diff --git a/AGENTS.md b/AGENTS.md
index 65f5e1f..66fa6d2 100644
--- a/AGENTS.md
+++ b/AGENTS.md
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 ## 2. CI 挂载冒烟（`plugin-mount` job / `pnpm test:mount`）
 
-「npm 打包 → 真实挂载 → 无头渲染」门禁（证明打包产物在真实 DSH 挂载后不 crash）：`pnpm build && pnpm pack` 产 tarball → `scripts/e2e-mount.sh` 装进全新 scratch profile（`dsh plugin --profile web add file:<tarball>`）并启动真实 `dsh web`（keyless，`--port 0`）→ `tests/e2e/mount.e2e.ts`（Playwright）断言 `[data-dsh-better-sidebar]` 挂载、无错误条/pageerror/console 错误，经「+ 菜单」逐个打开内置 tab（含终端懒加载 chunk），再经文件树打开 seed 文件强制加载 editor chunk（`client-editor.js`）。
+「npm 打包 → 真实挂载 → 无头渲染」门禁（证明打包产物在真实 DSH 挂载后不 crash）：`pnpm build && pnpm pack` 产 tarball → `scripts/e2e-mount.sh` 装进全新 scratch profile（`dsh plugin --profile web add <tarball>`）并启动真实 `dsh web`（keyless，`--port 0`）→ `tests/e2e/mount.e2e.ts`（Playwright）断言 `[data-dsh-better-sidebar]` 挂载、无错误条/pageerror/console 错误，展开 DSH 原生右侧栏后经其 guide 页逐个打开插件 tab 类型（含终端懒加载 chunk），再经插件文件树（原生 `files` kind 接管）打开 seed 文件强制加载 editor chunk（`client-editor.js`），并跑 mermaid / README 预览与 sidechat 宿主路由烟测。
 
 本地：`pnpm build && pnpm pack && pnpm exec playwright install chromium && pnpm test:mount`。CI 钉 `@deepseek-ai/dsh@0.1.5-alpha.1`（`alpha` dist-tag；peer 下限 `^0.1.5-alpha.1`）。e2e spec 命名 `*.e2e.ts` + vitest `exclude` 双保险；**改 `exclude` 必须保留默认排除项**（exclude 整体替换默认值）。
 
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 7. **`@deepseek-ai/dsh-client-runtime` 包已消亡**（继任 seed 是裸名 `dsh-client-store`，无 `/client` 子路径）：peerDependencies、devDependencies、`dsh.client.inject`、chunk externals 白名单（`src/client/chunk-loader.ts` / `tsdown.config.ts` / `tests/chunk-loader.spec.ts` / `tests/manifest-consistency.spec.ts` 四处同步）均已无该条目。
 8. **e2e scratch profile 的 `minimumReleaseAgeExclude` 含 `'@deepseek-ai/*'`**（`scripts/e2e-mount.sh` / `e2e-aggregate-mount.sh`，与仓库根 `pnpm-workspace.yaml` 同策）：alpha 版本常在发布后 24h 内跑 lane，pnpm 11 的 `minimumReleaseAge` 默认会拒装新鲜包。
 9. **插件开发树的 dsh-* 传递 peer 需提升为 devDependencies**（alpha.3 首见）：`dsh-subagent` 等 npm 包把 `dsh-attachment` 等 dsh-* 姊妹包全部声明为 peerDependencies（由宿主 bundle 树统一提供，宿主侧无此问题），插件仓库若只直接依赖其中一部分，其余 peer 在 pnpm 下会解析到树上残留的旧版——如 `dsh-attachment@0.1.1-rc.1` 缺 `admitPromptContent` 导出、`dsh-subagent` 产物 import 它时测试加载即崩。因此 devDependencies 需涵盖 dev 树实际触达的全部 peer（attachment / code-runtime / scope / session-projection / system-prompt / user-approval / util-time 七个即为此提升，与直接依赖同款精确钉版）；`@deepseek-ai/cordis` peer 自 alpha.3 起要求 `^4.0.2`（上游全线 peer 已升）。适配新 alpha 版本时先跑 `pnpm peers check`，把新失配的传递 peer 一并提升进 devDependencies。例外：**`dsh-client-locale` 的 peer/devDep 允许落后于基线**（alpha.5 时上游停在 0.1.2-alpha.3 未发新版）——peer 下限 `^0.1.2-alpha.3` 天然容纳同 tuple 的 alpha.5 运行时，此时保持旧钉版并在 `pnpm-workspace.yaml` 注明，待上游发版再追平；rc.1 起上游恢复发版，peer/devDep 已与基线一并钉 `0.1.2-rc.1`，该例外消除。
-10. **聊天文件打开漏斗已改为原生右侧栏**：0.1.5 客户端不再有任何 `remote.session.openWorkspacePath` 调用——聊天里一切文件打开（工具行 / 产物行 / 正文提及 / 行内代码路径）统一走 `ctx.sidebarRight.openResource(fileAddressFor(sessionId, cwd, path))`（`packages/client/ui-chat/src/client/apply.ts` 是唯一调用点）。插件此前的 `openpath-intercept`（defineProperty 遮蔽 `remote.session` 方法）随之删除：0.1.5 上它是死代码，且会劫持宿主的「在外部应用打开」语义。文件当前落到原生栏的内置 `text` 预览；阶段二由插件注册 `dsh-resource://file/**` 类型（默认 `extension` 带，压过 `text` 的 `fallback`）接管。
+10. **右侧栏是 DSH 原生栏，插件只提供 tab 类型**：聊天里一切文件打开（工具行 / 产物行 / 正文提及 / 行内代码路径）统一走 `ctx.sidebarRight.openResource(fileAddressFor(sessionId, cwd, path))`（`packages/client/ui-chat/src/client/apply.ts` 是唯一调用点），`remote.session.openWorkspacePath` 在 0.1.5 客户端已无调用者，插件的 openpath 拦截随之删除。插件的每个 `TabDescriptor` 注册成原生 tab 类型（`kind = descriptor.id`，`extension` 带）+ 原生 tab 体（`sidebar.right.pane.tab` keyed 槽，key = `dsh-better-sidebar:<id>`）；`editor` 类型同时认领 `dsh-resource://file/**`（压过内置 `text` 的 `fallback`），并接管内置 `files` 页面 kind（`openTab('files')` 打开插件文件树，注销即复位）。`ctx.sidebarRight.openTab/openResource/close` 只对**在屏会话**写入；跨会话用具体类上的 `openTabIn/openResourceIn/closeIn`（不在 `ISidebarRight` 接口里，需结构化探测），目标会话未挂载时排队到上屏重放（`src/client/native/surface.ts`）。原生 tab 的插件侧状态（合成 `SidebarTab`、树展开集合、实例编号）在 `src/client/native/tab-adapter.tsx`；原生布局只在内存，不做持久化。指南 §0 列了全部行为差异。
 11. **自定义种子必须带 fork 标记对（`meta.isSeeded: true` + `inheritedEventCount`）**：dsh-session 契约「只给 seed 不标 isSeeded，种子算重放历史而非继承前缀」——缺标记时 `Session.ownEvents()` 含整个种子，子会话的 inbox 折（`inboxProjectionDefinition`，0.1.5 起 `@deepseek-ai/dsh-agent` 只导出 `Inbox` 接口，实现是该投影）重放种子里的 `agent/inbox/spliced`，**继承父会话切割时刻未领取的 inbox 输入**（排队用户消息 next-turn、长回合中工具结果上下文/steering next-step——后者即「上下文很长时侧边对话先把之前的 User msg 发出去」的根因，幽灵消息排在 boundary 之前最先发给模型）。宿主 `session.fork`（api-session-controller）的调用即规范形态；回归由 `tests/sidechat-seed-validation.spec.ts`（真实 `Session.create` + 对 `ownEvents()` 跑 inbox 折）守护。0.1.5 复评：无更优雅的 sidechat 宿主 API（`ContinuableStartSpec` 仍无 seed 字段），`AgentRegistry.create` 接缝补齐标记即为规范用法；`Session.create` 的 header `version` 必须用 `SESSION_FORMAT_VERSION`（0.1.5 是 `3` 字面量类型），勿钉 `0`。
 
 ---
diff --git a/docs/external-plugin-guide.md b/docs/external-plugin-guide.md
index 2e373dc..0580714 100644
--- a/docs/external-plugin-guide.md
+++ b/docs/external-plugin-guide.md
@@ -8,6 +8,27 @@
 
 ---
 
+## 0. 承载面：DSH 原生右侧栏（v0.19.0-alpha.0 起）
+
+从 v0.19.0-alpha.0 起，插件**不再自绘右侧面板**：你的 tab 渲染在 **DSH 自己的右侧栏**里（`ctx.sidebarRight` / `ctx.sidebarRightTabs`），插件把每个 `TabDescriptor` 注册成原生 tab 类型（`kind = descriptor.id`）+ 一个原生 tab 体。对你的接入代码**没有影响**——仍然只调用 `ctx.betterSidebar`：
+
+- `registerTab` / `registerFileViewer` 签名不变；
+- `openTab` / `openFile` 默认落到原生右侧栏；新增可选 `OpenTabSeed.target`（`'right'` 默认 / `'bottom'` 落插件的底部工作台）；
+- `updateTab` / `closeTab` / `activateTab` 认识原生 tab id（插件为每个原生 tab 维护一条合成 `SidebarTab` 记录，`tab.meta` / `tab.path` 的写入照旧生效）。
+
+行为差异（写在这里以免踩坑）：
+
+| 事项 | 说明 |
+|---|---|
+| 生命周期回调 | 原生面只有「一次打开」，不区分新建/聚焦，因此只触发 `onOpen`（`onActivate` 仅在插件自己的底部工作台里触发） |
+| 去重 | 原生按 `(kind, 地址)` 去重：有 `createTab` 的类型每次新开一个 tab（terminal / browser / sidechat / diff），其余聚焦已有 tab；`dedupeKey` 的自定义语义不参与原生面 |
+| 布局持久化 | 原生栏的布局**只在内存**（刷新后回到折叠默认），插件自己的底部工作台仍然持久化 |
+| 跨会话打开 | 目标会话的右侧栏 store 未挂载时，打开会排队到该会话上屏后重放 |
+| 内置类型接管 | 插件的 `editor` 类型以 `extension` 优先级认领 `dsh-resource://file/**`（压过内置 `text` 预览），并接管内置 `files` 页面 kind（`openTab('files')` 打开插件的文件树）；插件卸载/禁用时内置实现自动复位 |
+| 终端上限 | 终端 tab 的数量上限只统计插件自己底部工作台里的终端；原生栏里的终端不计入 |
+
+---
+
 ## 1. 总览：你能扩展什么
 
 better-sidebar 从 v0.4.0 起把自己改造成一个**注册表服务**：
diff --git a/src/client/Sidebar.tsx b/src/client/Sidebar.tsx
index f20ce7a..fcbc034 100644
--- a/src/client/Sidebar.tsx
+++ b/src/client/Sidebar.tsx
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ import { useSyncExternalStore } from 'react'
 import clsx from 'clsx'
 import { IconCloseFill14, Tooltip } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-client-ui-primitives'
 import type { Context } from '../context-types.ts'
-import { appendToDraft, insertFileReference } from './conversation-draft.ts'
+import { referenceInChat as referenceInChatShared } from './reference-in-chat.ts'
 import {
   BOTTOM_MIN, PANEL_MIN, agentUuidOf, firstLeaf, floatTab,
   isAgentTabId, leafWithTab, migrateBottomTabs,
@@ -56,7 +56,6 @@ import { useHostFeeds } from './sidebar/use-host-feeds.ts'
 import { usePinnedTabs } from './sidebar/use-pinned-tabs.ts'
 import { FreeWindowLayer, useFloatDragout } from './sidebar/free-windows.tsx'
 import type { TabDragPayload } from './TabBar.tsx'
-import { relativeTo } from './paths.ts'
 import { t } from './locales.ts'
 import { api } from './api.ts'
 import css from './sidebar.module.css'
@@ -102,8 +101,23 @@ function injectUserCss(attr: string, id: string, cssText: string): HTMLStyleElem
   return tag
 }
 
-export function Sidebar(props: { ctx: Context; store: SidebarStore }) {
+export function Sidebar(props: { ctx: Context; store: SidebarStore; nativeSurface?: boolean }) {
   const { ctx, store } = props
+  // With DSH's native right Sidebar owning the right column, this panel keeps
+  // only its bottom workbench: the right panel and its toggle are not offered.
+  const nativeSurface = props.nativeSurface === true
+
+  // Keep the retired right panel collapsed: nothing routes content into it any
+  // more, so an open state (restored from a pre-0.1.5 layout, or written by a
+  // stale flow) would reserve width for an empty column.
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (!nativeSurface) return
+    const enforce = (): void => {
+      store.reduce(state => (state.panelOpen ? { ...state, panelOpen: false } : state))
+    }
+    enforce()
+    return store.subscribe(enforce)
+  }, [nativeSurface, store])
 
   // Copy freshness: re-render the whole tree when the DSH locale switches.
   // The module-level t() reads the active locale at call time, so a root
@@ -391,7 +405,7 @@ export function Sidebar(props: { ctx: Context; store: SidebarStore }) {
     // Land the tab in the bottom panel's first pane; the once-flag is set
     // atomically so later expansions never repeat the auto-open.
     store.reduce(s => ({ ...s, activePane: firstLeaf(s.bottomSplits).id, bottomOpenedOnce: true }))
-    ctx.get('betterSidebar')?.openTab({ type: 'terminal' })
+    ctx.get('betterSidebar')?.openTab({ type: 'terminal', target: 'bottom' })
   }, [state, store, ctx, narrow])
 
   // Panel drags: the right panel's width (left edge strip), the bottom
@@ -752,14 +766,7 @@ export function Sidebar(props: { ctx: Context; store: SidebarStore }) {
    */
   const referenceInChat = useCallback((path: string, isDir: boolean): void => {
     if (sessionId === undefined) return
-    const rel = relativeTo(cwd ?? '', path)
-    if (isDir) {
-      appendToDraft(ctx, sessionId, `@${rel === '.' ? './' : `${rel}/`}`)
-      return
-    }
-    if (!insertFileReference(ctx, sessionId, rel)) {
-      appendToDraft(ctx, sessionId, `@${rel}`)
-    }
+    referenceInChatShared(ctx, sessionId, cwd, path, isDir)
   }, [ctx, sessionId, cwd])
 
   if (state === undefined || sessionId === undefined) {
@@ -797,14 +804,16 @@ export function Sidebar(props: { ctx: Context; store: SidebarStore }) {
     viewportHeight: layoutViewportHeight,
   }).height
 
-  const onNewTab = (optionId: string): void => {
+  const onNewTab = (optionId: string, target: 'right' | 'bottom' = 'right'): void => {
     const service = ctx.get('betterSidebar')
     const descriptor = service?.getTab(optionId)
     if (service === undefined || descriptor === undefined) return
     const title = typeof descriptor.title === 'function' ? descriptor.title() : descriptor.title
     // The session scope rides along: lifecycle callbacks receive it (and
-    // the open stays in the current session, as before).
-    service.openTab({ type: optionId, title }, { sessionId, cwd })
+    // the open stays in the current session, as before). The bottom panel's
+    // own + menu passes 'bottom' so the tab lands in THIS workbench, not in
+    // the native right Sidebar.
+    service.openTab({ type: optionId, title, target }, { sessionId, cwd })
   }
 
