diff --git a/packages/tui/src/app.tsx b/packages/tui/src/app.tsx
index b8352fe58e3..6769cc9dd27 100644
--- a/packages/tui/src/app.tsx
+++ b/packages/tui/src/app.tsx
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import {
   MouseButton,
   type CliRenderer,
   type CliRendererConfig,
+  type MouseEvent,
   type ThemeMode,
 } from "@opentui/core"
 import { RouteProvider, useRoute } from "./context/route"
@@ -71,7 +72,7 @@ import { DialogAgent } from "./component/dialog-agent"
 import { DialogSessionList } from "./component/dialog-session-list"
 import { DialogOpen, DialogOpenKey, loadDialogOpen } from "./component/dialog-open"
 import { SessionTabs } from "./component/session-tabs"
-import { sessionTabsFitVertically } from "./ui/layout"
+import { clampSessionTabsWidth, sessionTabsFitVertically, SESSION_SIDEBAR_WIDTH } from "./ui/layout"
 import { ThemeErrorToast } from "./component/theme-error-toast"
 import { createThemeSource, ThemeProvider, useTheme, useThemes } from "./context/theme"
 import { Home } from "./routes/home"
@@ -98,7 +99,7 @@ import { win32DisableProcessedInput, win32FlushInputBuffer } from "./terminal-wi
 import { destroyRenderer } from "./util/renderer"
 import { cliErrorMessage, errorFormat } from "./util/error"
 import { AttentionProvider } from "./context/attention"
-import { StorageProvider } from "./context/storage"
+import { StorageProvider, useStorage } from "./context/storage"
 import { createTuiClipboard } from "./clipboard"
 
 registerOpencodeSpinner()
@@ -471,6 +472,7 @@ function App(props: { pair?: DialogPairCredentials }) {
   const client = useClient()
   const toast = useToast()
   const theme = useTheme()
+  const tabsTheme = useTheme("elevated")
   const { mode, supports, setMode, locked, lock, unlock } = useThemes()
   const data = useData()
   const location = useLocation()
@@ -478,6 +480,41 @@ function App(props: { pair?: DialogPairCredentials }) {
   const promptRef = usePromptRef()
   const plugins = usePlugin()
   const clipboard = useClipboard()
+  const [layout, updateLayout] = useStorage().store<{ verticalTabsWidth?: number }>("layout", {
+    initial: { verticalTabsWidth: SESSION_SIDEBAR_WIDTH },
+  })
+  const [preferredTabsWidth, setPreferredTabsWidth] = createSignal(layout.verticalTabsWidth ?? SESSION_SIDEBAR_WIDTH)
+  const [tabsResizeHovered, setTabsResizeHovered] = createSignal(false)
+  const [tabsResizing, setTabsResizing] = createSignal(false)
+  let requestedTabsWidth = layout.verticalTabsWidth ?? SESSION_SIDEBAR_WIDTH
+  createEffect(() => {
+    if (tabsResizing()) return
+    requestedTabsWidth = layout.verticalTabsWidth ?? SESSION_SIDEBAR_WIDTH
+    setPreferredTabsWidth(requestedTabsWidth)
+  })
+  const verticalTabsWidth = () => clampSessionTabsWidth(preferredTabsWidth(), dimensions().width)
+  const resizeVerticalTabs = (width: number) => setPreferredTabsWidth(clampSessionTabsWidth(width, dimensions().width))
+  const commitVerticalTabsWidth = (width: number) => {
+    const next = clampSessionTabsWidth(width, dimensions().width)
+    setPreferredTabsWidth(next)
+    if (requestedTabsWidth === next) return
+    requestedTabsWidth = next
+    void updateLayout((draft) => {
+      draft.verticalTabsWidth = next
+    }).catch((error) => console.error("Failed to persist TUI layout", error))
+  }
+  let tabsResizeMoved = false
+  let lastTabsBoundaryClick = 0
+  const finishTabsResize = (event: MouseEvent) => {
+    if (!tabsResizing()) return
+    const next = tabsResizeMoved ? event.x + 1 : verticalTabsWidth()
+    setTabsResizing(false)
+    lastTabsBoundaryClick = tabsResizeMoved ? 0 : Date.now()
+    commitVerticalTabsWidth(next)
+    const width = clampSessionTabsWidth(next, dimensions().width)
+    setTabsResizeHovered(event.x >= width - 1 && event.x <= width)
+    event.stopPropagation()
+  }
   let openingOpen: Promise<SessionInfo[]> | undefined
   // Toast once when an MCP server enters a failed or needs-auth state so the user knows to act,
   // without having to open the status panel. Tracking the last alerted status avoids re-toasting
@@ -536,9 +573,11 @@ function App(props: { pair?: DialogPairCredentials }) {
   const terminalTitleEnabled = () => config.data.terminal?.title ?? true
   const copyOnSelectEnabled = () => config.data.terminal?.copy_on_select ?? process.platform !== "win32"
   const pasteSummaryEnabled = () => config.data.prompt?.paste !== "full"
-  const tabsVertical = () => config.data.tabs.layout === "vertical" && sessionTabsFitVertically(dimensions().width)
+  const tabsVertical = () =>
+    config.data.tabs.layout === "vertical" && sessionTabsFitVertically(dimensions().width, preferredTabsWidth())
   const tabsVisible = () =>
     sessionTabs.enabled() && (sessionTabs.tabs().length > 0 || sessionTabs.newTab()) && route.data.type !== "plugin"
+  const verticalTabsVisible = () => tabsVisible() && tabsVertical()
 
