diff --git a/config/scripts/mobile-web-app/mobile-web-app-rich-markdown-render.test.mjs b/config/scripts/mobile-web-app/mobile-web-app-rich-markdown-render.test.mjs
index 867e60823f7..d2b7d2a83a0 100644
--- a/config/scripts/mobile-web-app/mobile-web-app-rich-markdown-render.test.mjs
+++ b/config/scripts/mobile-web-app/mobile-web-app-rich-markdown-render.test.mjs
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import {
   lucideBarrelPlugin
 } from '../build-mobile-web-app-bundle.mjs'
 import { mobileWebAppDependenciesPresent } from './mobile-web-app-bundle-dependencies.mjs'
+import { themeSwitchTest } from './mobile-web-app-theme-switch.mjs'
 import { textInputFontSizeFloor } from './platform-seams/mobile-web-app-text-input-font-size-seam.mjs'
 import {
   createBundleServer,
@@ -77,6 +78,7 @@ import { createElement, useEffect, useRef, useState } from 'react'
 import { createRoot } from 'react-dom/client'
 import { SafeAreaProvider } from 'react-native-safe-area-context'
 import { MobileRichMarkdownEditor } from './MobileRichMarkdownEditor'
+import { applyMobileColorScheme } from '../theme/mobile-theme'
 
 /**
  * What the route's own navigator supplies and a bare mount does not: react-navigation wraps every
@@ -101,6 +103,7 @@ function Harness() {
   useEffect(() => {
     globalThis.__orcaEditor = {
       set: (next) => setState((previous) => ({ ...previous, ...next })),
+      setScheme: applyMobileColorScheme,
       changes: [],
       secondChanges: [],
       links: [],
@@ -293,9 +296,8 @@ async function setContentWithin(page, markdown, selector) {
 // Nested ul-in-p serialization once returned unchanged text, leaving next command against previous document.
 const bodyFor = (index) => `body text ${String(index)}`
 
-function readSurface(page, surface = '#first-surface') {
-  return page.evaluate((id) => document.querySelector(`${id} #editor`)?.innerHTML ?? null, surface)
-}
+const readSurface = (page, surface = '#first-surface') =>
+  page.evaluate((id) => document.querySelector(`${id} #editor`)?.innerHTML ?? null, surface)
 
 async function select(page, how) {
   await page.evaluate((mode) => {
@@ -328,9 +330,9 @@ describeEditor(
           browser = await engine.launch()
         }, 180_000)
 
-        afterAll(async () => {
-          await browser?.close()
-        })
+        afterAll(() => browser?.close())
+
+        themeSwitchTest(() => browser, openPage)
 
         it('mounts the document, reports ready through the seam and never touches the bridge', async () => {
           const { page, consoleErrors } = await openPage(browser)
diff --git a/config/scripts/mobile-web-app/mobile-web-app-theme-switch.mjs b/config/scripts/mobile-web-app/mobile-web-app-theme-switch.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..09d7327d403
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/scripts/mobile-web-app/mobile-web-app-theme-switch.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+import { expect, it } from 'vitest'
+
+const readStyling = (page) =>
+  page.evaluate(() => {
+    const editor = document.querySelector('#editor')
+    return {
+      scheme: document.getElementById('orca-rich-markdown-document-style').dataset.scheme,
+      scoped: editor.parentElement.classList.contains('orca-rich-markdown-document-host'),
+      taskListStyle: getComputedStyle(editor.querySelector('ul[data-type="taskList"]'))
+        .listStyleType
+    }
+  })
+
+async function setScheme(page, scheme) {
+  await page.evaluate((next) => globalThis.__orcaEditor.setScheme(next), scheme)
+  await page.waitForFunction(
+    (next) => document.getElementById('orca-rich-markdown-document-style').dataset.scheme === next,
+    scheme
+  )
+  await page.evaluate(
+    () => new Promise((resolve) => requestAnimationFrame(() => requestAnimationFrame(resolve)))
+  )
+}
+
+// React Native Web swaps the themed host View's className on a scheme change.
+export function themeSwitchTest(getBrowser, openPage) {
+  it('keeps a mounted editor styled through color scheme changes', async () => {
+    const { page, consoleErrors } = await openPage(getBrowser())
+    try {
+      await setScheme(page, 'dark')
+      await page.evaluate(() => globalThis.__orcaEditor.set({ content: '- [ ] Open task' }))
+      await page.waitForSelector('#editor ul[data-type="taskList"]')
+      for (const scheme of ['dark', 'light', 'dark']) {
+        await setScheme(page, scheme)
+        expect(await readStyling(page)).toEqual({ scheme, scoped: true, taskListStyle: 'none' })
+      }
+      expect(consoleErrors).toEqual([])
+    } finally {
+      await page.close()
+    }
+  }, 180_000)
+}
diff --git a/mobile/src/components/MobileRichMarkdownEditor.tsx b/mobile/src/components/MobileRichMarkdownEditor.tsx
index 547c251eed5..250fe530425 100644
--- a/mobile/src/components/MobileRichMarkdownEditor.tsx
+++ b/mobile/src/components/MobileRichMarkdownEditor.tsx
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import {
   useCallback,
   useEffect,
   useImperativeHandle,
+  useLayoutEffect,
   useMemo,
   useRef,
   useState,
@@ -178,9 +179,11 @@ function MobileRichMarkdownEditorWebInner(
     // Mount document once; read promptForUrl via closure because rerunning on changing callback props discards live caret/document.
   }, [])
 
-  useEffect(() => {
-    if (documentRef.current) {
-      ensureDocumentStyle()
+  // Layout effect: restore the host's scope class before paint after a themed className swap.
+  useLayoutEffect(() => {
+    const host = hostRef.current
+    if (documentRef.current && host instanceof HTMLElement) {
+      ensureDocumentStyle(host)
     }
   }, [colorScheme])
 
diff --git a/mobile/src/components/rich-markdown/rich-markdown-web-document-mount.ts b/mobile/src/components/rich-markdown/rich-markdown-web-document-mount.ts
index 4fb05a96bd7..487ecf403b3 100644
--- a/mobile/src/components/rich-markdown/rich-markdown-web-document-mount.ts
+++ b/mobile/src/components/rich-markdown/rich-markdown-web-document-mount.ts
@@ -28,7 +28,9 @@ export const RICH_MARKDOWN_HOST_CLASS = 'orca-rich-markdown-document-host'
 // Plant sheet once per page, scoped to host class; move document-wide theme/color/font globals onto host itself.
 // Leave sheet in head on unmount: removing host class makes it inert, and next mount reuses it.
 // Rewrite it in place when the color scheme changes; live editors keep their DOM and caret.
-export function ensureDocumentStyle() {
+export function ensureDocumentStyle(host: HTMLElement) {
+  // React Native Web replaces themed View classes when its background changes.
+  host.classList.add(RICH_MARKDOWN_HOST_CLASS)
   const scheme = getMobileColorScheme()
   const existing = document.getElementById(STYLE_ELEMENT_ID)
   if (existing?.dataset.scheme === scheme) {
@@ -51,8 +53,7 @@ export function mountRichMarkdownWebDocument(
   host: HTMLElement,
   hooks: RichMarkdownWebDocumentHooks
 ): RichMarkdownWebDocument {
-  ensureDocumentStyle()
-  host.classList.add(RICH_MARKDOWN_HOST_CLASS)
+  ensureDocumentStyle(host)
   host.innerHTML = RICH_MARKDOWN_EDITOR_MARKUP
   const started = startDocumentOrGiveTheHostBack(host, hooks)
   return {