diff --git a/graphcode/Sources/Features/Nod/NodComposerView.swift b/graphcode/Sources/Features/Nod/NodComposerView.swift
index 4a130d10..f5e6e1b2 100644
--- a/graphcode/Sources/Features/Nod/NodComposerView.swift
+++ b/graphcode/Sources/Features/Nod/NodComposerView.swift
@@ -418,16 +418,29 @@ struct NodComposerTextView: NSViewRepresentable {
   func sizeThatFits(_ proposal: ProposedViewSize, nsView: NSScrollView, context: Context)
     -> CGSize?
   {
-    guard let textView = nsView.documentView as? NSTextView,
-      let container = textView.textContainer, let manager = textView.layoutManager
-    else { return nil }
-    let width = proposal.width ?? max(nsView.frame.width, 1)
-    container.containerSize = NSSize(width: width, height: .greatestFiniteMagnitude)
-    manager.ensureLayout(for: container)
+    guard let textView = nsView.documentView as? NSTextView else { return nil }
+    let proposed = proposal.width.flatMap { $0.isFinite && $0 > 0 ? $0 : nil }
+    let width = proposed ?? max(nsView.frame.width, 1)
     return CGSize(
       width: width,
       height: Self.height(
-        forUsedHeight: manager.usedRect(for: container).height, lineHeight: Self.lineHeight))
+        forUsedHeight: Self.usedHeight(of: textView.string, width: width),
+        lineHeight: Self.lineHeight))
+  }
+
+  /// Measured on a scratch layout, never the live one: SwiftUI asks for sizes it will not
+  /// use, and resizing the live container for one of those left the box a line tall while
+  /// the text wrapped to four, so narrowing the pane cut the draft off.
+  static func usedHeight(of text: String, width: CGFloat) -> CGFloat {
+    let storage = NSTextStorage(string: text, attributes: [.font: font])
+    let manager = NSLayoutManager()
+    let container = NSTextContainer(
+      size: NSSize(width: width, height: .greatestFiniteMagnitude))
+    container.lineFragmentPadding = 0
+    manager.addTextContainer(container)
+    storage.addLayoutManager(manager)
+    manager.ensureLayout(for: container)
+    return manager.usedRect(for: container).height
   }
 
   final class Coordinator: NSObject, NSTextViewDelegate {
diff --git a/graphcode/Sources/Features/Nod/NodStyle.swift b/graphcode/Sources/Features/Nod/NodStyle.swift
index 4997a3cc..bdd475c4 100644
--- a/graphcode/Sources/Features/Nod/NodStyle.swift
+++ b/graphcode/Sources/Features/Nod/NodStyle.swift
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ import SwiftUI
 /// plain GraphCode chrome, action blue for actions, orange for "needs you", and muted text
 /// no dimmer than 55% white (review round 2).
 enum NodStyle {
-  static let paneBackground = Color(red: 0.118, green: 0.118, blue: 0.133)  // #1e1e22
+  /// The graph canvas's own tone, so moving between the canvas and a Nod chat keeps one ground.
+  static let paneBackground = Theme.canvasBackground
   static let cardBackground = Color(red: 0.098, green: 0.098, blue: 0.110)  // #19191c
   static let composerBackground = Color(red: 0.149, green: 0.149, blue: 0.165)  // #26262a
   static let bubble = Color.white.opacity(0.07)
diff --git a/graphcode/Tests/NodComposerHeightTests.swift b/graphcode/Tests/NodComposerHeightTests.swift
index 4ab010d4..31ca01b7 100644
--- a/graphcode/Tests/NodComposerHeightTests.swift
+++ b/graphcode/Tests/NodComposerHeightTests.swift
@@ -125,6 +125,41 @@ struct NodComposerHeightTests {
     #expect(visible(box).height >= line * 3 - 1)
   }
 
+  /// Narrowing the pane after typing left the box one line tall while the draft wrapped
+  /// to four: only its last line showed, cut off from the rest.
+  @Test(arguments: [(520, 360), (760, 360)])
+  func aDraftStillFitsAfterThePaneNarrows(from: CGFloat, to: CGFloat) throws {
+    let store = Store(
+      initialState: NodChatFeature.State(
+        nodeID: UUID(), stateDirectory: URL(fileURLWithPath: "/tmp/nod-composer"),
+        loopTitle: "Composer", loopType: .sketch, goal: nil)
+    ) { NodChatFeature() }
+    let window = NSWindow(
+      contentRect: NSRect(x: 0, y: 0, width: from, height: 300), styleMask: [.titled],
+      backing: .buffered, defer: false)
+    let host = NSHostingView(rootView: AnyView(NodComposerView(store: store).frame(width: from)))
+    window.contentView = host
+    host.layoutSubtreeIfNeeded()
+    let box = try #require(Self.scrollView(in: host))
+    let textView = try #require(box.documentView as? NSTextView)
+    window.makeFirstResponder(textView)
+    let draft =
+      "Explain why the goal loop keeps restarting after the predicate passes, and check "
+      + "whether the presence hook ever reports idle before the daemon samples it"
+    for character in draft {
+      textView.insertText(String(character), replacementRange: textView.selectedRange())
+      settle(host)
+    }
+
+    host.rootView = AnyView(NodComposerView(store: store).frame(width: to))
+    window.setContentSize(NSSize(width: to, height: 300))
+    for _ in 0..<5 { settle(host) }
+
+    #expect(textView.frame.height > line * 2)
+    #expect(abs(box.frame.height - textView.frame.height) < 2)
+    #expect(visible(box).height >= textView.frame.height - 1)
+  }
+
   @Test
   func aLongDraftShowsFiveLinesAndScrolls() throws {
     let (box, text) = try type((1...10).map { "line \($0)" }.joined(separator: "\n"))