dsh-smooth-stream 0.3.2 → 0.3.4

package/src/client/teleprompterGlide.ts

@@ -1,127 +1,204 @@
 /**
  * Conversation-port follow while an assistant reply streams.
  *
- * The demo's damped-spring lerp is driven from a float `animatedH` — the
- * smoothed content height — never from the rounded `scrollTop` the browser
- * reports back. A wrap raises the content height by a line; if the engine
- * were allowed to snap `scrollTop` to the new floor, the previous line would
- * hop up in one frame. This overlay:
+ * A sub-stepped spring physics engine drives a float `animatedH`, rather
+ * than restarting native smooth-scroll animations as every glyph lands.
+ * Remaining lag rides a small compositor transform while the real scrollport
+ * stays at its floor. The transform is bounded by the measured paint gap
+ * before conversation chrome. This follower:
  *
- * - owns follow via `data-follow-owned` so ChatView does not snap;
+ * - marks programmatic writes via `data-follow-owned` for compatible hosts;
  * - sets `overflow-anchor: none` so CSS scroll-anchoring does not snap;
  * - restores `animatedH` in a ResizeObserver (before paint) so a layout
  *   pass cannot flash a snapped frame;
- * - while the port has scroll room, writes the interpolated lag as
- *   `translate3d` on `[data-chat-transcript]` (message rows only), so the
- *   turn-status chrome stays pinned at the floor;
- * - clips only the part of the translated surface that crosses the
- *   turn-status line, preserving the normal gap above that line;
- * - leaves `[data-chat-turn-status]` in normal flow at every height, so its
- *   layout gap cannot be consumed by an interpolated transform.
+ * - expresses safe lag as a compositor transform on message rows;
+ * - opens a speed-adaptive layout runway before fast output wraps, preserving
+ *   the reference spring constants at every reveal speed;
+ * - catches up any lag that cannot fit before turn status / composer chrome,
+ *   so fixed chrome never has to counter-shift and the host stays at-bottom;
+ * - never clips or overlays streamed text.
  *
- * A real reader unpin first writes the effective visual top (`engine - lag`)
- * into `scrollTop` before clearing the transform, so the frame stays
- * continuous. Lifecycle completion is different: without a reader gesture,
- * the last owner settles at the floor and preserves bottom-follow.
+ * A real reader gesture receives the effective visual position before the
+ * transform clears. Lifecycle completion instead settles at the floor.
  *
- * Unpin is a real gesture (wheel / touch / pointer / key) that leaves the
- * floor; a `scrollTop` delta from our own write must not release the pin.
+ * Directional wheel/touch intent unpins immediately; pointer/key input falls
+ * back to an upward scroll delta from the engine's own written position. A
+ * reader release re-acquires only after returning to the real floor.
  */
 
-import { useEffect, useRef, type RefObject } from 'react'
+import { useEffect, useLayoutEffect, useRef, type RefObject } from 'react'
 
 /**
- * Matches ChatView's `FOLLOW_OWNED_ATTR`. The overlay writes the last
- * programmatic `scrollTop` here so ChatView yields snap-follow and does not
- * treat the write as reader input.
+ * Programmatic follow marker retained for hosts that recognize external
+ * scroll ownership. Current Harness also sees the write land at the floor.
  */
 const FOLLOW_OWNED_ATTR = 'data-follow-owned'
 
-/** Demo `1 - exp(-dt / 18)` time constant, in ms. */
-export const FOLLOW_LERP_DT_MS = 18
+/** Physics parameters from `ultimate_stream_physics_scroller.html`. */
+export const FOLLOW_SPRING_STIFFNESS = 130
+export const FOLLOW_SPRING_DAMPING = 24
+export const FOLLOW_SPRING_MASS = 1
+export const FOLLOW_SPRING_SUBSTEPS = 4
+export const FOLLOW_SPRING_MAX_STEP_MS = 32
 
-/** Floor / ceiling of the per-frame lerp fraction before the dt term. */
-export const FOLLOW_LERP_MIN = 0.05
-export const FOLLOW_LERP_MAX = 0.25
+/** Minimum visible room for one ordinary line-wrap impulse. */
+export const FOLLOW_RESERVE_MIN_PX = 16
 
-/** Lag (px) at which the lag term of the lerp saturates. */
-export const FOLLOW_LERP_LAG_REF_PX = 160
+/** Reveal-speed range produced by the pressure-buffer typewriter. */
+export const FOLLOW_RESERVE_MIN_CPS = 90
+export const FOLLOW_RESERVE_MAX_CPS = 600
 
-/** Reveal cps at which the speed factor is 1. */
-export const FOLLOW_SPEED_REF_CPS = 35
+/** Time constant for opening/closing predictive paint room. */
+export const FOLLOW_RESERVE_RESPONSE_MS = 180
 
-export const FOLLOW_SPEED_FACTOR_MIN = 0.7
-export const FOLLOW_SPEED_FACTOR_MAX = 2.2
+/**
+ * The reference engine clamps physical time to one 32ms visual interval.
+ * Replaying a 250ms main-thread stall in one paint teleports the transcript;
+ * leaving the remaining distance in the spring makes the next frames catch up
+ * smoothly instead.
+ */
+export const FOLLOW_MAX_FRAME_MS = 32
+
+/** Retained as the neutral reveal-speed seed for follow hosts. */
+export const FOLLOW_SPEED_REF_CPS = 35
 
 /** Reader-return / still-pinned boundary, matching ChatView + the demo. */
 export const FOLLOW_SLACK_PX = 25
 
 /**
- * Upward wheel/touch distance that releases the pin. The engine `scrollTop`
- * is held on the floor while following, so a small trackpad tick never
- * appears as `reportedLag` and cannot be judged against {@link FOLLOW_SLACK_PX}.
+ * Fallback upward scroll distance that releases the pin when the browser does
+ * not expose a directional wheel/touch event. Directional intent releases
+ * immediately even if the follow write erases the small physical delta.
  */
 export const FOLLOW_UNPIN_GESTURE_PX = 8
 
+/** A reader-released follow only re-acquires at the actual floor. */
+export const FOLLOW_REPIN_PX = 1
+
+/** ChatView's <=25px bottom band remains host-pinned; release beyond it. */
+export const FOLLOW_HOST_RELEASE_PX = FOLLOW_SLACK_PX + 1
+
+/** Sub-pixel paint guard before status/composer chrome. */
+export const FOLLOW_PAINT_GUARD_PX = 1
+
+/**
+ * Maximum predictive paint room before status/composer chrome. One rendered
+ * line is normally 24-28px; 48px plus the host's existing status gap covers
+ * the original spring's measured ~63px worst-case trail at 600cps.
+ */
+export const FOLLOW_STATUS_RUNWAY_PX = 48
+
 /** How long a gesture keeps `isUserInteracting` so the next scroll can unpin. */
 export const FOLLOW_GESTURE_MS = 800
 
