diff --git a/src/client/native/index.ts b/src/client/native/index.ts
index a38a4b5..77014a0 100644
--- a/src/client/native/index.ts
+++ b/src/client/native/index.ts
@@ -63,6 +63,20 @@ function titleOf(descriptor: TabDescriptor): string {
   return typeof descriptor.title === 'function' ? descriptor.title() : descriptor.title
 }
 
+/**
+ * The chip title of a file address: its own file name. A resource tab is
+ * identified by its address, so the strip must name the FILE — the
+ * descriptor's title ("Files") would make every open file look identical.
+ * @param address - the native tab's content address.
+ * @returns the file name, or undefined when the address is not a file.
+ */
+function fileTitleOf(address: string): string | undefined {
+  const parsed = parseFileAddress(address)
+  if (parsed === undefined) return undefined
+  const segments = parsed.path.split('/').filter(segment => segment !== '')
+  return segments.length === 0 ? undefined : segments[segments.length - 1]
+}
+
 /** One descriptor's live native registrations. */
 interface Registration {
   readonly dispose: () => void
@@ -143,7 +157,9 @@ export function registerNativeSurface(deps: NativeSurfaceDeps): () => void {
         // An external implementation outranks the product's own viewers, which
         // is what lets the plugin's editor take over file addresses.
         priority: 'extension',
-        title: () => titleOf(descriptor),
+        // A resource tab is titled by the file it shows; a page tab keeps the
+        // descriptor's own title.
+        title: (address: string) => (isEditor ? fileTitleOf(address) ?? titleOf(descriptor) : titleOf(descriptor)),
         ...(descriptor.hidden === true
           ? {}
           : {
diff --git a/tests/native-surface.spec.ts b/tests/native-surface.spec.ts
index 4307246..05978b6 100644
--- a/tests/native-surface.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/native-surface.spec.ts
@@ -166,12 +166,12 @@ describe('registerNativeSurface lifecycle (service-driven registration)', () =>
     service.registerTab({ id: 'editor', title: 'Files', component: () => null })
     const records = createNativeTabRecords()
 
-    const registered: Array<{ id: string; kind: string }> = []
+    const registered: Array<{ id: string; kind: string; title: (address: string) => string }> = []
     const slotKeys: string[] = []
     // The registry is ABSENT while the slot callback fires and appears later
     // (that ordering is the regression): a holder keeps the timing honest
     // without a reassigned binding.
-    const registry: { current: { register: (definition: { id: string; kind: string }) => () => void } | undefined } = { current: undefined }
+    const registry: { current: { register: (definition: { id: string; kind: string; title: (address: string) => string }) => () => void } | undefined } = { current: undefined }
     let runInjected: (() => void) | undefined
 
     const ctx = {
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ describe('registerNativeSurface lifecycle (service-driven registration)', () =>
     // …and everything registers once it appears.
     registry.current = {
       register: (definition) => {
-        registered.push({ id: definition.id, kind: definition.kind })
+        registered.push({ id: definition.id, kind: definition.kind, title: definition.title })
         return () => {}
       },
     }
@@ -210,6 +210,14 @@ describe('registerNativeSurface lifecycle (service-driven registration)', () =>
     expect(slotKeys).toContain('dsh-better-sidebar:terminal')
     expect(slotKeys).toContain('dsh-better-sidebar:files')
 
+    // A resource tab is titled by the FILE it shows (the descriptor's own
+    // title would make every open file look identical in the strip), while a
+    // page tab keeps the descriptor's title.
+    const editorType = registered.find(entry => entry.kind === 'editor')
+    expect(editorType?.title('dsh-resource://file/session/s1/src/main.ts')).toBe('main.ts')
+    expect(editorType?.title('dsh-resource://file/absolute/work/pkg/a/b.txt')).toBe('b.txt')
+    expect(editorType?.title('sidebar://editor')).toBe('Files')
+
     dispose()
   })
 })