diff --git a/docs/docs/examples/styling.mdx b/docs/docs/examples/styling.mdx
index 573fb4a1..baa5f732 100644
--- a/docs/docs/examples/styling.mdx
+++ b/docs/docs/examples/styling.mdx
@@ -446,14 +446,6 @@ In summary, if you do it correctly you can use CSS specificity instead of `!impo
 By default, the tooltip has a fade-in/fade-out transition when opening/closing, with a delay of 150ms for both.
 If you wish to change the delay for any of them, override the following CSS variables:
 
-:::caution
-
-Do not set `--rt-transition-closing-delay` to `0`. Doing so will result in the tooltip component being stuck (but not visible) on the DOM. This isn't itself a problem, but may lead to performance issues.
-
-Set to `1ms` or a similar value if you want to disable the fade-out transition when closing.
-
-:::
-
 ```css
 :root {
   --rt-transition-show-delay: 0.15s;
diff --git a/src/components/Tooltip/Tooltip.tsx b/src/components/Tooltip/Tooltip.tsx
index 3f3b8641..a65afbce 100644
--- a/src/components/Tooltip/Tooltip.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Tooltip/Tooltip.tsx
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import { useTooltip } from 'components/TooltipProvider'
 import useIsomorphicLayoutEffect from 'utils/use-isomorphic-layout-effect'
 import { getScrollParent } from 'utils/get-scroll-parent'
 import { computeTooltipPosition } from 'utils/compute-positions'
+import { cssTimeToMs } from 'utils/css-time-to-ms'
 import coreStyles from './core-styles.module.css'
 import styles from './styles.module.css'
 import type {
@@ -67,6 +68,7 @@ const Tooltip = ({
   const tooltipArrowRef = useRef<HTMLElement>(null)
   const tooltipShowDelayTimerRef = useRef<NodeJS.Timeout | null>(null)
   const tooltipHideDelayTimerRef = useRef<NodeJS.Timeout | null>(null)
+  const missedTransitionTimerRef = useRef<NodeJS.Timeout | null>(null)
   const [actualPlacement, setActualPlacement] = useState(place)
   const [inlineStyles, setInlineStyles] = useState({})
   const [inlineArrowStyles, setInlineArrowStyles] = useState({})
@@ -211,6 +213,9 @@ const Tooltip = ({
     if (show === wasShowing.current) {
       return
     }
+    if (missedTransitionTimerRef.current) {
+      clearTimeout(missedTransitionTimerRef.current)
+    }
     wasShowing.current = show
     if (show) {
       afterShow?.()
@@ -218,6 +223,18 @@ const Tooltip = ({
       /**
        * see `onTransitionEnd` on tooltip wrapper
        */
+      const style = getComputedStyle(document.body)
+      const transitionShowDelay = cssTimeToMs(style.getPropertyValue('--rt-transition-show-delay'))
+      missedTransitionTimerRef.current = setTimeout(() => {
+        /**
+         * if the tooltip switches from `show === true` to `show === false` too fast
+         * the transition never runs, so `onTransitionEnd` callback never gets fired
+         */
+        setRendered(false)
+        setImperativeOptions(null)
+        afterHide?.()
+        // +25ms just to make sure `onTransitionEnd` (if it gets fired) has time to run
+      }, transitionShowDelay + 25)
     }
   }, [show])
 
@@ -803,10 +820,9 @@ const Tooltip = ({
         clickable && coreStyles['clickable'],
       )}
       onTransitionEnd={(event: TransitionEvent) => {
-        /**
-         * @warning if `--rt-transition-closing-delay` is set to 0,
-         * the tooltip will be stuck (but not visible) on the DOM
-         */
+        if (missedTransitionTimerRef.current) {
+          clearTimeout(missedTransitionTimerRef.current)
+        }
         if (show || event.propertyName !== 'opacity') {
           return
         }
diff --git a/src/utils/css-time-to-ms.ts b/src/utils/css-time-to-ms.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fd038935
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/utils/css-time-to-ms.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+export const cssTimeToMs = (time: string): number => {
+  const match = time.match(/^([\d.]+)(m?s?)$/)
+  if (!match) {
+    return 0
+  }
+  const [, amount, unit] = match
+  if (unit !== 's' && unit !== 'ms') {
+    return 0
+  }
+  return Number(amount) * (unit === 'ms' ? 1 : 1000)
+}