diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 41472b72..e7e06981 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.1.0/).
 - **Five more bundled theme families** ([#401](https://github.com/raiseCatError/notMyShell/issues/401)): Ayu (Dark, Mirage, Light), Kanagawa (Wave, Dragon, Lotus), Everforest (Dark, Light), Flexoki (Dark, Light) and Night Owl (Night Owl, Light Owl), with colors copied exactly from each project's MIT-licensed source at a recorded revision. They theme NMSh's own prompt fills and chrome only; the terminal's own colors and configuration are never changed. Existing theme ids and saved choices are unchanged, and Lavender stays the default. Theme Studio's Built-in list gains `/` to filter by name, family, or `dark`/`light`.
 - **`/track`** keeps one live result of a finite command in the transcript, refreshed in place ([#393](https://github.com/raiseCatError/notMyShell/issues/393)). `/track df -h` or `/track --every 5s -- docker system df` writes the command once, then shows a status row (`live · every 5s · updated 13:49:25 · exit 0`, a failing exit, a timeout, paused, stale, refreshing) and the latest result under it, with a stable height. The shell stays free; nothing accumulates per refresh, and find, selection and `/copy` never include the live rows. `/track copy` copies the latest result, `/track refresh`, `pause`, `resume` and `stop` control it, and stopping leaves the last result in the transcript once. Samples run `sh -c` from the starting directory with your shell's PATH (not its aliases or functions), never overlap, and are bounded (200 kB, a timeout, at most 8 trackers); destructive and unknown commands are refused or need a Yes, as for `/watch`. Trackers stop with the window that started them. `/watch` keeps its manager and its behavior; both share one scheduler, which gains stricter interval parsing, refusals for substitutions, background jobs and heredocs, UTF-8-safe bounded capture, visible timeouts and a stop grace period (from draft #394).
 
+### Changed
+
+- **Up and Down step through history one command at a time, however many lines a command has** ([#389](https://github.com/raiseCatError/notMyShell/issues/389)). Once Up has recalled a command, each Up or Down moves to the next older or newer command, even when the recalled one spans several lines or wraps; before, a recalled five-line command took five extra presses to pass. Typing, pasting, deleting, moving the caret or selecting in a recalled command makes it a draft again, where Up and Down move between its lines as before, and Down past the newest command restores exactly what you had typed. Editing a fresh multi-line draft is unchanged.
+
 ### Fixed
 
