diff --git a/src/features/vcs/GitLog.tsx b/src/features/vcs/GitLog.tsx
index be7b59f92..b2964ea7d 100644
--- a/src/features/vcs/GitLog.tsx
+++ b/src/features/vcs/GitLog.tsx
@@ -1263,16 +1263,20 @@ function CommitList() {
       ),
     [all, heads, headCommit],
   );
+  const keep = useMemo(
+    () =>
+      opts.collapseLinear || fragments.collapsed.size
+        ? new Set([...headKeys, ...selection, ...Object.keys(bookmarks)])
+        : null,
+    [opts.collapseLinear, fragments.collapsed, headKeys, selection, bookmarks],
+  );
   const {
     commits,
     rows,
     linear,
     collapsed,
     graph: displayedGraph,
-  } = useMemo(
-    () => presentLogGraph(all, opts, fragments, new Set([...headKeys, ...selection, ...Object.keys(bookmarks)])),
-    [all, opts, fragments, headKeys, selection, bookmarks],
-  );
+  } = useMemo(() => presentLogGraph(all, opts, fragments, keep ?? new Set()), [all, opts, fragments, keep]);
   const { edges: highlighted, nodes: highlightedNodes } = useMemo(() => {
     const empty = { edges: new Set<string>(), nodes: new Set<string>() };
     if (!hoverColor) return empty;
@@ -1321,8 +1325,9 @@ function CommitList() {
   const onlyCurrent = filterBranches.length > 0 && filterBranches.every((b) => b === "HEAD" || b === currentBranch);
   const onBranch = useMemo(() => {
     if (!opts.highlightCurrentBranch || onlyCurrent) return null;
-    const reach = new Set<string>();
-    for (const head of headKeys) for (const id of reachableFrom(all.map(graphCommit), head)) reach.add(id);
+    const reach = all.some((c) => c.onCurrentBranch == null)
+      ? reachableFrom(all.map(graphCommit), headKeys)
+      : new Set<string>();
     for (const c of all) {
       if (c.onCurrentBranch === true) reach.add(commitKey(c));
       else if (c.onCurrentBranch === false) reach.delete(commitKey(c));
diff --git a/src/features/vcs/__tests__/logOptions.test.ts b/src/features/vcs/__tests__/logOptions.test.ts
index 284de06d7..82dec66e5 100644
--- a/src/features/vcs/__tests__/logOptions.test.ts
+++ b/src/features/vcs/__tests__/logOptions.test.ts
@@ -90,8 +90,9 @@ describe("long edges", () => {
 describe("highlighting", () => {
   it("finds the loaded commits of the current branch", () => {
     const commits = [c("s", ["a"]), c("h", ["a"]), c("a", ["r"]), c("r")];
-    expect([...reachableFrom(commits, "h")].sort()).toEqual(["a", "h", "r"]);
-    expect(reachableFrom(commits, null).size).toBe(0);
+    expect([...reachableFrom(commits, ["h"])].sort()).toEqual(["a", "h", "r"]);
+    expect([...reachableFrom(commits, ["h", "s"])].sort()).toEqual(["a", "h", "r", "s"]);
+    expect(reachableFrom(commits, []).size).toBe(0);
   });
 
   it("matches my commits by email or name", () => {
diff --git a/src/features/vcs/__tests__/multiRoot.test.ts b/src/features/vcs/__tests__/multiRoot.test.ts
index b77558d6f..9949a70f0 100644
--- a/src/features/vcs/__tests__/multiRoot.test.ts
+++ b/src/features/vcs/__tests__/multiRoot.test.ts
@@ -249,6 +249,39 @@ describe("Git log background refresh", () => {
     expect(useGitLog.getState().commits.map((c) => c.id)).toEqual(history.slice(0, PAGE * 3).map((c) => c.id));
   });
 
+  it("keeps the loaded multi-root window on refresh without emitting older candidates", async () => {
+    const roots = useVcs.getState().roots;
+    const history = Object.fromEntries(
+      roots.map((repo, root) => [
+        repo,
+        Array.from({ length: 180 }, (_, i) => commit(`${root}-${i}`, 1000 - i * 2 - root)),
+      ]),
+    );
+    log.mockImplementation(async (repo: string, q: LogQuery) => ({
+      status: "ok",
+      data: history[repo]!.slice(q.skip, q.skip + q.limit).map((c, i) => ({
+        ...c,
+        logPosition: q.skip + i,
+        logTotal: history[repo]!.length,
+      })),
+    }));
+    await reloadLog();
+    const loaded = useGitLog.getState().commits.map((c) => c.id);
+    expect(loaded).toHaveLength(PAGE);
+
+    history[roots[0]!]!.unshift(commit("new", 2000));
+    await reloadLog({ preserve: true });
+    expect(useGitLog.getState().commits.map((c) => c.id)).toEqual(["new", ...loaded]);
+    expect(useGitLog.getState().done).toBe(false);
+
+    await loadMore();
+    const expected = Object.values(history)
+      .flat()
+      .sort((a, b) => (b.timeMs ?? 0) - (a.timeMs ?? 0));
+    expect(useGitLog.getState().commits.map((c) => c.id)).toEqual(expected.map((c) => c.id));
+    expect(useGitLog.getState().done).toBe(true);
+  });
+
   it("retains the current history if refreshing fails", async () => {
     useVcs.setState({ roots: ["/project/front"] });
     log.mockResolvedValue({ status: "ok", data: [commit("old")] });
diff --git a/src/features/vcs/graph.ts b/src/features/vcs/graph.ts
index b6e84dd53..477b34eb3 100644
--- a/src/features/vcs/graph.ts
+++ b/src/features/vcs/graph.ts
@@ -264,14 +264,13 @@ export function collapseLinear<
   return { commits: visible, graph };
 }
 
-/** Ids of the loaded commits reachable from `head` (log order: children before parents). */
+/** Ids reachable from the given heads (log order: children before parents). */
 export function reachableFrom(
   commits: ReadonlyArray<{ id: string; parents: readonly string[] }>,
-  head: string | null,
+  heads: Iterable<string>,
 ): Set<string> {
-  const out = new Set<string>();
-  if (!head) return out;
-  out.add(head);
+  const out = new Set(heads);
+  if (!out.size) return out;
   for (const c of commits) if (out.has(c.id)) for (const p of c.parents) out.add(p);
   return out;
 }
diff --git a/src/features/vcs/logStore.ts b/src/features/vcs/logStore.ts
index 1cb26a4e4..de7015e2e 100644
--- a/src/features/vcs/logStore.ts
+++ b/src/features/vcs/logStore.ts
@@ -994,6 +994,13 @@ function loadPage(replace: boolean, id: string, before = false): Promise<void> {
         before ? streams.map((stream, i) => [...stream, ...(currentStreams[i] ?? [])]) : streams,
         before || joined || s.seek || (replace && s.commits.length) ? Number.MAX_SAFE_INTEGER : limit,
       );
+      if (replace && roots.length > 1 && s.commits.length && !s.seek) {
+        // Keep the loaded window through its last surviving commit. Older candidates
+        // from each repository are fetched again when paging.
+        const loadedKeys = new Set(s.commits.map(commitKey));
+        const last = page.findLastIndex((c) => loadedKeys.has(commitKey(c)));
+        page.length = Math.min(page.length, Math.max(limit, last + 1));
+      }
       const cur = logState(id);
       if (cur.generation !== gen) return;
       if (replace && results.length > 0 && failures.length === results.length && cur.commits.length) {