diff --git a/src/motion/progress.rs b/src/motion/progress.rs
index 19ad489..910b6d9 100644
--- a/src/motion/progress.rs
+++ b/src/motion/progress.rs
@@ -75,14 +75,10 @@ impl ProgressBar {
         }
     }
 
-    /// What has loaded ahead of the value, drawn fainter.
+    /// What has loaded ahead of the value, drawn fainter; none when it lies behind, as after a seek.
     pub fn buffer(mut self, buffer: f32) -> Self {
         let value = self.value.expect("an indeterminate bar has no buffer");
-        assert!(
-            checked(buffer, "buffer") >= value,
-            "buffer {buffer} is behind {value}"
-        );
-        self.buffer = Some(buffer);
+        self.buffer = (checked(buffer, "buffer") > value).then_some(buffer);
         self
     }
 
@@ -287,11 +283,17 @@ impl RenderOnce for ProgressRing {
 mod tests {
     use gpui::div;
 
-    use super::ProgressRing;
+    use super::{ProgressBar, ProgressRing};
 
     #[test]
     #[should_panic(expected = "a percent or content inside, not both")]
     fn a_ring_holds_a_percent_or_content_not_both() {
         let _ = ProgressRing::new("ring", 0.5).inside(div()).percent();
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn a_buffer_ahead_shows_and_one_behind_does_not() {
+        assert_eq!(ProgressBar::new("bar", 0.4).buffer(0.7).buffer, Some(0.7));
+        assert_eq!(ProgressBar::new("bar", 0.6).buffer(0.4).buffer, None);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/motion/tests.rs b/src/motion/tests.rs
index 4e255d4..8651a4d 100644
--- a/src/motion/tests.rs
+++ b/src/motion/tests.rs
@@ -98,12 +98,6 @@ fn a_lazy_row_builds_once_it_scrolls_into_view(cx: &mut TestAppContext) {
     assert!(built.get() >= 1, "the row was built");
 }
 
-#[test]
-#[should_panic(expected = "is behind")]
-fn a_buffer_behind_the_value_is_refused() {
-    let _ = ProgressBar::new("bar", 0.6).buffer(0.4);
-}
-
 #[test]
 #[should_panic(expected = "not 0..=1")]
 fn a_value_past_whole_is_refused() {
diff --git a/tasks/panics.md b/tasks/panics.md
index cdbcce3..0e2ade9 100644
--- a/tasks/panics.md
+++ b/tasks/panics.md
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ Each item reads every site in its folders, fixes what the rules name, updates ca
 - [x] P08 Menus — `src/menus`
 - [x] P09 Overlays — `src/overlays`
 - [x] P10 Feedback — `src/feedback`
-- [ ] P11 Loading & Motion — `src/motion`
+- [x] P11 Loading & Motion — `src/motion`
 - [ ] P12 Data Display — `src/data_display`
 - [ ] P13 Lists & Trees — `src/lists`
 - [ ] P14 Tables — `src/tables`
@@ -75,3 +75,4 @@ One line per item: what changed, what stayed and why, review rounds.
 - P08: no change. Kept: a bar's menus and a pie's slices (one value each); the panel's level lookup, which `settle` fits to the menu before every draw. Review: 1 round.
 - P09: a `Lightbox` or `Tour` past its last item logs and closes, handing focus back. Kept: dialog Enter without `focus_first` and popover face builders on an owner's opener (static builder misuse). Review: 1 round.
 - P10: no change. Kept: a toast's stay above zero (one value). Review: 1 round.
+- P11: a buffer at or behind the value draws none; `slide` was fixed in P05. Kept: values in 0..=1, segment and skeleton counts (one value each), builder misuse, reorder's permutation. Review: 1 round.