diff --git a/.claude-plugin/marketplace.json b/.claude-plugin/marketplace.json
index db18638..89e0b1f 100644
--- a/.claude-plugin/marketplace.json
+++ b/.claude-plugin/marketplace.json
@@ -5,14 +5,14 @@
   },
   "metadata": {
     "description": "Personal marketplace hosting the Showreel plugin",
-    "version": "1.4.0"
+    "version": "1.4.1"
   },
   "plugins": [
     {
       "name": "showreel",
       "source": "./showreel",
       "description": "Your UI, on its showreel \u2014 annotated screenshots, feature demos, flow walkthrough recordings (gif/mp4), terminal captures and before/after composites in one command each. Self-contained Chromium motor, deterministic placement, self-validated output; no MCP, cheap on tokens.",
-      "version": "1.4.0"
+      "version": "1.4.1"
     }
   ]
 }
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 0fec64c..d6eb772 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -25,11 +25,11 @@ jobs:
         run: cd showreel/scripts && node ensure-deps.mjs
       - name: ffmpeg for the end-to-end render
         run: sudo apt-get update -q && sudo apt-get install -y -q ffmpeg
-      - name: audit the showcase roster (off-screen / broken-anchor gate)
+      - name: audit the showcase roster (off-screen / anchor / zoom-churn gate — strict)
         run: |
           node showreel/scripts/audit-roster.mjs \
             "file://$PWD/assets-src/demo/index.html?gate=fail" \
             assets-src/showcase-steps.json \
-            --width 1280 --height 676
+            --width 1280 --height 676 --strict
       - name: end-to-end offline render (full pipeline, needs chromium + ffmpeg)
         run: node --test showreel/scripts/__tests__/integration-render.test.mjs
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d8ff842..9a05cd3 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -9,6 +9,32 @@ Showreel turns "show me" into a finished visual — annotated screenshots, isola
 demos, flow GIFs, terminal recordings and before/after composites — driven entirely
 by CSS selectors and JSON steps.
 
+## [1.4.1] — 2026-07-06
+
+### Fixed
+- **Showcase re-rendered — zoom churn removed.** The v1.4.0 showcase re-zoomed the
+  deploy card three times (it framed `#deploy-panel`, pulled out, framed
+  `#rollback-countdown` — which lives *inside* the panel — pulled out, then framed
+  `#deploy-panel` again). Now one held camera on `#deploy-panel` carries the whole
+  deploy flow (block → auto-rollback → re-run → ship), swapping only the annotation
+  and the state colour. Authoring fix, not the motor. The committed source
+  (`assets-src/showcase-steps.json`) is replaced with this didactic flow too, so
+  the shipped mp4 and its source stay in sync — re-rendering reproduces the fixed
+  reel, not the old feature-cram roster.
+
+### Changed
+- **Zoom-churn audit now catches nested re-framing.** The audit only flagged
+  re-framing the *same selector* after a `camera:"out"`; it missed re-framing a
+  nested / containing element of the same card (the exact bug above). The live
+  audit (`auditRosterLive`) now runs the DOM `contains` check both ways, so
+  framing a child — or the parent — of a card framed a beat ago is flagged as
+  `zoom-churn`. Warning, never fatal — churn is a craft issue, not broken output,
+  and the `contains` heuristic can flag a motivated return, so blocking every
+  render would be wrong. CI now audits the committed showcase roster in
+  `--strict`, so any warning (churn included) fails the build: the project
+  enforces zero-churn on its own artifacts while everyone else keeps
+  warn-by-default plus opt-in `--strict`. +1 test (573 total).
