diff --git a/src/components/SasquatchGuide.tsx b/src/components/SasquatchGuide.tsx
index 8324025..88ac9e3 100644
--- a/src/components/SasquatchGuide.tsx
+++ b/src/components/SasquatchGuide.tsx
@@ -365,6 +365,10 @@ export function SasquatchGuide({ message, onDismiss }: SasquatchGuideProps) {
   const dragRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null);
   const dragStart = useRef<{ mx: number; my: number; bx: number; by: number } | null>(null);
   const dragMoved = useRef(false);
+  // Timestamp of the last panel-open via tap. Used to ignore stray
+  // close/minimize events that fire from the same tap on mobile.
+  const justOpenedRef = useRef(0);
+  const recentlyOpened = () => Date.now() - justOpenedRef.current < 400;
 
   // Dragging handlers
   const onPointerDown = useCallback((e: React.PointerEvent) => {
@@ -389,13 +393,27 @@ export function SasquatchGuide({ message, onDismiss }: SasquatchGuideProps) {
   }, [setDragPos]);
 
   const onPointerUp = useCallback((e: React.PointerEvent) => {
-    if (dragRef.current) dragRef.current.releasePointerCapture(e.pointerId);
+    // 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 {
+      // releasePointerCapture can throw if the element is unmounting — ignore.
+    }
     const wasDrag = dragMoved.current;
     dragStart.current = null;
     dragMoved.current = false;
     setTimeout(() => setIsDragging(false), 50);
     if (!wasDrag) {
-      // Always open the panel — even on pages without a context message
+      // 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);
     }
@@ -739,7 +757,7 @@ Instructions:
               <div className="flex gap-1 flex-shrink-0">
                 {/* Minimize — shrinks to draggable bubble */}
                 <button
-                  onClick={() => setIsMinimized(true)}
+                  onClick={() => { if (recentlyOpened()) return; setIsMinimized(true); }}
                   className="w-6 h-6 flex items-center justify-center rounded text-[#ccff00]/40 hover:text-[#ccff00] hover:bg-[#ccff00]/10 transition-colors"
                   aria-label="Minimize to bubble"
                   title="Minimize"
@@ -748,7 +766,7 @@ Instructions:
                 </button>
                 {/* Close — hides the panel entirely */}
                 <button
-                  onClick={() => { setIsVisible(false); if (onDismiss) onDismiss(); }}
+                  onClick={() => { if (recentlyOpened()) return; setIsVisible(false); if (onDismiss) onDismiss(); }}
                   className="w-6 h-6 flex items-center justify-center rounded text-white/30 hover:text-white/80 hover:bg-white/10 transition-colors"
                   aria-label="Close panel"
                   title="Close"