diff --git a/packages/frontend/editor-ui/src/features/shared/toolsConnection/ToolRow.vue b/packages/frontend/editor-ui/src/features/shared/toolsConnection/ToolRow.vue
index a96875c9987..411143c7a89 100644
--- a/packages/frontend/editor-ui/src/features/shared/toolsConnection/ToolRow.vue
+++ b/packages/frontend/editor-ui/src/features/shared/toolsConnection/ToolRow.vue
@@ -228,6 +228,7 @@ function handleConnect() {
 				:node-type-name="item.title"
 				:scope="restriction.scope"
 				:anchor="rowRef"
+				:side-offset="48"
 			/>
 			<N8nTooltip
 				v-else-if="isDisabled"
diff --git a/packages/modules/type-availability-policies/frontend/src/components/ContactInstanceAdminModal.vue b/packages/modules/type-availability-policies/frontend/src/components/ContactInstanceAdminModal.vue
index 98ba962c356..37ccc0eec1d 100644
--- a/packages/modules/type-availability-policies/frontend/src/components/ContactInstanceAdminModal.vue
+++ b/packages/modules/type-availability-policies/frontend/src/components/ContactInstanceAdminModal.vue
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ function mailtoHref(email: string): string {
 		:header="i18n.baseText('typeAvailabilityPolicies.contactAdmin.title')"
 		:description="description"
 		size="medium"
+		stacked
 		data-test-id="contact-instance-admin-modal"
 	>
 		<N8nLoading v-if="isLoading" :rows="2" variant="p" :class="$style.body" />
diff --git a/packages/modules/type-availability-policies/frontend/src/components/RestrictedNodePopover.test.ts b/packages/modules/type-availability-policies/frontend/src/components/RestrictedNodePopover.test.ts
index 1ad34648949..a2f863b1a00 100644
--- a/packages/modules/type-availability-policies/frontend/src/components/RestrictedNodePopover.test.ts
+++ b/packages/modules/type-availability-policies/frontend/src/components/RestrictedNodePopover.test.ts
@@ -14,8 +14,9 @@ const renderComponent = createComponentRenderer(RestrictedNodePopover, {
 		stubs: {
 			ContactInstanceAdminModal: {
 				props: ['open', 'nodeTypeName'],
+				emits: ['update:open'],
 				template:
-					'<div v-if="open" data-test-id="contact-instance-admin-modal">{{ nodeTypeName }}</div>',
+					'<div v-if="open" data-test-id="contact-instance-admin-modal">{{ nodeTypeName }}<button data-test-id="contact-instance-admin-close" @click="$emit(\'update:open\', false)" /></div>',
 			},
 		},
 	},
@@ -52,6 +53,14 @@ describe('RestrictedNodePopover', () => {
 		expect(screen.getByText(DESCRIPTION)).toBeInTheDocument();
 	});
 
+	it('places the popover where the host asks', async () => {
+		renderPopover({ active: true, side: 'top', align: 'end' });
+
+		const content = (await screen.findByTestId('node-restricted-popover')).closest('[data-side]');
+		expect(content).toHaveAttribute('data-side', 'top');
+		expect(content).toHaveAttribute('data-align', 'end');
+	});
+
 	it('names the project scope', async () => {
 		renderPopover({ active: true, scope: 'project' });
 
@@ -75,6 +84,68 @@ describe('RestrictedNodePopover', () => {
 		expect(screen.getByTestId('node-restricted-popover')).toBeInTheDocument();
 	});
 