   createEffect(() => {
     renderer.useMouse = config.data.mouse
@@ -1233,9 +1272,23 @@ function App(props: { pair?: DialogPairCredentials }) {
       }}
       onMouseUp={copyOnSelectEnabled() ? () => Selection.copy(renderer, toast, clipboard) : undefined}
     >
-      <box flexGrow={1} minHeight={0} flexDirection="row">
-        <Show when={tabsVisible() && tabsVertical()}>
-          <SessionTabs orientation="vertical" />
+      <box
+        flexGrow={1}
+        minHeight={0}
+        flexDirection="row"
+        position="relative"
+        onMouseDrag={(event) => {
+          if (!tabsResizing()) return
+          tabsResizeMoved = true
+          lastTabsBoundaryClick = 0
+          resizeVerticalTabs(event.x + 1)
+          event.stopPropagation()
+        }}
+        onMouseDragEnd={finishTabsResize}
+        onMouseUp={finishTabsResize}
+      >
+        <Show when={verticalTabsVisible()}>
+          <SessionTabs orientation="vertical" width={verticalTabsWidth()} />
         </Show>
         <box flexGrow={1} minWidth={0} flexDirection="column">
           <Show when={plugins.ready()}>
@@ -1249,7 +1302,7 @@ function App(props: { pair?: DialogPairCredentials }) {
                 </Match>
                 <Match when={route.data.type === "session"}>
                   <Show when={route.data.type === "session" ? route.data.sessionID : undefined} keyed>
-                    {(_) => <Session />}
+                    {(_) => <Session verticalTabsWidth={verticalTabsVisible() ? verticalTabsWidth() : 0} />}
                   </Show>
                 </Match>
                 <Match when={route.data.type === "plugin"}>
@@ -1264,6 +1317,45 @@ function App(props: { pair?: DialogPairCredentials }) {
             <Slot path="app" />
           </Show>
         </box>
+        <Show when={verticalTabsVisible()}>
+          <box
+            position="absolute"
+            left={verticalTabsWidth() - 1}
+            top={0}
+            zIndex={10}
+            width={2}
+            height="100%"
+            onMouseOver={() => setTabsResizeHovered(true)}
+            onMouseOut={() => setTabsResizeHovered(false)}
+            onMouseDown={(event) => {
+              if (event.button !== MouseButton.LEFT) return
+              const now = Date.now()
+              if (now - lastTabsBoundaryClick < 300) {
+                lastTabsBoundaryClick = 0
+                setTabsResizing(false)
+                setTabsResizeHovered(false)
+                commitVerticalTabsWidth(SESSION_SIDEBAR_WIDTH)
+                event.preventDefault()
+                event.stopPropagation()
+                return
+              }
+              tabsResizeMoved = false
+              setTabsResizing(true)
+              event.preventDefault()
+              event.stopPropagation()
+            }}
+          >
+            <box
+              width={1}
+              height="100%"
+              backgroundColor={
+                tabsResizeHovered() || tabsResizing()
+                  ? tabsTheme.background.action.primary.hovered
+                  : tabsTheme.background.default
+              }
+            />
+          </box>
+        </Show>
       </box>
       <Show when={devtools()}>
         <DevToolsBar />
diff --git a/packages/tui/src/component/session-tabs.tsx b/packages/tui/src/component/session-tabs.tsx
index ebce53ee7dc..84e41f68126 100644
--- a/packages/tui/src/component/session-tabs.tsx
+++ b/packages/tui/src/component/session-tabs.tsx
@@ -273,12 +273,13 @@ export function SessionTabs(
     controller?: SessionTabsController
     animations?: boolean
     orientation?: "horizontal" | "vertical"
+    width?: number
   } = {},
 ) {
   return (
     <Switch>
       <Match when={props.orientation === "vertical"}>
-        <VerticalSessionTabs controller={props.controller} animations={props.animations} />
+        <VerticalSessionTabs controller={props.controller} animations={props.animations} width={props.width} />
       </Match>
       <Match when={true}>
         <HorizontalSessionTabs controller={props.controller} animations={props.animations} />
@@ -287,7 +288,7 @@ export function SessionTabs(
   )
 }
 
