diff --git a/packages/core/src/runtime/adapters/seek-dispatch.ts b/packages/core/src/runtime/adapters/seek-dispatch.ts
index 8bce055eef..2173e8b110 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/runtime/adapters/seek-dispatch.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/runtime/adapters/seek-dispatch.ts
@@ -102,6 +102,21 @@ export function isSeekCompletionBarrierActive(): boolean {
   return _activeCompletionBarriers > 0;
 }
 
+/** Settles with every pending completion, without consuming a failure the barrier reports. */
+export async function seekCompletionsSettled(): Promise<void> {
+  for (
+    let pending = [..._pendingCompletions];
+    pending.length > 0;
+    pending = [..._pendingCompletions]
+  ) {
+    await Promise.all(pending);
+  }
+}
+
+export function hasPendingSeekCompletion(): boolean {
+  return _pendingCompletions.size > 0;
+}
+
 /** `videoFrames: false` skips only the video-frame holds: a geometry read needs every other completion. */
 export async function waitForSeekCompletion(options?: { videoFrames?: boolean }): Promise<void> {
   const awaited = () =>
diff --git a/packages/core/src/runtime/init.seekOrder.test.ts b/packages/core/src/runtime/init.seekOrder.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6a30f1d43e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/core/src/runtime/init.seekOrder.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+import { afterEach, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
+import { registerSeekCompletion } from "./adapters/seek-dispatch";
+import { initSandboxRuntimeModular } from "./init";
+import { createMockTimeline, resetRuntimeFixtureDom } from "./runtimeSeekFixture.test-helpers";
+
+it("asks the on-screen video for the jump's frame before rendering the page there", () => {
+  resetRuntimeFixtureDom();
+  vi.spyOn(window, "requestAnimationFrame").mockImplementation(() => 0);
+  document.body.innerHTML =
+    '<div data-composition-id="main" data-root="true" data-duration="60"><video id="clip" data-start="30" data-duration="10" src="/movie.mp4"></video></div>';
+  const video = document.querySelector("video")!;
+  Object.defineProperty(video, "duration", { value: 10, configurable: true });
+  Object.defineProperty(video, "readyState", { value: 1, configurable: true });
+  Object.defineProperty(video, "paused", { value: true, configurable: true });
+  video.pause = vi.fn();
+  video.load = vi.fn();
+  const order: string[] = [];
+  vi.spyOn(video, "currentTime", "set").mockImplementation(() => order.push("video"));
+  const main = createMockTimeline(60);
+  const seekMain = main.totalTime;
+  main.totalTime = (time?: number) => {
+    if (time !== undefined) order.push("page");
+    return seekMain(time);
+  };
+  window.__timelines = { main };
+  initSandboxRuntimeModular();
+  order.length = 0;
+  window.__player!.seek(35);
+  expect(order[0]).toBe("video");
+  expect(order).toContain("page");
+});
+
+function mountTimingFilm() {
+  resetRuntimeFixtureDom();
+  vi.useFakeTimers({ toFake: ["setTimeout", "clearTimeout", "setInterval", "clearInterval"] });
+  const frames: FrameRequestCallback[] = [];
+  vi.spyOn(window, "requestAnimationFrame").mockImplementation((callback) => frames.push(callback));
+  const step = (count = 1) => {
+    for (let i = 0; i < count; i += 1) {
+      for (const callback of frames.splice(0)) callback(performance.now());
+      vi.advanceTimersByTime(20);
+    }
+  };
+  const posts: string[] = [];
+  vi.spyOn(window.parent, "postMessage").mockImplementation((message: unknown) => {
+    const type = (message as { type?: string }).type;
+    if (type === "timeline") posts.push(type);
+  });
+  document.body.innerHTML =
+    '<div data-composition-id="main" data-root="true" data-duration="60"><div id="clip" data-start="30" data-duration="10"></div></div>';
