diff --git a/crates/tools/src/xform/eyedropper.rs b/crates/tools/src/xform/eyedropper.rs
index 04755740a..d4f553039 100644
--- a/crates/tools/src/xform/eyedropper.rs
+++ b/crates/tools/src/xform/eyedropper.rs
@@ -276,7 +276,12 @@ fn paint_sample(s: &mut Sampler, levels: &mut [Option<Document>], n: &Node, on_s
     // path's strokes, only the ones that reach `p` count, when any does (a click within the hit
     // tolerance of a stroke may reach none).
     let mut visible: Vec<usize> = items.into_iter().filter(|&i| n.appearance.items.get(i).is_some_and(|it| it.visible())).collect();
-    if stroke && let (NodeKind::Path { rule, .. } | NodeKind::Compound { rule, .. }, Some(bp)) = (&n.kind, n.stroke_path()) {
+    // With at most one visible stroke, reach testing cannot change which paint is sampled.
+    // Avoid rebuilding a long path just to keep that same stroke in the list.
+    if stroke
+        && visible.len() > 1
+        && let (NodeKind::Path { rule, .. } | NodeKind::Compound { rule, .. }, Some(bp)) = (&n.kind, n.stroke_path())
+    {
         let reach =
             |i: &usize| matches!(n.appearance.items.get(*i), Some(vectorcraft_doc::AppearanceItem::Stroke(st)) if st.hits(&bp, *rule, p, 0.0));
         if visible.iter().any(&reach) {
diff --git a/docs/target-app-parity.md b/docs/target-app-parity.md
index a63dc31a4..09d8d6f66 100644
--- a/docs/target-app-parity.md
+++ b/docs/target-app-parity.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Parity with Adobe Illustrator
 
-> **Last reviewed:** 2026-10-10 · **Last updated:** 2026-11-05 · **Change:** minor (adding a selected library paint avoids duplicate geometry measurement; behavior, scores and estimates unchanged) · **Target:** Adobe Illustrator 2026 (30.x; public release notes through 30.7, August 2026)
+> **Last reviewed:** 2026-10-10 · **Last updated:** 2026-11-05 · **Change:** minor (Eyedropper samples a single visible stroke without rebuilding its path; behavior, scores and estimates unchanged) · **Target:** Adobe Illustrator 2026 (30.x; public release notes through 30.7, August 2026)
 
 ## Feature submission evidence
 
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ Artboard Options forwards the active Artboard tool's Scale Artwork with Artboard
 
 | Date | Change | Summary |
 |---|---|---|
+| 2026-11-05 | minor | Eyedropper colour sampling from a path or compound path with one visible stroke no longer rebuilds its path merely to choose among stroke layers. Multiple strokes still sample the topmost one that reaches the point; colours, scores and estimates are unchanged. |
 | 2026-11-05 | minor | Adding a selected colour, gradient or pattern to a library measures the source object's geometry once rather than twice. Gradient placement, library contents, scores and estimates are unchanged. |
 | 2026-11-05 | minor | Large drawings of solid-colour or pattern-filled paths and compound paths export to SVG faster when their unused geometric bounds are skipped. Gradients and outside-aligned stroke masks retain their placement; SVG output, scores and estimates are unchanged. |
 | 2026-11-05 | minor | Selection Tools add-on: Select Linked, Embedded, Missing and Modified select the images and placed documents with that link status (Object › Plug-ins › Selection Tools and the Links panel menu; Shift adds), and Select by Link Status… lists them by name, status and format to pick from, optionally zooming to them; what is hidden, locked, on a template layer or outside the isolated group is left out and the status bar says how many (#5526, a VectorCraft addition); scores and estimates unchanged (estimated). |