diff --git a/packages/selectors/src/interaction-touch-point.test.ts b/packages/selectors/src/interaction-touch-point.test.ts
index 5395518a67..84ec802482 100644
--- a/packages/selectors/src/interaction-touch-point.test.ts
+++ b/packages/selectors/src/interaction-touch-point.test.ts
@@ -115,6 +115,37 @@ test('keeps the exact center when there are no competing interactive descendants
   });
 });
 
+test.each<{ name: string; rect: Rect }>([
+  { name: 'zero width and height', rect: { x: 0, y: 0, width: 0, height: 0 } },
+  { name: 'zero width', rect: { x: 40, y: 120, width: 0, height: 60 } },
+  { name: 'zero height', rect: { x: 40, y: 120, width: 60, height: 0 } },
+])('refuses a $name target instead of resolving its origin', ({ rect }) => {
+  const nodes = makeSnapshotState([
+    { index: 0, depth: 0, type: 'Icon', label: 'Clock', rect, hittable: false },
+  ]).nodes;
+
+  assert.deepEqual(resolveInteractionTouchPoint(nodes, nodes[0]!), { kind: 'invalid' });
+});
+
+test('still resolves the smallest positive-area target', () => {
+  const nodes = makeSnapshotState([
+    {
+      index: 0,
+      depth: 0,
+      type: 'Button',
+      label: 'Dot',
+      rect: { x: 40, y: 120, width: 1, height: 1 },
+      hittable: true,
+    },
+  ]).nodes;
+
+  assert.deepEqual(resolveInteractionTouchPoint(nodes, nodes[0]!), {
+    kind: 'resolved',
+    point: { x: 41, y: 121 },
+    strategy: 'center',
+  });
+});
+
 test('keeps a parent-owned center in a thin row when a child is safely off to the side', () => {
   const nodes = makeSnapshotState([
     {
diff --git a/packages/selectors/src/interaction-touch-point.ts b/packages/selectors/src/interaction-touch-point.ts
index d206ef325a..cdea66bc9e 100644
--- a/packages/selectors/src/interaction-touch-point.ts
+++ b/packages/selectors/src/interaction-touch-point.ts
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ export function resolveInteractionTouchPoint(
 ): InteractionTouchPointResolution {
   const targetRect = normalizeRect(node.rect);
   const center = resolveRectCenter(targetRect ?? undefined);
-  if (!targetRect || !center) return { kind: 'invalid' };
+  if (!targetRect || !center || !hasArea(targetRect)) return { kind: 'invalid' };
 
   const competitors = collectInteractiveDescendantRects(nodes, node, targetRect);
   if (competitors.length === 0) {
@@ -59,6 +59,10 @@ export function resolveInteractionTouchPoint(
   return { kind: 'resolved', point, strategy: 'parent-owned' };
 }
 
+function hasArea(rect: Rect): boolean {
+  return rect.width > 0 && rect.height > 0;
+}
+
 function collectInteractiveDescendantRects(
   nodes: readonly SnapshotNode[],
   node: SnapshotNode,
diff --git a/src/commands/interaction/runtime/resolution-touch-point.test.ts b/src/commands/interaction/runtime/resolution-touch-point.test.ts
index 37538de861..075e64c9f2 100644
--- a/src/commands/interaction/runtime/resolution-touch-point.test.ts
+++ b/src/commands/interaction/runtime/resolution-touch-point.test.ts
@@ -79,3 +79,45 @@ test('runtime ref and selector paths dispatch the same parent-owned post point',
   assert.ok(refCalls[0]!.y < 292);
   assert.notDeepEqual(refCalls[0], { x: 201, y: 440 });
 });
+
+test('runtime press refuses a selector match with a zero-area rect and dispatches no tap', async () => {
+  const taps: Point[] = [];
+  // SpringBoard page 2 keeps page-1 icons in the tree as 0x0 rects at the origin.
+  const snapshot = makeSnapshotState([
+    {
+      index: 0,
+      depth: 0,
+      type: 'Application',
+      label: 'SpringBoard',
+      rect: { x: 0, y: 0, width: 402, height: 874 },
+      hittable: true,
+    },
+    {
+      index: 1,
+      depth: 1,
+      parentIndex: 0,
+      type: 'Icon',
+      label: 'Clock',
+      rect: { x: 0, y: 0, width: 0, height: 0 },
+      hittable: false,
+    },
+  ]);
+  const device = createInteractionDevice(snapshot, {
+    tap: async (_context, point) => {
+      taps.push(point);
+      return { ok: true };
+    },
+  });
+
+  await assert.rejects(
+    () => device.interactions.press(selector('label="Clock"'), { session: 'default' }),
+    (error: unknown) => {
+      const details = (error as { details?: Record<string, unknown> }).details;
+      assert.equal((error as { code?: string }).code, 'COMMAND_FAILED');
+      assert.equal(details?.reason, 'target_bounds_invalid');
+      assert.equal(details?.dispatched, 'no');
+      return true;
+    },
+  );
+  assert.deepEqual(taps, []);
+});