diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/useScrollFade.dom.test.tsx b/frontend/src/lib/useScrollFade.dom.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..090eee25
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/useScrollFade.dom.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+// @vitest-environment jsdom
+import { describe, it, expect, beforeAll, afterEach } from "vitest";
+import { render, cleanup, fireEvent } from "@testing-library/react";
+import { useScrollFade } from "./useScrollFade";
+
+beforeAll(() => {
+  class Stub {
+    observe() {}
+    unobserve() {}
+    disconnect() {}
+  }
+  globalThis.ResizeObserver ??= Stub as unknown as typeof ResizeObserver;
+});
+afterEach(cleanup);
+
+function Scroller({ fadeTop = true }: { fadeTop?: boolean }) {
+  const fade = useScrollFade(20, fadeTop);
+  const { ref } = fade;
+  return <div data-testid="s" ref={ref} style={fade.style} />;
+}
+
+/** A scroller 100 px tall over 300 px of content, scrolled to `top`. */
+function scrolledTo(el: HTMLElement, top: number) {
+  Object.defineProperties(el, {
+    clientHeight: { configurable: true, value: 100 },
+    scrollHeight: { configurable: true, value: 300 },
+    scrollTop: { configurable: true, value: top, writable: true },
+  });
+  fireEvent.scroll(el);
+}
+
+// iPad WebKit kept a scrolled container's mask stuck to the content: at the bottom of a scrolled page
+// the last strip (a table's pager) sat under a dark band. With no edge to fade there is no mask.
+describe("useScrollFade", () => {
+  it("masks the edge that is clipped", () => {
+    const { getByTestId } = render(<Scroller />);
+    const el = getByTestId("s");
+    scrolledTo(el, 0);
+    expect(el.style.maskImage).toContain("calc(100% - 20px)");
+  });
+
+  it("sets no mask once nothing fades, and keeps the layer it made", () => {
+    const { getByTestId } = render(<Scroller fadeTop={false} />);
+    const el = getByTestId("s");
+    scrolledTo(el, 200);
+    expect(el.style.maskImage).toBe("");
+    expect(el.style.isolation).toBe("isolate");
+  });
+});
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/useScrollFade.ts b/frontend/src/lib/useScrollFade.ts
index d64d879c..5da6b32f 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/useScrollFade.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/useScrollFade.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,12 @@ export function useScrollFade(
   style: CSSProperties;
 } {
   const { ref, start, end } = useScrollEdges("y");
-  const mask = `linear-gradient(to bottom, transparent, #000 ${start && fadeTop ? fadePx : 0}px, #000 calc(100% - ${
+  // No edge to fade, no mask at all: iPad WebKit kept a scrolled container's mask stuck to the
+  // content, so at the bottom of a scrolled page the last strip (a table's pager) sat under a dark
+  // band. `isolation` keeps the stacking context the mask made, so nothing inside changes layer.
+  const top = start && fadeTop;
+  if (!top && !end) return { ref, style: { isolation: "isolate" } };
+  const mask = `linear-gradient(to bottom, transparent, #000 ${top ? fadePx : 0}px, #000 calc(100% - ${
     end ? fadePx : 0
   }px), transparent)`;
   return { ref, style: { maskImage: mask, WebkitMaskImage: mask } };