diff --git a/native-views/react-native-native-list/ios/tests/NativeListMediaVisibilityTests.swift b/native-views/react-native-native-list/ios/tests/NativeListMediaVisibilityTests.swift
index ddd83f8f8..4eafa897d 100644
--- a/native-views/react-native-native-list/ios/tests/NativeListMediaVisibilityTests.swift
+++ b/native-views/react-native-native-list/ios/tests/NativeListMediaVisibilityTests.swift
@@ -47,14 +47,22 @@ final class NativeListMediaFrameCaptureTests: XCTestCase {
     XCTAssertEqual(UIApplication.shared.applicationState, .active, "Video capture requires a foreground app host")
     let url = try writeVideo()
     defer { try? FileManager.default.removeItem(at: url) }
-    let window = UIWindow(frame: CGRect(x: 0, y: 0, width: 320, height: 480))
-    window.rootViewController = UIViewController()
-    window.isHidden = false
-    defer { window.isHidden = true }
+    let sceneWindow = UIApplication.shared.connectedScenes
+      .compactMap { $0 as? UIWindowScene }
+      .first(where: { $0.activationState == .foregroundActive })?
+      .windows.first(where: { $0.isKeyWindow })
+    let window = try XCTUnwrap(sceneWindow ?? UIApplication.shared.delegate?.window ?? nil)
+    let rootView = try XCTUnwrap(window.rootViewController?.view)
+    XCTAssertFalse(window.isHidden, "Video capture requires a visible app window")
+    let container = UIView(frame: CGRect(x: 0, y: 0, width: 320, height: 480))
+    rootView.addSubview(container)
+    defer { container.removeFromSuperview() }
     let slot = NativeListMediaPreviewSlot()
     slot.view.frame = CGRect(x: 0, y: 0, width: 120, height: 120)
-    window.rootViewController?.view.addSubview(slot.view)
+    container.addSubview(slot.view)
     slot.view.layoutIfNeeded()
+    XCTAssertTrue(slot.view.window === window)
+    XCTAssertTrue(NativeListMediaPreviewSlot.intersectsViewport(slot.view))
 
     var loaded: Bool?
     slot.bind(["uri": url.absoluteString], key: "video", probeOrder: ["video"]) { loaded = $0 }
@@ -73,7 +81,7 @@ final class NativeListMediaFrameCaptureTests: XCTestCase {
     slot.view.removeFromSuperview()
     XCTAssertTrue(slot.capturedFrame === frame, "Detaching has no replacement screen scale")
     XCTAssertEqual(slot.createdPlayerCount, playersBeforeDetach)
-    window.rootViewController?.view.addSubview(slot.view)
+    container.addSubview(slot.view)
     slot.bind(["uri": url.absoluteString], key: "video", probeOrder: ["video"])
     XCTAssertTrue(slot.capturedFrame === frame, "The same window retains the same tier")
     XCTAssertEqual(slot.createdPlayerCount, playersBeforeDetach)
@@ -91,7 +99,7 @@ final class NativeListMediaFrameCaptureTests: XCTestCase {
     XCTAssertEqual(slot.createdPlayerCount, coldPlayers, "Recycled row reuses the cached still")
     let second = NativeListMediaPreviewSlot()
     second.view.frame = CGRect(x: 120, y: 0, width: 120, height: 120)
-    window.rootViewController?.view.addSubview(second.view)
+    container.addSubview(second.view)
     second.view.layoutIfNeeded()
     second.bind(["uri": url.absoluteString], key: "another-cell", probeOrder: ["video"])
     let crossCellDeadline = Date().addingTimeInterval(3)
diff --git a/native-views/react-native-native-overlay/docs/SPEC.md b/native-views/react-native-native-overlay/docs/SPEC.md
index e215b9fab..18286f536 100644
--- a/native-views/react-native-native-overlay/docs/SPEC.md
+++ b/native-views/react-native-native-overlay/docs/SPEC.md
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 # react-native-native-overlay SPEC
 
 Status: Implemented through the P5 caller migration in app-monorepo. Android
-and Web runtime checks passed there; focused iOS 26.5 simulator and Android 16
-emulator checks are recorded below. Broader iOS runtime, physical-device and
-iPad acceptance remain unverified. Packaging in app-modules is validated
-separately.
+and Web runtime checks passed there; focused iOS 26.5 and iOS 27.0 simulator
+checks and Android 16 emulator checks are recorded below. The iOS 27.0 check
+covers this window handoff with repeated More-sheet gestures, immediate and
+delayed account-selector dismissal, and an interactive cancellation. Broader
+iOS runtime, physical-device and iPad acceptance remain unverified. Packaging
+in app-modules is validated separately.
 
