diff --git a/src/components/KeyboardChatScrollView/useChatKeyboard/__fixtures__/testUtils.ts b/src/components/KeyboardChatScrollView/useChatKeyboard/__fixtures__/testUtils.ts
index 141e0929e3..f3e6c3f384 100644
--- a/src/components/KeyboardChatScrollView/useChatKeyboard/__fixtures__/testUtils.ts
+++ b/src/components/KeyboardChatScrollView/useChatKeyboard/__fixtures__/testUtils.ts
@@ -22,6 +22,14 @@ export const mockSize = { value: { width: 390, height: 2000 } };
 export const KEYBOARD = 300;
 export const mockScrollTo = jest.fn();
 
+type Reaction = {
+  producer: () => unknown;
+  effect: (current: unknown, previous: unknown | null) => void;
+  previous: unknown;
+};
+
+const reactions: Reaction[] = [];
+
 /**
  * Linear interpolate mock matching Reanimated's `interpolate` signature.
  *
@@ -61,17 +69,38 @@ export function reset() {
  */
 export function setupBeforeEach() {
   jest.resetModules();
+  reactions.length = 0;
 
   jest.doMock("react-native-reanimated", () => ({
     ...require("react-native-reanimated/mock"),
     scrollTo: mockScrollTo,
     interpolate: mockInterpolate,
+    useAnimatedReaction: (
+      producer: () => unknown,
+      effect: (current: unknown, previous: unknown | null) => void,
+    ) => {
+      reactions.push({
+        producer,
+        effect,
+        previous: producer(),
+      });
+    },
   }));
 
   reset();
   mockScrollTo.mockClear();
 }
 
+/** Run registered Reanimated reactions after mutating mocked shared values. */
+export function flushAnimatedReactions() {
+  for (const reaction of reactions) {
+    const current = reaction.producer();
+
+    reaction.effect(current, reaction.previous);
+    reaction.previous = current;
+  }
+}
+
 type RenderOptions = Omit<
   Parameters<typeof useChatKeyboard>[1],
   "freeze" | "offset" | "blankSpace" | "extraContentPadding"
diff --git a/src/components/KeyboardChatScrollView/useChatKeyboard/__tests__/freeze.android.spec.ts b/src/components/KeyboardChatScrollView/useChatKeyboard/__tests__/freeze.android.spec.ts
index c2c051f9d6..c5bd36ab61 100644
--- a/src/components/KeyboardChatScrollView/useChatKeyboard/__tests__/freeze.android.spec.ts
+++ b/src/components/KeyboardChatScrollView/useChatKeyboard/__tests__/freeze.android.spec.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
+import { sv } from "../../../../__fixtures__/sv";
 import {
   type Handlers,
   KEYBOARD,
   createRender,
+  flushAnimatedReactions,
   mockLayout,
   mockOffset,
   mockScrollTo,
@@ -77,4 +79,29 @@ describe("`useChatKeyboard` — Android freeze", () => {
 
     expect(result.current.padding.value).toBe(0);
   });
+
+  it("should apply the latest frozen keyboard padding when unfrozen", () => {
+    const freeze = sv(false);
+    const { result } = render({
+      inverted: false,
+      keyboardLiftBehavior: "always",
+      freeze,
+    });
+
+    handlers.onStart({ height: KEYBOARD });
+    handlers.onEnd({ height: KEYBOARD });
+    expect(result.current.padding.value).toBe(KEYBOARD);
+
+    freeze.value = true;
+    flushAnimatedReactions();
+    handlers.onStart({ height: 0 });
+    handlers.onMove({ height: 120 });
+    handlers.onEnd({ height: 0 });
+    expect(result.current.padding.value).toBe(KEYBOARD);
+
+    freeze.value = false;
+    flushAnimatedReactions();
+
+    expect(result.current.padding.value).toBe(0);
+  });
 });
diff --git a/src/components/KeyboardChatScrollView/useChatKeyboard/__tests__/index.ios.spec.ts b/src/components/KeyboardChatScrollView/useChatKeyboard/__tests__/index.ios.spec.ts
index eb0f8832d8..8f895dbf61 100644
--- a/src/components/KeyboardChatScrollView/useChatKeyboard/__tests__/index.ios.spec.ts
+++ b/src/components/KeyboardChatScrollView/useChatKeyboard/__tests__/index.ios.spec.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
+import { sv } from "../../../../__fixtures__/sv";
 import {
   type Handlers,
   KEYBOARD,
   createRender,
+  flushAnimatedReactions,
   mockLayout,
   mockOffset,
   mockScrollTo,
@@ -103,6 +105,29 @@ describe("`useChatKeyboard` — iOS non-inverted + always", () => {
 
     expect(mockScrollTo).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
   });
+
+  it("should apply the latest frozen keyboard padding when unfrozen", () => {
+    const freeze = sv(false);
+    const { result } = render({
+      inverted: false,
+      keyboardLiftBehavior: "always",
+      freeze,
+    });
+
+    handlers.onStart({ height: KEYBOARD });
+    expect(result.current.padding.value).toBe(KEYBOARD);
+
+    freeze.value = true;
+    flushAnimatedReactions();
+    handlers.onStart({ height: 0 });
+    handlers.onEnd({ height: 0 });
+    expect(result.current.padding.value).toBe(KEYBOARD);
+
+    freeze.value = false;
+    flushAnimatedReactions();
+
+    expect(result.current.padding.value).toBe(0);
+  });
 });
 
 describe("`useChatKeyboard` — iOS inverted + always", () => {
diff --git a/src/components/KeyboardChatScrollView/useChatKeyboard/index.ios.ts b/src/components/KeyboardChatScrollView/useChatKeyboard/index.ios.ts
index 560df54bae..3550392aa4 100644
--- a/src/components/KeyboardChatScrollView/useChatKeyboard/index.ios.ts
+++ b/src/components/KeyboardChatScrollView/useChatKeyboard/index.ios.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { useSharedValue } from "react-native-reanimated";
+import { useAnimatedReaction, useSharedValue } from "react-native-reanimated";
 
 import { useKeyboardHandler } from "../../../hooks";
 import useScrollState from "../../hooks/useScrollState";
@@ -64,15 +64,13 @@ function useChatKeyboard(
       onStart: (e) => {
         "worklet";
 