 - Multi-line progress displays that redraw their own rows (cursor up and erase line, as concurrent downloads and container pulls do) now update in place instead of leaving a copy of every frame in the transcript ([#388](https://github.com/raiseCatError/notMyShell/issues/388)). A program can redraw only its own recent rows, at most a screen height up, never NMSh's lines or earlier commands; `/copy` copies the final rows once. Rows are the terminal's rows: a line wider than the window counts as the rows it occupies, so a display that redraws over its own wrapped line no longer erases the log lines above it at narrow widths. A status row an installer reserves below a scroll region is not written into the log. Absolute cursor positioning is not mapped.
diff --git a/src/app/TerminalApp.ts b/src/app/TerminalApp.ts
index 62148e4a..ebc45cc2 100644
--- a/src/app/TerminalApp.ts
+++ b/src/app/TerminalApp.ts
@@ -480,6 +480,8 @@ export class TerminalApp {
   private readonly historyService = new HistoryService();
   /** Shell-style Up/Down recall in the ordinary composer. Frontend-local; never persisted. */
   private readonly composerHistory = new ComposerHistory();
+  /** The composer shows an entry recalled by Up/Down and the person has done nothing else since (#389). */
+  private historyBrowsing = false;
   /**
    * What was submitted in this NMSh session, for recall only. NMSh slash
    * commands live here and nowhere else: never zsh, Atuin or other history.
@@ -2409,6 +2411,9 @@ export class TerminalApp {
       if (this.running) { this.running.stoppedAt = Date.now(); this.session.write('\u001A'); this.runningDraft = undefined; this.answerSent(); }
       return;
     }
+    // Anything but Up/Down (typing, pasting, deleting, moving the caret, selecting) makes a recalled command a draft:
+    // Up/Down move within it again, and the next recall starts a fresh snapshot (#389).
+    if (key.kind !== 'up' && key.kind !== 'down') this.historyBrowsing = false;
     if (key.kind === 'selectAll') {
       if (!this.running) this.editor.selectAll();
       return;
@@ -2486,8 +2491,7 @@ export class TerminalApp {
       else this.selectedSuggestion = (this.selectedSuggestion + 1) % suggestions.length;
     } else if (key.kind === 'up' && isSlash && !searchSurface && suggestions.length > 0 && this.leaveSlashMenu()) {
       // Left the slash menu; fall through to history recall below.
-      const {columns} = this.dimensions();
-      if (!this.editor.moveUp(this.inputColumns(columns), this.railInputPrefix(columns)) && this.composerHistoryEligible()) this.recallHistory('previous');
+      this.historyStep('up');
     } else if (key.kind === 'complete') {
       const action = tabCompletionAction(this.shellSuggestions.length, isSlash ? suggestions.length : 0);
       if (action === 'shell-suggestion') {
@@ -2587,22 +2591,20 @@ export class TerminalApp {
     else if (key.kind === 'selectWordLeft') this.editor.selectWordLeft();
     else if (key.kind === 'selectWordRight') this.editor.selectWordRight();
     else if (key.kind === 'up') {
-      const {columns} = this.dimensions();
       // Spatial focus: the shelf sits above the composer. Only an already visible shelf, from a completely idle
       // composer; a hidden shelf is never revealed by ↑, which stays shell history.
       if (this.composerIdle() && !this.composerHistory.active && this.shelfShown()) { this.shelf.focused = true; this.shelf.selected = 0; this.render(); return; }
       // Then the background task bar (only from an idle composer, only when tasks are shown), then history.
       if (this.enterBackgroundBar(key)) return;
-      if (!this.editor.moveUp(this.inputColumns(columns), this.railInputPrefix(columns)) && this.composerHistoryEligible()) this.recallHistory('previous');
+      this.historyStep('up');
     } else if (key.kind === 'selectUp') {
       const {columns} = this.dimensions();
       if (this.enterBackgroundBar(key)) return;
       this.editor.selectUp(this.inputColumns(columns), this.railInputPrefix(columns));
     } else if (key.kind === 'down') {
-      const {columns} = this.dimensions();
       // At the newest, empty composer ↓ has nothing to do: it reveals the agent shelf (↑ then focuses it).
       if (!this.editor.text && !this.composerHistory.active && this.agents.sessions.length && !this.running) { this.revealShelf(); this.render(); return; }
-      if (!this.editor.moveDown(this.inputColumns(columns), this.railInputPrefix(columns)) && this.composerHistoryEligible()) this.recallHistory('next');
+      this.historyStep('down');
     } else if (key.kind === 'selectDown') {
       const {columns} = this.dimensions();
       this.editor.selectDown(this.inputColumns(columns), this.railInputPrefix(columns));
@@ -2691,10 +2693,30 @@ export class TerminalApp {
       : this.composerHistory.next(current);
     if (text === undefined) return;
     this.editor.replaceText(text);
+    // Past the newest entry the draft returns and browsing ends; otherwise the composer shows a recalled entry.
+    this.historyBrowsing = this.composerHistory.active;
     this.selectedSuggestion = 0;
     this.shellSuggestions = [];
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Up/Down in the shell composer (#389). While it shows an unchanged recalled entry, each press is one history entry,
+   * however many explicit or wrapped rows the entry has. Otherwise the caret moves between visual rows first, and
+   * crossing the first or last row enters or leaves history, as for any draft.
+   */
+  private historyStep(direction: 'up' | 'down'): void {
+    const eligible = this.composerHistoryEligible();
+    if (this.historyBrowsing && eligible && this.composerHistory.showing(this.editor.text)) {
+      this.recallHistory(direction === 'up' ? 'previous' : 'next');
+      return;
+    }
+    this.historyBrowsing = false;
+    const {columns} = this.dimensions();
+    const moved = direction === 'up' ? this.editor.moveUp(this.inputColumns(columns), this.railInputPrefix(columns))
+      : this.editor.moveDown(this.inputColumns(columns), this.railInputPrefix(columns));
+    if (!moved && eligible) this.recallHistory(direction === 'up' ? 'previous' : 'next');
+  }
+
   private async fetchSuggestions(): Promise<void> {
     const input = this.editor.text;
     if (!this.directorySearchActive && this.directoryQuery !== undefined) {
diff --git a/tests/composerHistory.test.ts b/tests/composerHistory.test.ts
index 72609fbd..a055c54c 100644
--- a/tests/composerHistory.test.ts
+++ b/tests/composerHistory.test.ts
@@ -147,15 +147,88 @@ test('composer: multiline drafts move by line first, then enter and leave histor
   } finally { stop(app); }
 });
 
