diff --git a/mobile/src/source-control/hosted-review-eligibility-memory.test.ts b/mobile/src/source-control/hosted-review-eligibility-memory.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1eb84f0b5cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mobile/src/source-control/hosted-review-eligibility-memory.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+import { beforeEach, describe, expect, it } from 'vitest'
+import type { HostedReviewCreationEligibility } from '../../../src/shared/hosted-review'
+import {
+  forgetAllHostedReviewEligibility,
+  recallHostedReviewEligibility,
+  rememberHostedReviewEligibility
+} from './hosted-review-eligibility-memory'
+
+function eligibility(
+  overrides: Partial<HostedReviewCreationEligibility> = {}
+): HostedReviewCreationEligibility {
+  return {
+    provider: 'github',
+    review: null,
+    canCreate: true,
+    blockedReason: null,
+    nextAction: null,
+    defaultBaseRef: 'main',
+    title: 'feature',
+    body: '',
+    ...overrides
+  }
+}
+
+describe('hosted review eligibility memory', () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    forgetAllHostedReviewEligibility()
+  })
+
+  it('recalls the last remembered answer per identity', () => {
+    const first = eligibility()
+    const blocked = eligibility({ canCreate: false, blockedReason: 'existing_review' })
+
+    rememberHostedReviewEligibility('wt-1\0feature', first)
+    rememberHostedReviewEligibility('wt-1\0other', blocked)
+
+    expect(recallHostedReviewEligibility('wt-1\0feature')).toBe(first)
+    expect(recallHostedReviewEligibility('wt-1\0other')).toBe(blocked)
+    expect(recallHostedReviewEligibility('wt-2\0feature')).toBeNull()
+  })
+
+  it('overwrites an identity with its newest answer', () => {
+    const newest = eligibility({ canCreate: false, blockedReason: 'needs_push' })
+
+    rememberHostedReviewEligibility('wt-1\0feature', eligibility())
+    rememberHostedReviewEligibility('wt-1\0feature', newest)
+
+    expect(recallHostedReviewEligibility('wt-1\0feature')).toBe(newest)
+  })
+
+  it('evicts the least recently remembered identity beyond the bound', () => {
+    for (let i = 0; i < 64; i++) {
+      rememberHostedReviewEligibility(`wt-${i}`, eligibility())
+    }
+    // Refresh wt-0 so wt-1 is now the oldest.
+    rememberHostedReviewEligibility('wt-0', eligibility())
+    rememberHostedReviewEligibility('wt-64', eligibility())
+
+    expect(recallHostedReviewEligibility('wt-1')).toBeNull()
+    expect(recallHostedReviewEligibility('wt-0')).not.toBeNull()
+    expect(recallHostedReviewEligibility('wt-64')).not.toBeNull()
+  })
+})
diff --git a/mobile/src/source-control/hosted-review-eligibility-memory.ts b/mobile/src/source-control/hosted-review-eligibility-memory.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5ef48b47b7c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mobile/src/source-control/hosted-review-eligibility-memory.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+import type { HostedReviewCreationEligibility } from '../../../src/shared/hosted-review'
+
+// Why: every source-control open remounts the eligibility hook, so without a
+// cross-mount memory each open cold-fetches and the Create PR row's footprint
+// is unknown until the host answers — the row then pops in or collapses under
+// the user's finger (#8411). Remembering the last resolved answer per
+// worktree+branch lets the next open render the correct footprint immediately.
+const MAX_REMEMBERED_ELIGIBILITIES = 64
+
+const lastResolvedByIdentity = new Map<string, HostedReviewCreationEligibility>()
+
+export function rememberHostedReviewEligibility(
+  identity: string,
+  eligibility: HostedReviewCreationEligibility
+): void {
+  // Delete-then-set keeps insertion order as recency so eviction drops the LRU entry.
+  lastResolvedByIdentity.delete(identity)
+  lastResolvedByIdentity.set(identity, eligibility)
+  if (lastResolvedByIdentity.size > MAX_REMEMBERED_ELIGIBILITIES) {
+    const oldest = lastResolvedByIdentity.keys().next().value
+    if (oldest !== undefined) {
+      lastResolvedByIdentity.delete(oldest)
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+export function recallHostedReviewEligibility(
+  identity: string
+): HostedReviewCreationEligibility | null {
+  return lastResolvedByIdentity.get(identity) ?? null
+}
+
+export function forgetAllHostedReviewEligibility(): void {
+  lastResolvedByIdentity.clear()
+}
diff --git a/mobile/src/source-control/mobile-create-pr-action.test.ts b/mobile/src/source-control/mobile-create-pr-action.test.ts
index 99b86cc85e7..9cea4b604e9 100644
--- a/mobile/src/source-control/mobile-create-pr-action.test.ts
+++ b/mobile/src/source-control/mobile-create-pr-action.test.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,10 @@ import type {
   HostedReviewCreationEligibility,
   HostedReviewProvider
 } from '../../../src/shared/hosted-review'
-import { buildMobileCreatePrAction } from './mobile-create-pr-action'
+import {
+  buildMobileCreatePrAction,
+  type MobileCreatePrEligibilityState
+} from './mobile-create-pr-action'
 
 function eligibility(
   overrides: Partial<HostedReviewCreationEligibility> = {}
@@ -116,17 +119,7 @@ describe('buildMobileCreatePrAction', () => {
     expect(descriptor.visible).toBe(false)
   })
 
