diff --git a/app/src/ModalContent.tsx b/app/src/ModalContent.tsx
index 88627061..ec59cf1b 100644
--- a/app/src/ModalContent.tsx
+++ b/app/src/ModalContent.tsx
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ export function Welcome1({ clickAction1, map }: ChapterProps) {
 
 export const ModalContent = ({ map }: { map: any }) => {
   const navigate = useNavigate()
-  const [chapter, setChapter] = useState<number>(1)
+  const [chapter] = useState<number>(1)
 
   const close = () => {
     void navigate('/')
@@ -78,9 +78,6 @@ export const ModalContent = ({ map }: { map: any }) => {
             map={map}
             clickAction1={() => {
               close()
-              setTimeout(() => {
-                setChapter(1)
-              }, 1000)
             }}
           />
         )
diff --git a/cypress/e2e/info-modal/info-modal.cy.ts b/cypress/e2e/info-modal/info-modal.cy.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..50bda6b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cypress/e2e/info-modal/info-modal.cy.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+/// <reference types="cypress" />
+
+/**
+ * Info Modal Route E2E Tests
+ *
+ * Validates the route-based info modal introduced by PR #657:
+ * - Route /info renders the modal (E1)
+ * - NavBar ? link navigates to /info (E2)
+ * - Content "Close" button navigates back to / (E3)
+ */
+
+describe('Info Modal Route', () => {
+  it('E1: visiting /info renders the info modal', () => {
+    cy.visit('/info')
+
+    cy.get('.tw\\:card', { timeout: 15000 }).should('be.visible')
+    cy.get('.tw\\:backdrop-brightness-75').should('exist')
+    cy.contains('Close').should('be.visible')
+    cy.location('pathname').should('eq', '/info')
+  })
+
+  it('E2: NavBar ? icon navigates to /info', () => {
+    cy.visit('/')
+    cy.waitForMapReady()
+
+    // Dismiss auto-opened modal if info_open is true in backend
+    cy.get('body').then(($body) => {
+      if ($body.find('.tw\\:backdrop-brightness-75').length > 0) {
+        cy.get('.tw\\:card button').contains('✕').click()
+        cy.location('pathname').should('eq', '/')
+      }
+    })
+
+    cy.get('a[href="/info"]').should('be.visible').click()
+
+    cy.location('pathname').should('eq', '/info')
+    cy.get('.tw\\:card', { timeout: 10000 }).should('be.visible')
+  })
+
+  it('E3: content "Close" button closes modal and navigates to /', () => {
+    cy.visit('/info')
+    cy.get('.tw\\:card', { timeout: 15000 }).should('be.visible')
+
+    cy.contains('label', 'Close').click()
+
+    cy.location('pathname').should('eq', '/')
+    cy.get('.tw\\:backdrop-brightness-75').should('not.exist')
+  })
+})
+
diff --git a/lib/src/Components/AppShell/InfoRedirect.spec.tsx b/lib/src/Components/AppShell/InfoRedirect.spec.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4f0f6249
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/src/Components/AppShell/InfoRedirect.spec.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+import { render, cleanup } from '@testing-library/react'
+import { describe, it, expect, beforeEach, afterEach, vi } from 'vitest'
+
+import { InfoRedirect } from './InfoRedirect'
+
+// --- Mocks ---
+
+const mockNavigate = vi.fn()
+
+vi.mock('react-router-dom', async () => {
+  const actual = await vi.importActual('react-router-dom')
+  return {
+    ...actual,
+    useNavigate: () => mockNavigate,
+  }
+})
+
+// Save original location so we can restore it after each test
+const originalLocation = window.location
+
+// Helper to set window.location.pathname for tests
+function setPathname(pathname: string) {
+  Object.defineProperty(window, 'location', {
+    value: { pathname, search: '', hash: '', href: `http://localhost${pathname}` },
+    writable: true,
+    configurable: true,
+  })
+}
+
+// --- Tests ---
+
+describe('<InfoRedirect />', () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    vi.clearAllMocks()
+    setPathname('/')
+  })
+
+  afterEach(() => {
+    cleanup()
+    // Restore original window.location to avoid leaking into other test files
+    Object.defineProperty(window, 'location', {
+      value: originalLocation,
+      writable: true,
+      configurable: true,
+    })
+  })
+
+  it('U1: navigates to /info when enabled and pathname is "/"', () => {
+    render(<InfoRedirect enabled={true} />)
+
+    expect(mockNavigate).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
+    expect(mockNavigate).toHaveBeenCalledWith('/info')
+  })
+
+  it('U2: does NOT navigate when enabled is false', () => {
+    render(<InfoRedirect enabled={false} />)
+
+    expect(mockNavigate).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+  })
+
+  it('U3: does NOT navigate when pathname is not "/"', () => {
+    setPathname('/login')
+
+    render(<InfoRedirect enabled={true} />)
+
+    expect(mockNavigate).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+  })
+
+  it('U4: only navigates once even if re-rendered', () => {
+    const { rerender } = render(<InfoRedirect enabled={true} />)
+
+    expect(mockNavigate).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
+
+    rerender(<InfoRedirect enabled={true} />)
+
+    expect(mockNavigate).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
+  })
+})