostat can regulate to another one
+            # (F461: 14 = 21.0 while 12 = 23.5), so a dimension 12 report stays what is shown.
+            if not is_protection_or_off and not self._local_target_reported:
                 self._local_target_temperature = (
                     self._target_temperature + self._local_offset
                     if self._target_temperature is not None
@@ -930,7 +949,11 @@ def handle_event(self, message: OWNHeatingEvent) -> None:
                 self._knob_pos = "?"
             else:
                 self._knob_pos = "UNKNOWN"
-            if self._target_temperature is not None and self._attr_hvac_mode != HVACMode.OFF:
+            if (
+                self._target_temperature is not None
+                and self._attr_hvac_mode != HVACMode.OFF
+                and not self._local_target_reported  # dimension 12 already includes the offset
+            ):
                 self._local_target_temperature = self._target_temperature + self._local_offset
         elif message.message_type == MESSAGE_TYPE_LOCAL_TARGET_TEMPERATURE:
             LOGGER.debug(
@@ -939,6 +962,7 @@ def handle_event(self, message: OWNHeatingEvent) -> None:
                 message.human_readable_log,
             )
             self._local_target_temperature = message.local_set_temperature
+            self._local_target_reported = self._local_target_temperature is not None
             is_protection_or_off = self._dimension_3_is_protection(message)
             if not is_protection_or_off:
                 self._remember_nominal()
@@ -978,7 +1002,7 @@ def handle_event(self, message: OWNHeatingEvent) -> None:
                 and self._attr_hvac_mode != HVACMode.OFF
                 and self._target_temperature is not None
             ):
-                self._local_target_temperature = self._target_temperature + self._local_offset
+                self._show_nominal()
             if self._central and self.hass is not None and self._attr_hvac_mode is not None:
                 async_dispatcher_send(
                     self.hass,
@@ -1039,7 +1063,7 @@ def handle_event(self, message: OWNHeatingEvent) -> None:
                 and self._attr_hvac_mode != HVACMode.OFF
                 and self._target_temperature is not None
             ):
-                self._local_target_temperature = self._target_temperature + self._local_offset
+                self._show_nominal()
             if self._central and self.hass is not None and self._attr_hvac_mode is not None:
                 async_dispatcher_send(
                     self.hass,
@@ -1090,9 +1114,7 @@ def handle_event(self, message: OWNHeatingEvent) -> None:
                 self._actuator_states.clear()
             if message.set_temperature is not None and message.set_temperature >= 0:
                 self._target_temperature = message.set_temperature
-                self._local_target_temperature = (
-                    self._target_temperature + self._local_offset
-                )
+                self._show_nominal()
             if self._central and self.hass is not None and self._attr_hvac_mode is not None:
                 async_dispatcher_send(
                     self.hass,
diff --git a/docs/configuration/climate.md b/docs/configuration/climate.md
index b755064e5..54acf5554 100644
--- a/docs/configuration/climate.md
+++ b/docs/configuration/climate.md
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ MyHOME climate entities support standard Home Assistant climate controls:
   - `auto`: Following scheduled setpoint or central program.
   - `off`: System frost-protection or thermal shutdown.
 * **Target Temperature**: Adjustable setpoint slider in 0.5 °C increments.
+  The slider shows the setpoint the thermostat regulates to (dimension 12, knob offset included) whenever the zone has reported it; the commanded setpoint (dimension 14) is only shown until then. On an F461 the two can differ (21.0 commanded, 23.5 in force on a live capture), and the attribute `local_target_temperature` carries the same value. When the zone leaves `off`, the value reported while it was off is taken as the protection setpoint (#383), so the commanded setpoint is shown until the zone reports dimension 12 again; after a `set_temperature` call the next report, dimension 12 or 14, is shown.
 * **Current Temperature**: Real-time ambient reading reported by the probe.
 * **Current Humidity**: Ambient relative humidity percentage for zones equipped with humidity sensors (e.g. Living Now thermostats or humidity probes).
