diff --git a/src/components/SearchPanel.tsx b/src/components/SearchPanel.tsx
index 41b9c49..460e9c2 100644
--- a/src/components/SearchPanel.tsx
+++ b/src/components/SearchPanel.tsx
@@ -70,7 +70,11 @@ export function SearchPanel({
   const langParam = useMemo(() => langQuery(lang), [lang]);
 
   useEffect(() => {
-    inputRef.current?.focus();
+    // Avoid scroll-into-view: browsers default-scroll the focused element
+    // into the viewport, which moves the underlying page when the search
+    // overlay opens from a scrolled position. `preventScroll` keeps the page
+    // exactly where it was.
+    inputRef.current?.focus({ preventScroll: true });
   }, []);
 
   useEffect(() => {
@@ -133,7 +137,7 @@ export function SearchPanel({
   };
 
   return (
-    <div className="ark-header-menu-enter fixed inset-x-0 bottom-0 top-[64px] z-50 overflow-y-auto bg-[#0f0f13] md:hidden">
+    <div className="ark-header-menu-enter fixed inset-x-0 bottom-0 top-[64px] z-50 overflow-y-auto overscroll-contain bg-[#0f0f13] md:hidden">
       <div className="border-t border-white/10 px-5 pb-6 pt-3 max-[360px]:px-3">
         <div className="flex h-12 items-center gap-2">
           <div className="flex h-11 min-w-0 flex-1 items-center gap-2 rounded-full border border-ark-gold bg-[#191921] px-3 shadow-[0_0_0_2px_rgba(245,180,53,0.12)]">
diff --git a/src/layouts/PublicLayout.tsx b/src/layouts/PublicLayout.tsx
index c48b6ca..68cf05a 100644
--- a/src/layouts/PublicLayout.tsx
+++ b/src/layouts/PublicLayout.tsx
@@ -331,6 +331,35 @@ export function PublicLayout() {
     };
   }, [open]);
 
+  // Lock background scroll while the mobile search overlay is open.
+  // Uses the iOS-compatible position-fixed pattern so the underlying page
+  // doesn't move at all (overflow:hidden alone is not enough on iOS Safari).
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (!mobileSearchOpen) return;
+    const scrollY = window.scrollY;
+    const body = document.body;
+    const prev = {
+      position: body.style.position,
+      top: body.style.top,
+      left: body.style.left,
+      right: body.style.right,
+      width: body.style.width,
+    };
+    body.style.position = "fixed";
+    body.style.top = `-${scrollY}px`;
+    body.style.left = "0";
+    body.style.right = "0";
+    body.style.width = "100%";
+    return () => {
+      body.style.position = prev.position;
+      body.style.top = prev.top;
+      body.style.left = prev.left;
+      body.style.right = prev.right;
+      body.style.width = prev.width;
+      window.scrollTo(0, scrollY);
+    };
+  }, [mobileSearchOpen]);
+
   return (
     <div className="min-h-full flex flex-col">
       <DocumentMeta />