diff --git a/packages/core/src/runtime/init.timelineHidesClip.test.ts b/packages/core/src/runtime/init.timelineHidesClip.test.ts
index 1eb2d8ce8b0..b7c154e6008 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/runtime/init.timelineHidesClip.test.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/runtime/init.timelineHidesClip.test.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { afterEach, describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+import { afterAll, afterEach, beforeAll, describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
 import gsap from "gsap";
 import { initSandboxRuntimeModular } from "./init";
 import type { RuntimeTimelineLike } from "./types";
@@ -6,15 +6,41 @@ import type { RuntimeTimelineLike } from "./types";
 // Importing gsap installs it on window; a test opts in by setting window.gsap itself.
 delete window.gsap;
 
+// jsdom keeps a declaration's !important when a value is assigned over it; browsers drop it.
+const styleProto = Object.getPrototypeOf(
+  document.createElement("div").style,
+) as CSSStyleDeclaration;
+const visibilityAccessor = Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor(styleProto, "visibility")!;
+const setProperty = styleProto.setProperty;
+beforeAll(() => {
+  Object.defineProperty(styleProto, "visibility", {
+    ...visibilityAccessor,
+    set(this: CSSStyleDeclaration, value: string) {
+      this.removeProperty("visibility");
+      visibilityAccessor.set!.call(this, value);
+    },
+  });
+  styleProto.setProperty = function (this: CSSStyleDeclaration, name, value, priority) {
+    if (!priority) this.removeProperty(name);
+    setProperty.call(this, name, value, priority ?? "");
+  };
+});
+afterAll(() => {
+  Object.defineProperty(styleProto, "visibility", visibilityAccessor);
+  styleProto.setProperty = setProperty;
+});
+
 function mountClipHiddenByTimeline() {
   document.body.innerHTML =
     `<div id="root" data-composition-id="main" data-root="true" data-start="0" data-duration="5" data-width="640" data-height="360">` +
     `<div id="clip" class="clip" data-start="0" data-duration="5"></div>` +
     `<div id="late" class="clip" data-start="1" data-duration="4"></div>` +
+    `<div id="short" class="clip" data-start="0" data-duration="4"></div>` +
     `</div>`;
   const tl = gsap.timeline({ paused: true });
   tl.set("#clip", { visibility: "hidden" }, 2.67);
   tl.set("#late", { visibility: "hidden" }, 2.67);
+  tl.set("#short", { visibility: "hidden" }, 2.67);
   window.__timelines = { main: tl as unknown as RuntimeTimelineLike };
   const parent = window.parent;
   Object.defineProperty(window, "parent", { configurable: true, value: {} });
@@ -23,7 +49,11 @@ function mountClipHiddenByTimeline() {
   } finally {
     Object.defineProperty(window, "parent", { configurable: true, value: parent });
   }
-  return { clip: document.getElementById("clip")!, late: document.getElementById("late")! };
+  return {
+    clip: document.getElementById("clip")!,
+    late: document.getElementById("late")!,
+    short: document.getElementById("short")!,
+  };
 }
 
 describe("a timeline set that hides a timed clip", () => {
@@ -37,28 +67,57 @@ describe("a timeline set that hides a timed clip", () => {
   };
 
   for (const [name, seek] of Object.entries(paths)) {
-    const visibilityAt = (times: number[]) => {
-      const { clip, late } = mountClipHiddenByTimeline();
+    // Each clip's visibility after each seek: clip (starts at 0), late (starts at 1), short (ends at 4).
+    const seenAt = (times: number[]) => {
+      const { clip, late, short } = mountClipHiddenByTimeline();
       return times.map((t) => {
         seek(t);
-        return `${clip.style.visibility}/${late.style.visibility}`;
+        return [clip, late, short].map((el) => el.style.visibility[0]).join("");
       });
     };
 
-    it(`hides the clip from its position on the ${name} path`, () => {
-      expect(visibilityAt([0.5, 1.5, 2.6, 2.7, 4, 2.6, 1.5])).toEqual([
-        "visible/hidden",
-        "visible/visible",
-        "visible/visible",
-        "hidden/hidden",
-        "hidden/hidden",
-        "visible/visible",
-        "visible/visible",
+    it(`hides each clip from its position on the ${name} path`, () => {
+      expect(seenAt([0.5, 1.5, 2.6, 2.7, 4, 2.6, 1.5])).toEqual([
+        "vhv",
+        "vvv",
+        "vvv",
+        "hhh",
+        "hhh",
+        "vvv",
+        "vvv",
       ]);
     });
 
