diff --git a/app/react/docker/containers/ItemView/ItemView.test.tsx b/app/react/docker/containers/ItemView/ItemView.test.tsx
index 9c1a362e6..7d5a898d1 100644
--- a/app/react/docker/containers/ItemView/ItemView.test.tsx
+++ b/app/react/docker/containers/ItemView/ItemView.test.tsx
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import { server } from '@/setup-tests/server';
 import { User } from '@/portainer/users/types';
 import { ContainerDetailsViewModel } from '@/docker/models/containerDetails';
 
-import { ItemView } from './ItemView';
+import { ItemView, STACK_CONTAINER_STATE_NAME } from './ItemView';
 
 const { useCurrentStateAndParamsMock } = vi.hoisted(() => ({
   useCurrentStateAndParamsMock: vi.fn(),
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ describe('ItemView', () => {
 
   it('keeps the stack trail when the container is opened from a stack', async () => {
     useCurrentStateAndParamsMock.mockReturnValue({
-      state: { name: 'docker.stacks.stack.container' },
+      state: { name: STACK_CONTAINER_STATE_NAME },
       params: {
         id: 'container-id-123',
         endpointId: '1',
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ describe('ItemView', () => {
 
   it('keeps the stack trail without a stack id for an external stack', async () => {
     useCurrentStateAndParamsMock.mockReturnValue({
-      state: { name: 'docker.stacks.stack.container' },
+      state: { name: STACK_CONTAINER_STATE_NAME },
       params: {
         id: 'container-id-123',
         endpointId: '1',
@@ -121,6 +121,45 @@ describe('ItemView', () => {
     ).not.toBeInTheDocument();
   });
 
+  it('keeps the stack trail with the stack id for an orphaned stack', async () => {
+    useCurrentStateAndParamsMock.mockReturnValue({
+      state: { name: STACK_CONTAINER_STATE_NAME },
+      params: {
+        id: 'container-id-123',
+        endpointId: '1',
+        nodeName: undefined,
+        name: 'orphan-stack',
+        stackId: '7',
+        type: '2',
+        // Orphaned stacks are identified by orphaned=true and, unlike regular
+        // stacks, carry no `regular` flag. They still have a DB id (stackId),
+        // so the back-link must keep stackId and must NOT take the external
+        // (id-less) branch.
+        orphaned: 'true',
+        tab: 'logs',
+      },
+    });
+
+    renderComponent();
+
+    // Stack trail is shown instead of the global Containers crumb.
+    const stacksCrumb = await screen.findByRole('link', { name: 'Stacks' });
+    expect(stacksCrumb).toBeVisible();
+
+    const stackCrumb = screen.getByRole('link', { name: 'orphan-stack' });
+    expect(stackCrumb).toBeVisible();
+    const href = stackCrumb.getAttribute('href');
+    // Orphaned stacks keep their numeric stack id so the stack can reload,
+    // flag the orphaned state, and must not be treated as external.
+    expect(href).toContain('stackId=7');
+    expect(href).toContain('orphaned=true');
+    expect(href).not.toContain('external=');
+
+    expect(
+      screen.queryByRole('link', { name: 'Containers' })
+    ).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+  });
+
   it('renders health status section when container has health data', async () => {
     renderComponent({
       container: {
diff --git a/app/react/docker/containers/ItemView/ItemView.tsx b/app/react/docker/containers/ItemView/ItemView.tsx
index de5fdbfd3..c2d159f34 100644
--- a/app/react/docker/containers/ItemView/ItemView.tsx
+++ b/app/react/docker/containers/ItemView/ItemView.tsx
@@ -22,6 +22,27 @@ import { VolumesSection } from './VolumesSection/VolumesSection';
 import { ContainerNetworksDatatable } from './ContainerNetworksDatatable';
 import { HealthStatus } from './HealthStatus';
 
+// ui-router state name for a container opened from within a stack. Kept as a
+// single source of truth so a future state rename stays in sync with the
+// breadcrumb logic (and its test) instead of silently falling back to the
+// default crumb.
+export const STACK_CONTAINER_STATE_NAME = 'docker.stacks.stack.container';
+
+// Shape of the params handed to the docker.stacks.stack route when building the
+// back-to-stack breadcrumb link. Values are strings (inherited route params)
+// except `external`, which is emitted as a boolean and serialized to
+// `external=true` by ui-router.
+type StackLinkParams = {
+  name?: string;
+  stackId?: string;
+  type?: string;
+  regular?: string;
+  orphaned?: string;
+  orphanedRunning?: string;
+  external?: boolean;
+  tab?: string;
+};
+
 export function ItemView() {
   const environmentId = useEnvironmentId();
   const { state, params } = useCurrentStateAndParams();
@@ -116,7 +137,7 @@ export function ItemView() {
   );
 }
 
-// When a container is opened from a stack (state docker.stacks.stack.container),
+// When a container is opened from a stack (state STACK_CONTAINER_STATE_NAME),
 // keep the stack trail in the breadcrumbs so the user can navigate back to the
 // stack. Otherwise fall back to the global containers list.
 function getContainerBreadcrumbs(
@@ -124,7 +145,7 @@ function getContainerBreadcrumbs(
   params: Record<string, string | undefined>,
   containerName: string
 ): Array<Crumb | string> {
-  if (stateName === 'docker.stacks.stack.container') {
+  if (stateName === STACK_CONTAINER_STATE_NAME) {
     return [
       { label: 'Stacks', link: 'docker.stacks' },
       {
@@ -143,7 +164,7 @@ function getContainerBreadcrumbs(
 // (container) route params, which are inherited from the parent stack state.
 function buildStackLinkParams(
   params: Record<string, string | undefined>
-): Record<string, unknown> {
+): StackLinkParams {
   // External stacks have no DB id; they are identified by name/type only.
   if (params.external === 'true') {
     return {