diff --git a/crates/engine/src/commands.rs b/crates/engine/src/commands.rs
index 84fb43d7..aaa4353b 100644
--- a/crates/engine/src/commands.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/src/commands.rs
@@ -407,6 +407,31 @@ pub fn with_links(s: &Session, clips: &[ClipId]) -> Vec<ClipId> {
     out
 }
 
+/// The delta a trim of `clips` (a clip and its linked partners) can apply together: `delta`
+/// clamped by each one's media and neighbours.
+fn clamp_trim_linked(q: &filmcraft_project::Sequence, clips: &[ClipId], edge: Edge, mode: TrimMode, delta: Tick, ctx: &edit::EditCtx) -> Result<Tick> {
+    let mut d = delta;
+    for c in clips {
+        let x = edit::clamp_trim(q, *c, edge, mode, d, ctx)?;
+        if x.abs() < d.abs() {
+            d = x;
+        }
+    }
+    Ok(d)
+}
+
+/// The delta `timeline.trim` would apply for `delta`, without editing anything: the Timeline's
+/// trim drag shows this, so the edge stops at the end of the media or the neighbouring clip
+/// instead of following the pointer past it (#653).
+pub fn trim_delta(s: &Session, clip: ClipId, edge: Edge, mode: TrimMode, delta: Tick) -> Result<Tick> {
+    let q = s.active_sequence().ok_or(EngineError::NoSequence)?;
+    let durations = |id: ItemId| crate::media_duration(&s.project, &s.media, id);
+    let starts = |id: ItemId| crate::media_start(&s.project, id);
+    let mut next = s.project.next_id;
+    let ctx = edit::EditCtx { next_id: &mut next, media_duration: &durations, media_start: &starts, min_duration: q.settings.frame_rate.frame_duration() };
+    clamp_trim_linked(q, &with_links(s, &[clip]), edge, mode, delta, &ctx)
+}
+
 /// Sequence settings matching a media clip (New Sequence From Clip, New Sequence from an item):
 /// its frame size, rate and pixel aspect ratio (Interpret Footage's, else the file's), so a
 /// 1440 x 1080 clip with 4:3 pixels makes a 1440 x 1080 sequence that displays 16:9.
@@ -2248,13 +2273,7 @@ fn build() -> Vec<CommandSpec> {
                 let applied = s.edit_sequence(if mode == TrimMode::Ripple { "Ripple Trim" } else { "Trim" }, |q, ctx, st| {
                     let before = q.find_item(c).map(|(_, i)| i.range());
                     // clamp across all linked partners, then apply the common delta
-                    let mut dd = d;
-                    for c in &clips {
-                        let x = edit::clamp_trim(q, *c, edge, mode, dd, ctx)?;
-                        if x.abs() < dd.abs() {
-                            dd = x;
-                        }
-                    }
+                    let mut dd = clamp_trim_linked(q, &clips, edge, mode, d, ctx)?;
                     if mode == TrimMode::Ripple {
                         // the clip and its linked partners ripple as one edit
                         let mut group = vec![c];
diff --git a/crates/engine/src/trim_tests.rs b/crates/engine/src/trim_tests.rs
index 25735712..b003e48d 100644
--- a/crates/engine/src/trim_tests.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/src/trim_tests.rs
@@ -236,3 +236,21 @@ fn extend_to_playhead_moves_each_unequal_out_point_to_the_playhead() {
     assert_eq!(q.find_item(a).unwrap().1.end(), ph);
     assert_eq!(q.find_item(b).unwrap().1.end(), ph);
 }
+
+/// #653: the delta the Timeline previews while an edge is dragged is the one `timeline.trim`
+/// applies on release: dragging the last clip's Out edge far past the end of its media stops at
+/// the media's end instead of following the pointer.
