diff --git a/apps/mobile/src/features/threads/ThreadDetailScreen.tsx b/apps/mobile/src/features/threads/ThreadDetailScreen.tsx
index eebc6b8696450..86ce15a772f89 100644
--- a/apps/mobile/src/features/threads/ThreadDetailScreen.tsx
+++ b/apps/mobile/src/features/threads/ThreadDetailScreen.tsx
@@ -1411,6 +1411,8 @@ function ThreadDetailBody(
 
   const handleScrollToEnd = () => {
     void Haptics.selectionAsync();
+    // A tap does not begin a drag, so end a landing search jump here or it scrolls back.
+    finishThreadMessageJump(selectedThreadKey);
     void scrollMessageToEnd({ animated: !reduceMotion, closeKeyboard: false }).catch(() => {
       freeze.set(false);
     });
diff --git a/apps/mobile/src/features/threads/ThreadFeed.tsx b/apps/mobile/src/features/threads/ThreadFeed.tsx
index a98cb2d93287e..cc8ebafa17ba2 100644
--- a/apps/mobile/src/features/threads/ThreadFeed.tsx
+++ b/apps/mobile/src/features/threads/ThreadFeed.tsx
@@ -208,7 +208,10 @@ import {
   messageFoldRunId,
 } from "../../lib/threadActivity";
 import type { ThreadContentPresentation } from "./threadContentPresentation";
-import { type ThreadWorkGroupScrollPosition } from "./thread-feed-scroll-position";
+import {
+  settleThreadFeedJump,
+  type ThreadWorkGroupScrollPosition,
+} from "./thread-feed-scroll-position";
 import {
   collapsedWorkLogHeight,
   ThreadDisclosureChevron,
@@ -295,6 +298,16 @@ const WIDE_MARKDOWN_BLOCK_OPTIONS = {
   includeOrderedLists: Platform.OS === "android",
 } as const;
 
+function nextFrames(count: number): Promise<void> {
+  return new Promise((resolve) => {
+    const tick = (remaining: number) => {
+      if (remaining === 0) resolve();
+      else requestAnimationFrame(() => tick(remaining - 1));
+    };
+    tick(count);
+  });
+}
+
 const TURN_FOLD_HEIGHT = 42;
 const FEED_PADDING_TOP = 12;
 const VIEWED_IMAGE_GAP = 8;
@@ -3433,12 +3446,30 @@ export const ThreadFeed = memo(function ThreadFeed(props: ThreadFeedProps) {
   const jumpIndex = jumpReady
     ? presentedFeed.findIndex((entry) => entry.type === "message" && entry.id === jumpToMessageId)
     : null;
+  const jumpOverriddenRef = useRef(false);
   const landJump = useEffectEvent((index: number) => {
     const list = listRef.current;
     if (!list) return;
     let cancelled = false;
+    jumpOverriddenRef.current = false;
     const positioning =
-      index === -1 ? undefined : list.scrollToIndex({ index, viewPosition: 0.2, animated: false });
+      index === -1
+        ? undefined
+        : settleThreadFeedJump({
+            land: async () => {
+              // A fractional viewPosition scales with the row, so a message taller
+              // than the screen would open past its first lines.
+              await list.scrollToIndex({
+                index,
+                viewPosition: 0,
+                viewOffset: anchorTopInset + CHAT_LIST_ANCHOR_OFFSET,
+                animated: false,
+              });
+              await nextFrames(4);
+            },
+            position: () => list.getState().positionAtIndex(index),
+            cancelled: () => cancelled || jumpOverriddenRef.current,
+          });
     void Promise.resolve(positioning).then(() => {
       if (!cancelled && listRef.current === list) props.onJumpedToMessage?.();
     });
@@ -3881,6 +3912,9 @@ export const ThreadFeed = memo(function ThreadFeed(props: ThreadFeedProps) {
             onLayout={handleMetricsChange}
             onItemSizeChanged={handleItemSizeChanged}
             onScroll={handleScroll}
+            onScrollBeginDrag={() => {
+              jumpOverriddenRef.current = true;
+            }}
             scrollEventThrottle={16}
             ListHeaderComponent={
               <>
diff --git a/apps/mobile/src/features/threads/thread-feed-scroll-position.test.ts b/apps/mobile/src/features/threads/thread-feed-scroll-position.test.ts
index 89816db6467ed..34eabf459ea5f 100644
--- a/apps/mobile/src/features/threads/thread-feed-scroll-position.test.ts
+++ b/apps/mobile/src/features/threads/thread-feed-scroll-position.test.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { describe, expect, it } from "vite-plus/test";
 import {
   resolveThreadFeedSubmissionAnchor,
   resolveThreadWorkGroupInitialScroll,
+  settleThreadFeedJump,
 } from "./thread-feed-scroll-position";
 