+
 ## [1.4.0] — 2026-07-06
 
 ### Changed
diff --git a/assets-src/showcase-steps.json b/assets-src/showcase-steps.json
index a8babfc..9b668db 100644
--- a/assets-src/showcase-steps.json
+++ b/assets-src/showcase-steps.json
@@ -1,501 +1,30 @@
 [
-  {
-    "modal": "One deploy between you and production.",
-    "wait": 2500
-  },
-  {
-    "scrollTo": "#pipeline",
-    "wait": 800
-  },
-  {
-    "screen": "Lumen — deploy console",
-    "accent": "#5B8CFF",
-    "wait": 1200
-  },
-  {
-    "camera": {
-      "sel": ".status-dot",
-      "zoom": 2
-    },
-    "accent": "#5B8CFF",
-    "wait": 1300
-  },
-  {
-    "pulse": "#live-dot",
-    "highlight": "#live-dot",
-    "note": "Live and healthy",
-    "wait": 1600
-  },
-  {
-    "camera": "out",
-    "wait": 700
-  },
-  {
-    "camera": {
-      "sel": "#pipeline",
-      "zoom": 2
-    },
-    "accent": "#5B8CFF",
-    "wait": 1300
-  },
-  {
-    "progress": "#stage-deploy",
-    "note": "Rollout fills as the stage completes",
-    "wait": 2000
-  },
-  {
-    "marks": [
-      {
-        "sel": "#stage-build .stage-name",
-        "badge": "1",
-        "text": "Compile & cache the image"
-      },
-      {
-        "sel": "#stage-test .stage-name",
-        "badge": "2",
-        "text": "Run the full test suite"
-      },
-      {
-        "sel": "#stage-push .stage-name",
-        "badge": "3",
-        "text": "Push to the registry"
-      },
-      {
-        "sel": "#stage-deploy .stage-name",
-        "badge": "4",
-        "text": "Release to production"
-      }
-    ],
-    "glossary": true,
-    "stagger": 420,
-    "wait": 5200
-  },
-  {
-    "camera": "out",
-    "wait": 700
-  },
-  {
-    "camera": {
-      "sel": ".bar-actions",
-      "zoom": 2
-    },
-    "accent": "#5B8CFF",
-    "wait": 1300
-  },
-  {
-    "click": "#menu",
-    "wait": 800
-  },
-  {
-    "camera": {
-      "sel": "#drawer",
-      "zoom": 1.6
-    },
-    "wait": 1300
-  },
-  {
-    "highlight": "#drawer",
-    "note": "Every workspace action lives here",
-    "wait": 1500
-  },
-  {
-    "camera": {
-      "sel": ".bar-actions",
-      "zoom": 2
-    },
-    "wait": 1300
-  },
-  {
-    "click": "#menu",
-    "wait": 800
-  },
-  {
-    "camera": "out",
-    "wait": 700
-  },
-  {
-    "camera": {
-      "sel": "#metrics",
-      "zoom": 2
-    },
-    "accent": "#FFB84D",
-    "wait": 1300
-  },
-  {
-    "marks": [
-      {
-        "sel": "#p95 .value",
-        "badge": "1",
-        "text": "p95 request latency"
-      },
-      {
-        "sel": "#rps .value",
-        "badge": "2",
-        "text": "Sustained throughput"
-      }
-    ],
-    "glossary": true,
-    "stagger": 360,
-    "wait": 5220
-  },
-  {
-    "camera": "out",
-    "wait": 700
-  },
-  {
-    "camera": {
-      "sel": "#topology",
-      "zoom": 2
-    },
-    "accent": "#8b5cf6",
-    "wait": 1300
-  },
-  {
-    "spotlight": "#svc-api",
-    "note": "Routes production checkout traffic",
-    "wait": 1500
-  },
-  {
-    "camera": "out",
-    "wait": 700
-  },
-  {
-    "follow": 2,
-    "glide": "#svc-api",
-    "accent": "#8b5cf6",
-    "wait": 1500
-  },
-  {
-    "glide": "#svc-db",
-    "note": "Traffic flows edge to data",
-    "wait": 1700
-  },
-  {
-    "camera": "out",
-    "wait": 700
-  },
-  {
-    "camera": {
-      "sel": "#history"
-    },
-    "accent": "#5B8CFF",
-    "wait": 1300
-  },
-  {
-    "blur": "#email-1248",
-    "wait": 800
-  },
-  {
-    "redact": "#email-1247",
