diff --git a/apps/zbugs-rune/e2e.sh b/apps/zbugs-rune/e2e.sh
index baba612621..197d36498a 100755
--- a/apps/zbugs-rune/e2e.sh
+++ b/apps/zbugs-rune/e2e.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 # zbugs-rune against zbugs' backend, end to end: the app runs headless on
 # the wall clock (`--realtime`), opens at the list's first issue with no
 # selection saved, steps away from an open issue and back with
-# the arrow keys, then opens it, comments on it, reacts
+# the arrow keys, creates an issue and finds its row highlighted at the
+# list's top, then opens the issue it stepped to, comments on it, reacts
 # to it, labels it, closes it, edits the comment, creates a label for it,
 # makes it internal, and unsubscribes from it, pressing its controls as a
 # person would. Opening it marks it viewed. Then Postgres must have each
@@ -55,6 +56,34 @@ ZBUGS_RUNE_DIR="$out/arrows" cargo run --locked --quiet -- --realtime \
 arrows=$(node -e 'console.log(JSON.parse(require("fs").readFileSync(process.argv[1])).selection)' \
   "$out/arrows/settings.json")
 
+# A new issue, from the New Issue sheet with the list at its top: it opens,
+# and its row must show highlighted at the top of the list, not above it
+# out of view (where Rune keeps a new row that comes above the top one).
+# It draws (--snap), as a window does: Rune holds the row it drew on top.
+new_title="e2e-new-$(date +%s)"
+mkdir -p "$out/created"
+cat > "$out/created.json" <<EOF
+{"events": [
+  {"t": 12.0, "type": "tap", "key": "new-issue"},
+  {"t": 12.5, "type": "type", "text": "$new_title"},
+  {"t": 14.0, "type": "key", "name": "Enter"}
+]}
+EOF
+ZBUGS_RUNE_DIR="$out/created" cargo run --locked --quiet -- --realtime \
+  --script "$out/created.json" --at 16 --size 1180x760 \
+  --tree "$out/created-tree.json" --snap "$out/created.png" >/dev/null
+created=$(sql "select id from issue where title = '$new_title'")
+created_row=$(node -e '
+  const els = JSON.parse(require("fs").readFileSync(process.argv[1])).elements;
+  const list = els.find(e => e.key === "list-scroll")?.rect;
+  const row = els.find(e => e.key === process.argv[2]);
+  const shown = list && row && row.rect[1] >= list[1] && row.rect[1] + row.rect[3] <= list[1] + list[3];
+  console.log(shown ? (row.fill === "#00000000" ? "shown" : "shown, highlighted") : "out of view");
+' "$out/created-tree.json" "$created")
+created_selection=$(node -e 'console.log(JSON.parse(require("fs").readFileSync(process.argv[1])).selection)' \
+  "$out/created/settings.json")
+sql "delete from issue where id = '$created'"
+
 # The label picker lists the issue's project's labels by name, bytewise.
 first_label=$(sql "select l.name from label l join issue i on i.\"projectID\" = l.\"projectID\"
   where i.id = '$issue' order by l.name collate \"C\" limit 1")
@@ -107,6 +136,8 @@ check() {
 }
 check "the first issue, with none saved" "$first" "$first_issue"
 check "the arrow keys" "$arrows" "$issue"
+check "the new issue, open" "$created_selection" "$created"
+check "the new issue's row" "$created_row" "shown, highlighted"
 check "the comment, edited" \
   "$(sql "select count(*) from comment where \"issueID\" = '$issue' and body = '$body edited'")" 1
 check "the reaction" \
diff --git a/apps/zbugs-rune/src/main.rs b/apps/zbugs-rune/src/main.rs
index 2a2195eefb..f336d3256c 100644
--- a/apps/zbugs-rune/src/main.rs
+++ b/apps/zbugs-rune/src/main.rs
@@ -152,6 +152,8 @@ pub struct App {
     pub checked: Vec<String>,
     /// Scroll the list to the selected issue once it's there (a relaunch).
     reveal_selected: bool,
+    /// How far down the list is scrolled, which the list's viewport sets.
+    pub list_offset: rune::Live<f32>,
     /// Select the list's first issue once it has rows: a launch with no
     /// selection to restore.
     select_first: bool,
@@ -279,6 +281,7 @@ impl App {
             select_mode: false,
             checked: Vec::new(),
             reveal_selected: false,
+            list_offset: rune::Live::new(0.0),
             select_first: true,
             detail: None,
             detail_result: ResultType::Unknown,
@@ -1158,6 +1161,12 @@ fn apply_issues(s: &mut App, rows: Vec<Issue>, result_type: ResultType, tx: &mut
     {
         s.reveal_selected = false;
         tx.scroll_into_view(id.clone());
+    } else if s.list_offset.get() < 0.5 {
+        // At the top, the list stays at the top, as zbugs-swift's and
+        // zbugs-gpui's do: Rune holds the top row in place when a new row
+        // comes above it, which left an issue just created, here or in
+        // another app, above the view while it showed selected.
+        tx.scroll_to_y("list-scroll", 0.0);
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/apps/zbugs-rune/src/view.rs b/apps/zbugs-rune/src/view.rs
index e67931cbcd..964caff03c 100644
--- a/apps/zbugs-rune/src/view.rs
+++ b/apps/zbugs-rune/src/view.rs
@@ -557,6 +557,7 @@ fn issue_list(s: &App, k: &Kit, layer: &mut Vec<El>) -> El {
             .child(text(message).font(k.ty.ui).color(k.c.text_faint))
     } else {
         let kit = k.clone();
+        let offset = s.list_offset.clone();
         col()
             .key("list-scroll")
             .w_full()
@@ -565,6 +566,9 @@ fn issue_list(s: &App, k: &Kit, layer: &mut Vec<El>) -> El {
             .scroll(ScrollSpec {
                 stick_bottom: false,
             })
+            .on_scroll_offset(move |at| {
+                offset.set(at.offset[1]);
+            })
             .child(
                 col()
                     .key("issues")