-        if (freeze.value) {
-          return;
-        }
-
         if (e.height > 0) {
           // eslint-disable-next-line react-compiler/react-compiler
           targetKeyboardHeight.value = e.height;
         }
 
+        currentHeight.value = e.height;
+
         const effective = getEffectiveHeight(
           e.height,
           targetKeyboardHeight.value,
@@ -109,6 +107,10 @@ function useChatKeyboard(
           effective + extraContentPadding.value,
         );
 
+        if (freeze.value) {
+          return;
+        }
+
         // persistent mode: when keyboard shrinks, clamp to valid range
         if (
           keyboardLiftBehavior === "persistent" &&
@@ -229,9 +231,7 @@ function useChatKeyboard(
       onEnd: (e) => {
         "worklet";
 
-        if (freeze.value) {
-          return;
-        }
+        currentHeight.value = e.height;
 
         const effective = getEffectiveHeight(
           e.height,
@@ -239,12 +239,30 @@ function useChatKeyboard(
           offset,
         );
 
+        if (freeze.value) {
+          return;
+        }
+
         padding.value = effective;
       },
     },
     [inverted, keyboardLiftBehavior, offset, extraContentPadding],
   );
 
+  useAnimatedReaction(
+    () => freeze.value,
+    (isFrozen, wasFrozen) => {
+      if (!isFrozen && wasFrozen === true) {
+        padding.value = getEffectiveHeight(
+          currentHeight.value,
+          targetKeyboardHeight.value,
+          offset,
+        );
+      }
+    },
+    [offset],
+  );
+
   return {
     padding,
     currentHeight,
diff --git a/src/components/KeyboardChatScrollView/useChatKeyboard/index.ts b/src/components/KeyboardChatScrollView/useChatKeyboard/index.ts
index 48178d9246..9050dba481 100644
--- a/src/components/KeyboardChatScrollView/useChatKeyboard/index.ts
+++ b/src/components/KeyboardChatScrollView/useChatKeyboard/index.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
-import { scrollTo, useSharedValue } from "react-native-reanimated";
+import {
+  scrollTo,
+  useAnimatedReaction,
+  useSharedValue,
+} from "react-native-reanimated";
 
 import { useKeyboardHandler } from "../../../hooks";
 import useScrollState from "../../hooks/useScrollState";
@@ -82,13 +86,10 @@ function useChatKeyboard(
       onStart: (e) => {
         "worklet";
 
-        if (freeze.value) {
-          return;
-        }
-
         if (e.height > 0) {
           // eslint-disable-next-line react-compiler/react-compiler
           targetKeyboardHeight.value = e.height;
+          currentHeight.value = e.height;
           closing.value = false;
         } else {
           closing.value = true;
@@ -128,6 +129,10 @@ function useChatKeyboard(
           minimumPaddingAbsorbed,
         );
 
+        if (freeze.value) {
+          return;
+        }
+
         if (inverted && e.duration === -1) {
           // Android inverted: skip post-interactive snap-back events
           // (duration === -1 means the keyboard is re-establishing its
@@ -166,10 +171,6 @@ function useChatKeyboard(
       onMove: (e) => {
         "worklet";
 
-        if (freeze.value) {
-          return;
-        }
-
         currentHeight.value = e.height;
 
         if (inverted) {
@@ -184,6 +185,10 @@ function useChatKeyboard(
             offset,
           );
 
+          if (freeze.value) {
+            return;
+          }
+
           const minimumPaddingAbsorbed =
             getMinimumPaddingAbsorbed(
               blankSpace.value,
@@ -269,6 +274,10 @@ function useChatKeyboard(
             offset,
           );
 
+          if (freeze.value) {
+            return;
+          }
+
           const minimumPaddingAbsorbed =
             getMinimumPaddingAbsorbed(
               blankSpace.value,
@@ -340,9 +349,7 @@ function useChatKeyboard(
       onEnd: (e) => {
         "worklet";
 
-        if (freeze.value) {
-          return;
-        }
+        currentHeight.value = e.height;
 
         const effective = getEffectiveHeight(
           e.height,
@@ -350,6 +357,10 @@ function useChatKeyboard(
           offset,
         );
 
+        if (freeze.value) {
+          return;
+        }
+
         padding.value = effective;
 
         // Record actual scroll displacement so close can be symmetric
@@ -361,6 +372,20 @@ function useChatKeyboard(
     [inverted, keyboardLiftBehavior, offset],
   );
 
+  useAnimatedReaction(
+    () => freeze.value,
+    (isFrozen, wasFrozen) => {
+      if (!isFrozen && wasFrozen === true) {
+        padding.value = getEffectiveHeight(
+          currentHeight.value,
+          targetKeyboardHeight.value,
+          offset,
+        );
+      }
+    },
+    [offset],
+  );
+
   return {
     padding,
     currentHeight,