-const GESTURE_EVENTS = ['wheel', 'touchmove', 'pointerdown', 'keydown'] as const
+/** Sub-pixel settle threshold; clearing below this cannot produce a visible rebound. */
+export const FOLLOW_SETTLE_EPSILON_PX = 0.25
+
+/** Lowest reveal rate retained while the spring is short on paint room. */
+export const FOLLOW_REVEAL_MIN_SCALE = 0.55
+
+/** Safe-lag occupancy band over which reveal pressure is progressively reduced. */
+export const FOLLOW_BACKPRESSURE_START_RATIO = 0.25
+export const FOLLOW_BACKPRESSURE_FULL_RATIO = 0.75
+
+/** Slow release prevents the reveal rate from oscillating around each wrap. */
+export const FOLLOW_BACKPRESSURE_RELEASE_MS = 240
+
+const GESTURE_EVENTS = [
+  'wheel',
+  'touchstart',
+  'touchmove',
+  'touchend',
+  'touchcancel',
+  'pointerdown',
+  'keydown',
+] as const
+
+/** Visible runway needed for the current reveal pressure. */
+export function computeFollowReserve(speedCps: number, runwayPx = FOLLOW_STATUS_RUNWAY_PX): number {
+  const available = Math.max(0, runwayPx)
+  if (available <= 0) return 0
+  if (speedCps <= FOLLOW_RESERVE_MIN_CPS) return 0
+  const normalized = Math.min(1, Math.max(0, (
+    speedCps - FOLLOW_RESERVE_MIN_CPS
+  ) / (FOLLOW_RESERVE_MAX_CPS - FOLLOW_RESERVE_MIN_CPS)))
+  const minimum = Math.min(available, FOLLOW_RESERVE_MIN_PX)
+  return minimum + normalized * (available - minimum)
+}
+
+/**
+ * Reveal-rate multiplier needed to retain one-wrap headroom for the spring.
+ * Throttling starts only after a quarter of the safe transform is occupied;
+ * a constrained paint lands at the minimum immediately so the next reveal
+ * commit cannot keep feeding an already-full visual buffer.
+ */
+export function computeFollowRevealScale(
+  lagPx: number,
+  capacityPx: number,
+  constrained = false,
+): number {
+  if (constrained) return FOLLOW_REVEAL_MIN_SCALE
+  if (!Number.isFinite(capacityPx)) return 1
+  if (capacityPx <= 0) return lagPx > 0 ? FOLLOW_REVEAL_MIN_SCALE : 1
+  const ratio = Math.min(1, Math.max(0, lagPx / capacityPx))
+  if (ratio >= FOLLOW_BACKPRESSURE_FULL_RATIO) return FOLLOW_REVEAL_MIN_SCALE
+  const progress = Math.min(1, Math.max(0, (
+    ratio - FOLLOW_BACKPRESSURE_START_RATIO
+  ) / (FOLLOW_BACKPRESSURE_FULL_RATIO - FOLLOW_BACKPRESSURE_START_RATIO)))
+  const eased = progress * progress * (3 - 2 * progress)
+  return 1 - (1 - FOLLOW_REVEAL_MIN_SCALE) * eased
+}
 
 export interface FollowGlideInput {
   /** How far the interpolated top trails the floor, in px. */
   readonly lag: number
-  /** Observed reveal rate in chars/s; 0 uses {@link FOLLOW_SPEED_REF_CPS}. */
+  /** Observed reveal rate, retained for the public follow-step contract. */
   readonly speedEma: number
+  /** Physics velocity carried from the previous frame, in px/s. */
+  readonly velocityPxPerSec?: number
 }
 
 export interface FollowGlideStep {
-  /** Pixels to advance `animatedH` this frame (fractional). */
+  /** Pixels to advance the floating content extent this frame. */
   readonly advancePx: number
   /** Applied lerp fraction, for tests. */
   readonly lerpStep: number
-}
-
-function clamp(value: number, min: number, max: number): number {
-  return Math.min(max, Math.max(min, value))
+  /** Physics velocity to carry into the next frame, in px/s. */
+  readonly velocityPxPerSec: number
 }
 
 /**
- * One spring-lerp frame from the silky markdown demo.
+ * Semi-implicit spring integration with four substeps per <=32ms slice.
  * @param dtMs - Frame delta in ms.
- * @param input - Current lag (from the float top, not the rounded engine top) and reveal-speed EMA.
- * @returns The fractional advance and the lerp fraction.
+ * @param input - Current visible lag and carried physics velocity.
+ * @returns The position advance, its fraction, and next velocity.
  */
 export function computeFollowStep(dtMs: number, input: FollowGlideInput): FollowGlideStep {
-  if (input.lag <= 0.1 || dtMs <= 0) return { advancePx: 0, lerpStep: 0 }
-  const speed = input.speedEma > 0 ? input.speedEma : FOLLOW_SPEED_REF_CPS
-  const speedFactor = clamp(speed / FOLLOW_SPEED_REF_CPS, FOLLOW_SPEED_FACTOR_MIN, FOLLOW_SPEED_FACTOR_MAX)
-  const baseLerp = clamp((input.lag / FOLLOW_LERP_LAG_REF_PX) * speedFactor, FOLLOW_LERP_MIN, FOLLOW_LERP_MAX)
-  const lerpStep = baseLerp * (1 - Math.exp(-dtMs / FOLLOW_LERP_DT_MS))
-  return { advancePx: input.lag * lerpStep, lerpStep }
-}
+  if (input.lag <= 0.1 || dtMs <= 0) {
+    return { advancePx: 0, lerpStep: 0, velocityPxPerSec: 0 }
+  }
+  let lag = input.lag
+  let velocity = Math.max(0, input.velocityPxPerSec ?? 0)
+  const elapsedMs = Math.min(FOLLOW_MAX_FRAME_MS, dtMs)
+  const slices = Math.max(1, Math.ceil(elapsedMs / FOLLOW_SPRING_MAX_STEP_MS))
+  const subDt = elapsedMs / 1000 / slices / FOLLOW_SPRING_SUBSTEPS
 
-/** The message-rows box the lag transform rides on, when the host has one. */
-function shiftRootOf(port: HTMLElement): HTMLElement | null {
-  return port.querySelector('[data-chat-transcript]')
-}
+  for (let slice = 0; slice < slices; slice += 1) {
+    for (let substep = 0; substep < FOLLOW_SPRING_SUBSTEPS; substep += 1) {
+      const acceleration = (
+        FOLLOW_SPRING_STIFFNESS * lag - FOLLOW_SPRING_DAMPING * velocity
+      ) / FOLLOW_SPRING_MASS
+      velocity = Math.max(0, velocity + acceleration * subDt)
+      const advance = velocity * subDt
+      if (advance >= lag) {
+        return { advancePx: input.lag, lerpStep: 1, velocityPxPerSec: 0 }
+      }
+      lag -= advance
+    }
+  }
 
-/**
- * Row wrappers that carry only messages/tools. Hosts without a transcript
- * box keep the turn-status chrome as a sibling of the rows inside
- * `[data-chat-flow]`, so shifting that whole flow would drag the chrome
- * along; shifting the rows individually leaves every non-message sibling
- * (turn status, steering bubbles) pinned while the text glides.
- *
- * Only the outermost rows are shifted: a tool call nests its subcalls as
- * descendant `[data-chat-anchor-key]` rows, and writing the lag on each of
- * them would double (or further multiply) the shift, tearing the subcalls
- * away from their parent every frame. Descendants ride the parent's
- * transform instead.
- */
-function shiftRowsOf(port: HTMLElement): HTMLElement[] {
-  return [...port.querySelectorAll<HTMLElement>('[data-chat-anchor-key]')]
-    .filter(row => row.parentElement?.closest('[data-chat-anchor-key]') === null)
+  const advancePx = input.lag - lag
+  return { advancePx, lerpStep: advancePx / input.lag, velocityPxPerSec: velocity }
 }
 
