diff --git a/packages/survey-core/src/panel.ts b/packages/survey-core/src/panel.ts
index f1357dc366..fbdda525cb 100644
--- a/packages/survey-core/src/panel.ts
+++ b/packages/survey-core/src/panel.ts
@@ -491,8 +491,9 @@ export class PanelModelBase extends SurveyElement<Question>
     const survey: any = this.survey;
     const showInRuntime = survey && survey.showPageTitles && this.hasDescription;
     if (this.isDesignMode) {
+      const hasEnteredDescription = survey && survey.showPageTitles && !!this.description;
       let show = this.hasTitle &&
-        (showInRuntime && !!this.description ||
+        (hasEnteredDescription ||
           (this.showDescription && settings.designMode.showEmptyDescriptions));
       if (!!survey && !!survey.beforeShowInplaceDescriptionEditorCallback) {
         show = survey.beforeShowInplaceDescriptionEditorCallback(this, !!show);
diff --git a/packages/survey-core/src/survey-element.ts b/packages/survey-core/src/survey-element.ts
index 564ae79e13..145fcc87d3 100644
--- a/packages/survey-core/src/survey-element.ts
+++ b/packages/survey-core/src/survey-element.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { JsonObjectProperty, Serializer } from "./jsonobject";
 import { property } from "./decorators";
-import { Base } from "./base";
+import { ArrayChanges, Base } from "./base";
 import { EventBase } from "./event";
 import { IAction } from "./actions/action";
 import { AdaptiveActionContainer } from "./actions/adaptive-container";
@@ -101,15 +101,21 @@ export abstract class SurveyElementCore extends Base implements ILocalizableOwne
   protected resetDescriptionVisibility(): void {
     this.resetPropertyValue("hasDescription");
   }
+  private updateDescriptionVisibility(): void {
+    if (this.getPropertyValueWithoutDefault("hasDescription") === undefined) return;
+    this.setPropertyValue("hasDescription", this.calcDescriptionVisibility());
+  }
+  protected propertyValueChanged(name: string, oldValue: any, newValue: any, arrayChanges?: ArrayChanges, target?: Base): void {
+    super.propertyValueChanged(name, oldValue, newValue, arrayChanges, target);
+    if (name === "description" || (name === "title" && this.isDesignMode)) {
+      this.updateDescriptionVisibility();
+    }
+  }
   /**
    * Explanatory text displayed under the title.
    * @see hasDescription
    */
-  @property({
-    localizable: { markdown: true }, onSet: (newDescription, self) => {
-      self.resetDescriptionVisibility();
-    }
-  }) description: string;
+  @property({ localizable: { markdown: true } }) description: string;
   get locDescription(): LocalizableString {
     return this.getLocalizableString("description");
   }
diff --git a/packages/survey-core/tests/paneltests.ts b/packages/survey-core/tests/paneltests.ts
index d43bb94454..072b15e64d 100644
--- a/packages/survey-core/tests/paneltests.ts
+++ b/packages/survey-core/tests/paneltests.ts
@@ -793,6 +793,152 @@ describe("Panel", () => {
 
     (<any>survey).beforeShowInplaceDescriptionEditorCallback = undefined;
   });
+  test("PageModel: _showDescription passes the default visibility to the callback, not the callback's own result", () => {
+    const oldShowEmpty = settings.designMode.showEmptyDescriptions;
+    settings.designMode.showEmptyDescriptions = false;
+    const survey = new SurveyModel();
+    const page = survey.addNewPage("page");
+    page.title = "My page";
+    page.description = "My description";
+    survey.setDesignMode(true);
+    // A callback that hides the description. Its result must not become its own default afterwards.
+    const defaults: Array<boolean> = [];
+    (<any>survey).beforeShowInplaceDescriptionEditorCallback = (el: any, show: boolean): boolean => {
+      if (el === page) defaults.push(show);
+      return false;
+    };
+
+    expect(page._showDescription, "hidden by the callback").toBeFalsy();
+    defaults.length = 0;
+    expect(page._showDescription, "still hidden by the callback").toBeFalsy();
+    // The page has a description, so the default stays true however the callback voted before.
+    expect(defaults, "the callback gets the default visibility, not its previous result").toStrictEqual([true]);
+
+    (<any>survey).beforeShowInplaceDescriptionEditorCallback = undefined;
+    settings.designMode.showEmptyDescriptions = oldShowEmpty;
+  });
+  test("PanelModel: hasDescription is reset when the description is changed via its localizable string", () => {
+    const survey = new SurveyModel();
+    const page = survey.addNewPage("page");
+    const panel = page.addNewPanel("panel");
+    panel.title = "My panel";
+    survey.setDesignMode(true);
+    (<any>survey).beforeShowInplaceDescriptionEditorCallback = (el: any): boolean => !!el.description;
+
+    expect(panel.hasDescription, "empty -> hidden").toBeFalsy();
+    // The property grid and the in-place editor modify the localizable string directly.
