diff --git a/CLAUDE.md b/CLAUDE.md
index a83a83b..0c8b889 100644
--- a/CLAUDE.md
+++ b/CLAUDE.md
@@ -132,6 +132,26 @@ showcase updates itself. (Manual local regen still works too; the sandbox needs
 
 Newest first. One short entry per working session: what shipped + open threads.
 
+### 2026-07-21 — Animated cards: render-guard fix for restart "bouncing" (v0.16.3)
+- **User:** the wind card animation is broken — "a bouncing line right in the
+  wind rose." Root cause: HA pushes `hass` to every card on **every** state
+  change, and these cards rebuild their whole `innerHTML` in `set hass` →
+  `_render()`. Recreating the DOM restarts every CSS animation from frame 0, so
+  the wind streak's multi-second sweep snapped back to its start on each tick =
+  a line bouncing across the compass. Same latent bug in **rain** (falling
+  drops / wave) and **lux** (26s ray-spin / disc-pulse), which also animate
+  continuously — fixed all three.
+- Fix: a **render guard**. Each card computes a `sig` (JSON of the displayed
+  values — wind: speed/bearing/gust/unit/name; rain: frac/event/intensity/
+  periodChips/intLine/name; lux: value/night/band/name/unit) and early-returns
+  from `_render` when it's unchanged, so the DOM (and its animations) persist
+  across unrelated ticks. `setConfig` resets `this._sig = null` to force a
+  rebuild on config change. Constructor seeds `this._sig = null`.
+- Verified: `bash build.sh` + `node test/smoke.js` green; a Node harness test
+  confirmed an identical `hass` push skips the rebuild while a changed wind
+  value still re-renders. VERSION 0.16.2 → 0.16.3. (In-browser visual check
+  still blocked — sandbox Chromium has no outbound network.)
+
 ### 2026-07-21 — Forecast NWS: explicit Home/Custom location (v0.16.2) + animated-icon alignment fix (v0.16.1)
 - **v0.16.1:** user reported the forecast icons are misaligned **when animated**.
   Root cause in the shared flat `weatherIcon`: the cloud `<g>` carried BOTH its
diff --git a/prism.js b/prism.js
index 493249e..ec8220c 100644
--- a/prism.js
+++ b/prism.js
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 
   if (window.PrismUI && window.PrismUI.version) return; // already loaded
 
-  const VERSION = '0.16.2';
+  const VERSION = '0.16.3';
 
   // ── Named accent presets ──────────────────────────────────────────
   // Selectable in every card editor; a card may also use a raw hex value.
@@ -4072,6 +4072,7 @@
       this.attachShadow({ mode: 'open' });
       this._config = null;
       this._hass = null;
+      this._sig = null;
     }
 
     setConfig(config) {
@@ -4079,6 +4080,7 @@
         throw new Error('prism-wind-card: set `entity` (a weather or wind-speed entity) or `speed_entity`.');
       }
       this._config = { show_gust: true, animate: true, ...config };
+      this._sig = null; // force a rebuild on the next render
       if (this._hass) this._render();
     }
 
@@ -4113,6 +4115,14 @@
       const cardinal = hasDir ? cardinalOf(bearing) : '';
       const name = c.name || (this._hass.states[c.entity] ? this._hass.states[c.entity].attributes.friendly_name : (c.entity || c.speed_entity));
 
+      // Home Assistant pushes `hass` on every state change, so _render runs
+      // constantly. Only rebuild the DOM when a displayed value actually
+      // changes — otherwise the recreated streak spans restart their CSS sweep
+      // animation on every tick (a "bouncing line" across the rose).
+      const sig = JSON.stringify([speed, bearing, gust, unit, name]);
+      if (sig === this._sig) return;
+      this._sig = sig;
+
       // Compass geometry.
       const W = 120, cx = 60, cy = 60, R = 52;
       let ticks = '';
@@ -5113,11 +5123,13 @@
       this.attachShadow({ mode: 'open' });
       this._config = null;
       this._hass = null;
+      this._sig = null;
     }
 
     setConfig(config) {
       if (!config.event_entity) throw new Error('prism-rain-card: `event_entity` is required.');
       this._config = { animate: true, accent: 'blue', ...config };
+      this._sig = null; // force a rebuild on the next render
       if (this._hass) this._render();
     }
 
@@ -5192,6 +5204,13 @@
         ? `<span class="rate l${rate.level}">${rate.label}</span>`
         : `${P.esc(fmtRain(intensity, iUnit))} ${P.esc(iUnit)} · <span class="rate l${rate.level}">${rate.label}</span>`;
 
+      // Home Assistant pushes `hass` on every state change. Rebuild only when a
+      // displayed value changes, so the falling-drop / wave CSS animations
+      // aren't restarted from scratch on every unrelated tick.
+      const sig = JSON.stringify([frac, event, intensity, periodChips, intLine, name]);
+      if (sig === this._sig) return;
+      this._sig = sig;
+
       this.shadowRoot.innerHTML = `
         <style>
           ${P.TOKEN_STYLE}
@@ -5615,11 +5634,13 @@
       this.attachShadow({ mode: 'open' });
       this._config = null;
       this._hass = null;
+      this._sig = null;
     }
 
     setConfig(config) {
       if (!config.entity) throw new Error('prism-lux-card: `entity` is required.');
       this._config = { animate: true, ...config };
+      this._sig = null; // force a rebuild on the next render
       if (this._hass) this._render();
     }
 
