diff --git a/src/web/public/mobile-handlers.js b/src/web/public/mobile-handlers.js
index ea1ed8f8..0cc7e860 100644
--- a/src/web/public/mobile-handlers.js
+++ b/src/web/public/mobile-handlers.js
@@ -215,6 +215,7 @@ const KeyboardHandler = {
   initialViewportHeight: 0,
   _viewportSettleTimer: null,
   _settleScrollToBottom: false,
+  _settlePending: false,
 
   /** Initialize keyboard handling */
   init() {
@@ -284,6 +285,7 @@ const KeyboardHandler = {
       this._viewportSettleTimer = null;
     }
     this._settleScrollToBottom = false;
+    this._settlePending = false;
   },
 
   /** Handle viewport resize (keyboard show/hide) */
@@ -321,7 +323,7 @@ const KeyboardHandler = {
     }
 
     this.updateLayoutForKeyboard();
-    this._scheduleViewportSettle();
+    this._deferViewportSettle();
     this.lastViewportHeight = currentHeight;
   },
 
@@ -446,12 +448,34 @@ const KeyboardHandler = {
     if (typeof app !== 'undefined') app.relayoutMobileSubagentWindows();
   },
 
-  /** Coalesce the keyboard animation into one final xterm reflow and PTY resize. */
+  /**
+   * Coalesce the keyboard animation into one final xterm reflow and PTY resize.
+   * Only a real show/hide transition arms the settle work; ongoing viewport
+   * resize events merely push a pending settle back (_deferViewportSettle).
+   * A viewport change that never crosses the show/hide thresholds must not
+   * refit: keyboard detection can miss a fine-grained OS animation entirely
+   * (each step under 150px, with the baseline chasing the animation), and the
+   * container is then mid-animation with no keyboard CSS compensation, so a
+   * fit against it resizes the PTY to transient dims and the SIGWINCH thrash
+   * garbles the transcript.
+   */
   _scheduleViewportSettle({ scrollToBottom = false } = {}) {
     this._settleScrollToBottom = this._settleScrollToBottom || scrollToBottom;
+    this._settlePending = true;
+    this._armViewportSettleTimer();
+  },
+
+  /** Push a pending settle back while the viewport is still animating; no-op otherwise. */
+  _deferViewportSettle() {
+    if (!this._settlePending) return;
+    this._armViewportSettleTimer();
+  },
+
+  _armViewportSettleTimer() {
     if (this._viewportSettleTimer) clearTimeout(this._viewportSettleTimer);
     this._viewportSettleTimer = setTimeout(() => {
       this._viewportSettleTimer = null;
+      this._settlePending = false;
       const shouldScrollToBottom = this._settleScrollToBottom;
       this._settleScrollToBottom = false;
 
diff --git a/test/mobile/keyboard.test.ts b/test/mobile/keyboard.test.ts
index 721b9da3..f17cd104 100644
--- a/test/mobile/keyboard.test.ts
+++ b/test/mobile/keyboard.test.ts
@@ -417,6 +417,52 @@ describe('Virtual Keyboard', () => {
       expect(counts).toBe(1);
     });
 
+    // A viewport resize with NO pending show/hide transition must not arm settle
+    // work of its own: keyboard detection can miss a fine-grained OS animation
+    // entirely (sub-150px steps with the baseline chasing the animation), and a
+    // fit against that mid-animation, uncompensated layout resizes the PTY to
+    // transient dims. The resulting SIGWINCH thrash duplicates prompts and
+    // garbles the transcript. Wiggles may only push a pending settle back.
+    it('does not refit on viewport wiggles without a keyboard transition', async () => {
+      const result = await page.evaluate(async () => {
+        const hadTerminal = app.terminal !== null && app.terminal !== undefined;
+        const hadFitAddon = app.fitAddon !== null && app.fitAddon !== undefined;
+        if (!hadTerminal) app.terminal = { scrollToBottom() {} };
+        if (!hadFitAddon) app.fitAddon = { fit() {}, proposeDimensions: () => null };
+
+        const originalFit = app.fitAddon.fit.bind(app.fitAddon);
+        const originalSendResize = KeyboardHandler._sendTerminalResize.bind(KeyboardHandler);
+        let fits = 0;
+        app.fitAddon.fit = () => {
+          fits++;
+        };
+        KeyboardHandler._sendTerminalResize = () => {};
+
+        // Wiggle only: nothing pending, so nothing may fire.
+        KeyboardHandler._deferViewportSettle();
+        KeyboardHandler._deferViewportSettle();
+        await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, KeyboardHandler.VIEWPORT_SETTLE_MS + 80));
+        const wiggleOnly = fits;
+
+        // A real transition arms the work; a following wiggle defers it but the
+        // settle still fires exactly once.
+        KeyboardHandler._scheduleViewportSettle({ scrollToBottom: true });
+        await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 30));
+        KeyboardHandler._deferViewportSettle();
+        await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, KeyboardHandler.VIEWPORT_SETTLE_MS + 80));
+        const afterTransition = fits;
+
+        app.fitAddon.fit = originalFit;
+        KeyboardHandler._sendTerminalResize = originalSendResize;
+        if (!hadFitAddon) app.fitAddon = null;
+        if (!hadTerminal) app.terminal = null;
+        return { wiggleOnly, afterTransition };
+      });
+
+      expect(result.wiggleOnly).toBe(0);
+      expect(result.afterTransition).toBe(1);
+    });
+
     it('accessory bar has the simple-mode action buttons', async () => {
       const actions = await page.evaluate(() => {
         return Array.from(document.querySelectorAll('.keyboard-accessory-bar [data-action]')).map(