diff --git a/apps/mobile/src/native/createV5StackNavigator.ios.tsx b/apps/mobile/src/native/createV5StackNavigator.ios.tsx
index 4ef229495c664e4201e002d7e05b3117afca4e8e..413bd8712704c632f497758151ed0bd0b1c047fd 100644
--- a/apps/mobile/src/native/createV5StackNavigator.ios.tsx
+++ b/apps/mobile/src/native/createV5StackNavigator.ios.tsx
@@ -181,7 +181,14 @@ export function V5CardStackView(props: V5StackViewProps) {
             >
               <NavigationContext value={descriptor.navigation}>
                 <NavigationRouteContext value={descriptor.route}>
-                  <V5StackHeader options={descriptor.options} canGoBack={index > 0} />
+                  <V5StackHeader
+                    options={descriptor.options}
+                    canGoBack={
+                      attached
+                        ? props.state.routes.findIndex((current) => current.key === route.key) > 0
+                        : index > 0
+                    }
+                  />
                   <NativeColumnContent>{descriptor.render()}</NativeColumnContent>
                 </NavigationRouteContext>
               </NavigationContext>
diff --git a/apps/mobile/src/native/workspace-stack-projection.test.ts b/apps/mobile/src/native/workspace-stack-projection.test.ts
index 7f0537653ebd683c0443e091445b0bfcf6530706..1f5c00c655519cb68c0c7e6f4caacba88ad4e112 100644
--- a/apps/mobile/src/native/workspace-stack-projection.test.ts
+++ b/apps/mobile/src/native/workspace-stack-projection.test.ts
@@ -143,21 +143,41 @@ describe("v5 stack handoff", () => {
   });
   it("still retains an unfinished JS pop beside a completed native pop", () => {
     expect(reconcileStackScreens([home, thread, files], [home], new Set([files.key]))).toEqual([
-      thread,
       home,
+      thread,
     ]);
   });
   it("retains removed native screens through a pop followed immediately by a push", () => {
     const popped = reconcileStackScreens([home, thread, files], [home, thread]);
     const next = { ...files, key: "new-files" };
     const screens = reconcileStackScreens(popped, [home, thread, next]);
-    expect(screens.map((route) => route.key)).toEqual(["files", "home", "thread", "new-files"]);
+    expect(screens.map((route) => route.key)).toEqual(["home", "thread", "files", "new-files"]);
     expect(screens.filter((route) => [home, thread, next].includes(route))).toEqual([
       home,
       thread,
       next,
     ]);
-    expect(screens[0]).toBe(files);
+    expect(screens[2]).toBe(files);
+  });
+  it("keeps the root and outgoing settings page in place until the JS pop finishes", () => {
+    const environments = { ...files, key: "environments", name: "SettingsEnvironments" };
+    const popped = reconcileStackScreens([settings, environments], [settings]);
+    expect(popped).toEqual([settings, environments]);
+    expect(reconcileStackScreens(popped, [settings])).toEqual(popped);
+    const next = { ...environments, key: "next-environments" };
+    expect(reconcileStackScreens(popped, [settings, next])).toEqual([settings, environments, next]);
+    expect(reconcileStackScreens(popped, [settings], new Set([environments.key]))).toEqual([
+      settings,
+    ]);
+  });
+  it("retains a multi-page pop in order without changing the active router order", () => {
+    const replacement = { ...thread, key: "replacement" };
+    const screens = reconcileStackScreens([home, thread, files], [home, replacement]);
+    expect(screens).toEqual([home, thread, files, replacement]);
+    expect(screens.filter((route) => route === home || route === replacement)).toEqual([
+      home,
+      replacement,
+    ]);
   });
   it("updates params without retaining duplicate copies of the same screen", () => {
     const updated = { ...thread, params: { threadId: "another-thread" } };
diff --git a/apps/mobile/src/native/workspace-stack-projection.ts b/apps/mobile/src/native/workspace-stack-projection.ts
index 48f196cd3f18019f88d88d7296205b6e60a28698..79e66290fe6f8c340a1a06fb70d18797d485a073 100644
--- a/apps/mobile/src/native/workspace-stack-projection.ts
+++ b/apps/mobile/src/native/workspace-stack-projection.ts
@@ -57,17 +57,18 @@ export function partitionStackPresentations<T>(
   return groups;
 }
 
-/** Preserve UIKit's outgoing screens, before newly pushed screens, until dismissal. */
+/** Keep outgoing screens in place until dismissal; Fabric moves enqueue native pop/push operations. */
 export function reconcileStackScreens<T extends { readonly key: string }>(
   previous: readonly T[],
   current: readonly T[],
   completedNativeDismissals: ReadonlySet<string> = new Set(),
 ): T[] {
   const active = new Set(current.map((route) => route.key));
-  return [
-    ...previous.filter(
-      (route) => !active.has(route.key) && !completedNativeDismissals.has(route.key),
-    ),
-    ...current,
-  ];
+  const screens = [...current];
+  previous.forEach((route, index) => {
+    if (!active.has(route.key) && !completedNativeDismissals.has(route.key)) {
+      screens.splice(Math.min(index, screens.length), 0, route);
+    }
+  });
+  return screens;
 }