   /**
@@ -915,16 +924,18 @@ export function Sidebar(props: { ctx: Context; store: SidebarStore }) {
             </button>
           </Tooltip>
         )}
-        <Tooltip label={state.panelOpen ? t('collapse') : t('expand')} side="bottom" delayMs={500}>
-          <button
-            type="button"
-            className={css.toggleButton}
-            aria-label={state.panelOpen ? t('collapse') : t('expand')}
-            onClick={() => { store.reduce(togglePanel) }}
-          >
-            <IconPanelRightOutline16 />
-          </button>
-        </Tooltip>
+        {!nativeSurface && (
+          <Tooltip label={state.panelOpen ? t('collapse') : t('expand')} side="bottom" delayMs={500}>
+            <button
+              type="button"
+              className={css.toggleButton}
+              aria-label={state.panelOpen ? t('collapse') : t('expand')}
+              onClick={() => { store.reduce(togglePanel) }}
+            >
+              <IconPanelRightOutline16 />
+            </button>
+          </Tooltip>
+        )}
       </div>
       {/*
         The right panel stays mounted while collapsed (hidden off-screen) so
@@ -1147,7 +1158,7 @@ export function Sidebar(props: { ctx: Context; store: SidebarStore }) {
             tree={state.bottomSplits}
             newTabOptions={newTabOptions}
             actions={actions}
-            onNewTab={onNewTab}
+            onNewTab={(optionId) => { onNewTab(optionId, 'bottom') }}
             renderTab={(tab, active, paneId) => renderTab(tab, active, paneId, 'bottom')}
             getTabIcon={tabIconOf}
             getTabBadge={tabBadgeOf}
diff --git a/src/client/index.tsx b/src/client/index.tsx
index 9f016ab..48e8ae5 100644
--- a/src/client/index.tsx
+++ b/src/client/index.tsx
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@ import { registerBuiltins } from './builtins/index.ts'
 import { Sidebar } from './Sidebar.tsx'
 import { RenderBoundary } from './RenderBoundary.tsx'
 import { registerTurnTailInterception } from './intercept.tsx'
+import { createNativeTabRecords } from './native/tab-adapter.tsx'
+import { registerNativeSurface } from './native/index.ts'
+import { createNativeSurface } from './native/surface.ts'
 import { registerLinkInterception } from './link-intercept.ts'
 import { registerImeGuard } from './ime-guard.ts'
 import { registerSettingsNavIcon } from './settings-nav-icon.ts'
@@ -137,6 +140,21 @@ export function apply(ctx: Context): void {
   // are ready by the time the sidebar renders.
   const service = createBetterSidebarService(sidebarStore)
   ctx.provide('betterSidebar', service)
+  // The native right-Sidebar surface: the plugin's content is registered as
+  // DSH tab types (one per descriptor) and every open routes there, so the
+  // right column belongs to the host and only the bottom workbench stays
+  // plugin-owned. Both halves live for this fiber's lifetime.
+  const nativeRecords = createNativeTabRecords()
+  const nativeSurface = createNativeSurface(ctx, nativeRecords)
+  service.setSurface(nativeSurface)
+  ctx.effect(
+    () => registerNativeSurface({ ctx, store: sidebarStore, service, records: nativeRecords }),
+    'dsh-better-sidebar: native right-Sidebar registrations',
+  )
+  ctx.effect(
+    () => () => { nativeSurface.dispose(); service.setSurface(undefined) },
+    'dsh-better-sidebar: native right-Sidebar surface',
+  )
   // Terminal tab titles use the host's effective shell name (e.g. bash/zsh)
   // instead of "Terminal 1". Start with a safe fallback and replace it as
   // soon as the host shell info resolves. Tabs created before the response
@@ -284,7 +302,7 @@ export function apply(ctx: Context): void {
           host.setAttribute('data-dsh-better-sidebar', '')
           document.body.appendChild(host)
           root = createRoot(host)
-          root.render(createElement(RenderBoundary, { className: css.boundaryError }, createElement(Sidebar, { ctx, store: sidebarStore })))
+          root.render(createElement(RenderBoundary, { className: css.boundaryError }, createElement(Sidebar, { ctx, store: sidebarStore, nativeSurface: true })))
           mounted = true
           guardAnchor()
           scheduleHostCheck()
diff --git a/src/client/locales-ar.ts b/src/client/locales-ar.ts
index ffa4f95..e8f1c6c 100644
--- a/src/client/locales-ar.ts
+++ b/src/client/locales-ar.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 /** The ar dictionary (key-set-equal to zh, enforced by the type annotation in locales.ts). */
 export const ar: Record<string, string> = {
   files: 'الملفات',
+  nativeGuideDesc: 'Open in the DSH sidebar',
   changesSessionEmpty: 'لا توجد عمليات ملفات في هذه الجلسة بعد',
   changesRead: 'قراءة',
   changesMdReading: 'قراءة',
diff --git a/src/client/locales-de.ts b/src/client/locales-de.ts
index 1baa471..881dcb0 100644
--- a/src/client/locales-de.ts
+++ b/src/client/locales-de.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
  */
 export const de: Record<string, string> = {
   files: 'Dateien',
+  nativeGuideDesc: 'Open in the DSH sidebar',
   changesSessionEmpty: 'Noch keine Dateioperationen in dieser Sitzung',
   changesRead: 'Lesen',
   changesMdReading: 'Lesen',
diff --git a/src/client/locales-fr.ts b/src/client/locales-fr.ts
index d47ab59..1904063 100644
--- a/src/client/locales-fr.ts
+++ b/src/client/locales-fr.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 /** fr dictionary for the `betterSidebar` namespace. */
 export const fr: Record<string, string> = {
   files: 'Fichiers',
+  nativeGuideDesc: 'Open in the DSH sidebar',
   changesSessionEmpty: 'Aucune opération de fichier dans cette session',
   changesRead: 'Lecture',
   changesMdReading: 'Lecture',
diff --git a/src/client/locales-hi.ts b/src/client/locales-hi.ts
index ce19341..bee6300 100644
--- a/src/client/locales-hi.ts
+++ b/src/client/locales-hi.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 /** The hi dictionary (key-set-equal to zh, enforced by the type annotation in locales.ts). */
 export const hi: Record<string, string> = {
   files: 'फ़ाइलें',
+  nativeGuideDesc: 'Open in the DSH sidebar',
   changesSessionEmpty: 'इस सत्र में अभी कोई फ़ाइल ऑपरेशन नहीं',
   changesRead: 'पढ़ना',
   changesMdReading: 'पठन',
diff --git a/src/client/locales-id.ts b/src/client/locales-id.ts
index 952f8ba..2a4389e 100644
--- a/src/client/locales-id.ts
+++ b/src/client/locales-id.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 
 export const id: Record<string, string> = {
   files: 'Berkas',
+  nativeGuideDesc: 'Open in the DSH sidebar',
   changesSessionEmpty: 'Belum ada operasi file di sesi ini',
   changesRead: 'Baca',
   changesMdReading: 'Baca',
diff --git a/src/client/locales-it.ts b/src/client/locales-it.ts
index 9d6052a..fb10153 100644
--- a/src/client/locales-it.ts
+++ b/src/client/locales-it.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 
 export const it: Record<string, string> = {
   files: 'File',
+  nativeGuideDesc: 'Open in the DSH sidebar',
   changesSessionEmpty: 'Ancora nessuna operazione sui file in questa sessione',
   changesRead: 'Lettura',
   changesMdReading: 'Lettura',
diff --git a/src/client/locales-ja.ts b/src/client/locales-ja.ts
index 1b780a2..57dcf52 100644
--- a/src/client/locales-ja.ts
+++ b/src/client/locales-ja.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 /** The ja dictionary (key-set-equal to zh, enforced by the type annotation in locales.ts). */
 export const ja: Record<string, string> = {
   files: 'ファイル',
+  nativeGuideDesc: 'DSH のサイドバーで開く',
   changesSessionEmpty: 'このセッションにはファイル操作がまだありません',
   changesRead: '読み取り',
   changesMdReading: '閲覧',
diff --git a/src/client/locales-ko.ts b/src/client/locales-ko.ts
index 82a4938..5b26f05 100644
--- a/src/client/locales-ko.ts
+++ b/src/client/locales-ko.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 
 export const ko: Record<string, string> = {
   files: '파일',
+  nativeGuideDesc: 'Open in the DSH sidebar',
   changesSessionEmpty: '이 세션에 아직 파일 작업이 없습니다',
   changesRead: '읽기',
   changesMdReading: '읽기',
diff --git a/src/client/locales-nl.ts b/src/client/locales-nl.ts
index a3da95c..89242b2 100644
--- a/src/client/locales-nl.ts
+++ b/src/client/locales-nl.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
  */
 export const nl: Record<string, string> = {
   files: 'Bestanden',
+  nativeGuideDesc: 'Open in the DSH sidebar',
   changesSessionEmpty: 'Nog geen bestandsbewerkingen in deze sessie',
   changesRead: 'Lezen',
   changesMdReading: 'Lezen',
diff --git a/src/client/locales-pl.ts b/src/client/locales-pl.ts
index 855ea69..4e60ed2 100644
--- a/src/client/locales-pl.ts
+++ b/src/client/locales-pl.ts
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 /** The pl dictionary (key-set-equal to zh, enforced by the type annotation in locales.ts). */
 export const pl: Record<string, string> = {
   files: 'Pliki',
+  nativeGuideDesc: 'Open in the DSH sidebar',
   changesSessionEmpty: 'Brak operacji na plikach w tej sesji',
   changesRead: 'Odczyt',
   changesMdReading: 'Czytanie',
diff --git a/src/client/locales-pt.ts b/src/client/locales-pt.ts
index 7146bff..9bfc9fa 100644
--- a/src/client/locales-pt.ts
+++ b/src/client/locales-pt.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 export const pt: Record<string, string> = {
   files: 'Arquivos',
+  nativeGuideDesc: 'Open in the DSH sidebar',
   changesSessionEmpty: 'Ainda sem operações de arquivo nesta sessão',
   changesRead: 'Leitura',
   changesMdReading: 'Leitura',
diff --git a/src/client/locales-ru.ts b/src/client/locales-ru.ts
index 5a6155b..b8c51bf 100644
--- a/src/client/locales-ru.ts
+++ b/src/client/locales-ru.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 
 export const ru: Record<string, string> = {
   files: 'Файлы',
+  nativeGuideDesc: 'Open in the DSH sidebar',
   changesSessionEmpty: 'В этой сессии пока нет файловых операций',
   changesRead: 'Чтение',
   changesMdReading: 'Чтение',
diff --git a/src/client/locales-sv.ts b/src/client/locales-sv.ts
index 0bdc0d0..5cb9780 100644
--- a/src/client/locales-sv.ts
+++ b/src/client/locales-sv.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 export const sv: Record<string, string> = {
   files: 'Filer',
+  nativeGuideDesc: 'Open in the DSH sidebar',
   changesSessionEmpty: 'Inga filoperationer i den här sessionen ännu',
   changesRead: 'Läs',
   changesMdReading: 'Läsning',
diff --git a/src/client/locales-th.ts b/src/client/locales-th.ts
index 094f961..24f7a77 100644
--- a/src/client/locales-th.ts
+++ b/src/client/locales-th.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 /** The th dictionary (key-set-equal to zh, enforced by the type annotation in locales.ts). */
 export const th: Record<string, string> = {
   files: 'ไฟล์',
+  nativeGuideDesc: 'Open in the DSH sidebar',
   changesSessionEmpty: 'ยังไม่มีการดำเนินการไฟล์ในเซสชันนี้',
   changesRead: 'อ่าน',
   changesMdReading: 'อ่าน',
diff --git a/src/client/locales-tr.ts b/src/client/locales-tr.ts
index df40c75..ad1baa3 100644
--- a/src/client/locales-tr.ts
+++ b/src/client/locales-tr.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 /** The tr dictionary (key-set-equal to zh, enforced by the type annotation in locales.ts). */
 export const tr: Record<string, string> = {
   files: 'Dosyalar',
+  nativeGuideDesc: 'Open in the DSH sidebar',
   changesSessionEmpty: 'Bu oturumda henüz dosya işlemi yok',
   changesRead: 'Okuma',
   changesMdReading: 'Okuma',
diff --git a/src/client/locales-vi.ts b/src/client/locales-vi.ts
index 35ec66d..f59f075 100644
--- a/src/client/locales-vi.ts
+++ b/src/client/locales-vi.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 /** The vi dictionary (key-set-equal to zh, enforced by the type annotation in locales.ts). */
 export const vi: Record<string, string> = {
   files: 'Tệp',
+  nativeGuideDesc: 'Open in the DSH sidebar',
   changesSessionEmpty: 'Chưa có thao tác tệp nào trong phiên này',
   changesRead: 'Đọc',
   changesMdReading: 'Đọc',
diff --git a/src/client/locales-zh-HK.ts b/src/client/locales-zh-HK.ts
index 248016f..e99f0d5 100644
--- a/src/client/locales-zh-HK.ts
+++ b/src/client/locales-zh-HK.ts
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 /** The zh-HK dictionary (key-set-equal to zh, enforced by the type annotation in locales.ts). */
 export const zhHK: Record<string, string> = {
   files: '檔案',
+  nativeGuideDesc: 'Open in the DSH sidebar',
   changesSessionEmpty: '本工作階段還沒有檔案操作',
   changesRead: '讀取',
   changesMdReading: '閱讀',
diff --git a/src/client/locales-zh-MO.ts b/src/client/locales-zh-MO.ts
index d67b91c..ac5b2a0 100644
--- a/src/client/locales-zh-MO.ts
+++ b/src/client/locales-zh-MO.ts
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 /** The zh-HK dictionary (key-set-equal to zh, enforced by the type annotation in locales.ts). */
 export const zhMO: Record<string, string> = {
   files: '檔案',
+  nativeGuideDesc: 'Open in the DSH sidebar',
   changesSessionEmpty: '本工作階段還沒有檔案操作',
   changesRead: '讀取',
   changesMdReading: '閱讀',
diff --git a/src/client/locales-zh-TW.ts b/src/client/locales-zh-TW.ts
index 0fb0422..a80b965 100644
--- a/src/client/locales-zh-TW.ts
+++ b/src/client/locales-zh-TW.ts
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 /** The zh-HK dictionary (key-set-equal to zh, enforced by the type annotation in locales.ts). */
 export const zhTW: Record<string, string> = {
   files: '檔案',
+  nativeGuideDesc: 'Open in the DSH sidebar',
   changesSessionEmpty: '本作業階段還沒有檔案操作',
   changesRead: '讀取',
   changesMdReading: '閱讀',
diff --git a/src/client/locales.ts b/src/client/locales.ts
index ef3a2ee..2e31c77 100644
--- a/src/client/locales.ts
+++ b/src/client/locales.ts
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 /** The zh dictionary (also registered into the DSH locale registry under {@link LOCALE_NS}). */
 export const zh = {
   files: '文件',
+  nativeGuideDesc: '在 DSH 原生右侧栏打开',
   changesSessionEmpty: '本会话还没有文件操作',
   changesRead: '读取',
   changesMdReading: '阅读',
@@ -472,6 +473,7 @@ export const zh = {
 /** The en dictionary (key-set-equal to zh, enforced by the type annotation). */
 export const en: Record<keyof typeof zh, string> = {
   files: 'Files',
+  nativeGuideDesc: 'Open in the DSH sidebar',
   changesSessionEmpty: 'No file operations in this session yet',
   changesRead: 'Read',
   changesMdReading: 'Reading',
diff --git a/src/client/native/index.ts b/src/client/native/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fecd898
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/client/native/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,229 @@
+/**
+ * The plugin's content, registered into DSH's native right Sidebar.
+ *
+ * Every tab the plugin can draw becomes a native tab TYPE plus a BODY:
+ *
+ * - the `editor` type is both a page (the files window) and a resource
+ *   viewer — it claims `dsh-resource://file/**` at the default `extension`
+ *   band, which outranks the built-in `text` preview (`fallback`) and the
+ *   built-in `files` tree (`builtin`), so every file the product opens lands
+ *   in the plugin's editor;
+ * - the built-in `files` page kind is TAKEN OVER by an `extension`
+ *   registration of the same kind, so `openTab('files')` draws the plugin's
+ *   explorer instead of the built-in tree; the built-in resumes when this
+ *   plugin unregisters;
+ * - every other descriptor (changes / subagent / side chat / terminal /
+ *   browser / diff) becomes a page type of its own.
+ *
+ * The registrations follow the plugin's registry lifecycle: a descriptor
+ * registered later (an external plugin) gets its native type too, and a type
+ * the user disabled in the side-card settings is unregistered — so it is
+ * absent from the native guide and `openTab` refuses it.
+ */
+import type { Context } from '../../context-types.ts'
+import { t } from '../locales.ts'
+import { parseFileAddress } from '../resource-address.ts'
+import type { BetterSidebarService, TabDescriptor } from '../service.ts'
+import type { SidebarStore } from '../state.ts'
+import {
+  NativeTabBody,
+  NativeTabTitle,
+  type NativeBodyInjected,
+  type NativeTabInfo,
+  type NativeTabParams,
+  type NativeTabRecords,
+} from './tab-adapter.tsx'
+
+/** The native tab-type registry face (`ctx.sidebarRightTabs`). */
+interface NativeTabRegistry {
+  register(definition: {
+    id: string
+    kind: string
+    patterns?: readonly string[]
+    priority?: 'extension' | 'builtin' | 'fallback'
+    canOpen?: (address: string) => boolean
+    title: (address: string) => string
+    guide?: readonly { order: number; title: () => string; description: () => string; icon?: unknown }[]
+  }): () => void
+}
+
+/** The kind the plugin's files window owns (page + file viewer). */
+const EDITOR_KIND = 'editor'
+
+/** The built-in page kind this plugin takes over. */
+const FILES_KIND = 'files'
+
+/** The plugin's implementation id for a descriptor (unique across kinds). */
+function nativeId(descriptorId: string): string {
+  return `dsh-better-sidebar:${descriptorId}`
+}
+
+/** The descriptor's title text, evaluated fresh for the current locale. */
+function titleOf(descriptor: TabDescriptor): string {
+  return typeof descriptor.title === 'function' ? descriptor.title() : descriptor.title
+}
+
+/** One descriptor's live native registrations. */
+interface Registration {
+  readonly dispose: () => void
+}
+
+/** Everything the registrations need. */
+export interface NativeSurfaceDeps {
+  readonly ctx: Context
+  readonly store: SidebarStore
+  readonly service: BetterSidebarService
+  /** The shared native tab record registry (the surface writes it too). */
+  readonly records: NativeTabRecords
+}
+
+/**
+ * Register the plugin's tabs into the native right Sidebar and keep them in
+ * step with the plugin's own registry and settings.
+ * @param deps - client context, the plugin store/service, and the records.
+ * @returns a disposer unregistering everything.
+ */
+export function registerNativeSurface(deps: NativeSurfaceDeps): () => void {
+  const { ctx, store, service, records } = deps
+  const disposers: Array<() => void> = []
+  // The native seat declares `sidebar.right.pane.tab` when its client half
+  // activates, which may be after this plugin; the slot registry's `inject`
+  // re-runs on every declaration lifetime, and the tab-type registry
+  // (`ctx.sidebarRightTabs`) is provided by that same package, so one wait
+  // covers both.
+  const disposeSeat = ctx.slots.inject('sidebar.right.pane.tab', () => {
+    const tabs = ctx.get('sidebarRightTabs') as unknown as NativeTabRegistry | undefined
+    if (tabs === undefined) return () => {}
+    const live = new Map<string, Registration>()
+
