diff --git a/workloads/ecommerce/components/layout/navbar.tsx b/workloads/ecommerce/components/layout/navbar.tsx
index b392300..57f122b 100644
--- a/workloads/ecommerce/components/layout/navbar.tsx
+++ b/workloads/ecommerce/components/layout/navbar.tsx
@@ -199,6 +199,24 @@ function CategoryNavBar({
 function DepartmentsMegaMenu({ tree, isActive }: { tree: CategoryNode[]; isActive: (name: string) => boolean }) {
   const [open, setOpen] = useState(false);
   const containerRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null);
+  const closeTimer = useRef<ReturnType<typeof setTimeout> | null>(null);
+
+  const cancelClose = () => {
+    if (closeTimer.current) {
+      clearTimeout(closeTimer.current);
+      closeTimer.current = null;
+    }
+  };
+  // Delay corto en vez de cerrar al toque: aunque el gap entre el boton y
+  // el panel ya se elimino (antes era la causa real -- el panel es
+  // absolute y no suma a la altura del contenedor, asi que un mt-1 ahi
+  // dejaba una franja muerta que cerraba el menu a mitad de camino,
+  // reportado en vivo), este margen extra tolera movimientos rapidos o en
+  // diagonal cerca del borde sin reabrir nada raro.
+  const scheduleClose = () => {
+    cancelClose();
+    closeTimer.current = setTimeout(() => setOpen(false), 200);
+  };
 
   useEffect(() => {
     if (!open) return;
@@ -216,8 +234,15 @@ function DepartmentsMegaMenu({ tree, isActive }: { tree: CategoryNode[]; isActiv
     };
   }, [open]);
 
+  useEffect(() => () => cancelClose(), []);
+
+  const openNow = () => {
+    cancelClose();
+    setOpen(true);
+  };
+
   return (
-    <div ref={containerRef} className="shrink-0" onMouseEnter={() => setOpen(true)} onMouseLeave={() => setOpen(false)}>
+    <div ref={containerRef} className="shrink-0" onMouseEnter={openNow} onMouseLeave={scheduleClose}>
       <button
         type="button"
         onClick={() => setOpen((value) => !value)}
@@ -231,7 +256,7 @@ function DepartmentsMegaMenu({ tree, isActive }: { tree: CategoryNode[]; isActiv
       </button>
 
       {open && (
-        <div className="absolute left-0 top-full z-50 mt-1 max-h-[80vh] w-[min(92vw,64rem)] overflow-y-auto rounded-2xl border border-white/10 bg-ari-marino p-6 shadow-2xl">
+        <div className="absolute left-0 top-full z-50 max-h-[80vh] w-[min(92vw,64rem)] overflow-y-auto rounded-2xl border border-white/10 bg-ari-marino p-6 shadow-2xl">
           <div className="grid grid-cols-2 gap-x-6 gap-y-5 sm:grid-cols-3 lg:grid-cols-6">
             {tree.map((root) => (
               <div key={root.id}>