diff --git a/crates/bitty-runtime/src/runtime/animations.rs b/crates/bitty-runtime/src/runtime/animations.rs
index 8d9c0e1d..f48fa0e4 100644
--- a/crates/bitty-runtime/src/runtime/animations.rs
+++ b/crates/bitty-runtime/src/runtime/animations.rs
@@ -421,11 +421,12 @@ impl PanelAnimator {
             return false;
         }
         // Restart (bounded) any existing animation of the same kind on the
-        // surface. Close and the gesture kinds also drop an in-flight bounds
-        // tween on that surface (the surface is going away, or the gesture
-        // re-arms its own geometry on the next present). Focus/Open/Workspace
-        // leave bounds interpolation untouched: they share the same surface
-        // without conflicting with its painted geometry (CTX-1335).
+        // surface. Close drops an in-flight bounds tween (the surface is going
+        // away); the gesture kinds replace it but carry its painted frame
+        // forward, because the gesture re-arms its own geometry on the next
+        // present. Focus/Open/Workspace leave bounds interpolation untouched:
+        // they share the same surface without conflicting with its painted
+        // geometry (CTX-1335).
         let replaces_bounds = matches!(
             kind,
             AnimationKind::Close
@@ -433,6 +434,25 @@ impl PanelAnimator {
                 | AnimationKind::Resize
                 | AnimationKind::Drag
         );
+        // A gesture re-arm replaces its bounds entry, but the painted frame
+        // must not jump back to the last committed target before the next
+        // present retargets. Carry the current interpolated frame forward as
+        // the new start, keeping the previous destination until the detector
+        // supplies the freshly committed one (CodeRabbit PR #2231, finding 1).
+        let carried_bounds = if matches!(
+            kind,
+            AnimationKind::Move | AnimationKind::Resize | AnimationKind::Drag
+        ) {
+            let destination = self
+                .active
+                .iter()
+                .find(|a| a.surface == surface && a.bounds.is_some() && !a.done(now))
+                .and_then(|a| a.bounds)
+                .map(|(_, to)| to);
+            self.interpolated_bounds(surface, now).zip(destination)
+        } else {
+            None
+        };
         self.active.retain(|a| {
             !(a.surface == surface && (a.kind == kind || (replaces_bounds && a.bounds.is_some())))
         });
@@ -450,7 +470,7 @@ impl PanelAnimator {
             surface,
             started: now,
             duration,
-            bounds: None,
+            bounds: carried_bounds,
             ring: true,
         });
         true
@@ -668,7 +688,15 @@ impl PanelAnimator {
     /// dropped surface paints its committed end state immediately.
     pub fn drop_one_bounds(&mut self, now: Instant) -> bool {
         self.active.retain(|a| !a.done(now));
-        if let Some(index) = self.active.iter().position(|a| a.bounds.is_some()) {
+        // Only bounds-only entries free a budget slot. A reused ring slot
+        // (Move or the Alt-drag Drag entry) hosts bounds too; removing it
+        // would delete the accepted fade this priority rule protects
+        // (CodeRabbit PR #2231, finding 2).
+        if let Some(index) = self
+            .active
+            .iter()
+            .position(|a| a.bounds.is_some() && !a.ring)
+        {
             self.active.remove(index);
             return true;
         }
@@ -1174,6 +1202,56 @@ mod tests {
         );
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn overflow_preserves_a_ring_entry_that_hosts_bounds() {
+        let now = t0();
+        let mut anim = PanelAnimator::new(AnimationPolicy::default());
+        let dragged = ViewId::new(35);
+        let bounds_only = ViewId::new(36);
+
+        // The Alt-drag ring hosts its own bounds (one surface, one entry).
+        assert!(anim.trigger(AnimationKind::Drag, Some(dragged), now));
+        assert!(anim.trigger_bounds(
+            AnimationKind::Move,
+            Some(dragged),
+            bounds(0, 0, 10, 10),
+            bounds(10, 10, 20, 20),
+            now,
+        ));
+        // A separate bounds-only tween is the only safe eviction candidate.
+        assert!(anim.trigger_bounds(
+            AnimationKind::Move,
+            Some(bounds_only),
+            bounds(0, 0, 10, 10),
+            bounds(10, 10, 20, 20),
+            now,
+        ));
+        assert_eq!(anim.active_count(now), 2);
+
+        assert!(anim.drop_one_bounds(now));
+        assert_eq!(anim.active_count(now), 1);
+        assert!(
+            anim.progress(AnimationKind::Drag, Some(dragged), now)
+                .is_some(),
+            "the accepted drag ring survives"
+        );
+        assert!(
+            anim.interpolated_bounds(Some(dragged), now).is_some(),
+            "the ring's hosted bounds survive with it"
+        );
+        assert_eq!(anim.interpolated_bounds(Some(bounds_only), now), None);
+
+        // Only a ring-hosted tween remains: no slot can be freed without
+        // deleting the ring, so the trigger must be refused.
