diff --git a/src/app/globals.css b/src/app/globals.css
index fb181241..79a68363 100644
--- a/src/app/globals.css
+++ b/src/app/globals.css
@@ -769,6 +769,63 @@ summary::-webkit-details-marker {
   --footer-scrim-height: max(7rem, calc(var(--safe-area-bottom) + 5.5rem));
 }
 
+.differentials-mobile-compare-fab {
+  pointer-events: none;
+  position: fixed;
+  inset-inline: max(1rem, var(--safe-area-left)) max(1rem, var(--safe-area-right));
+  bottom: max(5.35rem, calc(var(--safe-area-bottom) + 5.05rem));
+  z-index: 50;
+  display: flex;
+  justify-content: center;
+}
+
+.differentials-mobile-compare-fab__button {
+  pointer-events: auto;
+  display: inline-flex;
+  min-height: 3.25rem;
+  max-width: min(100%, 36rem);
+  align-items: center;
+  gap: 0.625rem;
+  border-radius: 9999px;
+  border: 1px solid color-mix(in srgb, var(--clinical-accent), white 14%);
+  background:
+    radial-gradient(
+      circle at 82% 0%,
+      color-mix(in srgb, var(--clinical-accent-contrast) 20%, transparent),
+      transparent 34%
+    ),
+    linear-gradient(135deg, color-mix(in srgb, var(--clinical-accent), white 7%), var(--clinical-accent));
+  padding: 0.375rem 0.625rem 0.375rem 1.25rem;
+  color: var(--clinical-accent-contrast);
+  font-size: 0.95rem;
+  font-weight: 900;
+  letter-spacing: -0.01em;
+  box-shadow:
+    0 18px 42px rgb(0 0 0 / 24%),
+    0 0 0 1px color-mix(in srgb, var(--clinical-accent-contrast) 10%, transparent) inset;
+  touch-action: manipulation;
+  transition:
+    transform 160ms ease,
+    background-color 160ms ease,
+    box-shadow 160ms ease;
+}
+
+.differentials-mobile-compare-fab__button:active {
+  transform: translateY(1px) scale(0.99);
+}
+
+.differentials-mobile-compare-fab__button:focus-visible {
+  outline: 2px solid var(--focus);
+  outline-offset: 3px;
+}
+
+.differentials-mobile-compare-fab__button--empty {
+  border-color: var(--border-strong);
+  background: color-mix(in srgb, var(--surface) 92%, transparent);
+  color: var(--text-muted);
+  font-weight: 800;
+}
+
 /* Bottom-docked composer: hint row + upward dropdown grow above the pill. */
 .answer-footer-search-edge {
   overflow: visible;
diff --git a/src/components/clinical-dashboard/differentials-home.tsx b/src/components/clinical-dashboard/differentials-home.tsx
index dcc9caa0..f5ba178f 100644
--- a/src/components/clinical-dashboard/differentials-home.tsx
+++ b/src/components/clinical-dashboard/differentials-home.tsx
@@ -159,12 +159,12 @@ function DifferentialsMobileCompareBar({
   const hasSelection = selectedCount > 0;
 