+#[test]
+fn trim_delta_stops_at_the_end_of_the_media() {
+    let mut s = demo();
+    let last = *v1(&s).last().unwrap();
+    let clip = ClipId(last.0);
+    let far = Tick(3600 * filmcraft_time::TICKS_PER_SECOND);
+    let shown = commands::trim_delta(&s, clip, filmcraft_edit::Edge::Out, filmcraft_edit::TrimMode::Regular, far).unwrap();
+    assert!(Tick::ZERO < shown && shown < far, "clamped to the media left after the clip: {shown:?}");
+    let r = s.execute("timeline.trim", json!({"clip": last.0, "edge": "out", "mode": "regular", "delta": far.0})).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(r["delta"], json!(shown.0), "the preview and the trim agree");
+    let small = s.sequence_rate().frame_duration();
+    let back = commands::trim_delta(&s, clip, filmcraft_edit::Edge::Out, filmcraft_edit::TrimMode::Regular, -small).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(back, -small, "a trim within the media is not clamped");
+}
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/timeline.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/timeline.rs
index 9afd8825..d63163f4 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/timeline.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/timeline.rs
@@ -2119,7 +2119,9 @@ fn interact(app: &mut FilmcraftApp, ui: &mut egui::Ui, seq: &Sequence, layout: &
             Drag::Trim { clip, edge, mode, from, .. } => seq.find_item(clip).map(|(_, it)| {
                 let base = if edge == filmcraft_edit::Edge::In { it.start } else { it.end() };
                 let target = snap(app, seq, layout, rate.snap_nearest(base + (t_here - from)), &[clip]);
-                Drag::Trim { clip, edge, mode, delta: target - base, from }
+                // stop at the end of the media (or the neighbour), as the trim on release will (#653)
+                let delta = filmcraft_engine::commands::trim_delta(&app.session, clip, edge, mode, target - base).unwrap_or(target - base);
+                Drag::Trim { clip, edge, mode, delta, from }
             }),
             Drag::Remix { clip, from, .. } => seq.find_item(clip).map(|(_, it)| {
                 let target = rate.snap_nearest(it.end() + (t_here - from)).max(it.start + rate.frame_duration());
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/tests/timeline_trim_ui.rs b/crates/ui-egui/tests/timeline_trim_ui.rs
index bac77555..6bf76096 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/tests/timeline_trim_ui.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/tests/timeline_trim_ui.rs
@@ -299,6 +299,38 @@ fn dragging_a_caption_edge_inward_trims_it() {
     assert!(e1 < e0, "the caption's end moved in: {e0} → {e1}");
 }
 
+/// #653: an Out edge dragged far past the end of the clip's media stops there while the drag is
+/// still in progress, at the same place the trim lands on release. It used to follow the pointer
+/// past the media and then jump back when the button came up.
+#[test]
+fn an_edge_dragged_past_the_media_stops_at_its_end() {
+    use filmcraft_ui_egui::panels::timeline::Drag;
+    let mut d = Driver::demo();
+    let last = d.app().session.active_sequence().expect("sequence").video_tracks[0].items.last().expect("a clip on V1").id.0;
+    let (_, x1, y) = d.edges(last);
+    let (_, e0) = d.span(last);
+    let far = filmcraft_time::Tick(3600 * filmcraft_time::TICKS_PER_SECOND);
+    let limit = filmcraft_engine::commands::trim_delta(&d.app().session, ClipId(last), filmcraft_edit::Edge::Out, filmcraft_edit::TrimMode::Regular, far)
+        .expect("limit");
+    let (from, to) = (pos2(x1 - 3.0, y), pos2(x1 + 300.0, y));
+    let push = |d: &mut Driver, e: egui::Event| d.harness.input_mut().events.push(e);
+    push(&mut d, egui::Event::PointerMoved(from));
+    d.frames(1);
+    push(&mut d, egui::Event::PointerButton { pos: from, button: egui::PointerButton::Primary, pressed: true, modifiers: Default::default() });
+    d.frames(1);
+    for i in 1..=60 {
+        push(&mut d, egui::Event::PointerMoved(from + (to - from) * (i as f32 / 60.0)));
+        d.frames(1);
+    }
+    match &d.app().tl.drag {
+        Some(Drag::Trim { delta, .. }) => assert_eq!(*delta, limit, "the dragged edge stops at the end of the media"),
+        other => panic!("not trimming: {other:?}"),
+    }
+    push(&mut d, egui::Event::PointerButton { pos: to, button: egui::PointerButton::Primary, pressed: false, modifiers: Default::default() });
+    d.frames(2);
+    assert_eq!(d.span(last).1, e0 + limit.0, "released where it was shown");
+}
+
 /// Dragging a picture in the Trim Monitor must not deadlock: the shift bookkeeping used to call
 /// `drag_delta()` inside `data_mut()`, and both take egui's non-reentrant context write-lock, so
 /// the drag froze the whole app on its first recognised frame (the delta is read before locking