diff --git a/render-wasm/src/main.rs b/render-wasm/src/main.rs
index 9f298c3900..9bcf0529ed 100644
--- a/render-wasm/src/main.rs
+++ b/render-wasm/src/main.rs
@@ -461,6 +461,23 @@ pub extern "C" fn set_modifiers_start() -> Result<()> {
     Ok(())
 }
 
+/// Toggle the drag-overlay fast path. When enabled (default), the
+/// renderer bypasses the tile walker during interactive transforms by
+/// compositing cached snapshots on top of a hole-punched atlas. Turn
+/// OFF to fall back to the legacy per-tile walk (useful to isolate
+/// regressions or for screenshots).
+#[no_mangle]
+#[wasm_error]
+pub extern "C" fn set_drag_overlay_enabled(enabled: bool) -> Result<()> {
+    with_state_mut!(state, {
+        state.render_state.options.set_drag_overlay(enabled);
+        if !enabled {
+            state.render_state.drag_overlay = None;
+        }
+    });
+    Ok(())
+}
+
 /// Leave interactive transform mode and cancel any pending async
 /// render scheduled under it. The caller is responsible for triggering
 /// a final full-quality render (typically via `_render`) once the
@@ -473,6 +490,7 @@ pub extern "C" fn set_modifiers_end() -> Result<()> {
         let opts = &mut state.render_state.options;
         opts.set_fast_mode(false);
         opts.set_interactive_transform(false);
+        state.render_state.drag_overlay = None;
         state.render_state.cancel_animation_frame();
         performance::end_measure!("set_modifiers_end");
     });
diff --git a/render-wasm/src/render.rs b/render-wasm/src/render.rs
index 6272d8d9a3..240bc16a0a 100644
--- a/render-wasm/src/render.rs
+++ b/render-wasm/src/render.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 mod debug;
+pub mod drag_overlay;
 mod fills;
 pub mod filters;
 mod fonts;
@@ -334,6 +335,14 @@ pub(crate) struct RenderState {
     /// Cleared at the beginning of a render pass; set to true after we clear Cache the first
     /// time we are about to blit a tile into Cache for this pass.
     pub cache_cleared_this_render: bool,
+    /// Fast-path state for interactive drag / resize / rotate gestures.
+    /// `None` outside gestures. When populated, the walker excludes the
+    /// shapes in `shape_ids` while rebuilding the atlas backdrop, and the
+    /// hot render path blits the cached snapshots on top of the
+    /// hole-punched atlas in a single pass. See `drag_overlay` module
+    /// docs for the full flow. Disabled entirely when
+    /// `options.is_drag_overlay()` is `false`.
+    pub drag_overlay: Option<drag_overlay::DragOverlay>,
 }
 
 pub fn get_cache_size(viewbox: Viewbox, scale: f32, interest: i32) -> skia::ISize {
@@ -407,6 +416,7 @@ impl RenderState {
             preview_mode: false,
             export_context: None,
             cache_cleared_this_render: false,
+            drag_overlay: None,
         })
     }
 
@@ -2604,6 +2614,19 @@ impl RenderState {
 
             is_empty = false;
 
+            // Drag-overlay hole-punch: while the overlay is being built (snapshots
+            // captured but the backdrop atlas not yet refreshed), skip every node
+            // that is part of the selection so the atlas stores a clean backdrop
+            // without the dragged shapes. Exports and already-ready overlays must
+            // render every node normally.
+            if !export {
+                if let Some(overlay) = self.drag_overlay.as_ref() {
+                    if !overlay.backdrop_ready && overlay.shape_ids.contains(&node_id) {
+                        continue;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+
             let Some(element) = tree.get(&node_id) else {
                 // The shape isn't available yet (likely still streaming in from WASM).
                 // Skip it for this pass; a subsequent render will pick it up once present.
diff --git a/render-wasm/src/render/options.rs b/render-wasm/src/render/options.rs
index 40a3125ccd..4128a03fb4 100644
--- a/render-wasm/src/render/options.rs
+++ b/render-wasm/src/render/options.rs
@@ -22,6 +22,13 @@ pub struct RenderOptions {
     /// keeps per-frame flushing enabled (unlike pan/zoom, where
     /// `render_from_cache` drives target presentation).
     interactive_transform: bool,
+    /// When ON, interactive transforms take a fast overlay path: the
+    /// selected shapes are snapshotted once at gesture start, the atlas
+    /// is hole-punched below them, and per-frame we blit the cached
+    /// backdrop + snapshots with the current modifier matrix instead of
+    /// walking the tile tree. Safe to toggle OFF to fall back to the
+    /// tile-walker path.
+    drag_overlay: bool,
     /// Minimum on-screen size (CSS px at 1:1 zoom) above which vector antialiasing is enabled.
     pub antialias_threshold: f32,
     pub viewport_interest_area_threshold: i32,
@@ -37,6 +44,7 @@ impl Default for RenderOptions {
             dpr: None,
             fast_mode: false,
             interactive_transform: false,
+            drag_overlay: true,
             antialias_threshold: ANTIALIAS_THRESHOLD,
             viewport_interest_area_threshold: VIEWPORT_INTEREST_AREA_THRESHOLD,
             max_blocking_time_ms: MAX_BLOCKING_TIME_MS,
@@ -76,6 +84,17 @@ impl RenderOptions {
         self.interactive_transform = enabled;
     }
 
+    /// Drag overlay is a fast path taken while `interactive_transform`
+    /// is active: selected shapes are cached once and composited over a
+    /// hole-punched atlas backdrop, bypassing the tile walker entirely.
+    pub fn is_drag_overlay(&self) -> bool {
+        self.drag_overlay
+    }
+
+    pub fn set_drag_overlay(&mut self, enabled: bool) {
+        self.drag_overlay = enabled;
+    }
+
     /// True only when the viewport is the one being moved (pan/zoom)
     /// and the dedicated `render_from_cache` path owns Target
     /// presentation. In this mode `process_animation_frame` must not