diff --git a/Features/Backup/BackupView.swift b/Features/Backup/BackupView.swift
index eb3dc81..8246264 100644
--- a/Features/Backup/BackupView.swift
+++ b/Features/Backup/BackupView.swift
@@ -681,15 +681,20 @@ struct BackupView: View {
             }
             .padding(.bottom, 4)
 
-            cascadingArrows
-                .frame(height: 16)
-                .padding(.bottom, 8)
-                .opacity(ringPage == 0 ? 1 : 0)
-
-            circleStatusRow
-                .padding(.horizontal, AppTheme.hPad)
-                .padding(.bottom, 10)
-                .opacity(ringPage == 0 ? 1 : 0)
+            // Fixed-height container — guarantees identical Y for all pages
+            ZStack(alignment: .top) {
+                if ringPage == 0 {
+                    VStack(spacing: 0) {
+                        cascadingArrows
+                            .frame(height: 16)
+                            .padding(.bottom, 8)
+                        circleStatusRow
+                            .padding(.horizontal, AppTheme.hPad)
+                            .padding(.bottom, 10)
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+            .frame(height: 66)
         }
         // Pull zone floats above the ring on all pages
         .overlay(alignment: .top) {