diff --git a/packages/engine/src/services/frameCapture-staticDedupVerifyDensity.test.ts b/packages/engine/src/services/frameCapture-staticDedupVerifyDensity.test.ts
index 69df1fdfb0..125772694c 100644
--- a/packages/engine/src/services/frameCapture-staticDedupVerifyDensity.test.ts
+++ b/packages/engine/src/services/frameCapture-staticDedupVerifyDensity.test.ts
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ describe("verifyStaticFramesSafe catches drift the old fixed-point density would
     expect(result.badFrame).toBe(changeAt);
   });
 
-  it("uses silent verification seeks and restores the playhead to frame zero", async () => {
+  it("uses event-enabled verification seeks and restores the playhead to frame zero", async () => {
     const seekCalls: Array<{ t: number; options?: { suppressEvents?: boolean } }> = [];
     const page = {
       evaluate: vi.fn(async (fn: (tt: number) => void, t: number) => {
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ describe("verifyStaticFramesSafe catches drift the old fixed-point density would
 
     expect(result.outcome).toBe("verified");
     expect(seekCalls.map((call) => Math.round(call.t * fps))).toEqual([0, 3, 0]);
-    expect(seekCalls.every((call) => call.options?.suppressEvents === true)).toBe(true);
+    expect(seekCalls.every((call) => call.options?.suppressEvents === false)).toBe(true);
   });
 
   it("disarms within a wall-clock budget instead of spending minutes verifying a long static run", async () => {
diff --git a/packages/engine/src/services/frameCapture.ts b/packages/engine/src/services/frameCapture.ts
index f4b038dcae..1fafae7111 100644
--- a/packages/engine/src/services/frameCapture.ts
+++ b/packages/engine/src/services/frameCapture.ts
@@ -2736,6 +2736,13 @@ export async function computeStaticFrameSet(
     let hasTimelineCall = false;
     function walk(tl: AnyTween, offset: number): void {
       if (typeof tl.getChildren !== "function") return;
+      // A timeline with an onUpdate callback can drive motion without any
+      // visible tween (e.g. setting x/y from Math.random inside onUpdate).
+      // Mark its entire span as animated so those frames are never deduped.
+      if (typeof tl.vars?.onUpdate === "function") {
+        const total = typeof tl.totalDuration === "function" ? tl.totalDuration() : 0;
+        if (total > 0) intervals.push({ start: offset, end: offset + total });
+      }
       for (const child of tl.getChildren(false, true, true)) {
         const start = offset + (typeof child.startTime === "function" ? child.startTime() : 0);
         const single = typeof child.duration === "function" ? child.duration() : 0;
@@ -3054,8 +3061,9 @@ interface StaticVerificationDependencies {
 
 /**
  * Prepare an isolated page for static-frame verification. Verification seeks
- * intentionally visit frames out of capture order, so they must never mutate
- * the page that will later be captured sequentially.
+ * intentionally visit frames out of capture order on a SEPARATE page that is
+ * never used for the real capture — out-of-order event-callback side effects
+ * are contained to this disposable page and cannot corrupt sequential capture.
  */
 export async function createStaticVerificationPage(session: CaptureSession): Promise<Page> {
   const page = await session.browser.newPage();
@@ -3167,7 +3175,7 @@ export async function verifyStaticFramesSafe(
           __hf?: { seek?: (t: number, options?: { suppressEvents?: boolean }) => void };
         }
       ).__hf;
-      if (hf && typeof hf.seek === "function") hf.seek(tt, { suppressEvents: true });
+      if (hf && typeof hf.seek === "function") hf.seek(tt, { suppressEvents: false });
     }, t);
   };
   const hardCap = Math.max(