-    "wait": 800
-  },
-  {
-    "highlight": "#email-1246",
-    "note": "Only owners see full addresses",
-    "wait": 1500
-  },
-  {
-    "hide": "#row-1246",
-    "note": "Filter out archived deploys",
-    "wait": 1500
-  },
-  {
-    "camera": "out",
-    "wait": 900
-  },
-  {
-    "modal": "Same console, light surface.",
-    "fade": 600,
-    "wait": 1700
-  },
-  {
-    "click": "#theme",
-    "wait": 2200
-  },
-  {
-    "camera": {
-      "sel": "#invite-form"
-    },
-    "accent": "#2B6CE6",
-    "wait": 1300
-  },
-  {
-    "fill": "#iname",
-    "text": "Dana Reyes",
-    "delay": 45,
-    "wait": 700
-  },
-  {
-    "fill": "#iemail",
-    "text": "dana@acme.co",
-    "delay": 70,
-    "wait": 700
-  },
-  {
-    "select": "#region",
-    "option": "São Paulo",
-    "wait": 700
-  },
-  {
-    "click": "#invite",
-    "wait": 800
-  },
-  {
-    "note": "Invite sent — pending until accepted",
-    "rect": "#invite-toast",
-    "wait": 1500
-  },
-  {
-    "camera": "out",
-    "wait": 700
-  },
-  {
-    "camera": {
-      "sel": "#deploy-panel",
-      "zoom": 2
-    },
-    "accent": "#D03A3A",
-    "wait": 1300
-  },
-  {
-    "click": "#deploy",
-    "wait": 900
-  },
-  {
-    "shake": "#deploy",
-    "wait": 700
-  },
-  {
-    "highlight": "#rollback-countdown",
-    "note": "Auto-rollback armed while it recovers",
-    "wait": 1500
-  },
-  {
-    "camera": {
-      "sel": "#pipeline",
-      "zoom": 2
-    },
-    "accent": "#D03A3A",
-    "wait": 1300
-  },
-  {
-    "highlight": "#stage-deploy",
-    "note": "Health gate blocked this release",
-    "wait": 1500
-  },
-  {
-    "camera": {
-      "sel": "#deploy-panel",
-      "zoom": 2
-    },
-    "accent": "#1E9E6A",
-    "wait": 1300
-  },
-  {
-    "countdown": {
-      "sel": "#deploy",
-      "n": 3
-    },
-    "note": "Fix verified — shipping now",
-    "wait": 1500
-  },
-  {
-    "click": "#deploy",
-    "wait": 700
-  },
-  {
-    "camera": {
-      "sel": "#pipeline",
-      "zoom": 2
-    },
-    "wait": 1300
-  },
-  {
-    "orbit": "#stage-deploy .stage-ring",
-    "wait": 850
-  },
-  {
-    "trail": {
-      "from": "#stage-push",
-      "to": "#stage-deploy"
-    },
-    "wait": 800
-  },
-  {
-    "glow": "#stage-deploy .stage-ico",
-    "wait": 800
-  },
-  {
-    "camera": {
-      "sel": "#stage-deploy",
-      "zoom": 3
-    },
-    "accent": "#1E9E6A",
-    "wait": 1300
-  },
-  {
-    "checkmark": "#stage-deploy .badge",
-    "wait": 800
-  },
-  {
-    "flash": "#stage-deploy .chip",
-    "wait": 600
-  },
-  {
-    "camera": {
-      "sel": "#deploy-panel",
-      "zoom": 2.4
-    },
-    "accent": "#1E9E6A",
-    "wait": 1300
-  },
-  {
-    "highlight": "#deploy",
-    "note": "Shipped to production",
-    "wait": 1500
-  },
-  {
-    "confetti": "#deploy",
-    "wait": 900
-  },
-  {
-    "camera": {
-      "sel": "#deploy-log",
-      "zoom": 2
-    },
-    "wait": 1300
-  },
-  {
-    "typeon": "#log-body",
-    "wait": 500
-  },
-  {
-    "highlight": "#log-approval",
-    "note": "Last gate before it ships",
-    "wait": 1600
-  },
-  {
-    "camera": "out",
-    "wait": 700
-  },
-  {
-    "camera": {
-      "sel": "#topology",
-      "zoom": 2
-    },
-    "accent": "#7C4DD6",
-    "wait": 1300
-  },
-  {
-    "ripple": "#svc-cdn",
-    "wait": 800
-  },
-  {
-    "camera": "out",
-    "wait": 700
-  },
-  {
-    "camera": {
-      "sel": "#metrics",
-      "zoom": 2
-    },
-    "accent": "#7C4DD6",
