diff --git a/Sources/GhosttyTerminalView.swift b/Sources/GhosttyTerminalView.swift
index 6797329f..6dd560c4 100644
--- a/Sources/GhosttyTerminalView.swift
+++ b/Sources/GhosttyTerminalView.swift
@@ -8662,6 +8662,23 @@ struct GhosttyTerminalView: NSViewRepresentable {
         return !hostedViewHasSuperview
     }
 
+    private static func synchronizePortalGeometry(
+        for host: HostContainerView,
+        coordinator: Coordinator
+    ) {
+        let geometryRevision = host.geometryRevision
+        guard coordinator.lastSynchronizedHostGeometryRevision != geometryRevision else { return }
+        coordinator.lastSynchronizedHostGeometryRevision = geometryRevision
+        if host.inLiveResize || host.window?.inLiveResize == true {
+            TerminalWindowPortalRegistry.synchronizeForAnchor(host)
+            return
+        }
+        // Avoid synchronizing the terminal portal while AppKit is still inside
+        // the current layout turn. Re-entrant syncs here can wedge window resize
+        // handling and leave the app spinning on the wait cursor.
+        TerminalWindowPortalRegistry.scheduleExternalGeometrySynchronizeForAllWindows()
+    }
+
     func makeNSView(context: Context) -> NSView {
         let container = HostContainerView()
         container.wantsLayer = false
@@ -8829,8 +8846,10 @@ struct GhosttyTerminalView: NSViewRepresentable {
                     hostedView.setActive(coordinator.desiredIsActive)
                     hostedView.setNotificationRing(visible: coordinator.desiredShowsUnreadNotificationRing)
                 }
-                TerminalWindowPortalRegistry.synchronizeForAnchor(host)
-                coordinator.lastSynchronizedHostGeometryRevision = host.geometryRevision
+                Self.synchronizePortalGeometry(
+                    for: host,
+                    coordinator: coordinator
+                )
             }
 
             if host.window != nil, hostOwnsPortalNow {
@@ -8866,8 +8885,10 @@ struct GhosttyTerminalView: NSViewRepresentable {
                     coordinator.lastBoundHostId = hostId
                     coordinator.lastSynchronizedHostGeometryRevision = geometryRevision
                 } else if portalBindingLive && coordinator.lastSynchronizedHostGeometryRevision != geometryRevision {
-                    TerminalWindowPortalRegistry.synchronizeForAnchor(host)
-                    coordinator.lastSynchronizedHostGeometryRevision = geometryRevision
+                    Self.synchronizePortalGeometry(
+                        for: host,
+                        coordinator: coordinator
+                    )
                 }
             } else if hostOwnsPortalNow, portalBindingStillLive() {
                 // Bind is deferred until host moves into a window. Update the
diff --git a/Sources/TerminalWindowPortal.swift b/Sources/TerminalWindowPortal.swift
index b44fbffb..e4b78917 100644
--- a/Sources/TerminalWindowPortal.swift
+++ b/Sources/TerminalWindowPortal.swift
@@ -680,10 +680,18 @@ final class WindowTerminalPortal: NSObject {
     private func scheduleExternalGeometrySynchronize() {
         guard !hasExternalGeometrySyncScheduled else { return }
         hasExternalGeometrySyncScheduled = true
+        let requiresSettledLayout = !(hostView.inLiveResize || window?.inLiveResize == true)
         DispatchQueue.main.async { [weak self] in
             guard let self else { return }
-            self.hasExternalGeometrySyncScheduled = false
-            self.synchronizeAllEntriesFromExternalGeometryChange()
+            let performSync = {
+                self.hasExternalGeometrySyncScheduled = false
+                self.synchronizeAllEntriesFromExternalGeometryChange()
+            }
+            if requiresSettledLayout {
+                DispatchQueue.main.async(execute: performSync)
+            } else {
+                performSync()
+            }
         }
     }
 