@@ -5660,6 +5681,13 @@
       const value = has ? P.fmtNumber(Math.round(lux), 0) : '—';
       const unit = (st && st.attributes.unit_of_measurement) || 'lx';
 
+      // Home Assistant pushes `hass` on every state change. Rebuild only when
+      // the reading changes, so the ray-spin / disc-pulse CSS animations aren't
+      // restarted from scratch on every unrelated tick.
+      const sig = JSON.stringify([value, night, band.label, name, unit]);
+      if (sig === this._sig) return;
+      this._sig = sig;
+
       // Sun geometry (viewBox 96). Disc + 12 rays scale with the light level.
       const CX = 48, CY = 48;
       const r = 12 + frac * 6;
diff --git a/src/prism-lux-card.js b/src/prism-lux-card.js
index f33174a..2bf602a 100644
--- a/src/prism-lux-card.js
+++ b/src/prism-lux-card.js
@@ -50,11 +50,13 @@
       this.attachShadow({ mode: 'open' });
       this._config = null;
       this._hass = null;
+      this._sig = null;
     }
 
     setConfig(config) {
       if (!config.entity) throw new Error('prism-lux-card: `entity` is required.');
       this._config = { animate: true, ...config };
+      this._sig = null; // force a rebuild on the next render
       if (this._hass) this._render();
     }
 
@@ -95,6 +97,13 @@
       const value = has ? P.fmtNumber(Math.round(lux), 0) : '—';
       const unit = (st && st.attributes.unit_of_measurement) || 'lx';
 
+      // Home Assistant pushes `hass` on every state change. Rebuild only when
+      // the reading changes, so the ray-spin / disc-pulse CSS animations aren't
+      // restarted from scratch on every unrelated tick.
+      const sig = JSON.stringify([value, night, band.label, name, unit]);
+      if (sig === this._sig) return;
+      this._sig = sig;
+
       // Sun geometry (viewBox 96). Disc + 12 rays scale with the light level.
       const CX = 48, CY = 48;
       const r = 12 + frac * 6;
diff --git a/src/prism-rain-card.js b/src/prism-rain-card.js
index b160ab1..2cf339a 100644
--- a/src/prism-rain-card.js
+++ b/src/prism-rain-card.js
@@ -53,11 +53,13 @@
       this.attachShadow({ mode: 'open' });
       this._config = null;
       this._hass = null;
+      this._sig = null;
     }
 
     setConfig(config) {
       if (!config.event_entity) throw new Error('prism-rain-card: `event_entity` is required.');
       this._config = { animate: true, accent: 'blue', ...config };
+      this._sig = null; // force a rebuild on the next render
       if (this._hass) this._render();
     }
 
@@ -132,6 +134,13 @@
         ? `<span class="rate l${rate.level}">${rate.label}</span>`
         : `${P.esc(fmtRain(intensity, iUnit))} ${P.esc(iUnit)} · <span class="rate l${rate.level}">${rate.label}</span>`;
 
+      // Home Assistant pushes `hass` on every state change. Rebuild only when a
+      // displayed value changes, so the falling-drop / wave CSS animations
+      // aren't restarted from scratch on every unrelated tick.
+      const sig = JSON.stringify([frac, event, intensity, periodChips, intLine, name]);
+      if (sig === this._sig) return;
+      this._sig = sig;
+
       this.shadowRoot.innerHTML = `
         <style>
           ${P.TOKEN_STYLE}
diff --git a/src/prism-shared.js b/src/prism-shared.js
index 533f47f..f8bd0f7 100644
--- a/src/prism-shared.js
+++ b/src/prism-shared.js
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
   if (window.PrismUI && window.PrismUI.version) return; // already loaded
 
-  const VERSION = '0.16.2';
+  const VERSION = '0.16.3';
 
   // ── Named accent presets ──────────────────────────────────────────
   // Selectable in every card editor; a card may also use a raw hex value.
diff --git a/src/prism-wind-card.js b/src/prism-wind-card.js
index 14213e0..a446806 100644
--- a/src/prism-wind-card.js
+++ b/src/prism-wind-card.js
@@ -122,6 +122,7 @@
       this.attachShadow({ mode: 'open' });
       this._config = null;
       this._hass = null;
+      this._sig = null;
     }
 
     setConfig(config) {
@@ -129,6 +130,7 @@
         throw new Error('prism-wind-card: set `entity` (a weather or wind-speed entity) or `speed_entity`.');
       }
       this._config = { show_gust: true, animate: true, ...config };
+      this._sig = null; // force a rebuild on the next render
       if (this._hass) this._render();
     }
 
@@ -163,6 +165,14 @@
       const cardinal = hasDir ? cardinalOf(bearing) : '';
       const name = c.name || (this._hass.states[c.entity] ? this._hass.states[c.entity].attributes.friendly_name : (c.entity || c.speed_entity));
 
+      // Home Assistant pushes `hass` on every state change, so _render runs
+      // constantly. Only rebuild the DOM when a displayed value actually
+      // changes — otherwise the recreated streak spans restart their CSS sweep
+      // animation on every tick (a "bouncing line" across the rose).
+      const sig = JSON.stringify([speed, bearing, gust, unit, name]);
+      if (sig === this._sig) return;
+      this._sig = sig;
+
       // Compass geometry.
       const W = 120, cx = 60, cy = 60, R = 52;
       let ticks = '';