diff --git a/projects/ngxpert/hot-toast/src/lib/components/hot-toast-container/hot-toast-container.component.ts b/projects/ngxpert/hot-toast/src/lib/components/hot-toast-container/hot-toast-container.component.ts
index 743b2b8..45e9414 100644
--- a/projects/ngxpert/hot-toast/src/lib/components/hot-toast-container/hot-toast-container.component.ts
+++ b/projects/ngxpert/hot-toast/src/lib/components/hot-toast-container/hot-toast-container.component.ts
@@ -192,14 +192,17 @@ export class HotToastContainerComponent {
       const comp = this.hotToastComponentList.find((item) => item.toast.id === id);
       if (comp) {
         comp.close();
+        this.cdr.markForCheck();
       }
     } else {
       this.hotToastComponentList.forEach((comp) => comp.close());
+      this.cdr.markForCheck();
     }
   }
 
   beforeClosed(toast: Toast<unknown>) {
     toast.visible = false;
+    this.cdr.markForCheck();
   }
 
   afterClosed(closeToast: HotToastClose) {
@@ -243,5 +246,6 @@ export class HotToastContainerComponent {
 
   private updateToasts(toast: Toast<unknown>, options?: UpdateToastOptions<unknown>) {
     this.toasts = this.toasts.map((t) => ({ ...t, ...(t.id === toast.id && { ...toast, ...options }) }));
+    this.cdr.markForCheck();
   }
 }
diff --git a/projects/ngxpert/hot-toast/src/lib/components/hot-toast-group-item/hot-toast-group-item.component.html b/projects/ngxpert/hot-toast/src/lib/components/hot-toast-group-item/hot-toast-group-item.component.html
index 691a5ec..24954d2 100644
--- a/projects/ngxpert/hot-toast/src/lib/components/hot-toast-group-item/hot-toast-group-item.component.html
+++ b/projects/ngxpert/hot-toast/src/lib/components/hot-toast-group-item/hot-toast-group-item.component.html
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     <div
       class="hot-toast-bar-base"
       #hotToastBarBase
-      [ngStyle]="toastBarBaseStyles"
+      [ngStyle]="toastBarBaseStylesSignal()"
       [ngClass]="toast.className"
       [style.--hot-toast-animation-state]="isManualClose ? 'running' : 'paused'"
       [style.--hot-toast-exit-animation-state]="isShowingAllToasts ? 'paused' : 'running'"
diff --git a/projects/ngxpert/hot-toast/src/lib/components/hot-toast-group-item/hot-toast-group-item.component.ts b/projects/ngxpert/hot-toast/src/lib/components/hot-toast-group-item/hot-toast-group-item.component.ts
index 72c06fd..688a7cc 100644
--- a/projects/ngxpert/hot-toast/src/lib/components/hot-toast-group-item/hot-toast-group-item.component.ts
+++ b/projects/ngxpert/hot-toast/src/lib/components/hot-toast-group-item/hot-toast-group-item.component.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,13 @@ import {
   Output,
   Renderer2,
   SimpleChanges,
-  ViewChild, OnChanges, OnInit, AfterViewInit, OnDestroy,
+  ViewChild,
+  OnChanges,
+  OnInit,
+  AfterViewInit,
+  OnDestroy,
+  signal,
+  ChangeDetectorRef,
 } from '@angular/core';
 import { NgClass, NgStyle } from '@angular/common';
 import { AnimatedIconComponent } from '../animated-icon/animated-icon.component';
@@ -28,7 +34,20 @@ import { animate } from '../../utils';
   imports: [NgClass, NgStyle, AnimatedIconComponent, IndicatorComponent, DynamicViewDirective],
 })
 export class HotToastGroupItemComponent implements OnChanges, OnInit, AfterViewInit, OnDestroy {
-  @Input() toast: Toast<unknown>;
+  private _toast: Toast<unknown>;
+  @Input()
+  set toast(value: Toast<unknown>) {
+    this._toast = value;
+    const top = value.position.includes('top');
+    const enterAnimation = `hotToastEnterAnimation${
+      top ? 'Negative' : 'Positive'
+    } ${ENTER_ANIMATION_DURATION}ms cubic-bezier(0.21, 1.02, 0.73, 1) forwards`;
+
+    this.toastBarBaseStylesSignal.set({ ...value.style, animation: enterAnimation });
+  }
+  get toast() {
+    return this._toast;
+  }
   @Input() offset = 0;
   @Input() defaultConfig: ToastConfig;
   @Input() toastRef: CreateHotToastRef<unknown>;
@@ -55,6 +74,7 @@ export class HotToastGroupItemComponent implements OnChanges, OnInit, AfterViewI
   isManualClose = false;
   context: Record<string, unknown>;
   toastComponentInjector: Injector;
+  toastBarBaseStylesSignal = signal({});
 