+	it('closes at once when the pointer moves to another restricted row', async () => {
+		const otherAnchor = document.createElement('div');
+		document.body.appendChild(otherAnchor);
+		renderPopover({ anchor, nodeTypeName: 'Gmail' });
+		renderPopover({ anchor: otherAnchor, nodeTypeName: 'Slack' });
+
+		await userEvent.hover(anchor);
+		expect(await screen.findByText('Gmail')).toBeInTheDocument();
+
+		await userEvent.hover(otherAnchor);
+		expect(await screen.findByText('Slack')).toBeInTheDocument();
+		expect(screen.queryByText('Gmail')).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+
+		otherAnchor.remove();
+	});
+
+	it('keeps every popover closed while a dialog opened from another row is open', async () => {
+		const otherAnchor = document.createElement('div');
+		document.body.appendChild(otherAnchor);
+		renderPopover({ anchor, nodeTypeName: 'Gmail' });
+		renderPopover({ anchor: otherAnchor, nodeTypeName: 'Slack' });
+
+		await userEvent.hover(anchor);
+		await screen.findByText('Gmail');
+		await userEvent.hover(otherAnchor);
+		const popover = await screen.findByText('Slack');
+		await userEvent.hover(popover);
+		await userEvent.click(screen.getByTestId('node-restricted-contact-admin'));
+
+		expect(screen.getByTestId('contact-instance-admin-modal')).toHaveTextContent('Slack');
+		await waitFor(() =>
+			expect(screen.queryByTestId('node-restricted-popover')).not.toBeInTheDocument(),
+		);
+
+		otherAnchor.remove();
+	});
+
+	it('reopens on hover after the contact-admin dialog was opened from the popover and closed', async () => {
+		const otherAnchor = document.createElement('div');
+		document.body.appendChild(otherAnchor);
+		renderPopover({ anchor, nodeTypeName: 'Gmail' });
+		renderPopover({ anchor: otherAnchor, nodeTypeName: 'Slack' });
+
+		await userEvent.hover(anchor);
+		await userEvent.hover(await screen.findByTestId('node-restricted-popover'));
+		await userEvent.unhover(anchor);
+		await userEvent.click(screen.getByTestId('node-restricted-contact-admin'));
+		await userEvent.click(screen.getByTestId('contact-instance-admin-close'));
+		await waitFor(() =>
+			expect(screen.queryByTestId('node-restricted-popover')).not.toBeInTheDocument(),
+		);
+
+		await userEvent.hover(otherAnchor);
+		expect(await screen.findByText('Slack')).toBeInTheDocument();
+
+		await userEvent.hover(anchor);
+		expect(await screen.findByText('Gmail')).toBeInTheDocument();
+		expect(screen.queryByText('Slack')).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+
+		otherAnchor.remove();
+	});
+
 	it('opens while focus is inside the anchor row and closes when focus leaves', async () => {
 		const button = document.createElement('button');
 		anchor.appendChild(button);
diff --git a/packages/modules/type-availability-policies/frontend/src/components/RestrictedNodePopover.vue b/packages/modules/type-availability-policies/frontend/src/components/RestrictedNodePopover.vue
index 617bb057ba6..5f92218e18d 100644
--- a/packages/modules/type-availability-policies/frontend/src/components/RestrictedNodePopover.vue
+++ b/packages/modules/type-availability-policies/frontend/src/components/RestrictedNodePopover.vue
@@ -2,20 +2,27 @@
 import type { NodeTypeAvailabilityScope } from '@n8n/api-types';
 import { N8nButton, N8nIcon, N8nPopover, N8nText } from '@n8n/design-system';
 import { useI18n, type BaseTextKey } from '@n8n/i18n';
-import { unrefElement, useElementHover, useFocusWithin, type MaybeElement } from '@vueuse/core';
-import { computed, ref } from 'vue';
+import { unrefElement, useActiveElement, useElementHover, type MaybeElement } from '@vueuse/core';
+import { computed, ref, watch } from 'vue';
 
+import { useExclusiveOpen } from '../composables/useExclusiveOpen';
 import { SCOPE_LABEL_KEY } from '../type-availability-policies.constants';
 import ContactInstanceAdminModal from './ContactInstanceAdminModal.vue';
 
-const props = defineProps<{
-	nodeTypeName: string;
-	scope?: NodeTypeAvailabilityScope;
-	/** The list row the popover explains. It opens beside this element, not beside the lock. */
-	anchor?: MaybeElement;
-	/** Keyboard-active without DOM focus, such as a virtual list selection. */
-	active?: boolean;
-}>();
+const props = withDefaults(
+	defineProps<{
+		nodeTypeName: string;
+		scope?: NodeTypeAvailabilityScope;
+		/** The list row the popover explains. It opens beside this element, not beside the lock. */
+		anchor?: MaybeElement;
+		/** Keyboard-active without DOM focus, such as a virtual list selection. */
+		active?: boolean;
+		side?: 'top' | 'right' | 'bottom' | 'left';
+		align?: 'start' | 'center' | 'end';
+		sideOffset?: number;
+	}>(),
+	{ scope: undefined, anchor: undefined, side: 'left', align: 'center', sideOffset: 24 },
+);
 
 /** Leaving waits this long before closing, so the pointer can cross the gap to the popover. */
 const HOVER_GRACE_MS = 200;
@@ -26,12 +33,18 @@ const anchorElement = computed(() => unrefElement(props.anchor) ?? undefined);
 const contentRef = ref<HTMLElement | null>(null);
 const anchorHovered = useElementHover(anchorElement, { delayLeave: HOVER_GRACE_MS });
 const contentHovered = useElementHover(contentRef, { delayLeave: HOVER_GRACE_MS });
+watch(contentRef, (content) => {
+	if (!content) contentHovered.value = false;
+});
 const isContactAdminOpen = ref(false);
-// Content is teleported, so focus in it is outside the anchor.
-// Close for the contact-admin dialog, which this would otherwise cover.
-const { focused: anchorFocused } = useFocusWithin(anchorElement);
-const { focused: contentFocused } = useFocusWithin(contentRef);
-const open = computed(
+const activeElement = useActiveElement();
+const anchorFocused = computed(() =>
+	Boolean(anchorElement.value?.contains(activeElement.value ?? null)),
+);
+const contentFocused = computed(() =>
+	Boolean(contentRef.value?.contains(activeElement.value ?? null)),
+);
+const wantsOpen = computed(
 	() =>
 		!isContactAdminOpen.value &&
 		(anchorHovered.value ||
@@ -40,6 +53,7 @@ const open = computed(
 			contentFocused.value ||
 			props.active),
 );
+const open = useExclusiveOpen(wantsOpen);
 
