diff --git a/vue/src/components/AppNav.vue b/vue/src/components/AppNav.vue
index e6c8377..d3f8e89 100644
--- a/vue/src/components/AppNav.vue
+++ b/vue/src/components/AppNav.vue
@@ -1,20 +1,96 @@
 <script setup>
-import { ref, computed, onMounted } from 'vue'
+import { ref, computed, onMounted, onUnmounted, watch } from 'vue'
 import { RouterLink, useRouter, useRoute } from 'vue-router'
 import { useFeeds, logout as logoutSession } from '@/composables/useFeeds'
 import Modal from './modal/AddUrl.vue'
 
 const router = useRouter()
 const route = useRoute()
-const { sync, showModal, viewMode, toggleViewMode, layout, toggleLayout, markAllRead, feeds } = useFeeds()
+const { sync, showModal, viewMode, toggleViewMode, layout, toggleLayout, markAllRead, feeds, setupIntersectionObserver, consumeScrollCorrection } = useFeeds()
 
 const headerRef = ref(null)
 
 onMounted(() => {
+  // Measured once, on mount, from the header's full (expanded) size. Never
+  // re-measured when `compact` toggles: this only drives #app's initial
+  // padding-top / RssFeeds' scroll-margin-top, both of which only matter at
+  // scroll position 0 — where the header is always expanded anyway. Updating
+  // it mid-scroll would shift page layout and jump the scroll position.
   const h = headerRef.value?.getBoundingClientRect().height ?? 0
   document.documentElement.style.setProperty('--app-nav-height', `${h}px`)
 })
 
+// Shrinks the header once scrolled past COMPACT_ENTER, restores it below
+// COMPACT_EXIT. The gap between the two (rather than one toggle point)
+// avoids flicker when the scroll position hovers near the boundary.
+const COMPACT_ENTER = 64
+const COMPACT_EXIT = 32
+// List-view reading removes each article from the DOM once it's marked
+// read, which collapses the remaining content back toward the top of the
+// (now shorter) page — useFeeds.js corrects scrollY afterwards to keep the
+// next article anchored under the header. That correction isn't a one-off
+// flash: scrollY can sit low for as long as the user happens to pause
+// between scroll gestures, so a short debounce alone doesn't cover it.
+// consumeScrollCorrection() lets AppNav tell that "the page moved because
+// content was removed" apart from a real user scroll and ignore it
+// entirely. EXPAND_DEBOUNCE_MS stays as a second, smaller layer for plain
+// scroll jitter (momentum bounce, trackpad micro-scrolls) unrelated to
+// article removal.
+const EXPAND_DEBOUNCE_MS = 150
+const compact = ref(false)
+let ticking = false
+let expandTimer = null
+
+function handleScroll() {
+  if (ticking) return
+  ticking = true
+  requestAnimationFrame(() => {
+    const y = window.scrollY
+    const wasCorrection = consumeScrollCorrection()
+    if (!compact.value && y > COMPACT_ENTER) {
+      compact.value = true
+      if (expandTimer) {
+        clearTimeout(expandTimer)
+        expandTimer = null
+      }
+    } else if (compact.value && y < COMPACT_EXIT && !wasCorrection) {
+      if (!expandTimer) {
+        expandTimer = setTimeout(() => {
+          expandTimer = null
+          if (window.scrollY < COMPACT_EXIT) {
+            compact.value = false
+          }
+        }, EXPAND_DEBOUNCE_MS)
+      }
+    } else if (expandTimer && !wasCorrection) {
+      clearTimeout(expandTimer)
+      expandTimer = null
+    }
+    ticking = false
+  })
+}
+
+onMounted(() => {
+  window.addEventListener('scroll', handleScroll, { passive: true })
+})
+
+onUnmounted(() => {
+  window.removeEventListener('scroll', handleScroll)
+  if (expandTimer) {
+    clearTimeout(expandTimer)
+    expandTimer = null
+  }
+})
+
+// The read-tracking IntersectionObserver (useFeeds.js) bakes the header's
+// current height into its rootMargin, so it needs re-syncing once the
+// compact/expanded transition finishes. Deferred past the CSS transition
+// duration (0.2s) so the header's rendered height has actually settled to
+// its target value before it's measured.
+watch(compact, () => {
+  setTimeout(setupIntersectionObserver, 220)
+})
+
 const onFeedsPage = computed(() => route.path === '/feeds')
 
 const unreadCount = computed(() => feeds.value.filter(f => !f.read).length)
@@ -62,7 +138,7 @@ function handleToggleLayout() {
 </script>
 
