diff --git a/apps/web/src/components/HistorySwipeNavigation.browser.test.tsx b/apps/web/src/components/HistorySwipeNavigation.browser.test.tsx
index b2e6fcaaaf402..c5a3b7b720185 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/components/HistorySwipeNavigation.browser.test.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/components/HistorySwipeNavigation.browser.test.tsx
@@ -58,4 +58,16 @@ describe("HistorySwipeNavigation", () => {
 
     expect(navigateHistory).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(navigates ? 1 : 0);
   });
+
+  it("navigates once the swipe passes the trigger distance, without waiting for the fingers to lift", async () => {
+    navigateHistory.mockReset();
+    await using screen = await render(<HistorySwipeNavigation />);
+    const panel = screen.container.appendChild(document.createElement("div"));
+    for (let step = 0; step < 20; step++) {
+      panel.dispatchEvent(new WheelEvent("wheel", { deltaX: -10, bubbles: true, composed: true }));
+    }
+
+    expect(navigateHistory).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(navigateHistory).toHaveBeenCalledWith("back");
+  });
 });
diff --git a/apps/web/src/components/HistorySwipeNavigation.tsx b/apps/web/src/components/HistorySwipeNavigation.tsx
index 767b4285c696f..e47a18c13b171 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/components/HistorySwipeNavigation.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/components/HistorySwipeNavigation.tsx
@@ -97,11 +97,8 @@ export function HistorySwipeNavigation() {
     let gesture: SwipeGesture | null = null;
     const hideIndicator = () =>
       setSwipe((current) => (current === null ? null : { ...current, tracking: false }));
-    // The fingers lifted: navigate if the swipe went far enough, then ignore its momentum.
+    // The swipe ended or was decided: ignore the rest of it, momentum included.
     const release = () => {
-      if (gesture?.kind === "tracking" && gesture.distance >= SWIPE_TRIGGER_DISTANCE) {
-        navigateHistory(gesture.direction);
-      }
       gesture = { kind: "ignored" };
       hideIndicator();
     };
@@ -134,6 +131,12 @@ export function HistorySwipeNavigation() {
         if (isMomentumTail(gesture.deltas)) return release();
         gesture.distance = Math.max(0, gesture.distance + delta);
       }
+      // Chromium only ends a trackpad scroll after its momentum stops, so waiting for the
+      // fingers to lift would delay navigation by the whole momentum tail.
+      if (gesture.distance >= SWIPE_TRIGGER_DISTANCE) {
+        navigateHistory(gesture.direction);
+        return release();
+      }
       setSwipe({
         direction: gesture.direction,
         progress: Math.min(1, gesture.distance / SWIPE_TRIGGER_DISTANCE),