 
diff --git a/docs/configuration/known_limitations.md b/docs/configuration/known_limitations.md
index 376e7a471..a919a72f2 100644
--- a/docs/configuration/known_limitations.md
+++ b/docs/configuration/known_limitations.md
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ Things the integration does not do, or does with a caveat, and the reason. Where
 | :--- | :--- | :--- |
 | **Weekly programs, holiday and scenario modes are not exposed.** | Only manual set-point, auto, off and the seasonal modes are modelled on the climate entity. | `myhome.send_message` with the central-unit mode frame (`*4*<mode>*#0##`). |
 | **4-zone central unit 4695 (`#0#1`) is verified on synthetic frames only.** | No community trace from a 4695 plant yet. | Please attach a trace to RFC #248 if you own one. |
+| **A commanded setpoint (dimension 14) that arrives without a following dimension 12 does not update the slider once the zone has reported a setpoint in force.** | The slider follows dimension 12 (the setpoint the thermostat regulates to, knob offset included) as soon as the zone has reported it; a dimension 14 that is not the echo of a write from Home Assistant is kept as the commanded value only. Both captured plants (F461 2.0.11 with a KW4691, MyHomeServer1 3.87.13 with 36 zones) emit dimension 12 after every write and after every local change, so the slider stays current there; a gateway that echoed only dimension 14 for an external change would leave the slider on the previous value until the next dimension 12 report or poll. | Reload the entity (`homeassistant.update_entity`) to poll `*#4*Z##`; please attach a trace if you see this. |
 | **Probes (`WHERE ≥ 100`) are read-only and push-driven.** | They NACK the explicit poll (`*#4*ZPP*15##`) and push readings on their own schedule. | Nothing needed; a probe that goes silent is polled again after 5 min. |
 
 ## Burglar alarm (WHO 5)
diff --git a/tests/test_climate_setpoint_in_force.py b/tests/test_climate_setpoint_in_force.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..61e60a792
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_climate_setpoint_in_force.py
@@ -0,0 +1,190 @@
+"""The setpoint in force (dimension 12) of a zone on a live F461 plant.
+
+F461 2.0.11, standalone zone 2 (actuator 1 heating valve, actuator 2 fan coil), reply to
+``*#4*2##``: ``*#4*2*0*0239##``, ``*#4*2*12*0235*3##``, ``*4*1*2##``,
+``*#4*2*14*0210*3##``, ``*#4*2*13*00##``. Dimension 12 (23.5) is what the thermostat
+regulates to; dimension 14 (21.0) is the commanded setpoint. Showing 21.0 hid a 2.5 degree
+difference. After a manual write ``*#4*2*#14*0220*3##`` the gateway emits
+``*#4*2*12*0220*3##`` and the season frame.
