diff --git a/lib/features/thread/v1/view/thread_page.dart b/lib/features/thread/v1/view/thread_page.dart
index d8227234..553f07fd 100644
--- a/lib/features/thread/v1/view/thread_page.dart
+++ b/lib/features/thread/v1/view/thread_page.dart
@@ -860,7 +860,9 @@ class _ThreadPageState extends State<ThreadPage> with SingleTickerProviderStateM
                   ],
                 ],
               ),
-              body: _buildBody(context, state),
+              // Read the body's MediaQuery after Scaffold has consumed the app bar's top inset.
+              // The content's text-scale override must not restore the outer status-bar padding.
+              body: Builder(builder: (bodyContext) => _buildBody(bodyContext, state)),
             );
           },
         ),
diff --git a/test/regression/test_173_thread_content_scale_test.dart b/test/regression/test_173_thread_content_scale_test.dart
index 55da638e..c7b8add7 100644
--- a/test/regression/test_173_thread_content_scale_test.dart
+++ b/test/regression/test_173_thread_content_scale_test.dart
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 import 'dart:async';
-import 'dart:typed_data';
 
 import 'package:dio/dio.dart';
 import 'package:drift/native.dart';
+import 'package:flutter/foundation.dart';
 import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
+import 'package:flutter/rendering.dart';
 import 'package:flutter_bloc/flutter_bloc.dart';
 import 'package:flutter_test/flutter_test.dart';
 import 'package:go_router/go_router.dart';
@@ -20,6 +21,7 @@ import 'package:tsdm_client/features/notification/repository/notification_info_r
 import 'package:tsdm_client/features/settings/bloc/settings_bloc.dart';
 import 'package:tsdm_client/features/settings/repositories/settings_repository.dart';
 import 'package:tsdm_client/features/thread/v1/view/thread_page.dart';
+import 'package:tsdm_client/features/thread/v1/widgets/post_list.dart';
 import 'package:tsdm_client/i18n/strings.g.dart';
 import 'package:tsdm_client/instance.dart';
 import 'package:tsdm_client/shared/models/models.dart';
@@ -73,20 +75,26 @@ final class _OfflineAdapter implements HttpClientAdapter {
 final class _ThreadAdapter implements HttpClientAdapter {
   _ThreadAdapter(this.page);
 
-  final String page;
+  String page;
+
+  int requests = 0;
 
   @override
   Future<ResponseBody> fetch(
     RequestOptions options,
     Stream<Uint8List>? requestStream,
     Future<void>? cancelFuture,
-  ) async => ResponseBody.fromString(
-    page,
-    200,
-    headers: {
-      Headers.contentTypeHeader: ['text/html; charset=utf-8'],
-    },
-  );
+  ) async {
+    expect(options.method, 'GET', reason: 'layout tests must never perform a forum write');
+    requests++;
+    return ResponseBody.fromString(
+      page,
+      200,
+      headers: {
+        Headers.contentTypeHeader: ['text/html; charset=utf-8'],
+      },
+    );
+  }
 
   @override
   void close({bool force = false}) {}
@@ -101,10 +109,10 @@ String _floor({required int pid, required int floor, required int uid, required
 <div class="pct"><div class="pcb"><div class="t_f" id="postmessage_$pid">floor $floor text</div></div></div></td>
 </tr></tbody></table></div>''';
 
-String _threadPage(List<String> floors) =>
+String _threadPage(List<String> floors, {String title = 'Scaled title'}) =>
     '''
 <html><head><link rel="canonical" href="forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=1264975" /></head><body>
-<div id="postlist"><h1 class="ts"><span id="thread_subject">Scaled title</span></h1><div class="bm">
+<div id="postlist"><h1 class="ts"><span id="thread_subject">$title</span></h1><div class="bm">
 ${floors.join('\n')}
 </div></div>
 </body></html>''';
@@ -116,6 +124,7 @@ void main() {
   late SettingsBloc settingsBloc;
   late UserBlockRepository blocks;
   late AuthenticationRepository auth;
+  late _ThreadAdapter adapter;
 