-function VerticalSessionTabs(props: { controller?: SessionTabsController; animations?: boolean }) {
+function VerticalSessionTabs(props: { controller?: SessionTabsController; animations?: boolean; width?: number }) {
   const contextTabs = useSessionTabs()
   const tabs: SessionTabsController = props.controller ?? contextTabs
   const data = useData()
@@ -295,7 +296,7 @@ function VerticalSessionTabs(props: { controller?: SessionTabsController; animat
   const { mode } = useThemes()
   const config = useConfig().data
   const animations = () => props.animations ?? config.animations ?? true
-  const width = () => SESSION_SIDEBAR_WIDTH
+  const width = () => props.width ?? SESSION_SIDEBAR_WIDTH
   const hueStep = () => (mode() === "light" ? 800 : 200)
   const accent = () => theme.hue.accent[hueStep()]
   const activeNumber = () => theme.hue.interactive[hueStep()]
diff --git a/packages/tui/src/routes/session/index.tsx b/packages/tui/src/routes/session/index.tsx
index 91d20b4c94a..1be96e4cdea 100644
--- a/packages/tui/src/routes/session/index.tsx
+++ b/packages/tui/src/routes/session/index.tsx
@@ -68,7 +68,6 @@ import { errorMessage } from "../../util/error"
 import { useToast } from "../../ui/toast"
 import stripAnsi from "strip-ansi"
 import { usePromptRef } from "../../context/prompt"
-import { sessionTabsFitVertically, SESSION_SIDEBAR_WIDTH } from "../../ui/layout"
 import { projectedPromptInput } from "../../prompt/codec"
 import { deduplicateVisibleImages } from "../../prompt/attachment"
 import { useEpilogue } from "../../context/epilogue"
@@ -141,7 +140,7 @@ function use() {
   return ctx
 }
 
-export function Session() {
+export function Session(props: { verticalTabsWidth: number }) {
   const setEpilogue = useEpilogue()
   const clipboard = useClipboard()
   const writeExport = async (file: string, content: string) => {
@@ -228,13 +227,7 @@ export function Session() {
   const diffWrapMode = createMemo(() => config.diffs?.wrap ?? "word")
   const groupExploration = createMemo(() => config.session?.grouping !== "none")
 