 <template>
-  <header ref="headerRef" class="app-nav">
+  <header ref="headerRef" class="app-nav" :class="{ 'app-nav--compact': compact }">
     <div class="app-nav__wrapper">
       <span class="app-nav__title">RSS Reader<span v-if="unreadCount" class="app-nav__unread"> ({{ unreadCount }})</span></span>
       <button
@@ -133,11 +209,21 @@ function handleToggleLayout() {
   justify-content: space-between;
   gap: 0.5rem;
   padding: 0.75rem 1rem;
+  transition: padding 0.2s ease;
+}
+
+.app-nav--compact .app-nav__wrapper {
+  padding: 0.375rem 1rem;
 }
 
 .app-nav__title {
   font-weight: bold;
   font-size: clamp(1.1rem, 4vw, 1.4rem);
+  transition: font-size 0.2s ease;
+}
+
+.app-nav--compact .app-nav__title {
+  font-size: clamp(0.95rem, 3.5vw, 1.1rem);
 }
 
 .app-nav__unread {
@@ -231,5 +317,9 @@ function handleToggleLayout() {
   .app-nav__wrapper {
     padding: 1rem 2rem;
   }
+
+  .app-nav--compact .app-nav__wrapper {
+    padding: 0.5rem 2rem;
+  }
 }
 </style>
diff --git a/vue/src/components/__tests__/AppNav.spec.js b/vue/src/components/__tests__/AppNav.spec.js
index 7570444..16d8604 100644
--- a/vue/src/components/__tests__/AppNav.spec.js
+++ b/vue/src/components/__tests__/AppNav.spec.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { describe, it, expect, vi, beforeEach } from 'vitest'
+import { describe, it, expect, vi, beforeEach, afterEach } from 'vitest'
 import { mount, flushPromises } from '@vue/test-utils'
 import { createRouter, createWebHistory } from 'vue-router'
 import axios from 'axios'
@@ -15,6 +15,12 @@ class FakeIntersectionObserver {
   disconnect() {}
 }
 vi.stubGlobal('IntersectionObserver', FakeIntersectionObserver)
+vi.stubGlobal('requestAnimationFrame', cb => cb())
+
+function scrollTo(y) {
+  Object.defineProperty(window, 'scrollY', { value: y, configurable: true, writable: true })
+  window.dispatchEvent(new Event('scroll'))
+}
 
 describe('AppNav', () => {
   let router
@@ -23,6 +29,7 @@ describe('AppNav', () => {
     localStorage.setItem('user-token', 'abc123')
     localStorage.setItem('user-id', '7')
     vi.clearAllMocks()
+    scrollTo(0)
 
     const { feeds, showMessage, message, showModal, viewMode, currentIndex, layout } = useFeeds()
     feeds.value = []
@@ -44,15 +51,45 @@ describe('AppNav', () => {
     await router.isReady()
   })
 
+  // Safety net: if a test using fake timers fails before reaching its own
+  // vi.useRealTimers(), real timers must still be restored so it doesn't
+  // silently break the rAF-dependent scroll handling in later tests (fake
+  // timers by default also fake requestAnimationFrame).
+  //
+  // Also unmounts every AppNav mounted via mountNav() this test — without
+  // this, each test's `window.addEventListener('scroll', ...)` from AppNav's
+  // onMounted piles up across the whole file (nothing ever unmounts them
+  // otherwise), so a later scroll-correction test can have its
+  // consumeScrollCorrection() flag "stolen" by a stale listener from an
+  // earlier, unrelated test that happens to still be registered.
+  let mountedWrappers = []
+  function mountNav(options = { global: { plugins: [router] } }) {
+    const wrapper = mount(AppNav, options)
+    mountedWrappers.push(wrapper)
+    return wrapper
+  }
+
+  afterEach(() => {
+    vi.useRealTimers()
+    for (const wrapper of mountedWrappers) {
+      try {
+        wrapper.unmount()
+      } catch {
+        // already unmounted by the test itself — fine
+      }
+    }
+    mountedWrappers = []
+  })
+
   async function mountWithMenuOpen() {
-    const wrapper = mount(AppNav, { global: { plugins: [router] } })
+    const wrapper = mountNav()
     await wrapper.find('.app-nav__hamburger').trigger('click')
     await flushPromises()
     return wrapper
   }
 
