diff --git a/packages/server/src/common/features/layout/computed-bounds-action-handler.ts b/packages/server/src/common/features/layout/computed-bounds-action-handler.ts
index 5bf5458..c5a5a92 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/common/features/layout/computed-bounds-action-handler.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/common/features/layout/computed-bounds-action-handler.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: EPL-2.0 OR GPL-2.0 WITH Classpath-exception-2.0
  ********************************************************************************/
 import { GModelRoot } from '@eclipse-glsp/graph';
-import { Action, ComputedBoundsAction, MaybePromise } from '@eclipse-glsp/protocol';
+import { Action, ComputedBoundsAction, LayoutOperation, MaybePromise } from '@eclipse-glsp/protocol';
 import { inject, injectable } from 'inversify';
 import { ActionHandler } from '../../actions/action-handler';
 import { applyAlignment, applyElementAndBounds, applyRoute } from '../../utils/layout-util';
@@ -39,7 +39,10 @@ export class ComputedBoundsActionHandler implements ActionHandler {
         const model = this.modelState.root;
         if (action.revision === model.revision) {
             this.applyBounds(model, action);
-            return this.submissionHandler.submitModelDirectly();
+            return this.submissionHandler.submitModelDirectly(
+                undefined,
+                LayoutOperation.create([], { canvasBounds: action.canvasBounds, viewport: action.viewport })
+            );
         }
 
         return [];
diff --git a/packages/server/src/common/features/model/model-submission-handler.ts b/packages/server/src/common/features/model/model-submission-handler.ts
index 78b11c1..997efaa 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/common/features/model/model-submission-handler.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/common/features/model/model-submission-handler.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import {
     Action,
     DirtyStateChangeReason,
     GModelRootSchema,
+    LayoutOperation,
     MarkersReason,
     MaybePromise,
     RequestBoundsAction,
@@ -112,9 +113,10 @@ export class ModelSubmissionHandler {
      * to the `ActionDispatcher`, or simply returned as the result of an `ActionHandler.execute()` method.
      *
      * @param reason The optional reason that caused the model update.
+     * @param layout The optional layout operation that carries the information for auto-layout.
      * @returns A list of actions to be processed in order to submit the model.
      */
-    submitModel(reason?: DirtyStateChangeReason): MaybePromise<Action[]> {
+    submitModel(reason?: DirtyStateChangeReason, layout?: LayoutOperation): MaybePromise<Action[]> {
         this.modelFactory.createModel();
 
         const revision = this.requestModelAction ? 0 : this.modelState.root.revision! + 1;
@@ -124,7 +126,7 @@ export class ModelSubmissionHandler {
             const root = this.serializeGModel();
             return [RequestBoundsAction.create(root), SetDirtyStateAction.create(this.commandStack.isDirty, { reason })];
         }
-        return this.submitModelDirectly(reason);
+        return this.submitModelDirectly(reason, layout);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -139,11 +141,12 @@ export class ModelSubmissionHandler {
      * `ActionHandler.execute()` method.
      *
      * @param reason The optional reason that caused the model update.
+     * @param layout The optional layout operation that carries the information for auto-layout.
      * @returns A list of actions to be processed in order to submit the model.
      */
-    async submitModelDirectly(reason?: DirtyStateChangeReason): Promise<Action[]> {
+    async submitModelDirectly(reason?: DirtyStateChangeReason, layout?: LayoutOperation): Promise<Action[]> {
         if (this.diagramConfiguration.layoutKind === ServerLayoutKind.AUTOMATIC && this.layoutEngine) {
-            await this.layoutEngine.layout();
+            await this.layoutEngine.layout(layout);
         }
 
         const root = this.serializeGModel();