-  const availableWidth = createMemo(
-    () =>
-      dimensions().width -
-      (config.tabs?.enabled && config.tabs.layout === "vertical" && sessionTabsFitVertically(dimensions().width)
-        ? SESSION_SIDEBAR_WIDTH
-        : 0),
-  )
+  const availableWidth = createMemo(() => dimensions().width - props.verticalTabsWidth)
   const wide = createMemo(() => availableWidth() > 120)
   const sidebarVisible = createMemo(() => {
     if (session()?.parentID) return false
@@ -290,7 +283,7 @@ export function Session() {
 
   createEffect(
     on(
-      () => [dimensions().width, dimensions().height] as const,
+      () => [dimensions().width, dimensions().height, props.verticalTabsWidth] as const,
       (_, previous) => {
         if (previous) clearMessageNavigation()
       },
diff --git a/packages/tui/src/ui/layout.ts b/packages/tui/src/ui/layout.ts
index 2fa311619fa..e1dad76fe7f 100644
--- a/packages/tui/src/ui/layout.ts
+++ b/packages/tui/src/ui/layout.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,15 @@
 export const SESSION_SIDEBAR_WIDTH = 42
+export const SESSION_SIDEBAR_MIN_WIDTH = 24
+export const SESSION_SIDEBAR_MAX_WIDTH = 72
 const SESSION_CONTENT_MIN_WIDTH = 44
 
-export function sessionTabsFitVertically(total: number) {
-  return total >= SESSION_SIDEBAR_WIDTH + SESSION_CONTENT_MIN_WIDTH
+export function sessionTabsFitVertically(total: number, width = SESSION_SIDEBAR_WIDTH) {
+  return total >= width + SESSION_CONTENT_MIN_WIDTH
+}
+
+export function clampSessionTabsWidth(width: number, total: number) {
+  return Math.max(
+    SESSION_SIDEBAR_MIN_WIDTH,
+    Math.min(width, SESSION_SIDEBAR_MAX_WIDTH, total - SESSION_CONTENT_MIN_WIDTH),
+  )
 }
diff --git a/packages/tui/test/ui/layout.test.ts b/packages/tui/test/ui/layout.test.ts
index 53c9a824799..23aabf98fc2 100644
--- a/packages/tui/test/ui/layout.test.ts
+++ b/packages/tui/test/ui/layout.test.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,26 @@
 import { expect, test } from "bun:test"
-import { sessionTabsFitVertically, SESSION_SIDEBAR_WIDTH } from "../../src/ui/layout"
+import {
+  clampSessionTabsWidth,
+  sessionTabsFitVertically,
+  SESSION_SIDEBAR_MAX_WIDTH,
+  SESSION_SIDEBAR_MIN_WIDTH,
+  SESSION_SIDEBAR_WIDTH,
+} from "../../src/ui/layout"
 
 test("vertical tabs match the session sidebar and preserve compact content width", () => {
   expect(SESSION_SIDEBAR_WIDTH).toBe(42)
   expect(sessionTabsFitVertically(86)).toBe(true)
   expect(sessionTabsFitVertically(85)).toBe(false)
 })
+
+test("vertical tabs account for a resized width", () => {
+  expect(sessionTabsFitVertically(104, 60)).toBe(true)
+  expect(sessionTabsFitVertically(103, 60)).toBe(false)
+})
+
+test("vertical tab width preserves minimum rail and content widths", () => {
+  expect(clampSessionTabsWidth(10, 120)).toBe(SESSION_SIDEBAR_MIN_WIDTH)
+  expect(clampSessionTabsWidth(50, 120)).toBe(50)
+  expect(clampSessionTabsWidth(100, 120)).toBe(SESSION_SIDEBAR_MAX_WIDTH)
+  expect(clampSessionTabsWidth(100, 100)).toBe(56)
+})