From 6fa41d51bee15c7e80043cf56806d0309cbe8c34 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Shantur Rathore <i@shantur.com>
Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2025 16:26:14 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] stabilize message auto scroll

---
 src/components/message-stream.tsx | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/components/message-stream.tsx b/src/components/message-stream.tsx
index e3d3649b..08da3b8c 100644
--- a/src/components/message-stream.tsx
+++ b/src/components/message-stream.tsx
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ import { setActiveInstanceId } from "../stores/instances"
 
 const codeNomadLogo = new URL("../../images/CodeNomad-Icon.png", import.meta.url).href
 const SCROLL_OFFSET = 64
+const SCROLL_DIRECTION_THRESHOLD = 10
 
 interface TaskSessionLocation {
   sessionId: string
@@ -265,13 +266,13 @@ export default function MessageStream(props: MessageStreamProps) {
       if (!containerRef) return
 
       const currentScrollTop = containerRef.scrollTop
-      const movingUp = currentScrollTop < lastKnownScrollTop - 1
+      const movingUp = currentScrollTop < lastKnownScrollTop - SCROLL_DIRECTION_THRESHOLD
       lastKnownScrollTop = currentScrollTop
 
       const atBottom = isNearBottom(containerRef)
 
       if (isUserScroll) {
-        if ((movingUp || !atBottom) && autoScroll()) {
+        if (movingUp && !atBottom && autoScroll()) {
           setAutoScroll(false)
         } else if (!movingUp && atBottom && !autoScroll()) {
           setAutoScroll(true)