From a852f233eef81944278184262f233162c66d4ffe Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: James Magahern <james@magahern.com>
Date: Sun, 12 Apr 2026 16:44:02 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] [gtk] only new messages mark as animatable

---
 gtk/src/transcript/transcript-drawing-area.vala | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/gtk/src/transcript/transcript-drawing-area.vala b/gtk/src/transcript/transcript-drawing-area.vala
index f96a273..6b4c48a 100644
--- a/gtk/src/transcript/transcript-drawing-area.vala
+++ b/gtk/src/transcript/transcript-drawing-area.vala
@@ -383,6 +383,10 @@ private class TranscriptDrawingArea : Widget
                 items.add(image_layout);
             }
 
+            // New-message animation is a one-shot effect. Clear the flag after
+            // scheduling bubble animations so later relayouts do not replay it.
+            message.should_animate = false;
+
             last_sender = message.sender;
             last_date = date;