diff --git a/resources/views/native/partials/commit-sheet.blade.php b/resources/views/native/partials/commit-sheet.blade.php
index f656da4..a9238ed 100644
--- a/resources/views/native/partials/commit-sheet.blade.php
+++ b/resources/views/native/partials/commit-sheet.blade.php
@@ -29,8 +29,12 @@
 
     It's full height for the forms, and short for the receipts. It's always on the screen, shown or not, so iOS can
     slide it away and say when it's gone.
+
+    The sheet and its field are keyed, so nothing drawn above the field (Commit turning on, the issue badge, a banner
+    behind the sheet) gives it a new id. iOS and Android would build a new field for a new id, and the keyboard would
+    go down with the old one.
 --}}
-<native:bottom-sheet ref="sheet" :visible="$sheetOpen" :detents="in_array($sheetView, ['reported', 'issued'], true) ? '0.3' : 'large'" @dismiss="commitSheetClosed">
+<native:bottom-sheet native:key="commit-sheet" ref="sheet" :visible="$sheetOpen" :detents="in_array($sheetView, ['reported', 'issued'], true) ? '0.3' : 'large'" @dismiss="commitSheetClosed">
     @if ($sheetCommit || in_array($sheetView, ['compose', 'issued'], true))
         @if (in_array($sheetView, ['quote', 'compose', 'reply'], true))
             @php($quoting = $sheetView === 'quote')
@@ -66,6 +70,7 @@
                             @include('native.partials.composer-preview')
                         @else
                             <native:bare-text-input
+                                native:key="sheet-body"
                                 ref="sheet-body"
                                 class="w-full text-theme-ink"
                                 :placeholder="$issueCommand?->placeholder() ?? match (true) { $quoting => 'Add your take', $replying => 'Reply to '.$sheetCommit->author->handle(), default => 'What did you ship?' }"
diff --git a/tests/Feature/Screens/CommitDetailTest.php b/tests/Feature/Screens/CommitDetailTest.php
index 0e8b35a..2f0ee42 100644
--- a/tests/Feature/Screens/CommitDetailTest.php
+++ b/tests/Feature/Screens/CommitDetailTest.php
@@ -77,6 +77,26 @@ function fakeThread(array $commit = [], array $replies = [], array $extra = []):
         ->and(nodeByRef($screen, 'thread-scroll')['id'])->not->toBe($before);
 });
 
+it('keeps the reply field the same view while the thread above it changes, so the keyboard stays up', function () {
+    fakeThread(['replies_count' => 1], replies: [replyJson(['id' => 'r1', 'parent_id' => 'c2', 'body' => 'First reply', 'author' => userJson(['username' => 'grace', 'name' => 'Grace'])])]);
+
+    $screen = Native::visit('/log/commits/c2')->tap('earlier-commits')->input('reply-input', 'Nice');
+    $field = idsDownTo($screen->tree(), 'reply-input');
+
+    // Tapping into the bar, which folds the earlier commits away above it.
+    $screen->pressUp('reply-field')->assertDontSee('The parent commit');
+    expect(idsDownTo($screen->tree(), 'reply-input'))->toBe($field);
+
+    // More of the thread drawn above it.
+    $screen->set('repliesShown', true)->assertSee('First reply');
+    expect(idsDownTo($screen->tree(), 'reply-input'))->toBe($field);
+
+    // A refresh failing, which puts its banner at the top of the screen.
+    $screen->set('refreshFailed', true);
+    expect(nodeByRef($screen, 'refresh-failed'))->not->toBeEmpty()
+        ->and(idsDownTo($screen->tree(), 'reply-input'))->toBe($field);
+});
+
 it('runs the rail from the folded ancestors into the commit, which shows its avatar', function () {
     $ada = userJson(['id' => 'u2', 'username' => 'ada', 'name' => 'Ada', 'lane' => 1]);
     fakeApi([
diff --git a/tests/Feature/Screens/ComposeSheetTest.php b/tests/Feature/Screens/ComposeSheetTest.php
index 9638209..319ca25 100644
--- a/tests/Feature/Screens/ComposeSheetTest.php
+++ b/tests/Feature/Screens/ComposeSheetTest.php
@@ -214,6 +214,26 @@ function sheetCommitDisabled(TestableComponent $screen): bool
         ->and(sheetButtonCircle($android, 'sheet-cancel')['props'])->not->toHaveKey('glass');
 });
 