 The implementation is migrated from app-monorepo commit
 `376633bd9f1c410dbccb01fb6a0492be9a5c3f38`, package
@@ -345,6 +347,16 @@ not change React ownership. Public APIs, Android/Web, and page scope are unchang
   first responder; passive toast/debug entries do not win solely by level.
   Keyboard restoration may finish after dismissal completion; callers/tests
   requiring keyboard geometry must observe the new keyboard readiness event.
+- Removing an entry while the app window has an interactive UIKit presentation
+  removes that entry from active ordering and restores key ownership immediately,
+  but retains its exiting window/root/scene until the interaction finishes or
+  cancels. After UIKit reports the interaction change, cleanup runs on the next
+  main turn and rechecks the current transition coordinator before releasing
+  that exact window lifetime. A newly interactive transition keeps it retired
+  until its own completion; repeated or late callbacks cannot release a new
+  entry for the same owner. Scene disconnect releases active and retired windows
+  without notifying an already removed owner again. No fixed timeout controls
+  this handoff.
 - Every presentation lifetime has a generation. Asynchronous present, dismiss,
   and animation completions must match the generation, controller/entry
   identity and applicable phase before changing state or emitting callbacks.
@@ -634,11 +646,13 @@ of these UIKit resources. Native logger persistence is owned by the logger.
 
 ## 5.8 Performance and resource budget
 
-- iOS entry windows are created lazily and released after their entry detaches.
-  Window count is O(active global entries) per scene, rather than a six-window
-  level cache. No new public limit/configuration is introduced; page entries
-  remain views. Re-ranking is O(n log n) for the affected scene and creates no
-  per-frame bridge work.
+- iOS entry windows are created lazily and released after their entry detaches,
+  or after an in-progress UIKit interaction finishes when release is deferred.
+  Window count is O(active global entries plus retired interactive windows) per
+  scene, rather than a six-window level cache. Scene disconnect drains both.
+  No new public limit/configuration is introduced; page entries remain views.
+  Re-ranking is O(n log n) for the affected scene and creates no per-frame
+  bridge work.
 - Android layers are views, not windows: no extra surfaces or WindowManager IPC.
 - Store operations are O(n) in the number of live entries. Snapshots are
   rebuilt once per mutation.
@@ -670,15 +684,27 @@ navigation remains a separate runtime acceptance item.
 
 ## 5.9 Conformance and acceptance
 
+Focused iOS 27.0 simulator runtime check (2026-11-13): three repetitions of
+the previously failing 0.25-second More-to-account-selector handoff and one
+1.25-second control dismissed to Home. A separate 0.25-second handoff with a
+slow partial selector drag canceled and returned to its original position;
+More reopened and a subsequent full drag dismissed normally. Home and Market
+remained interactive. This checks the main-UI window handoff only; physical
+devices and the broader runtime matrix remain unverified.
+
 Automated (P0):
 
 - `tests/ios/run.sh` compiles the production WindowManager, SheetController and
-  Animation into an isolated UIKit test app. Its seven checks cover bounded/live
+  Animation into an isolated UIKit test app. Its eleven checks cover bounded/live
   ordering, key restoration eligibility, owning-entry release, injected scene
   disconnect/reuse with original-window identity and reentrant-registration
   rejection, conditional original-input focus restoration (including
   higher/foreign/new-input guards), and a native sheet surviving another
-  entry's dismissal.
+  entry's dismissal. Four focused checks cover interactive retirement after
+  finish and cancellation, reopening the same owner while the old window is
+  retired, and disconnecting a scene with only a retired window. They use a
+  controlled transition coordinator to test manager lifecycle; the real
+  gesture check is the iOS 27.0 simulator run above.
   Sheet checks use `animated: false`; they do not compile the React/Fabric
   Container or replace Gallery coverage of animated reversal/generation races,
   real multi-scene/disconnect, keyboard geometry or accessibility.
diff --git a/native-views/react-native-native-overlay/ios/NativeOverlayWindowManager.swift b/native-views/react-native-native-overlay/ios/NativeOverlayWindowManager.swift
index 91ac5fff8..0c3584b3b 100644
--- a/native-views/react-native-native-overlay/ios/NativeOverlayWindowManager.swift
+++ b/native-views/react-native-native-overlay/ios/NativeOverlayWindowManager.swift
@@ -174,7 +174,19 @@ final class NativeOverlayWindowManager: NSObject {
     }
   }
 
