diff --git a/apps/web/src/components/HistorySwipeNavigation.browser.test.tsx b/apps/web/src/components/HistorySwipeNavigation.browser.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..b2e6fcaaaf402
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/web/src/components/HistorySwipeNavigation.browser.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+import { describe, expect, it, vi } from "vite-plus/test";
+
+import { render } from "../../test/render";
+import { HistorySwipeNavigation } from "./HistorySwipeNavigation";
+
+const navigateHistory = vi.hoisted(() => vi.fn());
+vi.mock("../navigationHistory", () => ({ canNavigateHistory: () => true, navigateHistory }));
+
+function swipe(target: Element, deltaX: number) {
+  for (const delta of [deltaX, 0]) {
+    target.dispatchEvent(new WheelEvent("wheel", { deltaX: delta, bubbles: true, composed: true }));
+  }
+}
+
+describe("HistorySwipeNavigation", () => {
+  it.each([
+    ["scrolling left inside a shadow-root scroller keeps the thread", "shadow", 100, -130, false],
+    ["scrolling right inside a shadow-root scroller keeps the thread", "shadow", 100, 130, false],
+    [
+      "scrolling after a shadow scroller remount keeps the thread",
+      "shadow-remount",
+      100,
+      130,
+      false,
+    ],
+    ["scrolling left inside a scroller keeps the thread", "light", 100, -130, false],
+    ["swiping back at a shadow-root scroller's left edge navigates", "shadow", 0, -130, true],
+    ["swiping back over a panel without overflow navigates", "none", 0, -130, true],
+    ["a swipe that started in a closed dialog keeps the thread", "closed-dialog", 0, -130, false],
+  ] as const)("%s", async (_name, scroller, scrollLeft, deltaX, navigates) => {
+    navigateHistory.mockReset();
+    await using screen = await render(<HistorySwipeNavigation />);
+    const panel = screen.container.appendChild(document.createElement("div"));
+    const root = scroller.startsWith("shadow") ? panel.attachShadow({ mode: "open" }) : panel;
+    const viewport = root.appendChild(document.createElement("div"));
+    const noOverflow = scroller === "none" || scroller === "closed-dialog";
+    viewport.style.cssText = `width: 200px; overflow-x: ${noOverflow ? "visible" : "auto"}`;
+    const content = viewport.appendChild(document.createElement("div"));
+    content.style.cssText = `height: 20px; width: ${noOverflow ? 100 : 1000}px`;
+    viewport.scrollLeft = scrollLeft;
+
+    if (scroller === "closed-dialog") {
+      panel.setAttribute("role", "dialog");
+      content.dispatchEvent(new WheelEvent("wheel", { deltaX: -1, bubbles: true, composed: true }));
+      panel.remove();
+      screen.container.appendChild(viewport);
+    }
+
+    if (scroller === "shadow-remount") {
+      content.dispatchEvent(new WheelEvent("wheel", { deltaX: 1, bubbles: true, composed: true }));
+      const replacement = viewport.cloneNode(true) as HTMLDivElement;
+      viewport.replaceWith(replacement);
+      replacement.scrollLeft = scrollLeft;
+      swipe(replacement, deltaX);
+    } else {
+      swipe(content, deltaX);
+    }
+
+    expect(navigateHistory).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(navigates ? 1 : 0);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/apps/web/src/components/HistorySwipeNavigation.tsx b/apps/web/src/components/HistorySwipeNavigation.tsx
index c020878b25363..767b4285c696f 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/components/HistorySwipeNavigation.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/components/HistorySwipeNavigation.tsx
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ const MOMENTUM_SAMPLE_SIZE = 5;
 
 type SwipeBounds = { left: number; top: number; width: number; height: number };
 type SwipeGesture =
-  | { kind: "pending"; target: EventTarget | null; y: number; sumX: number; sumY: number }
+  | { kind: "pending"; path: EventTarget[]; y: number; sumX: number; sumY: number }
   | {
       kind: "tracking";
       direction: HistoryDirection;
@@ -37,13 +37,10 @@ function readMainContentBounds(): SwipeBounds {
   return { left, top, width, height };
 }
 
-function canScrollHorizontally(target: EventTarget | null, deltaX: number): boolean {
-  for (
-    let element = target instanceof Element ? target : null;
-    element;
-    element = element.parentElement
-  ) {
-    if (element.scrollWidth <= element.clientWidth) continue;
+// `event.target` stops at a shadow host; the composed path also reaches scrollers inside it.
+function canScrollHorizontally(path: readonly EventTarget[], deltaX: number): boolean {
+  for (const element of path) {
+    if (!(element instanceof Element) || element.scrollWidth <= element.clientWidth) continue;
     const { overflowX } = getComputedStyle(element);
     if (overflowX !== "auto" && overflowX !== "scroll") continue;
     const canScroll =
@@ -58,10 +55,12 @@ function canScrollHorizontally(target: EventTarget | null, deltaX: number): bool
 function lockSwipeAxis(
   pending: Extract<SwipeGesture, { kind: "pending" }>,
 ): Exclude<SwipeGesture, { kind: "pending" }> {
-  const { target, sumX, sumY } = pending;
+  const { path, sumX, sumY } = pending;
   if (Math.abs(sumX) <= Math.abs(sumY)) return { kind: "ignored" };
-  if (target instanceof Element && target.closest('[role="dialog"]')) return { kind: "ignored" };
-  if (canScrollHorizontally(target, sumX)) return { kind: "ignored" };
+  if (path.some((node) => node instanceof Element && node.matches('[role="dialog"]'))) {
+    return { kind: "ignored" };
+  }
+  if (canScrollHorizontally(path, sumX)) return { kind: "ignored" };
   const direction = sumX < 0 ? "back" : "forward";
   if (!canNavigateHistory(direction)) return { kind: "ignored" };
   return {
@@ -119,14 +118,14 @@ export function HistorySwipeNavigation() {
         gesture =
           event.ctrlKey || event.deltaMode !== WheelEvent.DOM_DELTA_PIXEL
             ? { kind: "ignored" }
-            : { kind: "pending", target: event.target, y: event.clientY, sumX: 0, sumY: 0 };
+            : { kind: "pending", path: event.composedPath(), y: event.clientY, sumX: 0, sumY: 0 };
       }
       if (gesture.kind === "ignored") return;
       if (gesture.kind === "pending") {
         gesture.sumX += event.deltaX;
         gesture.sumY += event.deltaY;
         if (Math.abs(gesture.sumX) + Math.abs(gesture.sumY) < SWIPE_AXIS_LOCK_DISTANCE) return;
-        gesture = lockSwipeAxis(gesture);
+        gesture = lockSwipeAxis({ ...gesture, path: [...gesture.path, ...event.composedPath()] });
         if (gesture.kind === "ignored") return;
       } else {
         const delta = gesture.direction === "back" ? -event.deltaX : event.deltaX;