 /** Element whose resize signals flow growth for the before-paint restore. */
@@ -129,151 +206,417 @@ function resizeProxyOf(port: HTMLElement): HTMLElement | null {
   return port.querySelector('[data-chat-transcript]') ?? port.querySelector('[data-chat-flow]')
 }
 
-/** True when the glide expresses its lag as transforms instead of engine top. */
-function hasShiftSurface(port: HTMLElement): boolean {
-  return shiftRootOf(port) !== null || shiftRowsOf(port).length > 0
+/** Outermost message surfaces; nested tool rows ride their parent. */
+function shiftSurfacesOf(port: HTMLElement): HTMLElement[] {
+  const transcript = port.querySelector<HTMLElement>('[data-chat-transcript]')
+  if (transcript !== null) return [transcript]
+  return [...port.querySelectorAll<HTMLElement>('[data-chat-anchor-key]')]
+    .filter(row => row.parentElement?.closest('[data-chat-anchor-key]') === null)
 }
 
-/** Cached natural gap from a shifted surface's bottom to the status line. */
-const statusGapCache = new WeakMap<HTMLElement, { chrome: HTMLElement; px: number }>()
-
 function currentShiftOf(element: HTMLElement): number {
-  return Number(/translate3d\(0, ([\d.]+)px, 0\)/.exec(element.style.transform)?.[1] ?? 0)
-}
-
-function statusGapBelow(surface: HTMLElement, chrome: HTMLElement): number {
-  const cached = statusGapCache.get(surface)
-  if (cached?.chrome === chrome) return cached.px
-  // getBoundingClientRect includes our current transform. Remove it to recover
-  // the layout bottom, then keep the existing gap available to the reveal.
-  const naturalBottom = surface.getBoundingClientRect().bottom - currentShiftOf(surface)
-  const px = Math.max(0, chrome.getBoundingClientRect().top - naturalBottom)
-  statusGapCache.set(surface, { chrome, px })
-  return px
+  return Number(
+    /translate3d\(0(?:px)?,\s*(-?[\d.]+)px,\s*0(?:px)?\)/.exec(element.style.transform)?.[1] ?? 0,
+  )
 }
 
-function setShift(element: HTMLElement, px: number, paintAllowance?: number): void {
+function setShift(element: HTMLElement, px: number): void {
   if (Math.abs(px) > 0.01) {
+    if (
+      Math.abs(currentShiftOf(element) - px) <= 0.01
+      && element.style.willChange === 'transform'
+      && element.style.clipPath === ''
+    ) {
+      return
+    }
     element.style.transform = `translate3d(0, ${px}px, 0)`
     element.style.willChange = 'transform'
-    const bottomClip = paintAllowance === undefined ? 0 : Math.max(0, px - paintAllowance)
-    element.style.clipPath = bottomClip > 0.01 ? `inset(0 0 ${bottomClip}px 0)` : ''
   } else {
+    if (element.style.transform === '' && element.style.willChange === '' && element.style.clipPath === '') return
     element.style.transform = ''
     element.style.willChange = ''
-    element.style.clipPath = ''
   }
+  // Remove paint state left by v0.3.2 and earlier experimental builds.
+  element.style.clipPath = ''
 }
 
-/**
- * The running-turn label. It stays in normal flow so the host column's gap
- * always separates it from the transcript.
- */
-function statusChromeOf(port: HTMLElement): HTMLElement | null {
+function turnStatusOf(port: HTMLElement): HTMLElement | null {
   return port.querySelector<HTMLElement>(
     '[data-chat-turn-status], [data-chat-flow] > [role="status"]',
   )
 }
 