   setUpAll(() async {
     talker = TalkerFlutter.init(settings: TalkerSettings(enabled: false));
@@ -133,16 +142,14 @@ void main() {
       ..registerSingleton<CookieProvider>(CookieProvider.buildEmpty())
       ..registerFactory<CookieProvider>(CookieProvider.buildEmpty, instanceName: ServiceKeys.empty);
     await settings.init();
+    adapter = _ThreadAdapter(_threadPage([_floor(pid: 1, floor: 1, uid: _alice.uid!, name: 'Alice')]));
     getIt
       ..registerSingleton<ImageCacheProvider>(
         ImageCacheProvider(NetClientProvider.buildNoCookie(dio: Dio()..httpClientAdapter = _OfflineAdapter())),
       )
       ..registerFactory<NetClientProvider>(
         () => NetClientProvider.build(
-          dio: Dio(BaseOptions(baseUrl: baseUrl))
-            ..httpClientAdapter = _ThreadAdapter(
-              _threadPage([_floor(pid: 1, floor: 1, uid: _alice.uid!, name: 'Alice')]),
-            ),
+          dio: Dio(BaseOptions(baseUrl: baseUrl))..httpClientAdapter = adapter,
         ),
       );
     settingsBloc = SettingsBloc(settingsRepository: settings, fragmentsRepository: FragmentsRepository());
@@ -203,7 +210,7 @@ void main() {
             ],
             // Like the app, the global scale is a linear scaler above the app (`lib/app.dart`).
             child: MediaQuery(
-              data: MediaQueryData(textScaler: TextScaler.linear(globalScale)),
+              data: MediaQueryData.fromView(tester.view).copyWith(textScaler: TextScaler.linear(globalScale)),
               child: MaterialApp.router(routerConfig: router, scaffoldMessengerKey: snackbarKey),
             ),
           ),
@@ -258,6 +265,124 @@ void main() {
     expect(scaleAt(tester, floorText()), threadContentMaxTextScale, reason: '1.5 * 2 exceeds the cap');
     expect(scaleAt(tester, find.byType(ReplyBar)), 1.5);
   });
+
+  /// Real view metrics, including the status bar that Scaffold removes for its body.
+  void viewport(WidgetTester tester, Size size, FakeViewPadding padding) {
+    tester.view
+      ..devicePixelRatio = 1
+      ..physicalSize = size
+      ..viewPadding = padding
+      ..padding = padding;
+  }
+
+  /// The title starts directly below the app bar; every line is visible or reachable by scrolling.
+  Future<void> expectTitleVisible(WidgetTester tester, String title) async {
+    final list = find.byType(PostList);
+    final text = find.descendant(of: list, matching: find.text(title));
+    expect(text, findsOneWidget);
+    final titleRect = tester.getRect(text);
+    final appBarRect = tester.getRect(find.byType(AppBar));
+    final view = find.descendant(of: list, matching: find.byType(Viewport));
+    final visibleRect = tester.getRect(view.first);
+    expect(visibleRect.top, closeTo(appBarRect.bottom, 0.01), reason: 'no second status-bar inset in the body');
+    expect(titleRect.top - appBarRect.bottom, closeTo(8, 0.01), reason: 'only the normal title margin remains');
+    final paragraph = tester.renderObject<RenderParagraph>(text);
+    final boxes = paragraph.getBoxesForSelection(TextSelection(baseOffset: 0, extentOffset: title.length));
+    expect(boxes, isNotEmpty);
+    for (final box in boxes) {
+      final line = box.toRect().shift(paragraph.localToGlobal(Offset.zero));
+      expect(line.top, greaterThanOrEqualTo(visibleRect.top));
+      expect(line.bottom, lessThanOrEqualTo(titleRect.bottom + 0.01));
+      expect(line.left, greaterThanOrEqualTo(visibleRect.left));
+      expect(line.right, lessThanOrEqualTo(visibleRect.right));
+    }
+    final controller = tester.widget<PostList>(list).scrollController;
+    expect(controller.offset, closeTo(0, 0.01));
+    // A large multi-line title may legitimately exceed a short landscape viewport. Its last line must be
+    // reachable by scrolling, not clipped by a fixed-height title container.
+    if (titleRect.bottom > visibleRect.bottom) {
+      controller.jumpTo(titleRect.bottom - visibleRect.bottom);