   it('toggles the menu open and closed via the hamburger button', async () => {
-    const wrapper = mount(AppNav, { global: { plugins: [router] } })
+    const wrapper = mountNav()
 
     expect(wrapper.find('.app-nav__menu').exists()).toBe(false)
 
@@ -164,7 +201,7 @@ describe('AppNav', () => {
       { id: 2, title: 'Article two', content: '', url: 'https://example.test/2', timestamp: '2026-01-02' },
     ]
 
-    const wrapper = mount(AppNav, { global: { plugins: [router] } })
+    const wrapper = mountNav()
     await flushPromises()
 
     expect(wrapper.find('.app-nav__title').text()).toContain('(2)')
@@ -177,14 +214,14 @@ describe('AppNav', () => {
       { id: 2, title: 'Article two', read: false, content: '', url: 'https://example.test/2', timestamp: '2026-01-02' },
     ]
 
-    const wrapper = mount(AppNav, { global: { plugins: [router] } })
+    const wrapper = mountNav()
     await flushPromises()
 
     expect(wrapper.find('.app-nav__title').text()).toContain('(1)')
   })
 
   it('hides the unread count when there are no articles', async () => {
-    const wrapper = mount(AppNav, { global: { plugins: [router] } })
+    const wrapper = mountNav()
     await flushPromises()
 
     expect(wrapper.find('.app-nav__unread').exists()).toBe(false)
@@ -208,4 +245,152 @@ describe('AppNav', () => {
 
