diff --git a/core/widgets/ScrollArea.zig b/core/widgets/ScrollArea.zig
index f35a503fa..f4d5af278 100644
--- a/core/widgets/ScrollArea.zig
+++ b/core/widgets/ScrollArea.zig
@@ -284,11 +284,15 @@ fn scrollBy(self: *ScrollArea, by: dvui.Point) void {
 
 var t_viewport_y: f32 = 0;
 var t_release_velocity: f32 = 0;
+/// Written by swipe on the test thread before it draws the release frame.
+var t_release_time: i128 = 0;
 var t_use_dvui: bool = false;
 /// Where a child of the area is drawn this frame (physical y, as the renderer would place it),
 /// and whether the renderer snaps there.
 var t_drawn_y: f32 = 0;
 var t_raw_y: f32 = 0;
+/// Written by testFrame on the test thread from the child's physical draw scale.
+var t_draw_scale: f32 = 1;
 var t_snapping: bool = false;
 /// Lay the area out as a column of `t_rows` rows, `t_top` points below the window's top, and
 /// record where each row is drawn.
@@ -324,6 +328,7 @@ fn testFrame() !dvui.App.Result {
         }
         const child = dvui.spacer(@src(), .{ .min_size_content = .{ .w = 100, .h = 20000 } });
         t_snapping = dvui.snapToPixels();
+        t_draw_scale = child.rectScale().s;
         const y = child.rectScale().r.y;
         t_raw_y = y;
         t_drawn_y = if (t_snapping) @round(y) else y;
@@ -357,6 +362,7 @@ fn swipe() !f32 {
     _ = try cw.addEventTouchMotion(.touch0, x, y - 1 / h, 0, -1 / h);
     try frameAfter(16);
     _ = try cw.addEventPointer(.{ .button = .touch0, .action = .release, .xynorm = .{ .x = x, .y = y } });
+    t_release_time = cw.frame_time_ns;
     try frameAfter(16);
     return t_viewport_y;
 }
@@ -401,26 +407,26 @@ test "coast displacement follows each frame gap" {
     defer t.deinit();
     t_use_dvui = false;
     _ = try swipe();
+    const release_time = t_release_time;
+    const release_speed: f64 = t_release_velocity * t_draw_scale;
     var previous_time = dvui.currentWindow().frame_time_ns;
     try frameAfter(25);
-    var previous_y = t_raw_y;
-    var previous_speed: f32 = std.math.inf(f32);
-    var follows_gaps = true;
+    var previous_y = t_drawn_y;
     // frameAfter draws at the current timestamp, then begins the next frame with this gap.
     // Alternating long and short gaps exposes a displacement applied one frame late.
     for ([_]u64{ 8, 25, 8, 25, 8, 25, 8, 25 }) |next_gap| {
         const time = dvui.currentWindow().frame_time_ns;
-        const gap_ms: f32 = @as(f32, @floatFromInt(time - previous_time)) / std.time.ns_per_ms;
         try frameAfter(next_gap);
-        const displacement = previous_y - t_raw_y;
-        const speed = displacement / gap_ms;
-        std.debug.print("coast: gap={d:.0} ms, displacement={d:.6} points\n", .{ gap_ms, displacement });
-        follows_gaps = follows_gaps and displacement > 0 and speed < previous_speed;
+        const displacement = previous_y - t_drawn_y;
+        const from_s = @as(f64, @floatFromInt(previous_time - release_time)) / std.time.ns_per_s;
+        const to_s = @as(f64, @floatFromInt(time - release_time)) / std.time.ns_per_s;
+        const expected: f32 = @floatCast(release_speed / tuning.decay *
+            (@exp(-tuning.decay * from_s) - @exp(-tuning.decay * to_s)));
+        // Check what reaches the renderer against the release integral, including its decay.
+        try std.testing.expectApproxEqAbs(expected, displacement, 0.0001);
         previous_time = time;
-        previous_y = t_raw_y;
-        previous_speed = speed;
+        previous_y = t_drawn_y;
     }
-    try std.testing.expect(follows_gaps);
 }
 
 test "a coast requests another frame even when its timestamp has not advanced" {