diff --git a/packages/studio/src/hooks/useRazorSplit.ts b/packages/studio/src/hooks/useRazorSplit.ts
index 19dfad0b9..369d8b012 100644
--- a/packages/studio/src/hooks/useRazorSplit.ts
+++ b/packages/studio/src/hooks/useRazorSplit.ts
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@ import { usePlayerStore } from "../player";
 import { saveProjectFilesWithHistory } from "../utils/studioFileHistory";
 import { getTimelineElementLabel, collectHtmlIds } from "../utils/studioHelpers";
 import {
-  canSplitElement,
+  canSplitElementAt,
+  selectSplittableElements,
   buildPatchTarget,
   readFileContent,
-  isSplitTimeWithinBounds,
 } from "../utils/timelineElementSplit";
 import type { RecordEditInput } from "./useTimelineEditing";
 
@@ -169,11 +169,7 @@ export function useRazorSplit({
       }
 
       const pid = projectIdRef.current;
-      if (!pid || !canSplitElement(element)) return;
-
-      if (!isSplitTimeWithinBounds(splitTime, element.start, element.duration)) {
-        return;
-      }
+      if (!pid || !canSplitElementAt(element, splitTime)) return;
 
       try {
         const { targetPath, originalContent, patchedContent, changed, skippedSelectors } =
@@ -230,9 +226,7 @@ export function useRazorSplit({
       const pid = projectIdRef.current;
       if (!pid) return;
       const { elements } = usePlayerStore.getState();
-      const splittable = elements.filter(
-        (el) => canSplitElement(el) && splitTime > el.start && splitTime < el.start + el.duration,
-      );
+      const splittable = selectSplittableElements(elements, splitTime);
       if (splittable.length === 0) return;
 
       try {
diff --git a/packages/studio/src/utils/timelineElementSplit.test.ts b/packages/studio/src/utils/timelineElementSplit.test.ts
index fdb0913d4..d5262dd8e 100644
--- a/packages/studio/src/utils/timelineElementSplit.test.ts
+++ b/packages/studio/src/utils/timelineElementSplit.test.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,22 @@
 import { describe, it, expect } from "vitest";
-import { SPLIT_BOUNDARY_EPSILON_S, isSplitTimeWithinBounds } from "./timelineElementSplit";
+import type { TimelineElement } from "../player/store/playerStore";
+import {
+  SPLIT_BOUNDARY_EPSILON_S,
+  canSplitElementAt,
+  isSplitTimeWithinBounds,
+  selectSplittableElements,
+} from "./timelineElementSplit";
+
+function element(overrides: Partial<TimelineElement> = {}): TimelineElement {
+  return {
+    id: "el-1",
+    tag: "div",
+    start: 1,
+    duration: 4,
+    track: 0,
+    ...overrides,
+  };
+}
 
 describe("isSplitTimeWithinBounds", () => {
   const start = 1;
@@ -48,3 +65,46 @@ describe("isSplitTimeWithinBounds", () => {
     expect(isSplitTimeWithinBounds(start + shortDuration / 2, start, shortDuration)).toBe(false);
   });
 });
+
+describe("canSplitElementAt", () => {
+  it("accepts a splittable element at an interior time", () => {
+    expect(canSplitElementAt(element({ start: 1, duration: 4 }), 3)).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it("rejects a time inside the boundary epsilon", () => {
+    expect(
+      canSplitElementAt(element({ start: 1, duration: 4 }), 1 + SPLIT_BOUNDARY_EPSILON_S / 2),
+    ).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it("rejects locked, implicit and sub-composition elements", () => {
+    expect(canSplitElementAt(element({ timelineLocked: true }), 3)).toBe(false);
+    expect(canSplitElementAt(element({ timingSource: "implicit" }), 3)).toBe(false);
+    expect(canSplitElementAt(element({ compositionSrc: "child.html" }), 3)).toBe(false);
+  });
+});
+
+describe("selectSplittableElements", () => {
+  it("excludes a clip shorter than two epsilons even when the time is inside it", () => {
+    // Regression: split-all used raw start < t < end, so a clip too short for
+    // the epsilon margin was still selected and produced a degenerate slice.
+    const tiny = element({ id: "tiny", start: 1, duration: SPLIT_BOUNDARY_EPSILON_S + 0.01 });
+    const interiorTime = tiny.start + tiny.duration / 2;
+    expect(interiorTime).toBeGreaterThan(tiny.start);
+    expect(interiorTime).toBeLessThan(tiny.start + tiny.duration);
+    expect(selectSplittableElements([tiny], interiorTime)).toEqual([]);
+  });
+
+  it("keeps only the elements whose epsilon-bounded range contains the time", () => {
+    const inside = element({ id: "inside", start: 0, duration: 4 });
+    const outside = element({ id: "outside", start: 5, duration: 4 });
+    const locked = element({ id: "locked", start: 0, duration: 4, timelineLocked: true });
+    const result = selectSplittableElements([inside, outside, locked], 2);
+    expect(result.map((el) => el.id)).toEqual(["inside"]);
+  });
+
+  it("accepts an element at the exact lower clamp boundary", () => {
+    const el = element({ start: 2, duration: 4 });
+    expect(selectSplittableElements([el], 2 + SPLIT_BOUNDARY_EPSILON_S)).toEqual([el]);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/studio/src/utils/timelineElementSplit.ts b/packages/studio/src/utils/timelineElementSplit.ts
index 4a3454ff1..cb5521e25 100644
--- a/packages/studio/src/utils/timelineElementSplit.ts
+++ b/packages/studio/src/utils/timelineElementSplit.ts
@@ -30,3 +30,21 @@ export function canSplitElement(el: TimelineElement): boolean {
     Number.isFinite(el.duration)
   );
 }
+
+/**
+ * True when `el` can be split AND `splitTime` lies within its boundary epsilon.
+ * Shared by the single-clip and split-all razor paths so both honor the same
+ * minimum-distance rule (split-all previously used raw `>`/`<`, letting cuts
+ * land inside the epsilon margin and produce a degenerate slice).
+ */
+export function canSplitElementAt(el: TimelineElement, splitTime: number): boolean {
+  return canSplitElement(el) && isSplitTimeWithinBounds(splitTime, el.start, el.duration);
+}
+
+/** Elements that the split-all razor action can cut at `splitTime`. */
+export function selectSplittableElements(
+  elements: TimelineElement[],
+  splitTime: number,
+): TimelineElement[] {
+  return elements.filter((el) => canSplitElementAt(el, splitTime));
+}