diff --git a/src/components/SasquatchGuide.tsx b/src/components/SasquatchGuide.tsx
index 88ac9e3..2e8dbc1 100644
--- a/src/components/SasquatchGuide.tsx
+++ b/src/components/SasquatchGuide.tsx
@@ -392,14 +392,15 @@ export function SasquatchGuide({ message, onDismiss }: SasquatchGuideProps) {
     setDragPos({ x: newX, y: newY });
   }, [setDragPos]);
 
+  // Single source of truth for opening the panel. Sets the "just opened" lock
+  // so a stray follow-up event from the same tap can't immediately close it.
+  const openPanel = useCallback(() => {
+    justOpenedRef.current = Date.now();
+    setIsMinimized(false);
+    setIsVisible(true);
+  }, [setIsMinimized]);
+
   const onPointerUp = useCallback((e: React.PointerEvent) => {
-    // Suppress the synthesized mouse "click" that follows a touch pointerup.
-    // Without this, on mobile WebViews the ghost click lands on whatever element
-    // is now under the finger (the panel unmounts the bubble the instant we
-    // open) and can immediately re-close the panel — the "opens then closes"
-    // bug.
-    e.preventDefault();
-    e.stopPropagation();
     try {
       if (dragRef.current) dragRef.current.releasePointerCapture(e.pointerId);
     } catch {
@@ -409,15 +410,24 @@ export function SasquatchGuide({ message, onDismiss }: SasquatchGuideProps) {
     dragStart.current = null;
     dragMoved.current = false;
     setTimeout(() => setIsDragging(false), 50);
+    // If this pointer sequence was a genuine tap (no real drag), open here.
+    // A parallel onClick handler also opens as a reliable fallback for mobile
+    // WebViews where the pointer-capture tap can be flaky on first interaction;
+    // openPanel is idempotent so double-firing is harmless.
     if (!wasDrag) {
-      // Always open the panel — even on pages without a context message.
-      // Set a short "just opened" lock so a stray follow-up event from the same
-      // tap can't immediately minimize/close it.
-      justOpenedRef.current = Date.now();
-      setIsMinimized(false);
-      setIsVisible(true);
+      openPanel();
     }
-  }, [setIsMinimized]);
+  }, [openPanel]);
+
+  // Reliable open path: plain click. On mobile WebViews the pointer-capture tap
+  // detection can miss the very first interaction after mount (the "1st tap does
+  // nothing, 2nd works" bug). A normal onClick is the most dependable "I tapped
+  // this" signal, so we use it as a fallback — but ignore it if the gesture was
+  // actually a drag.
+  const onBubbleClick = useCallback(() => {
+    if (dragMoved.current) return;
+    openPanel();
+  }, [openPanel]);
 
   const bubbleStyle = useMemo(() => {
     if (dragPos) {
@@ -682,6 +692,7 @@ Instructions:
           onPointerDown={onPointerDown}
           onPointerMove={onPointerMove}
           onPointerUp={onPointerUp}
+          onClick={onBubbleClick}
           title="Press and drag to move · Tap to open"
         >
           <div