-  it('hides cold loading, errors, and missing branches', () => {
-    const onCreatePr = vi.fn()
-
-    expect(
-      buildMobileCreatePrAction({
-        branch: 'feature',
-        eligibilityState: { kind: 'loading', eligibility: null },
-        busyAction: null,
-        onCreatePr
-      }).visible
-    ).toBe(false)
+  it('hides errors and missing branches', () => {
     expect(action({ eligibility: null }).descriptor.visible).toBe(false)
     expect(action({ branch: null }).descriptor.visible).toBe(false)
   })
@@ -167,3 +160,45 @@ describe('buildMobileCreatePrAction', () => {
     expect(descriptor).toMatchObject({ visible: true, disabled: true, loading: false })
   })
 })
+
+// Issue #8411: the Create PR entry renders directly above the Stage All row and
+// the changed-files list, so appearing late shifts the list down by
+// createPrBlock marginTop (12) + createPrButton minHeight (42) = 54pt while the
+// user is already reading it. The row must keep its footprint across the cold
+// eligibility fetch.
+describe('cold-mount layout stability (issue #8411)', () => {
+  // useMobileHostedReviewEligibility's real cold-mount sequence for a creatable
+  // branch: no prior snapshot exists, so `loading` carries eligibility: null.
+  const coldMount: MobileCreatePrEligibilityState[] = [
+    { kind: 'loading', eligibility: null },
+    { kind: 'ready', eligibility: eligibility({ canCreate: true }) }
+  ]
+
+  it('reserves the button row while the first eligibility request is in flight', () => {
+    const footprint = coldMount.map(
+      (eligibilityState) =>
+        buildMobileCreatePrAction({
+          branch: 'feature',
+          eligibilityState,
+          busyAction: null,
+          onCreatePr: vi.fn()
+        }).visible
+    )
+
+    // On the buggy parent this was [false, true] -- the false -> true step is the jump.
+    expect(footprint).toEqual([true, true])
+  })
+
+  it('does not offer a tappable action against unresolved eligibility', () => {
+    const descriptor = buildMobileCreatePrAction({
+      branch: 'feature',
+      eligibilityState: { kind: 'loading', eligibility: null },
+      busyAction: null,
+      onCreatePr: vi.fn()
+    })
+
+    // Reserving space must not make the placeholder actionable: there is no
+    // canCreate/pushFirst answer yet, so a tap has nothing correct to do.
+    expect(descriptor.disabled).toBe(true)
+  })
+})
diff --git a/mobile/src/source-control/mobile-create-pr-action.ts b/mobile/src/source-control/mobile-create-pr-action.ts
index 0636fc01588..fde757319df 100644
--- a/mobile/src/source-control/mobile-create-pr-action.ts
+++ b/mobile/src/source-control/mobile-create-pr-action.ts
@@ -61,7 +61,17 @@ export function buildMobileCreatePrAction({
   }
   const eligibility = eligibilityState.eligibility
   if (!eligibility) {
-    return hiddenAction(noop)
+    // Cold loading: the first answer for this branch is still in flight.
+    // Reserve the row with a disabled placeholder instead of unmounting, so
+    // the changed-files list doesn't shift under the user when it lands (#8411).
+    return {
+      visible: true,
+      label: 'Create Pull Request',
+      disabled: true,
+      loading: true,
+      pushFirst: false,
+      onPress: noop
+    }
   }
   // Why: mirror desktop's structural provider gate (supportsHostedReviewCreation)
   // instead of relying on the host always emitting a hidden blockedReason for
diff --git a/mobile/src/source-control/use-mobile-hosted-review-eligibility.test.ts b/mobile/src/source-control/use-mobile-hosted-review-eligibility.test.ts
index cc1f4965dc8..971d073d557 100644
--- a/mobile/src/source-control/use-mobile-hosted-review-eligibility.test.ts
+++ b/mobile/src/source-control/use-mobile-hosted-review-eligibility.test.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,26 @@
 import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest'
+import type { HostedReviewCreationEligibility } from '../../../src/shared/hosted-review'
 import {
   acceptsMobileHostedReviewEligibilityLoad,
   buildMobileHostedReviewEligibilityLoadKey,
   eligibilityStateAfterMobileHostedReviewError,
+  renderedMobileHostedReviewEligibilityState,
   shouldFetchMobileHostedReviewEligibility
 } from './use-mobile-hosted-review-eligibility'
 