+    const fileParamsOf = (info: NativeTabInfo): NativeTabParams | undefined => {
+      const address = parseFileAddress(info.tab.contentId)
+      return address === undefined ? undefined : { path: address.path }
+    }
+    const fileSessionIdOf = (info: NativeTabInfo): string | undefined => {
+      const address = parseFileAddress(info.tab.contentId)
+      return address !== undefined && address.scope === 'session' ? address.sessionId : undefined
+    }
+
+    /** Register the body + chip-title slots for one native implementation id. */
+    const registerSlots = (
+      id: string,
+      injected: Omit<NativeBodyInjected, 'sessionId'>,
+      params: Pick<NativeBodyInjected, 'paramsOf' | 'sessionIdOf'>,
+    ): Array<() => void> => [
+      ctx.slots.inject('sidebar.right.pane.tab', () => ctx.slots.register({
+        name: 'sidebar.right.pane.tab',
+        key: id,
+        inject: (sessionId: string) => ({ ...injected, ...params, sessionId }),
+      }, NativeTabBody)),
+      ctx.slots.inject('sidebar.right.pane.tab.title', () => ctx.slots.register({
+        name: 'sidebar.right.pane.tab.title',
+        key: id,
+        inject: () => ({ records }),
+      }, NativeTabTitle)),
+    ]
+
+    /** One descriptor's native type + body + title, as one disposable. */
+    const registerDescriptor = (descriptor: TabDescriptor): (() => void) => {
+      const id = nativeId(descriptor.id)
+      const isEditor = descriptor.id === EDITOR_KIND
+      const icon = descriptor.icon
+      const disposeType = tabs.register({
+        id,
+        kind: descriptor.id,
+        ...(isEditor
+          ? {
+            patterns: ['dsh-resource://file/**'],
+            canOpen: (address: string) => parseFileAddress(address) !== undefined,
+          }
+          : {}),
+        // 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),
+        ...(descriptor.hidden === true
+          ? {}
+          : {
+            guide: [{
+              order: descriptor.order ?? 100,
+              title: () => titleOf(descriptor),
+              description: () => t('nativeGuideDesc'),
+              ...(typeof icon === 'function'
+                ? { icon: (props: { size?: number }) => icon(props.size ?? 16) }
+                : {}),
+            }],
+          }),
+      })
+      const slots = registerSlots(
+        id,
+        { ctx, store, service, records, descriptorId: descriptor.id },
+        isEditor ? { paramsOf: fileParamsOf, sessionIdOf: fileSessionIdOf } : {},
+      )
+      return () => {
+        for (const dispose of slots.reverse()) dispose()
+        disposeType()
+      }
+    }
+
+    /** One `files`-kind takeover: the plugin's explorer under the built-in kind. */
+    const registerFilesKind = (): (() => void) => {
+      const id = 'dsh-better-sidebar:files'
+      const disposeType = tabs.register({
+        id,
+        kind: FILES_KIND,
+        priority: 'extension',
+        title: () => t('files'),
+        guide: [{
+          order: 10,
+          title: () => t('files'),
+          description: () => t('nativeGuideDesc'),
+        }],
+      })
+      const slots = registerSlots(id, { ctx, store, service, records, descriptorId: EDITOR_KIND }, {})
+      return () => {
+        for (const dispose of slots.reverse()) dispose()
+        disposeType()
+      }
+    }
+
+    /** Bring the live registrations in line with the registry + the settings. */
+    const sync = (): void => {
+      const wanted = new Map<string, () => () => void>()
+      for (const descriptor of service.getTabs()) {
+        if (!service.isTabEnabled(descriptor.id)) continue
+        wanted.set(descriptor.id, () => registerDescriptor(descriptor))
+      }
+      for (const [descriptorId, registration] of live) {
+        if (wanted.has(descriptorId)) continue
+        registration.dispose()
+        live.delete(descriptorId)
+      }
+      for (const [descriptorId, create] of wanted) {
+        if (live.has(descriptorId)) continue
+        live.set(descriptorId, { dispose: create() })
+      }
+      // The built-in files kind follows the editor type's switch: with the
+      // editor disabled the plugin has no explorer to put there.
+      const wantsFiles = service.isTabEnabled(EDITOR_KIND)
+      const hasFiles = live.has(FILES_KIND)
+      if (wantsFiles && !hasFiles) live.set(FILES_KIND, { dispose: registerFilesKind() })
+      if (!wantsFiles && hasFiles) {
+        live.get(FILES_KIND)?.dispose()
+        live.delete(FILES_KIND)
+      }
+    }
+
+    disposers.push(service.subscribe(sync), store.subscribe(sync))
+    sync()
+    return () => {
+      for (const registration of live.values()) registration.dispose()
+      live.clear()
+    }
+  })
+  return () => {
+    disposeSeat()
+    for (const dispose of disposers.reverse()) dispose()
+  }
+}
+
+export type { NativeTabRecords }
diff --git a/src/client/native/surface.ts b/src/client/native/surface.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6dc0861
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/client/native/surface.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,149 @@
+/**
+ * The plugin's write face over DSH's native right Sidebar (`ctx.sidebarRight`).
+ *
+ * The service speaks in the plugin's own vocabulary (tab type, seed, session
+ * scope); this module turns those into the native surface's vocabulary
+ * (kind + navigation params, or a `dsh-resource://` address) and forwards
+ * tab-record operations to the plugin's native record registry.
+ *
+ * Two native limits shape the implementation:
+ *
+ * - the surface exists only while a session's panel is mounted, and the
+ *   service's public face (`ISidebarRight`) writes only into THAT session.
+ *   The controller also carries `openTabIn` / `openResourceIn` /
+ *   `closeIn`, which act on any session whose store the runtime has minted;
+ *   both are probed at call time, and an open for a session that has no
+ *   store yet is QUEUED and replayed when that session comes on screen;
+ * - layout state is memory-only, so a queued open is not durable either.
+ */
+import type { Context } from '../../context-types.ts'
+import { fileAddressFor } from '../resource-address.ts'
+import type { NativeTabParams, SidebarSurface } from '../service.ts'
+import type { NativeTabRecords } from './tab-adapter.tsx'
+
+/** One open the surface could not place yet. */
+type Pending =
+  | { kind: 'tab'; sessionId: string; tabKind: string; params: NativeTabParams; revealIfOpened: boolean }
+  | { kind: 'resource'; sessionId: string; address: string; line: number | undefined; revealIfOpened: boolean }
+
+/** The controller face this module uses (a structural slice of `ISidebarRight`). */
+interface NativeController {
+  openTab(kind: string, options?: { params?: unknown; revealIfOpened?: boolean }): void
+  openResource(address: string, options?: { params?: unknown; revealIfOpened?: boolean }): void
+  close(tabId: string): void
+  /** Not part of `ISidebarRight`: the concrete controller's per-session writes. */
+  openTabIn?(sessionId: string, kind: string, options?: { params?: unknown; revealIfOpened?: boolean }): void
+  openResourceIn?(sessionId: string, address: string, options?: { params?: unknown; revealIfOpened?: boolean }): void
+  closeIn?(sessionId: string, tabId: string): void
+}
+
+/** The plugin's write face over the native surface. */
+export interface NativeSurface extends SidebarSurface {
+  /** Replay opens that were queued for a session that had no mounted surface. */
+  flushPending(): void
+  /** Stop observing the session list. */
+  dispose(): void
+}
+
+/** The active session id, as the client list reports it. */
+function activeSessionId(ctx: Context): string | undefined {
+  try {
+    return ctx.sessions.list.getSnapshot().current
+  } catch {
+    return undefined
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Bind the plugin's write face to the native controller.
+ * @param ctx - the client context (session list + `ctx.sidebarRight`).
+ * @param records - the plugin's native tab record registry.
+ * @returns the surface, plus a disposer unbinding its session subscription.
+ */
+export function createNativeSurface(ctx: Context, records: NativeTabRecords): NativeSurface {
+  const pending: Pending[] = []
+  const controller = (): NativeController | undefined =>
+    ctx.get('sidebarRight') as unknown as NativeController | undefined
+
+  const place = (entry: Pending): boolean => {
+    const api = controller()
+    if (api === undefined) return false
+    const active = activeSessionId(ctx)
+    const onScreen = active !== undefined && active === entry.sessionId
+    if (entry.kind === 'tab') {
+      const options = { params: entry.params, revealIfOpened: entry.revealIfOpened }
+      if (onScreen) {
+        api.openTab(entry.tabKind, options)
+        return true
+      }
+      if (api.openTabIn !== undefined) {
+        api.openTabIn(entry.sessionId, entry.tabKind, options)
+        return true
+      }
+      return false
+    }
+    const options = {
+      ...(entry.line === undefined ? {} : { params: { line: entry.line } }),
+      revealIfOpened: entry.revealIfOpened,
+    }
+    if (onScreen) {
+      api.openResource(entry.address, options)
+      return true
+    }
+    if (api.openResourceIn !== undefined) {
+      api.openResourceIn(entry.sessionId, entry.address, options)
+      return true
+    }
+    return false
+  }
+
+  const flushPending = (): void => {
+    if (pending.length === 0) return
+    for (let index = pending.length - 1; index >= 0; index--) {
+      const entry = pending[index]
+      if (entry !== undefined && place(entry)) pending.splice(index, 1)
+    }
+  }
+
+  const enqueue = (entry: Pending): void => {
+    if (!place(entry)) pending.push(entry)
+  }
+
+  const unsubscribe = ctx.sessions.list.subscribe(flushPending)
+  return {
+    openTab({ sessionId, kind, params, revealIfOpened }) {
+      enqueue({ kind: 'tab', sessionId, tabKind: kind, params, revealIfOpened })
+    },
+    openResource({ sessionId, address, line, revealIfOpened }) {
+      enqueue({ kind: 'resource', sessionId, address, line, revealIfOpened })
+    },
+    fileAddress(sessionId, cwd, path) {
+      return fileAddressFor(sessionId, cwd, path)
+    },
+    close(sessionId, tabId) {
+      const record = records.get(tabId)
+      if (record === undefined) return undefined
+      records.drop(tabId)
+      const api = controller()
+      if (api !== undefined) {
+        if (sessionId === activeSessionId(ctx)) api.close(tabId)
+        else if (api.closeIn !== undefined) api.closeIn(sessionId, tabId)
+      }
+      return { type: record.tab.type, title: record.tab.title }
+    },
+    update(tabId, patch) {
+      if (!records.has(tabId)) return false
+      records.update(tabId, patch)
+      return true
+    },
+    activate(tabId) {
+      // The native surface has no cross-pane activation face the plugin needs:
+      // a tab is focused by opening its (kind, address) again, which the
+      // native open already de-duplicates.
+      return records.has(tabId)
+    },
+    has: tabId => records.has(tabId),
+    flushPending,
+    dispose: () => { unsubscribe() },
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/client/native/tab-adapter.tsx b/src/client/native/tab-adapter.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..840ff76
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/client/native/tab-adapter.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,338 @@
+/**
+ * The plugin's side of a native right-Sidebar tab.
+ *
+ * A plugin tab descriptor is one registration in the plugin's own registry
+ * (`ctx.betterSidebar`); this module adapts the native tab record to that
+ * descriptor's component contract. The native surface carries the tab's
+ * record (id, kind, title, content identity, navigation params, lifetime
+ * signal); the plugin's components expect a `SidebarTab` plus the explorer
+ * state the plugin's own layout used to hold — both live here.
+ *
+ * The adapter owns three things the native layout does not carry:
+ *
+ * - a synthetic plugin `SidebarTab` per native tab id, minted from the native
+ *   record + `navigation.params` and kept live across navigations, so a
+ *   component that retitles itself (`updateTab`) or rewrites its path (the
+ *   editor's in-place file switch) keeps working;
+ * - the explorer's per-tab expansion/reveal sets;
+ * - the per-kind instance counter behind titles like "Terminal 2".
+ *
+ * Nothing here is a singleton: the registry is created once per client
+ * activation and handed to every registration.
+ */
+import { createElement, useEffect, useMemo, useSyncExternalStore } from 'react'
+import type { ComponentType, ReactNode } from 'react'
+import type { Context } from '../../context-types.ts'
+import type { SessionScope } from '../api.ts'
+import { RenderBoundary } from '../RenderBoundary.tsx'
+import { OrphanedTab } from '../OrphanedTab.tsx'
+import { referenceInChat } from '../reference-in-chat.ts'
+import type { BetterSidebarService } from '../service.ts'
+import type { SidebarStore, SidebarTab, TabType } from '../state.ts'
+import css from '../sidebar.module.css'
+
+/**
+ * The plugin-side seed a native open carries in `navigation.params`.
+ * JSON-shaped by convention (the native surface does not validate it).
+ */
+export interface NativeTabParams {
+  /** Overrides the descriptor's title for this instance. */
+  readonly title?: string
+  /** A file path (the editor window's content seed). */
+  readonly path?: string
+  /** A URL the tab navigates to on mount (the browser tab's seed). */
+  readonly url?: string
+  /** A diff reference (the diff tab's content seed). */
+  readonly diff?: SidebarTab['diff']
+  /** JSON-serializable custom state carried on the synthetic record. */
+  readonly meta?: unknown
+  /** A line to land on (file addresses carry it as a navigation parameter). */
+  readonly line?: number
+}
+
+/** The native tab information this adapter reads (structural mirror of `useTabInfo`). */
+export interface NativeTabInfo {
+  readonly tab: {
+    readonly id: string
+    readonly kind: string
+    readonly title: string
+    readonly contentId: string
+    readonly visible: boolean
+    readonly navigation: {
+      readonly address: string
+      readonly params: NativeTabParams | undefined
+      readonly revision: number
+    }
+    readonly signal: AbortSignal
+  }
+}
+
+/** One native tab's plugin-side view state. */
+interface View {
+  tab: SidebarTab
+  scope: SessionScope
+  expanded: string[]
+  revealed: string[]
+  /** Bumped on every mutation; the components subscribe to it. */
+  version: number
+}
+
+/** The plugin-side record registry for native tabs. */
+export interface NativeTabRecords {
+  /**
+   * The synthetic record for a native tab, minted on first sight and kept
+   * across navigations (a navigation refreshes the seed fields, never the
+   * identity or a plugin-side title/meta mutation).
+   * @param input - the native record and the session it lives in.
+   * @returns the current view state.
+   */
+  ensure(input: {
+    id: string
+    kind: string
+    title: string
+    params: NativeTabParams | undefined
+    scope: SessionScope
+    /**
+     * The descriptor's own factory, called ONCE for a record that arrives
+     * without seed fields (a native guide open, which knows nothing about the
+     * plugin's per-instance minting): it supplies the title and the meta a
+     * view needs — the side chat's thread bootstrap, the terminal's name.
+     */
+    mint?: () => { title?: string; meta?: unknown } | undefined
+  }): View
+  /** One record by native tab id. */
+  get(id: string): View | undefined
+  /** Whether this id belongs to a native tab (vs the plugin's own layout). */
+  has(id: string): boolean
+  /** Merge a patch into the synthetic record (the `updateTab` path). */
+  update(id: string, patch: { title?: string; path?: string; meta?: unknown }): void
+  /** Forget a record (the native tab closed). */
+  drop(id: string): void
+  /** Toggle one directory in a record's expansion set. */
+  toggleExpanded(id: string, path: string): void
+  /** Mint the next instance number of a kind (titles like "Terminal 2"). */
+  nextInstance(kind: string): number
+  /** A per-record version for `useSyncExternalStore`. */
+  versionOf(id: string): number
+  /** Subscribe to record changes (title/path/meta/expanded). */
+  subscribe(listener: () => void): () => void
+}
+
+/** Create the record registry for one client activation. */
+export function createNativeTabRecords(): NativeTabRecords {
+  const views = new Map<string, View>()
+  const instances = new Map<string, number>()
+  const listeners = new Set<() => void>()
+  const notify = (): void => { for (const listener of listeners) listener() }
+  const put = (id: string, view: View): void => {
+    views.set(id, { ...view, version: view.version + 1 })
+    notify()
+  }
+  return {
+    ensure({ id, kind, title, params, scope, mint }) {
+      const existing = views.get(id)
+      if (existing === undefined) {
+        const seeded = params?.title === undefined && params?.meta === undefined ? mint?.() : undefined
+        const meta = params?.meta ?? seeded?.meta
+        const minted: View = {
+          tab: {
+            id,
+            type: kind as TabType,
+            title: params?.title ?? seeded?.title ?? title,
+            ...(params?.path === undefined ? {} : { path: params.path }),
+            ...(params?.diff === undefined ? {} : { diff: params.diff }),
+            ...(meta === undefined ? {} : { meta }),
+          },
+          scope,
+          expanded: [],
+          revealed: [],
+          version: 0,
+        }
+        views.set(id, minted)
+        return minted
+      }
+      // A navigation may carry new seed fields (the editor's in-place switch,
+      // a browser tab pointed at another URL); the record's identity and any
+      // plugin-side mutation (title/meta from updateTab) stay.
+      const patch: Partial<SidebarTab> = {}
+      if (params?.path !== undefined && params.path !== existing.tab.path) patch.path = params.path
+      if (params?.diff !== undefined) patch.diff = params.diff
+      if (params?.url !== undefined) {
+        const meta = typeof existing.tab.meta === 'object' && existing.tab.meta !== null
+          ? existing.tab.meta as Record<string, unknown>
+          : {}
+        patch.meta = { ...meta, url: params.url }
+      }
+      if (existing.scope.cwd !== scope.cwd) {
+        views.set(id, { ...existing, scope, tab: { ...existing.tab, ...patch } })
+        return views.get(id)!
+      }
