diff --git a/docs/branch-review-ledger.md b/docs/branch-review-ledger.md
index 5eeb0f47c..c107206c7 100644
--- a/docs/branch-review-ledger.md
+++ b/docs/branch-review-ledger.md
@@ -560,4 +560,5 @@ Use this ledger to prevent repeated branch and PR reviews when the reviewed HEAD
 | 2026-07-15 | codex/outstanding-work-cleanup | 0c56f27a37af88a073d2bb695d2cf4c05067ff4f + working-tree diff | repo-wide outstanding-work reconciliation and cleanup | No high-confidence P0/P1 remained in the locally executable scope. Fixed the stale architecture index for DSM/specifier routes, pruned redundant Knip configuration, removed the unused `SignedImage` default export, and reconciled maintained docs so completed/superseded plans no longer present as active work. Retained explicitly blocked work: provider-gated operator actions, the live-eval shadow reindex harness, deep-memory section-ownership design, and RAG follow-ups that require live evidence or product/security decisions. Full Knip findings were triaged rather than mass-deleted; unresolved-import scan is clean. | Offline `npm run verify:cheap` passed with 2,417 tests/1 skipped; docs links 806, script refs 264, codebase index 35/35; Knip unresolved scan clean; typecheck clean; focused Vitest 15/15; env-name parity clean; `git diff --check`. Provider-backed Supabase/OpenAI/GitHub/Railway, dependency audit, browser, build, drift, and release gates not run. |
 | 2026-07-15 | codex/design-polish-pass | 0c56f27a37af88a073d2bb695d2cf4c05067ff4f + reviewed working diff | full live design, responsive, UX, accessibility, design-system, routing, performance, lint, testing, documentation, and release-readiness review | No P0/P1 reproduced. Fixed the P2 duplicate phone scroll surface in the shared standalone shell and added a regression test; fixed mode-menu Tab dismissal; explicitly hid decorative dynamic icons; restricted press scaling to motion-safe environments; moved sheet backdrops and forced-colour glass/backdrop behavior onto design tokens. External target fidelity remains blocked because no independent Figma/mockup source was supplied. | Live 30-route desktop + 21-route phone sweep; targeted 320/390/639/768/1440/1920 proofs; `npm run verify:cheap` (2417 passed/1 skipped); `npm run verify:ui` (175/175); focused keyboard 1/1; accessibility media/axe 5/5; scoped Prettier, ESLint, TypeScript, type-scale, and icon-scale passed. Provider-backed checks not run. |
 | 2026-07-15 | codex/documents-closed-default | 49f63791bced2b1764a11ab723aea94b45b026b6 | documents viewer disclosure defaults and related defect hunt | Fixed the inconsistent default-open document viewer sections by making indexed text, high-yield summary, tables/diagrams, and indexing details a native mutually exclusive closed disclosure group. The section navigation opens its requested disclosure and deep-linked evidence still reveals its target. The hunt also removed the explicitly open nested table-review queue, preserved printable summary content through the browser print lifecycle, and added cold-server readiness guards to the affected viewer tests. No other high-confidence default-open defect remains in the live Documents scope. | `npm run verify:cheap`; TypeScript; focused ESLint/Prettier; clean-worktree mocked Chromium coverage for deep-linked evidence, structured summary, closed/mutually-exclusive disclosures, navigation opening, and print state restore; `git diff --check`. Turbopack could not run through the local external `node_modules` junction, so clean browser verification used Next's supported Webpack dev mode. No Supabase/OpenAI/live-provider checks run. |
+| 2026-07-17 | codex/header-footer-scroll-timing-20260717 | 8298bfdcb40c207dbac1128e83c07b4aba782e32 | header and bottom-composer scroll timing, motion, responsive behavior, and merge readiness | Added deliberate hide/reveal travel thresholds with direction-reset handling, aligned header and composer easing/durations, and preserved reduced-motion and breakpoint behavior. No remaining high-confidence P0-P2 defect was found in the scoped diff or focused live behavior. | Focused Vitest 7/7; targeted Chromium UI 5/5; scoped ESLint; Prettier; full TypeScript; full lint; `git diff --check`. `verify:cheap` reached the aggregate Vitest phase, where two repository graph scans exceeded their 30-second test timeout under local disk contention; isolated assertions passed until the same timeout. No Supabase/OpenAI/live-provider checks run. |
 | 2026-07-15 | HEAD / main snapshot (detached review worktree) | 0c56f27a37af88a073d2bb695d2cf4c05067ff4f | comprehensive repository review | Changes requested: two P1 defects (high-risk clinical claim support can accept a different trigger condition on lexical overlap; document-mode URL auto-run loops on navigation and leaves search loading indefinitely), one P2 supply-chain guard gap (the action-pin checker accepts mutable major tags and ignores SHA-pinned major versions), and one P3 orientation-doc gap (DSM and legacy specifier routes are absent from the codebase index). No P0 found. | Node 24/npm 11 and `npm ls --depth=0`; format, runtime, lint, TypeScript, sitemap/brand/icon/type-scale, docs links/scripts, CI/action/Codex guards; coverage 259 files passed/1 skipped and 2,417 tests passed/1 skipped; offline RAG 36 fixtures plus 282 tests; production build/client-secret scan; deployment boot smoke; critical Chromium 8/10 with two reproducible document-search failures; accessibility 5/5; viewport/focus checks through 1920x1080. Provider-backed governance, quality, drift, tenancy, hosted CI, and the cross-browser matrix were blocked or skipped by policy/targeted failures. |
diff --git a/src/components/clinical-dashboard/master-search-header.tsx b/src/components/clinical-dashboard/master-search-header.tsx
index 40a7be517..6c9102785 100644
--- a/src/components/clinical-dashboard/master-search-header.tsx
+++ b/src/components/clinical-dashboard/master-search-header.tsx
@@ -1243,7 +1243,12 @@ export function MasterSearchHeader({
           usesCompactMobileBottomStyle && "document-mobile-search-compact",
           showFooterSearchChips && "flex flex-col items-center gap-2.5",
           shouldHideBottomOnScroll &&
-            "max-sm:transition-transform max-sm:duration-200 max-sm:ease-out motion-reduce:transition-none",
+            cn(
+              "max-sm:transition-transform motion-reduce:transition-none",
+              bottomComposerHidden
+                ? "max-sm:duration-[240ms] max-sm:ease-[cubic-bezier(0.4,0,0.2,1)]"
+                : "max-sm:duration-200 max-sm:ease-[cubic-bezier(0.22,1,0.36,1)]",
+            ),
         )}
       >
         {usesBottomComposerPlacement ? <div className="answer-footer-search-backdrop" aria-hidden="true" /> : null}
@@ -1516,8 +1521,18 @@ export function MasterSearchHeader({
           // fixed-position mobile mode menu keeps the viewport as its containing block.
           hideStrategy === "overlay" &&
             (overlayAllBreakpoints
-              ? "transition-transform duration-200 ease-out motion-reduce:transition-none"
-              : "max-sm:transition-transform max-sm:duration-200 max-sm:ease-out motion-reduce:transition-none"),
+              ? cn(
+                  "transition-transform motion-reduce:transition-none",
+                  headerChromeHidden
+                    ? "duration-[240ms] ease-[cubic-bezier(0.4,0,0.2,1)]"
+                    : "duration-200 ease-[cubic-bezier(0.22,1,0.36,1)]",
+                )
+              : cn(
+                  "max-sm:transition-transform motion-reduce:transition-none",
+                  headerChromeHidden
+                    ? "max-sm:duration-[240ms] max-sm:ease-[cubic-bezier(0.4,0,0.2,1)]"
+                    : "max-sm:duration-200 max-sm:ease-[cubic-bezier(0.22,1,0.36,1)]",
+                )),
           hideStrategy === "overlay" &&
             headerChromeHidden &&
             (overlayAllBreakpoints ? "-translate-y-full" : "max-sm:-translate-y-full"),
@@ -1734,7 +1749,10 @@ export function MasterSearchHeader({
         data-scroll-hidden={headerChromeHidden ? "true" : undefined}
         data-testid="universal-header-collapse"
         className={cn(
-          "max-sm:grid max-sm:transition-[grid-template-rows] max-sm:duration-200 max-sm:ease-out motion-reduce:transition-none",
+          "max-sm:grid max-sm:transition-[grid-template-rows] motion-reduce:transition-none",
+          headerChromeHidden
+            ? "max-sm:duration-[240ms] max-sm:ease-[cubic-bezier(0.4,0,0.2,1)]"
+            : "max-sm:duration-200 max-sm:ease-[cubic-bezier(0.22,1,0.36,1)]",
           headerChromeHidden ? "max-sm:[grid-template-rows:0fr]" : "max-sm:[grid-template-rows:1fr]",
         )}
         {...chromeFocusProps}
diff --git a/src/components/clinical-dashboard/use-hide-on-scroll.ts b/src/components/clinical-dashboard/use-hide-on-scroll.ts
index 37a8586ea..750721013 100644
--- a/src/components/clinical-dashboard/use-hide-on-scroll.ts
+++ b/src/components/clinical-dashboard/use-hide-on-scroll.ts
@@ -16,26 +16,58 @@ const topRevealOffset = 8;
 // Minimum per-event delta (px) before we treat movement as intentional, to
 // avoid jitter from momentum settling and fractional scroll positions.
 const minimumDelta = 4;
+// Once the header's activation band has passed, require a little more
+// continuous downward travel before hiding. Reappearing should be easier, but
+// still deliberate enough that trackpad/touch momentum cannot flicker the
+// chrome at a direction change.
+const hideIntentDistance = 24;
+const revealIntentDistance = 12;
+
+type ScrollDirection = "down" | "up" | null;
 
