diff --git a/packages/components/src/components/mobile/mobile-home-screen.tsx b/packages/components/src/components/mobile/mobile-home-screen.tsx
index 9597bf767..f1656bd53 100644
--- a/packages/components/src/components/mobile/mobile-home-screen.tsx
+++ b/packages/components/src/components/mobile/mobile-home-screen.tsx
@@ -1617,8 +1617,13 @@ export function MobileHomeScreen({
 
             <div
               ref={listScrollRef}
+              data-mobile-session-list-scroll-region=""
               className={cn(
-                'mobile-home-list-region scrollbar-pro relative min-h-0 flex-1 overflow-y-auto pt-1 [scrollbar-gutter:auto]',
+                /* `z-0` makes the scroller a stacking context. WebKit can
+                   otherwise promote the positioned / animated conversation
+                   rows beside its overflow-controls layer, letting row
+                   backgrounds paint over the vertical scrollbar. */
+                'mobile-home-list-region scrollbar-pro relative z-0 min-h-0 flex-1 overflow-y-auto pt-1 [scrollbar-gutter:auto]',
                 'pb-[calc(var(--mobile-tabbar-height)+var(--k-safe-area-bottom,0px)+1rem)]'
               )}
             >
diff --git a/packages/components/tests/mobile-session-list-scroll-layer.test.tsx b/packages/components/tests/mobile-session-list-scroll-layer.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..43978073c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/components/tests/mobile-session-list-scroll-layer.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+// @vitest-environment jsdom
+
+import React, { type ReactNode } from 'react';
+import { flushSync } from 'react-dom';
+import { createRoot, type Root } from 'react-dom/client';
+import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest';
+
+import { MobileHomeScreen } from '../src/components/mobile/mobile-home-screen';
+import { initI18n } from '../src/i18n';
+
+describe('mobile session list scrollbar layer', () => {
+  let root: Root | undefined;
+  let container: HTMLDivElement | undefined;
+
+  beforeEach(async () => {
+    await initI18n('en');
+    Object.defineProperty(window, 'matchMedia', {
+      configurable: true,
+      value: vi.fn().mockImplementation((query: string) => ({
+        matches: false,
+        media: query,
+        onchange: null,
+        addEventListener: vi.fn(),
+        removeEventListener: vi.fn(),
+        addListener: vi.fn(),
+        removeListener: vi.fn(),
+        dispatchEvent: vi.fn(),
+      })),
+    });
+  });
+
+  afterEach(() => {
+    if (root) {
+      flushSync(() => root?.unmount());
+    }
+    root = undefined;
+    container?.remove();
+    container = undefined;
+    vi.restoreAllMocks();
+  });
+
+  function render(node: ReactNode) {
+    container = document.createElement('div');
+    document.body.appendChild(container);
+    root = createRoot(container);
+    flushSync(() => root?.render(node));
+  }
+
+  function expectScrollbarStackingBoundary() {
+    const scrollRegion = container?.querySelector('[data-mobile-session-list-scroll-region]');
+    expect(scrollRegion).not.toBeNull();
+    expect(scrollRegion?.classList).toContain('relative');
+    expect(scrollRegion?.classList).toContain('z-0');
+    expect(scrollRegion?.classList).toContain('overflow-y-auto');
+  }
+
+  it('keeps the workspace conversation rows inside the scroll container stacking context', () => {
+    render(
+      <MobileHomeScreen
+        workspace={{ id: 'workspace', name: 'Workspace' }}
+        machines={[]}
+        selectedTab="chat"
+        localProjects={[]}
+        githubRepositories={[]}
+        chats={[]}
+      />
+    );
+
+    expectScrollbarStackingBoundary();
+  });
+});