+      if (Object.keys(patch).length === 0) return existing
+      const next: View = { ...existing, tab: { ...existing.tab, ...patch } }
+      views.set(id, next)
+      return next
+    },
+    get: id => views.get(id),
+    has: id => views.has(id),
+    update(id, patch) {
+      const entry = views.get(id)
+      if (entry === undefined) return
+      put(id, { ...entry, tab: { ...entry.tab, ...patch } })
+    },
+    drop(id) {
+      if (views.delete(id)) notify()
+    },
+    toggleExpanded(id, path) {
+      const entry = views.get(id)
+      if (entry === undefined) return
+      const expanded = entry.expanded.includes(path)
+        ? entry.expanded.filter(candidate => candidate !== path)
+        : [...entry.expanded, path]
+      put(id, { ...entry, expanded })
+    },
+    nextInstance(kind) {
+      const next = (instances.get(kind) ?? 0) + 1
+      instances.set(kind, next)
+      return next
+    },
+    versionOf: id => views.get(id)?.version ?? 0,
+    subscribe(listener) {
+      listeners.add(listener)
+      return () => { listeners.delete(listener) }
+    },
+  }
+}
+
+/** What a body registration injects (the plugin's business face). */
+export interface NativeBodyInjected {
+  readonly sessionId: string
+  readonly ctx: Context
+  readonly store: SidebarStore
+  readonly service: BetterSidebarService
+  readonly records: NativeTabRecords
+  /** The descriptor id this body draws (one registration per descriptor). */
+  readonly descriptorId: string
+  /**
+   * Extra seed fields derived from the native record — a file address carries
+   * its path there, not in `navigation.params`.
+   */
+  readonly paramsOf?: (info: NativeTabInfo) => NativeTabParams | undefined
+  /**
+   * The session the body acts in, when the record names one (a
+   * `session`-scoped file address names its own session); absent falls back to
+   * the session the slot is scoped to.
+   */
+  readonly sessionIdOf?: (info: NativeTabInfo) => string | undefined
+}
+
+/** The props the slot framework adds to every tab body and title. */
+export interface NativeBodyFrameworkProps {
+  readonly useTabInfo: () => NativeTabInfo
+}
+
+/** Subscribe a component to its own record's mutations. */
+function useRecordVersion(records: NativeTabRecords, id: string): number {
+  return useSyncExternalStore(
+    listener => records.subscribe(listener),
+    () => records.versionOf(id),
+  )
+}
+
+/** The current session's workspace root, live from the client session list. */
+function useSessionCwd(ctx: Context, sessionId: string): string | undefined {
+  return useSyncExternalStore(
+    useMemo(() => (listener: () => void) => ctx.sessions.list.subscribe(listener), [ctx]),
+    () => ctx.sessions.list.getSnapshot().byId[sessionId]?.cwd,
+  )
+}
+
+/**
+ * One plugin tab rendered inside the native right Sidebar: the descriptor's
+ * own component with the plugin's props, over a synthetic record minted from
+ * the native tab and dropped when the record ends.
+ */
+export function NativeTabBody(props: NativeBodyInjected & NativeBodyFrameworkProps): ReactNode {
+  const { ctx, store, service, records, descriptorId, useTabInfo } = props
+  const info = useTabInfo()
+  const nativeTab = info.tab
+  const version = useRecordVersion(records, nativeTab.id)
+  const sessionId = props.sessionIdOf?.(info) ?? props.sessionId
+  const cwd = useSessionCwd(ctx, sessionId)
+  const scope = useMemo((): SessionScope => ({ sessionId, cwd }), [sessionId, cwd])
+  // `version` is not read: it only forces this render when the record changed.
+  void version
+  const derived = props.paramsOf?.(info)
+  const params = derived === undefined && nativeTab.navigation.params === undefined
+    ? undefined
+    : { ...derived, ...nativeTab.navigation.params }
+  const descriptor = service.getTab(descriptorId)
+  const view = records.ensure({
+    id: nativeTab.id,
+    kind: nativeTab.kind,
+    title: nativeTab.title,
+    params,
+    scope,
+    mint: () => {
+      const state = store.getSnapshot().state
+      if (descriptor?.createTab === undefined || state === undefined) return undefined
+      const minted = descriptor.createTab(state)
+      return minted === null ? undefined : { title: minted.tab.title, meta: minted.tab.meta }
+    },
+  })
+  useEffect(() => () => { records.drop(nativeTab.id) }, [records, nativeTab.id])
+  if (descriptor === undefined) {
+    return createElement(OrphanedTab, { ctx, store, scope, tab: view.tab, visible: nativeTab.visible })
+  }
+  return createElement(
+    RenderBoundary,
+    { className: css.tabBoundaryError },
+    createElement(descriptor.component, {
+      ctx,
+      store,
+      scope,
+      tab: view.tab,
+      visible: nativeTab.visible,
+      expanded: view.expanded,
+      revealed: view.revealed,
+      onToggleDir: (path: string) => { records.toggleExpanded(nativeTab.id, path) },
+      onReferenceFile: (path: string, isDir: boolean) => { referenceInChat(ctx, sessionId, cwd, path, isDir) },
+      onOpenDiff: (tab: SidebarTab) => {
+        service.openTab({
+          type: 'diff',
+          title: tab.title,
+          id: tab.id,
+          ...(tab.diff === undefined ? {} : { diff: tab.diff }),
+        }, scope)
+      },
+      onSubagentJump: (childSessionId: string) => {
+        service.openTab({ type: 'subagent', meta: { childSessionId } }, scope)
+      },
+    }),
+  )
+}
+
+/** What a title registration injects. */
+export interface NativeTitleInjected {
+  readonly records: NativeTabRecords
+}
+
+/**
+ * A live tab chip: the synthetic record's title (the editor rewrites it on an
+ * in-place file switch, the side chat on the thread's first prompt). Without
+ * this registration the chip would keep the title captured when the tab
+ * opened.
+ */
+export function NativeTabTitle(props: NativeTitleInjected & NativeBodyFrameworkProps): ReactNode {
+  const { records, useTabInfo } = props
+  const nativeTab = useTabInfo().tab
+  return useSyncExternalStore(
+    listener => records.subscribe(listener),
+    () => records.get(nativeTab.id)?.tab.title ?? nativeTab.title,
+  )
+}
+
+/** The component pair one descriptor contributes to the native surface. */
+export interface NativeTabComponents {
+  readonly body: ComponentType<NativeBodyInjected & NativeBodyFrameworkProps>
+  readonly title: ComponentType<NativeTitleInjected & NativeBodyFrameworkProps>
+}
diff --git a/src/client/reference-in-chat.ts b/src/client/reference-in-chat.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1043457
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/client/reference-in-chat.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+/**
+ * The explorer's `@`-reference button: insert one file or folder reference
+ * into the conversation draft of a session.
+ *
+ * Directories append the folder mention (`@dir/`) as plain text so DSH's
+ * folder decoration and completion keep working; files insert a structured
+ * chip like the native `@` picker, so the whole reference stays one link
+ * instead of decorating only the leading folder. The session-scope context and
+ * the conversation input service are resolved at click time; a missing service
+ * or scope degrades to a logged no-op, never a crash.
+ *
+ * Shared by the plugin's own panel and the native right-Sidebar tab body, so
+ * both surfaces behave identically.
+ */
+import type { Context } from '../context-types.ts'
+import { appendToDraft, insertFileReference } from './conversation-draft.ts'
+import { relativeTo } from './paths.ts'
+
+/**
+ * Reference one path in the session's conversation draft.
+ * @param ctx - the client context.
+ * @param sessionId - the session whose draft receives the reference.
+ * @param cwd - that session's workspace root (for the relative spelling).
+ * @param path - the absolute or workspace-relative path to reference.
+ * @param isDir - whether the path is a directory (folder mention vs file chip).
+ */
+export function referenceInChat(
+  ctx: Context,
+  sessionId: string,
+  cwd: string | undefined,
+  path: string,
+  isDir: boolean,
+): void {
+  const rel = relativeTo(cwd ?? '', path)
+  if (isDir) {
+    appendToDraft(ctx, sessionId, `@${rel === '.' ? './' : `${rel}/`}`)
+    return
+  }
+  if (!insertFileReference(ctx, sessionId, rel)) {
+    appendToDraft(ctx, sessionId, `@${rel}`)
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/client/resource-address.ts b/src/client/resource-address.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e1c2a91
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/client/resource-address.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,138 @@
+/**
+ * The DSH resource-address grammar for files (`dsh-resource://file/…`).
+ *
+ * DSH's right Sidebar opens content by ADDRESS, and a file's address IS the
+ * tab's content identity: the same address is the same tab. Two scopes exist:
+ *
+ * - `dsh-resource://file/session/<sessionId>/<path>` names a file by its path
+ *   relative to that session's workspace root (`src/a.ts`, no leading `/`);
+ * - `dsh-resource://file/absolute/<path>` names a file by its absolute path
+ *   with the leading `/` dropped (`absolute/home/me/x.txt`; Windows
+ *   `absolute/C:/x/y.txt`; a UNC path keeps an empty first segment,
+ *   `absolute//server/share/x.txt`). It carries no session.
+ *
+ * Every id and path segment is component-encoded, so a name carrying `#`, `?`
+ * or a space survives the round trip; `:` stays literal so a drive letter
+ * reads as written.
+ *
+ * The plugin parses these addresses itself instead of importing
+ * `@deepseek-ai/dsh-util-workspace-path`: the client bundle's purity gate
+ * forbids value-importing an unlisted `@deepseek-ai/*` package. This module
+ * mirrors that package's implementation (`packages/util/workspace-path` in
+ * DSH 0.1.5) and is pinned by tests/resource-address.spec.ts.
+ */
+
+/** The scheme and type every file address opens with. */
+export const FILE_ADDRESS_PREFIX = 'dsh-resource://file/'
+
+/**
+ * A file resource address, in one of two scopes.
+ */
+export type FileAddress =
+  | {
+    readonly scope: 'session'
+    /** The session whose workspace root the path is relative to. */
+    readonly sessionId: string
+    /** Workspace-relative `/`-separated path, no leading `/`; empty for the root itself. */
+    readonly path: string
+  }
+  | {
+    readonly scope: 'absolute'
+    /** Absolute `/`-separated path: `/a/b` on POSIX, `C:/a/b` for a drive, `//server/share/a` for UNC. */
+    readonly path: string
+  }
+
+/** Component-encode one id or path segment, keeping `:` literal for drive letters. */
+function encodeSegment(segment: string): string {
+  return encodeURIComponent(segment).replace(/%3A/gi, ':')
+}
+
+/** Encode a `/`-separated path segment by segment. */
+function encodePath(path: string): string {
+  return path.split('/').map(encodeSegment).join('/')
+}
+
+/** Whether a decoded first path segment is a Windows drive (`C:`). */
+function isDriveSegment(segment: string | undefined): boolean {
+  return segment !== undefined && /^[A-Za-z]:$/.test(segment)
+}
+
+/**
+ * Build the address of a file inside one session's workspace.
+ * @param sessionId - the session whose workspace root the path is relative to.
+ * @param path - workspace-relative path; backslashes normalize to `/`, a leading `./` or `/` is dropped.
+ * @returns the `dsh-resource://file/session/<sessionId>/<path>` address.
+ */
+export function sessionFileAddress(sessionId: string, path: string): string {
+  const relative = path.replace(/\\/g, '/').replace(/^(?:\.\/)+/, '').replace(/^\/+/, '')
+  return `${FILE_ADDRESS_PREFIX}session/${encodeSegment(sessionId)}/${encodePath(relative)}`
+}
+
+/**
+ * Build the address of a file by its absolute path.
+ * @param path - absolute path; backslashes normalize to `/` and the leading `/`
+ *   is dropped, except that a UNC path keeps one empty first segment.
+ * @returns the `dsh-resource://file/absolute/<path>` address.
+ */
+export function absoluteFileAddress(path: string): string {
+  const normalized = path.replace(/\\/g, '/')
+  const unc = normalized.startsWith('//')
+  const absolute = normalized.replace(/^\/+/, '')
+  return `${FILE_ADDRESS_PREFIX}absolute/${unc ? '/' : ''}${encodePath(absolute)}`
+}
+
+/**
+ * Read a file address back into its parts.
+ * @param address - a candidate address.
+ * @returns the parts, or `undefined` when the string is not a
+ *   `dsh-resource://file/` URI in a known scope with a valid path.
+ */
+export function parseFileAddress(address: string): FileAddress | undefined {
+  try {
+    const url = new URL(address)
+    if (url.protocol !== 'dsh-resource:' || url.host !== 'file') return undefined
+    const [, scope, ...rest] = url.pathname.split('/')
+    if (scope === 'session') {
+      const [id, ...segments] = rest
+      if (id === undefined || id === '' || segments.length === 0) return undefined
+      return { scope, sessionId: decodeURIComponent(id), path: segments.map(decodeURIComponent).join('/') }
+    }
+    if (scope === 'absolute') {
+      // An empty first segment with more behind it is a UNC path's `//`; alone it is no path.
+      const unc = rest[0] === '' && rest.length > 1
+      const segments = (unc ? rest.slice(1) : rest).map(decodeURIComponent)
+      if (segments.length === 0 || segments[0] === '') return undefined
+      if (unc) return { scope, path: `//${segments.join('/')}` }
+      return { scope, path: isDriveSegment(segments[0]) ? segments.join('/') : `/${segments.join('/')}` }
+    }
+    return undefined
+  } catch {
+    // `new URL` throws on a non-URL and `decodeURIComponent` on a malformed
+    // escape; both mean "not a file address".
+    return undefined
+  }
+}
+
+/** Whether a path is absolute in either spelling the host accepts. */
+function isAbsolutePath(path: string): boolean {
+  return path.startsWith('/') || /^[A-Za-z]:[/\\]/.test(path) || path.startsWith('\\\\')
+}
+
+/**
+ * The address for a path as a caller holds it: a relative path, or an absolute
+ * path inside the session's workspace, becomes a `session`-scoped address; an
+ * absolute path outside it, or one whose workspace root is unknown, becomes an
+ * `absolute`-scoped address. (Mirror of `fileAddressFor`.)
+ * @param sessionId - the session the path is read in.
+ * @param cwd - that session's workspace root, when known.
+ * @param path - absolute or workspace-relative path, either separator spelling.
+ * @returns the `dsh-resource://file/…` address.
+ */
+export function fileAddressFor(sessionId: string, cwd: string | undefined, path: string): string {
+  const normalized = path.replace(/\\/g, '/')
+  if (!isAbsolutePath(normalized)) return sessionFileAddress(sessionId, normalized)
+  const root = cwd === undefined ? '' : cwd.replace(/\\/g, '/').replace(/\/+$/, '')
+  if (root !== '' && normalized === root) return sessionFileAddress(sessionId, '')
+  if (root !== '' && normalized.startsWith(`${root}/`)) return sessionFileAddress(sessionId, normalized.slice(root.length + 1))
+  return absoluteFileAddress(normalized)
+}
diff --git a/src/client/service.ts b/src/client/service.ts
index 140c5c2..d92b381 100644
--- a/src/client/service.ts
+++ b/src/client/service.ts
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ import type { ReactNode } from 'react'
 import type { Context } from '../context-types.ts'
 import {
   activateTab as activateTabReducer, allLeaves, closeTab as closeTabReducer, closeFloatByTab, floatWithTab,
-  leafWithTab, openTabInActivePane, patchTab, raiseFloat, tabOpenIn, togglePanel, treeOf,
-  type SidebarSnapshot, type SidebarState, type SidebarStore, type SidebarTab,
+  leafWithTab, openTabInActivePane, openTabInBottomPane, patchTab, raiseFloat, tabOpenIn, togglePanel, treeOf,
+  type SidebarSnapshot, type SidebarState, type SidebarStore, type SidebarTab, type TabType,
 } from './state.ts'
 import { isNarrowWidth } from './breakpoints.ts'
 import { extOf } from './paths.ts'
@@ -339,6 +339,57 @@ export interface OpenTabSeed {
   url?: string
   /** JSON-serializable custom state carried on the minted tab (persisted across reloads; v0.12.0+). */
   meta?: unknown
+  /**
+   * Where the open lands. `'right'` (the default) is DSH's right Sidebar —
+   * the plugin's content is registered there as native tab types; `'bottom'`
+   * is the plugin's own bottom workbench. Only the plugin's own flows pass
+   * `'bottom'` (the bottom panel's + menu, the auto-terminal).
+   */
+  target?: 'right' | 'bottom'
+}
+
+/**
+ * The plugin-side seed a native right-Sidebar tab carries in its navigation
+ * params (the native surface passes them back on every navigation).
+ */
+export interface NativeTabParams {
+  /** Overrides the descriptor's title for this instance. */
+  title?: string
+  /** A file path (the editor window's content seed). */
+  path?: string
+  /** A URL the tab navigates to on mount (the browser tab's seed). */
+  url?: string
+  /** A diff reference (the diff tab's content seed). */
+  diff?: SidebarTab['diff']
+  /** JSON-serializable custom state carried on the synthetic record. */
+  meta?: unknown
+}
+
+/**
+ * The plugin's write face over DSH's native right Sidebar.
+ *
+ * Installed by the client half ({@link ./native/surface.ts}) so the service —
+ * and therefore every consumer of `ctx.betterSidebar` — keeps speaking the
+ * plugin's own vocabulary while the content lands natively. Without it the
+ * service writes into the plugin's own layout (the pre-0.1.5 behavior, which
+ * the bottom workbench still uses).
+ * @internal Not part of the consumer contract.
+ */
+export interface SidebarSurface {
+  /** Open a page type in one session's native surface. */
+  openTab(input: { sessionId: string; kind: string; params: NativeTabParams; revealIfOpened: boolean }): void
+  /** Open a resource address in one session's native surface. */
+  openResource(input: { sessionId: string; address: string; line?: number; revealIfOpened: boolean }): void
+  /** The file address of one path (the native surface owns the grammar). */
+  fileAddress(sessionId: string, cwd: string | undefined, path: string): string
+  /** Close one native tab; the closed record's type/title, or undefined when the id is not native. */
+  close(sessionId: string, tabId: string): { type: string; title: string } | undefined
+  /** Patch a native tab's plugin-side record; false when it is not native. */
+  update(tabId: string, patch: { title?: string; path?: string; meta?: unknown }): boolean
+  /** Focus a native tab; false when it is not native. */
+  activate(tabId: string): boolean
+  /** Whether a tab id belongs to the native surface. */
+  has(tabId: string): boolean
 }
 