+  private final class RetiredWindow {
+    let window: NativeOverlayPassthroughWindow
+    weak var appWindow: UIWindow?
+    weak var observedCoordinator: AnyObject?
+
+    init(window: NativeOverlayPassthroughWindow, appWindow: UIWindow?) {
+      self.window = window
+      self.appWindow = appWindow
+    }
+  }
+
   private var scenes: [ObjectIdentifier: [ObjectIdentifier: Entry]] = [:]
+  private var retiredWindows: [ObjectIdentifier: [ObjectIdentifier: RetiredWindow]] = [:]
   private var disconnectingScenes = Set<ObjectIdentifier>()
   private var sequence = 0
 
@@ -256,7 +268,15 @@ final class NativeOverlayWindowManager: NSObject {
     scenes[sceneKey]?[ownerKey] = nil
     let remaining = scenes[sceneKey] ?? [:]
     if remaining.isEmpty { scenes[sceneKey] = nil }
-    release(entry.window)
+    if Self.interactiveCoordinator(in: entry.appWindow) != nil {
+      // Destroying this window context can strand a touch already routed to the app's interactive sheet.
+      let retirement = RetiredWindow(window: entry.window, appWindow: entry.appWindow)
+      let windowKey = ObjectIdentifier(entry.window)
+      retiredWindows[sceneKey, default: [:]][windowKey] = retirement
+      finishRetirement(retirement, sceneKey: sceneKey, windowKey: windowKey)
+    } else {
+      release(entry.window)
+    }
     reorder(remaining)
     guard wasKey, let scene,
           scene.activationState == .foregroundActive || scene.activationState == .foregroundInactive else { return }
@@ -331,11 +351,45 @@ final class NativeOverlayWindowManager: NSObject {
     window.windowScene = nil
   }
 
+  private static func interactiveCoordinator(in appWindow: UIWindow?) -> UIViewControllerTransitionCoordinator? {
+    var controller = appWindow?.rootViewController
+    while let current = controller {
+      if let coordinator = current.transitionCoordinator, coordinator.isInteractive {
+        return coordinator
+      }
+      controller = current.presentedViewController
+    }
+    return nil
+  }
+
+  private func finishRetirement(_ retirement: RetiredWindow, sceneKey: ObjectIdentifier,
+                                windowKey: ObjectIdentifier) {
+    guard retiredWindows[sceneKey]?[windowKey] === retirement else { return }
+    guard let coordinator = Self.interactiveCoordinator(in: retirement.appWindow) else {
+      retiredWindows[sceneKey]?[windowKey] = nil
+      if retiredWindows[sceneKey]?.isEmpty == true { retiredWindows[sceneKey] = nil }
+      release(retirement.window)
+      return
+    }
+    guard retirement.observedCoordinator !== coordinator else { return }
+    retirement.observedCoordinator = coordinator
+    coordinator.notifyWhenInteractionChanges { [weak self, weak retirement] context in
+      guard !context.isInteractive else { return }
+      DispatchQueue.main.async { [weak self, weak retirement] in
+        guard let self, let retirement,
+              self.retiredWindows[sceneKey]?[windowKey] === retirement else { return }
+        self.finishRetirement(retirement, sceneKey: sceneKey, windowKey: windowKey)
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
   @objc private func sceneDidDisconnect(_ notification: Notification) {
     precondition(Thread.isMainThread)
     guard let scene = notification.object as? UIWindowScene else { return }
     let sceneKey = ObjectIdentifier(scene)
-    guard let entries = scenes.removeValue(forKey: sceneKey) else { return }
+    let entries = scenes.removeValue(forKey: sceneKey) ?? [:]
+    let retired = retiredWindows.removeValue(forKey: sceneKey) ?? [:]
+    guard !entries.isEmpty || !retired.isEmpty else { return }
     disconnectingScenes.insert(sceneKey)
     defer { disconnectingScenes.remove(sceneKey) }
     // Unregister first: owner callbacks must not restore a disconnected scene's key.
@@ -343,5 +397,6 @@ final class NativeOverlayWindowManager: NSObject {
       entry.owner?.overlaySceneDidDisconnect(window: entry.window)
       release(entry.window)
     }
+    for retirement in retired.values { release(retirement.window) }
   }
 }
diff --git a/native-views/react-native-native-overlay/tests/ios/WindowManagerTests.swift b/native-views/react-native-native-overlay/tests/ios/WindowManagerTests.swift
index e187504a1..5e1c05d54 100644
--- a/native-views/react-native-native-overlay/tests/ios/WindowManagerTests.swift
+++ b/native-views/react-native-native-overlay/tests/ios/WindowManagerTests.swift
@@ -16,11 +16,61 @@ private final class Owner: NativeOverlayWindowOwner, NativeOverlaySheetHost {
   func sheetRequestedDismiss(_ controller: NativeOverlaySheetController, reason: String) {}
 }
 