   private unlisteners: VoidFunction[] = [];
   protected softClosed = false;
@@ -63,6 +83,7 @@ export class HotToastGroupItemComponent implements OnChanges, OnInit, AfterViewI
     protected injector: Injector,
     protected renderer: Renderer2,
     protected ngZone: NgZone,
+    private cdr: ChangeDetectorRef
   ) {}
 
   get toastBarBaseHeight() {
@@ -111,20 +132,6 @@ export class HotToastGroupItemComponent implements OnChanges, OnInit, AfterViewI
     };
   }
 
-  get toastBarBaseStyles() {
-    const enterAnimation = `hotToastEnterAnimation${
-      this.top ? 'Negative' : 'Positive'
-    } ${ENTER_ANIMATION_DURATION}ms cubic-bezier(0.21, 1.02, 0.73, 1) forwards`;
-
-    const exitAnimation = `hotToastExitAnimation${
-      this.top ? 'Negative' : 'Positive'
-    } ${EXIT_ANIMATION_DURATION}ms forwards cubic-bezier(0.06, 0.71, 0.55, 1) var(--hot-toast-exit-animation-delay) var(--hot-toast-exit-animation-state)`;
-
-    const animation = this.toast.autoClose ? `${enterAnimation}, ${exitAnimation}` : enterAnimation;
-
-    return { ...this.toast.style, animation };
-  }
-
   get isIconString() {
     return typeof this.toast.icon === 'string';
   }
@@ -171,16 +178,8 @@ export class HotToastGroupItemComponent implements OnChanges, OnInit, AfterViewI
         parent: this.toast.injector || this.injector,
       });
     }
-  }
 
-  ngAfterViewInit() {
     const nativeElement = this.toastBarBase.nativeElement;
-    // Caretaker note: accessing `offsetHeight` triggers the whole layout update.
-    // Macro tasks (like `setTimeout`) might be executed within the current rendering frame and cause a frame drop.
-    requestAnimationFrame(() => {
-      this.height.emit(nativeElement.offsetHeight);
-    });
-
     // Caretaker note: `animationstart` and `animationend` events are event tasks that trigger change detection.
     // We'd want to trigger the change detection only if it's an exit animation.
     this.ngZone.runOutsideAngular(() => {
@@ -190,16 +189,39 @@ export class HotToastGroupItemComponent implements OnChanges, OnInit, AfterViewI
         // with callback that capture `this`.
         this.renderer.listen(nativeElement, 'animationstart', (event: AnimationEvent) => {
           if (this.isExitAnimation(event)) {
-            this.ngZone.run(() => this.beforeClosed.emit());
+            this.ngZone.run(() => {
+              this.renderer.setStyle(nativeElement, 'pointer-events', 'none');
+              this.renderer.setStyle(nativeElement.parentElement, 'pointer-events', 'none');
+              this.beforeClosed.emit();
+            });
           }
         }),
         this.renderer.listen(nativeElement, 'animationend', (event: AnimationEvent) => {
+          if (this.isEnterAnimation(event)) {
+            this.ngZone.run(() => {
+              if (this.toast.autoClose) {
+                const exitAnimation = `hotToastExitAnimation${
+                  this.top ? 'Negative' : 'Positive'
+                } ${EXIT_ANIMATION_DURATION}ms forwards cubic-bezier(0.06, 0.71, 0.55, 1) var(--hot-toast-exit-animation-delay) var(--hot-toast-exit-animation-state)`;
+                this.toastBarBaseStylesSignal.set({ ...this.toast.style, animation: exitAnimation });
+              }
+            });
+          }
           if (this.isExitAnimation(event)) {
             this.ngZone.run(() => this.afterClosed.emit({ dismissedByAction: this.isManualClose, id: this.toast.id }));
           }
         })
       );
     });
+  }
+
+  ngAfterViewInit() {
+    const nativeElement = this.toastBarBase.nativeElement;
+    // Caretaker note: accessing `offsetHeight` triggers the whole layout update.
+    // Macro tasks (like `setTimeout`) might be executed within the current rendering frame and cause a frame drop.
+    requestAnimationFrame(() => {
+      this.height.emit(nativeElement.offsetHeight);
+    });
 
     this.setToastAttributes();
   }
@@ -227,14 +249,12 @@ export class HotToastGroupItemComponent implements OnChanges, OnInit, AfterViewI
 
