diff --git a/examples/react/src/examples/Stress/index.tsx b/examples/react/src/examples/Stress/index.tsx
index 9020ddd6..496fd500 100644
--- a/examples/react/src/examples/Stress/index.tsx
+++ b/examples/react/src/examples/Stress/index.tsx
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ import {
   Controls,
   Background,
   Panel,
+  ReactFlowProvider,
+  useReactFlow,
 } from '@xyflow/react';
 
 import { getNodesAndEdges } from './utils';
@@ -22,6 +24,7 @@ const { nodes: initialNodes, edges: initialEdges } = getNodesAndEdges(25, 25);
 const StressFlow = () => {
   const [nodes, setNodes] = useState<Node[]>(initialNodes);
   const [edges, setEdges] = useState<Edge[]>(initialEdges);
+  const { fitView } = useReactFlow();
   const onConnect = useCallback((connection: Connection) => {
     setEdges((eds) => addEdge(connection, eds));
   }, []);
@@ -191,12 +194,13 @@ const StressFlow = () => {
         return {
           ...n,
           position: {
-            x: Math.random() * window.innerWidth,
-            y: Math.random() * window.innerHeight,
+            x: Math.random() * window.innerWidth * 4,
+            y: Math.random() * window.innerHeight * 4,
           },
         };
       });
     });
+    fitView();
   };
 
   const updateElements = () => {
@@ -240,4 +244,10 @@ const StressFlow = () => {
   );
 };
 
-export default StressFlow;
+export default function StressFlowProvider() {
+  return (
+    <ReactFlowProvider>
+      <StressFlow />
+    </ReactFlowProvider>
+  );
+}
diff --git a/packages/react/src/store/index.ts b/packages/react/src/store/index.ts
index 909d8572..8b219d27 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/store/index.ts
+++ b/packages/react/src/store/index.ts
@@ -41,11 +41,36 @@ const createStore = ({
   nodeOrigin?: NodeOrigin;
   nodeExtent?: CoordinateExtent;
 }) =>
-  createWithEqualityFn<ReactFlowState>(
-    (set, get) => ({
+  createWithEqualityFn<ReactFlowState>((set, get) => {
+    function resolveFitView() {
+      const { nodeLookup, panZoom, fitViewOptions, fitViewResolver, width, height, minZoom, maxZoom } = get();
+
+      if (!panZoom) {
+        return;
+      }
+
+      const fitViewPromise = fitViewport(
+        {
+          nodes: nodeLookup,
+          width,
+          height,
+          panZoom,
+          minZoom,
+          maxZoom,
+        },
+        fitViewOptions
+      );
+      fitViewPromise.then((value) => {
+        fitViewResolver?.resolve(value);
+        set({ fitViewResolver: null });
+      });
+      set({ nodes, fitViewQueued: false, fitViewOptions: undefined });
+    }
+
+    return {
       ...getInitialState({ nodes, edges, width, height, fitView, nodeOrigin, nodeExtent, defaultNodes, defaultEdges }),
       setNodes: (nodes: Node[]) => {
-        const { nodeLookup, parentLookup, nodeOrigin, elevateNodesOnSelect, fitViewQueued, panZoom } = get();
+        const { nodeLookup, parentLookup, nodeOrigin, elevateNodesOnSelect, fitViewQueued } = get();
         /*
          * setNodes() is called exclusively in response to user actions:
          * - either when the `<ReactFlow nodes>` prop is updated in the controlled ReactFlow setup,
@@ -62,24 +87,8 @@ const createStore = ({
           checkEquality: true,
         });
 
-        if (fitViewQueued && nodesInitialized && panZoom) {
-          const { fitViewOptions, fitViewResolver, width, height, minZoom, maxZoom } = get();
-          const fitViewPromise = fitViewport(
-            {
-              nodes: nodeLookup,
-              width,
-              height,
-              panZoom,
-              minZoom,
-              maxZoom,
-            },
-            fitViewOptions
-          );
-          fitViewPromise.then((value) => {
-            fitViewResolver?.resolve(value);
-            set({ fitViewResolver: null });
-          });
-          set({ nodes, fitViewQueued: false, fitViewOptions: undefined });
+        if (fitViewQueued && nodesInitialized) {
+          resolveFitView();
         } else {
           set({ nodes });
         }
@@ -109,7 +118,8 @@ const createStore = ({
        * new dimensions and update the nodes.
        */
       updateNodeInternals: (updates) => {
-        const { triggerNodeChanges, nodeLookup, parentLookup, domNode, nodeOrigin, nodeExtent, debug } = get();
+        const { triggerNodeChanges, nodeLookup, parentLookup, domNode, nodeOrigin, nodeExtent, debug, fitViewQueued } =
+          get();
 
         const { changes, updatedInternals } = updateNodeInternalsSystem(
           updates,
@@ -126,8 +136,12 @@ const createStore = ({
 
         updateAbsolutePositions(nodeLookup, parentLookup, { nodeOrigin, nodeExtent });
 
-        // we always want to trigger useStore calls whenever updateNodeInternals is called
-        set({});
+        if (fitViewQueued) {
+          resolveFitView();
+        } else {
+          // we always want to trigger useStore calls whenever updateNodeInternals is called
+          set({});
+        }
 
         if (changes?.length > 0) {
           if (debug) {
@@ -329,8 +343,7 @@ const createStore = ({
       },
 
       reset: () => set({ ...getInitialState() }),
-    }),
-    Object.is
-  );
+    };
+  }, Object.is);
 
 export { createStore };
diff --git a/packages/react/src/store/initialState.ts b/packages/react/src/store/initialState.ts
index c63c9e9c..8be408b8 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/store/initialState.ts
+++ b/packages/react/src/store/initialState.ts
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ const getInitialState = ({
 
     multiSelectionActive: false,
 
-    fitViewQueued: false,
+    fitViewQueued: fitView ?? false,
     fitViewOptions: undefined,
     fitViewResolver: null,