From f7a1d444376de5438802eca46bbe940259ed408e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Fred K. Schott" <622227+FredKSchott@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2024 12:31:36 -0800
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] remove forced paint

---
 packages/starlight/components/SidebarPersister.astro | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/starlight/components/SidebarPersister.astro b/packages/starlight/components/SidebarPersister.astro
index ae485c97b9f..e48584ce28b 100644
--- a/packages/starlight/components/SidebarPersister.astro
+++ b/packages/starlight/components/SidebarPersister.astro
@@ -56,12 +56,12 @@ declare global {
 	<slot />
 
 	<script is:inline>
-		(() => {
+		requestAnimationFrame(() => {
 			const scroller = document.getElementById('starlight__sidebar');
 			if (!window._starlightScrollRestore || !scroller) return;
 			scroller.scrollTop = window._starlightScrollRestore;
 			delete window._starlightScrollRestore;
-		})();
+		});
 	</script>
 </sl-sidebar-state-persist>
 

From 9faab8572a52f9596c7feb47e9b526427aa2d650 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Fred K. Schott" <622227+FredKSchott@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2024 12:33:12 -0800
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Create gorgeous-pugs-chew.md

---
 .changeset/gorgeous-pugs-chew.md | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 .changeset/gorgeous-pugs-chew.md

diff --git a/.changeset/gorgeous-pugs-chew.md b/.changeset/gorgeous-pugs-chew.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8e3f9181111
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/gorgeous-pugs-chew.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@astrojs/starlight": patch
+---
+
+Fix an issue where the scrollbar was causing a forced paint halfway through page render