+  window.__timelines = { main: createMockTimeline(60) };
+  initSandboxRuntimeModular();
+  step(40);
+  let land = () => {};
+  registerSeekCompletion(new Promise<void>((resolve) => (land = resolve)));
+  posts.length = 0;
+  const editTiming = async () => {
+    document.getElementById("clip")!.setAttribute("data-duration", "12");
+    await Promise.resolve();
+    step(40);
+  };
+  return { step, posts, land: () => land(), editTiming };
+}
+
+it("posts the clip list once a jump has landed, not while it lands", async () => {
+  const film = mountTimingFilm();
+  window.__player!.seek(35);
+  await film.editTiming();
+  expect(film.posts).toHaveLength(0);
+  film.land();
+  await vi.waitFor(() => {
+    film.step();
+    expect(film.posts).toHaveLength(1);
+  });
+  vi.useRealTimers();
+});
+
+it("posts at once when nothing was jumped to, so readers at load see the clip list", async () => {
+  const film = mountTimingFilm();
+  await film.editTiming();
+  expect(film.posts.length).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(1);
+  film.land();
+  vi.useRealTimers();
+});
+
+afterEach(() => {
+  window.__hfRuntimeTeardown?.();
+  vi.restoreAllMocks();
+  resetRuntimeFixtureDom();
+});
diff --git a/packages/core/src/runtime/init.ts b/packages/core/src/runtime/init.ts
index 4263e437a2..a831cb9d3c 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/runtime/init.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/runtime/init.ts
@@ -44,7 +44,9 @@ import {
 } from "./adapters/video-texture-compat";
 import {
   forceDispatchSeekEvent,
+  hasPendingSeekCompletion,
   registerSeekCompletion,
+  seekCompletionsSettled,
   waitForSeekCompletion,
 } from "./adapters/seek-dispatch";
 import { sourceTimeAt } from "../speedRamp";
@@ -3461,6 +3463,22 @@ export function initSandboxRuntimeModular(): void {
   };
   // Studio re-reads the whole manifest on every post, so playback holds them until it stops.
   let timelinePostHeld = false;
+  // A jump paints its frame first; the posts its scene mounts cause become one after.
+  let jumpLanding = false;
+  let timelinePostAfterSeek = false;
+  const postTimelineAfterSeek = () => {
+    if (timelinePostAfterSeek) return;
+    timelinePostAfterSeek = true;
+    void seekCompletionsSettled().then(() =>
+      window.requestAnimationFrame(() =>
+        setTimeout(() => {
+          timelinePostAfterSeek = false;
+          jumpLanding = false;
+          if (!state.tornDown) postTimeline();
+        }),
+      ),
+    );
+  };
   const postTimeline = () => {
     sanitizeCompositionDurationAttributes();
     applyCompositionSizing();
@@ -3476,6 +3494,9 @@ export function initSandboxRuntimeModular(): void {
     bindRootTimelineIfAvailable();
     timelinePostHeld = clock.isPlaying();
     if (timelinePostHeld) return;
+    if (jumpLanding && !renderCaptureSeekStarted && hasPendingSeekCompletion())
+      return postTimelineAfterSeek();
+    jumpLanding = false;
     const payload = collectRuntimeTimelinePayload({
       canonicalFps: state.canonicalFps,
     });
@@ -4049,15 +4070,18 @@ export function initSandboxRuntimeModular(): void {
     state.currentTime = clock.now();
     state.isPlaying = false;
     state.mediaForceSyncNextTick = true;
+    const keepPlaying = options?.keepPlaying && wasPlaying;
+    jumpLanding = !keepPlaying;
+    // Decoding starts before the page renders, so the two overlap.
+    if (!keepPlaying) syncMediaForCurrentState();
     const tl = state.capturedTimeline;
     pauseTimelineIfPossible(tl);
     const pageAnimations = seekTimelineAndAdapters(state.currentTime);
     runAdapters("pause", 0, pageAnimations);
-    if (options?.keepPlaying && wasPlaying) {
+    if (keepPlaying) {
       transport.play();
       return;
     }
-    syncMediaForCurrentState();
     colorGrading.redraw();
     paintVfx(state.currentTime);
     postState(true);