From 29de7a1d5d8a885525c5ca0e31dccb5a561a1415 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Henry Jameson <me@hjkos.com>
Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2026 12:39:05 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] brilliant idea

---
 src/components/conversation/conversation.js | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/components/conversation/conversation.js b/src/components/conversation/conversation.js
index e4c40f4a9..9855c01cd 100644
--- a/src/components/conversation/conversation.js
+++ b/src/components/conversation/conversation.js
@@ -322,7 +322,8 @@ export default {
     const diveToTopLevel = () => scrollTo(new Set([currentAncestors.value[0].id]))
 
     watch(focusedId, async (neu, old) => {
-      if (neu) scrollTo(new Set([neu]))
+      // Ignoring initial update (null -> id) since that is handled by scroll compensation
+      if (old && neu) scrollTo(new Set([neu]))
     })
 
     return {