     confirmSpy.mockRestore()
   })
+
+  it('compacts the header once scrolled past the enter threshold', async () => {
+    const wrapper = mountNav()
+
+    scrollTo(100)
+    await wrapper.vm.$nextTick()
+
+    expect(wrapper.find('.app-nav').classes()).toContain('app-nav--compact')
+  })
+
+  it('stays expanded for scroll offsets inside the hysteresis dead zone', async () => {
+    const wrapper = mountNav()
+
+    scrollTo(50)
+    await wrapper.vm.$nextTick()
+
+    expect(wrapper.find('.app-nav').classes()).not.toContain('app-nav--compact')
+  })
+
+  it('expands the header again once scrolled back near the top', async () => {
+    vi.useFakeTimers({ toFake: ['setTimeout', 'clearTimeout'] })
+    const wrapper = mountNav()
+
+    scrollTo(100)
+    await wrapper.vm.$nextTick()
+    expect(wrapper.find('.app-nav').classes()).toContain('app-nav--compact')
+
+    scrollTo(10)
+    await wrapper.vm.$nextTick()
+    // The expand transition is debounced (see the article-read scroll-dip
+    // test below), so it shouldn't flip immediately...
+    expect(wrapper.find('.app-nav').classes()).toContain('app-nav--compact')
+
+    vi.advanceTimersByTime(150)
+    await wrapper.vm.$nextTick()
+    // ...but should once the debounce window elapses with scrollY still low.
+    expect(wrapper.find('.app-nav').classes()).not.toContain('app-nav--compact')
+
+    vi.useRealTimers()
+  })
+
+  it('does not flash expanded on a brief scroll dip below the exit threshold', async () => {
+    // Regression test: useFeeds.js's handleIntersection corrects the scroll
+    // position with a window.scrollBy after marking an article read, which can
+    // transiently dip scrollY below COMPACT_EXIT even while the user keeps
+    // scrolling down. That one-off dip must not visibly re-expand the header.
+    vi.useFakeTimers({ toFake: ['setTimeout', 'clearTimeout'] })
+    const wrapper = mountNav()
+
+    scrollTo(100)
+    await wrapper.vm.$nextTick()
+    expect(wrapper.find('.app-nav').classes()).toContain('app-nav--compact')
+
+    scrollTo(10) // the corrective dip
+    await wrapper.vm.$nextTick()
+    scrollTo(80) // scrolling continues downward right after
+    await wrapper.vm.$nextTick()
+
+    vi.advanceTimersByTime(200)
+    await wrapper.vm.$nextTick()
+
+    expect(wrapper.find('.app-nav').classes()).toContain('app-nav--compact')
+
+    vi.useRealTimers()
+  })
+
+  it('stays compact through a real article-read scroll correction, even after a sustained pause', async () => {
+    // Regression test for the reported glitch: unlike a brief flash, marking
+    // an article read (list view) can leave scrollY genuinely low for as
+    // long as the user pauses between scroll gestures — e.g. right when they
+    // finish one article and are about to start the next — because the list
+    // view removes read articles from the DOM, collapsing the remainder back
+    // toward the top of the page. A fixed debounce alone can't distinguish
+    // that from a real "scrolled back to the top". This drives the actual
+    // useFeeds.js handleIntersection correction (not a simulated dip) and
+    // confirms the header stays compact even once the debounce window has
+    // fully elapsed with no further scrolling.
+    vi.useFakeTimers({ toFake: ['setTimeout', 'clearTimeout'] })
+    const { feeds: feedsRef, handleIntersection, setInitialLoad } = useFeeds()
+    feedsRef.value = [{ id: 201, title: 'Only article' }]
+    setInitialLoad(true)
+    axios.put.mockResolvedValue({ status: 200 })
+
+    const wrapper = mountNav()
+
+    scrollTo(100)
+    await wrapper.vm.$nextTick()
+    expect(wrapper.find('.app-nav').classes()).toContain('app-nav--compact')
+
+    // jsdom's getBoundingClientRect().top defaults to 0 for any element, so a
+    // topbarHeight > 0 exercises the same "article now sits above the header"
+    // correction branch a real browser would take.
+    const observeDiv = document.createElement('div')
+    observeDiv.className = 'observe'
+    document.body.appendChild(observeDiv)
+    await handleIntersection([
+      { isIntersecting: false, boundingClientRect: { y: -10 }, target: { id: '0' } },
+    ], 60)
+    await flushPromises()
+
+    // The real window.scrollBy correction would land scrollY low, like this.
+    scrollTo(10)
+    await wrapper.vm.$nextTick()
+
+    // Long past the debounce window, with no further scrolling — simulating
+    // the user pausing right at the top of the next article.
+    vi.advanceTimersByTime(300)
+    await wrapper.vm.$nextTick()
+
+    expect(wrapper.find('.app-nav').classes()).toContain('app-nav--compact')
+
+    document.body.removeChild(observeDiv)
+    setInitialLoad(false)
+    vi.useRealTimers()
+  })
+
+  it('stays compact while scrolling within the hysteresis dead zone', async () => {
+    const wrapper = mountNav()
+
+    scrollTo(100)
+    await wrapper.vm.$nextTick()
+    expect(wrapper.find('.app-nav').classes()).toContain('app-nav--compact')
+
+    scrollTo(50)
+    await wrapper.vm.$nextTick()
+    expect(wrapper.find('.app-nav').classes()).toContain('app-nav--compact')
+  })
+
+  it('does not throw on rapid repeated scroll events', async () => {
+    const wrapper = mountNav()
+
+    for (let y = 0; y <= 200; y += 5) {
+      scrollTo(y)
+    }
+    await wrapper.vm.$nextTick()
+
+    expect(wrapper.find('.app-nav').classes()).toContain('app-nav--compact')
+  })
+
+  it('removes the scroll listener on unmount', async () => {
+    const removeSpy = vi.spyOn(window, 'removeEventListener')
+    const wrapper = mountNav()
+
+    wrapper.unmount()
+
+    expect(removeSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith('scroll', expect.any(Function))
+    removeSpy.mockRestore()
+  })
 })
diff --git a/vue/src/composables/__tests__/useFeeds.spec.js b/vue/src/composables/__tests__/useFeeds.spec.js
index 61fe600..bf6e9c3 100644
--- a/vue/src/composables/__tests__/useFeeds.spec.js
+++ b/vue/src/composables/__tests__/useFeeds.spec.js
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { describe, it, expect, vi, beforeEach } from 'vitest'
+import { flushPromises } from '@vue/test-utils'
 import axios from 'axios'
 import { useFeeds } from '../useFeeds'
 
