diff --git a/.github/workflows/validate-build.yml b/.github/workflows/validate-build.yml
index f07e83a9..7ff38012 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/validate-build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/validate-build.yml
@@ -91,6 +91,8 @@ jobs:
         run: npm run test:nav-lazy-buckets
       - name: Test code runtime gating
         run: npm run test:has-code-blocks
+      - name: Test landing-page heroes clip without trapping the first swipe
+        run: npm run test:hero-scroll
       - name: Test docs page weight (lazy images, trimmed Prism, on-demand highlighting, head)
         run: npm run test:docs-page-weight
       - name: Cache generated files
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index f5644b04..66ddba2f 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@
     "test:lazy-askai": "node --test tests/lazy-askai/*.test.js",
     "test:nav-lazy-buckets": "node --test tests/nav-lazy-buckets/*.test.js",
     "test:has-code-blocks": "node --test tests/has-code-blocks/*.test.js",
+    "test:hero-scroll": "node --test tests/hero-scroll/*.test.js",
     "test:docs-page-weight": "node --test tests/docs-page-weight/*.test.js",
     "test:all": "npm run test:playground && npm run test:interactive && npm run test:negative-cache && npm run test:head-meta && npm run test:property-tooltips && npm run test:signin-nudge && npm run test:chat-panel-navigation && npm run test:toc-collapsible && npm run test:toc-active-anchor && npm run test:nav-scroll && npm run test:kapa-source-groups && npm run test:tooltip-touch && npm run test:tooltip-single-open && npm run test:lazy-askai && npm run test:nav-lazy-buckets && npm run test:has-code-blocks && npm run test:docs-page-weight && npm run test:anon-quota",
     "build:wasm": "cd blobl-editor/wasm && GOOS=js GOARCH=wasm go build -o ../../src/static/blobl.wasm .",
diff --git a/src/css/data-platform.css b/src/css/data-platform.css
index f0096a38..55db3df0 100644
--- a/src/css/data-platform.css
+++ b/src/css/data-platform.css
@@ -44,7 +44,12 @@ html[data-theme="dark"] .data-platform.article {
 /* ---- Hero Section ---- */
 .dp-hero {
   position: relative;
+
+  /* clip, not hidden: see .home-hero in home.css. An overflowing overflow:hidden
+     hero eats the first swipe on a phone because WebKit latches the touch to a
+     box the user can't scroll. */
   overflow: hidden;
+  overflow: clip;
   background: linear-gradient(180deg, #0e1a33 0%, #1a2a52 100%);
   color: #fff;
   padding: 40px 56px 32px;
diff --git a/src/css/home.css b/src/css/home.css
index 43195da2..6e3521bb 100644
--- a/src/css/home.css
+++ b/src/css/home.css
@@ -20,7 +20,17 @@ main.article.home > .content {
 /* Dark Hero Section */
 .home-hero {
   position: relative;
+
+  /* The glows are bigger than the hero and sit partly outside it, so the hero
+     has to clip. It must not become a SCROLL CONTAINER while doing it: this
+     section is the whole first screen on a phone, and in WebKit a touch that
+     starts inside an overflow:hidden box with overflowing content is latched to
+     that box. Because the box can't be scrolled by the user, the swipe did
+     nothing and the home page looked frozen until you tapped first. clip does
+     the same clipping without a scroll container, so the swipe reaches the page.
+     hidden stays first as the fallback for Safari < 16, which ignores clip. */
   overflow: hidden;
+  overflow: clip;
   background: #0b1430;
   color: #fff;
   padding: 80px 40px 72px;
diff --git a/src/css/labs-home.css b/src/css/labs-home.css
index c48899ed..f7fa7970 100644
--- a/src/css/labs-home.css
+++ b/src/css/labs-home.css
@@ -25,7 +25,12 @@
   padding: 72px 5vw 56px;
   text-align: center;
   background: linear-gradient(180deg, #0b1430 0%, #10173a 100%);
+
+  /* clip, not hidden: see .home-hero in home.css. An overflowing overflow:hidden
+     hero eats the first swipe on a phone because WebKit latches the touch to a
+     box the user can't scroll. */
   overflow: hidden;
+  overflow: clip;
 }
 
 .labs-hero-bg {
diff --git a/tests/hero-scroll/hero-scroll.test.js b/tests/hero-scroll/hero-scroll.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ed622087
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/hero-scroll/hero-scroll.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+/**
+ * A full-bleed hero clips decorative glows that are deliberately bigger than
+ * the hero box. Clipping with `overflow: hidden` makes the hero a scroll
+ * container, and in WebKit a touch that starts inside a scroll container with
+ * overflowing content is latched to that container: because a hidden box can't
+ * be scrolled by the user, the swipe does nothing and never reaches the page.