+/** Height committed by one newly mounted Chat row, including its flex gap. */
+function entranceExtentOf(root: HTMLElement): number {
+  const row = root.closest<HTMLElement>('[data-chat-flow-key]') ?? root
+  const rect = row.getBoundingClientRect()
+  const height = Math.max(0, rect.height, rect.bottom - rect.top, row.offsetHeight)
+  let previous = row.previousElementSibling
+  while (previous instanceof HTMLElement) {
+    const previousRect = previous.getBoundingClientRect()
+    if (previousRect.height > 0 || previousRect.bottom > previousRect.top) {
+      return Math.max(height, rect.bottom - previousRect.bottom)
+    }
+    previous = previous.previousElementSibling
+  }
+  return height
+}
+
+interface FollowRunway {
+  readonly element: HTMLElement
+  readonly offset: number
+  readonly original: string
+  readonly property: 'marginBottom' | 'marginTop'
+}
+
 /**
- * Render the single smoothed extent `animatedH`. Once the port has scroll
- * room the engine is pinned at the floor and the lag rides
- * `[data-chat-transcript]` (or each message row when the host has no
- * transcript box). Before that, message rows and status chrome remain in
- * normal flow. Without any shift surface the engine carries the interpolated
- * top itself.
+ * The plugin can be reinjected without replacing the conversation DOM. Keep
+ * runway ownership in the page realm so a fresh bundle adopts the existing
+ * margin instead of treating it as host layout and adding another 48px.
  */
-function applyVisual(port: HTMLElement, animatedH: number): void {
-  const contentHeight = Math.max(0, port.scrollHeight)
-  const floor = Math.max(0, contentHeight - port.clientHeight)
-  const extent = Math.min(contentHeight, Math.max(0, animatedH))
-  const lag = contentHeight - extent
-  port.style.overflowAnchor = 'none'
-  port.style.scrollBehavior = 'auto'
-  const chrome = statusChromeOf(port)
-  if (chrome !== null) setShift(chrome, 0)
-  const shiftRoot = shiftRootOf(port)
-  if (shiftRoot !== null) {
-    if (floor <= 0) {
-      port.scrollTop = 0
-      port.setAttribute(FOLLOW_OWNED_ATTR, String(port.scrollTop))
-      setShift(shiftRoot, 0)
-      return
-    }
-    port.scrollTop = floor
-    port.setAttribute(FOLLOW_OWNED_ATTR, String(port.scrollTop))
-    setShift(shiftRoot, lag, chrome === null ? undefined : statusGapBelow(shiftRoot, chrome))
+const FOLLOW_RUNWAYS_SYMBOL = Symbol.for('dsh-smooth-stream.follow-runways')
+const followRunwayRegistry = globalThis as typeof globalThis & {
+  [key: symbol]: WeakMap<HTMLElement, FollowRunway> | undefined
+}
+const followRunways = followRunwayRegistry[FOLLOW_RUNWAYS_SYMBOL]
+  ?? new WeakMap<HTMLElement, FollowRunway>()
+followRunwayRegistry[FOLLOW_RUNWAYS_SYMBOL] = followRunways
+
+interface FollowPaintLimit {
+  readonly clientHeight: number
+  readonly limit: number
+  readonly measuredAtMs: number
+  readonly composer: HTMLElement | null
+  readonly status: HTMLElement | null
+  readonly surface: HTMLElement | undefined
+}
+
+/**
+ * A rect read can force a layout flush. At the floor the flow bottom sits on
+ * the scrollport bottom, so while content streams the paint limit (chrome top
+ * minus flow bottom) is constant; it only truly changes when the viewport or
+ * conversation chrome changes. A measured limit therefore stays trusted for
+ * this long even as contentHeight grows, so ordinary glyph frames never pay
+ * a forced layout.
+ */
+export const FOLLOW_PAINT_LIMIT_TTL_MS = 250
+
+const followPaintLimits = new WeakMap<HTMLElement, FollowPaintLimit>()
+
+function invalidatePaintLimit(port: HTMLElement): void {
+  followPaintLimits.delete(port)
+}
+
+interface FollowMotionState {
+  readonly capacityPx: number
+  readonly constrained: boolean
+  readonly extent: number
+  readonly lagPx: number
+  readonly reservePx: number
+  readonly velocityPxPerSec: number
+}
+
+/** Logical position and velocity survive a React owner handoff and finish. */
+const followMotionStates = new WeakMap<HTMLElement, FollowMotionState>()
+
+function restoreRunway(port: HTMLElement): void {
+  const runway = followRunways.get(port)
+  if (runway === undefined) return
+  runway.element.style[runway.property] = runway.original
+  followRunways.delete(port)
+  invalidatePaintLimit(port)
+}
+
+function isLegacyRunway(value: string): boolean {
+  if (value === '') return false
+  const terms = [...value.matchAll(/([\d.]+)px/g)]
+  if (terms.length === 0 || value.replaceAll(/calc|px|[\d.+()\s]/g, '') !== '') return false
+  return terms.every(([, raw]) => {
+    const px = Number(raw)
+    return Number.isFinite(px)
+      && px >= FOLLOW_STATUS_RUNWAY_PX
+      && Math.abs(px % FOLLOW_STATUS_RUNWAY_PX) <= Number.EPSILON
+  })
+}
+
+/** Remove unowned runway residue written by v0.3.3 and earlier bundles. */
+function migrateLegacyRunway(
+  port: HTMLElement,
+  surfaces: readonly HTMLElement[],
+  status: HTMLElement | null,
+  composer: HTMLElement | null,
+): void {
+  if (followRunways.has(port)) return
+  let migrated = false
+  if (status !== null && isLegacyRunway(status.style.marginTop)) {
+    // Harness TurnStatus has no inline margin; exact 48px multiples here are
+    // values emitted by the old runway writer, including reload accumulation.
+    status.style.marginTop = ''
+    migrated = true
+  }
+  const last = surfaces.at(-1)
+  if (
+    status === null
+    && composer !== null
+    && last !== undefined
+    && isLegacyRunway(last.style.marginBottom)
+  ) {
+    // Without TurnStatus the old writer used the current final message as its
+    // completion runway. Limit migration to that same target topology.
+    last.style.marginBottom = ''
+    migrated = true
+  }
+  if (migrated) invalidatePaintLimit(port)
+}
+
+function ensureRunway(port: HTMLElement, surfaces: readonly HTMLElement[]): void {
+  const status = turnStatusOf(port)
+  const composer = port.querySelector<HTMLElement>('[data-composer-seat]')
+  migrateLegacyRunway(port, surfaces, status, composer)
+  // A runway is useful only after the natural conversation already has a
+  // scroll floor for its equal message transform to ride. Before that point
+  // applyVisual keeps every surface in normal flow, so adding status margin
+  // would expose the whole runway as empty space below a short/early Think.
+  const naturalHeight = Math.max(0, port.scrollHeight - runwayOffsetOf(port))
+  if (port.clientHeight <= 0 || naturalHeight <= port.clientHeight) {
+    restoreRunway(port)
     return
   }
-  const rows = shiftRowsOf(port)
-  if (rows.length > 0) {
-    if (floor <= 0) {
-      port.scrollTop = 0
-      port.setAttribute(FOLLOW_OWNED_ATTR, String(port.scrollTop))
-      for (const row of rows) setShift(row, 0)
-      return
-    }
-    port.scrollTop = floor
-    port.setAttribute(FOLLOW_OWNED_ATTR, String(port.scrollTop))
-    const last = rows.length - 1
-    for (const [index, row] of rows.entries()) {
-      const allowance = index === last && chrome !== null ? statusGapBelow(row, chrome) : undefined
-      setShift(row, lag, allowance)
-    }
+  const target = status === null
+    ? { element: composer === null ? undefined : surfaces.at(-1), property: 'marginBottom' as const }
+    : { element: status, property: 'marginTop' as const }
+  if (target.element === undefined) {
+    restoreRunway(port)
     return
   }
-  port.scrollTop = Math.min(floor, Math.max(0, extent))
-  port.setAttribute(FOLLOW_OWNED_ATTR, String(port.scrollTop))
+  const element = target.element
+  const current = followRunways.get(port)
+  if (current?.element === element && current.property === target.property) return
+  restoreRunway(port)
+  const beforeHeight = port.scrollHeight
+  const original = element.style[target.property]
+  element.style[target.property] = original === ''
+    ? `${FOLLOW_STATUS_RUNWAY_PX}px`
+    : `calc(${original} + ${FOLLOW_STATUS_RUNWAY_PX}px)`
+  const offset = Math.max(0, port.scrollHeight - beforeHeight)
+  followRunways.set(port, { element, offset, property: target.property, original })
+  invalidatePaintLimit(port)
+}
+
+function runwayOffsetOf(port: HTMLElement): number {
+  return followRunways.get(port)?.offset ?? 0
+}
+
+/** Available paint room below the last message before fixed conversation chrome. */
+function safeShiftLimit(
+  port: HTMLElement,
+  surfaces: readonly HTMLElement[],
+): number {
+  const last = surfaces.at(-1)
+  if (last === undefined) return 0
+  const status = turnStatusOf(port)
+  const composer = port.querySelector<HTMLElement>('[data-composer-seat]')
+  const cached = followPaintLimits.get(port)
+  // Content growth alone cannot move the limit (measured at the floor, the
+  // flow bottom rides the scrollport bottom), so the cache survives glyph
+  // frames and only chrome/viewport changes or the TTL force a re-measure.
+  if (
+    cached !== undefined
+    && performance.now() - cached.measuredAtMs <= FOLLOW_PAINT_LIMIT_TTL_MS
+    && cached.clientHeight === port.clientHeight
+    && cached.surface === last
+    && cached.status === status
+    && cached.composer === composer
+  ) return cached.limit
+  const ceiling = [status, composer]
+    .filter((element): element is HTMLElement => element !== null)
+    .map(element => ({ element, rect: element.getBoundingClientRect() }))
+    // A detached or still-unmeasured sticky seat returns an all-zero rect.
+    // It cannot constrain paint yet; a real seat at viewport top remains
+    // valid because its bottom is still below its top.
+    .filter(({ rect }) => Number.isFinite(rect.top) && Number.isFinite(rect.bottom) && rect.bottom > rect.top)
+    .sort((first, second) => first.rect.top - second.rect.top)[0]
+  if (ceiling === undefined) {
+    // No conversation chrome means there is nothing to overlap. If chrome is
+    // mounted but has not measured yet, permit only the runway zero-point
+    // until ResizeObserver provides a real ceiling.
+    return status === null && composer === null
+      ? Number.POSITIVE_INFINITY
+      : runwayOffsetOf(port)
+  }
+  const ceilingTop = ceiling.rect.top - currentShiftOf(ceiling.element)
+  const naturalBottom = last.getBoundingClientRect().bottom - currentShiftOf(last)
+  const limit = Math.max(0, ceilingTop - naturalBottom - FOLLOW_PAINT_GUARD_PX)
+  followPaintLimits.set(port, {
+    clientHeight: port.clientHeight,
+    limit,
+    measuredAtMs: performance.now(),
+    composer,
+    status,
+    surface: last,
+  })
+  return limit
+}
+
+function setFollowScrollTop(port: HTMLElement, nextTop: number): void {
+  if (Math.abs(port.scrollTop - nextTop) > 0.01) port.scrollTop = nextTop
+  followScrollLedgers.set(port, port.scrollTop)
+  const ownedTop = String(port.scrollTop)
+  if (port.getAttribute(FOLLOW_OWNED_ATTR) !== ownedTop) {
+    port.setAttribute(FOLLOW_OWNED_ATTR, ownedTop)
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Last scrollTop this engine wrote or accepted, per port. Reader intent is a
+ * real upward delta from this ledger; a key press or touch while pinned
+ * (typing in the composer) must not release the pin, because a released pin
+ * can never re-acquire while content streams away from the reader position.
+ */
+const followScrollLedgers = new WeakMap<HTMLElement, number>()
+const followActivityAt = new WeakMap<HTMLElement, number>()
+
+/** Whether this port was owned recently enough to identify a closing tail row. */
+export function hasRecentConversationFollow(port: HTMLElement, windowMs = 250): boolean {
+  const last = followActivityAt.get(port)
+  return last !== undefined && performance.now() - last <= windowMs
+}
+
+function readerScrolledUp(port: HTMLElement): boolean {
+  return port.scrollTop < (followScrollLedgers.get(port) ?? 0) - FOLLOW_UNPIN_GESTURE_PX
+}
+
+/**
+ * Paint a bounded visual lag and return the effective logical extent.
+ *
+ * This is the final geometry invariant, not merely an animation preference:
+ * any lag beyond the real gap to status/composer chrome is caught up in the
+ * same frame. Carrying that excess in `scrollTop` would move the transcript
+ * toward fixed chrome and also make the host expose jump-to-bottom.
+ */
+function applyVisual(
+  port: HTMLElement,
+  animatedH: number,
+  reservePx: number,
+  velocityPxPerSec = 0,
+): number {
+  const surfaces = shiftSurfacesOf(port)
+  ensureRunway(port, surfaces)
+  const contentHeight = Math.max(0, port.scrollHeight)
+  const runwayOffset = runwayOffsetOf(port)
+  const targetHeight = Math.max(0, contentHeight - runwayOffset)
+  const floor = Math.max(0, contentHeight - port.clientHeight)
+  const extent = Math.min(targetHeight, Math.max(0, animatedH))
+  if (port.style.overflowAnchor !== 'none') port.style.overflowAnchor = 'none'
+  if (port.style.scrollBehavior !== 'auto') port.style.scrollBehavior = 'auto'
+  if (floor <= 0) {
+    setFollowScrollTop(port, 0)
+    followMotionStates.set(port, {
+      capacityPx: Number.POSITIVE_INFINITY,
+      constrained: false,
+      extent: targetHeight,
+      lagPx: 0,
+      reservePx: 0,
+      velocityPxPerSec: 0,
+    })
+    for (const surface of surfaces) setShift(surface, 0)
+    const status = turnStatusOf(port)
+    if (status !== null) setShift(status, 0)
+    return targetHeight
+  }
+  // Measure paint room at the real floor. This write and the final physical
+  // position land in the same animation frame, so only the latter is painted.
+  setFollowScrollTop(port, floor)
+  const limit = floor > 0 ? safeShiftLimit(port, surfaces) : 0
+  const visibleReserve = Math.min(runwayOffset, Math.max(0, reservePx))
+  const baselineShift = runwayOffset - visibleReserve
+  const requestedLag = Math.max(0, targetHeight - extent)
+  const shift = Math.min(baselineShift + requestedLag, Math.max(0, limit))
+  const effectiveLag = Math.max(0, shift - baselineShift)
+  const capacityPx = Math.max(0, limit - baselineShift)
+  const effectiveExtent = targetHeight - effectiveLag
+  followMotionStates.set(port, {
+    capacityPx,
+    constrained: requestedLag > effectiveLag + FOLLOW_SETTLE_EPSILON_PX,
+    extent: effectiveExtent,
+    lagPx: effectiveLag,
+    reservePx: visibleReserve,
+    velocityPxPerSec,
+  })
+  for (const surface of surfaces) setShift(surface, shift)
+  const status = turnStatusOf(port)
+  if (status !== null) setShift(status, 0)
+  return effectiveExtent
+}
+
+function clearMotion(port: HTMLElement): void {
+  port.removeAttribute(FOLLOW_OWNED_ATTR)
+  port.style.overflowAnchor = ''
+  port.style.scrollBehavior = ''
+  for (const surface of shiftSurfacesOf(port)) setShift(surface, 0)
+  const status = turnStatusOf(port)
+  if (status !== null) setShift(status, 0)
 }
 