+      await settle(tester);
+      final lastLine = boxes.last.toRect().shift(paragraph.localToGlobal(Offset.zero));
+      expect(lastLine.top, greaterThanOrEqualTo(visibleRect.top));
+      expect(lastLine.bottom, lessThanOrEqualTo(visibleRect.bottom + 0.01));
+      controller.jumpTo(0);
+      await settle(tester);
+    }
+    expect(tester.takeException(), isNull);
+  }
+
+  const shortTitle = '老人回归';
+  const longTitle = '老人回归：一起聊聊最近喜欢的动画与论坛生活';
+  final layouts = [
+    ('small phone', TargetPlatform.android, const Size(360, 780), const FakeViewPadding(top: 24, bottom: 24)),
+    ('reported phone', TargetPlatform.android, const Size(384, 792), const FakeViewPadding(top: 40, bottom: 24)),
+    ('reported tablet', TargetPlatform.android, const Size(533, 853), const FakeViewPadding(top: 24, bottom: 24)),
+    (
+      'landscape left cutout',
+      TargetPlatform.android,
+      const Size(792, 368),
+      const FakeViewPadding(left: 40, bottom: 24),
+    ),
+    (
+      'landscape right cutout',
+      TargetPlatform.android,
+      const Size(792, 368),
+      const FakeViewPadding(right: 40, bottom: 24),
+    ),
+    ('iOS', TargetPlatform.iOS, const Size(390, 844), const FakeViewPadding(top: 47, bottom: 34)),
+    ('desktop', TargetPlatform.windows, const Size(1440, 900), FakeViewPadding.zero),
+  ];
+  for (final (name, platform, size, padding) in layouts) {
+    for (final large in [false, true]) {
+      testWidgets('initial thread title: $name, large text=$large', (tester) async {
+        viewport(tester, size, padding);
+        addTearDown(tester.view.reset);
+        final title = large ? longTitle : shortTitle;
+        adapter.page = _threadPage([
+          for (var i = 1; i <= 10; i++) _floor(pid: i, floor: i, uid: _alice.uid!, name: 'Alice'),
+        ], title: title);
+        if (large) {
+          await settings.setValue<double>(SettingsKeys.threadContentScale, 2);
+          await settings.setValue(SettingsKeys.textScaleFactor, 1.5);
+        }
+        await pump(tester, globalScale: large ? 1.5 : 1);
+        await expectTitleVisible(tester, title);
+        expect(adapter.requests, 1, reason: 'first open only, no pull to refresh');
+        if (large && size.width < 600) {
+          final text = find.descendant(of: find.byType(PostList), matching: find.text(title));
+          expect(tester.getSize(text).height, greaterThan(60), reason: 'a real multi-line large title');
+        }
+      }, variant: TargetPlatformVariant({platform}));
+    }
+  }
+
+  testWidgets('rotation keeps the title visible and consumes only the current safe area', (tester) async {
+    viewport(tester, const Size(384, 792), const FakeViewPadding(top: 40, bottom: 24));
+    addTearDown(tester.view.reset);
+    await pump(tester);
+    await expectTitleVisible(tester, 'Scaled title');
+    viewport(tester, const Size(792, 368), const FakeViewPadding(left: 40, bottom: 24));
+    await settle(tester);
+    await expectTitleVisible(tester, 'Scaled title');
+    viewport(tester, const Size(384, 792), const FakeViewPadding(top: 40, bottom: 24));
+    await settle(tester);
+    await expectTitleVisible(tester, 'Scaled title');
+  });
+
+  testWidgets('pull to refresh returns the title to the same inset-free position', (tester) async {
+    viewport(tester, const Size(384, 792), const FakeViewPadding(top: 40, bottom: 24));
+    addTearDown(tester.view.reset);
+    await pump(tester);
+    await expectTitleVisible(tester, 'Scaled title');
+    final before = adapter.requests;
+    await tester.drag(find.byType(PostList), const Offset(0, 300));
+    for (var i = 0; i < 20; i++) {
+      await settle(tester);
+    }
+    expect(adapter.requests, greaterThan(before), reason: 'the actual refresh callback reloaded the page');
+    await expectTitleVisible(tester, 'Scaled title');
+  });
 }
 
 /// Let database work and futures finish outside the fake zone, then build the frames it caused.