diff --git a/moli-layout/src/overflow.rs b/moli-layout/src/overflow.rs
index 9ed1897b95..1a3c6d6a25 100644
--- a/moli-layout/src/overflow.rs
+++ b/moli-layout/src/overflow.rs
@@ -433,7 +433,7 @@ where
     } else if world.is_viewport_defining_body(id) {
         false
     } else {
-        world.boxes[id.index()].style.establishes_scroll_container()
+        world.boxes[id.index()].establishes_scroll_container()
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/moli-layout/src/projection.rs b/moli-layout/src/projection.rs
index ded04acbe5..8c190fa46c 100644
--- a/moli-layout/src/projection.rs
+++ b/moli-layout/src/projection.rs
@@ -326,9 +326,7 @@ where
         } else if self.world.is_viewport_defining_body(id) {
             false
         } else {
-            self.world.boxes[id.index()]
-                .style
-                .establishes_scroll_container()
+            self.world.boxes[id.index()].establishes_scroll_container()
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/moli-layout/src/source.rs b/moli-layout/src/source.rs
index 53f24adb47..ee154996a9 100644
--- a/moli-layout/src/source.rs
+++ b/moli-layout/src/source.rs
@@ -202,6 +202,13 @@ impl LayoutInputControlKind {
             Self::Week => "form-input-week",
         }
     }
+
+    pub(crate) const fn has_single_line_text_editor(self) -> bool {
+        matches!(
+            self,
+            Self::Email | Self::Password | Self::Search | Self::Telephone | Self::Text | Self::Url
+        )
+    }
 }
 
 /// Replaced-content family. Pixel resources are deliberately not part of this type.
@@ -355,6 +362,14 @@ impl LayoutElementSemantics {
         )
     }
 
+    pub(crate) const fn has_internal_text_control_scroller(&self) -> bool {
+        matches!(
+            self.category,
+            LayoutElementCategory::FormControl(LayoutFormControlKind::Input(kind))
+                if kind.has_single_line_text_editor()
+        )
+    }
+
     /// Whether `display: contents` has a used value of `display: none`.
     ///
     /// This is the unusual-elements list from CSS Display's HTML appendix:
diff --git a/moli-layout/src/taffy_tree.rs b/moli-layout/src/taffy_tree.rs
index 971a32a02a..64a580d219 100644
--- a/moli-layout/src/taffy_tree.rs
+++ b/moli-layout/src/taffy_tree.rs
@@ -803,8 +803,7 @@ where
     let mut ancestor = world.boxes[id.index()].parent;
     while let Some(candidate) = ancestor {
         let layout_box = &world.boxes[candidate.index()];
-        if !world.is_viewport_defining_body(candidate)
-            && layout_box.style.establishes_scroll_container()
+        if !world.is_viewport_defining_body(candidate) && layout_box.establishes_scroll_container()
         {
             let layout = layout_box.unrounded_layout;
             let origin = unrounded_global_origin(world, candidate);
diff --git a/moli-layout/src/world.rs b/moli-layout/src/world.rs
index 24a37f24a6..5cdcd988d0 100644
--- a/moli-layout/src/world.rs
+++ b/moli-layout/src/world.rs
@@ -572,6 +572,14 @@ impl<N> LayoutBox<N> {
             .is_some_and(LayoutElementSemantics::is_replaced)
     }
 
