diff --git a/aconfig/launcher.aconfig b/aconfig/launcher.aconfig
index 38af572..9fb5b7b 100644
--- a/aconfig/launcher.aconfig
+++ b/aconfig/launcher.aconfig
@@ -433,3 +433,14 @@
     description: "Enables tracking active gesture logs in ProtoLog"
     bug: "293182501"
 }
+
+
+flag {
+    name: "coordinate_workspace_scale"
+    namespace: "launcher"
+    description: "Ensure that the workspace and hotseat scale doesn't conflict and transitions smoothly between launching and closing apps"
+    bug: "366403487"
+    metadata {
+      purpose: PURPOSE_BUGFIX
+    }
+}
diff --git a/quickstep/src/com/android/launcher3/QuickstepTransitionManager.java b/quickstep/src/com/android/launcher3/QuickstepTransitionManager.java
index a64936d..acf74cd 100644
--- a/quickstep/src/com/android/launcher3/QuickstepTransitionManager.java
+++ b/quickstep/src/com/android/launcher3/QuickstepTransitionManager.java
@@ -116,6 +116,7 @@
 import androidx.annotation.Nullable;
 import androidx.core.graphics.ColorUtils;
 
+import com.android.app.animation.Animations;
 import com.android.internal.jank.Cuj;
 import com.android.launcher3.DeviceProfile.OnDeviceProfileChangeListener;
 import com.android.launcher3.LauncherAnimationRunner.RemoteAnimationFactory;
@@ -574,23 +575,45 @@
         } else {
             List<View> viewsToAnimate = new ArrayList<>();
             Workspace<?> workspace = mLauncher.getWorkspace();
-            workspace.forEachVisiblePage(
-                    view -> viewsToAnimate.add(((CellLayout) view).getShortcutsAndWidgets()));
+            if (Flags.coordinateWorkspaceScale()) {
+                viewsToAnimate.add(workspace);
+            } else {
+                workspace.forEachVisiblePage(
+                        view -> viewsToAnimate.add(((CellLayout) view).getShortcutsAndWidgets()));
+            }
 
+            Hotseat hotseat = mLauncher.getHotseat();
             // Do not scale hotseat as a whole when taskbar is present, and scale QSB only if it's
             // not inline.
             if (mDeviceProfile.isTaskbarPresent) {
                 if (!mDeviceProfile.isQsbInline) {
-                    viewsToAnimate.add(mLauncher.getHotseat().getQsb());
+                    viewsToAnimate.add(hotseat.getQsb());
                 }
             } else {
-                viewsToAnimate.add(mLauncher.getHotseat());
+                viewsToAnimate.add(hotseat);
             }
 
             viewsToAnimate.forEach(view -> {
                 view.setLayerType(View.LAYER_TYPE_HARDWARE, null);
 
-                ObjectAnimator scaleAnim = ObjectAnimator.ofFloat(view, SCALE_PROPERTY, scales)
+                float[] scale = scales;
+                if (Flags.coordinateWorkspaceScale()) {
+                    // Start the animation from the current value, instead of assuming the views are
+                    // in their resting state, so interrupted animations merge seamlessly.
+                    // TODO(b/367591368): ideally these animations would be refactored to be
+                    //  controlled centrally so each instances doesn't need to care about this
+                    //  coordination.
+                    scale = new float[]{view.getScaleX(), scales[1]};
+
+                    // Cancel any ongoing animations. This is necessary to avoid a conflict between
+                    // e.g. the unfinished animation triggered when closing an app back to Home and
+                    // this animation caused by a launch.
+                    Animations.Companion.cancelOngoingAnimation(view);
+                    // Make sure to cache the current animation, so it can be properly interrupted.
+                    Animations.Companion.setOngoingAnimation(view, launcherAnimator);
+                }
+
+                ObjectAnimator scaleAnim = ObjectAnimator.ofFloat(view, SCALE_PROPERTY, scale)
                         .setDuration(CONTENT_SCALE_DURATION);
                 scaleAnim.setInterpolator(DECELERATE_1_5);
                 launcherAnimator.play(scaleAnim);
@@ -600,6 +623,11 @@
                 viewsToAnimate.forEach(view -> {
                     SCALE_PROPERTY.set(view, 1f);
                     view.setLayerType(View.LAYER_TYPE_NONE, null);
+
+                    if (Flags.coordinateWorkspaceScale()) {
+                        // Reset the cached animation.
+                        Animations.Companion.setOngoingAnimation(view, null /* animation */);
+                    }
                 });
                 mLauncher.resumeExpensiveViewUpdates();
             };
diff --git a/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/util/ScalingWorkspaceRevealAnim.kt b/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/util/ScalingWorkspaceRevealAnim.kt
index f547a7fb..a94d023 100644
--- a/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/util/ScalingWorkspaceRevealAnim.kt
+++ b/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/util/ScalingWorkspaceRevealAnim.kt
@@ -23,8 +23,10 @@
 import android.view.View
 import android.view.animation.PathInterpolator
 import androidx.core.graphics.transform
+import com.android.app.animation.Animations
 import com.android.app.animation.Interpolators
 import com.android.app.animation.Interpolators.LINEAR
+import com.android.launcher3.Flags
 import com.android.launcher3.LauncherAnimUtils.HOTSEAT_SCALE_PROPERTY_FACTORY
 import com.android.launcher3.LauncherAnimUtils.SCALE_INDEX_WORKSPACE_STATE
 import com.android.launcher3.LauncherAnimUtils.WORKSPACE_SCALE_PROPERTY_FACTORY
@@ -44,9 +46,9 @@
  * the screen outwards radially. This is used in conjunction with the swipe up to home animation.
  */
 class ScalingWorkspaceRevealAnim(
-    launcher: QuickstepLauncher,
+    private val launcher: QuickstepLauncher,
     siblingAnimation: RectFSpringAnim?,
-    windowTargetRect: RectF?
+    windowTargetRect: RectF?,
 ) {
     companion object {
         private const val FADE_DURATION_MS = 200L
@@ -86,25 +88,40 @@
         launcher.workspace.stateTransitionAnimation.setScrim(
             PropertySetter.NO_ANIM_PROPERTY_SETTER,
             LauncherState.BACKGROUND_APP,
-            setupConfig
+            setupConfig,
         )
 
