diff --git a/src/AcDream.App/Rendering/Selection/RetailSelectionScene.cs b/src/AcDream.App/Rendering/Selection/RetailSelectionScene.cs
index b9e7082a..963b3e85 100644
--- a/src/AcDream.App/Rendering/Selection/RetailSelectionScene.cs
+++ b/src/AcDream.App/Rendering/Selection/RetailSelectionScene.cs
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ internal sealed class RetailSelectionScene :
     private readonly HashSet<PartKey> _buildingKeys = new();
     private FrustumPlanes? _viewFrustum;
     private ICurrentRenderSelectionObserver? _currentRenderSceneObserver;
+    private bool _frameOpen;
 
     private readonly record struct PartKey(uint LocalEntityId, int PartIndex, uint GfxObjId);
 
@@ -66,6 +67,7 @@ internal sealed class RetailSelectionScene :
     public void Reset()
     {
         _currentRenderSceneObserver?.AbortSelectionFrame();
+        _frameOpen = false;
         _building.Clear();
         _published.Clear();
         _buildingKeys.Clear();
@@ -75,6 +77,13 @@ internal sealed class RetailSelectionScene :
 
     public void BeginFrame()
     {
+        if (_frameOpen)
+        {
+            throw new InvalidOperationException(
+                "The retail selection scene cannot begin a second frame before completing or aborting the first.");
+        }
+
+        _frameOpen = true;
         _building.Clear();
         _buildingKeys.Clear();
         _viewFrustum = null;
@@ -95,6 +104,12 @@ internal sealed class RetailSelectionScene :
         uint gfxObjId,
         Matrix4x4 partWorld)
     {
+        // WbDrawDispatcher is also shared by sealed CreatureMode-style UI
+        // viewports (paperdoll and appraisal). Those draws occur after the
+        // normal-world selection transaction has published and must never
+        // enter the world picking product.
+        if (!_frameOpen)
+            return;
         if (entity.ServerGuid == 0u)
             return;
 
@@ -124,6 +139,13 @@ internal sealed class RetailSelectionScene :
 
     public void CompleteFrame()
     {
+        if (!_frameOpen)
+        {
+            throw new InvalidOperationException(
+                "The retail selection scene cannot complete without an open frame.");
+        }
+
+        _frameOpen = false;
         (_published, _building) = (_building, _published);
         _currentRenderSceneObserver?.CompleteSelectionFrame();
     }
@@ -132,6 +154,10 @@ internal sealed class RetailSelectionScene :
     /// completely published selection product.</summary>
     public void AbortFrame()
     {
+        if (!_frameOpen)
+            return;
+
+        _frameOpen = false;
         _currentRenderSceneObserver?.AbortSelectionFrame();
         _building.Clear();
         _buildingKeys.Clear();
diff --git a/tests/AcDream.App.Tests/Rendering/RetailSelectionSceneTests.cs b/tests/AcDream.App.Tests/Rendering/RetailSelectionSceneTests.cs
index 88ed009a..dd32ad9c 100644
--- a/tests/AcDream.App.Tests/Rendering/RetailSelectionSceneTests.cs
+++ b/tests/AcDream.App.Tests/Rendering/RetailSelectionSceneTests.cs
@@ -94,6 +94,32 @@ public sealed class RetailSelectionSceneTests
         Assert.Empty(oracle.SelectionParts);
     }
 
+    [Fact]
+    public void PrivateViewportPartsOutsideWorldFrame_DoNotEnterPickingOrReferee()
+    {
+        var oracle = new CurrentRenderSceneOracle();
+        var scene = CreateScene();
+        scene.SetCurrentRenderSceneObserver(oracle);
+        var world = Entity(localId: 49u, serverGuid: 0x5000_0049u);
+        var privateViewport =
+            Entity(localId: 50u, serverGuid: 0x5000_0050u);
+        Publish(scene, world);
+
+        scene.AddVisiblePart(
+            privateViewport,
+            partIndex: 0,
+            gfxObjId: 0x0100_0001u,
+            Matrix4x4.CreateTranslation(0f, 0f, -5f));
+
+        RetailSelectionHit? hit = PickCenter(scene);
+        Assert.NotNull(hit);
+        Assert.Equal(world.Id, hit.Value.LocalEntityId);
+        CurrentRenderSelectionFingerprint fingerprint =
+            Assert.Single(oracle.SelectionParts);
+        Assert.Equal(world.Id, fingerprint.LocalEntityId);
+        Assert.Equal(1, oracle.Snapshot.SelectionPartCount);
+    }
+
     private static RetailSelectionScene CreateScene(
         RetailSelectionLightingPulse? pulse = null)
     {
diff --git a/tests/AcDream.App.Tests/Streaming/LandblockPresentationPipelineTests.cs b/tests/AcDream.App.Tests/Streaming/LandblockPresentationPipelineTests.cs
index 8835ed7e..c6be6df5 100644
--- a/tests/AcDream.App.Tests/Streaming/LandblockPresentationPipelineTests.cs
+++ b/tests/AcDream.App.Tests/Streaming/LandblockPresentationPipelineTests.cs
@@ -900,7 +900,8 @@ public sealed class LandblockPresentationPipelineTests
             nearRadius: 0,
             farRadius: 0,
             onLandblockLoaded: _ => liveRecoveryCalls++,
-            ensureEnvCellMeshes: _ => replayCalls++);
+            ensureEnvCellMeshes: _ => replayCalls++,
+            workBudgetOptions: GenerousWorkBudget());
 
         Assert.Throws<InvalidOperationException>(() => controller.Tick(0x60, 0x60));
         Assert.True(state.IsNearTier(landblockId));