 /**
@@ -426,6 +477,11 @@ export interface BetterSidebarService {
   activateTab(tabId: string, scope?: SessionScope): void
   /** Open a file in the sidebar editor of `scope`'s session (title defaults to the file name). */
   openFile(scope: SessionScope, path: string, title?: string): void
+  /**
+   * Install (or clear) the native right-Sidebar write face.
+   * @internal Called once by the client half; not part of the consumer API.
+   */
+  setSurface(surface: SidebarSurface | undefined): void
 }
 
 /** The file name of a path (both separators). */
@@ -516,6 +572,8 @@ export function createBetterSidebarService(store: SidebarStore): BetterSidebarSe
   const tabs = new Map<string, TabDescriptor>()
   const viewers = new Map<string, FileViewerDescriptor>()
   const listeners = new Set<() => void>()
+  /** The native right-Sidebar write face, installed by the client half. */
+  let surface: SidebarSurface | undefined
 
   const notify = (): void => {
     for (const fn of [...listeners]) fn()
@@ -608,6 +666,61 @@ export function createBetterSidebarService(store: SidebarStore): BetterSidebarSe
     const targetSessionId = scope?.sessionId ?? store.getSnapshot().sessionId
     if (targetSessionId === undefined) return
     const callbackScope: SessionScope = scope ?? { sessionId: targetSessionId }
+    // ── Native right Sidebar ──────────────────────────────────────────────
+    // With the native surface installed, every open except an explicit
+    // bottom-panel one lands there: a file path becomes a resource address
+    // (the native registry routes it to the plugin's file type), a path-less
+    // editor open becomes the `files` page kind, and everything else becomes
+    // a page open carrying the seed as navigation params.
+    if (surface !== undefined && seed.target !== 'bottom') {
+      const state = store.getSnapshot().state
+      // The descriptor's own factory mints what a view needs beyond the seed:
+      // the side chat's thread bootstrap / reattach meta, the terminal's
+      // per-instance title. A `null` return refuses the open (terminal cap).
+      const minted = descriptor.createTab === undefined || state === undefined
+        ? undefined
+        : descriptor.createTab(state)
+      if (minted === null) return
+      const title = seed.title ?? minted?.tab.title
+        ?? (typeof descriptor.title === 'function' ? descriptor.title() : descriptor.title)
+      // Multi-instance kinds (terminal / browser / side chat / diff) mint a
+      // fresh tab per open; single-instance kinds focus the existing one.
+      const revealIfOpened = descriptor.createTab === undefined
+      const synthetic: SidebarTab = {
+        id: seed.id ?? minted?.tab.id ?? seed.type,
+        type: seed.type,
+        title,
+        ...(seed.path === undefined ? {} : { path: seed.path }),
+        ...(seed.diff === undefined ? {} : { diff: seed.diff }),
+        ...(seed.meta === undefined && minted?.tab.meta === undefined ? {} : { meta: seed.meta ?? minted?.tab.meta }),
+      }
+      if (seed.path !== undefined) {
+        surface.openResource({
+          sessionId: targetSessionId,
+          address: surface.fileAddress(targetSessionId, scope?.cwd, seed.path),
+          revealIfOpened: true,
+        })
+      } else if (seed.type === 'editor') {
+        // The path-less editor window IS the file explorer.
+        surface.openTab({ sessionId: targetSessionId, kind: 'files', params: {}, revealIfOpened: true })
+      } else {
+        surface.openTab({
+          sessionId: targetSessionId,
+          kind: seed.type,
+          params: {
+            title,
+            ...(seed.url === undefined ? {} : { url: seed.url }),
+            ...(seed.diff === undefined ? {} : { diff: seed.diff }),
+            ...(synthetic.meta === undefined ? {} : { meta: synthetic.meta }),
+          },
+          revealIfOpened,
+        })
+      }
+      // The native surface reports one open event, not create-vs-focus, so a
+      // lifecycle consumer hears onOpen (documented in the guide).
+      safeCall(() => descriptor.onOpen?.(synthetic, callbackScope))
+      return
+    }
     // Whether this open targets a session that is NOT the one on screen: a
     // targeted open must not auto-expand panels the user cannot see (the
     // expansion is about landing "in sight" for the CURRENT viewer).
@@ -617,6 +730,10 @@ export function createBetterSidebarService(store: SidebarStore): BetterSidebarSe
     // dedupe/id-safety-net focus is an ACTIVATION, not an open).
     let created: SidebarTab | undefined
     let activated: SidebarTab | undefined
+    // A bottom-targeted open lands in the bottom workbench's own pane; the
+    // right tree it would otherwise follow is no longer rendered (DSH's
+    // native sidebar owns the right column).
+    const land = seed.target === 'bottom' ? openTabInBottomPane : openTabInActivePane
     const reducer = (state: SidebarState): SidebarState => {
       // Let the descriptor mint the tab (terminal's nextTerminal bump, etc.).
       let tab: SidebarTab
@@ -625,7 +742,7 @@ export function createBetterSidebarService(store: SidebarStore): BetterSidebarSe
         const result = descriptor.createTab(state)
         if (result === null) return state
         tab = result.tab
-        next = applyDedupe(state, result.tab, descriptor)
+        next = applyDedupe(state, result.tab, descriptor, land)
         if (result.patch !== undefined) next = { ...next, ...result.patch }
       } else {
         tab = {
@@ -638,7 +755,7 @@ export function createBetterSidebarService(store: SidebarStore): BetterSidebarSe
           ...(seed.diff !== undefined ? { diff: seed.diff } : {}),
           ...(seed.meta !== undefined ? { meta: seed.meta } : {}),
         }
-        next = applyDedupe(state, tab, descriptor)
+        next = applyDedupe(state, tab, descriptor, land)
       }
       // Classify the landing against the INPUT state FIRST: a FOCUS fires
       // onActivate with the tab that is active NOW; a real creation fires
@@ -735,6 +852,20 @@ export function createBetterSidebarService(store: SidebarStore): BetterSidebarSe
   }
 
   const closeTab = (tabId: string, scope?: SessionScope): void => {
+    const sessionId = scope?.sessionId ?? store.getSnapshot().sessionId
+    if (surface !== undefined && sessionId !== undefined) {
+      const closedNative = surface.close(sessionId, tabId)
+      if (closedNative !== undefined) {
+        const descriptor = tabs.get(closedNative.type)
+        if (descriptor !== undefined) {
+          safeCall(() => descriptor.onClose?.(
+            { id: tabId, type: closedNative.type as TabType, title: closedNative.title },
+            scope ?? { sessionId },
+          ))
+        }
+        return
+      }
+    }
     let closed: SidebarTab | undefined
     store.reduce((state) => {
       // Unknown tab ids are a strict no-op: no state churn, no notify, no
@@ -769,6 +900,7 @@ export function createBetterSidebarService(store: SidebarStore): BetterSidebarSe
 
   /** Patch an open tab's display fields (a missing tab id is a no-op). */
   const updateTab = (tabId: string, patch: { title?: string; path?: string; meta?: unknown }): void => {
+    if (surface?.update(tabId, patch) === true) return
     store.reduce((state) => patchTab(state, tabId, {
       ...(patch.title !== undefined ? { title: patch.title } : {}),
       ...(patch.path !== undefined ? { path: patch.path } : {}),
@@ -778,6 +910,7 @@ export function createBetterSidebarService(store: SidebarStore): BetterSidebarSe
 
   /** Activate an open tab (the tab-bar activation path; fires onActivate). */
   const activateTab = (tabId: string, scope?: SessionScope): void => {
+    if (surface?.activate(tabId) === true) return
     let activated: SidebarTab | undefined
     store.reduce((state) => {
       // Unknown tab ids are a strict no-op (no state churn / notify).
@@ -829,6 +962,7 @@ export function createBetterSidebarService(store: SidebarStore): BetterSidebarSe
     updateTab,
     activateTab,
     openFile,
+    setSurface: (next: SidebarSurface | undefined) => { surface = next },
   }
 }
 
@@ -839,7 +973,12 @@ export function createBetterSidebarService(store: SidebarStore): BetterSidebarSe
  * reducer's job — not re-implemented here).
  * `single: true` resolves to the id-key sugar when no explicit key is given.
  */
-function applyDedupe(state: SidebarState, tab: SidebarTab, descriptor: TabDescriptor): SidebarState {
+function applyDedupe(
+  state: SidebarState,
+  tab: SidebarTab,
+  descriptor: TabDescriptor,
+  land: (state: SidebarState, tab: SidebarTab) => SidebarState = openTabInActivePane,
+): SidebarState {
   const dedupeKey = descriptor.dedupeKey ?? (descriptor.single === true ? () => descriptor.id : undefined)
   const key = dedupeKey?.(tab)
   if (key !== undefined) {
@@ -854,7 +993,7 @@ function applyDedupe(state: SidebarState, tab: SidebarTab, descriptor: TabDescri
     const floated = state.floats.find(f => f.tab.type === tab.type && dedupeKey!(f.tab) === key)
     if (floated !== undefined) return raiseFloat(state, floated.id)
   }
-  return openTabInActivePane(state, tab)
+  return land(state, tab)
 }
 
 /** Find which pane hosts a tab id ('' if none). Either tree is searched. */
diff --git a/src/client/state.ts b/src/client/state.ts
index 172415c..0927f58 100644
--- a/src/client/state.ts
+++ b/src/client/state.ts
@@ -660,6 +660,37 @@ export function openTabInActivePane(state: SidebarState, tab: SidebarTab): Sideb
   }
 }
 