-    it(`hides the clip on a first seek past its position on the ${name} path`, () => {
-      expect(visibilityAt([3]).map((seen) => seen.split("/")[0])).toEqual(["hidden"]);
+    it(`hides each clip on a first seek past its position on the ${name} path`, () => {
+      expect(seenAt([3])).toEqual(["hhh"]);
+    });
+
+    it(`hides a clip after a seek from before its window straight past its position on the ${name} path`, () => {
+      expect(seenAt([0.5, 3, 1.5])).toEqual(["vhv", "hhh", "vvv"]);
+    });
+
+    it(`hides a clip when its window is left and re-entered past its position on the ${name} path`, () => {
+      expect(seenAt([2, 4.5, 3])).toEqual(["vvv", "hhh", "hhh"]);
+    });
+  }
+
+  for (const [name, seek] of Object.entries(paths)) {
+    it(`hides a clip a tween left at inherit once its window has ended on the ${name} path`, () => {
+      document.body.innerHTML =
+        `<div data-composition-id="main" data-root="true" data-start="0" data-duration="5" data-width="640" data-height="360">` +
+        `<div id="c" class="clip" data-start="0" data-duration="2"></div></div>`;
+      const tl = gsap.timeline({ paused: true });
+      tl.to("#c", { autoAlpha: 0.5, duration: 0.5 }, 1);
+      window.__timelines = { main: tl as unknown as RuntimeTimelineLike };
+      const parent = window.parent;
+      Object.defineProperty(window, "parent", { configurable: true, value: {} });
+      try {
+        initSandboxRuntimeModular();
+      } finally {
+        Object.defineProperty(window, "parent", { configurable: true, value: parent });
+      }
+      seek(3);
+      expect(document.getElementById("c")!.style.visibility).toBe("hidden");
     });
   }
 
diff --git a/packages/core/src/runtime/init.ts b/packages/core/src/runtime/init.ts
index 6780f5ff832..698b1442f9f 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/runtime/init.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/runtime/init.ts
@@ -3088,6 +3088,7 @@ export function initSandboxRuntimeModular(): void {
   // plain inline hidden on a clip in its window is the script's, except on a clip authored that way.
   const clipsSeen = new WeakSet<Element>();
   const authoredInlineHidden = new WeakSet<Element>();
+  const scriptVisibility = new WeakMap<Element, string>();
   const hiddenByScript = (el: StylableElement): boolean =>
     el.style.visibility === "hidden" &&
     el.style.getPropertyPriority("visibility") !== "important" &&
@@ -3231,12 +3232,16 @@ export function initSandboxRuntimeModular(): void {
         clipsSeen.add(rawNode);
         if (rawNode.style.visibility === "hidden") authoredInlineHidden.add(rawNode);
       }
-      if (!isRuntimeStamped && !(isVisibleNow && hiddenByScript(rawNode)))
-        rawNode.style.setProperty(
-          "visibility",
-          isVisibleNow ? "visible" : "hidden",
-          isVisibleNow ? "" : "important",
-        );
+      if (!isRuntimeStamped && !(isVisibleNow && hiddenByScript(rawNode))) {
+        const style = rawNode.style;
+        const passHid = style.getPropertyPriority("visibility") === "important";
+        if (!isVisibleNow && !passHid && !authoredInlineHidden.has(rawNode))
+          scriptVisibility.set(rawNode, style.getPropertyValue("visibility"));
+        const shown = isVisibleNow
+          ? (passHid && scriptVisibility.get(rawNode)) || "visible"
+          : "hidden";
+        style.setProperty("visibility", shown, isVisibleNow ? "" : "important");
+      }
       rawNode.toggleAttribute(CLIP_HIDDEN_ATTR, !isRuntimeStamped && !isVisibleNow);
       if (!isRuntimeStamped && !isVisibleNow && !clipsStyledVisible.has(rawNode))
         clipsNeverStyledVisible.add(rawNode);
diff --git a/packages/core/src/runtime/timedClipHide.ts b/packages/core/src/runtime/timedClipHide.ts
index 18958418964..a905d55efad 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/runtime/timedClipHide.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/runtime/timedClipHide.ts
@@ -39,7 +39,10 @@ export function showHiddenClips(only: (el: HTMLElement) => boolean = () => true)
 export function showClips(hidden: Array<Element & ElementCSSInlineStyle>): () => void {
   const putMarksBack = hidden.map((el) => revealClip(el));
   return () => {
-    for (const el of hidden) el.style.setProperty("visibility", "hidden", "important");
+    for (const el of hidden) {
+      if (el.style.getPropertyValue("visibility") !== "hidden")
+        el.style.setProperty("visibility", "hidden", "important");
+    }
     for (const putMarkBack of putMarksBack) putMarkBack();
   };
 }