diff --git a/frontend/packages/shared/src/terminal.css b/frontend/packages/shared/src/terminal.css
index d7cc5b64..6a39682c 100644
--- a/frontend/packages/shared/src/terminal.css
+++ b/frontend/packages/shared/src/terminal.css
@@ -36,6 +36,11 @@
   overflow-y: auto;
   max-height: 32em;
   font-family: inherit;
+  /* Disable browser scroll anchoring — the terminal manages scroll
+     position manually (snapToBottom + loadMore compensation). Scroll
+     anchoring would double-compensate scrollTop during loadMore()
+     prepends, causing an erratic jump. */
+  overflow-anchor: none;
 }
 .live.terminal {
   background: transparent;
diff --git a/frontend/packages/shared/src/terminal.js b/frontend/packages/shared/src/terminal.js
index 0f495fa7..aefb0223 100644
--- a/frontend/packages/shared/src/terminal.js
+++ b/frontend/packages/shared/src/terminal.js
@@ -316,6 +316,12 @@ export function create(opts) {
       histHasMore = body.has_more || false;
       if (typeof body.min_id === 'number') histMinId = body.min_id;
 
+      // Resolve load-more button state before capturing the scroll
+      // baseline so that any button removal is already reflected in
+      // beforeH — otherwise the button's height would be missing from
+      // the delta and the viewport would drift up by that amount.
+      updateLoadMoreBtn();
+
       if (events.length > 0) {
         // Render into a detached element; `log` is temporarily redirected
         // so that row/details/etc. append there instead of rootLog.
@@ -338,9 +344,10 @@ export function create(opts) {
         const beforeH = rootLog.scrollHeight;
         while (tempEl.firstChild) rootLog.insertBefore(tempEl.firstChild, anchor);
         // Compensate scroll so the viewport stays on the same content.
+        // overflow-anchor: none on .live ensures the browser does not
+        // also auto-adjust scrollTop (which would double the delta).
         rootLog.scrollTop += rootLog.scrollHeight - beforeH;
       }
-      updateLoadMoreBtn();
     } catch (err) {
       console.warn('loadMore failed', err);
       updateLoadMoreBtn();