diff --git a/dev/optimized-appear/defer-handoff-layout.html b/dev/optimized-appear/defer-handoff-layout.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6228597fc8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev/optimized-appear/defer-handoff-layout.html
@@ -0,0 +1,131 @@
+<html>
+    <head>
+        <style>
+            body {
+                padding: 100px;
+                margin: 0;
+            }
+
+            #box {
+                width: 100px;
+                height: 100px;
+                background-color: #0077ff;
+            }
+
+            [data-layout-correct="false"] {
+                background: #dd1144 !important;
+                opacity: 1 !important;
+            }
+        </style>
+    </head>
+    <body>
+        <div id="root"></div>
+        <script src="../../node_modules/react/umd/react.development.js"></script>
+        <script src="../../node_modules/react-dom/umd/react-dom.development.js"></script>
+        <script src="../../node_modules/react-dom/umd/react-dom-server-legacy.browser.development.js"></script>
+        <script src="../../packages/framer-motion/dist/framer-motion.dev.js"></script>
+        <script src="../projection/script-assert.js"></script>
+
+        <script>
+            const {
+                motion,
+                animateStyle,
+                animate,
+                startOptimizedAppearAnimation,
+                optimizedAppearDataAttribute,
+                motionValue,
+                frame,
+            } = window.Motion
+            const { matchViewportBox } = window.Assert
+            const root = document.getElementById("root")
+
+            const duration = 0.5
+            const x = motionValue(0)
+
+            let isFirstFrame = true
+
+            function Component() {
+                const [top, setTop] = React.useState(0)
+                React.useEffect(() => {
+                    setTimeout(() => {
+                        setTop(100)
+                    }, 250)
+                }, [])
+
+                return React.createElement(motion.div, {
+                    id: "box",
+                    initial: { x: 0, opacity: 0 },
+                    animate: { x: 100, opacity: 1 },
+                    transition: {
+                        duration,
+                        ease: "linear",
+                        layout: { ease: () => 0, duration: 10 },
+                    },
+                    style: { x, top, position: "relative" },
+                    layout: true,
+                    onLayoutAnimationStart: () => {
+                        requestAnimationFrame(() => {
+                            const box = document.getElementById("box")
+                            const { top } = box.getBoundingClientRect()
+
+                            if (top !== 100) {
+                                showError(
+                                    box,
+                                    `layout animation overridden by optimised animation`
+                                )
+                            }
+                        })
+                    },
+                    onAnimationComplete: () => {
+                        const box = document.getElementById("box")
+                        const { left } = box.getBoundingClientRect()
+
+                        if (left !== 200) {
+                            showError(
+                                box,
+                                `optimised animation conflict with layout measurements`
+                            )
+                        }
+                    },
+                    [optimizedAppearDataAttribute]: "a",
+                    children: "Content",
+                })
+            }
+
+            // Emulate server rendering of element
+            root.innerHTML = ReactDOMServer.renderToString(
+                React.createElement(Component)
+            )
+
+            // Start optimised opacity animation
+            startOptimizedAppearAnimation(
+                document.getElementById("box"),
+                "opacity",
+                [0, 1],
+                {
+                    duration: duration * 1000,
+                    ease: "linear",
+                }
+            )
+
+            // Start WAAPI animation
+            const animation = startOptimizedAppearAnimation(
+                document.getElementById("box"),
+                "transform",
+                ["translateX(0px)", "translateX(100px)"],
+                {
+                    duration: duration * 1000,
+                    ease: "linear",
+                },
+                (animation) => {
+                    setTimeout(() => {
+                        ReactDOM.hydrateRoot(
+                            root,
+                            React.createElement(Component)
+                        )
+                    }, (duration * 1000) / 4)
+                }
+            )
+        </script>
+    </body>
+</html>
diff --git a/packages/framer-motion/src/animation/optimized-appear/handoff.ts b/packages/framer-motion/src/animation/optimized-appear/handoff.ts
index ad6315237e..183ce8bca2 100644
--- a/packages/framer-motion/src/animation/optimized-appear/handoff.ts
+++ b/packages/framer-motion/src/animation/optimized-appear/handoff.ts
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ export function handoffOptimizedAppearAnimation(
 
     const cancelAnimation = () => {
         appearAnimationStore.delete(storeId)
+
         try {
             animation.cancel()
         } catch (error) {}
diff --git a/packages/framer-motion/src/animation/optimized-appear/start.ts b/packages/framer-motion/src/animation/optimized-appear/start.ts
index daf8109c3b..79a334400f 100644
--- a/packages/framer-motion/src/animation/optimized-appear/start.ts
+++ b/packages/framer-motion/src/animation/optimized-appear/start.ts
@@ -58,6 +58,16 @@ export function startOptimizedAppearAnimation(
             animation: readyAnimation,
             startTime: null,
         })
+
+        if (!window.HandoffCancelAllAnimations) {
+            window.HandoffCancelAllAnimations = () => {
+                appearAnimationStore.forEach(({ animation }) => {
+                    animation.cancel()
+                })
+                appearAnimationStore.clear()
+                window.HandoffCancelAllAnimations = undefined
+            }
+        }
     }
 
     const startAnimation = () => {
diff --git a/packages/framer-motion/src/animation/optimized-appear/types.ts b/packages/framer-motion/src/animation/optimized-appear/types.ts
index 4d8e5d45f7..17c07b791a 100644
--- a/packages/framer-motion/src/animation/optimized-appear/types.ts
+++ b/packages/framer-motion/src/animation/optimized-appear/types.ts
@@ -22,5 +22,6 @@ declare global {
     interface Window {
         HandoffAppearAnimations?: HandoffFunction
         HandoffComplete?: boolean
+        HandoffCancelAllAnimations?: VoidFunction
     }
 }
diff --git a/packages/framer-motion/src/projection/node/create-projection-node.ts b/packages/framer-motion/src/projection/node/create-projection-node.ts
index a0ee244ce6..c9333efc42 100644
--- a/packages/framer-motion/src/projection/node/create-projection-node.ts
+++ b/packages/framer-motion/src/projection/node/create-projection-node.ts
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ import { steps } from "../../frameloop/frame"
 import { noop } from "../../utils/noop"
 import { time } from "../../frameloop/sync-time"
 import { microtask } from "../../frameloop/microtask"
+import { optimizedAppearDataAttribute } from "../../animation/optimized-appear/data-id"
 
 const transformAxes = ["", "X", "Y", "Z"]
 
@@ -628,6 +629,9 @@ export function createProjectionNode<I>({
             /**
              * Write
              */
+            if (window.HandoffCancelAllAnimations) {
+                window.HandoffCancelAllAnimations()
+            }
             this.nodes!.forEach(resetTransformStyle)
 
             /**
@@ -1486,6 +1490,7 @@ export function createProjectionNode<I>({
                 cancelFrame(this.pendingAnimation)
                 this.pendingAnimation = undefined
             }
+
             /**
              * Start the animation in the next frame to have a frame with progress 0,
              * where the target is the same as when the animation started, so we can