 const scopeKey = computed<BaseTextKey>(
 	() =>
@@ -53,9 +67,9 @@ const scopeKey = computed<BaseTextKey>(
 		<!-- The tool pickers render this inside a modal. -->
 		<N8nPopover
 			:open="open"
-			side="left"
-			align="center"
-			:side-offset="24"
+			:side="props.side"
+			:align="props.align"
+			:side-offset="props.sideOffset"
 			:reference="anchorElement"
 			:suppress-auto-focus="true"
 			:content-class="$style.card"
diff --git a/packages/modules/type-availability-policies/frontend/src/composables/useExclusiveOpen.test.ts b/packages/modules/type-availability-policies/frontend/src/composables/useExclusiveOpen.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..46d5eb2fc05
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/modules/type-availability-policies/frontend/src/composables/useExclusiveOpen.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+import { describe, it, expect } from 'vitest';
+import { effectScope, nextTick, ref } from 'vue';
+
+import { useExclusiveOpen } from './useExclusiveOpen';
+
+function instance() {
+	const wantsOpen = ref(false);
+	const scope = effectScope();
+	const open = scope.run(() => useExclusiveOpen(wantsOpen))!;
+	return { wantsOpen, open, scope };
+}
+
+describe('useExclusiveOpen', () => {
+	it('closes the previous owner as soon as another instance wants to open', async () => {
+		const a = instance();
+		const b = instance();
+
+		a.wantsOpen.value = true;
+		await nextTick();
+		expect(a.open.value).toBe(true);
+
+		b.wantsOpen.value = true;
+		await nextTick();
+		expect(a.open.value).toBe(false);
+		expect(b.open.value).toBe(true);
+
+		a.scope.stop();
+		b.scope.stop();
+	});
+
+	it('keeps a displaced instance closed until it wants to open again', async () => {
+		const a = instance();
+		const b = instance();
+
+		a.wantsOpen.value = true;
+		b.wantsOpen.value = true;
+		await nextTick();
+		expect(b.open.value).toBe(true);
+
+		b.wantsOpen.value = false;
+		await nextTick();
+		expect(a.open.value).toBe(false);
+
+		a.wantsOpen.value = false;
+		await nextTick();
+		a.wantsOpen.value = true;
+		await nextTick();
+		expect(a.open.value).toBe(true);
+
+		a.scope.stop();
+		b.scope.stop();
+	});
+
+	it('opens an instance that already wants to open when it is created', async () => {
+		const wantsOpen = ref(true);
+		const scope = effectScope();
+		const open = scope.run(() => useExclusiveOpen(wantsOpen))!;
+
+		expect(open.value).toBe(true);
+
+		scope.stop();
+	});
+
+	it('releases the slot when the owner is disposed', async () => {
+		const a = instance();
+		const b = instance();
+
+		b.wantsOpen.value = true;
+		await nextTick();
+		b.scope.stop();
+		a.wantsOpen.value = true;
+		await nextTick();
+
+		expect(a.open.value).toBe(true);
+
+		a.scope.stop();
+	});
+});
diff --git a/packages/modules/type-availability-policies/frontend/src/composables/useExclusiveOpen.ts b/packages/modules/type-availability-policies/frontend/src/composables/useExclusiveOpen.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2e47730cf8f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/modules/type-availability-policies/frontend/src/composables/useExclusiveOpen.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+import { computed, onScopeDispose, ref, watch, type ComputedRef, type Ref } from 'vue';
+
+const activeOwner = ref<symbol | null>(null);
+
+export function useExclusiveOpen(wantsOpen: Ref<boolean>): ComputedRef<boolean> {
+	const owner = Symbol('exclusive-open');
+
+	const release = () => {
+		if (activeOwner.value === owner) activeOwner.value = null;
+	};
+
+	watch(
+		wantsOpen,
+		(wants) => {
+			if (wants) activeOwner.value = owner;
+			else release();
+		},
+		{ immediate: true },
+	);
+	onScopeDispose(release);
+
+	return computed(() => wantsOpen.value && activeOwner.value === owner);
+}