diff --git a/packages/react-native/React/Fabric/Mounting/ComponentViews/View/RCTViewComponentView.h b/packages/react-native/React/Fabric/Mounting/ComponentViews/View/RCTViewComponentView.h
index a3c58cb16f57..02c395d4bcea 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/React/Fabric/Mounting/ComponentViews/View/RCTViewComponentView.h
+++ b/packages/react-native/React/Fabric/Mounting/ComponentViews/View/RCTViewComponentView.h
@@ -94,3 +94,19 @@ NS_ASSUME_NONNULL_BEGIN
 @end
 
 NS_ASSUME_NONNULL_END
+
+/**
+ * True when `layerTransform` is non-identity while `propsTransform` is identity.
+ * On recycle, `updateProps` diffs identity vs identity and skips the layer write.
+ */
+__attribute__((visibility("default"))) BOOL RCTViewComponentViewHasRecycleTransformLeak(
+    CATransform3D layerTransform,
+    const facebook::react::Transform &propsTransform);
+
+/**
+ * True when `layerOpacity` differs from a default-ish `propsOpacity` (>= 0.999).
+ * Same recycle skip as transform: leftover opacity is never rewritten.
+ */
+__attribute__((visibility("default"))) BOOL RCTViewComponentViewHasRecycleOpacityLeak(
+    float layerOpacity,
+    facebook::react::Float propsOpacity);
diff --git a/packages/react-native/React/Fabric/Mounting/ComponentViews/View/RCTViewComponentView.mm b/packages/react-native/React/Fabric/Mounting/ComponentViews/View/RCTViewComponentView.mm
index 9d51f68fd40d..31052da2e9f7 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/React/Fabric/Mounting/ComponentViews/View/RCTViewComponentView.mm
+++ b/packages/react-native/React/Fabric/Mounting/ComponentViews/View/RCTViewComponentView.mm
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 
 #import <CoreGraphics/CoreGraphics.h>
 #import <QuartzCore/QuartzCore.h>
+#import <math.h>
 #import <objc/runtime.h>
 #import <optional>
 #import <ranges>
@@ -40,6 +41,19 @@
 
 const CGFloat BACKGROUND_COLOR_ZPOSITION = -1024.0f;
 
+BOOL RCTViewComponentViewHasRecycleTransformLeak(
+    CATransform3D layerTransform,
+    const facebook::react::Transform &propsTransform)
+{
+  return propsTransform == Transform::Identity() && !CATransform3DIsIdentity(layerTransform);
+}
+
+BOOL RCTViewComponentViewHasRecycleOpacityLeak(float layerOpacity, facebook::react::Float propsOpacity)
+{
+  float expectedOpacity = (float)propsOpacity;
+  return expectedOpacity >= 0.999f && fabsf(layerOpacity - expectedOpacity) > 0.01f;
+}
+
 @implementation RCTViewComponentView {
   UIColor *_backgroundColor;
   CALayer *_backgroundColorLayer;
@@ -700,6 +714,31 @@ - (void)prepareForRecycle
     self.layer.opacity = (float)props.opacity;
   }
 