+    pub(crate) fn establishes_scroll_container(&self) -> bool {
+        self.style.establishes_scroll_container()
+            || self
+                .element_semantics
+                .as_ref()
+                .is_some_and(LayoutElementSemantics::has_internal_text_control_scroller)
+    }
+
     /// Resolve the used ratio at the layout-node boundary, after both authored
     /// style and natural replaced-element sizing are available.
     pub(crate) fn resolved_aspect_ratio(&self) -> Option<taffy::ResolvedAspectRatio> {
diff --git a/moli-renderer-v8/src/native_bridge/element/geometry/metrics.rs b/moli-renderer-v8/src/native_bridge/element/geometry/metrics.rs
index b72e1545c0..727708defd 100644
--- a/moli-renderer-v8/src/native_bridge/element/geometry/metrics.rs
+++ b/moli-renderer-v8/src/native_bridge/element/geometry/metrics.rs
@@ -62,25 +62,38 @@ fn node_scroll_position_setter_for_object<'s>(
     }
     let runtime = unsafe { &mut *runtime_ptr };
     let (minimum, maximum) = if runtime.layout_policy().uses_real_layout() {
-        observable_element_metrics(
+        let mut metrics = observable_element_metrics(
             runtime,
             handle,
             moli_layout::LayoutFlushReason::SynchronousGeometry,
-        )?
-        .map(|metrics| {
-            if horizontal {
-                (
-                    f64::from(metrics.minimum_scroll_offset.x),
-                    f64::from(metrics.maximum_scroll_offset.x),
-                )
-            } else {
-                (
-                    f64::from(metrics.minimum_scroll_offset.y),
-                    f64::from(metrics.maximum_scroll_offset.y),
-                )
-            }
-        })
-        .unwrap_or((0.0, 0.0))
+        )?;
+        // Ordinary geometry getters intentionally share the latest frozen
+        // tree across same-task DOM mutations. A newly connected receiver can
+        // therefore be absent from that tree, but a scroll setter must clamp
+        // against its current range instead of treating it as non-scrollable.
+        if metrics.is_none() && runtime.dom_host().is_connected(handle) {
+            runtime.invalidate_layout_after_interaction_state_change();
+            metrics = observable_element_metrics(
+                runtime,
+                handle,
+                moli_layout::LayoutFlushReason::SynchronousGeometry,
+            )?;
+        }
+        metrics
+            .map(|metrics| {
+                if horizontal {
+                    (
+                        f64::from(metrics.minimum_scroll_offset.x),
+                        f64::from(metrics.maximum_scroll_offset.x),
+                    )
+                } else {
+                    (
+                        f64::from(metrics.minimum_scroll_offset.y),
+                        f64::from(metrics.maximum_scroll_offset.y),
+                    )
+                }
+            })
+            .unwrap_or((0.0, 0.0))
     } else {
         // Mock intentionally preserves the old synthetic geometry behavior:
         // non-negative scroll values are stored even without real overflow.
diff --git a/moli-renderer-v8/src/script_vm/tests/dom_elements/dom_surface.rs b/moli-renderer-v8/src/script_vm/tests/dom_elements/dom_surface.rs
index 9ce6559089..021465e111 100644
--- a/moli-renderer-v8/src/script_vm/tests/dom_elements/dom_surface.rs
+++ b/moli-renderer-v8/src/script_vm/tests/dom_elements/dom_surface.rs
@@ -1285,6 +1285,69 @@ fn classic_scrollbar_metrics_and_thumb_drag_match_chromium_without_dom_mouse_eve
     assert_eq!(result["events"], serde_json::json!([]));
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn single_line_text_input_preserves_programmatic_scroll_across_select() {
+    let mut vm = new_storage_test_vm("https://text-input-scroll.test/");
+    vm.eval(
+        r#"
+        (() => {
+          if (!document.documentElement) {
+            document.appendChild(document.createElement("html"));
+          }
+          if (!document.body) {
+            document.documentElement.appendChild(document.createElement("body"));
+          }
+          const previous = document.createElement("input");
+          previous.value = "0123456789".repeat(100);
+          document.body.append(previous);
+          globalThis.__previousScrollInput = previous;
+          return "installed";
+        })()
+        "#,
+    )
+    .expect("text input scroll fixture should initialize");
+    refresh_layout_for_test(&mut vm);
+    vm.eval("__previousScrollInput.scrollLeft")
+        .expect("the previous input should retain the frozen layout");
+
+    vm.eval(
+        r#"
+        (() => {
+          __previousScrollInput.remove();
+          const input = document.createElement("input");
+          input.value = "0123456789".repeat(100);
+          document.body.append(input);
+          globalThis.__scrollInput = input;
+          return "replaced";
+        })()
+        "#,
+    )
+    .expect("the previous text input should be replaced");
+
+    vm.eval("__scrollInput.scrollLeft = 33")
+        .expect("text input should accept a programmatic scroll");
+    refresh_layout_for_test(&mut vm);
+    assert_eq!(
+        vm.eval("__scrollInput.scrollWidth > __scrollInput.clientWidth")
+            .expect("text input overflow should be observable"),
+        "true"
+    );
+    assert_eq!(
+        vm.eval("__scrollInput.scrollLeft")
+            .expect("text input scroll should remain observable"),
+        "33"
+    );
+
+    vm.eval("__scrollInput.select()")
+        .expect("selecting the input contents should succeed");
+    refresh_layout_for_test(&mut vm);
+    assert_eq!(
+        vm.eval("__scrollInput.scrollLeft")
+            .expect("selection should preserve the text input scroll"),
+        "33"
+    );
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn painted_overlay_wins_over_scrollbar_and_corner_consumes_input() {
     let mut vm = new_storage_test_vm("https://painted-scrollbar-surface.test/");