diff --git a/key.ui/src/main/java/de/uka/ilkd/key/gui/prooftree/ProofTreeView.java b/key.ui/src/main/java/de/uka/ilkd/key/gui/prooftree/ProofTreeView.java
index 8b34cc79656..9852ef0119d 100644
--- a/key.ui/src/main/java/de/uka/ilkd/key/gui/prooftree/ProofTreeView.java
+++ b/key.ui/src/main/java/de/uka/ilkd/key/gui/prooftree/ProofTreeView.java
@@ -1066,6 +1066,13 @@ public synchronized void autoModeStarted(ProofEvent e) {
                 LOGGER.debug("delegateModel is null");
                 return;
             }
+            if (e.getSource() != proof) {
+                // Auto mode on a proof this view does not display, e.g. an auxiliary side proof
+                // of the information-flow macros (see #3713). Overwriting modifiedSubtrees with
+                // the foreign proof's goals would feed its nodes into the displayed proof's tree
+                // model in autoModeStopped.
+                return;
+            }
 
             // save goals on which the prover may work
             modifiedSubtrees = e.getSource().openGoals().map(Goal::node);
@@ -1088,7 +1095,10 @@ public synchronized void autoModeStopped(ProofEvent e) {
             setProof(mediator.getSelectedProof());
             if (modifiedSubtrees != null) {
                 for (final Node n : modifiedSubtrees) {
-                    if (proof.openGoals().filter(g -> g.node() == n).isEmpty()) {
+                    // skip nodes of other proofs: the displayed proof may have changed since the
+                    // subtrees were recorded in autoModeStarted (see #3713)
+                    if (n.proof() == proof
+                            && proof.openGoals().filter(g -> g.node() == n).isEmpty()) {
                         delegateModel.updateTree(n);
                     }
                 }
diff --git a/key.ui/src/main/java/de/uka/ilkd/key/ui/AbstractMediatorUserInterfaceControl.java b/key.ui/src/main/java/de/uka/ilkd/key/ui/AbstractMediatorUserInterfaceControl.java
index bf2a9af1aeb..2d371f51113 100644
--- a/key.ui/src/main/java/de/uka/ilkd/key/ui/AbstractMediatorUserInterfaceControl.java
+++ b/key.ui/src/main/java/de/uka/ilkd/key/ui/AbstractMediatorUserInterfaceControl.java
@@ -172,9 +172,10 @@ public void proofDisposed(ProofDisposedEvent e) {
             });
             // stop interface again, because it is activated by the proof
             // change through startProver; the ProofMacroWorker will activate
-            // it again at the right time
+            // it again at the right time.
             ThreadUtilities.invokeAndWait(() -> {
-                getMediator().initiateAutoMode(info.getProof(), true, false);
+                getMediator().stopInterface(true);
+                getMediator().setInteractive(false);
             });
         }
     }
diff --git a/key.ui/src/test/java/de/uka/ilkd/key/gui/prooftree/DisposedProofTreeUpdateTest.java b/key.ui/src/test/java/de/uka/ilkd/key/gui/prooftree/DisposedProofTreeUpdateTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..cb4129b5b57
--- /dev/null
+++ b/key.ui/src/test/java/de/uka/ilkd/key/gui/prooftree/DisposedProofTreeUpdateTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+/* This file is part of KeY - https://key-project.org
+ * KeY is licensed under the GNU General Public License Version 2
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
+package de.uka.ilkd.key.gui.prooftree;
+
+import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.util.Objects;
+import javax.swing.tree.TreeNode;
+
+import de.uka.ilkd.key.control.DefaultUserInterfaceControl;
+import de.uka.ilkd.key.control.KeYEnvironment;
+import de.uka.ilkd.key.proof.Node;
+import de.uka.ilkd.key.proof.Proof;
+
+import org.key_project.util.helper.FindResources;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertThrows;
+
+/**
+ * Documents the fail-fast contract of the proof tree model for the constellation behind issue
+ * #3713: nodes of a foreign (here: already disposed) proof must never be fed into another proof's
+ * {@link GUIProofTreeModel}. The information-flow auto pilot's side proof used to leak into
+ * {@code ProofTreeView.modifiedSubtrees} this way; the actual fix prevents the leak in
+ * {@code ProofTreeView} and {@code AbstractMediatorUserInterfaceControl#macroFinished}. The model
+ * itself deliberately keeps failing fast when the invariant is violated, so that bookkeeping bugs
+ * of this kind surface instead of being rendered silently.
+ */
+public class DisposedProofTreeUpdateTest {
+    private static final Path exampleDir =
+        Objects.requireNonNull(FindResources.getExampleDirectory());
+    private static final String EXAMPLE_PROOF =
+        "standard_key/BookExamples/10UsingKeY/andCommutes.proof";
+
+    @Test
+    void updatingWithNodeOfForeignDisposedProofFailsFast() throws Exception {
+        KeYEnvironment<DefaultUserInterfaceControl> env =
+            KeYEnvironment.load(exampleDir.resolve(EXAMPLE_PROOF));
+        Proof displayed = env.getLoadedProof();
+        KeYEnvironment<DefaultUserInterfaceControl> env2 =
+            KeYEnvironment.load(exampleDir.resolve(EXAMPLE_PROOF));
+        Proof foreign = env2.getLoadedProof();
+
+        GUIProofTreeModel model = new GUIProofTreeModel(displayed);
+        forceExpand((TreeNode) model.getRoot());
+
+        // keep a node of the foreign proof (Node keeps its proof reference), then dispose it
+        Node foreignRoot = foreign.root();
+        foreign.dispose();
+
+        assertThrows(IllegalStateException.class, () -> model.updateTree(foreignRoot),
+            "walking a foreign disposed proof's node must fail fast");
+
+        env.dispose();
+        env2.dispose();
+    }
+
+    private static void forceExpand(TreeNode node) {
+        int count = node.getChildCount();
+        for (int i = 0; i < count; i++) {
+            forceExpand(node.getChildAt(i));
+        }
+    }
+}