 /** Pure scroll-direction evaluation used by the hook; exported for unit tests. */
-export function computeScrollHideUpdate(params: { offset: number; lastOffset: number; currentlyHidden: boolean }): {
+export function computeScrollHideUpdate(params: {
+  offset: number;
+  lastOffset: number;
+  currentlyHidden: boolean;
+  direction?: ScrollDirection;
+  directionTravel?: number;
+}): {
   hidden: boolean;
   lastOffset: number;
+  direction: ScrollDirection;
+  directionTravel: number;
 } {
-  const { offset, lastOffset, currentlyHidden } = params;
+  const { offset, lastOffset, currentlyHidden, direction = null, directionTravel = 0 } = params;
   // Ignore iOS rubber-band overscroll at the top.
-  if (offset < 0) return { hidden: currentlyHidden, lastOffset };
+  if (offset < 0) return { hidden: currentlyHidden, lastOffset, direction, directionTravel };
   const delta = offset - lastOffset;
   if (offset <= topRevealOffset) {
-    return { hidden: false, lastOffset: offset };
+    return { hidden: false, lastOffset: offset, direction: null, directionTravel: 0 };
   }
   if (Math.abs(delta) < minimumDelta) {
-    return { hidden: currentlyHidden, lastOffset };
+    return { hidden: currentlyHidden, lastOffset, direction, directionTravel };
   }
-  if (delta > 0) {
-    return { hidden: offset > hideActivationOffset, lastOffset: offset };
+
+  const nextDirection: Exclude<ScrollDirection, null> = delta > 0 ? "down" : "up";
+  const nextDirectionTravel = nextDirection === direction ? directionTravel + Math.abs(delta) : Math.abs(delta);
+  let hidden = currentlyHidden;
+
+  if (!currentlyHidden && nextDirection === "down" && offset > hideActivationOffset) {
+    // Only count travel beyond the activation band. This stops a single flick
+    // from the top hiding the chrome the instant it clears the header height.
+    const travelPastActivation = Math.min(nextDirectionTravel, offset - hideActivationOffset);
+    hidden = travelPastActivation >= hideIntentDistance;
+  } else if (currentlyHidden && nextDirection === "up" && nextDirectionTravel >= revealIntentDistance) {
+    hidden = false;
   }
-  return { hidden: false, lastOffset: offset };
+
+  return {
+    hidden,
+    lastOffset: offset,
+    direction: nextDirection,
+    directionTravel: nextDirectionTravel,
+  };
 }
 