 function clearVisual(port: HTMLElement): void {
+  clearMotion(port)
+  restoreRunway(port)
+  followMotionStates.delete(port)
+  invalidatePaintLimit(port)
+}
+
+/** Keep an already-promoted surface at zero until one stable final paint lands. */
+function holdCompositorAtRest(element: HTMLElement): void {
+  element.style.transform = 'translate3d(0, 0px, 0)'
+  element.style.willChange = 'transform'
+  element.style.clipPath = ''
+}
+
+/** Remove equal offsets, land on the floor, then retire the compositor quietly. */
+function finishAtNaturalFloor(port: HTMLElement): void {
+  const surfaces = shiftSurfacesOf(port)
+  const status = turnStatusOf(port)
+  const promoted = [...surfaces, ...(status === null ? [] : [status])]
+    .filter(element => element.style.transform !== '' || element.style.willChange === 'transform')
+  const promotedSet = new Set(promoted)
+  restoreRunway(port)
+  settleAtFloor(port)
   port.removeAttribute(FOLLOW_OWNED_ATTR)
   port.style.overflowAnchor = ''
   port.style.scrollBehavior = ''
-  const shiftRoot = shiftRootOf(port)
-  if (shiftRoot !== null) {
-    statusGapCache.delete(shiftRoot)
-    shiftRoot.style.transform = ''
-    shiftRoot.style.willChange = ''
-    shiftRoot.style.clipPath = ''
-  } else {
-    for (const row of shiftRowsOf(port)) {
-      statusGapCache.delete(row)
-      row.style.transform = ''
-      row.style.willChange = ''
-      row.style.clipPath = ''
-    }
+  for (const surface of surfaces) {
+    if (promotedSet.has(surface)) holdCompositorAtRest(surface)
+    else setShift(surface, 0)
   }
-  const chrome = statusChromeOf(port)
-  if (chrome !== null) {
-    chrome.style.transform = ''
-    chrome.style.willChange = ''
-    chrome.style.clipPath = ''
+  if (status !== null) {
+    if (promotedSet.has(status)) holdCompositorAtRest(status)
+    else setShift(status, 0)
   }
+  followMotionStates.delete(port)
+  if (promoted.length === 0) return
+  requestAnimationFrame(() => {
+    requestAnimationFrame(() => {
+      if (port.hasAttribute(FOLLOW_OWNED_ATTR)) return
+      for (const element of promoted) {
+        if (Math.abs(currentShiftOf(element)) <= 0.01) setShift(element, 0)
+      }
+    })
+  })
 }
 
 function settleAtFloor(port: HTMLElement): void {
   const floor = Math.max(0, port.scrollHeight - port.clientHeight)
-  port.scrollTop = floor
-  port.setAttribute(FOLLOW_OWNED_ATTR, String(port.scrollTop))
+  setFollowScrollTop(port, floor)
 }
 