@@ -1785,9 +1793,11 @@ enum TerminalWindowPortalRegistry {
         guard !Self.hasPendingExternalGeometrySyncForAllWindows else { return }
         Self.hasPendingExternalGeometrySyncForAllWindows = true
         DispatchQueue.main.async {
-            Self.hasPendingExternalGeometrySyncForAllWindows = false
-            for portal in Self.portalsByWindowId.values {
-                portal.synchronizeAllEntriesFromExternalGeometryChange()
+            DispatchQueue.main.async {
+                Self.hasPendingExternalGeometrySyncForAllWindows = false
+                for portal in Self.portalsByWindowId.values {
+                    portal.synchronizeAllEntriesFromExternalGeometryChange()
+                }
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/cmuxTests/CmuxWebViewKeyEquivalentTests.swift b/cmuxTests/CmuxWebViewKeyEquivalentTests.swift
index b1c3445a..60018a44 100644
--- a/cmuxTests/CmuxWebViewKeyEquivalentTests.swift
+++ b/cmuxTests/CmuxWebViewKeyEquivalentTests.swift
@@ -13236,6 +13236,89 @@ final class TerminalWindowPortalLifecycleTests: XCTestCase {
             "The scheduled external geometry sync should move the portal-hosted terminal to the anchor's new window position"
         )
     }
+
+    func testScheduledExternalGeometrySyncWaitsForQueuedLayoutShift() {
+        let window = NSWindow(
+            contentRect: NSRect(x: 0, y: 0, width: 700, height: 420),
+            styleMask: [.titled, .closable],
+            backing: .buffered,
+            defer: false
+        )
+        defer {
+            NotificationCenter.default.post(name: NSWindow.willCloseNotification, object: window)
+            window.orderOut(nil)
+        }
+
+        let surface = TerminalSurface(
+            tabId: UUID(),
+            context: GHOSTTY_SURFACE_CONTEXT_SPLIT,
+            configTemplate: nil,
+            workingDirectory: nil
+        )
+        guard let contentView = window.contentView else {
+            XCTFail("Expected content view")
+            return
+        }
+
+        let shiftedContainer = NSView(frame: NSRect(x: 40, y: 60, width: 260, height: 180))
+        contentView.addSubview(shiftedContainer)
+        let anchor = NSView(frame: NSRect(x: 0, y: 0, width: 260, height: 180))
+        shiftedContainer.addSubview(anchor)
+        let hosted = surface.hostedView
+        TerminalWindowPortalRegistry.bind(
+            hostedView: hosted,
+            to: anchor,
+            visibleInUI: true,
+            expectedSurfaceId: surface.id,
+            expectedGeneration: surface.portalBindingGeneration()
+        )
+        TerminalWindowPortalRegistry.synchronizeForAnchor(anchor)
+
+        let anchorCenter = NSPoint(x: anchor.bounds.midX, y: anchor.bounds.midY)
+        let originalWindowPoint = anchor.convert(anchorCenter, to: nil)
+        let originalAnchorFrameInWindow = anchor.convert(anchor.bounds, to: nil)
+        XCTAssertNotNil(
+            TerminalWindowPortalRegistry.terminalViewAtWindowPoint(originalWindowPoint, in: window),
+            "Initial hit-testing should resolve the portal-hosted terminal at its original window position"
+        )
+
+        TerminalWindowPortalRegistry.scheduleExternalGeometrySynchronizeForAllWindows()
+        DispatchQueue.main.async {
+            shiftedContainer.frame.origin.x += 72
+            contentView.layoutSubtreeIfNeeded()
+            window.displayIfNeeded()
+        }
+
+        RunLoop.current.run(until: Date().addingTimeInterval(0.05))
+
+        let shiftedAnchorFrameInWindow = anchor.convert(anchor.bounds, to: nil)
+        XCTAssertGreaterThan(
+            shiftedAnchorFrameInWindow.minX,
+            originalAnchorFrameInWindow.minX + 1,
+            "The queued layout shift should move the anchor to the right"
+        )
+        XCTAssertGreaterThan(
+            shiftedAnchorFrameInWindow.maxX,
+            originalAnchorFrameInWindow.maxX + 1,
+            "The shifted anchor should expose a new trailing region outside the stale portal frame"
+        )
+        let retiredStaleWindowPoint = NSPoint(
+            x: (originalAnchorFrameInWindow.minX + shiftedAnchorFrameInWindow.minX) / 2,
+            y: shiftedAnchorFrameInWindow.midY
+        )
+        let shiftedWindowPoint = NSPoint(
+            x: (originalAnchorFrameInWindow.maxX + shiftedAnchorFrameInWindow.maxX) / 2,
+            y: shiftedAnchorFrameInWindow.midY
+        )
+        XCTAssertNil(
+            TerminalWindowPortalRegistry.terminalViewAtWindowPoint(retiredStaleWindowPoint, in: window),
+            "The queued external sync should wait until the later layout shift settles, clearing the stale portal location"
+        )
+        XCTAssertNotNil(
+            TerminalWindowPortalRegistry.terminalViewAtWindowPoint(shiftedWindowPoint, in: window),
+            "The delayed external sync should move the portal-hosted terminal to the queued layout shift position"
+        )
+    }
 }
 
 @MainActor