+#if RCT_DEBUG
+  // Native code can stamp layer.transform / layer.opacity outside the prop pipeline.
+  // After recycle, updateProps diffs _props and skips the write, so leftovers poison
+  // the next consumer. Warn so the call site can reset on unmount (do not sanitize here).
+  if (RCTViewComponentViewHasRecycleTransformLeak(self.layer.transform, props.transform)) {
+    RCTLogWarn(
+        @"[FabricRecycleLeak] %@ tag=%ld size=%.0fx%.0f leftover layer.transform %@ "
+         @"(props.transform is identity). Reset on unmount or opt out of recycling via +shouldBeRecycled.",
+        NSStringFromClass(self.class),
+        (long)self.tag,
+        self.bounds.size.width,
+        self.bounds.size.height,
+        NSStringFromCGAffineTransform(CATransform3DGetAffineTransform(self.layer.transform)));
+  }
+  if (RCTViewComponentViewHasRecycleOpacityLeak(self.layer.opacity, props.opacity)) {
+    RCTLogWarn(
+        @"[FabricRecycleLeak] %@ tag=%ld leftover layer.opacity=%.3f (props.opacity=%.3f). "
+         @"Reset on unmount or opt out of recycling.",
+        NSStringFromClass(self.class),
+        (long)self.tag,
+        self.layer.opacity,
+        (float)props.opacity);
+  }
+#endif
+
   // Clean up box shadow layers to prevent cross-component contamination
   if (_boxShadowLayers != nullptr) {
     for (CALayer *boxShadowLayer = nullptr in _boxShadowLayers) {
diff --git a/packages/react-native/React/Tests/Mounting/RCTViewComponentViewTests.mm b/packages/react-native/React/Tests/Mounting/RCTViewComponentViewTests.mm
index 6d5484fe2567..4fb847440a9f 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/React/Tests/Mounting/RCTViewComponentViewTests.mm
+++ b/packages/react-native/React/Tests/Mounting/RCTViewComponentViewTests.mm
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #import <XCTest/XCTest.h>
 #import <react/renderer/components/view/ViewProps.h>
 #import <react/renderer/components/view/ViewShadowNode.h>
+#import <react/renderer/graphics/Transform.h>
 
 using namespace facebook::react;
 
@@ -183,4 +184,52 @@ - (void)testHitTestAfterScaleTransitionedToZeroReturnsNil
   XCTAssertNil([view hitTest:CGPointMake(50, 50) withEvent:nil]);
 }
 
+#pragma mark - recycle-pool leak detection
+
+- (void)testRecycleTransformLeakWhenLayerIsNonIdentityAndPropsAreIdentity
+{
+  XCTAssertTrue(RCTViewComponentViewHasRecycleTransformLeak(
+      CATransform3DMakeTranslation(0, -302, 0), Transform::Identity()));
+}
+
+- (void)testRecycleTransformLeakWhenLayerAndPropsAreIdentity
+{
+  XCTAssertFalse(RCTViewComponentViewHasRecycleTransformLeak(CATransform3DIdentity, Transform::Identity()));
+}
+
+- (void)testRecycleTransformLeakWhenPropsAreNonIdentity
+{
+  // Leftover layer vs non-identity props is not the remount-skip case this guard covers.
+  XCTAssertFalse(RCTViewComponentViewHasRecycleTransformLeak(
+      CATransform3DMakeTranslation(0, -302, 0), Transform::VerticalInversion()));
+}
+
+- (void)testRecycleOpacityLeakWhenLayerIsTransparentAndPropsAreOpaque
+{
+  XCTAssertTrue(RCTViewComponentViewHasRecycleOpacityLeak(0.0f, 1.0));
+}
+
+- (void)testRecycleOpacityLeakWhenLayerMatchesOpaqueProps
+{
+  XCTAssertFalse(RCTViewComponentViewHasRecycleOpacityLeak(1.0f, 1.0));
+}
+
+- (void)testRecycleOpacityLeakWhenPropsAreTransparent
+{
+  XCTAssertFalse(RCTViewComponentViewHasRecycleOpacityLeak(0.0f, 0.0));
+}
+
+- (void)testPrepareForRecycleDoesNotSanitizeLeftoverTransformOrOpacity
+{
+  RCTViewComponentView *view = [RCTViewComponentView new];
+  CATransform3D leftover = CATransform3DMakeTranslation(0, -302, 0);
+  view.layer.transform = leftover;
+  view.layer.opacity = 0.0f;
+
+  [view prepareForRecycle];
+
+  XCTAssertTrue(CATransform3DEqualToTransform(view.layer.transform, leftover));
+  XCTAssertEqualWithAccuracy(view.layer.opacity, 0.0f, 0.001f);
+}
+
 @end