   return createPortal(
-    <div aria-live="polite" className="flex w-full justify-center">
+    <div aria-live="polite" className="differentials-mobile-compare-fab">
       {hasSelection ? (
         <Link
           href={routeWithQuery("/differentials/presentations", query, selectedIds)}
           data-testid="differentials-compare-selected-mobile"
-          className="inline-flex min-h-12 max-w-full items-center gap-2.5 rounded-full border border-[color:var(--clinical-accent)] bg-[color:var(--clinical-accent)] py-1 pl-4 pr-2.5 text-sm font-extrabold text-[color:var(--clinical-accent-contrast)] shadow-[var(--shadow-elevated)] transition active:bg-[color:var(--clinical-accent-hover)]"
+          className="differentials-mobile-compare-fab__button"
         >
           <GitCompareArrows className="h-5 w-5 shrink-0" aria-hidden />
           <span className="truncate">Compare selected</span>
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ function DifferentialsMobileCompareBar({
       ) : (
         <p
           data-testid="differentials-compare-selected-mobile"
-          className="inline-flex min-h-12 max-w-full items-center gap-2.5 rounded-full border border-[color:var(--border-strong)] bg-[color:var(--surface)] px-4 text-sm font-bold text-[color:var(--text-muted)] shadow-[var(--shadow-elevated)]"
+          className="differentials-mobile-compare-fab__button differentials-mobile-compare-fab__button--empty"
         >
           <GitCompareArrows className="h-5 w-5 shrink-0 text-[color:var(--text-soft)]" aria-hidden />
           <span className="truncate">Tick results to compare</span>
@@ -801,7 +801,7 @@ function SearchResultsView({
   // for comparison and drop stale ids whenever a new query changes the results
   // (render-time sync, matching the repo's set-state-in-render pattern).
   const resultSignature = results.map((result) => result.id).join("|");
-  const [lastResultSignature, setLastResultSignature] = useState(resultSignature);
+  const [lastResultSignature, setLastResultSignature] = useState("");
   if (lastResultSignature !== resultSignature) {
     setLastResultSignature(resultSignature);
     setKindFilter("all");
@@ -871,7 +871,11 @@ function SearchResultsView({
   return (
     <div
       data-testid="differentials-search-results"
-      className="mx-auto grid w-full max-w-[86rem] gap-4 overflow-x-hidden px-3 pb-[calc(9rem+env(safe-area-inset-bottom))] sm:px-4 lg:px-0 lg:pb-0"
+      // overflow-x-clip (not hidden): hidden forces overflow-y to auto and turns
+      // this results canvas into a nested phone scrollport, stealing scroll from
+      // #main-content. The fixed compare FAB and shell hide-on-scroll both assume
+      // #main-content owns vertical scroll.
+      className="mx-auto grid w-full max-w-[86rem] min-w-0 gap-3 overflow-x-clip px-3 pb-[calc(10rem+env(safe-area-inset-bottom))] min-[390px]:gap-4 sm:px-4 lg:px-0 lg:pb-0"
     >
       {/* Query context lives here on every breakpoint — on phones this is the
           only place the submitted query is visible above the fold. */}
@@ -885,10 +889,10 @@ function SearchResultsView({
       />
       <p
         data-testid="differentials-catalogue-notice"
-        className="flex items-start gap-2 rounded-lg border border-[color:var(--info-border)] bg-[color:var(--info-soft)]/50 px-3 py-1.5 text-xs font-semibold leading-5 text-[color:var(--info)] sm:py-2 sm:text-sm"
+        className="flex min-w-0 items-start gap-2 rounded-lg border border-[color:var(--info-border)] bg-[color:var(--info-soft)]/50 px-3 py-1.5 text-xs font-semibold leading-5 text-[color:var(--info)] sm:py-2 sm:text-sm"
       >
         <Info className="mt-0.5 h-4 w-4 shrink-0" aria-hidden />
-        <span>
+        <span className="min-w-0 text-pretty">
           Ranked from your imported differentials catalogue. Source counts reflect real matches from your indexed
           library.
         </span>
@@ -1034,7 +1038,7 @@ function SearchResultsView({
               {!hasSourceEvidence && !sourcesChecked ? (
                 <section
                   aria-label="Source status"
-                  className="flex items-center justify-between gap-2 rounded-lg border border-[color:var(--warning-border)] bg-[color:var(--warning-soft)]/40 py-1.5 pl-3 pr-1.5 text-xs"
+                  className="grid gap-2 rounded-lg border border-[color:var(--warning-border)] bg-[color:var(--warning-soft)]/40 px-3 py-2 text-xs min-[390px]:flex min-[390px]:items-center min-[390px]:justify-between min-[390px]:gap-2 min-[390px]:py-1.5 min-[390px]:pr-1.5"
                 >
                   <p className="min-w-0 font-semibold leading-4 text-[color:var(--text-heading)]">
                     Sources not checked for this query yet.
@@ -1043,7 +1047,7 @@ function SearchResultsView({
                     type="button"
                     onClick={rerunSearch}
                     disabled={loading}
-                    className="inline-flex min-h-tap shrink-0 items-center gap-1.5 rounded-lg border border-[color:var(--clinical-accent-border)] bg-[color:var(--surface)] px-2.5 text-xs font-extrabold text-[color:var(--clinical-accent)] focus-visible:outline focus-visible:outline-2 focus-visible:outline-offset-2 focus-visible:outline-[color:var(--focus)] disabled:cursor-wait disabled:opacity-60"
+                    className="inline-flex min-h-tap w-full shrink-0 items-center justify-center gap-1.5 rounded-lg border border-[color:var(--clinical-accent-border)] bg-[color:var(--surface)] px-2.5 text-xs font-extrabold text-[color:var(--clinical-accent)] focus-visible:outline focus-visible:outline-2 focus-visible:outline-offset-2 focus-visible:outline-[color:var(--focus)] disabled:cursor-wait disabled:opacity-60 min-[390px]:w-auto"
                   >
                     <Search className="h-3.5 w-3.5" aria-hidden />
                     {loading ? "Searching…" : "Run source search"}
diff --git a/tests/mobile-interaction-regressions.test.ts b/tests/mobile-interaction-regressions.test.ts
index f15e08ee..affd2c44 100644
--- a/tests/mobile-interaction-regressions.test.ts
+++ b/tests/mobile-interaction-regressions.test.ts
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ describe("mobile interaction regressions", () => {
   it("leaves phone vertical scrolling to the shared shell", () => {
     const presentationSource = source("src/components/differentials/differential-presentation-workflow-page.tsx");
     const favouritesSource = source("src/components/clinical-dashboard/favourites-command-library-page.tsx");
+    const differentialsHomeSource = source("src/components/clinical-dashboard/differentials-home.tsx");
 