-    "wait": 1300
-  },
-  {
-    "sparkline": "#p95 .spark",
-    "wait": 950
-  },
-  {
-    "countup": "#rps .value",
-    "wait": 900
-  },
-  {
-    "camera": "out",
-    "wait": 700
-  },
-  {
-    "camera": {
-      "sel": "#history"
-    },
-    "accent": "#1E9E6A",
-    "wait": 1300
-  },
-  {
-    "reveal": "#row-new",
-    "note": "Logged to deploy history",
-    "wait": 1500
-  },
-  {
-    "glossary": {
-      "id": "shipped",
-      "title": "This release",
-      "items": [
-        {
-          "badge": 1,
-          "text": "Auth tokens",
-          "color": "#2B6CE6"
-        }
-      ]
-    },
-    "wait": 2200
-  },
-  {
-    "live": {
-      "append": {
-        "badge": 2,
-        "text": "Edge cache",
-        "color": "#16a34a"
-      }
-    },
-    "wait": 2000
-  },
-  {
-    "live": {
-      "append": {
-        "badge": 3,
-        "text": "Audit log",
-        "color": "#a855f7"
-      }
-    },
-    "wait": 2200
-  },
-  {
-    "camera": "out",
-    "wait": 700
-  },
-  {
-    "camera": {
-      "sel": "#deploy-detail"
-    },
-    "accent": "#2B6CE6",
-    "wait": 1300
-  },
-  {
-    "kenburns": ".artifact-preview",
-    "wait": 500
-  },
-  {
-    "inset": ".detail__commit .sha",
-    "note": "Exact commit that shipped",
-    "wait": 1500
-  },
-  {
-    "camera": "out",
-    "wait": 700
-  },
-  {
-    "click": "#theme",
-    "wait": 1400
-  },
-  {
-    "camera": "out",
-    "wait": 700
-  },
-  {
-    "modal": "Blocked, fixed, shipped — safely.",
-    "accent": "#34D399",
-    "fade": 800,
-    "wait": 2800
-  }
-]
\ No newline at end of file
+  { "screen": "Lumen · Deploy console", "accent": "#3b82f6", "wait": 1200 },
+
+  { "camera": { "sel": "#pipeline" }, "accent": "#3b82f6", "wait": 1300 },
+  { "marks": [
+      { "sel": "#stage-build", "badge": "1", "text": "Build cached" },
+      { "sel": "#stage-test", "badge": "2", "text": "312 tests pass" },
+      { "sel": "#stage-deploy", "badge": "3", "text": "Deploy waits for approval" }
+    ], "glossary": true, "stagger": 360, "wait": 5580 },
+  { "camera": "out", "wait": 700 },
+
+  { "camera": { "sel": "#deploy-panel", "zoom": 2 }, "accent": "#f59e0b", "wait": 1300 },
+  { "glide": "#deploy", "wait": 400 },
+  { "click": "#deploy", "wait": 800 },
+  { "spotlight": "#deploy", "note": "First deploy hits the health gate", "accent": "#ef4444", "wait": 1500 },
+  { "highlight": "#rollback-countdown b", "note": "Auto-rollback protects production", "accent": "#ef4444", "wait": 1500 },
+  { "click": "#deploy", "note": "Re-run clears the gate and ships", "accent": "#22c55e", "wait": 1500 },
+  { "camera": "out", "wait": 700 },
+
+  { "camera": { "sel": "#pipeline" }, "accent": "#22c55e", "wait": 1300 },
+  { "progress": ".deploy-progress i", "note": "Rollout, region by region", "wait": 1500 },
+  { "camera": "out", "wait": 700 },
+
+  { "camera": { "sel": "#topology" }, "accent": "#8b5cf6", "wait": 1300 },
+  { "highlight": "#svc-api .st", "note": "Every service reports live", "wait": 1500 },
+  { "camera": "out", "wait": 700 },
+
+  { "camera": "out", "accent": "#22c55e", "wait": 700 },
+  { "modal": "One gate, one re-run — shipped to production.", "wait": 2500 }
+]
diff --git a/assets/showcase-poster.png b/assets/showcase-poster.png
index 0b46906..f56f2d4 100644
Binary files a/assets/showcase-poster.png and b/assets/showcase-poster.png differ
diff --git a/assets/showcase.mp4 b/assets/showcase.mp4
index c7ceac0..e69e139 100644