 describe("tool-group scroll restoration", () => {
@@ -92,3 +93,41 @@ describe("resolveThreadFeedSubmissionAnchor", () => {
     ).toBeNull();
   });
 });
+
+describe("settleThreadFeedJump", () => {
+  const landings = (positions: ReadonlyArray<number | undefined>) => {
+    let lands = 0;
+    return {
+      land: async () => {
+        lands += 1;
+      },
+      position: () => positions[Math.min(lands, positions.length - 1)],
+      lands: () => lands,
+    };
+  };
+
+  it("lands again until the measured rows stop moving the target", async () => {
+    // The first landing trusts estimated rows; measuring them moves the target.
+    const feed = landings([14389, 13563, 13480, 13480]);
+    await settleThreadFeedJump({ ...feed, cancelled: () => false });
+    expect(feed.lands()).toBe(3);
+  });
+
+  it("keeps landing while the target has no position yet", async () => {
+    const feed = landings([undefined, 700, 700]);
+    await settleThreadFeedJump({ ...feed, cancelled: () => false });
+    expect(feed.lands()).toBe(2);
+  });
+
+  it("gives up on a target that never settles", async () => {
+    const feed = landings(Array.from({ length: 50 }, (_, index) => index * 100));
+    await settleThreadFeedJump({ ...feed, cancelled: () => false });
+    expect(feed.lands()).toBeLessThan(10);
+  });
+
+  it("stops landing once the user takes the scroll", async () => {
+    const feed = landings([14389, 13563, 13480]);
+    await settleThreadFeedJump({ ...feed, cancelled: () => feed.lands() >= 1 });
+    expect(feed.lands()).toBe(1);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/apps/mobile/src/features/threads/thread-feed-scroll-position.ts b/apps/mobile/src/features/threads/thread-feed-scroll-position.ts
index 58e9ed34248a6..03ca3e13727f3 100644
--- a/apps/mobile/src/features/threads/thread-feed-scroll-position.ts
+++ b/apps/mobile/src/features/threads/thread-feed-scroll-position.ts
@@ -30,3 +30,25 @@ export function resolveThreadFeedSubmissionAnchor<AnchorId>(input: {
 
   return input.queuedMessageCount > 0 ? null : input.submittedMessageId;
 }
+
+const JUMP_LANDING_LIMIT = 6;
+
+/**
+ * Lands on a message until it stops moving. Rows above an unvisited target are
+ * estimates, so the first landing stops well away from it, and measuring the
+ * rows there moves the target while the list holds the visible content still.
+ */
+export async function settleThreadFeedJump(input: {
+  readonly land: () => Promise<void>;
+  readonly position: () => number | undefined;
+  readonly cancelled: () => boolean;
+}): Promise<void> {
+  let previous = input.position();
+  for (let landing = 0; landing < JUMP_LANDING_LIMIT; landing += 1) {
+    await input.land();
+    if (input.cancelled()) return;
+    const next = input.position();
+    if (previous !== undefined && next !== undefined && Math.abs(next - previous) <= 1) return;
+    previous = next;
+  }
+}