+        assert!(!anim.drop_one_bounds(now));
+        assert_eq!(anim.active_count(now), 1);
+        assert!(
+            anim.progress(AnimationKind::Drag, Some(dragged), now)
+                .is_some()
+        );
+        assert!(anim.interpolated_bounds(Some(dragged), now).is_some());
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn instant_policy_never_arms_and_reports_inactive() {
         let now = t0();
diff --git a/crates/bitty-runtime/tests/panel_animations.rs b/crates/bitty-runtime/tests/panel_animations.rs
index 26d119b3..75edffe3 100644
--- a/crates/bitty-runtime/tests/panel_animations.rs
+++ b/crates/bitty-runtime/tests/panel_animations.rs
@@ -1053,6 +1053,80 @@ fn alt_drag_float_keeps_one_animation_entry_under_a_full_budget() {
     rt.handle_key_event(named_key(NamedKey::Alt, PressState::Released));
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn consecutive_alt_drag_updates_carry_painted_bounds_forward() {
+    // CodeRabbit PR #2231 finding 1: re-arming the Drag ring on a second
+    // motion must start from the currently painted frame, not from the last
+    // committed target, so continuous Alt+drag never snaps.
+    let mut rt = runtime_with(AnimationPolicy::default());
+    let start = Instant::now();
+    rt.set_container(UiRect::new(0, 0, 80, 24));
+    let _ = rt.tick_at(start).expect("baseline presents");
+    rt.set_layout(two_pane_split());
+    let _ = rt.tick_at(start).expect("split presents");
+    let settled = start + Duration::from_millis(200);
+    rt.tick_at(settled);
+    rt.toggle_floating(Some(ViewId::new(1)))
+        .expect("detach view 1");
+    let detach_settled = settled + Duration::from_millis(200);
+    rt.tick_at(detach_settled);
+    let detach_idle = detach_settled + Duration::from_millis(200);
+    rt.tick_at(detach_idle);
+    assert!(rt.tick_at(detach_idle).is_none(), "detach settled");
+
+    let grab = point_in_frame(&rt, ViewId::new(1), 0.5, 0.5);
+    rt.handle_cursor_moved(grab);
+    rt.handle_key_event(named_key(NamedKey::Alt, PressState::Pressed));
+    rt.handle_mouse_input(press(MouseButton::Left));
+    assert!(
+        rt.alt_drag_active(),
+        "Alt+press on the detached float grabs"
+    );
+    let focus_settled = Instant::now();
+    rt.tick_at(focus_settled);
+    let focus_idle = focus_settled + Duration::from_millis(200);
+    rt.tick_at(focus_idle);
+    assert!(rt.tick_at(focus_idle).is_none(), "focus settled");
+
+    let t0 = Instant::now();
+    let first = CursorPosition {
+        x: grab.x + 18.0,
+        y: grab.y + 38.0,
+    };
+    assert!(rt.update_alt_drag_at(first, t0));
+    let _ = rt.tick_at(t0).expect("first drag present attaches bounds");
+    let first_target = frame_for(&rt.present_frames(), ViewId::new(1)).frame;
+
+    let mid = t0 + Duration::from_millis(40);
+    rt.tick_at(mid).expect("mid drag frame presents");
+    let continuity = frame_for(&rt.paint_frames_at(mid), ViewId::new(1)).frame;
+    assert_ne!(continuity, first_target, "mid tween is not at its target");
+
+    // A second motion re-arms the same Drag entry. Its carried start must be
+    // the painted mid frame, so the present at the same instant is continuous.
+    let second = CursorPosition {
+        x: first.x + 18.0,
+        y: first.y + 38.0,
+    };
+    assert!(rt.update_alt_drag_at(second, mid));
+    let second_target = frame_for(&rt.present_frames(), ViewId::new(1)).frame;
+    assert_ne!(second_target, first_target, "second motion moved further");
+    let _ = rt.tick_at(mid).expect("second drag present retargets");
+    let retargeted = frame_for(&rt.paint_frames_at(mid), ViewId::new(1)).frame;
+    assert_eq!(
+        retargeted, continuity,
+        "the retarget must not snap back to the previous committed target"
+    );
+
+    let later = mid + Duration::from_millis(40);
+    rt.tick_at(later).expect("later drag frame presents");
+    let later_paint = frame_for(&rt.paint_frames_at(later), ViewId::new(1)).frame;
+    assert_ne!(later_paint, continuity, "the retargeted tween advances");
+    assert_ne!(later_paint, second_target, "and has not already settled");
+    rt.handle_mouse_input(release(MouseButton::Left));
+    rt.handle_key_event(named_key(NamedKey::Alt, PressState::Released));
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn pinned_overlay_does_not_slide_with_the_workspace() {
     // CTX-1335 F5: pins are window-global chrome; the incoming workspace