diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/diff-comments/DiffCommentCard.resize.test.tsx b/src/renderer/src/components/diff-comments/DiffCommentCard.resize.test.tsx
index f17dfbb7613..648b33357d4 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/diff-comments/DiffCommentCard.resize.test.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/diff-comments/DiffCommentCard.resize.test.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 // @vitest-environment happy-dom
-import { act, cleanup, render } from '@testing-library/react'
+import { act, cleanup, fireEvent, render } from '@testing-library/react'
 import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
 import { DiffCommentCard } from './DiffCommentCard'
 
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ describe('DiffCommentCard content resize', () => {
 
   afterEach(() => {
     cleanup()
+    vi.restoreAllMocks()
     vi.unstubAllGlobals()
   })
 
@@ -101,4 +102,52 @@ describe('DiffCommentCard content resize', () => {
     expect(constructObserver).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
     expect(onContentResize).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
   })
+
+  it('requests rail reflow only when the editing textarea height changes', () => {
+    const onContentResize = vi.fn()
+    let scrollHeight = 60
+    vi.spyOn(HTMLTextAreaElement.prototype, 'scrollHeight', 'get').mockImplementation(
+      () => scrollHeight
+    )
+    const view = render(
+      <DiffCommentCard
+        lineNumber={26}
+        body="A saved note"
+        onContentResize={onContentResize}
+        onSubmitEdit={async () => true}
+      />
+    )
+
+    fireEvent.click(view.getByRole('button', { name: 'Edit note' }))
+    expect(onContentResize).toHaveBeenCalledOnce()
+
+    const textarea = view.getByRole('textbox')
+    expect(textarea.style.height).toBe('60px')
+    fireEvent.change(textarea, { target: { value: 'A saved note!' } })
+    expect(onContentResize).toHaveBeenCalledOnce()
+
+    for (let index = 0; index < 50; index++) {
+      fireEvent.change(textarea, { target: { value: `A saved note! ${index}` } })
+    }
+    expect(textarea.style.height).toBe('60px')
+    expect(onContentResize).toHaveBeenCalledOnce()
+
+    scrollHeight = 400
+    fireEvent.change(textarea, { target: { value: 'A much taller saved note' } })
+    expect(textarea.style.height).toBe('240px')
+    expect(onContentResize).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2)
+
+    scrollHeight = 480
+    fireEvent.change(textarea, { target: { value: 'A still taller saved note' } })
+    expect(textarea.style.height).toBe('240px')
+    expect(onContentResize).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2)
+
+    scrollHeight = 80
+    fireEvent.change(textarea, { target: { value: 'A shorter saved note' } })
+    expect(textarea.style.height).toBe('80px')
+    expect(onContentResize).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(3)
+
+    fireEvent.click(view.getByRole('button', { name: 'Cancel' }))
+    expect(onContentResize).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(4)
+  })
 })
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/diff-comments/DiffCommentCard.tsx b/src/renderer/src/components/diff-comments/DiffCommentCard.tsx
index 9e7ddf229ce..6becfe1fb34 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/diff-comments/DiffCommentCard.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/diff-comments/DiffCommentCard.tsx
@@ -35,6 +35,13 @@ type Props = {
   headerActions?: ReactNode
 }
 
+function resizeDiffCommentTextarea(textarea: HTMLTextAreaElement): boolean {
+  const previousHeight = textarea.style.height
+  textarea.style.height = 'auto'
+  textarea.style.height = `${Math.min(textarea.scrollHeight, 240)}px`
+  return textarea.style.height !== previousHeight
+}
+
 export function DiffCommentCard({
   lineNumber,
   startLine,
@@ -116,8 +123,7 @@ export function DiffCommentCard({
     if (!el) {
       return
     }
-    el.style.height = 'auto'
-    el.style.height = `${Math.min(el.scrollHeight, 240)}px`
+    resizeDiffCommentTextarea(el)
     el.focus()
     el.setSelectionRange(el.value.length, el.value.length)
     onContentResizeRef.current?.()
@@ -281,10 +287,10 @@ export function DiffCommentCard({
               value={draft}
               onChange={(e) => {
                 setDraft(e.target.value)
-                const el = e.currentTarget
-                el.style.height = 'auto'
-                el.style.height = `${Math.min(el.scrollHeight, 240)}px`
-                onContentResizeRef.current?.()
+                // Why: rich-review layout measures every note; skip it when this card stayed put.
+                if (resizeDiffCommentTextarea(e.currentTarget)) {
+                  onContentResizeRef.current?.()
+                }
               }}
               onKeyDown={(e) => {
                 if (e.key === 'Escape') {