+it('keeps the field the same view while what is drawn above it changes, so the keyboard stays up', function () {
+    $screen = composeSheetOnLog();
+    $field = idsDownTo($screen->tree(), 'sheet-body');
+
+    // Commit turning on, which wraps its circle in a pressable.
+    $screen->input('sheet-body', 'Shipped');
+    expect(sheetCommitDisabled($screen))->toBeFalse()
+        ->and(idsDownTo($screen->tree(), 'sheet-body'))->toBe($field);
+
+    // The issue badge over the field.
+    $screen->input('sheet-body', '/feature Dark mode');
+    expect(nodeByRef($screen, 'sheet-open-issue'))->not->toBeEmpty()
+        ->and(idsDownTo($screen->tree(), 'sheet-body'))->toBe($field);
+
+    // A refresh failing behind the sheet, which puts its banner above it.
+    $screen->set('refreshFailed', true);
+    expect(nodeByRef($screen, 'refresh-failed'))->not->toBeEmpty()
+        ->and(idsDownTo($screen->tree(), 'sheet-body'))->toBe($field);
+});
+
 it('only commits from a sheet that has a composer in it', function () {
     fakeApi(['GET /api/v1/log/following' => [pageJson([commitJson(['id' => 'c1', 'author' => userJson(['id' => 'u2', 'username' => 'ada'])])])]]);
 
diff --git a/tests/Feature/Screens/ConversationTest.php b/tests/Feature/Screens/ConversationTest.php
index c2264bf..7864d17 100644
--- a/tests/Feature/Screens/ConversationTest.php
+++ b/tests/Feature/Screens/ConversationTest.php
@@ -106,6 +106,20 @@ function serveRemoteThread(array $thread, ?array $poll = null, int $pushStatus =
         ->and(sentTo('PUT', 'remotes/@ada/read'))->toBe(['{"through":2}']);
 });
 
+it('keeps the composer the same view while messages arrive above it, so the keyboard stays up', function () {
+    serveRemoteThread(
+        threadJson([remoteMessageJson(['id' => 1, 'body' => 'first'])], ['read_through_id' => 1]),
+        threadJson([remoteMessageJson(['id' => 2, 'body' => 'second'])]),
+    );
+
+    $screen = finishRefreshes(Native::visit('/remotes/conversations/ada'))->input('message-input', 'on my way');
+    $field = idsDownTo($screen->tree(), 'message-input');
+
+    finishRefreshes($screen->call('poll'))->assertSee('second');
+
+    expect(idsDownTo($screen->tree(), 'message-input'))->toBe($field);
+});
+
 it('waits longer between polls once nobody has written or typed for a minute', function () {
     serveRemoteThread(threadJson([remoteMessageJson(['id' => 1])], ['read_through_id' => 1]));
 
diff --git a/tests/Pest.php b/tests/Pest.php
index 9ea9bd6..5d3a50e 100644
--- a/tests/Pest.php
+++ b/tests/Pest.php
@@ -697,6 +697,28 @@ function findNodes(array $node, callable $matches): array
     return $found;
 }
 
+/**
+ * The ids of every node from the root down to the one with the given ref. iOS and Android know a view by its id at
+ * each level, so a new id anywhere on the way down builds a new field, and the keyboard goes with the old one.
+ *
+ * @param  array<string, mixed>  $node
+ * @return list<int>|null
+ */
+function idsDownTo(array $node, string $ref): ?array
+{
+    if (($node['ref'] ?? null) === $ref) {
+        return [$node['id']];
+    }
+
+    foreach ($node['children'] ?? [] as $child) {
+        if (($ids = idsDownTo($child, $ref)) !== null) {
+            return [$node['id'], ...$ids];
+        }
+    }
+
+    return null;
+}
+
 /**
  * The rendered node with the given ref.
  *