diff --git a/packages/junior-dashboard/e2e/conversations-mobile.spec.ts b/packages/junior-dashboard/e2e/conversations-mobile.spec.ts
index 32fd694180..85c2214fcb 100644
--- a/packages/junior-dashboard/e2e/conversations-mobile.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/junior-dashboard/e2e/conversations-mobile.spec.ts
@@ -721,6 +721,27 @@ test("keeps the message in view while earlier history and late content load", as
     transcript.getByText("Transcript message 39 "),
   ).not.toBeInViewport();
 
+  // Rows keep their real size while the reader scrolls up through them, so
+  // the transcript never corrects the reader's own scroll. On phones, such
+  // corrections make the transcript jump.
+  await transcript.evaluate((element) => {
+    const scrollTo = element.scrollTo.bind(element);
+    element.dataset.scrollCorrections = "0";
+    element.scrollTo = (...args: Parameters<typeof scrollTo>) => {
+      element.dataset.scrollCorrections = String(
+        Number(element.dataset.scrollCorrections) + 1,
+      );
+      scrollTo(...args);
+    };
+  });
+  await transcript.hover();
+  for (let step = 0; step < 8; step += 1) {
+    await page.mouse.wheel(0, -150);
+  }
+  await expect(transcript.getByText("Transcript message 30 ")).toBeInViewport();
+  await expect(transcript).toHaveAttribute("data-scroll-corrections", "0");
+  await transcript.getByText("Transcript message 43 ").scrollIntoViewIfNeeded();
+
   // Content that grows above the reader, such as an image that loads late,
   // must not push the message they are reading out of view.
   await transcript.getByText("Transcript message 20 ").evaluate((element) => {
diff --git a/packages/junior-dashboard/src/client/conversations/TranscriptRows.tsx b/packages/junior-dashboard/src/client/conversations/TranscriptRows.tsx
index 2ca947768c..a0a683bb17 100644
--- a/packages/junior-dashboard/src/client/conversations/TranscriptRows.tsx
+++ b/packages/junior-dashboard/src/client/conversations/TranscriptRows.tsx
@@ -35,7 +35,14 @@ export function TranscriptUnreadMarker() {
   );
 }
 
-/** Leave room for control outlines inside the mobile row's paint bounds. */
+/**
+ * Lay out one transcript row at its real size.
+ *
+ * Rows do not use `content-visibility: auto`. A skipped row has an estimated
+ * size, and it changes size when the reader scrolls near it. Above the
+ * reader, each change needs a scroll correction while they scroll, and on
+ * phones those corrections make the transcript jump.
+ */
 export function TranscriptRow(props: {
   /** Stable row id that holds the reader's place while layout changes. */
   anchorKey?: string;
@@ -46,7 +53,7 @@ export function TranscriptRow(props: {
 }) {
   return (
     <div
-      className="mobile-transcript-row -mx-2 px-2 py-1.5"
+      className="py-1.5"
       data-scroll-anchor={props.anchorKey}
       data-transcript-seq={props.seq}
     >
diff --git a/packages/junior-dashboard/src/tailwind.css b/packages/junior-dashboard/src/tailwind.css
index 733b4bd9f1..c9875cf7c7 100644
--- a/packages/junior-dashboard/src/tailwind.css
+++ b/packages/junior-dashboard/src/tailwind.css
@@ -363,9 +363,4 @@
     content-visibility: auto;
     contain-intrinsic-size: auto 3.5rem;
   }
-
-  .mobile-transcript-row {
-    content-visibility: auto;
-    contain-intrinsic-size: auto 12rem;
-  }
 }