diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index e78b47d0..4ad3944e 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ exclude = ["sites", "packages/blitz-wasm/guest", ".ps-observability", ".chuzz",
 resolver = "2"
 
 [workspace.package]
-version = "0.4.9"
+version = "0.4.10"
 license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"
 homepage = "https://github.com/pathscale/ps-blitz"
 repository = "https://github.com/pathscale/ps-blitz"
diff --git a/packages/blitz-dom/src/layout/damage.rs b/packages/blitz-dom/src/layout/damage.rs
index fd90a1e2..5d1afb2a 100644
--- a/packages/blitz-dom/src/layout/damage.rs
+++ b/packages/blitz-dom/src/layout/damage.rs
@@ -1022,7 +1022,23 @@ impl BaseDocument {
         };
         let mut hoisted = HoistedPaintChild::new(child_id, z_index, Position::Fixed);
         hoisted.position = position;
-        context.children.push(hoisted);
+        // Update in place, never append a second copy.
+        //
+        // This joins an ancestor context that is *already built*, so an
+        // incremental resolve that re-flushes this node reaches it again with
+        // the same child. Pushing unconditionally recorded the node twice, and
+        // two entries paint the same box twice: a hovered pill menu stacked its
+        // shadow, ~11.8k pixels darker each pass, with the DOM and layout still
+        // flat because the duplication is only in this paint list.
+        if let Some(existing) = context
+            .children
+            .iter_mut()
+            .find(|child| child.node_id == child_id)
+        {
+            *existing = hoisted;
+        } else {
+            context.children.push(hoisted);
+        }
         let mut context = self.nodes[host].stacking_context.take().unwrap();
         context.sort();
         context.compute_content_size(self);