+/**
+ * Land a tab in the BOTTOM workbench's first pane (the bottom panel's own
+ * opens — its + menu, the auto-terminal): the plugin's right tree is no longer
+ * rendered on 0.1.5 (DSH's native sidebar is the right column), so an open
+ * that must land in the bottom dock cannot follow the active pane, which may
+ * point at the retired tree.
+ * @param state - the session state.
+ * @param tab - the tab to land.
+ * @returns the next state, with the bottom panel open.
+ */
+export function openTabInBottomPane(state: SidebarState, tab: SidebarTab): SidebarState {
+  const targetId = firstLeaf(state.bottomSplits).id
+  // Id-based safety net: if a tab with the same id exists, focus it — in a
+  // pane (activate) or in a free window (raise, no panel switch).
+  for (const leaf of allLeaves(state.splits).concat(allLeaves(state.bottomSplits))) {
+    const existing = leaf.tabs.find(candidate => candidate.id === tab.id)
+    if (existing !== undefined) return activateTab(state, leaf.id, existing.id)
+  }
+  const floated = floatWithTab(state, tab.id)
+  if (floated !== undefined) return raiseFloat(state, floated.id)
+  return {
+    ...state,
+    bottomOpen: true,
+    activePane: targetId,
+    bottomSplits: mapLeaf(state.bottomSplits, targetId, (leaf) => {
+      leaf.tabs = [...leaf.tabs, tab]
+      leaf.active = tab.id
+    }),
+  }
+}
+
 /** Move a tab from one pane to another (insert at index; -1 appends).
  *  The panes may live in DIFFERENT trees — dragging a tab between the two
  *  panels removes it from its own tree and lands it in the other one. */
diff --git a/tests/e2e/desktop-layout.e2e.ts b/tests/e2e/desktop-layout.e2e.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 87cd006..0000000
--- a/tests/e2e/desktop-layout.e2e.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,128 +0,0 @@
-/** Desktop layout regression: opening the right panel must not make Harness enter narrow mode. */
-import { mkdirSync } from 'node:fs'
-import { homedir } from 'node:os'
-import { join } from 'node:path'
-import { expect, test, type APIRequestContext, type Page } from '@playwright/test'
-import { PAGE_URL, createHostApi, hostRpc } from './host'
-
-const WORKSPACE_PATH = process.env.DSH_E2E_DESKTOP_WORKSPACE
-  ?? (process.env.DSH_E2E_WORKSPACE === undefined
-    ? join(homedir(), 'dsh-e2e-desktop-layout-workspace')
-    : `${process.env.DSH_E2E_WORKSPACE}-desktop-layout`)
-
-let api: APIRequestContext
-
-async function dismissOnboarding(page: Page): Promise<void> {
-  await expect
-    .poll(() => page.getByRole('button', { name: /^(Continue|Configure later|继续|稍后配置)$/ }).count(), { timeout: 60_000 })
-    .toBeGreaterThan(0)
-  for (let round = 0; round < 8; round++) {
-    let dismissed = false
-    for (const name of [/^(Continue|继续)$/, /^(Configure later|稍后配置)$/]) {
-      const button = page.getByRole('button', { name }).first()
-      if ((await button.count()) === 0) continue
-      await button.click()
-      dismissed = true
-      await expect(button).toBeHidden()
-    }
-    if (!dismissed) return
-  }
-  throw new Error('onboarding takeovers did not settle after visible dismissal')
-}
-
-test.beforeAll(async () => {
-  mkdirSync(WORKSPACE_PATH, { recursive: true })
-  // Seed one workspace + one session through the host's own RPC surface (the
-  // calls the UI makes) instead of driving the workspace picker: DSH 0.1.5
-  // ships BOTH a browser directory dialog and an OS-native chooser and picks
-  // one by platform, so a UI-driven flow only works on hosts whose chooser
-  // renders in the page.
-  api = await createHostApi()
-  const workspace = await hostRpc<{ workspace: { workspaceId: string } }>(api, 'workspace.create', { path: WORKSPACE_PATH })
-  await hostRpc(api, 'session.create', { workspaceId: workspace.value.workspace.workspaceId })
-})
-
-test.afterAll(async () => {
-  await api?.dispose()
-})
-
-test('right panel keeps desktop session actions in their header positions', async ({ page }) => {
-  const pageErrors: string[] = []
-  const consoleErrors: string[] = []
-  const requestFailures: string[] = []
-  const badResponses: string[] = []
-  page.on('pageerror', error => pageErrors.push(error.stack ?? error.message))
-  page.on('console', message => { if (message.type() === 'error') consoleErrors.push(message.text()) })
-  page.on('requestfailed', request => requestFailures.push(`${request.method()} ${request.url()} ${request.failure()?.errorText ?? 'unknown'}`))
-  page.on('response', response => { if (response.status() >= 400) badResponses.push(`${response.status()} ${response.url()}`) })
-
-  await page.goto(PAGE_URL, { waitUntil: 'domcontentloaded' })
-  await dismissOnboarding(page)
-
-  // The seeded blank session opens with its workspace already attached (the
-  // chip shows the workspace title), so the hero composer is live without
-  // touching the workspace picker at all. One message gives the header its
-  // real actions, which this spec measures.
-  const composer = page.getByRole('textbox', { name: /^(Describe what you want to build|描述你想要构建)/ })
-  await expect(composer).toBeVisible()
-  // DSH 0.1.5's composer is a Lexical contenteditable: fill() writes the DOM
-  // but not the editor model, so the send button would stay disabled — type
-  // real keys instead.
-  await composer.click()
-  await page.keyboard.type('Create a desktop side-card layout test session.')
-  const send = page.getByRole('button', { name: /^(Send message|发送消息)$/ })
-  await expect(send).toBeEnabled({ timeout: 30_000 })
-  await send.click()
-  const sessionLog = page.getByRole('button', { name: 'Session log', exact: true })
-  const sessionLogLabel = sessionLog.getByText('Session log', { exact: true })
-  await expect(sessionLogLabel, 'the desktop session-log action starts as a text button').toBeVisible({ timeout: 30_000 })
-
-  const root = page.locator('#root')
-  const frame = page.locator('#root [data-dsh-frame], #root > [data-slot="root"] > div').first()
-  const appSidebarExpanded = root.getByRole('button', { name: /^(Collapse sidebar|收起侧边栏)$/ })
-  const sidebar = page.locator('[data-dsh-better-sidebar]')
-  await expect(appSidebarExpanded, 'the desktop frame starts with its app sidebar expanded').toBeVisible()
-  const beforeRoot = await root.boundingBox()
-  const beforeFrame = await frame.boundingBox()
-  expect(beforeRoot).not.toBeNull()
-  expect(beforeFrame).not.toBeNull()
-  // The header action's own width is the baseline: the assertion below is
-  // "the panel does not squeeze it", not a host-styling constant.
-  const beforeSessionLog = await sessionLog.boundingBox()
-  expect(beforeSessionLog).not.toBeNull()
-
-  await sidebar.getByRole('button', { name: /^(Expand sidebar|展开侧边栏)$/ }).click()
-  const panel = page.locator('[data-dsh-panel]:not([data-dsh-bottom-panel])')
-  await expect(panel).toBeVisible()
-  await expect
-    .poll(async () => {
-      const center = page.locator('#root [data-dsh-frame] > [data-pane="conversation"], #root :has(> [data-slot="conversation"])').first()
-      const [centerBox, panelBox] = await Promise.all([center.boundingBox(), panel.boundingBox()])
-      if (centerBox === null || panelBox === null) return Number.POSITIVE_INFINITY
-      return Math.abs(centerBox.x + centerBox.width - panelBox.x)
-    }, { timeout: 30_000 })
-    .toBeLessThanOrEqual(2)
-
-  const afterRoot = await root.boundingBox()
-  const afterFrame = await frame.boundingBox()
-  expect(afterRoot).not.toBeNull()
-  expect(afterFrame).not.toBeNull()
-  expect(Math.abs(afterRoot!.width - beforeRoot!.width), 'opening the plugin panel must not shrink #root').toBeLessThanOrEqual(1)
-  expect(Math.abs(afterFrame!.width - beforeFrame!.width), 'opening the plugin panel must not shrink AppFrame').toBeLessThanOrEqual(1)
-  await expect(appSidebarExpanded, 'a desktop window must not enter the host narrow layout').toBeVisible()
-  await expect(sessionLogLabel, 'the session-log action must keep its desktop label').toBeVisible()
-  expect(await sessionLog.evaluate(element => getComputedStyle(element).position), 'the session-log action must stay in the header flow').not.toBe('fixed')
-
-  const [sessionLogBox, panelBox] = await Promise.all([sessionLog.boundingBox(), panel.boundingBox()])
-  expect(sessionLogBox).not.toBeNull()
-  expect(panelBox).not.toBeNull()
-  expect(
-    sessionLogBox!.width,
-    'the desktop session-log action must keep its full button width',
-  ).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(beforeSessionLog!.width - 1)
-  expect(sessionLogBox!.x + sessionLogBox!.width, 'the session-log action must not overlap the plugin panel chrome').toBeLessThanOrEqual(panelBox!.x - 8)
-  expect(pageErrors).toEqual([])
-  expect(consoleErrors).toEqual([])
-  expect(requestFailures).toEqual([])
-  expect(badResponses).toEqual([])
-})
diff --git a/tests/e2e/drag-layout.e2e.ts b/tests/e2e/drag-layout.e2e.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 0851c33..0000000
--- a/tests/e2e/drag-layout.e2e.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,775 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * Drag-layout lane: the width drag must track the app shell 1:1 — the
- * regression test for issue #92 ("主会话框左右抖动").
- *
- * The layout push reserves `padding-right: var(--dsh-sidebar-width)` inside
- * AppFrame (layout.css), and layout.css disables that padding's transition
- * while a drag is live via `body[data-dsh-sidebar-dragging]`. If the transition
- * stays active during the drag (or the conversation lags the panel edge), the
- * conversation visibly shakes at pointer cadence. This spec drives a real
- * pointer drag on the width strip while a requestAnimationFrame sampler
- * records, per frame:
- *
- *   - the strip's x (the panel edge),
- *   - the conversation column's right edge (AppFrame's reserved padding lands
- *     exactly there),
- *   - whether `body[data-dsh-sidebar-dragging]` is set,
- *   - AppFrame's computed transition property/duration.
- *
- * Then it asserts the drag contract:
- *   1. the dragging attribute is present during the drag;
- *   2. AppFrame's transition is disabled (none) during the drag;
- *   3. the conversation edge follows the panel edge monotonically (no
- *      oscillation) and 1:1 (total travel within a rounding epsilon).
- *
- * The server is booted by scripts/e2e-mount.sh; this spec only loads the
- * page (same contract as mount.e2e.ts, using its own workspace so the two
- * lanes never race on seeding).
- */
-import { mkdirSync, writeFileSync } from 'node:fs'
-import { tmpdir } from 'node:os'
-import { join } from 'node:path'
-import { test, expect, type APIRequestContext, type Locator, type Page } from '@playwright/test'
-import { PAGE_URL, createHostApi, hostRpc } from './host'
-
-/** This lane's own workspace (distinct from mount.e2e.ts's, lanes run serially
- *  but against the same server — never share seed paths). */
-const WORKSPACE_PATH = process.env.DSH_E2E_DRAG_WORKSPACE ?? join(tmpdir(), 'dsh-e2e-drag-workspace')
-
-let api: APIRequestContext
-
-/** Seed one workspace + one session through the host's unary RPC surface
- *  (dual-protocol helper — see ./host-protocol.ts). */
-async function seedSession(): Promise<void> {
-  mkdirSync(WORKSPACE_PATH, { recursive: true })
-  writeFileSync(join(WORKSPACE_PATH, 'seed.txt'), 'drag lane\n')
-  const workspace = await hostRpc<{ workspace: { workspaceId: string } }>(api, 'workspace.create', { path: WORKSPACE_PATH })
-  await hostRpc(api, 'session.create', { workspaceId: workspace.value.workspace.workspaceId })
-}
-
-test.beforeAll(async () => {
-  api = await createHostApi()
-  await seedSession()
-})
-
-test.afterAll(async () => {
-  await api?.dispose()
-})
-
-interface FrameSample {
-  t: number
-  stripX: number
-  convoRight: number
-  dragging: boolean
-  transitionProperty: string
-  transitionDuration: string
-}
-
-test('width drag tracks the shell 1:1 with transitions disabled (issue #92)', async ({ page }) => {
-  await page.goto(PAGE_URL, { waitUntil: 'domcontentloaded' })
-  await expect(page.locator('#root > *')).not.toHaveCount(0, { timeout: 90_000 })
-  const sidebar = page.locator('[data-dsh-better-sidebar]')
-  await expect(sidebar).toBeAttached({ timeout: 90_000 })
-
-  // Dismiss whatever onboarding takeover is present (same dance as the mount
-  // lane), so the pointer can reach the strip without a masking overlay.
-  try {
-    await expect
-      .poll(() => page.getByRole('button', { name: /^(Continue|Configure later)$/ }).count(), { timeout: 60_000 })
-      .toBeGreaterThan(0)
-  } catch {
-    console.warn('[e2e-drag] no onboarding takeover appeared; proceeding')
-  }
-  for (let round = 0; round < 8; round++) {
-    let dismissed = false
-    for (const name of ['Continue', 'Configure later']) {
-      const button = page.getByRole('button', { name, exact: true }).first()
-      if ((await button.count()) === 0) continue
-      try {
-        await button.click({ timeout: 4_000 })
-        dismissed = true
-        await page.waitForTimeout(1_000)
-      } catch {
-        // Masked by a takeover stacked above; retry in the next round.
-      }
-    }
-    if (!dismissed) break
-  }
-
-  // openByDefault defaults OFF: a fresh session's panel starts collapsed, and
-  // the collapsed layout push still writes `--dsh-sidebar-width: 0px` — so the
-  // geometry checks below are meaningless until the panel is expanded through
-  // the toggle cluster.
-  const expandButton = sidebar.getByRole('button', { name: 'Expand sidebar' })
-  await expect(expandButton, 'the collapsed toggle cluster must offer the expand button').toHaveCount(1)
-  await expandButton.click()
-
-  // The layout push variable becomes live (non-zero) once the panel opens
-  // (session activation lags the shell render).
-  await expect
-    .poll(async () => {
-      const value = await page.evaluate(() => document.documentElement.style.getPropertyValue('--dsh-sidebar-width'))
-      return value !== '' && value !== '0px'
-    }, { timeout: 90_000 })
-    .toBe(true)
-
-  // The width drag strip is the panel's left-edge hit strip. There is no
-  // dedicated hook (the skinning contract is token-driven), so locate it
-  // semantically among the sidebar's `cursor: col-resize` elements — the files
-  // window's tree-dock handle matches too, but the panel strip is always the
-  // LEFTMOST one (the dock sits at the panel's right edge).
-  const locateStrip = `(() => {
-    const host = document.querySelector('[data-dsh-better-sidebar]')
-    if (host === null) return null
-    const boxes = [...host.querySelectorAll('*')]
-      .filter(el => getComputedStyle(el).cursor === 'col-resize')
-      .map(el => el.getBoundingClientRect())
-      .filter(r => r.width > 0 && r.height > 0)
-      .sort((a, b) => a.x - b.x)
-    const r = boxes[0]
-    if (r === undefined) return null
-    const varWidth = parseFloat(document.documentElement.style.getPropertyValue('--dsh-sidebar-width'))
-    return {
-      x: r.x, y: r.y, width: r.width, height: r.height,
-      varWidth: Number.isNaN(varWidth) ? 0 : varWidth,
-      innerWidth: window.innerWidth,
-    }
-  })()`
-  type StripBox = { x: number; y: number; width: number; height: number; varWidth: number; innerWidth: number }
-  // The panel SLIDES IN from the right on expand: locating the strip before
-  // the open transition settles captures a mid-animation box at the viewport
-  // edge, and the drag lands off-panel. Wait until the strip sits at the
-  // pushed layout edge (its right edge ≈ innerWidth - the push variable).
-  await expect
-    .poll(async () => {
-      const box = await page.evaluate<StripBox | null>(locateStrip)
-      if (box === null) return false
-      return Math.abs((box.x + box.width) - (box.innerWidth - box.varWidth)) <= 8
-    }, { timeout: 30_000 })
-    .toBe(true)
-  const stripBox = await page.evaluate<StripBox | null>(locateStrip)
-  expect(stripBox, 'the width drag strip must be present (cursor: col-resize)').not.toBeNull()
-
-  // Instrument a per-frame sampler BEFORE the drag begins.
-  await page.evaluate(() => {
-    type Sample = FrameSample
-    const samples: Sample[] = []
-    // Same rule as the strip locator above: the LEFTMOST col-resize element
-    // inside the sidebar host (the tree-dock handle is further right).
-    const host = document.querySelector('[data-dsh-better-sidebar]')
-    const strip = host === null
-      ? null
-      : [...host.querySelectorAll<HTMLElement>('*')]
-        .filter(el => getComputedStyle(el).cursor === 'col-resize')
-        .sort((a, b) => a.getBoundingClientRect().x - b.getBoundingClientRect().x)[0]
-    // The conversation column is the grid item whose right edge meets the
-    // AppFrame padding reservation and the plugin panel.
-    const center = document.querySelector('#root [data-dsh-frame] > [data-pane="conversation"]')
-      ?? document.querySelector('#root :has(> [data-slot="conversation"])')
-    const frame = (document.querySelector('#root [data-dsh-frame]')
-      ?? document.querySelector('#root > [data-slot="root"] > div')) as HTMLElement
-    const loop = (): void => {
-      const s = strip?.getBoundingClientRect() ?? { left: 0 }
-      const c = center?.getBoundingClientRect() ?? { left: 0, right: 0 }
-      const cs = getComputedStyle(frame)
-      samples.push({
-        t: performance.now(),
-        stripX: s.left,
-        convoRight: c.right,
-        dragging: document.body.hasAttribute('data-dsh-sidebar-dragging'),
-        transitionProperty: cs.transitionProperty,
-        transitionDuration: cs.transitionDuration,
-      })
-      requestAnimationFrame(loop)
-    }
-    requestAnimationFrame(loop)
-    ;(window as unknown as { __dragSamples: Sample[] }).__dragSamples = samples
-  })
-
-  const startX = stripBox!.x + stripBox!.width / 2
-  const startY = stripBox!.y + Math.min(120, stripBox!.height / 2 + 60)
-
-  await page.mouse.move(startX, startY)
-  await page.mouse.down()
-  // Drag LEFT in steps (widens the panel): the conversation edge must move
-  // LEFT in lockstep with the panel edge, monotonically, no oscillation.
-  for (let i = 1; i <= 14; i++) {
-    await page.mouse.move(startX - i * 10, startY, { steps: 2 })
-    await page.waitForTimeout(40)
-  }
-  await page.mouse.up()
-  await page.waitForTimeout(400)
-
-  const samples = await page.evaluate(
-    () => (window as unknown as { __dragSamples: FrameSample[] }).__dragSamples,
