diff --git a/docs/src/pages/index.astro b/docs/src/pages/index.astro
index 3ccb592e9..d7c9927b0 100644
--- a/docs/src/pages/index.astro
+++ b/docs/src/pages/index.astro
@@ -354,22 +354,36 @@ const base = import.meta.env.BASE_URL;
 </BaseLayout>
 
 <script>
-  const copyBtn = document.getElementById('copy-install');
-  copyBtn?.addEventListener('click', async () => {
-    await navigator.clipboard.writeText('npm i -g @bradygaster/squad-cli');
-    const svg = copyBtn.innerHTML;
-    copyBtn.innerHTML = '<svg class="w-4 h-4 text-green-400" fill="none" viewBox="0 0 24 24" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2"><path stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" d="M5 13l4 4L19 7" /></svg>';
-    setTimeout(() => { copyBtn.innerHTML = svg; }, 2000);
-  });
+  let revealObserver;
 
-  // Scroll reveal
-  const revealObserver = new IntersectionObserver((entries) => {
-    entries.forEach(entry => {
-      if (entry.isIntersecting) {
-        entry.target.classList.add('visible');
-        revealObserver.unobserve(entry.target);
-      }
-    });
-  }, { threshold: 0.1, rootMargin: '0px 0px -40px 0px' });
-  document.querySelectorAll('.reveal').forEach(el => revealObserver.observe(el));
+  function initHomePage() {
+    // Copy the install command to the clipboard. Assigning onclick (rather than
+    // addEventListener) keeps this idempotent if initHomePage runs more than once.
+    const copyBtn = document.getElementById('copy-install');
+    if (copyBtn) {
+      copyBtn.onclick = async () => {
+        await navigator.clipboard.writeText('npm i -g @bradygaster/squad-cli');
+        const svg = copyBtn.innerHTML;
+        copyBtn.innerHTML = '<svg class="w-4 h-4 text-green-400" fill="none" viewBox="0 0 24 24" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2"><path stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" d="M5 13l4 4L19 7" /></svg>';
+        setTimeout(() => { copyBtn.innerHTML = svg; }, 2000);
+      };
+    }
+
+    // Scroll reveal. Recreate the observer on every navigation so the freshly
+    // swapped-in .reveal elements are observed again after View Transitions —
+    // otherwise they stay at opacity:0 when navigating back to this page.
+    revealObserver?.disconnect();
+    revealObserver = new IntersectionObserver((entries) => {
+      entries.forEach(entry => {
+        if (entry.isIntersecting) {
+          entry.target.classList.add('visible');
+          revealObserver.unobserve(entry.target);
+        }
+      });
+    }, { threshold: 0.1, rootMargin: '0px 0px -40px 0px' });
+    document.querySelectorAll('.reveal').forEach(el => revealObserver.observe(el));
+  }
+
+  // astro:page-load fires on initial load AND after each View Transition.
+  document.addEventListener('astro:page-load', initHomePage);
 </script>
diff --git a/docs/tests/hero-reveal.spec.mjs b/docs/tests/hero-reveal.spec.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..44a6e0b60
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/tests/hero-reveal.spec.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+import { test, expect } from '@playwright/test';
+
+// Regression test for the home-page scroll-reveal sections disappearing after a
+// View Transitions navigation away from and back to the home page.
+//
+// Repro steps (matches the reported bug):
+//   1. Land on the home page.
+//   2. Open search, run a query, click a result (navigates via View Transitions).
+//   3. Click the logo to go back home (navigates via View Transitions).
+//   4. Scroll the under-hero ".reveal" section into view.
+//
+// Before the fix the IntersectionObserver that adds `.visible` lived in a module
+// `<script>` that only runs once per session, so it never re-ran after the
+// View Transition swap and the reveal sections stayed at opacity:0 (invisible).
+
+/** Scroll the first under-hero reveal section into view and report its state. */
+async function firstRevealState(page) {
+  const section = page.locator('section.reveal').first();
+  await section.scrollIntoViewIfNeeded();
+  return section;
+}
+
+test('home reveal sections animate in on initial load', async ({ page }) => {
+  await page.goto('/squad/');
+  const section = await firstRevealState(page);
+  await expect(section).toHaveClass(/visible/, { timeout: 5000 });
+  await expect(section).toHaveCSS('opacity', '1');
+});
+
+test('home reveal sections still animate in after navigating away and back', async ({ page }) => {
+  await page.goto('/squad/');
+  // Make sure the home page hero rendered.
+  await expect(page.locator('h1')).toContainText('bring your ideas to life');
+
+  // 1. Open the search modal and run a query.
+  await page.locator('#search-btn').click();
+  await expect(page.locator('#search-modal')).toBeVisible();
+  await page.locator('#search-input').fill('installation');
+
+  // 2. Wait for results and click the first one (navigates via View Transitions).
+  const firstResult = page.locator('#search-results a').first();
+  await expect(firstResult).toBeVisible({ timeout: 10000 });
+  await firstResult.click();
+
+  // We should now be on a docs page, not the home page.
+  await page.waitForURL((url) => url.pathname !== '/squad/' && url.pathname.startsWith('/squad/'), { timeout: 10000 });
+  await expect(page.locator('h1')).toBeVisible();
+
+  // 3. Click the logo to navigate back to the home page.
+  await page.locator('header a[href="/squad/"]').first().click();
+  await page.waitForURL('**/squad/', { timeout: 10000 });
+  await expect(page.locator('h1')).toContainText('bring your ideas to life');
+
+  // 4. Scroll the under-hero reveal section into view — it must become visible.
+  const section = await firstRevealState(page);
+  await expect(section).toHaveClass(/visible/, { timeout: 5000 });
+  await expect(section).toHaveCSS('opacity', '1');
+});
+
+test('home reveal sections animate in when reaching home via View Transition', async ({ page }) => {
+  // Start on a docs page (full load) so the home page script is only ever loaded
+  // during the client-side View Transition to home — the trickiest timing path.
+  await page.goto('/squad/docs/get-started/installation/');
+  await expect(page.locator('h1')).toBeVisible();
+
+  await page.locator('header a[href="/squad/"]').first().click();
+  await page.waitForURL('**/squad/', { timeout: 10000 });
+  await expect(page.locator('h1')).toContainText('bring your ideas to life');
+
+  const section = await firstRevealState(page);
+  await expect(section).toHaveClass(/visible/, { timeout: 5000 });
+  await expect(section).toHaveCSS('opacity', '1');
+});