         val workspace = launcher.workspace
         val hotseat = launcher.hotseat
 
+        var fromSize =
+            if (Flags.coordinateWorkspaceScale()) {
+                // Interrupt the current animation, if any.
+                Animations.cancelOngoingAnimation(workspace)
+                Animations.cancelOngoingAnimation(hotseat)
+
+                if (workspace.scaleX != MAX_SIZE) {
+                    workspace.scaleX
+                } else {
+                    MIN_SIZE
+                }
+            } else {
+                MIN_SIZE
+            }
+
         // Scale the Workspace and Hotseat around the same pivot.
         workspace.setPivotToScaleWithSelf(hotseat)
         animation.addFloat(
             workspace,
             WORKSPACE_SCALE_PROPERTY_FACTORY[SCALE_INDEX_WORKSPACE_STATE],
-            MIN_SIZE,
+            fromSize,
             MAX_SIZE,
             SCALE_INTERPOLATOR,
         )
         animation.addFloat(
             hotseat,
             HOTSEAT_SCALE_PROPERTY_FACTORY[SCALE_INDEX_WORKSPACE_STATE],
-            MIN_SIZE,
+            fromSize,
             MAX_SIZE,
             SCALE_INTERPOLATOR,
         )
@@ -116,13 +133,13 @@
         animation.setViewAlpha(
             workspace,
             MAX_ALPHA,
-            Interpolators.clampToProgress(LINEAR, 0f, fadeClamp)
+            Interpolators.clampToProgress(LINEAR, 0f, fadeClamp),
         )
         hotseat.alpha = MIN_ALPHA
         animation.setViewAlpha(
             hotseat,
             MAX_ALPHA,
-            Interpolators.clampToProgress(LINEAR, 0f, fadeClamp)
+            Interpolators.clampToProgress(LINEAR, 0f, fadeClamp),
         )
 
         val transitionConfig = StateAnimationConfig()
@@ -137,7 +154,7 @@
         launcher.workspace.stateTransitionAnimation.setScrim(
             animation,
             LauncherState.NORMAL,
-            transitionConfig
+            transitionConfig,
         )
 
         // To avoid awkward jumps in icon position, we want the sibling animation to always be
@@ -164,7 +181,7 @@
                         1 / workspace.scaleX,
                         1 / workspace.scaleY,
                         transformed.centerX(),
-                        transformed.centerY()
+                        transformed.centerY(),
                     )
                 }
             )
@@ -183,6 +200,12 @@
                 Runnable {
                     workspace.setLayerType(View.LAYER_TYPE_NONE, null)
                     hotseat.setLayerType(View.LAYER_TYPE_NONE, null)
+
+                    if (Flags.coordinateWorkspaceScale()) {
+                        // Reset the cached animations.
+                        Animations.setOngoingAnimation(workspace, animation = null)
+                        Animations.setOngoingAnimation(hotseat, animation = null)
+                    }
                 }
             )
         )
@@ -193,6 +216,14 @@
     }
 
     fun start() {
-        getAnimators().start()
+        val animators = getAnimators()
+        if (Flags.coordinateWorkspaceScale()) {
+            // Make sure to cache the current animation, so it can be properly interrupted.
+            // TODO(b/367591368): ideally these animations would be refactored to be controlled
+            //  centrally so each instances doesn't need to care about this coordination.
+            Animations.setOngoingAnimation(launcher.workspace, animators)
+            Animations.setOngoingAnimation(launcher.hotseat, animators)
+        }
+        animators.start()
     }
 }