+"""
+from unittest.mock import AsyncMock, MagicMock
+
+import pytest
+from homeassistant.components.climate import HVACMode
+from OWNd.message import OWNHeatingEvent
+
+from custom_components.myhome import climate as climate_module
+from custom_components.myhome.climate import MyHOMEClimate
+
+F461_POLL_REPLY = (
+    "*#4*2*0*0239##",
+    "*#4*2*12*0235*3##",
+    "*4*1*2##",
+    "*#4*2*14*0210*3##",
+    "*#4*2*13*00##",
+)
+
+
+def _zone(hass, where="2", gateway=None, **kwargs):
+    if gateway is None:
+        gateway = MagicMock()
+        gateway.mac = "00:03:50:00:04:97"
+        gateway.send = AsyncMock()
+        gateway.send_status_request = AsyncMock()
+        gateway.has_central_unit = False
+    zone = MyHOMEClimate(
+        hass=hass, name=f"Zone {where}", device_id=f"4-{where}", who="4", where=where,
+        heating=True, cooling=True, fan=False, standalone=True, central=False,
+        manufacturer="BTicino", model="Heating Zone", gateway=gateway, **kwargs,
+    )
+    zone.hass = hass
+    zone.entity_id = f"climate.zone_{where}"
+    zone.async_write_ha_state = MagicMock()
+    return zone
+
+
+def _feed(zone, *frames):
+    for frame in frames:
+        zone.handle_event(OWNHeatingEvent(frame))
+
+
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------ dimension 12 vs 14
+
+async def test_live_f461_poll_reply_shows_the_setpoint_in_force(hass):
+    zone = _zone(hass)
+    _feed(zone, *F461_POLL_REPLY)
+    assert zone.current_temperature == 23.9
+    assert zone.hvac_mode == HVACMode.HEAT
+    assert zone.target_temperature == 23.5
+    assert zone.extra_state_attributes["local_target_temperature"] == 23.5
+    assert zone._target_temperature == 21.0  # the commanded setpoint is kept
+
+
+async def test_dimension_14_before_dimension_12_shows_the_setpoint_in_force(hass):
+    zone = _zone(hass)
+    _feed(zone, "*#4*2*0*0239##", "*#4*2*14*0210*3##", "*#4*2*12*0235*3##", "*4*1*2##", "*#4*2*13*00##")
+    assert zone.target_temperature == 23.5
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "frames",
+    [
+        ("*4*1*2##", "*#4*2*12*0235*3##", "*#4*2*14*0210*3##", "*#4*2*13*00##"),
+        ("*4*1*2##", "*#4*2*14*0210*3##", "*#4*2*12*0235*3##", "*#4*2*13*00##"),
+    ],
+    ids=["running-12-then-14", "running-14-then-12"],
+)
+async def test_running_zone_keeps_dimension_12_in_either_order(hass, frames):
+    zone = _zone(hass)
+    _feed(zone, *frames)
+    assert zone.target_temperature == 23.5
+
+
+async def test_second_poll_does_not_flip_the_target(hass):
+    zone = _zone(hass)
+    _feed(zone, *F461_POLL_REPLY)
+    _feed(zone, *F461_POLL_REPLY)
+    assert zone.target_temperature == 23.5
+
+
+async def test_offset_is_never_added_to_dimension_12(hass):
+    """Dimension 12 already includes the knob offset: +2 with 23.5 in force stays 23.5."""
+    zone = _zone(hass)
+    _feed(zone, "*#4*2*12*0235*3##", "*4*1*2##", "*#4*2*14*0210*3##", "*#4*2*13*02##")
+    assert zone._local_offset == 2
+    assert zone.target_temperature == 23.5
+    _feed(zone, "*#4*2*13*02##", "*#4*2*12*0235*3##", "*#4*2*14*0210*3##")
+    assert zone.target_temperature == 23.5
+
+
+async def test_without_dimension_12_the_commanded_setpoint_plus_offset_is_shown(hass):
+    zone = _zone(hass)
+    _feed(zone, "*4*1*2##", "*#4*2*14*0210*3##", "*#4*2*13*01##")
+    assert zone.target_temperature == 22.0
+
+
+async def test_manual_write_echo_updates_the_setpoint_in_force(hass):
+    zone = _zone(hass)
+    _feed(zone, *F461_POLL_REPLY)
+    # *#4*2*#14*0220*3## written; the gateway answers with dimension 12 and the season
+    _feed(zone, "*#4*2*12*0220*3##", "*4*1*2##")
+    assert zone.target_temperature == 22.0
+    assert zone._target_temperature == 22.0
+
+
+async def test_protection_then_back_on_shows_the_nominal_again(hass, monkeypatch):
+    """Off with a 7.0 protection setpoint, then on: the nominal comes back (#383), not 7.0."""
