diff --git a/packages/interact/docs/api/functions.md b/packages/interact/docs/api/functions.md
index c95a29ea..74c1635f 100644
--- a/packages/interact/docs/api/functions.md
+++ b/packages/interact/docs/api/functions.md
@@ -289,6 +289,8 @@ For `triggerType: 'repeat'`/`'alternate'`/`'state'`, manually apply the starting
 
 For `viewProgress` interactions, `generate()` emits `view-timeline` declarations and `animation-timeline`/`animation-range` custom properties. This produces fully native scroll-driven animations that work before JavaScript loads — the browser drives the animation based on the element's scroll position, with zero JS overhead.
 
+A named view timeline is visible only to its source element and its descendants, so when an effect targets another element (e.g. a sibling of the source), `generate()` also adds the trigger's timeline name to a `:root { timeline-scope: ... }` rule.
+
 ### Examples
 
 #### Entrance animation (viewEnter)
diff --git a/packages/interact/src/core/css.ts b/packages/interact/src/core/css.ts
index 524fe113..47862bad 100644
--- a/packages/interact/src/core/css.ts
+++ b/packages/interact/src/core/css.ts
@@ -79,6 +79,8 @@ type GenerateContext = {
   targetsMap: TargetsMap;
   keyframesMap: Map<string, Keyframe[]>;
   keyframeSlots: Map<string, string>;
+  // view timelines whose targets may be outside their source's subtree
+  scopedTimelines: string[];
   // only collecting the effects' list entries for getKeyframeSlots, without generating CSS
   collectSlots: boolean;
   useFirstChild: boolean;
@@ -582,6 +584,12 @@ function parseInteraction(
     ),
   );
 
+  // a named view timeline is visible only in its source's subtree, so targets outside it, e.g. siblings,
+  // need its name scoped to the page (visited holds the source and every target)
+  if (trigger === 'viewProgress' && visited.size > 1) {
+    ctx.scopedTimelines.push(`--${motionTrigger.id}`);
+  }
+
   visited.forEach((targetHash) => endInteraction(ctx.targetsMap.get(targetHash)!));
 
   return cssRules;
@@ -614,6 +622,7 @@ function parseConfig(
     targetsMap: new Map<string, TargetContext>(),
     keyframesMap: new Map<string, Keyframe[]>(),
     keyframeSlots: collectSlots ? new Map() : getKeyframeSlots(config),
+    scopedTimelines: [],
     collectSlots,
     useFirstChild,
     plugins,
@@ -673,6 +682,7 @@ export function _generate(
   listsRule: string;
   keyframes: Map<string, Keyframe[]>;
   atProperty: string[];
+  timelineScopeRule: string;
 } {
   const { ctx, cssRules } = parseConfig(config, normalizeGenerateOptions(options));
 
@@ -696,7 +706,12 @@ export function _generate(
     timelineLength,
   );
 
-  return { keyframes: ctx.keyframesMap, atProperty, cssRules, listsRule };
+  // trigger names are unique in a config, and a target inside its source still resolves the source's timeline first
+  const timelineScopeRule = ctx.scopedTimelines.length
+    ? `:root {\n  timeline-scope: ${ctx.scopedTimelines.join(', ')};\n}`
+    : '';
+
+  return { keyframes: ctx.keyframesMap, atProperty, cssRules, listsRule, timelineScopeRule };
 }
 /**
  * Generates CSS for animations from an InteractConfig.
@@ -714,13 +729,17 @@ export function _generate(
  * @returns string containing all of the CSS rules needed for time-based animations
  */
 export function generate(config: InteractConfig, options?: boolean | GenerateOptions): string {
-  const { cssRules, keyframes, atProperty, listsRule } = _generate(config, options);
+  const { cssRules, keyframes, atProperty, listsRule, timelineScopeRule } = _generate(
+    config,
+    options,
+  );
 
   const css = [
     ...atProperty,
     ...[...keyframes.entries()].map(([name, keyframes]) => keyframesToCSS(name, keyframes)),
     ...cssRules.map(CSSRuleToString),
     listsRule,
+    timelineScopeRule,
   ].filter((rule) => rule);
 
   return css.join('\n');
diff --git a/packages/interact/test/css.spec.ts b/packages/interact/test/css.spec.ts
index c60cee55..a9052249 100644
--- a/packages/interact/test/css.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/interact/test/css.spec.ts
@@ -1906,6 +1906,39 @@ describe('css._generate', () => {
       expect(desktop).toMatchObject({ name: '--vw-tmln-1', value: '--trigger-1' });
       expect(desktop.media).toContain('min-width: 1024px');
     });
+
+    // a named view timeline is only visible to its source's subtree, so a sibling target can't find it
+    it('scopes the timelines that animate other elements to the page', () => {
+      const css = generate({
+        interactions: [
+          { key: 'a', trigger: 'viewProgress', effects: [{ ...scrub('sibling'), key: 'b' }] },
+          { key: 'a', trigger: 'viewProgress', effects: [scrub('self')] },
+          {
+            key: 'c',
+            selector: '.source',
+            trigger: 'viewProgress',
+            effects: [{ ...scrub('other'), selector: '.target' }],
+          },
+        ],
+      });
+
+      expect(css).toContain(':root {\n  timeline-scope: --trigger-0, --trigger-2;\n}');
+    });
+
+    it('does not scope the timelines that only animate their source', () => {
+      const css = generate({
+        interactions: [
+          {
+            key: 'a',
+            trigger: 'viewProgress',
+            effects: [scrub('in'), { ...scrub('out'), key: 'a' }],
+          },
+          { key: 'a', trigger: 'viewEnter', effects: [{ ...scrub('enter'), key: 'b' }] },
+        ],
+      });
+
+      expect(css).not.toContain('timeline-scope');
+    });
   });
 
   describe('_generate endpoint edge cases', () => {