-/** Live follow hosts per conversation port so one unmount does not clear another. */
-const followOwners = new WeakMap<HTMLElement, number>()
-
-function acquireFollow(port: HTMLElement): void {
-  followOwners.set(port, (followOwners.get(port) ?? 0) + 1)
+interface FollowLeader {
+  readonly generation: number
+  readonly owner: object
 }
 
-function releaseFollow(port: HTMLElement): number {
-  const next = (followOwners.get(port) ?? 1) - 1
-  if (next <= 0) {
-    followOwners.delete(port)
-    return 0
-  }
-  followOwners.set(port, next)
-  return next
-}
+/** Only the newest active follower may write one port's shared visual state. */
+const followLeaders = new WeakMap<HTMLElement, FollowLeader>()
+let followGeneration = 0
 
 /**
  * Own the conversation scrollport's bottom-follow while `active` is true.
@@ -281,78 +624,144 @@ function releaseFollow(port: HTMLElement): number {
  * @param rootRef - An element inside the conversation scrollport.
  * @param active - True while the reply is still revealing.
  * @param speedCpsRef - Live reveal-rate EMA from the smoother.
+ * @param revealScaleRef - Optional backpressure control for text reveal.
+ * @param predictive - Whether to reserve paint room ahead of growth.
+ * @param entrance - Whether the first committed row height should glide in.
+ * @param onEntranceSettled - Releases a one-shot entrance owner after catch-up.
+ * @param predictiveRef - Optional live visibility gate for predictive runway.
+ * @param entranceExtentRef - Optional measured growth delta for a generic row.
  */
 export function useConversationFollow(
   rootRef: RefObject<HTMLElement | null>,
   active: boolean,
   speedCpsRef: { current: number },
+  revealScaleRef?: { current: number },
+  predictive = true,
+  entrance = false,
+  onEntranceSettled?: () => void,
+  predictiveRef?: { current: boolean },
+  entranceExtentRef?: { current: number | null },
 ): void {
   const activeRef = useRef(active)
+  const entranceRef = useRef(entrance)
+  const onEntranceSettledRef = useRef(onEntranceSettled)
+  entranceRef.current = entrance
+  onEntranceSettledRef.current = onEntranceSettled
   useEffect(() => {
     activeRef.current = active
   }, [active])
 
-  useEffect(() => {
+  useLayoutEffect(() => {
     if (!active) return
+    const owner = {}
+    const generation = ++followGeneration
     let rafId = 0
     let last = performance.now()
     let following = true
     let primed = false
     let animatedH = 0
+    let reservePx = 0
+    let velocityPxPerSec = 0
     let interacting = false
+    let readerGestureIntent = false
+    let readerReleased = false
+    let touchStartY: number | null = null
     let interactTimer: ReturnType<typeof setTimeout> | null = null
     let port: HTMLElement | null = null
     let resize: ResizeObserver | null = null
     let holding: HTMLElement | null = null
-    let awayPx = 0
+    let entrancePending = entranceRef.current
+
+    const finishEntrance = (): void => {
+      if (!entrancePending) return
+      entrancePending = false
+      onEntranceSettledRef.current?.()
+    }
+
+    const updateRevealScale = (next: HTMLElement, elapsedMs: number, urgent = false): void => {
+      if (revealScaleRef === undefined) return
+      const state = followMotionStates.get(next)
+      const target = state === undefined
+        ? 1
+        : computeFollowRevealScale(state.lagPx, state.capacityPx, state.constrained)
+      const current = Math.min(1, Math.max(FOLLOW_REVEAL_MIN_SCALE, revealScaleRef.current))
+      if (target < current || urgent) {
+        // Slowing affects only future glyph commits, so it can react at once
+        // without producing a visual discontinuity in the current frame.
+        revealScaleRef.current = Math.min(current, target)
+        return
+      }
+      const releaseStep = 1 - Math.exp(-Math.max(0, elapsedMs) / FOLLOW_BACKPRESSURE_RELEASE_MS)
+      revealScaleRef.current = current + (target - current) * releaseStep
+    }
+
+    const releaseRevealScale = (): void => {
+      if (revealScaleRef !== undefined) revealScaleRef.current = 1
+    }
+
+    const isLeader = (next: HTMLElement): boolean => followLeaders.get(next)?.owner === owner
 
     const hold = (next: HTMLElement): void => {
-      if (holding === next) return
-      if (holding !== null) releaseFollow(holding)
-      acquireFollow(next)
+      followActivityAt.set(next, performance.now())
+      if (holding === next && isLeader(next)) return
       holding = next
+      const leader = followLeaders.get(next)
+      if (leader === undefined || generation > leader.generation) {
+        followLeaders.set(next, { generation, owner })
+      }
     }
 
     const drop = (next: HTMLElement): void => {
-      if (holding === next) {
-        releaseFollow(next)
-        holding = null
+      if (holding === next) holding = null
+      if (isLeader(next)) {
+        clearMotion(next)
+        followMotionStates.delete(next)
+        releaseRevealScale()
       }
-      clearVisual(next)
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Give the reader the visual position the glide was showing before the
-     * transforms go away. While transforms carry the lag, the engine sits at
-     * the floor and the effective visual top is `engine - lag`; writing that
-     * keeps the handover frame-continuous, and the write shows up in
-     * ChatView's ledger as reader movement, disarming its snap-follow.
-     * Without a shift surface the engine already holds the interpolated top,
-     * so there is nothing to compensate.
-     */
     const handBackVisual = (next: HTMLElement): void => {
-      if (!hasShiftSurface(next)) return
+      const shift = currentShiftOf(shiftSurfacesOf(next).at(-1) ?? next)
+      const visualTop = Math.max(0, next.scrollTop - Math.max(0, shift))
       const floor = Math.max(0, next.scrollHeight - next.clientHeight)
-      if (floor <= 0) return
-      const lag = Math.max(0, next.scrollHeight - animatedH)
-      next.scrollTop = Math.min(floor, Math.max(0, next.scrollTop - lag))
+      // The host keeps its own bottom-follow bit while the reader remains in
+      // its 25px slack band. Land one pixel beyond that band so even a light
+      // wheel/trackpad/touch intent releases both owners on the same frame.
+      next.scrollTop = Math.min(visualTop, Math.max(0, floor - FOLLOW_HOST_RELEASE_PX))
+      followScrollLedgers.set(next, next.scrollTop)
     }
 