-  )
-  expect(samples.length, 'the frame sampler must have collected frames').toBeGreaterThan(20)
-
-  // The drag must actually have moved the panel (sanity: the store committed).
-  const first = samples.find(s => s.dragging)
-  const last = [...samples].reverse().find(s => s.dragging)
-  expect(first, 'the dragging attribute must appear during the drag').toBeDefined()
-  expect(last!.stripX, 'the panel edge must have moved during the drag').toBeLessThan(first!.stripX - 40)
-  // The conversation-column selector must have matched (the push lands on it).
-  expect(last!.convoRight, 'the conversation edge must have moved with the drag').toBeLessThan(first!.convoRight - 40)
-
-  // Contract 1 + 2: while dragging, the body attribute is set and AppFrame's
-  // padding transition is disabled (computed `transition: none` reads as
-  // transition-property "none" with 0s duration; the non-dragging rule would
-  // compute to "padding-right" with the theme duration).
-  const draggingSamples = samples.filter(s => s.dragging)
-  expect(draggingSamples.length).toBeGreaterThan(5)
-  for (const sample of draggingSamples) {
-    expect(sample.transitionProperty, 'the padding transition must be off while dragging').toBe('none')
-    expect(sample.transitionDuration, 'the padding transition must be off while dragging').toBe('0s')
-  }
-
-  // Contract 3: monotonic, 1:1 tracking. During a leftward drag both the
-  // strip x and the conversation right edge decrease; allow one frame of
-  // rAF-batching staleness (0 delta), never a reversal.
-  const tracked = draggingSamples.filter(s => s.t > first!.t)
-  for (let i = 1; i < tracked.length; i++) {
-    const stripDelta = tracked[i]!.stripX - tracked[i - 1]!.stripX
-    const convoDelta = tracked[i]!.convoRight - tracked[i - 1]!.convoRight
-    expect(stripDelta, 'the strip must move left during the drag').toBeLessThanOrEqual(2)
-    expect(
-      convoDelta,
-      `conversation edge reversed while dragging (jitter): strip ${stripDelta}px, conversation ${convoDelta}px`,
-    ).toBeLessThanOrEqual(2)
-  }
-  // Total travel in lockstep (rounding + one-frame staleness tolerance).
-  const stripTravel = first!.stripX - last!.stripX
-  const convoTravel = first!.convoRight - last!.convoRight
-  expect(Math.abs(convoTravel - stripTravel), 'conversation must track the panel edge 1:1').toBeLessThanOrEqual(8)
-})
-
-test('a very fast width drag still commits the dragged position (no rollback on quick release)', async ({ page }) => {
-  await page.goto(PAGE_URL, { waitUntil: 'domcontentloaded' })
-  await expect(page.locator('#root > *')).not.toHaveCount(0, { timeout: 90_000 })
-  const sidebar = page.locator('[data-dsh-better-sidebar]')
-  await expect(sidebar).toBeAttached({ timeout: 90_000 })
-
-  // Dismiss whatever onboarding takeover is present (same dance as the
-  // main lane) so the pointer can reach the strip.
-  try {
-    await expect
-      .poll(() => page.getByRole('button', { name: /^(Continue|Configure later)$/ }).count(), { timeout: 60_000 })
-      .toBeGreaterThan(0)
-  } catch {
-    console.warn('[e2e-drag-fast] no onboarding takeover appeared; proceeding')
-  }
-  for (let round = 0; round < 8; round++) {
-    let dismissed = false
-    for (const name of ['Continue', 'Configure later']) {
-      const button = page.getByRole('button', { name, exact: true }).first()
-      if ((await button.count()) === 0) continue
-      try {
-        await button.click({ timeout: 4_000 })
-        dismissed = true
-        await page.waitForTimeout(1_000)
-      } catch {
-        // Masked by a takeover stacked above; retry in the next round.
-      }
-    }
-    if (!dismissed) break
-  }
-
-  const expandButton = sidebar.getByRole('button', { name: 'Expand sidebar' })
-  await expect(expandButton, 'the collapsed toggle cluster must offer the expand button').toHaveCount(1)
-  await expandButton.click()
-  await expect
-    .poll(async () => {
-      const value = await page.evaluate(() => document.documentElement.style.getPropertyValue('--dsh-sidebar-width'))
-      return value !== '' && value !== '0px'
-    }, { timeout: 90_000 })
-    .toBe(true)
-
-  const readWidth = (): Promise<number> => page.evaluate(() => {
-    const value = parseFloat(document.documentElement.style.getPropertyValue('--dsh-sidebar-width'))
-    return Number.isNaN(value) ? 0 : value
-  })
-  const widthBefore = await readWidth()
-
-  // The panel slides in from the right on expand: read the strip box only
-  // AFTER it settles at the pushed layout edge (a mid-animation read sits
-  // off-viewport and the drag never reaches the strip).
-  await expect
-    .poll(async () => {
-      const box = await page.evaluate(() => {
-        const host = document.querySelector('[data-dsh-better-sidebar]')
-        const el = [...host!.querySelectorAll('*')]
-          .filter(e => getComputedStyle(e).cursor === 'col-resize')
-          .map(e => e.getBoundingClientRect())
-          .filter(r => r.width > 0 && r.height > 0)
-          .sort((a, b) => a.x - b.x)[0]
-        return el === undefined ? null : { x: el.x + el.width, innerWidth: window.innerWidth }
-      })
-      if (box === null) return false
-      const varWidth = await page.evaluate(() => parseFloat(document.documentElement.style.getPropertyValue('--dsh-sidebar-width')) || 0)
-      return Math.abs(box.x - (box.innerWidth - varWidth)) <= 8
-    }, { timeout: 30_000 })
-    .toBe(true)
-  const stripBox = await page.evaluate(() => {
-    const host = document.querySelector('[data-dsh-better-sidebar]')
-    if (host === null) return null
-    const boxes = [...host.querySelectorAll('*')]
-      .filter(el => getComputedStyle(el).cursor === 'col-resize')
-      .map(el => el.getBoundingClientRect())
-      .filter(r => r.width > 0 && r.height > 0)
-      .sort((a, b) => a.x - b.x)
-    const r = boxes[0]
-    if (r === undefined) return null
-    return { x: r.x, y: r.y, width: r.width, height: r.height }
-  })
-  expect(stripBox, 'the width drag strip must be present').not.toBeNull()
-
-  const startX = stripBox!.x + stripBox!.width / 2
-  const startY = stripBox!.y + Math.min(120, stripBox!.height / 2 + 60)
-
-  // FAST release: a single move and an immediate up — no per-frame waits,
-  // so the last pointermove may never reach a requestAnimationFrame before
-  // the release (the exact quick-flick that used to roll back to the
-  // pre-drag width).
-  await page.mouse.move(startX, startY)
-  await page.mouse.down()
-  await page.mouse.move(startX - 140, startY, { steps: 1 })
-  await page.mouse.up()
-
-  // The committed width must reflect the drag — and stay there (no rollback
-  // once React settles).
-  await expect
-    .poll(async () => await readWidth(), { timeout: 10_000 })
-    .toBeGreaterThan(widthBefore + 100)
-  await page.waitForTimeout(600)
-  expect(await readWidth(), 'the fast drag must not roll back after settling').toBeGreaterThan(widthBefore + 100)
-})
-
-/* ── issue #247: interrupted fast drags must not roll back ───────────── */
-
-/** Dismiss whatever onboarding takeover is present (same dance as above). */
-async function dismissOnboarding(page: Page): Promise<void> {
-  try {
-    await expect
-      .poll(() => page.getByRole('button', { name: /^(Continue|Configure later)$/ }).count(), { timeout: 60_000 })
-      .toBeGreaterThan(0)
-  } catch {
-    console.warn('[e2e-drag] no onboarding takeover appeared; proceeding')
-  }
-  for (let round = 0; round < 8; round++) {
-    let dismissed = false
-    for (const name of ['Continue', 'Configure later']) {
-      const button = page.getByRole('button', { name, exact: true }).first()
-      if ((await button.count()) === 0) continue
-      try {
-        await button.click({ timeout: 4_000 })
-        dismissed = true
-        await page.waitForTimeout(1_000)
-      } catch {
-        // Masked by a takeover stacked above; retry in the next round.
-      }
-    }
-    if (!dismissed) break
-  }
-}
-
-/** Open the sidebar panel and wait for the layout push to go live. */
-async function expandSidebar(page: Page, sidebar: Locator): Promise<void> {
-  const expandButton = sidebar.getByRole('button', { name: 'Expand sidebar' })
-  await expect(expandButton, 'the collapsed toggle cluster must offer the expand button').toHaveCount(1)
-  await expandButton.click()
-  await expect
-    .poll(async () => {
-      const value = await page.evaluate(() => document.documentElement.style.getPropertyValue('--dsh-sidebar-width'))
-      return value !== '' && value !== '0px'
-    }, { timeout: 90_000 })
-    .toBe(true)
-}
-
-/** Locate the width drag strip (the leftmost col-resize element inside the
- *  sidebar host), wait for it to settle at the pushed layout edge (the
- *  panel slides in from the right on expand — a strip read during the
- *  animation sits off-viewport and no pointer event ever reaches it), then
- *  read its FINAL box and return a drag start point on it. */
-async function settleWidthStrip(page: Page): Promise<{ startX: number; startY: number }> {
-  await expect
-    .poll(async () => {
-      const box = await page.evaluate(() => {
-        const host = document.querySelector('[data-dsh-better-sidebar]')
-        const el = [...host!.querySelectorAll('*')]
-          .filter(e => getComputedStyle(e).cursor === 'col-resize')
-          .map(e => e.getBoundingClientRect())
-          .filter(r => r.width > 0 && r.height > 0)
-          .sort((a, b) => a.x - b.x)[0]
-        return el === undefined ? null : { x: el.x + el.width, innerWidth: window.innerWidth }
-      })
-      if (box === null) return false
-      const varWidth = await page.evaluate(() => parseFloat(document.documentElement.style.getPropertyValue('--dsh-sidebar-width')) || 0)
-      return Math.abs(box.x - (box.innerWidth - varWidth)) <= 8
-    }, { timeout: 30_000 })
-    .toBe(true)
-  const stripBox = await page.evaluate(() => {
-    const host = document.querySelector('[data-dsh-better-sidebar]')
-    if (host === null) return null
-    const boxes = [...host.querySelectorAll('*')]
-      .filter(el => getComputedStyle(el).cursor === 'col-resize')
-      .map(el => el.getBoundingClientRect())
-      .filter(r => r.width > 0 && r.height > 0)
-      .sort((a, b) => a.x - b.x)
-    const r = boxes[0]
-    if (r === undefined) return null
-    return { x: r.x, y: r.y, width: r.width, height: r.height }
-  })
-  expect(stripBox, 'the width drag strip must be present').not.toBeNull()
-  return {
-    startX: stripBox!.x + stripBox!.width / 2,
-    startY: stripBox!.y + Math.min(120, stripBox!.height / 2 + 60),
-  }
-}
-
-/** Dispatch a synthetic pointer event (pointercancel / lostpointercapture)
- *  onto the width strip. Synthetic events bypass the real pointer-capture
- *  pipeline, which is exactly the point: the handlers must survive streams
- *  that end without a component-visible pointerup. */
-async function dispatchPointerOnStrip(
-  page: Page,
-  type: 'pointercancel' | 'lostpointercapture',
-  init: { clientX?: number; clientY?: number },
-): Promise<void> {
-  await page.evaluate(({ type, init }) => {
-    const host = document.querySelector('[data-dsh-better-sidebar]')
-    if (host === null) throw new Error('sidebar host missing')
-    const el = [...host.querySelectorAll<HTMLElement>('*')]
-      .filter(el => getComputedStyle(el).cursor === 'col-resize')
-      .map(el => ({ el, r: el.getBoundingClientRect() }))
-      .filter(({ r }) => r.width > 0 && r.height > 0)
-      .sort((a, b) => a.r.x - b.r.x)[0]?.el
-    if (el === undefined) throw new Error('width drag strip not found')
-    el.dispatchEvent(new PointerEvent(type, {
-      pointerId: 1,
-      bubbles: true,
-      cancelable: true,
-      pointerType: 'mouse',
-      isPrimary: true,
-      ...init,
-    }))
-  }, { type, init })
-}
-
-test('an interrupted fast drag (pointercancel → lostpointercapture) keeps the dragged width (issue #247)', async ({ page }) => {
-  await page.goto(PAGE_URL, { waitUntil: 'domcontentloaded' })
-  await expect(page.locator('#root > *')).not.toHaveCount(0, { timeout: 90_000 })
-  const sidebar = page.locator('[data-dsh-better-sidebar]')
-  await expect(sidebar).toBeAttached({ timeout: 90_000 })
-  await dismissOnboarding(page)
-  await expandSidebar(page, sidebar)
-  const readWidth = (): Promise<number> => page.evaluate(() => {
-    const value = parseFloat(document.documentElement.style.getPropertyValue('--dsh-sidebar-width'))
-    return Number.isNaN(value) ? 0 : value
-  })
-  const widthBefore = await readWidth()
-  const { startX, startY } = await settleWidthStrip(page)
-
-  // Ultra-fast flick whose stream the browser then CANCELS (touchpad /
-  // gesture interception): pointercancel carries the final position and
-  // lostpointercapture follows it. The double fire must commit ONCE — the
-  // second interrupt event used to roll the drag back to the pre-drag
-  // width (the abort path never marked the drag committed).
-  await page.mouse.move(startX, startY)
-  await page.mouse.down()
-  await page.mouse.move(startX - 140, startY, { steps: 1 })
-  await dispatchPointerOnStrip(page, 'pointercancel', { clientX: startX - 140, clientY: startY })
-  await dispatchPointerOnStrip(page, 'lostpointercapture', {})
-
-  await expect
-    .poll(async () => await readWidth(), { timeout: 10_000 })
-    .toBeGreaterThan(widthBefore + 100)
-  await page.waitForTimeout(600)
-  expect(await readWidth(), 'the interrupted fast drag must not roll back after settling').toBeGreaterThan(widthBefore + 100)
-
-  // Release the real pointer stream the synthetic events bypassed.
-  await page.mouse.up()
-})
-
-test('a capture-lost drag with no usable coordinates keeps the last applied width (issue #247)', async ({ page }) => {
-  await page.goto(PAGE_URL, { waitUntil: 'domcontentloaded' })
-  await expect(page.locator('#root > *')).not.toHaveCount(0, { timeout: 90_000 })
-  const sidebar = page.locator('[data-dsh-better-sidebar]')
-  await expect(sidebar).toBeAttached({ timeout: 90_000 })
-  await dismissOnboarding(page)
-  await expandSidebar(page, sidebar)
-  const readWidth = (): Promise<number> => page.evaluate(() => {
-    const value = parseFloat(document.documentElement.style.getPropertyValue('--dsh-sidebar-width'))
-    return Number.isNaN(value) ? 0 : value
-  })
-  const widthBefore = await readWidth()
-  const { startX, startY } = await settleWidthStrip(page)
-
-  // A flick whose move DID reach the DOM (the rAF flushed it), followed by
-  // capture loss with NO coordinates (lostpointercapture does not carry a
-  // position). The abort must adopt the last applied size — the old code
-  // explicitly reverted the DOM to the pre-drag width here.
-  await page.mouse.move(startX, startY)
-  await page.mouse.down()
-  await page.mouse.move(startX - 120, startY, { steps: 1 })
-  await page.waitForTimeout(100) // let the rAF consume the pending write
-  await dispatchPointerOnStrip(page, 'lostpointercapture', {})
-
-  await expect
-    .poll(async () => await readWidth(), { timeout: 10_000 })
-    .toBeGreaterThan(widthBefore + 80)
-  await page.waitForTimeout(600)
-  expect(await readWidth(), 'the no-coordinate capture loss must not roll back after settling').toBeGreaterThan(widthBefore + 80)
-  await page.mouse.up()
-})
-
-/* ── issue #258: the bottom panel must not flash full-width after a width
-      drag release ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────── */
-
-test('bottom panel never flashes full-width after a width drag release (issue #258)', async ({ page }) => {
-  await page.goto(PAGE_URL, { waitUntil: 'domcontentloaded' })
-  await expect(page.locator('#root > *')).not.toHaveCount(0, { timeout: 90_000 })
-  const sidebar = page.locator('[data-dsh-better-sidebar]')
-  await expect(sidebar).toBeAttached({ timeout: 90_000 })
-  await dismissOnboarding(page)
-  await expandSidebar(page, sidebar)
-
-  // The bottom panel must be OPEN too — its right edge is what tracks the
-  // center column (and what flashes full-width on release).
-  const bottomExpand = sidebar.getByRole('button', { name: 'Expand bottom panel' })
-  await expect(bottomExpand, 'the toggle cluster must offer the bottom-panel expand button').toHaveCount(1)
-  await bottomExpand.click()
-  await expect
-    .poll(async () => {
-      const value = await page.evaluate(() => document.documentElement.style.getPropertyValue('--dsh-sidebar-height'))
-      return value !== '' && value !== '0px'
-    }, { timeout: 90_000 })
-    .toBe(true)
-
-  const { startX, startY } = await settleWidthStrip(page)
-
-  // Per-frame sampler: the bottom panel's right edge vs the center column's
-  // right edge (where the layout push lands). The release path used to
-  // TRANSIENTLY REMOVE the push variables between the layout effect's
-  // cleanup and setup phases — React can yield a render frame in that gap,
-  // so the browser painted the push-less layout (center column full width),
-  // the drag-end measure cached that full-width rect, and the bottom panel
-  // rendered full-width while AppFrame's padding transition animated back
-  // to the new width. Every post-release frame must keep the two edges glued
-  // at the committed width: no full-width frame, no drift, no padding
-  // animation.
-  await page.evaluate(() => {
-    const samples: Array<{ t: number; bottomRight: number; colRight: number; varW: string; dragging: boolean; iw: number }> = []
-    const loop = (): void => {
-      const bottom = document.querySelector('[data-dsh-better-sidebar] [data-dsh-bottom-panel]')
-      const col = document.querySelector('#root [data-slot="conversation"]')?.parentElement
-      samples.push({
-        t: performance.now(),
-        bottomRight: bottom?.getBoundingClientRect().right ?? -1,
-        colRight: col?.getBoundingClientRect().right ?? -1,
-        varW: document.documentElement.style.getPropertyValue('--dsh-sidebar-width'),
-        dragging: document.body.hasAttribute('data-dsh-sidebar-dragging'),
-        iw: window.innerWidth,
-      })
-      requestAnimationFrame(loop)
-    }
-    requestAnimationFrame(loop)
-    ;(window as unknown as { __flashSamples: typeof samples }).__flashSamples = samples
-  })
-
-  await page.mouse.move(startX, startY)
-  await page.mouse.down()
-  for (let i = 1; i <= 10; i++) {
-    await page.mouse.move(startX - i * 12, startY, { steps: 2 })
