diff --git a/src/AcDream.App/Rendering/RetailChaseCamera.cs b/src/AcDream.App/Rendering/RetailChaseCamera.cs
index 0470311..79de8f4 100644
--- a/src/AcDream.App/Rendering/RetailChaseCamera.cs
+++ b/src/AcDream.App/Rendering/RetailChaseCamera.cs
@@ -143,19 +143,26 @@ public sealed class RetailChaseCamera : ICamera
         }
 
         // 5b. Spring-arm collision (A8.F). Retail SmartBox::update_viewer
-        //     (0x00453ce0) sweeps viewer_sphere from the head-pivot to the
-        //     desired eye and uses the stopped position. Keeps the eye out of
-        //     walls so the A8.F camera-cell + portal side-tests stay stable.
-        //     A null probe or disabled flag leaves the eye unchanged.
+        //     (0x00453ce0) keeps TWO states: viewer_sought_position (the damped
+        //     desired eye) and viewer (the published eye = set_viewer(curr_pos)).
+        //     The collision produces the PUBLISHED eye each frame but must NOT
+        //     feed back into the damped state — writing the clamped result into
+        //     _dampedEye makes next frame's lerp start from the wall and fight
+        //     the clamp, which shows up as visible oscillation/vibration when the
+        //     eye is pressed against a wall. So collide into a separate local and
+        //     leave _dampedEye as the clean, uncollided sought position.
+        Vector3 publishedEye = _dampedEye;
         if (CameraDiagnostics.CollideCamera && CollisionProbe is not null)
-            _dampedEye = CollisionProbe.SweepEye(pivotWorld, _dampedEye, cellId, selfEntityId);
+            publishedEye = CollisionProbe.SweepEye(pivotWorld, _dampedEye, cellId, selfEntityId);
 
-        // 6. Publish renderer surface.
-        Position = _dampedEye;
-        View     = Matrix4x4.CreateLookAt(_dampedEye, _dampedEye + _dampedForward, new Vector3(0f, 0f, 1f));
+        // 6. Publish renderer surface (from the collided eye; rotation stays the
+        //    smoothly-damped look direction toward the pivot).
+        Position = publishedEye;
+        View     = Matrix4x4.CreateLookAt(publishedEye, publishedEye + _dampedForward, new Vector3(0f, 0f, 1f));
 
-        // 7. Auto-fade translucency.
-        float d = Vector3.Distance(_dampedEye, pivotWorld);
+        // 7. Auto-fade translucency — uses the published (collided) eye so the
+        //    player fades once the eye is pulled in close.
+        float d = Vector3.Distance(publishedEye, pivotWorld);
         PlayerTranslucency = ComputeTranslucency(d);
     }
 
diff --git a/tests/AcDream.App.Tests/Rendering/RetailChaseCameraTests.cs b/tests/AcDream.App.Tests/Rendering/RetailChaseCameraTests.cs
index 325115b..8a3063b 100644
--- a/tests/AcDream.App.Tests/Rendering/RetailChaseCameraTests.cs
+++ b/tests/AcDream.App.Tests/Rendering/RetailChaseCameraTests.cs
@@ -531,4 +531,45 @@ public class RetailChaseCameraTests
         Assert.Equal(pulledIn, cam.Position);
         Assert.Equal(1f, cam.PlayerTranslucency, 3);
     }
+
+    // Probe that clamps the eye to a fixed point on the FIRST call, then
+    // releases (returns the requested eye unchanged) on later calls.
+    private sealed class ClampThenReleaseProbe : ICameraCollisionProbe
+    {
+        public int Calls;
+        public Vector3 ClampEye;
+        public Vector3 SweepEye(Vector3 pivot, Vector3 desiredEye, uint cellId, uint selfEntityId)
+        {
+            Calls++;
+            return Calls == 1 ? ClampEye : desiredEye;
+        }
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Update_CollisionDoesNotCorruptDampedState()
+    {
+        // Regression for the wall-press vibration: the sweep must NOT write its
+        // clamped result back into the damped "sought" eye (retail keeps
+        // viewer_sought_position separate from viewer). Frame 1 clamps the eye
+        // near the pivot; frame 2 releases. With the damp state kept clean, the
+        // published eye returns straight to the (constant) target on frame 2; if
+        // it were corrupted, frame 2 would only lerp ~7.5% back from the clamp
+        // and stay pinned near it.
+        CameraDiagnostics.CollideCamera = true;
+        var probe = new ClampThenReleaseProbe { ClampEye = new Vector3(0f, 0f, 2f) };
+        var cam = new RetailChaseCamera { CollisionProbe = probe };
+
+        void Step() => cam.Update(
+            playerPosition: Vector3.Zero, playerYaw: 0f, playerVelocity: Vector3.Zero,
+            isOnGround: true, contactPlaneNormal: Vector3.UnitZ, dt: 1f / 60f,
+            cellId: 0x100, selfEntityId: 0x5);
+
+        Step();  // frame 1: clamps to (0,0,2)
+        Step();  // frame 2: releases
+
+        // Constant pose → target eye ≈ (-2.5, 0, 2.25). Full recovery means
+        // Position.X is near the target (< -2), not pinned near the clamp (X≈0).
+        Assert.True(cam.Position.X < -2f,
+            $"published eye should fully recover to the target after release, got {cam.Position}");
+    }
 }