+function eligibility(): HostedReviewCreationEligibility {
+  return {
+    provider: 'github',
+    review: null,
+    canCreate: true,
+    blockedReason: null,
+    nextAction: null,
+    defaultBaseRef: 'main',
+    title: 'feature',
+    body: ''
+  }
+}
+
 describe('mobile hosted review eligibility loader core', () => {
   it('does not fetch while disconnected or detached', () => {
     expect(
@@ -56,3 +71,49 @@ describe('mobile hosted review eligibility loader core', () => {
     expect(eligibilityStateAfterMobileHostedReviewError()).toEqual({ kind: 'error' })
   })
 })
+
+// #8411: what the hook returns is what paints. A fetch-imminent frame must not
+// render as `idle` (hidden row) or the Create PR row pops in a frame later.
+describe('rendered eligibility state', () => {
+  it('renders fetch-imminent idle and cold loading as an in-flight load seeded from memory', () => {
+    const remembered = eligibility()
+
+    for (const state of [
+      { kind: 'idle' } as const,
+      { kind: 'loading', eligibility: null } as const
+    ]) {
+      expect(
+        renderedMobileHostedReviewEligibilityState({ state, shouldFetch: true, remembered: null })
+      ).toEqual({ kind: 'loading', eligibility: null })
+      expect(
+        renderedMobileHostedReviewEligibilityState({ state, shouldFetch: true, remembered })
+      ).toEqual({ kind: 'loading', eligibility: remembered })
+    }
+  })
+
+  it('passes resolved and refetch states through untouched', () => {
+    const ready = { kind: 'ready', eligibility: eligibility() } as const
+    const refetch = { kind: 'loading', eligibility: eligibility() } as const
+    const error = { kind: 'error' } as const
+
+    for (const state of [ready, refetch, error]) {
+      expect(
+        renderedMobileHostedReviewEligibilityState({
+          state,
+          shouldFetch: true,
+          remembered: eligibility()
+        })
+      ).toBe(state)
+    }
+  })
+
+  it('renders idle when a fetch is not possible, hiding stale snapshots in the same render', () => {
+    expect(
+      renderedMobileHostedReviewEligibilityState({
+        state: { kind: 'ready', eligibility: eligibility() },
+        shouldFetch: false,
+        remembered: eligibility()
+      })
+    ).toEqual({ kind: 'idle' })
+  })
+})
diff --git a/mobile/src/source-control/use-mobile-hosted-review-eligibility.ts b/mobile/src/source-control/use-mobile-hosted-review-eligibility.ts
index ff5a98c433b..1ebea493755 100644
--- a/mobile/src/source-control/use-mobile-hosted-review-eligibility.ts
+++ b/mobile/src/source-control/use-mobile-hosted-review-eligibility.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ import {
   fetchMobileHostedReviewEligibility,
   type MobileHostedReviewEligibilityInput
 } from './mobile-hosted-review-service'
+import {
+  recallHostedReviewEligibility,
+  rememberHostedReviewEligibility
+} from './hosted-review-eligibility-memory'
 import type { MobileCreatePrEligibilityState } from './mobile-create-pr-action'
 
 export type MobileHostedReviewEligibilityLoaderInput = {
@@ -60,6 +64,25 @@ export function eligibilityStateAfterMobileHostedReviewError(): MobileCreatePrEl
   return { kind: 'error' }
 }
 
+export function renderedMobileHostedReviewEligibilityState(args: {
+  state: MobileCreatePrEligibilityState
+  shouldFetch: boolean
+  remembered: HostedReviewCreationEligibility | null
+}): MobileCreatePrEligibilityState {
+  if (!args.shouldFetch) {
+    return { kind: 'idle' }
+  }
+  const { state, remembered } = args
+  // Why: under shouldFetch, `idle` only means the fetch effect hasn't run yet,
+  // and cold `loading` carries no snapshot. Both must render as an in-flight
+  // load seeded with the last resolved answer so the Create PR row's footprint
+  // is right on the first painted frame instead of shifting later (#8411).
+  if (state.kind === 'idle' || (state.kind === 'loading' && !state.eligibility)) {
+    return { kind: 'loading', eligibility: remembered }
+  }
+  return state
+}
+
 export function useMobileHostedReviewEligibility(
   input: MobileHostedReviewEligibilityLoaderInput
 ): MobileCreatePrEligibilityState {
@@ -127,6 +150,11 @@ export function useMobileHostedReviewEligibility(
     }
     void fetchMobileHostedReviewEligibility(client, worktreeId, requestInput)
       .then((eligibility: HostedReviewCreationEligibility | null) => {
+        if (eligibility) {
+          // Remember even when superseded: the answer is still valid for the
+          // identity it was fetched for, and seeds that branch's next open.
+          rememberHostedReviewEligibility(key.identity, eligibility)
+        }
         if (!isCurrent()) {
           return
         }
@@ -159,5 +187,9 @@ export function useMobileHostedReviewEligibility(
   // snapshot in the same render, before the effect posts `idle` — otherwise the
   // Create PR button could stay enabled for one paint after the worktree is
   // no longer fetchable.
-  return shouldFetch ? state : { kind: 'idle' }
+  return renderedMobileHostedReviewEligibilityState({
+    state,
+    shouldFetch,
+    remembered: recallHostedReviewEligibility(key.identity)
+  })
 }