   close() {
     this.isManualClose = true;
+    this.cdr.markForCheck();
 
     const exitAnimation = `hotToastExitAnimation${
       this.top ? 'Negative' : 'Positive'
     } ${EXIT_ANIMATION_DURATION}ms forwards cubic-bezier(0.06, 0.71, 0.55, 1)`;
-
-    const nativeElement = this.toastBarBase.nativeElement;
-
-    animate(this.renderer, nativeElement, exitAnimation);
+    this.toastBarBaseStylesSignal.set({ ...this.toast.style, animation: exitAnimation });
   }
 
   handleMouseEnter() {
@@ -255,6 +275,10 @@ export class HotToastGroupItemComponent implements OnChanges, OnInit, AfterViewI
     return ev.animationName.includes('hotToastExitAnimation');
   }
 
+  private isEnterAnimation(ev: AnimationEvent) {
+    return ev.animationName.includes('hotToastEnterAnimation');
+  }
+
   private setToastAttributes() {
     const toastAttributes: Record<string, string> = this.toast.attributes;
     for (const [key, value] of Object.entries(toastAttributes)) {
diff --git a/projects/ngxpert/hot-toast/src/lib/components/hot-toast/hot-toast.component.html b/projects/ngxpert/hot-toast/src/lib/components/hot-toast/hot-toast.component.html
index de4e389..df8911b 100644
--- a/projects/ngxpert/hot-toast/src/lib/components/hot-toast/hot-toast.component.html
+++ b/projects/ngxpert/hot-toast/src/lib/components/hot-toast/hot-toast.component.html
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
     <div
       class="hot-toast-bar-base"
       #hotToastBarBase
-      [ngStyle]="toastBarBaseStyles"
+      [ngStyle]="toastBarBaseStylesSignal()"
       [ngClass]="toast.className"
       [style.--hot-toast-animation-state]="isManualClose ? 'running' : 'paused'"
       [style.--hot-toast-exit-animation-state]="isShowingAllToasts ? 'paused' : 'running'"
diff --git a/projects/ngxpert/hot-toast/src/lib/components/hot-toast/hot-toast.component.ts b/projects/ngxpert/hot-toast/src/lib/components/hot-toast/hot-toast.component.ts
index d7b9f72..4d1a9d0 100644
--- a/projects/ngxpert/hot-toast/src/lib/components/hot-toast/hot-toast.component.ts
+++ b/projects/ngxpert/hot-toast/src/lib/components/hot-toast/hot-toast.component.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import {
   OnInit,
   Output,
   Renderer2,
+  signal,
   SimpleChanges,
   ViewChild,
 } from '@angular/core';
@@ -36,7 +37,20 @@ import { HotToastGroupItemComponent } from '../hot-toast-group-item/hot-toast-gr
   imports: [CommonModule, DynamicViewDirective, IndicatorComponent, AnimatedIconComponent, HotToastGroupItemComponent],
 })
 export class HotToastComponent implements OnInit, AfterViewInit, OnDestroy, OnChanges, DoCheck {
-  @Input() toast: Toast<unknown>;
+  private _toast: Toast<unknown>;
+  @Input()
+  set toast(value: Toast<unknown>) {
+    this._toast = value;
+    const top = value.position.includes('top');
+    const enterAnimation = `hotToastEnterAnimation${
+      top ? 'Negative' : 'Positive'
+    } ${ENTER_ANIMATION_DURATION}ms cubic-bezier(0.21, 1.02, 0.73, 1) forwards`;
+
+    this.toastBarBaseStylesSignal.set({ ...value.style, animation: enterAnimation });
+  }
+  get toast() {
+    return this._toast;
+  }
   @Input() offset = 0;
   @Input() defaultConfig: ToastConfig;
   @Input() toastRef: CreateHotToastRef<unknown>;
@@ -77,6 +91,7 @@ export class HotToastComponent implements OnInit, AfterViewInit, OnDestroy, OnCh
   context: Record<string, unknown>;
   toastComponentInjector: Injector;
   isExpanded = false;
+  toastBarBaseStylesSignal = signal({});
 
   private unlisteners: VoidFunction[] = [];
   private softClosed = false;
@@ -135,20 +150,6 @@ export class HotToastComponent implements OnInit, AfterViewInit, OnDestroy, OnCh
     };
   }
 
