diff --git a/src/app/core/requests.ts b/src/app/core/requests.ts
index b695cc3f..5fe491bd 100644
--- a/src/app/core/requests.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/requests.ts
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ import {
 import type {TrustedEvent, Filter, List} from "@welshman/util"
 import {load, request, mergeRepositoryUpdates} from "@welshman/net"
 import type {RepositoryUpdate} from "@welshman/net"
-import {repository, loadRelay, tracker} from "@welshman/app"
+import {pubkey, repository, loadRelay, tracker} from "@welshman/app"
 import {createScroller} from "@lib/html"
 import {daysBetween} from "@lib/util"
 import {getEventsForUrl} from "@app/core/state"
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ export const makeFeed = ({
   element,
   onBackwardExhausted,
   onForwardExhausted,
+  allowOptimisticSelfEvents = false,
   at = now(),
 }: {
   url: string
@@ -48,6 +49,7 @@ export const makeFeed = ({
   element: HTMLElement
   onBackwardExhausted?: () => void
   onForwardExhausted?: () => void
+  allowOptimisticSelfEvents?: boolean
   at?: number
 }) => {
   const controller = new AbortController()
@@ -113,7 +115,15 @@ export const makeFeed = ({
         }
 
         const matching = added.filter(
-          event => matchFilters(filters, event) && tracker.getRelays(event.id).has(url),
+          event =>
+            matchFilters(filters, event) &&
+            (tracker.getRelays(event.id).has(url) ||
+              // In Safari, relay confirmation can lag behind local repository updates.
+              // Only enable this for chat-like feeds that explicitly opt in.
+              (allowOptimisticSelfEvents &&
+                event.pubkey === pubkey.get() &&
+                tracker.getRelays(event.id).size === 0 &&
+                event.created_at >= now() - 60)),
         )
 
         if (matching.length > 0) {
diff --git a/src/routes/spaces/[relay]/[h]/+page.svelte b/src/routes/spaces/[relay]/[h]/+page.svelte
index 91a2c007..7e793d26 100644
--- a/src/routes/spaces/[relay]/[h]/+page.svelte
+++ b/src/routes/spaces/[relay]/[h]/+page.svelte
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
   import InfoCircle from "@assets/icons/info-circle.svg?dataurl"
   import Login2 from "@assets/icons/login-3.svg?dataurl"
   import cx from "classnames"
-  import {slide, fade, fly} from "@lib/transition"
+  import {fade, fly} from "@lib/transition"
   import Button from "@lib/components/Button.svelte"
   import Divider from "@lib/components/Divider.svelte"
   import Icon from "@lib/components/Icon.svelte"
@@ -246,6 +246,7 @@
     if (!isProgrammaticScroll) {
       userHasScrolled = true
       isUserScrolling = true
+      wasAtBottom = !element || Math.abs(element.scrollTop) < 100
       clearIsUserScrolling()
       manageScrollPosition()
     }
@@ -281,6 +282,7 @@
   let events: Readable<TrustedEvent[]> = $state(readable([]))
   let compose: RoomCompose | undefined = $state()
   let eventToEdit: TrustedEvent | undefined = $state()
+  let wasAtBottom = true
 
   const clearIsUserScrolling = debounce(150, () => {
     isUserScrolling = false
@@ -359,8 +361,20 @@
   })
 
   $effect(() => {
-    if (elements.length > 0 && !isUserScrolling) {
-      requestAnimationFrame(manageScrollPosition)
+    if (elements.length > 0) {
+      requestAnimationFrame(() => {
+        // Safari does not implement CSS scroll anchoring for flex-col-reverse.
+        // When a new message is inserted, Safari shifts scrollTop upward to preserve
+        // visual position rather than keeping it pinned at 0 (visual bottom).
+        // Snap back to 0 whenever the user was at the bottom before the update.
+        if (element && isNaN(at) && wasAtBottom) {
+          isProgrammaticScroll = true
+          element.scrollTop = 0
+        }
+        if (!isUserScrolling) {
+          manageScrollPosition()
+        }
+      })
     }
   })
 
@@ -371,6 +385,7 @@
       url,
       at: at || now(),
       element: element!,
+      allowOptimisticSelfEvents: true,
       filters: [{kinds: [MESSAGE, ROOM_ADD_MEMBER], "#h": [h]}],
       onBackwardExhausted: () => {
         loadingBackward = false
@@ -404,7 +419,7 @@
   onMount(() => {
     start()
 
-    return cleanup
+    return () => cleanup?.()
   })
 </script>
 
@@ -496,7 +511,7 @@
             {#if event.kind === ROOM_ADD_MEMBER}
               <RoomItemAddMember {url} {event} />
             {:else}
-              <div in:slide class="cv">
+              <div>
                 <RoomItem
                   {url}
                   {event}
diff --git a/src/routes/spaces/[relay]/chat/+page.svelte b/src/routes/spaces/[relay]/chat/+page.svelte
index 275ba411..4060cb55 100644
--- a/src/routes/spaces/[relay]/chat/+page.svelte
+++ b/src/routes/spaces/[relay]/chat/+page.svelte
@@ -141,6 +141,7 @@
     if (!isProgrammaticScroll) {
       userHasScrolled = true
       isUserScrolling = true
+      wasAtBottom = !element || Math.abs(element.scrollTop) < 100
       clearIsUserScrolling()
       manageScrollPosition()
     }
@@ -174,6 +175,7 @@
   let events: Readable<TrustedEvent[]> = $state(readable([]))
   let compose: RoomCompose | undefined = $state()
   let eventToEdit: TrustedEvent | undefined = $state()
+  let wasAtBottom = true
 
   const clearIsUserScrolling = debounce(150, () => {
     isUserScrolling = false
@@ -252,8 +254,20 @@
   })
 
   $effect(() => {
-    if (elements.length > 0 && !isUserScrolling) {
-      requestAnimationFrame(manageScrollPosition)
+    if (elements.length > 0) {
+      requestAnimationFrame(() => {
+        // Safari does not implement CSS scroll anchoring for flex-col-reverse.
+        // When a new message is inserted, Safari shifts scrollTop upward to preserve
+        // visual position rather than keeping it pinned at 0 (visual bottom).
+        // Snap back to 0 whenever the user was at the bottom before the update.
+        if (element && isNaN(at) && wasAtBottom) {
+          isProgrammaticScroll = true
+          element.scrollTop = 0
+        }
+        if (!isUserScrolling) {
+          manageScrollPosition()
+        }
+      })
     }
   })
 
@@ -264,6 +278,7 @@
       url,
       at: at || now(),
       element: element!,
+      allowOptimisticSelfEvents: true,
       filters: [{kinds: [MESSAGE, RELAY_ADD_MEMBER]}],
       onBackwardExhausted: () => {
         loadingBackward = false
@@ -297,7 +312,7 @@
   onMount(() => {
     start()
 
-    return cleanup
+    return () => cleanup?.()
   })
 </script>