-test('composer: a recalled multiline command navigates its own lines before older history', () => {
+test('composer (#389): a recalled multiline command is one history step; Up and Down move entry by entry', () => {
+  const {app, text} = historyApp(['echo oldest', 'echo older', 'printf 1\nprintf 2\nprintf 3\nprintf 4\nprintf 5', 'echo newest']);
+  try {
+    app['onInput'](UP);
+    assert.equal(text(), 'echo newest');
+    app['onInput'](UP);
+    assert.equal(text(), 'printf 1\nprintf 2\nprintf 3\nprintf 4\nprintf 5', 'the five-line entry, recalled whole');
+    app['onInput'](UP);
+    assert.equal(text(), 'echo older', 'one Up past it, not five');
+    app['onInput'](DOWN);
+    assert.equal(text(), 'printf 1\nprintf 2\nprintf 3\nprintf 4\nprintf 5', 'one Down back to it');
+    app['onInput'](DOWN);
+    assert.equal(text(), 'echo newest', 'and one Down past it');
+    app['onInput'](UP);
+    app['onInput'](UP);
+    app['onInput'](UP);
+    app['onInput'](UP);
+    assert.equal(text(), 'echo oldest');
+    app['onInput'](UP);
+    assert.equal(text(), 'echo oldest', 'oldest: no wrap');
+    for (let index = 0; index < 4; index++) app['onInput'](DOWN);
+    assert.equal(text(), '', 'Down past the newest restores the empty draft');
+    assert.equal(app['composerHistory'].active, false);
+  } finally { stop(app); }
+});
+
+test('composer (#389): a recalled command wider than the composer is one step too (soft-wrapped rows)', () => {
+  const long = `echo ${'x'.repeat(200)}`;
+  const {app, text} = historyApp(['echo older', long]);
+  try {
+    app['onInput'](UP);
+    assert.equal(text(), long);
+    app['onInput'](UP);
+    assert.equal(text(), 'echo older', 'not one Up per wrapped row');
+    app['onInput'](DOWN);
+    assert.equal(text(), long);
+  } finally { stop(app); }
+});
+
+test('composer (#389): editing, moving the caret, selecting or pasting in a recalled command ends browsing', () => {
+  const multi = 'printf a\nprintf b\nprintf c';
+  const cases: Array<[string, (app: TerminalApp) => void, string]> = [
+    ['typing', app => app['onInput']('x'), 'printf a\nprintf b\nprintf cx'],
+    ['moving the caret', app => app['handleKey']({kind: 'left'}), multi],
+    ['moving a word', app => app['handleKey']({kind: 'wordLeft'}), multi],
+    ['going to the line start', app => app['handleKey']({kind: 'lineHome'}), multi],
+    ['selecting', app => app['handleKey']({kind: 'selectLeft'}), multi],
+    ['pasting', app => app['onInput']('\u001b[200~ y\u001b[201~'), 'printf a\nprintf b\nprintf c y'],
+  ];
+  for (const [name, act, expected] of cases) {
+    const {app, text} = historyApp(['echo older', multi]);
+    try {
+      app['onInput'](UP);
+      assert.equal(text(), multi, `${name}: recalled`);
+      act(app);
+      assert.equal(text(), expected, `${name}: the action itself`);
+      app['onInput'](UP);
+      assert.equal(text(), expected, `${name}: Up moves within the text again, not to an older entry`);
+      assert.notEqual(text(), 'echo older');
+    } finally { stop(app); }
+  }
+});
+
+test('composer (#389): Down past the newest restores the exact unsent draft, multiline and caret included', () => {
   const {app, text} = historyApp(['echo older', 'printf a\nprintf b']);
   try {
+    app['onInput']('first');
+    app['onInput']('\n');
+    app['onInput']('second');
+    app['handleKey']({kind: 'bufferEnd'});
+    app['onInput'](UP);
+    assert.equal(text(), 'first\nsecond', 'Up inside a fresh multiline draft moves the caret first');
     app['onInput'](UP);
     assert.equal(text(), 'printf a\nprintf b');
     app['onInput'](UP);
-    assert.equal(text(), 'printf a\nprintf b', 'moved to the first line of the recalled command');
+    assert.equal(text(), 'echo older', 'browsing: one step per entry');
+    app['onInput'](DOWN);
+    app['onInput'](DOWN);
+    assert.equal(text(), 'first\nsecond', 'the exact draft');
+    assert.equal(app['composerHistory'].active, false);
     app['onInput'](UP);
-    assert.equal(text(), 'echo older');
+    assert.equal(text(), 'first\nsecond', 'the restored draft is a draft again: Up moves within it');
   } finally { stop(app); }
 });
 
diff --git a/tests/composerHistoryRunning.test.ts b/tests/composerHistoryRunning.test.ts
index 68db7fbe..c9e07074 100644
--- a/tests/composerHistoryRunning.test.ts
+++ b/tests/composerHistoryRunning.test.ts
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ test('composer history: slash suggestions still yield Up; a recalled command ope
   } finally { f.dispose(); }
 });
 
-test('composer history: multiline drafts move by line first; a recalled multiline command still reaches older history and restores the draft', () => {
+test('composer history: multiline drafts move by line first; a recalled multiline command is one step (#389) and restores the draft', () => {
   const f = fixture(['echo older', 'printf a\nprintf b']);
   try {
     f.begin('sleep 12');
@@ -267,8 +267,7 @@ test('composer history: multiline drafts move by line first; a recalled multilin
     f.app['onInput'](UP);
     assert.equal(f.text(), 'printf a\nprintf b', 'the multiline entry is recalled as one command');
     f.app['onInput'](UP);
-    f.app['onInput'](UP);
-    assert.equal(f.text(), 'echo older', 'navigation still reaches older entries');
+    assert.equal(f.text(), 'echo older', 'one Up reaches the older entry');
     f.app['onInput'](DOWN);
     assert.equal(f.text(), 'printf a\nprintf b', 'Down steps newer, entry by entry');
     f.app['onInput'](DOWN);