diff --git a/src/DiffEngineViewer.Tests/ReEnqueueTests.cs b/src/DiffEngineViewer.Tests/ReEnqueueTests.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..edb45887
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/DiffEngineViewer.Tests/ReEnqueueTests.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+/// <summary>
+/// A patch arriving for the entry already on screen. A continuous test runner sends one every few
+/// seconds for as long as the test keeps failing, and most of them say exactly what the last one
+/// said.
+/// </summary>
+public class ReEnqueueTests
+{
+    [Test]
+    public async Task An_identical_re_send_leaves_the_scroll_alone()
+    {
+        var state = Scrolled();
+
+        var again = ViewerSession.EnqueueInline(state, Patch(Fixtures.Long(true)));
+
+        await Assert.That(again.Queue[0]).IsSameReferenceAs(state.Queue[0]);
+        await Assert.That(again.ScrollTop).IsEqualTo(state.ScrollTop);
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// A re-send that says something else is a new comparison, and that one does start at the top.
+    /// </summary>
+    [Test]
+    public async Task A_re_send_of_different_content_starts_at_the_top()
+    {
+        var state = Scrolled();
+
+        var again = ViewerSession.EnqueueInline(state, Patch($"{Fixtures.Long(true)}\nand one more line"));
+
+        await Assert.That(again.ScrollTop).IsEqualTo(0);
+    }
+
+    static SessionState Scrolled()
+    {
+        var state = ViewerSession.Apply(Fixtures.Inline(Patch(Fixtures.Long(true))), CommandKind.PageDown);
+        if (state.ScrollTop == 0)
+        {
+            throw new("The entry did not scroll, so nothing below asserts anything.");
+        }
+
+        return state;
+    }
+
+    static InlinePatch Patch(string content) =>
+        Fixtures.Patch("A.cs", 1, null, content);
+}
diff --git a/src/DiffEngineViewer/ViewerSession.cs b/src/DiffEngineViewer/ViewerSession.cs
index d59969e7..5b6b805f 100644
--- a/src/DiffEngineViewer/ViewerSession.cs
+++ b/src/DiffEngineViewer/ViewerSession.cs
@@ -29,19 +29,29 @@ public static SessionState Resize(SessionState state, int columns, int rows) =>
     public static SessionState EnqueueInline(SessionState state, InlinePatch patch)
     {
         var key = InlineKey.For(patch.SourceFile, patch.LineHint);
-        var replacedCurrent = state.Current?.Key == key;
+        var current = state.Current;
         var queue = Rebuild(state, Pending(state).Enqueue(patch));
         // Grouping can reorder the list, so the selection follows its key rather than its index.
-        var currentKey = state.Current?.Key;
-        var selected = currentKey is null ? 0 : IndexOf(queue, currentKey);
+        var selected = current is null ? 0 : IndexOf(queue, current.Key);
+        if (selected < 0)
+        {
+            selected = 0;
+        }
+
+        // Start the reader at the top again only when the text under them changed. Folding into an
+        // entry further down the list is not it, and neither is a re-send of what is already
+        // there: Fold reports an identical patch as unchanged and Project hands back the same
+        // entry, so a continuous runner re-sending the same failing snapshot every few seconds
+        // used to bounce the reader to the top on every run.
+        var replaced = current is not null &&
+                       current.Key == key &&
+                       !ReferenceEquals(queue[selected], current);
+
         return Clamp(state with
         {
             Queue = queue,
-            Selected = selected < 0 ? 0 : selected,
-            // The text under the reader just changed, so start it at the top again. Only when it
-            // is the item on screen; folding into one further down the list should not move
-            // anything.
-            ScrollTop = replacedCurrent ? 0 : state.ScrollTop,
+            Selected = selected,
+            ScrollTop = replaced ? 0 : state.ScrollTop,
             // The open menu indexes the queue it was opened over, which just changed.
             Menu = null
         });