+private final class TransitionRoot: UIViewController {
+  var activeCoordinator: UIViewControllerTransitionCoordinator?
+  override var transitionCoordinator: UIViewControllerTransitionCoordinator? { activeCoordinator }
+}
+
+private final class TestTransitionCoordinator: NSObject, UIViewControllerTransitionCoordinator {
+  var isInteractive = true
+  var isCancelled = false
+  var subscriptions = 0
+  private var handlers: [(UIViewControllerTransitionCoordinatorContext) -> Void] = []
+
+  var isAnimated: Bool { true }
+  var presentationStyle: UIModalPresentationStyle { .pageSheet }
+  var initiallyInteractive: Bool { true }
+  var isInterruptible: Bool { true }
+  var transitionDuration: TimeInterval { 0.3 }
+  var percentComplete: CGFloat { 0.2 }
+  var completionVelocity: CGFloat { 1 }
+  var completionCurve: UIView.AnimationCurve { .easeInOut }
+  var containerView = UIView()
+  var targetTransform: CGAffineTransform { .identity }
+
+  func viewController(forKey key: UITransitionContextViewControllerKey) -> UIViewController? { nil }
+  func view(forKey key: UITransitionContextViewKey) -> UIView? { nil }
+  func animate(alongsideTransition animation: ((UIViewControllerTransitionCoordinatorContext) -> Void)?,
+               completion: ((UIViewControllerTransitionCoordinatorContext) -> Void)?) -> Bool { false }
+  func animateAlongsideTransition(in view: UIView?,
+               animation: ((UIViewControllerTransitionCoordinatorContext) -> Void)?,
+               completion: ((UIViewControllerTransitionCoordinatorContext) -> Void)?) -> Bool { false }
+  func notifyWhenInteractionEnds(_ handler: @escaping (UIViewControllerTransitionCoordinatorContext) -> Void) {
+    handlers.append(handler)
+  }
+  func notifyWhenInteractionChanges(_ handler: @escaping (UIViewControllerTransitionCoordinatorContext) -> Void) {
+    subscriptions += 1
+    handlers.append(handler)
+  }
+
+  func changeInteraction(to interactive: Bool, cancelled: Bool = false) {
+    isInteractive = interactive
+    isCancelled = cancelled
+    handlers.forEach { $0(self) }
+  }
+}
+
 private struct Failure: Error { let name: String }
 private func require(_ condition: @autoclosure () -> Bool, _ name: String) throws {
   if !condition() { throw Failure(name: name) }
 }
 
