diff --git a/apps/meteor/client/components/message/content/urlPreviews/OEmbedHtmlPreview.tsx b/apps/meteor/client/components/message/content/urlPreviews/OEmbedHtmlPreview.tsx
index 483f553c01a2b..f2d24156858cf 100644
--- a/apps/meteor/client/components/message/content/urlPreviews/OEmbedHtmlPreview.tsx
+++ b/apps/meteor/client/components/message/content/urlPreviews/OEmbedHtmlPreview.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { Box } from '@rocket.chat/fuselage';
 import DOMPurify from 'dompurify';
+import { useMemo } from 'react';
 
 import OEmbedCollapsible from './OEmbedCollapsible';
 import type { OEmbedPreviewMetadata } from './OEmbedPreviewMetadata';
@@ -10,10 +11,14 @@ const purifyOptions = {
 	ALLOW_UNKNOWN_PROTOCOLS: true,
 };
 
-const OEmbedHtmlPreview = ({ html, ...props }: OEmbedPreviewMetadata) => (
-	<OEmbedCollapsible {...props}>
-		{html && <Box withRichContent dangerouslySetInnerHTML={{ __html: DOMPurify.sanitize(html, purifyOptions) }} />}
-	</OEmbedCollapsible>
-);
+const OEmbedHtmlPreview = ({ html, ...props }: OEmbedPreviewMetadata) => {
+	// Memoize the dangerouslySetInnerHTML object so its identity is stable across
+	// re-renders. React 19 re-applies innerHTML when this object is a new reference
+	// (even with an identical string), which reloads embedded iframes (e.g. YouTube)
+	// on every re-render — visible as a flicker on new messages / reactions.
+	const dangerous = useMemo(() => (html ? { __html: DOMPurify.sanitize(html, purifyOptions) } : undefined), [html]);
+
+	return <OEmbedCollapsible {...props}>{dangerous && <Box withRichContent dangerouslySetInnerHTML={dangerous} />}</OEmbedCollapsible>;
+};
 
 export default OEmbedHtmlPreview;
diff --git a/apps/meteor/client/contexts/EmojiPickerContext.ts b/apps/meteor/client/contexts/EmojiPickerContext.ts
index b79239441f188..f8af547a25b36 100644
--- a/apps/meteor/client/contexts/EmojiPickerContext.ts
+++ b/apps/meteor/client/contexts/EmojiPickerContext.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { createContext, useContext } from 'react';
+import { createContext, useContext, useMemo } from 'react';
 
 import type { EmojiPickerItem, CategoriesIndexes } from '../../app/emoji/client';
 
@@ -33,11 +33,13 @@ const useEmojiPickerContext = (): EmojiPickerContextValue => {
 	return context;
 };
 
-export const useEmojiPicker = () => ({
-	open: useEmojiPickerContext().open,
-	isOpen: useEmojiPickerContext().isOpen,
-	close: useEmojiPickerContext().close,
-});
+export const useEmojiPicker = () => {
+	const { open, isOpen, close } = useEmojiPickerContext();
+	// Stable identity: consumers (e.g. ChatAPI.emojiPicker) use this as a memo
+	// dependency, so returning a fresh object each render invalidates them and
+	// cascades re-renders across the whole message list.
+	return useMemo(() => ({ open, isOpen, close }), [open, isOpen, close]);
+};
 
 export const usePreviewEmoji = () => ({
 	emojiToPreview: useEmojiPickerContext().emojiToPreview,
diff --git a/apps/meteor/client/providers/EmojiPickerProvider/EmojiPickerProvider.tsx b/apps/meteor/client/providers/EmojiPickerProvider/EmojiPickerProvider.tsx
index 3fd2ca36844d6..a0cf63bbf683d 100644
--- a/apps/meteor/client/providers/EmojiPickerProvider/EmojiPickerProvider.tsx
+++ b/apps/meteor/client/providers/EmojiPickerProvider/EmojiPickerProvider.tsx
@@ -80,6 +80,8 @@ const EmojiPickerProvider = ({ children }: EmojiPickerProviderProps) => {
 		return setEmojiPicker(<EmojiPicker reference={ref} onClose={() => setEmojiPicker(null)} onPickEmoji={(emoji) => callback(emoji)} />);
 	}, []);
 
+	const close = useCallback(() => setEmojiPicker(null), []);
+
 	const handlePreview = useCallback(
 		(emoji: string, name: string) =>
 			setEmojiToPreview((preview) => {
@@ -96,7 +98,7 @@ const EmojiPickerProvider = ({ children }: EmojiPickerProviderProps) => {
 	const contextValue = useMemo(
 		(): ContextType<typeof EmojiPickerContext> => ({
 			isOpen: emojiPicker !== null,
-			close: () => setEmojiPicker(null),
+			close,
 			open,
 			emojiToPreview,
 			handlePreview,
@@ -117,6 +119,7 @@ const EmojiPickerProvider = ({ children }: EmojiPickerProviderProps) => {
 		[
 			emojiPicker,
 			open,
+			close,
 			emojiToPreview,
 			addRecentEmoji,
 			emojiListByCategory,
diff --git a/apps/meteor/client/views/room/MessageList/hooks/useKeepMountedMessages.ts b/apps/meteor/client/views/room/MessageList/hooks/useKeepMountedMessages.ts
index 01d0875ea7f6f..b7267446b7c36 100644
--- a/apps/meteor/client/views/room/MessageList/hooks/useKeepMountedMessages.ts
+++ b/apps/meteor/client/views/room/MessageList/hooks/useKeepMountedMessages.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,12 @@ import type { IMessage } from '@rocket.chat/core-typings';
 export const useKeepMountedMessages = (messages: IMessage[], canPreview: boolean = false): number[] => {
 	const offset = canPreview ? 1 : 0;
 	return messages.reduce<number[]>((acc, message, index) => {
-		if (message.files?.length && message.files.length > 0) {
+		// Keep mounted anything with an embed that reloads when re-mounted: file
+		// attachments (audio/video players) and URL previews (e.g. YouTube iframes).
+		// Otherwise virtua recycles them on scroll-to-bottom (new message / reaction
+		// growing a message) and the iframe flickers.
+		const hasUrlPreview = message.urls?.some((url) => Object.keys(url.meta ?? {}).length > 0 || !!url.headers) ?? false;
+		if ((message.files?.length ?? 0) > 0 || hasUrlPreview) {
 			acc.push(index + offset);
 		}
 		return acc;