@@ -12,7 +13,7 @@ class FakeIntersectionObserver {
 vi.stubGlobal('IntersectionObserver', FakeIntersectionObserver)
 
 describe('useFeeds', () => {
-  const { feeds, showMessage, message, showModal, fetchData, sync, getReadable, setInitialLoad, handleIntersection } = useFeeds()
+  const { feeds, showMessage, message, showModal, fetchData, sync, getReadable, setInitialLoad, handleIntersection, consumeScrollCorrection } = useFeeds()
 
   beforeEach(() => {
     localStorage.setItem('user-token', 'test-token')
@@ -116,6 +117,36 @@ describe('useFeeds', () => {
     setInitialLoad(false)
   })
 
+  it('flags a scroll correction when marking an article read repositions the list', async () => {
+    // Regression coverage for the header-compacting glitch: AppNav's scroll
+    // handler needs a way to tell "the page moved because content was
+    // removed" apart from a real user scroll. jsdom's getBoundingClientRect()
+    // defaults every element's top to 0, so any topbarHeight > 0 exercises
+    // the same "first article now sits above the header" branch that fires
+    // in a real browser.
+    feeds.value = [{ id: 101, title: 'First' }, { id: 102, title: 'Second' }]
+    setInitialLoad(true)
+    axios.put.mockResolvedValue({ status: 200 })
+
+    const observeDiv = document.createElement('div')
+    observeDiv.className = 'observe'
+    document.body.appendChild(observeDiv)
+
+    expect(consumeScrollCorrection()).toBe(false)
+
+    await handleIntersection([
+      { isIntersecting: false, boundingClientRect: { y: -10 }, target: { id: '0' } },
+    ], 60)
+    await flushPromises()
+
+    expect(consumeScrollCorrection()).toBe(true)
+    // Consume-once: asking again without another correction reports false.
+    expect(consumeScrollCorrection()).toBe(false)
+
+    document.body.removeChild(observeDiv)
+    setInitialLoad(false)
+  })
+
   it('strips leftover embedded-video placeholder headings', async () => {
     feeds.value = [{
       id: 1,
diff --git a/vue/src/composables/useFeeds.js b/vue/src/composables/useFeeds.js
index 5ecf050..9ec5f98 100644
--- a/vue/src/composables/useFeeds.js
+++ b/vue/src/composables/useFeeds.js
@@ -14,6 +14,13 @@ const layout = ref(localStorage.getItem('layout') || 'list') // 'list' | 'cards'
 
 let observer; // Declare observer outside the setup function
 let initialLoad = false
+// Set right before the scroll-position correction below, so AppNav's
+// scroll-driven header compacting can tell "the page just moved because
+// content was removed" apart from a real user scroll — otherwise every
+// article marked read (which resets scrollY toward the top of the
+// now-shorter list) would look identical to the user manually scrolling
+// back to the top.
+let scrollCorrectionPending = false
 
 export function authHeaders() {
   return {
@@ -265,6 +272,7 @@ function handleIntersection(entries, topbarHeight = 0) {
     if (first) {
       const top = first.getBoundingClientRect().top
       if (top < topbarHeight) {
+        scrollCorrectionPending = true
         window.scrollBy(0, top - topbarHeight)
       }
     }
@@ -272,6 +280,17 @@ function handleIntersection(entries, topbarHeight = 0) {
   })
 }
 
+// Consume-once: returns whether a scroll-position correction is pending
+// (and clears it), so a caller can tell this scroll event apart from a
+// real user scroll without the flag lingering into later, unrelated ones.
+function consumeScrollCorrection() {
+  if (scrollCorrectionPending) {
+    scrollCorrectionPending = false
+    return true
+  }
+  return false
+}
+
 function disconnectObserver() {
   if (observer) {
     observer.disconnect()
@@ -386,6 +405,7 @@ export function useFeeds() {
     markAllRead,
     showMessageForXSeconds,
     setupIntersectionObserver,
+    consumeScrollCorrection,
     disconnectObserver,
     setInitialLoad,
     handleIntersection,