diff --git a/.changeset/skip-animation-async-script.md b/.changeset/skip-animation-async-script.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8b7633ebb9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/skip-animation-async-script.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@react-spring/core': patch
+---
+
+fix(core): run async script `to` to completion under `skipAnimation` so the spring lands at the script's final value rather than being skipped entirely (#1429)
diff --git a/packages/core/src/Controller.test.ts b/packages/core/src/Controller.test.ts
index 752daf052b..955d0ecb37 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/Controller.test.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/Controller.test.ts
@@ -258,26 +258,58 @@ describe('Controller', () => {
     })
 
     describe('when skipAnimations is true', () => {
-      it('should not run at all', async () => {
+      it('applies values from an async function `to` (regression for #1429)', async () => {
+        const ctrl = new Controller({ from: { opacity: 0 } })
+
+        global.setSkipAnimation(true)
+
+        await ctrl.start({
+          to: async next => {
+            await next({ opacity: 1 })
+          },
+        })
+
+        expect(ctrl.springs.opacity.get()).toEqual(1)
+      })
+
+      it('runs an async script to completion and lands on its final value', async () => {
+        const ctrl = new Controller({ from: { x: 0 } })
+
+        global.setSkipAnimation(true)
+
+        await ctrl.start({
+          to: async next => {
+            await next({ x: 1 })
+            await next({ x: 2 })
+          },
+        })
+
+        // End state matches the final `next(...)` call, as if all
+        // animations had run normally.
+        expect(ctrl.springs.x.get()).toEqual(2)
+      })
+
+      it('does not hang on an unterminating async script', async () => {
         const ctrl = new Controller({ from: { x: 0 } })
         let n = 0
 
         global.setSkipAnimation(true)
 
-        ctrl.start({
+        await ctrl.start({
           to: async next => {
             while (true) {
               n += 1
-              await next({ x: 1, reset: true })
+              await next({ x: n, reset: true })
             }
           },
         })
 
-        await flushMicroTasks()
-        expect(n).toBe(0)
+        // The safety cap kicks in and the script is bailed.
+        expect(n).toBeGreaterThan(1)
+        expect(ctrl.springs.x.get()).toBeGreaterThan(0)
       })
 
-      it('should stop running and push the animation to the finished state when called mid animation', async () => {
+      it('lets the script run to completion when set mid animation', async () => {
         const ctrl = new Controller({ from: { x: 0 } })
         let n = 0
 
@@ -298,7 +330,9 @@ describe('Controller', () => {
         await global.advanceUntilIdle()
 
         const { x } = ctrl.springs
-        expect(n).toBe(2)
+        // Remaining iterations apply immediately rather than animating,
+        // and the loop terminates naturally instead of being aborted.
+        expect(n).toBe(5)
         expect(x.get()).toEqual(10)
       })
     })
diff --git a/packages/core/src/runAsync.ts b/packages/core/src/runAsync.ts
index ea91fc738b..389bcdd612 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/runAsync.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/runAsync.ts
@@ -92,6 +92,12 @@ export function runAsync<T extends AnimationTarget>(
       }
     }
 
+    // Safety cap for unterminating async scripts under `skipAnimation`.
+    // Without animation frames to pace it, `while (true) await next(...)`
+    // becomes a tight microtask loop that would hang the host.
+    let skipAnimationCallCount = 0
+    const SKIP_ANIMATION_CALL_LIMIT = 1024
+
     const animate: any = (arg1: any, arg2?: any) => {
       // Create the bail signal outside the returned promise,
       // so the generated stack trace is relevant.
@@ -99,20 +105,6 @@ export function runAsync<T extends AnimationTarget>(
       const skipAnimationSignal = new SkipAnimationSignal()
 
       return (async () => {
-        if (G.skipAnimation) {
-          /**
-           * We need to stop animations if `skipAnimation`
-           * is set in the Globals
-           *
-           */
-          stopAsync(state)
-
-          // create the rejection error that's handled gracefully
-          skipAnimationSignal.result = getFinishedResult(target, false)
-          bail(skipAnimationSignal)
-          throw skipAnimationSignal
-        }
-
         bailIfEnded(bailSignal)
 
         const props: any = is.obj(arg1) ? { ...arg1 } : { ...arg2, to: arg1 }
@@ -124,6 +116,21 @@ export function runAsync<T extends AnimationTarget>(
           }
         })
 
+        if (G.skipAnimation) {
+          if (++skipAnimationCallCount > SKIP_ANIMATION_CALL_LIMIT) {
+            stopAsync(state)
+            skipAnimationSignal.result = getFinishedResult(target, false)
+            bail(skipAnimationSignal)
+            throw skipAnimationSignal
+          }
+
+          // Apply each step immediately so the script can run to completion
+          // and the spring lands on whatever value the final `next(...)` call
+          // would set under normal animation.
+          props.immediate = true
+          return await target.start(props)
+        }
+
         const result = await target.start(props)
         bailIfEnded(bailSignal)
 
@@ -139,15 +146,6 @@ export function runAsync<T extends AnimationTarget>(
 
     let result!: AnimationResult<T>
 
-    if (G.skipAnimation) {
-      /**
-       * We need to stop animations if `skipAnimation`
-       * is set in the Globals
-       */
-      stopAsync(state)
-      return getFinishedResult(target, false)
-    }
-
     try {
       let animating!: Promise<void>