     const markGesture = (event: Event): void => {
       interacting = true
-      if (event instanceof WheelEvent && event.deltaY < 0) awayPx += -event.deltaY
-      else if (event.type === 'touchmove' || event.type === 'keydown') awayPx += FOLLOW_UNPIN_GESTURE_PX
+      if (event.type === 'wheel') {
+        const deltaY = (event as WheelEvent).deltaY
+        if (Number.isFinite(deltaY) && deltaY < 0) readerGestureIntent = true
+      } else if (event.type === 'touchstart') {
+        const touch = (event as TouchEvent).touches[0]
+        touchStartY = touch?.clientY ?? null
+      } else if (event.type === 'touchmove') {
+        const touch = (event as TouchEvent).touches[0]
+        if (touch !== undefined) {
+          if (touchStartY === null) touchStartY = touch.clientY
+          // A downward finger drag moves the transcript toward older content.
+          if (touch.clientY - touchStartY > 1) readerGestureIntent = true
+        }
+      } else if (event.type === 'touchend' || event.type === 'touchcancel') {
+        touchStartY = null
+      }
       if (interactTimer !== null) clearTimeout(interactTimer)
       interactTimer = setTimeout(() => {
         interacting = false
+        readerGestureIntent = false
         interactTimer = null
-        awayPx = 0
       }, FOLLOW_GESTURE_MS)
     }
 
     const restoreBeforePaint = (): void => {
-      if (!following || port === null) return
-      applyVisual(port, animatedH)
+      if (!following || port === null || !isLeader(port)) return
+      invalidatePaintLimit(port)
+      animatedH = applyVisual(port, animatedH, reservePx, velocityPxPerSec)
+      updateRevealScale(port, 0, true)
     }
 
     const bindPort = (next: HTMLElement): void => {
@@ -362,6 +771,7 @@ export function useConversationFollow(
         resize?.disconnect()
       }
       port = next
+      invalidatePaintLimit(port)
       for (const name of GESTURE_EVENTS) {
         port.addEventListener(name, markGesture, { passive: true })
       }
@@ -375,63 +785,147 @@ export function useConversationFollow(
 
     const frame = (now: number) => {
       rafId = requestAnimationFrame(frame)
-      const dt = Math.min(50, now - last)
+      // Spring time is clamped so one paint after a stall cannot teleport the
+      // transcript. Runway response uses real elapsed time, otherwise long
+      // frames would open paint room more slowly precisely when it is needed.
+      const elapsedMs = Math.max(0.001, now - last)
+      const dt = Math.min(FOLLOW_MAX_FRAME_MS, elapsedMs)
       last = now
       const root = rootRef.current
       if (root === null) return
       const nextPort = root.closest<HTMLElement>('[data-conversation-scroll]')
       if (nextPort === null) return
       bindPort(nextPort)
+      // A hidden/unmeasured port has no meaningful floor yet. Keep this owner
+      // unprimed and let the already-scheduled RAF initialize it after layout.
+      if (nextPort.clientHeight <= 0) return
 
       const floor = Math.max(0, nextPort.scrollHeight - nextPort.clientHeight)
       const reportedLag = floor - nextPort.scrollTop
-      // Visual extent (content-height equivalent of the reader's scroll top):
-      // content shorter than the viewport has no scrollTop to derive from, so
-      // the extent is just the content height.
-      const extent = Math.min(nextPort.scrollHeight, Math.max(0, nextPort.scrollHeight - reportedLag))
+      const extent = Math.min(
+        nextPort.scrollHeight,
+        Math.max(0, nextPort.scrollHeight - reportedLag),
+      )
 
       if (!primed) {
-        animatedH = extent
-        following = reportedLag <= FOLLOW_SLACK_PX
+        const inherited = nextPort.hasAttribute(FOLLOW_OWNED_ATTR)
+          ? followMotionStates.get(nextPort)
+          : undefined
+        if (inherited === undefined) {
+          // A new Agent row is already part of scrollHeight on its first
+          // frame. Start at the pre-insert extent so that initial Context and
+          // Tool chrome enters through the same spring as later height growth.
+          const entranceExtent = entrancePending
+            ? entranceExtentRef?.current ?? entranceExtentOf(root)
+            : 0
+          animatedH = Math.max(0, nextPort.scrollHeight - entranceExtent)
+          reservePx = 0
+          velocityPxPerSec = 0
+          // The committed row/growth delta has already moved the new floor.
+          // Decide ownership from the reader's position before that delta;
+          // otherwise any atomic result taller than FOLLOW_SLACK_PX looks
+          // indistinguishable from an intentional reader pull-up.
+          const lagBeforeEntrance = Math.max(0, reportedLag - entranceExtent)
+          following = lagBeforeEntrance <= FOLLOW_SLACK_PX
+        } else {
+          animatedH = Math.min(nextPort.scrollHeight, inherited.extent)
+          reservePx = inherited.reservePx
+          velocityPxPerSec = inherited.velocityPxPerSec
+          following = true
+        }
         if (following) {
           hold(nextPort)
-          applyVisual(nextPort, animatedH)
+          if (isLeader(nextPort)) {
+            animatedH = applyVisual(nextPort, animatedH, reservePx, velocityPxPerSec)
+            updateRevealScale(nextPort, elapsedMs)
+            const runwayOffset = runwayOffsetOf(nextPort)
+            const entranceLag = Math.max(0, nextPort.scrollHeight - animatedH - runwayOffset)
+            if (entranceLag <= FOLLOW_SETTLE_EPSILON_PX) finishEntrance()
+          } else {
+            finishEntrance()
+          }
+        } else {
+          finishEntrance()
         }
         primed = true
         return
       }
 
-      if (!following && !interacting && reportedLag <= FOLLOW_SLACK_PX) {
+      const repinSlack = readerReleased ? FOLLOW_REPIN_PX : FOLLOW_SLACK_PX
+      if (!following && !interacting && reportedLag <= repinSlack) {
         following = true
+        readerReleased = false
         animatedH = extent
+        reservePx = 0
+        velocityPxPerSec = 0
+        followScrollLedgers.set(nextPort, nextPort.scrollTop)
         hold(nextPort)
-      } else if (following && interacting && awayPx >= FOLLOW_UNPIN_GESTURE_PX) {
+      } else if (following && interacting && (readerGestureIntent || readerScrolledUp(nextPort))) {
+        // Directional wheel/touch intent is authoritative even when automatic
+        // follow has already overwritten the small physical scroll delta.
         following = false
-        awayPx = 0
-        // Compensate before the transform clears, or the flow (turn-status
-        // chrome included) jumps up by the whole lag in one frame.
+        readerGestureIntent = false
+        readerReleased = true
         handBackVisual(nextPort)
         animatedH = nextPort.scrollHeight
+        reservePx = 0
+        velocityPxPerSec = 0
         drop(nextPort)
+        finishEntrance()
       }
 
-      if (!activeRef.current || !following) return
+      if (!activeRef.current || !following) {
+        followScrollLedgers.set(nextPort, nextPort.scrollTop)
+        return
+      }
       hold(nextPort)
+      if (!isLeader(nextPort)) {
+        finishEntrance()
+        return
+      }
 
