diff --git a/NucleicRemote/NucleicRemote/Views/SessionDetailView.swift b/NucleicRemote/NucleicRemote/Views/SessionDetailView.swift
index ba56965..2576a4e 100644
--- a/NucleicRemote/NucleicRemote/Views/SessionDetailView.swift
+++ b/NucleicRemote/NucleicRemote/Views/SessionDetailView.swift
@@ -685,7 +685,9 @@ struct TranscriptList: View {
             } action: { _, distance in
                 if distance <= bottomFollowThreshold {
                     isScrolledToBottom = true
-                } else if !transcriptSettling, distance > bottomUnfollowThreshold, isUserScrolling {
+                    jumpingToBottom = false  // arrived — the jump is complete
+                } else if !transcriptSettling, distance > bottomUnfollowThreshold, isUserScrolling,
+                          !jumpingToBottom {
                     // While the chat is opening the layout grows over a few passes and the offset
                     // lags each growth by a frame — those frames read "not at bottom" even though
                     // `.defaultScrollAnchor(.bottom)` is about to re-pin, so settling accepts