diff --git a/app/components/AppHeader.vue b/app/components/AppHeader.vue
index 8f0cb2290..76148d115 100644
--- a/app/components/AppHeader.vue
+++ b/app/components/AppHeader.vue
@@ -151,6 +151,7 @@ const route = useRoute()
 const isMobile = useIsMobile()
 const isSearchExpandedManually = shallowRef(false)
 const searchBoxRef = useTemplateRef('searchBoxRef')
+const searchContainerRef = useTemplateRef('searchContainerRef')
 
 // On search page, always show search expanded on mobile
 const isOnHomePage = computed(() => route.name === 'index')
@@ -188,6 +189,12 @@ function handleSearchBlur() {
   }
 }
 
+onClickOutside(searchContainerRef, () => {
+  if (isMobile.value && !isOnSearchPage.value) {
+    isSearchExpandedManually.value = false
+  }
+})
+
 function handleSearchFocus() {
   showFullSearch.value = true
 }
@@ -215,7 +222,7 @@ onKeyStroke(
     <div class="absolute inset-0 bg-bg/80 backdrop-blur-md" />
     <nav
       :aria-label="$t('nav.main_navigation')"
-      class="relative container min-h-14 flex items-center gap-2 z-1 justify-end"
+      class="relative container min-h-14 flex items-center gap-2 justify-end"
     >
       <!-- Mobile: Logo (navigates home) -->
       <NuxtLink
@@ -260,6 +267,7 @@ onKeyStroke(
 
       <!-- Center: Search bar + nav items -->
       <div
+        ref="searchContainerRef"
         class="flex-1 flex items-center md:gap-6"
         :class="{
           'hidden sm:flex': !isSearchExpanded,
@@ -277,7 +285,7 @@ onKeyStroke(
         />
         <ul
           v-if="!isSearchExpanded && isConnected && npmUser"
-          :class="{ hidden: showFullSearch }"
+          :class="{ 'invisible pointer-events-none': showFullSearch }"
           class="hidden sm:flex items-center gap-4 sm:gap-6 list-none m-0 p-0"
         >
           <!-- Packages dropdown (when connected) -->
diff --git a/test/nuxt/components/AppHeader.spec.ts b/test/nuxt/components/AppHeader.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8f00dce3b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/nuxt/components/AppHeader.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest'
+import { mountSuspended } from '@nuxt/test-utils/runtime'
+import AppHeader from '~/components/AppHeader.vue'
+
+describe('AppHeader', () => {
+  it('renders the header element', async () => {
+    const wrapper = await mountSuspended(AppHeader, { route: '/' })
+    expect(wrapper.find('header').exists()).toBe(true)
+  })
+
+  it('does not apply z-1 to the nav container (fixes Connect dropdown clipping)', async () => {
+    const wrapper = await mountSuspended(AppHeader, { route: '/' })
+    // Regression: z-1 on the nav container caused the package sub-header to render
+    // above the Connect dropdown. The container must not have z-1.
+    const nav = wrapper.find('nav')
+    expect(nav.attributes('class') ?? '').not.toContain('z-1')
+  })
+
+  it('renders logo link when showLogo is true', async () => {
+    const wrapper = await mountSuspended(AppHeader, {
+      route: '/package/react',
+      props: { showLogo: true },
+    })
+    const homeLink = wrapper.find('a[href="/"]')
+    expect(homeLink.exists()).toBe(true)
+  })
+})