diff --git a/NucleicRemote/NucleicRemote/Views/SessionDetailView.swift b/NucleicRemote/NucleicRemote/Views/SessionDetailView.swift
index c7f0f63..75c1d5d 100644
--- a/NucleicRemote/NucleicRemote/Views/SessionDetailView.swift
+++ b/NucleicRemote/NucleicRemote/Views/SessionDetailView.swift
@@ -683,9 +683,15 @@ struct TranscriptList: View {
             }
             // Coalescing means item count lags event count; key the autoscroll on the raw stream
             // so every streamed delta keeps the view pinned to the bottom — but only while the
-            // user is already parked there. Scrolling up to read history is never yanked down.
+            // user is already parked there. Scrolling up to read history is never yanked down,
+            // and a finger actively on the transcript is never fought mid-drag (the drag that
+            // takes them past the unfollow threshold flips the gate; until then the native
+            // bottom anchor alone keeps content pinned, without an animated scroll grabbing the
+            // viewport back out of their hand).
             .onChange(of: events.count) {
-                if isScrolledToBottom { scrollToEnd(proxy, animated: !transcriptSettling) }
+                if isScrolledToBottom, !isUserScrolling {
+                    scrollToEnd(proxy, animated: !transcriptSettling)
+                }
             }
             // An explicit jump — the chevron or sending a message — always wins. The chevron
             // itself lives in the parent's chat bar (above the composer), not as an overlay here,