     expect(presentationSource).toMatch(
       /data-testid="differential-presentation-page"\s+className="[^"]*min-h-0[^"]*overflow-x-clip[^"]*sm:min-h-\[calc\(100dvh-4rem\)\]/,
@@ -32,6 +33,13 @@ describe("mobile interaction regressions", () => {
       /data-testid="favourites-hub"\s+className="[^"]*min-h-0[^"]*overflow-x-clip[^"]*sm:min-h-\[calc\(100dvh-4rem\)\]/,
     );
     expect(favouritesSource).toContain('"grid min-h-0 min-w-0 overflow-x-clip sm:min-h-[calc(100dvh-4rem)]"');
+    // overflow-x-hidden would force overflow-y:auto and nest a scrollport under #main-content.
+    expect(differentialsHomeSource).toMatch(
+      /data-testid="differentials-search-results"[\s\S]*?className="[^"]*overflow-x-clip[^"]*"/,
+    );
+    expect(differentialsHomeSource).not.toMatch(
+      /data-testid="differentials-search-results"[\s\S]*?className="[^"]*overflow-x-hidden[^"]*"/,
+    );
   });
 
   it("keeps phone quick actions and the privacy link at the semantic tap size", () => {
diff --git a/tests/ui-tools.spec.ts b/tests/ui-tools.spec.ts
index 34c17bc1..ccc5e8d8 100644
--- a/tests/ui-tools.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/ui-tools.spec.ts
@@ -1455,8 +1455,8 @@ test.describe("Clinical KB tools launcher", () => {
     await expect(compareAction).toBeVisible();
     await expect(compareAction).toContainText("Compare selected");
 
-    await scrollport.evaluate((element) => element.scrollTo({ top: 700, behavior: "instant" }));
-    await expect.poll(() => scrollport.evaluate((element) => element.scrollTop)).toBeGreaterThan(100);
+    await mainContent.evaluate((element) => element.scrollTo({ top: 700, behavior: "instant" }));
+    await expect.poll(() => mainContent.evaluate((element) => element.scrollTop)).toBeGreaterThan(100);
     await page.waitForTimeout(300);
 
     await expect(dock).not.toHaveAttribute("data-scroll-hidden", "true");
@@ -1492,6 +1492,8 @@ test.describe("Clinical KB tools launcher", () => {
     expect(compareGeometry.top).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(0);
     expect(compareGeometry.bottom).toBeLessThanOrEqual(compareGeometry.viewportHeight);
     expect(compareGeometry.receivesPointer).toBe(true);
+    expect(compareGeometry.bottom).toBeLessThan(dockTop);
+    await expectNoPageHorizontalOverflow(page);
 
     // The result cards and compare bar remain in their non-desktop layout up
     // to 1023px, so the composer must keep providing the portal host on tablet.