-      const lag = nextPort.scrollHeight - animatedH
+      // Runway and an equal transform cancel visually. It is the zero point,
+      // not residual motion: decaying below it would scroll past the final
+      // resting position and rebound when runway is removed.
+      const runwayOffset = runwayOffsetOf(nextPort)
+      const contentHeight = nextPort.scrollHeight
+      const lag = Math.max(0, contentHeight - animatedH - runwayOffset)
+      const predictGrowth = predictiveRef?.current ?? predictive
+      const reserveTarget = !predictGrowth
+        ? 0
+        : computeFollowReserve(speedCpsRef.current, runwayOffset)
+      const reserveStep = 1 - Math.exp(-elapsedMs / FOLLOW_RESERVE_RESPONSE_MS)
+      reservePx += (reserveTarget - reservePx) * reserveStep
       const step = computeFollowStep(dt, {
         lag,
         speedEma: speedCpsRef.current,
+        velocityPxPerSec,
       })
       if (lag <= 0.1) {
-        animatedH = nextPort.scrollHeight
+        animatedH = contentHeight - runwayOffset
+        velocityPxPerSec = 0
       } else {
-        animatedH = Math.min(nextPort.scrollHeight, animatedH + step.advancePx)
+        const minimumLag = predictGrowth ? 0 : Math.max(0, reservePx)
+        animatedH = Math.min(
+          contentHeight - runwayOffset - minimumLag,
+          animatedH + step.advancePx,
+        )
+        velocityPxPerSec = step.velocityPxPerSec
       }
-      applyVisual(nextPort, animatedH)
+      animatedH = applyVisual(nextPort, animatedH, reservePx, velocityPxPerSec)
+      updateRevealScale(nextPort, elapsedMs)
+      const remainingEntranceLag = Math.max(
+        0,
+        nextPort.scrollHeight - animatedH - runwayOffsetOf(nextPort),
+      )
+      if (remainingEntranceLag <= FOLLOW_SETTLE_EPSILON_PX) finishEntrance()
     }
 
-    rafId = requestAnimationFrame(frame)
+    // Prime ownership and the final committed height in this layout phase.
+    // A producer-complete text arm can mount and drain before the next RAF;
+    // deferring this first pass would let it unmount unprimed after replacing
+    // the previous owner, leaving a large final append at the old scrollTop.
+    frame(performance.now())
     return () => {
       cancelAnimationFrame(rafId)
       if (interactTimer !== null) clearTimeout(interactTimer)
@@ -442,15 +936,104 @@ export function useConversationFollow(
       const root = rootRef.current
       const host = root?.closest<HTMLElement>('[data-conversation-scroll]') ?? port
       if (host === null) return
-      const remaining = holding === host ? releaseFollow(host) : (followOwners.get(host) ?? 0)
       holding = null
-      if (remaining === 0) {
-        if (following) {
-          if (interacting && awayPx >= FOLLOW_UNPIN_GESTURE_PX) handBackVisual(host)
-          else settleAtFloor(host)
-        }
+      if (!isLeader(host)) return
+      const preserveReader = interacting && (readerGestureIntent || readerScrolledUp(host))
+      if (!following || !primed) {
+        clearVisual(host)
+        followLeaders.delete(host)
+        releaseRevealScale()
+        return
+      }
+      if (preserveReader) {
+        handBackVisual(host)
         clearVisual(host)
+        followLeaders.delete(host)
+        releaseRevealScale()
+        return
+      }
+
+      // Completion can land the final Tool/command height in this same
+      // commit. Preserve the logical extent and drain it after unmount instead
+      // of clearing the compositor state before the first settled paint.
+      ensureRunway(host, shiftSurfacesOf(host))
+      const completionRunway = runwayOffsetOf(host)
+      const completionMinimumLag = Math.max(0, reservePx)
+      animatedH = Math.min(
+        animatedH,
+        host.scrollHeight - completionRunway - completionMinimumLag,
+      )
+      settleAtFloor(host)
+      animatedH = applyVisual(host, animatedH, reservePx, velocityPxPerSec)
+      const runwayOffset = runwayOffsetOf(host)
+      const remainingLag = Math.max(0, host.scrollHeight - animatedH - runwayOffset)
+      if (remainingLag <= FOLLOW_SETTLE_EPSILON_PX && reservePx <= FOLLOW_SETTLE_EPSILON_PX) {
+        finishAtNaturalFloor(host)
+        followLeaders.delete(host)
+        releaseRevealScale()
+        return
+      }
+
+      for (const name of GESTURE_EVENTS) {
+        host.addEventListener(name, markGesture, { passive: true })
+      }
+      const stopSettleListeners = (): void => {
+        for (const name of GESTURE_EVENTS) host.removeEventListener(name, markGesture)
+        if (interactTimer !== null) {
+          clearTimeout(interactTimer)
+          interactTimer = null
+        }
+      }
+      let settleLast = performance.now()
+      const settleFrame = (now: number): void => {
+        if (!isLeader(host)) {
+          stopSettleListeners()
+          return
+        }
+        if (interacting && (readerGestureIntent || readerScrolledUp(host))) {
+          readerGestureIntent = false
+          handBackVisual(host)
+          clearVisual(host)
+          followLeaders.delete(host)
+          releaseRevealScale()
+          stopSettleListeners()
+          return
+        }
+        const dt = Math.min(FOLLOW_MAX_FRAME_MS, Math.max(0, now - settleLast))
+        settleLast = now
+        const runwayOffset = runwayOffsetOf(host)
+        const lag = Math.max(0, host.scrollHeight - animatedH - runwayOffset)
+        const reserveStep = 1 - Math.exp(-dt / FOLLOW_RESERVE_RESPONSE_MS)
+        reservePx += (0 - reservePx) * reserveStep
+        if (lag <= FOLLOW_SETTLE_EPSILON_PX && reservePx <= FOLLOW_SETTLE_EPSILON_PX) {
+          animatedH = host.scrollHeight - runwayOffset
+          reservePx = 0
+          velocityPxPerSec = 0
+          finishAtNaturalFloor(host)
+          followLeaders.delete(host)
+          releaseRevealScale()
+          stopSettleListeners()
+          return
+        }
+        const step = computeFollowStep(dt, {
+          lag,
+          speedEma: speedCpsRef.current,
+          velocityPxPerSec,
+        })
+        // The temporary runway is visually neutral only while an equal lag
+        // remains in the transform. Do not let the spring outrun the runway's
+        // closing reserve or cleanup would reveal an overshoot and rebound.
+        const minimumLag = Math.max(0, reservePx)
+        animatedH = Math.min(
+          host.scrollHeight - runwayOffset - minimumLag,
+          animatedH + step.advancePx,
+        )
+        velocityPxPerSec = step.velocityPxPerSec
+        settleAtFloor(host)
+        animatedH = applyVisual(host, animatedH, reservePx, velocityPxPerSec)
+        requestAnimationFrame(settleFrame)
       }
+      requestAnimationFrame(settleFrame)
     }
-  }, [active, rootRef, speedCpsRef])
+  }, [active, rootRef, speedCpsRef, revealScaleRef, predictive, predictiveRef])
 }