diff --git a/tests/Browser/CarouselTest.php b/tests/Browser/CarouselTest.php
index ddf8022d..9b45d8f1 100644
--- a/tests/Browser/CarouselTest.php
+++ b/tests/Browser/CarouselTest.php
@@ -34,11 +34,16 @@ class CarouselMorphProbe extends Component
 
 /**
  * A script run against one carousel of the showcase (0 multi-browse, 1 hero, 2 uncontained,
- * 3 full-screen), or of another page under `scope`, scrolled into view. `root`, `scroller` and
- * `items` are in scope, with `surface(i)`, `inset(i)` (the mask on each side of item i),
- * `snap(i)` (the scroll offset that brings item i into focus) and `at(i)`; the script's value is
- * the result. Pest retries a failing assertion and gives each attempt a second: keep scripts well
- * inside it.
+ * 3 multi-aspect, 4 full-screen), or of another page under `scope`, scrolled into view. `root`,
+ * `scroller` and `items` are in scope, with `surface(i)`, `inset(i)` (the mask on each side of
+ * item i), `open(i)` (item i is at the largest size any item has here), `snap(i)` (the scroll
+ * offset that brings item i into focus) and `at(i)`; the script's value is the result. Pest
+ * retries a failing assertion and gives each attempt a second: keep scripts well inside it.
+ *
+ * `open(i)` rather than a zero inset: M3's 16dp of content padding, the carousel's default since
+ * containment.md C-12, shrinks every keyline near the ends (Compose's
+ * createShiftedKeylineListForContentPadding), so a large item resting at the start or the end is
+ * masked by that share of the padding — 1.33px on each side in the showcase's first carousel.
  */
 function onCarousel(int $index, string $body, string $scope = '#carousel'): string
 {
@@ -51,6 +56,7 @@ function onCarousel(int $index, string $body, string $scope = '#carousel'): stri
             const size = parseFloat(root.style.getPropertyValue('--material-carousel-slot'))
             const surface = (i) => items[i].querySelector('[data-material-carousel-surface]')
             const inset = (i) => parseFloat(surface(i).style.getPropertyValue('--material-carousel-inset'))
+            const open = (i) => inset(i) - Math.min(...items.map((_, j) => inset(j))) < 0.5
             const snap = (i) => Math.min(Math.max(i * (size + gap) - parseFloat(items[i].style.scrollMarginInlineStart), 0), scroller.scrollWidth - scroller.clientWidth)
             const at = (i) => Math.abs(Math.abs(scroller.scrollLeft) - snap(i)) < 1.5
             const pause = (ms) => new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, ms))
@@ -73,7 +79,7 @@ it('masks items by their place between the keylines, and changes the large one a
     $page = carouselShowcase()
         ->assertNoJavaScriptErrors()
         ->assertScript(onCarousel(0, <<<'JS'
-            return size > 0 && inset(0) < 0.5 && inset(items.length - 1) > 0.5
+            return size > 0 && open(0) && ! open(items.length - 1)
                 && getComputedStyle(surface(0)).clipPath.startsWith('inset(')
             JS));
 
@@ -122,7 +128,7 @@ it('moves one item with the arrow keys, and to the ends with Home and End', func
         ->assertScript(onCarousel(0, 'return at(1)'));
 
     $page->keys(':focus', 'End')
-        ->assertScript(onCarousel(0, 'return Math.abs(scroller.scrollLeft - (scroller.scrollWidth - scroller.clientWidth)) < 1.5 && inset(items.length - 1) < 0.5 && root.querySelector(\'[aria-label="Next"]\').disabled'));
+        ->assertScript(onCarousel(0, 'return Math.abs(scroller.scrollLeft - (scroller.scrollWidth - scroller.clientWidth)) < 1.5 && open(items.length - 1) && root.querySelector(\'[aria-label="Next"]\').disabled'));
 
     $page->keys(':focus', 'Home')
         ->assertScript(onCarousel(0, 'return at(0)'));
@@ -141,11 +147,11 @@ it('snaps a scroll that stops between items onto an item', function () {
 
 it('brings a partly hidden item into focus when it is pressed', function () {
     $page = carouselShowcase()
-        ->assertScript(onCarousel(0, 'return inset(4) > 0.5'));
+        ->assertScript(onCarousel(0, 'return ! open(4)'));
 
     $page->script(onCarousel(0, 'items[4].querySelector(\'[data-material-carousel-content]\').click()'));
 
-    $page->assertScript(onCarousel(0, 'return inset(4) < 0.5 && scroller.scrollLeft > 0'));
+    $page->assertScript(onCarousel(0, 'return open(4) && scroller.scrollLeft > 0'));
 });
 
 it('scrolls instantly and leaves every item unmasked under reduced motion', function () {
@@ -183,11 +189,11 @@ it('mirrors in a right-to-left page', function () {
 
     $page = visit('/carousel-rtl-probe')->waitForEvent('networkidle')
         ->assertNoJavaScriptErrors()
-        ->assertScript(onCarousel(0, 'return size > 0 && at(0) && inset(0) < 0.5 && inset(items.length - 1) > 0.5', 'body'));
+        ->assertScript(onCarousel(0, 'return size > 0 && at(0) && open(0) && ! open(items.length - 1)', 'body'));
 
     $page->keys('[data-material-carousel-item] >> nth=0', 'ArrowLeft')
         ->assertScript(onCarousel(0, <<<'JS'
-            return scroller.scrollLeft < -1 && at(1) && inset(0) > 0.5 && inset(1) < 0.5
+            return scroller.scrollLeft < -1 && at(1) && ! open(0) && open(1)
                 && parseFloat(surface(0).style.getPropertyValue('--material-carousel-shift')) < 0
             JS, 'body'));