 function subscribeToPhoneMedia(onChange: () => void) {
@@ -67,6 +99,8 @@ export function useScrollHideReporter(disabled = false, allowAllBreakpoints = fa
   const [hidden, setHidden] = useState(false);
   const hiddenRef = useRef(false);
   const lastOffsetRef = useRef(0);
+  const directionRef = useRef<ScrollDirection>(null);
+  const directionTravelRef = useRef(0);
   const active = usePhoneScrollHideActive(disabled, allowAllBreakpoints);
 
   const reportScroll = useCallback(
@@ -79,9 +113,13 @@ export function useScrollHideReporter(disabled = false, allowAllBreakpoints = fa
         offset,
         lastOffset,
         currentlyHidden: hiddenRef.current,
+        direction: directionRef.current,
+        directionTravel: directionTravelRef.current,
       });
       lastOffsetRef.current = update.lastOffset;
       hiddenRef.current = update.hidden;
+      directionRef.current = update.direction;
+      directionTravelRef.current = update.directionTravel;
       setHidden(update.hidden);
     },
     [active],
@@ -91,6 +129,8 @@ export function useScrollHideReporter(disabled = false, allowAllBreakpoints = fa
     if (active) return undefined;
     hiddenRef.current = false;
     lastOffsetRef.current = 0;
+    directionRef.current = null;
+    directionTravelRef.current = 0;
     const frame = window.requestAnimationFrame(() => setHidden(false));
     return () => window.cancelAnimationFrame(frame);
   }, [active]);
@@ -104,6 +144,8 @@ export function useScrollHideReporter(disabled = false, allowAllBreakpoints = fa
   useEffect(() => {
     hiddenRef.current = false;
     lastOffsetRef.current = 0;
+    directionRef.current = null;
+    directionTravelRef.current = 0;
     const frame = window.requestAnimationFrame(() => setHidden(false));
     return () => window.cancelAnimationFrame(frame);
   }, [allowAllBreakpoints]);
diff --git a/tests/use-hide-on-scroll.test.ts b/tests/use-hide-on-scroll.test.ts
index 682e622ec..7b25a9de4 100644
--- a/tests/use-hide-on-scroll.test.ts
+++ b/tests/use-hide-on-scroll.test.ts
@@ -7,17 +7,45 @@ describe("computeScrollHideUpdate", () => {
     expect(computeScrollHideUpdate({ offset: 0, lastOffset: 0, currentlyHidden: true })).toEqual({
       hidden: false,
       lastOffset: 0,
+      direction: null,
+      directionTravel: 0,
     });
     expect(computeScrollHideUpdate({ offset: 8, lastOffset: 20, currentlyHidden: true })).toEqual({
       hidden: false,
       lastOffset: 8,
+      direction: null,
+      directionTravel: 0,
     });
   });
 