-  get toastBarBaseStyles() {
-    const enterAnimation = `hotToastEnterAnimation${
-      this.top ? 'Negative' : 'Positive'
-    } ${ENTER_ANIMATION_DURATION}ms cubic-bezier(0.21, 1.02, 0.73, 1) forwards`;
-
-    const exitAnimation = `hotToastExitAnimation${
-      this.top ? 'Negative' : 'Positive'
-    } ${EXIT_ANIMATION_DURATION}ms forwards cubic-bezier(0.06, 0.71, 0.55, 1) var(--hot-toast-exit-animation-delay) var(--hot-toast-exit-animation-state)`;
-
-    const animation = this.toast.autoClose ? `${enterAnimation}, ${exitAnimation}` : enterAnimation;
-
-    return { ...this.toast.style, animation };
-  }
-
   get isIconString() {
     return typeof this.toast.icon === 'string';
   }
@@ -214,16 +215,8 @@ export class HotToastComponent implements OnInit, AfterViewInit, OnDestroy, OnCh
         parent: this.toast.injector || this.injector,
       });
     }
-  }
 
-  ngAfterViewInit() {
     const nativeElement = this.toastBarBase.nativeElement;
-    // Caretaker note: accessing `offsetHeight` triggers the whole layout update.
-    // Macro tasks (like `setTimeout`) might be executed within the current rendering frame and cause a frame drop.
-    requestAnimationFrame(() => {
-      this.height.emit(nativeElement.offsetHeight);
-    });
-
     // Caretaker note: `animationstart` and `animationend` events are event tasks that trigger change detection.
     // We'd want to trigger the change detection only if it's an exit animation.
     this.ngZone.runOutsideAngular(() => {
@@ -233,16 +226,39 @@ export class HotToastComponent implements OnInit, AfterViewInit, OnDestroy, OnCh
         // with callback that capture `this`.
         this.renderer.listen(nativeElement, 'animationstart', (event: AnimationEvent) => {
           if (this.isExitAnimation(event)) {
-            this.ngZone.run(() => this.beforeClosed.emit());
+            this.ngZone.run(() => {
+              this.renderer.setStyle(nativeElement, 'pointer-events', 'none');
+              this.renderer.setStyle(nativeElement.parentElement, 'pointer-events', 'none');
+              this.beforeClosed.emit();
+            });
           }
         }),
         this.renderer.listen(nativeElement, 'animationend', (event: AnimationEvent) => {
+          if (this.isEnterAnimation(event)) {
+            this.ngZone.run(() => {
+              if (this.toast.autoClose) {
+                const exitAnimation = `hotToastExitAnimation${
+                  this.top ? 'Negative' : 'Positive'
+                } ${EXIT_ANIMATION_DURATION}ms forwards cubic-bezier(0.06, 0.71, 0.55, 1) var(--hot-toast-exit-animation-delay) var(--hot-toast-exit-animation-state)`;
+                this.toastBarBaseStylesSignal.set({ ...this.toast.style, animation: exitAnimation });
+              }
+            });
+          }
           if (this.isExitAnimation(event)) {
             this.ngZone.run(() => this.afterClosed.emit({ dismissedByAction: this.isManualClose, id: this.toast.id }));
           }
         })
       );
     });
+  }
+
+  ngAfterViewInit() {
+    const nativeElement = this.toastBarBase.nativeElement;
+    // Caretaker note: accessing `offsetHeight` triggers the whole layout update.
+    // Macro tasks (like `setTimeout`) might be executed within the current rendering frame and cause a frame drop.
+    requestAnimationFrame(() => {
+      this.height.emit(nativeElement.offsetHeight);
+    });
 
     this.setToastAttributes();
   }
@@ -275,14 +291,13 @@ export class HotToastComponent implements OnInit, AfterViewInit, OnDestroy, OnCh
 
   close() {
     this.isManualClose = true;
+    this.cdr.markForCheck();
 
     const exitAnimation = `hotToastExitAnimation${
       this.top ? 'Negative' : 'Positive'
     } ${EXIT_ANIMATION_DURATION}ms forwards cubic-bezier(0.06, 0.71, 0.55, 1)`;
 
-    const nativeElement = this.toastBarBase.nativeElement;
-
-    animate(this.renderer, nativeElement, exitAnimation);
+    this.toastBarBaseStylesSignal.set({ ...this.toast.style, animation: exitAnimation });
   }
 
   handleMouseEnter() {
@@ -303,6 +318,10 @@ export class HotToastComponent implements OnInit, AfterViewInit, OnDestroy, OnCh
     return ev.animationName.includes('hotToastExitAnimation');
   }
 
+  private isEnterAnimation(ev: AnimationEvent) {
+    return ev.animationName.includes('hotToastEnterAnimation');
+  }
+
   private setToastAttributes() {
     const toastAttributes: Record<string, string> = this.toast.attributes;
     for (const [key, value] of Object.entries(toastAttributes)) {