diff --git a/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/layouts/DisappearingBarNestedScroll.kt b/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/layouts/DisappearingBarNestedScroll.kt
index acab585c4..9c426379f 100644
--- a/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/layouts/DisappearingBarNestedScroll.kt
+++ b/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/layouts/DisappearingBarNestedScroll.kt
@@ -36,6 +36,10 @@ import androidx.compose.ui.unit.Velocity
  *  - onPostScroll reads `consumed.y + available.y` (the total scroll attempt that entered
  *    the nested-scroll chain) and updates the bar offsets. Using the sum means the bars
  *    also respond to overscroll attempts at the list edges.
+ *  - Pure overscroll (`consumed.y == 0`) from the fully-visible state is ignored. This
+ *    prevents short, non-scrollable lists from hiding the bars purely on an overscroll
+ *    gesture — which would leave blank padding at the top and bottom. Once the bars have
+ *    started moving (list is clearly scrollable), edge overscroll keeps affecting them.
  *  - onPostFling snaps a mid-way bar to the nearest edge, using the fling's remaining
  *    velocity as the spring's initial velocity so the settle feels continuous. No velocity
  *    is returned upward to avoid phantom scrolls on parent containers.
@@ -54,6 +58,14 @@ class DisappearingBarNestedScroll(
         val totalY = consumed.y + available.y
         if (totalY == 0f) return Offset.Zero
 
+        // If the list did not consume any scroll and the bars are fully visible, treat
+        // this as a non-scrollable list and keep the bars in place. Without this, a tiny
+        // feed would hide its chrome purely from overscroll gestures, leaving two empty
+        // bands at the top and bottom where the bars used to be.
+        val isPureOverscroll = consumed.y == 0f
+        val barsFullyVisible = state.topHeightOffset == 0f && state.bottomHeightOffset == 0f
+        if (isPureOverscroll && barsFullyVisible) return Offset.Zero
+
         val deltaY = if (reverseLayout) -totalY else totalY
         applyDelta(deltaY)
         // Never consume: the content scrolls freely while the bars slide along.
diff --git a/amethyst/src/test/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/layouts/DisappearingBarNestedScrollTest.kt b/amethyst/src/test/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/layouts/DisappearingBarNestedScrollTest.kt
index 791c54b79..aa8fd6e0a 100644
--- a/amethyst/src/test/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/layouts/DisappearingBarNestedScrollTest.kt
+++ b/amethyst/src/test/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/layouts/DisappearingBarNestedScrollTest.kt
@@ -106,6 +106,37 @@ class DisappearingBarNestedScrollTest {
         assertEquals(-10f, state.bottomHeightOffset)
     }
 
+    @Test
+    fun `pure overscroll from fully-visible state leaves the bars alone`() {
+        // A short list that cannot scroll: the LazyColumn consumes nothing and the whole
+        // drag comes through as `available`. We should not hide the bars from this, or we
+        // end up with two empty bands where the chrome used to be.
+        val state = state()
+        val connection = nsc(state)
+
+        connection.onPostScroll(Offset(0f, 0f), Offset(0f, -80f), NestedScrollSource.UserInput)
+
+        assertEquals(0f, state.topHeightOffset)
+        assertEquals(0f, state.bottomHeightOffset)
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `pure overscroll still moves bars once they are already partially hidden`() {
+        // Scrollable list that reached an edge: the list stops consuming but the user keeps
+        // flinging. Because the bars are already mid-hide we know the list was scrolling,
+        // so overscroll keeps feeding the bar motion — matching the "bars ride along"
+        // philosophy.
+        val state = state(topLimit = 100f, bottomLimit = 50f)
+        state.topHeightOffset = -20f
+        state.bottomHeightOffset = -20f
+        val connection = nsc(state)
+
+        connection.onPostScroll(Offset(0f, 0f), Offset(0f, -40f), NestedScrollSource.UserInput)
+
+        assertEquals(-60f, state.topHeightOffset)
+        assertEquals(-50f, state.bottomHeightOffset)
+    }
+
     @Test
     fun `canScroll returning false freezes the bars`() {
         val state = state()