+ * The hero IS the first screen on a phone, so the landing page looked frozen on
+ * load until you tapped somewhere first. `overflow: clip` clips identically
+ * without creating a scroll container.
+ *
+ * These are source assertions on purpose: the failure only shows up with real
+ * touch input on a real WebKit build, which no headless runner here can send.
+ * What is checkable, and what regressed, is the declaration itself.
+ */
+const assert = require('node:assert/strict')
+const fs = require('node:fs')
+const path = require('node:path')
+const test = require('node:test')
+
+const ROOT = path.join(__dirname, '../..')
+
+// Every hero that paints decorative layers outside its own box and therefore
+// has to clip. .ch3-hero (component-home-v3.css) is absent by design: it clips
+// in a separate .ch3-hero-bg layer that is pointer-events: none, so no touch
+// ever lands in it.
+const HEROES = [
+  ['src/css/home.css', '.home-hero'],
+  ['src/css/data-platform.css', '.dp-hero'],
+  ['src/css/labs-home.css', '.labs-hero'],
+]
+
+const read = (file) => fs.readFileSync(path.join(ROOT, file), 'utf8')
+const stripComments = (css) => css.replace(/\/\*[\s\S]*?\*\//g, '')
+
+// The declarations of the first rule whose selector list contains exactly this
+// selector. Naive on purpose: a selector chunk keeps only what follows the last
+// brace, which drops any enclosing at-rule prelude.
+function ruleBody (css, selector) {
+  const chunks = stripComments(css).split('}')
+  for (const chunk of chunks) {
+    const brace = chunk.lastIndexOf('{')
+    if (brace < 0) continue
+    const selectors = chunk.slice(0, brace).split('{').pop().split(',').map((s) => s.trim())
+    if (selectors.includes(selector)) return chunk.slice(brace + 1)
+  }
+  return null
+}
+
+const overflowValues = (body) =>
+  [...body.matchAll(/(?:^|;)\s*overflow\s*:\s*([^;]+)/g)].map((m) => m[1].trim())
+
+for (const [file, selector] of HEROES) {
+  test(`${selector} clips without becoming a scroll container`, () => {
+    const body = ruleBody(read(file), selector)
+    assert.ok(body, `${selector} has a rule in ${file}`)
+    const values = overflowValues(body)
+    assert.ok(values.length, `${selector} sets overflow`)
+    assert.equal(values.at(-1), 'clip', `${selector} ends on overflow: clip, not ${values.at(-1)}`)
+    assert.equal(values.at(-2), 'hidden', `${selector} keeps overflow: hidden ahead of clip for Safari < 16`)
+  })
+}
+
+test('no landing-page hero goes back to clipping with overflow: hidden alone', () => {
+  const files = ['src/css/home.css', 'src/css/data-platform.css', 'src/css/labs-home.css', 'src/css/component-home-v3.css']
+  const offenders = []
+  for (const file of files) {
+    const chunks = stripComments(read(file)).split('}')
+    for (const chunk of chunks) {
+      const brace = chunk.lastIndexOf('{')
+      if (brace < 0) continue
+      const selectors = chunk.slice(0, brace).split('{').pop().split(',').map((s) => s.trim())
+      // A hero box itself, not its inner layers (-hero-bg, -hero-inner, ...).
+      const heroBox = selectors.some((s) => /(^|[\s>])[.#][a-z0-9-]*-hero$/.test(s))
+      if (!heroBox) continue
+      const values = overflowValues(chunk.slice(brace + 1))
+      // visible and clip are both fine: neither makes a scroll container.
+      const last = values.at(-1)
+      if (/^(hidden|auto|scroll)\b/.test(last || '')) offenders.push(`${file}: ${selectors.join(', ')} -> overflow: ${last}`)
+    }
+  }
+  assert.deepEqual(offenders, [], 'heroes clip with overflow: clip so a first swipe still scrolls the page')
+})