-  it("hides after scrolling down past the activation offset", () => {
-    expect(computeScrollHideUpdate({ offset: 80, lastOffset: 10, currentlyHidden: false })).toEqual({
+  it("waits for deliberate travel beyond the activation offset before hiding", () => {
+    const beforeThreshold = computeScrollHideUpdate({
+      offset: 92,
+      lastOffset: 60,
+      currentlyHidden: false,
+      direction: "down",
+      directionTravel: 60,
+    });
+    expect(beforeThreshold).toEqual({
+      hidden: false,
+      lastOffset: 92,
+      direction: "down",
+      directionTravel: 92,
+    });
+
+    expect(
+      computeScrollHideUpdate({
+        offset: 100,
+        lastOffset: beforeThreshold.lastOffset,
+        currentlyHidden: beforeThreshold.hidden,
+        direction: beforeThreshold.direction,
+        directionTravel: beforeThreshold.directionTravel,
+      }),
+    ).toEqual({
       hidden: true,
-      lastOffset: 80,
+      lastOffset: 100,
+      direction: "down",
+      directionTravel: 100,
     });
   });
 
@@ -25,13 +53,34 @@ describe("computeScrollHideUpdate", () => {
     expect(computeScrollHideUpdate({ offset: 40, lastOffset: 10, currentlyHidden: false })).toEqual({
       hidden: false,
       lastOffset: 40,
+      direction: "down",
+      directionTravel: 30,
     });
   });
 
-  it("reveals again on deliberate scroll up", () => {
-    expect(computeScrollHideUpdate({ offset: 120, lastOffset: 180, currentlyHidden: true })).toEqual({
+  it("reveals after a short but deliberate upward travel", () => {
+    const firstUpwardMove = computeScrollHideUpdate({
+      offset: 174,
+      lastOffset: 180,
+      currentlyHidden: true,
+      direction: "down",
+      directionTravel: 80,
+    });
+    expect(firstUpwardMove.hidden).toBe(true);
+
+    expect(
+      computeScrollHideUpdate({
+        offset: 166,
+        lastOffset: firstUpwardMove.lastOffset,
+        currentlyHidden: firstUpwardMove.hidden,
+        direction: firstUpwardMove.direction,
+        directionTravel: firstUpwardMove.directionTravel,
+      }),
+    ).toEqual({
       hidden: false,
-      lastOffset: 120,
+      lastOffset: 166,
+      direction: "up",
+      directionTravel: 14,
     });
   });
 
@@ -39,6 +88,8 @@ describe("computeScrollHideUpdate", () => {
     expect(computeScrollHideUpdate({ offset: -12, lastOffset: 4, currentlyHidden: true })).toEqual({
       hidden: true,
       lastOffset: 4,
+      direction: null,
+      directionTravel: 0,
     });
   });
 
@@ -46,6 +97,25 @@ describe("computeScrollHideUpdate", () => {
     expect(computeScrollHideUpdate({ offset: 82, lastOffset: 80, currentlyHidden: false })).toEqual({
       hidden: false,
       lastOffset: 80,
+      direction: null,
+      directionTravel: 0,
+    });
+  });
+
+  it("resets intent when the user changes direction", () => {
+    expect(
+      computeScrollHideUpdate({
+        offset: 76,
+        lastOffset: 80,
+        currentlyHidden: false,
+        direction: "down",
+        directionTravel: 80,
+      }),
+    ).toEqual({
+      hidden: false,
+      lastOffset: 76,
+      direction: "up",
+      directionTravel: 4,
     });
   });
 });