+    panel.locDescription.text = "Hello";
+    expect(panel.hasDescription, "non-empty -> shown").toBeTruthy();
+    panel.locDescription.text = "";
+    expect(panel.hasDescription, "cleared -> hidden").toBeFalsy();
+
+    (<any>survey).beforeShowInplaceDescriptionEditorCallback = undefined;
+  });
+  test("PanelModel: hasDescription is reset when the title is changed, since the callback depends on it", () => {
+    const survey = new SurveyModel();
+    const page = survey.addNewPage("page");
+    const panel = page.addNewPanel("panel");
+    panel.description = "My description";
+    survey.setDesignMode(true);
+    (<any>survey).beforeShowInplaceDescriptionEditorCallback = (el: any): boolean => !!el.title && !!el.description;
+
+    expect(panel.hasDescription, "no title -> hidden").toBeFalsy();
+    panel.title = "My panel";
+    expect(panel.hasDescription, "title set -> shown").toBeTruthy();
+    panel.locTitle.text = "";
+    expect(panel.hasDescription, "title cleared -> hidden").toBeFalsy();
+
+    (<any>survey).beforeShowInplaceDescriptionEditorCallback = undefined;
+  });
+  test("PanelModel: beforeShowInplaceDescriptionEditorCallback is called on every title/description change", () => {
+    const survey = new SurveyModel();
+    const page = survey.addNewPage("page");
+    const panel = page.addNewPanel("panel");
+    survey.setDesignMode(true);
+    // The callback decides on both the title and the description.
+    const calls: Array<any> = [];
+    (<any>survey).beforeShowInplaceDescriptionEditorCallback = (el: any): boolean => {
+      const show = !!el.title && !!el.description;
+      if (el === panel) calls.push({ title: el.title, description: el.description, show: show });
+      return show;
+    };
+    // The first render calculates the visibility.
+    expect(panel.hasDescription, "no title, no description -> hidden").toBeFalsy();
+    calls.length = 0;
+
+    // Nothing below reads hasDescription: each change must call the callback by itself, otherwise
+    // the UI is never told to re-render the description.
+    panel.description = "My description";
+    expect(calls.length, "called after the description is set").toBe(1);
+    expect(calls[0], "the callback sees the new description").toStrictEqual(
+      { title: "", description: "My description", show: false });
+
+    panel.title = "My panel";
+    expect(calls.length, "called after the title is set").toBe(2);
+    expect(calls[1], "the callback sees the new title").toStrictEqual(
+      { title: "My panel", description: "My description", show: true });
+
+    panel.title = "";
+    expect(calls.length, "called after the title is cleared").toBe(3);
+    expect(calls[2], "the callback sees the cleared title").toStrictEqual(
+      { title: "", description: "My description", show: false });
+
+    // The value is already calculated, so reading it calls the callback no more.
+    expect(panel.hasDescription, "no title -> hidden").toBeFalsy();
+    expect(calls.length, "reading hasDescription calls the callback no more").toBe(3);
+
+    (<any>survey).beforeShowInplaceDescriptionEditorCallback = undefined;
+  });
+  test("PanelModel: a title/description change notifies hasDescription with the new value", () => {
+    const survey = new SurveyModel();
+    const page = survey.addNewPage("page");
+    const panel = page.addNewPanel("panel");
+    panel.description = "My description";
+    survey.setDesignMode(true);
+    (<any>survey).beforeShowInplaceDescriptionEditorCallback = (el: any): boolean => !!el.title && !!el.description;
+
+    const notified: Array<any> = [];
+    panel.onPropertyChanged.add((_, opt) => { if (opt.name === "hasDescription") notified.push(opt.newValue); });
+
+    // The first render calculates the visibility.
+    expect(panel.hasDescription, "no title -> hidden").toBeFalsy();
+    expect(notified.length, "calculating the visibility notifies nothing").toBe(0);
+
+    // The UI re-renders on the notification, so it must carry the new visibility, not undefined.
+    panel.title = "My panel";
+    expect(notified, "hasDescription notified as true when the title is set").toStrictEqual([true]);
+
+    panel.title = "";
+    expect(notified, "hasDescription notified as false when the title is cleared").toStrictEqual([true, false]);
+
+    (<any>survey).beforeShowInplaceDescriptionEditorCallback = undefined;
+  });
+  test("PanelModel: a title change does not calculate the description visibility before it is rendered", () => {
+    const survey = new SurveyModel();
+    const page = survey.addNewPage("page");
+    const panel = page.addNewPanel("panel");
+    panel.description = "My description";
+    survey.setDesignMode(true);
+    let callCount = 0;
+    (<any>survey).beforeShowInplaceDescriptionEditorCallback = (el: any): boolean => {
+      if (el === panel) callCount++;
+      return !!el.title && !!el.description;
+    };
+
+    const notified: Array<string> = [];
+    panel.onPropertyChanged.add((_, opt) => notified.push(opt.name));
+
+    // hasDescription has never been requested, so nothing recalculates it and nothing is notified.