+    clock = [1000.0]
+    monkeypatch.setattr(climate_module.time, "monotonic", lambda: clock[0])
+    zone = _zone(hass)
+    _feed(zone, *F461_POLL_REPLY)
+    _feed(zone, "*#4*2*12*0070*3##", "*4*102*2##")
+    assert zone.hvac_mode == HVACMode.OFF
+    assert zone.target_temperature == 7.0
+    _feed(zone, "*#4*2*14*0210*3##", "*#4*2*13*00##")
+    assert zone.target_temperature == 7.0
+    _feed(zone, "*4*1*2##")
+    assert zone.hvac_mode == HVACMode.HEAT
+    assert zone.target_temperature == 21.0
+    # the next poll reports what the thermostat regulates to again
+    _feed(zone, "*#4*2*12*0235*3##", "*#4*2*14*0210*3##")
+    assert zone.target_temperature == 23.5
+
+
+async def test_nothing_is_shown_before_any_setpoint_is_known(hass):
+    """Leaving OFF before the zone ever reported a setpoint shows no target rather than an offset."""
+    zone = _zone(hass)
+    _feed(zone, "*#4*2*13*01##")
+    zone._show_nominal()
+    assert zone.target_temperature is None
+    assert zone._local_target_reported is False
+
+
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------ the write and the OFF -> on order
+
+async def test_set_temperature_writes_dimension_14_and_shows_the_echo(hass):
+    """``climate.set_temperature`` 22.0 writes ``*#4*2*#14*0220*3##``; the echo decides the display.
+
+    The bus monitor of the live plant showed ``*#4*2*12*0220*3##`` then ``*4*1*2##`` after the
+    write. A gateway that echoes only dimension 14 must also update the display: the write
+    clears the dimension 12 hold, so neither echo leaves the old value in force on screen.
+    """
+    zone = _zone(hass)
+    _feed(zone, *F461_POLL_REPLY)
+    assert zone.target_temperature == 23.5
+    await zone.async_set_temperature(temperature=22.0)
+    zone._gateway_handler.send.assert_awaited_once()
+    assert str(zone._gateway_handler.send.await_args.args[0]) == "*#4*2*#14*0220*3##"
+    assert zone.target_temperature == 23.5  # nothing echoed yet
+    assert zone._local_target_reported is False
+    _feed(zone, "*#4*2*14*0220*3##")  # a dimension 14-only echo is not stale any more
+    assert zone.target_temperature == 22.0
+    _feed(zone, "*#4*2*12*0220*3##", "*4*1*2##")  # the F461 echo
+    assert zone.target_temperature == 22.0
+    assert zone._local_target_reported is True
+
+
+async def test_dimension_12_just_before_leaving_off_is_treated_as_protection(hass, monkeypatch):
+    """The live reply order puts dimension 12 before the season frame.
+
+    While the zone is still OFF that value may be the protection setpoint (#383), so leaving
+    OFF shows the nominal setpoint; the next dimension 12 report of the running zone wins.
+    """
+    clock = [1000.0]
+    monkeypatch.setattr(climate_module.time, "monotonic", lambda: clock[0])
+    zone = _zone(hass)
+    _feed(zone, *F461_POLL_REPLY)
+    _feed(zone, "*#4*2*12*0070*3##", "*4*102*2##")
+    assert zone.hvac_mode == HVACMode.OFF
+    # next poll: the zone was switched on at the thermostat; dimension 12 precedes the season
+    _feed(zone, "*#4*2*0*0239##", "*#4*2*12*0235*3##")
+    assert zone.target_temperature == 23.5
+    _feed(zone, "*4*1*2##")
+    assert zone.hvac_mode == HVACMode.HEAT
+    assert zone.target_temperature == 21.0  # nominal until the running zone reports again
+    assert zone._local_target_reported is False
+    _feed(zone, "*#4*2*14*0210*3##", "*#4*2*13*00##")
+    assert zone.target_temperature == 21.0
+    _feed(zone, "*#4*2*12*0235*3##")
+    assert zone.target_temperature == 23.5
+    assert zone._local_target_reported is True