diff --git a/static/messages.js b/static/messages.js
index 9f1532f1..75a3ddbe 100644
--- a/static/messages.js
+++ b/static/messages.js
@@ -5941,10 +5941,17 @@ function attachLiveStream(activeSid, streamId, uploaded=[], options={}){
           // render also populates the cache with the correctly-collapsed DOM, and
           // the same-frame JS restore absorbs the collapse so there is no jump.
           // (#5260 gate-cert: keep-open must be transient + uncached for everyone.)
+          // #6385: capture the scroll snapshot from the LIVE DOM before arming
+          // keep-open, so the collapse render below anchors to the content the
+          // reader was actually viewing — not to a stale intermediate state where
+          // the worklog was temporarily expanded.
+          const _doneLiveScrollSnapshot=typeof _captureMessageScrollSnapshot==='function'
+            ? _captureMessageScrollSnapshot()
+            : null;
           if(typeof _armKeepSettledWorklogOpen==='function') _armKeepSettledWorklogOpen(_settledStreamId);
           syncTopbar();renderMessages({preserveScroll:true});
           if(typeof _disarmKeepSettledWorklogOpen==='function') _disarmKeepSettledWorklogOpen();
-          if(typeof _renderMessagesWithScrollSnapshot==='function') _renderMessagesWithScrollSnapshot();
+          if(typeof _renderMessagesWithScrollSnapshot==='function') _renderMessagesWithScrollSnapshot({_prescrollSnapshot:_doneLiveScrollSnapshot});
           else renderMessages({preserveScroll:true});
           if(shouldFollowOnDone&&typeof scrollToBottom==='function') scrollToBottom();
           if(typeof noteWorkspaceMutationsFromToolCalls==='function') noteWorkspaceMutationsFromToolCalls(S.toolCalls);
diff --git a/static/ui.js b/static/ui.js
index 3e92cd34..a156eb3a 100644
--- a/static/ui.js
+++ b/static/ui.js
@@ -15086,7 +15086,13 @@ function _restoreMessageScrollSnapshotSameFrame(snapshot){
   }
 }
 function _renderMessagesWithScrollSnapshot(options){
-  const scrollSnapshot=_captureMessageScrollSnapshot();
+  // Accept an optional pre-captured scroll snapshot via _prescrollSnapshot.
+  // When provided, it is used INSTEAD of capturing a fresh one from the current
+  // DOM state — essential for the STREAM_DONE collapse render: the caller has
+  // already captured the snapshot from the LIVE DOM (before keep-open was armed),
+  // and re-capturing from the intermediate expanded-worklog state would capture
+  // stale anchors that no longer exist after the worklog collapses. (#6385)
+  const scrollSnapshot=(options&&options._prescrollSnapshot)||_captureMessageScrollSnapshot();
   renderMessages({...(options||{}),preserveScroll:true});
   _restoreMessageScrollSnapshotSameFrame(scrollSnapshot);
 }