+    panel.title = "My panel";
+    expect(callCount, "the callback is not called for a panel that is not rendered yet").toBe(0);
+    expect(notified.indexOf("hasDescription"), "hasDescription is not notified").toBe(-1);
+
+    // It is calculated on the first read instead.
+    expect(panel.hasDescription, "title and description are set -> shown").toBeTruthy();
+    expect(callCount, "the callback is called on the first read").toBe(1);
+
+    (<any>survey).beforeShowInplaceDescriptionEditorCallback = undefined;
+  });
 
   test("Page/Panel.getProgressInfo()", () => {
     const page = new PageModel("q1");
diff --git a/packages/survey-core/tests/surveyquestiontests.ts b/packages/survey-core/tests/surveyquestiontests.ts
index c16e5a763c..6e2752f363 100644
--- a/packages/survey-core/tests/surveyquestiontests.ts
+++ b/packages/survey-core/tests/surveyquestiontests.ts
@@ -300,6 +300,69 @@ describe("Survey_Questions", () => {
     expect(question1.hasDescriptionUnderTitle, "survey hidden - underTitle").toBe(false);
     expect(question1.hasDescriptionUnderInput, "survey hidden - underInput").toBe(false);
   });
+  test("Question: beforeShowInplaceDescriptionEditorCallback is called on every title/description change", () => {
+    const survey = new SurveyModel();
+    const page = survey.addNewPage("Page 1");
+    const question = new QuestionTextModel("q1");
+    page.addQuestion(question);
+    survey.setDesignMode(true);
+    // A question title falls back to the question name, so the callback checks the title
+    // localizable string to tell an explicitly titled question from an untitled one.
+    const calls: Array<any> = [];
+    (<any>survey).beforeShowInplaceDescriptionEditorCallback = (el: any): boolean => {
+      const show = !!el.locTitle.text && !!el.description;
+      if (el === question) calls.push({ title: el.locTitle.text, description: el.description, show: show });
+      return show;
+    };
+    // The first render calculates the visibility.
+    expect(question.hasDescriptionUnderTitle, "no title, no description -> hidden").toBe(false);
+    calls.length = 0;
+
+    // Nothing below reads the visibility: each change must call the callback by itself.
+    question.description = "My description";
+    expect(calls.length, "called after the description is set").toBe(1);
+    expect(calls[0], "the callback sees the new description").toStrictEqual(
+      { title: "", description: "My description", show: false });
+
+    question.title = "My question";
+    expect(calls.length, "called after the title is set").toBe(2);
+    expect(calls[1], "the callback sees the new title").toStrictEqual(
+      { title: "My question", description: "My description", show: true });
+    expect(question.hasDescriptionUnderTitle, "title set -> shown").toBe(true);
+
+    question.title = "";
+    expect(calls.length, "called after the title is cleared").toBe(3);
+    expect(calls[2], "the callback sees the cleared title").toStrictEqual(
+      { title: "", description: "My description", show: false });
+    expect(question.hasDescriptionUnderTitle, "title cleared -> hidden").toBe(false);
+
+    (<any>survey).beforeShowInplaceDescriptionEditorCallback = undefined;
+  });
+  test("Question: hasDescription is recalculated when the title/description localizable string changes", () => {
+    // The property grid and the in-place editor modify the localizable strings directly, and the
+    // property setters are not called in this case.
+    const survey = new SurveyModel();
+    const page = survey.addNewPage("Page 1");
+    const question = new QuestionTextModel("q1");
+    page.addQuestion(question);
+    question.description = "My description";
+    survey.setDesignMode(true);
+    (<any>survey).beforeShowInplaceDescriptionEditorCallback = (el: any): boolean => !!el.locTitle.text && !!el.description;
+
+    expect(question.hasDescriptionUnderTitle, "no title -> hidden").toBe(false);
+    question.locTitle.text = "My question";
+    expect(question.hasDescriptionUnderTitle, "title set via locString -> shown").toBe(true);
+    question.locTitle.text = "";
+    expect(question.hasDescriptionUnderTitle, "title cleared via locString -> hidden").toBe(false);
+
+    question.locTitle.text = "My question";
+    question.locDescription.text = "";
+    expect(question.hasDescriptionUnderTitle, "description cleared via locString -> hidden").toBe(false);
+    question.locDescription.text = "My description";
+    expect(question.hasDescriptionUnderTitle, "description set via locString -> shown").toBe(true);
+
+    (<any>survey).beforeShowInplaceDescriptionEditorCallback = undefined;
+  });
   test("Use value of checkbox question as an array", () => {
     var survey = new SurveyModel();
     var page = survey.addNewPage("Page 1");