+@MainActor private func nextMainTurn() async {
+  await withCheckedContinuation { (done: CheckedContinuation<Void, Never>) in
+    DispatchQueue.main.async { done.resume() }
+  }
+}
+
 @MainActor private func runTests(scene: UIWindowScene, app: UIWindow) async throws -> [String] {
   var passed: [String] = []
   let manager = NativeOverlayWindowManager()
@@ -128,6 +178,84 @@ private func require(_ condition: @autoclosure () -> Bool, _ name: String) throw
   await withCheckedContinuation { (done: CheckedContinuation<Void, Never>) in cb.dismiss(animated: false) { done.resume() } }
   manager.entryRemoved(from: sb)
   passed.append("production-system-sheet-independent-close")
+
+  let transitionApp = UIWindow(windowScene: scene)
+  let transitionRoot = TransitionRoot()
+  transitionApp.rootViewController = transitionRoot
+  transitionApp.makeKeyAndVisible()
+  let transitionManager = NativeOverlayWindowManager()
+  let finishingOwner = Owner()
+  let finishingWindow = transitionManager.window(for: finishingOwner, level: .modal,
+    stackOrder: 1, blocking: true, appWindow: transitionApp)!
+  finishingWindow.makeKey()
+  let finishing = TestTransitionCoordinator()
+  transitionRoot.activeCoordinator = finishing
+  transitionManager.entryRemoved(from: finishingWindow)
+  try require(transitionApp.isKeyWindow && finishingWindow.windowScene === scene &&
+    finishingWindow.rootViewController != nil && finishing.subscriptions == 1,
+    "interactive removal retains old context and restores key")
+  finishing.changeInteraction(to: false)
+  await nextMainTurn()
+  try require(finishingWindow.windowScene == nil && finishingWindow.rootViewController == nil,
+    "finished interaction releases old context on next main turn")
+  passed.append("interactive-window-retirement-finish")
+
+  let cancellingOwner = Owner()
+  let cancellingWindow = transitionManager.window(for: cancellingOwner, level: .modal,
+    stackOrder: 1, blocking: true, appWindow: transitionApp)!
+  let cancelling = TestTransitionCoordinator()
+  transitionRoot.activeCoordinator = cancelling
+  transitionManager.entryRemoved(from: cancellingWindow)
+  cancelling.changeInteraction(to: false)
+  cancelling.changeInteraction(to: true)
+  await nextMainTurn()
+  try require(cancellingWindow.windowScene === scene && cancelling.subscriptions == 1,
+    "same coordinator reentry keeps context without duplicate subscription")
+  cancelling.changeInteraction(to: false, cancelled: true)
+  await nextMainTurn()
+  try require(cancellingWindow.windowScene == nil && cancellingWindow.rootViewController == nil,
+    "cancelled interaction releases old context")
+  passed.append("interactive-window-retirement-cancel-reentry")
+
+  let reopeningOwner = Owner()
+  let oldWindow = transitionManager.window(for: reopeningOwner, level: .modal,
+    stackOrder: 1, blocking: true, appWindow: transitionApp)!
+  let oldInteraction = TestTransitionCoordinator()
+  transitionRoot.activeCoordinator = oldInteraction
+  transitionManager.entryRemoved(from: oldWindow)
+  let newWindow = transitionManager.window(for: reopeningOwner, level: .modal,
+    stackOrder: 1, blocking: true, appWindow: transitionApp)!
+  let newInteraction = TestTransitionCoordinator()
+  oldInteraction.changeInteraction(to: false)
+  transitionRoot.activeCoordinator = newInteraction
+  await nextMainTurn()
+  try require(oldWindow.windowScene === scene && newWindow.windowScene === scene &&
+    newInteraction.subscriptions == 1, "new coordinator retains only old window lifetime")
+  newInteraction.changeInteraction(to: false)
+  await nextMainTurn()
+  try require(oldWindow.windowScene == nil && newWindow.windowScene === scene &&
+    newWindow.rootViewController != nil, "late callback does not release reopened owner")
+  transitionManager.entryRemoved(from: newWindow)
+  passed.append("interactive-window-retirement-owner-reuse")
+
+  let disconnectedOwner = Owner()
+  let disconnectedWindow = transitionManager.window(for: disconnectedOwner, level: .modal,
+    stackOrder: 1, blocking: true, appWindow: transitionApp)!
+  let disconnectedInteraction = TestTransitionCoordinator()
+  transitionRoot.activeCoordinator = disconnectedInteraction
+  transitionManager.entryRemoved(from: disconnectedWindow)
+  NotificationCenter.default.post(name: UIScene.didDisconnectNotification, object: scene)
+  try require(disconnectedWindow.windowScene == nil && disconnectedWindow.rootViewController == nil &&
+    disconnectedOwner.disconnects == 0, "scene disconnect drains retired-only window once")
+  disconnectedInteraction.changeInteraction(to: false)
+  await nextMainTurn()
+  try require(disconnectedOwner.disconnects == 0 && disconnectedWindow.rootViewController == nil,
+    "late interaction callback after disconnect is inert")
+  transitionApp.isHidden = true
+  transitionApp.rootViewController = nil
+  transitionApp.windowScene = nil
+  app.makeKey()
+  passed.append("interactive-window-retirement-scene-disconnect")
   return passed
 }