diff --git a/src/renderer/src/lib/pane-manager/pane-reveal-fit.ts b/src/renderer/src/lib/pane-manager/pane-reveal-fit.ts
index f0125433764..759d9dacab7 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/lib/pane-manager/pane-reveal-fit.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/lib/pane-manager/pane-reveal-fit.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import {
   readFitClientSize,
   safeFit
 } from './pane-fit'
+import { releaseRenderPauseLatch } from './terminal-render-pause-release'
 import { requestStablePaneFit } from './pane-fit-resize-observer'
 import { clearPaneFitContinuationRetry } from './pane-fit-continuation-retry'
 import { resumePendingFitScrollRestoreAfterFit } from './pane-scroll'
@@ -62,6 +63,12 @@ function releaseMeasurableFitContinuations(pane: ManagedPane): void {
 //    mismatch refits but a transient metric wobble does not reflow;
 //  - grid already correct → leave it alone.
 export function fitRevealedPane(pane: ManagedPane): void {
+  // Why before the fit, not after: while the render service is latched, every
+  // resize below parks the renderer half and composites the pre-hide backing
+  // store into the new box. Measurable only — a hidden pane must stay paused.
+  if (canMeasurePaneForFit(pane)) {
+    releaseRenderPauseLatch(pane.terminal)
+  }
   // Why first: the checks below can both say "nothing to do" and return without
   // fitting, stranding metric options parked while the pane was unmeasurable.
   const flushed = flushDeferredPaneMetricOptionsIfMeasurable(pane)
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/lib/pane-manager/terminal-render-pause-release.ts b/src/renderer/src/lib/pane-manager/terminal-render-pause-release.ts
index 88b53129d87..e83642604cd 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/lib/pane-manager/terminal-render-pause-release.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/lib/pane-manager/terminal-render-pause-release.ts
@@ -41,6 +41,30 @@ function getRenderService(terminal: unknown): PausableRenderService | null {
     : null
 }
 
+/**
+ * Clears the pause latch only — no repaint, no other state touched.
+ *
+ * Why: `RenderService.handleResize` branches purely on `_isPaused`. Paused, it
+ * parks the renderer resize in `_pausedResizeTask`, so a reveal fit resizes the
+ * css box while the canvas keeps compositing its pre-hide backing store — the
+ * blurry reveal. Unlatched first, the same fit's `terminal.resize` takes the
+ * inline branch: backing store, css box and dimensions are all written inside
+ * xterm's own resize path, and xterm's own `_fullRefresh()` follows it.
+ *
+ * Deliberately leaves `_needsFullRefresh` armed and drives no repaint of its
+ * own: xterm's observer recovery is what repaints if this frame doesn't, and
+ * owning the repaint here is what made the previous attempt paint nothing.
+ * Returns true when it cleared the latch.
+ */
+export function releaseRenderPauseLatch(terminal: unknown): boolean {
+  const service = getRenderService(terminal)
+  if (!service || service._isPaused !== true) {
+    return false
+  }
+  service._isPaused = false
+  return true
+}
+
 /**
  * If xterm's renderer is paused (observer hasn't caught up to the reveal),
  * clear the pause latch and force a synchronous full-viewport repaint.