diff --git a/apps/portal/src/features/landing-page/hooks/useInfiniteCarousel.ts b/apps/portal/src/features/landing-page/hooks/useInfiniteCarousel.ts
index 5b45a3b3..226b6186 100644
--- a/apps/portal/src/features/landing-page/hooks/useInfiniteCarousel.ts
+++ b/apps/portal/src/features/landing-page/hooks/useInfiniteCarousel.ts
@@ -48,10 +48,13 @@ export function useInfiniteCarousel<T>({ items }: { items: T[] }) {
   const startAuto = useCallback(() => {
     if (autoRef.current) clearInterval(autoRef.current);
     autoRef.current = setInterval(() => {
-      setTrackIndex(prev => prev + 1);
+      setTrackIndex(prev => {
+        if (prev <= 0 || prev >= total + 1) return prev;
+        return prev + 1;
+      });
       setIsTransitioning(true);
     }, AUTO_INTERVAL);
-  }, []);
+  }, [total]);
 
   const stopAuto = useCallback(() => {
     if (autoRef.current) {
@@ -65,15 +68,22 @@ export function useInfiniteCarousel<T>({ items }: { items: T[] }) {
     return stopAuto;
   }, [startAuto, stopAuto]);
 
-  const handleTransitionEnd = useCallback(() => {
-    if (trackIndex >= total + 1) {
-      setIsTransitioning(false);
-      setTrackIndex(1);
-    } else if (trackIndex <= 0) {
-      setIsTransitioning(false);
-      setTrackIndex(total);
-    }
-  }, [trackIndex, total]);
+  const handleTransitionEnd = useCallback(
+    (e: React.TransitionEvent) => {
+      // Only respond to the track's own transform transition,
+      // not bubbled events from child slide transitions (scale/opacity/filter)
+      if (e.target !== e.currentTarget || e.propertyName !== "transform") return;
+
+      if (trackIndex >= total + 1) {
+        setIsTransitioning(false);
+        setTrackIndex(1);
+      } else if (trackIndex <= 0) {
+        setIsTransitioning(false);
+        setTrackIndex(total);
+      }
+    },
+    [trackIndex, total]
+  );
 
   useEffect(() => {
     if (isTransitioning) return;
@@ -83,11 +93,15 @@ export function useInfiniteCarousel<T>({ items }: { items: T[] }) {
 
   const navigate = useCallback(
     (updater: number | ((prev: number) => number)) => {
-      setTrackIndex(updater);
+      setTrackIndex(prev => {
+        // Block navigation while at a clone position (snap-back pending)
+        if (prev <= 0 || prev >= total + 1) return prev;
+        return typeof updater === "function" ? updater(prev) : updater;
+      });
       setIsTransitioning(true);
       startAuto();
     },
-    [startAuto]
+    [startAuto, total]
   );
 
   const goTo = useCallback((i: number) => navigate(i + 1), [navigate]);