Binary files a/assets/showcase.mp4 and b/assets/showcase.mp4 differ
diff --git a/showreel/.claude-plugin/plugin.json b/showreel/.claude-plugin/plugin.json
index d0599f0..3a4673d 100644
--- a/showreel/.claude-plugin/plugin.json
+++ b/showreel/.claude-plugin/plugin.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "showreel",
-  "version": "1.4.0",
+  "version": "1.4.1",
   "description": "Your UI, on its showreel \u2014 annotated screenshots, feature demos, flow walkthrough recordings (gif/mp4), terminal captures and before/after composites in one command each. Self-contained Chromium motor, deterministic placement, self-validated output; no MCP, cheap on tokens.",
   "author": {
     "name": "Renan"
diff --git a/showreel/scripts/__tests__/rec-steps.test.mjs b/showreel/scripts/__tests__/rec-steps.test.mjs
index 5d13784..d76b612 100644
--- a/showreel/scripts/__tests__/rec-steps.test.mjs
+++ b/showreel/scripts/__tests__/rec-steps.test.mjs
@@ -687,3 +687,45 @@ test('auditRosterLive gates a MISSING scrollTo target (silent-wrong-scene)', asy
   assert.equal((await auditRosterLive([{ zoom: '#far-down' }], bridge)).errors.length, 0);
   assert.equal((await auditRosterLive([{ zoom: 'out' }], bridge)).errors.length, 0); // "out" is not a selector
 });
+
+test('auditRosterLive warns on zoom-churn: re-framing a nested element of the same card across an "out"', async () => {
+  // #rollback-countdown lives INSIDE #deploy-panel — framing the panel, pulling
+  // out, then framing a child (or back to the panel) re-zooms the same card. The
+  // static auditScenes misses this (the selectors differ); the live DOM `contains`
+  // check catches it. WARN, never fatal.
+  const inside = { '#deploy-panel': ['#deploy', '#rollback-countdown'] };
+  const bridge = {
+    measure: async () => ({ visible: true, w: 200, h: 80, cx: 400, cy: 300 }),
+    click: async () => {}, fill: async () => {}, select: async () => {}, settle: async () => {},
+    contains: async (host, sel) => (inside[host] || []).includes(sel),
+  };
+  const churn = [
+    { camera: { sel: '#deploy-panel', zoom: 2 } },
+    { spotlight: '#deploy' },
+    { camera: 'out' },
+    { camera: { sel: '#rollback-countdown', zoom: 2 } }, // nested in the panel just left
+    { highlight: '#rollback-countdown' },
+    { camera: 'out' },
+    { camera: { sel: '#deploy-panel', zoom: 2 } },       // back to the same card
+  ];
+  const churnWarns = (await auditRosterLive(churn, bridge)).warnings.filter((x) => x.kind === 'zoom-churn');
+  assert.equal(churnWarns.length, 2, 'both nested re-frames flagged');
+  assert.match(churnWarns[0].message, /same card/);
+
+  // held camera (no "out" between the beats on one panel) — no churn
+  const held = [
+    { camera: { sel: '#deploy-panel', zoom: 2 } },
+    { spotlight: '#deploy' },
+    { highlight: '#rollback-countdown' },
+    { camera: 'out' },
+  ];
+  assert.equal((await auditRosterLive(held, bridge)).warnings.filter((x) => x.kind === 'zoom-churn').length, 0);
+
+  // two genuinely different cards across an "out" — a motivated move, not churn
+  const twoCards = [
+    { camera: { sel: '#deploy-panel', zoom: 2 } },
+    { camera: 'out' },
+    { camera: { sel: '#topology', zoom: 2 } },
+  ];
+  assert.equal((await auditRosterLive(twoCards, bridge)).warnings.filter((x) => x.kind === 'zoom-churn').length, 0);
+});
diff --git a/showreel/scripts/audit-roster.mjs b/showreel/scripts/audit-roster.mjs
index 7f1df76..8bedfba 100644
--- a/showreel/scripts/audit-roster.mjs
+++ b/showreel/scripts/audit-roster.mjs
@@ -55,7 +55,8 @@ const page = await (await browser.newContext({ viewport: { width: VW, height: VH
 await page.goto(url, { waitUntil: 'domcontentloaded' });
 await page.waitForTimeout(350);
 const bridge = makeAuditBridge(page, VW, VH);
-const { errors } = await auditRosterLive(steps, bridge);
+const { errors, warnings: liveWarnings } = await auditRosterLive(steps, bridge);
+warnings.push(...liveWarnings);
 await browser.close();
 
 // 3. offline conflicts (informational unless the take is offline)
diff --git a/showreel/scripts/rec-steps.mjs b/showreel/scripts/rec-steps.mjs
index 7fbefcc..3124b9e 100644
--- a/showreel/scripts/rec-steps.mjs
+++ b/showreel/scripts/rec-steps.mjs
@@ -793,17 +793,30 @@ export function makeAuditBridge(page, vw, vh) {
 // Returns { errors: [{step, kind, message}] }.
 export async function auditRosterLive(steps, bridge) {
   const errors = [];
-  if (!Array.isArray(steps)) return { errors };
+  const warnings = [];
+  if (!Array.isArray(steps)) return { errors, warnings };
   const measure = bridge.measure;
   let framed = null;          // current camera selector or null (full page)
   let followActive = false;
+  let leftFramed = null;      // selector framed just before the most recent camera:"out"
   for (let i = 0; i < steps.length; i++) {
     const s = steps[i];
     if (!s || typeof s !== 'object') continue;
-    if ('screen' in s || 'modal' in s) { framed = null; followActive = false; continue; }
+    if ('screen' in s || 'modal' in s) { framed = null; followActive = false; leftFramed = null; continue; }
     const cam = stepCamera(s);
-    if (cam === 'out') { framed = null; followActive = false; }
+    if (cam === 'out') { if (framed) leftFramed = framed; framed = null; followActive = false; }
     else if (cam) {
+      // zoom-churn (live, DOM-aware): re-framing the SAME CARD after pulling out —
+      // a nested/containing element (a sub-region of what was just framed) reads as
+      // a redundant zoom-out/zoom-in on one region. auditScenes catches the exact
+      // same-selector case statically; only the live DOM sees that (e.g.)
+      // "#rollback-countdown" is inside "#deploy-panel" framed a beat ago. Warn.
+      if (leftFramed && leftFramed !== cam && bridge.contains) {
+        const sameCard = (await bridge.contains(leftFramed, cam)) || (await bridge.contains(cam, leftFramed));
+        if (sameCard) warnings.push({ step: i + 1, kind: 'zoom-churn',
+          message: `camera re-frames "${cam}" — the same card it framed as "${leftFramed}" a beat ago (one is nested in the other), with a "camera":"out" between. The viewer reads a redundant zoom-out/zoom-in on one region. Hold the zoom on the parent panel and swap the annotation instead of pulling "camera":"out".` });
+      }
+      leftFramed = null;
       framed = cam; followActive = false;
       // zoom-reach gate: a camera asking to magnify (zoom>1) an element too
       // wide/tall to enlarge without cropping is silently clamped to ~1x by the
@@ -869,7 +882,7 @@ export async function auditRosterLive(steps, bridge) {
       if (typeof s.select === 'string' && typeof s.option === 'string') { await bridge.select(s.select, s.option); }
     } catch { /* driving is best-effort; a failed click just leaves state as-is */ }
   }
-  return { errors };
+  return { errors, warnings };
 }
 
 // Sidecar step label: the human note when present, otherwise the take's first