-    await page.waitForTimeout(30)
-  }
-  await page.mouse.up()
-  await page.waitForTimeout(500)
-
-  const samples = await page.evaluate(
-    () => (window as unknown as { __flashSamples: Array<{ t: number; bottomRight: number; colRight: number; varW: string; dragging: boolean; iw: number }> }).__flashSamples,
-  )
-  expect(samples.length, 'the frame sampler must have collected frames').toBeGreaterThan(20)
-  const lastDrag = [...samples].reverse().find(s => s.dragging)
-  expect(lastDrag, 'the dragging attribute must appear during the drag').toBeDefined()
-  const releaseIdx = samples.indexOf(lastDrag!) + 1
-  const release = samples[releaseIdx]!
-  expect(release.colRight, 'the center column must be measurable after release').toBeGreaterThan(0)
-  expect(release.bottomRight, 'the bottom panel must be measurable after release').toBeGreaterThan(0)
-  const settled = samples[samples.length - 1]!
-  for (const s of samples.slice(releaseIdx)) {
-    expect(
-      Math.abs(s.bottomRight - s.colRight),
-      `bottom panel drifted from the center column at t=${Math.round(s.t)} (bottom ${s.bottomRight} vs column ${s.colRight})`,
-    ).toBeLessThanOrEqual(8)
-    const fullWidth = s.bottomRight >= s.iw - 1
-    expect(
-      fullWidth && s.varW !== '' && s.varW !== '0px',
-      `bottom panel flashed full-width at t=${Math.round(s.t)} (right ${s.bottomRight}, push ${s.varW})`,
-    ).toBe(false)
-    expect(
-      Math.abs(s.colRight - settled.colRight),
-      `center column edge animated after release at t=${Math.round(s.t)} (${s.colRight} vs settled ${settled.colRight})`,
-    ).toBeLessThanOrEqual(8)
-  }
-})
-
-test('the bottom-push anchor resolves through the shell-written center-column tag', async ({ page }) => {
-  // layout.css pushes the bottom panel via the center column, anchored on
-  // the [data-dsh-center-col] tag the Sidebar shell's locator writes onto
-  // the measured column node (Sidebar.tsx locate — the slot wrapper
-  // [data-slot="conversation"]'s parent). The tag must sit on exactly ONE
-  // node: a stale tag on a swapped-out node (boot swap / HMR) would leave
-  // the push rule anchorless or doubled.
-  await page.goto(PAGE_URL, { waitUntil: 'domcontentloaded' })
-  await expect(page.locator('[data-dsh-better-sidebar]')).toBeAttached({ timeout: 90_000 })
-  await expect
-    .poll(async () => page.evaluate(() => document.querySelectorAll('#root [data-dsh-center-col]').length), { timeout: 90_000 })
-    .toBe(1)
-  const anchors = await page.evaluate(() => {
-    const tagged = document.querySelector('#root [data-dsh-center-col]')
-    const slotParent = document.querySelector('#root [data-slot="conversation"]')?.parentElement ?? null
-    return {
-      tagged: tagged !== null,
-      same: tagged !== null && slotParent !== null && tagged === slotParent,
-    }
-  })
-  expect(anchors.tagged, 'the tagged center column must resolve').toBe(true)
-  expect(anchors.same, 'the tag must sit on the conversation slot wrapper\'s parent (the measured column)').toBe(true)
-})
-
-/* ── bottom-strip drag with the right panel CLOSED must not touch the host
-      layout — the regression test for the width-gate fix ───────────────── */
-
-test('dragging the bottom strip while the right panel is closed keeps the host layout still', async ({ page }) => {
-  // The bottom drag used to write the panel's persisted width preference into
-  // `--dsh-sidebar-width` regardless of `panelOpen` (only the idle push
-  // effect gated it): with the panel closed the variable jumped 0 → ~400px on the
-  // first drag frame, #root lost 400px instantly, the host frame's viewport
-  // dropped across its 1024px auto-collapse breakpoint, and the NATIVE left
-  // sidebar snapped to its 56px rail — then snapped back on release. The
-  // panel-side DOM writes keep the raw width (the bottom panel's `right`
-  // derives from it); only the PUSHED width must ride the panelOpen gate.
-  await page.goto(PAGE_URL, { waitUntil: 'domcontentloaded' })
-  await expect(page.locator('#root > *')).not.toHaveCount(0, { timeout: 90_000 })
-  const sidebar = page.locator('[data-dsh-better-sidebar]')
-  await expect(sidebar).toBeAttached({ timeout: 90_000 })
-  await dismissOnboarding(page)
-
-  // The right panel stays CLOSED (openByDefault off): the width variable
-  // must read as the collapsed push before anything happens.
-  const readPushWidth = (): Promise<number> => page.evaluate(() => {
-    const value = parseFloat(document.documentElement.style.getPropertyValue('--dsh-sidebar-width'))
-    return Number.isNaN(value) ? 0 : value
-  })
-  await expect
-    .poll(async () => {
-      const height = await page.evaluate(() => parseFloat(document.documentElement.style.getPropertyValue('--dsh-sidebar-height')) || 0)
-      return height
-    }, { timeout: 90_000 })
-    .toBe(0)
-
-  const bottomExpand = sidebar.getByRole('button', { name: 'Expand bottom panel' })
-  await expect(bottomExpand, 'the toggle cluster must offer the bottom-panel expand button').toHaveCount(1)
-  await bottomExpand.click()
-  await expect
-    .poll(async () => {
-      const value = await page.evaluate(() => parseFloat(document.documentElement.style.getPropertyValue('--dsh-sidebar-height')) || 0)
-      return value
-    }, { timeout: 90_000 })
-    .toBeGreaterThan(0)
-  expect(await readPushWidth(), 'the closed right panel must push 0 width').toBe(0)
-
-  // Per-frame sampler on the HOST side: the pushed width variable, the host
-  // frame's inline grid template (its first track is the native left
-  // sidebar's width), the rendered left-column width (the grid transition
-  // animates mid-states, so this catches even a transient snap), and #root's
-  // right edge (where the width push lands).
-  await page.evaluate(() => {
-    const samples: Array<{ t: number; varW: number; gridCols: string; leftColW: number; rootRight: number; dragging: boolean }> = []
-    const center = document.querySelector('#root [data-slot="conversation"]')?.parentElement ?? null
-    const frame = center?.parentElement ?? null
-    const leftCol = frame?.firstElementChild ?? null
-    const root = document.querySelector('#root') as HTMLElement
-    const loop = (): void => {
-      const varW = parseFloat(document.documentElement.style.getPropertyValue('--dsh-sidebar-width'))
-      samples.push({
-        t: performance.now(),
-        varW: Number.isNaN(varW) ? 0 : varW,
-        gridCols: frame instanceof HTMLElement ? frame.style.gridTemplateColumns : '',
-        leftColW: leftCol?.getBoundingClientRect().width ?? -1,
-        rootRight: root.getBoundingClientRect().right,
-        dragging: document.body.hasAttribute('data-dsh-sidebar-dragging'),
-      })
-      requestAnimationFrame(loop)
-    }
-    requestAnimationFrame(loop)
-    ;(window as unknown as { __bottomDragSamples: typeof samples }).__bottomDragSamples = samples
-  })
-
-  // The bottom strip is the panel's top-edge row-resize hit strip. The panel
-  // SLIDES DOWN into place on expand: a box read mid-animation sits above the
-  // settled geometry and the pointerdown lands off-strip (the drag never
-  // starts). Wait until the strip's center sits at innerHeight - the pushed
-  // height (the panel's final top edge).
-  await expect
-    .poll(async () => {
-      const probe = await page.evaluate(() => {
-        const bottom = document.querySelector('[data-dsh-better-sidebar] [data-dsh-bottom-panel]')
-        if (bottom === null) return null
-        const strip = [...bottom.querySelectorAll<HTMLElement>('*')].find(el => getComputedStyle(el).cursor === 'row-resize')
-        if (strip === undefined) return null
-        const r = strip.getBoundingClientRect()
-        const heightVar = parseFloat(document.documentElement.style.getPropertyValue('--dsh-sidebar-height')) || 0
-        return Math.abs((r.y + r.height / 2) - (window.innerHeight - heightVar))
-      })
-      return probe === null ? Number.NaN : probe
-    }, { timeout: 30_000 })
-    .toBeLessThanOrEqual(8)
-  const stripBox = await page.evaluate(() => {
-    const bottom = document.querySelector('[data-dsh-better-sidebar] [data-dsh-bottom-panel]')
-    if (bottom === null) return null
-    const strip = [...bottom.querySelectorAll<HTMLElement>('*')].find(el => getComputedStyle(el).cursor === 'row-resize')
-    if (strip === undefined) return null
-    const r = strip.getBoundingClientRect()
-    return { x: r.x + r.width / 2, y: r.y + r.height / 2 }
-  })
-  expect(stripBox, 'the bottom drag strip must be present (cursor: row-resize)').not.toBeNull()
-
-  // Drag the strip UP (grow the bottom panel) in steps, like a real resize.
-  await page.mouse.move(stripBox!.x, stripBox!.y)
-  await page.mouse.down()
-  for (let i = 1; i <= 12; i++) {
-    await page.mouse.move(stripBox!.x, stripBox!.y - i * 8, { steps: 2 })
-    await page.waitForTimeout(40)
-  }
-  await page.mouse.up()
-  await page.waitForTimeout(500)
-
-  const samples = await page.evaluate(
-    () => (window as unknown as { __bottomDragSamples: Array<{ t: number; varW: number; gridCols: string; leftColW: number; rootRight: number; dragging: boolean }> }).__bottomDragSamples,
-  )
-  expect(samples.length, 'the frame sampler must have collected frames').toBeGreaterThan(20)
-  const dragging = samples.filter(s => s.dragging)
-  expect(dragging.length, 'the dragging attribute must appear during the drag').toBeGreaterThan(5)
-
-  // The drag must actually have resized the bottom panel (sanity: the height
-  // push committed to a bigger value than where it started).
-  const heightAfter = await page.evaluate(() => parseFloat(document.documentElement.style.getPropertyValue('--dsh-sidebar-height')) || 0)
-  expect(heightAfter).toBeGreaterThan(0)
-
-  // Contract: the pushed width stays 0 for EVERY frame — mid-drag AND after
-  // release. The old code let the panel's persisted preference (~400px)
-  // through on the first drag frame and the release commit.
-  for (const s of samples) {
-    expect(s.varW, `pushed width leaked during the bottom drag at t=${Math.round(s.t)} (got ${s.varW}px)`).toBe(0)
-  }
-  // Contract: the host layout never moves — same inline grid template, same
-  // rendered left-column width (the native sidebar would snap to its 56px
-  // rail when #root loses 400px on a 1280px viewport), same #root right edge.
-  const first = samples[0]!
-  for (const s of samples) {
-    expect(s.gridCols, `host grid template changed at t=${Math.round(s.t)}: ${first.gridCols} -> ${s.gridCols}`).toBe(first.gridCols)
-    expect(Math.abs(s.leftColW - first.leftColW), `native left column width changed at t=${Math.round(s.t)}: ${first.leftColW} -> ${s.leftColW}`).toBeLessThanOrEqual(1)
-    expect(Math.abs(s.rootRight - first.rootRight), `#root right edge changed at t=${Math.round(s.t)}: ${first.rootRight} -> ${s.rootRight}`).toBeLessThanOrEqual(1)
-  }
-})
diff --git a/tests/e2e/float-window.e2e.ts b/tests/e2e/float-window.e2e.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 2c92e14..0000000
--- a/tests/e2e/float-window.e2e.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,239 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * Free-window lane (v0.16.0): against a real `dsh web` instance with the
- * npm-packed plugin mounted (scripts/e2e-mount.sh, DSH_E2E_URL).
- *
- *  1. The tab context menu's "Move to Free Window" floats the seeded Files
- *     tab: `[data-dsh-float-window]` mounts and the tab leaves the strip.
- *  2. The header drag moves the window (geometry committed to the session
- *     state).
- *  3. A reload restores the window from the persisted session state.
- *  4. The header context menu's "Dock Back to Sidebar" returns the tab to
- *     the workbench and removes the window.
- *  5. The drag-out gesture itself (HTML5 DnD onto the conversation column)
- *     floats another tab with the hint overlay showing mid-drag.
- *
- * Crash discipline mirrors the mount lane: pageerror / plugin console errors
- * / dsh-better-sidebar strips fail the test at every step.
- */
-import { mkdirSync } from 'node:fs'
-import { tmpdir } from 'node:os'
-import { join } from 'node:path'
-import { test, expect, type APIRequestContext, type Page } from '@playwright/test'
-import { PAGE_URL, createHostApi, hostRpc } from './host'
-
-const WORKSPACE_PATH = process.env.DSH_E2E_WORKSPACE ?? join(tmpdir(), 'dsh-e2e-float-workspace')
-
-const CRASH_STRIP_PATTERNS = [/^dsh-better-sidebar:/, /^\[dsh-better-sidebar\]/]
-
-let api: APIRequestContext
-
-async function seedSession(): Promise<void> {
-  mkdirSync(WORKSPACE_PATH, { recursive: true })
-  const workspace = await hostRpc<{ workspace: { workspaceId: string } }>(api, 'workspace.create', { path: WORKSPACE_PATH })
-  await hostRpc(api, 'session.create', { workspaceId: workspace.value.workspace.workspaceId })
-}
-
-test.beforeAll(async () => {
-  api = await createHostApi()
-  await seedSession()
-})
-
-test.afterAll(async () => {
-  await api?.dispose()
-})
-
-/** Dismiss DSH's first-run takeovers (onboarding modal etc.): stacked masks
- *  would intercept every subsequent pointer interaction. They mount only
- *  after the settings join resolves (seconds after load — also after a
- *  reload), so first wait bounded for one to appear, then sweep until none
- *  remain. Mirrors the mount lane's dance. */
-async function dismissTakeovers(page: Page): Promise<void> {
-  try {
-    await expect
-      .poll(() => page.getByRole('button', { name: /^(Continue|Configure later)$/ }).count(), { timeout: 60_000 })
-      .toBeGreaterThan(0)
-  } catch {
-    return // A DSH build without onboarding takeovers: nothing to sweep.
-  }
-  for (let round = 0; round < 8; round++) {
-    let dismissed = false
-    for (const name of ['Continue', 'Configure later']) {
-      const button = page.getByRole('button', { name, exact: true }).first()
-      if ((await button.count()) === 0) continue
-      try {
-        await button.click({ timeout: 4_000 })
-        dismissed = true
-        await page.waitForTimeout(1_000)
-      } catch {
-        // Masked by a takeover stacked above; the next round retries.
-      }
-    }
-    if (!dismissed) break
-  }
-}
-
-/** Load the shell, dismiss onboarding takeovers, and expand the panel.
- *  Returns the sidebar host locator. (An arrow const, not a hoisted function
- *  declaration, so the module-level PAGE_URL narrowing carries in.) */
-const bootExpanded = async (page: Page): Promise<ReturnType<Page['locator']>> => {
-  const pageErrors: string[] = []
-  const consoleErrors: string[] = []
-  page.on('pageerror', (error) => pageErrors.push(String(error)))
-  page.on('console', (message) => {
-    if (message.type() === 'error') consoleErrors.push(message.text())
-  })
-  await page.goto(PAGE_URL, { waitUntil: 'domcontentloaded' })
-  await expect(page.locator('#root > *')).not.toHaveCount(0, { timeout: 90_000 })
-  const sidebar = page.locator('[data-dsh-better-sidebar]')
-  await expect(sidebar).toBeAttached({ timeout: 90_000 })
-  await dismissTakeovers(page)
-  await expect(sidebar.locator('[title]').first()).toBeAttached({ timeout: 90_000 })
-  const expandButton = sidebar.getByRole('button', { name: 'Expand sidebar' })
-  if ((await expandButton.count()) === 1) await expandButton.click()
-  await expect
-    .poll(async () => (
-      await page.evaluate(() => document.documentElement.style.getPropertyValue('--dsh-sidebar-width'))
-    ), { timeout: 90_000 })
-    .not.toBe('')
-  expect(pageErrors, 'page errors during boot').toEqual([])
-  expect(consoleErrors.filter(text => text.includes('dsh-better-sidebar')), 'plugin console errors during boot').toEqual([])
-  return sidebar
-}
-
-/** The crash assertions shared by every step (mount-lane discipline). */
-async function assertNoCrash(page: Page): Promise<void> {
-  const sidebar = page.locator('[data-dsh-better-sidebar]')
-  const stripTexts = await sidebar.locator('div').evaluateAll(
-    (nodes, patterns) => nodes.filter((node) => {
-      const text = (node.textContent ?? '').trim()
-      return patterns.some((pattern) => pattern.test(text))
-    }).map((node) => (node.textContent ?? '').trim()),
-    CRASH_STRIP_PATTERNS,
-  )
-  expect(stripTexts, 'a dsh-better-sidebar error strip is present').toEqual([])
-}
-
-/** The conversation column's viewport rect — the production drag-out target
- *  (Sidebar.tsx): the [data-slot="conversation"] WRAPPER may be zero-size (a
- *  slot pass-through), so the sized element is its parent column. */
-async function conversationBox(page: Page): Promise<{ x: number; y: number; width: number; height: number } | null> {
-  return await page.evaluate(() => {
-    const col = document.querySelector('#root [data-slot="conversation"]')?.parentElement
-    if (col === null || col === undefined) return null
-    const rect = col.getBoundingClientRect()
-    return { x: rect.x, y: rect.y, width: rect.width, height: rect.height }
-  })
-}
-
-/** The float's content cell must hand its child a real width (the
- *  column-flex contract): a collapsed 0px cell paints nothing — the tab is
- *  "in" the window but invisible. */
-async function assertContentPainted(page: Page, label: string): Promise<void> {
-  const width = await page.evaluate(() => {
-    const cell = document.querySelector('[data-dsh-float-window] [class*="floatContent"]')
-    const child = cell?.firstElementChild
-    return child === null || child === undefined ? -1 : Math.round(child.getBoundingClientRect().width)
-  })
-  expect(width, `${label}: the floated tab's content must have real width`).toBeGreaterThan(200)
-}
-
-test('float a tab, move the window, reload restores it, dock it back', async ({ page }) => {
-  const sidebar = await bootExpanded(page)
-
-  // 1. The tab context menu floats the seeded Files home tab.
-  const filesTab = sidebar.locator('[title="Files"][draggable="true"]').first()
-  await expect(filesTab).toHaveCount(1)
-  await filesTab.click({ button: 'right' })
-  const floatItem = page.getByRole('menuitem', { name: 'Move to Free Window' }).first()
-  await expect(floatItem, 'the tab context menu must offer "Move to Free Window"').toHaveCount(1)
-  await floatItem.click()
-  const floatWindow = sidebar.locator('[data-dsh-float-window]')
-  await expect(floatWindow).toHaveCount(1, { timeout: 10_000 })
-  // The tab left the strip with the window born over the conversation area
-  // (center), well clear of the panel's right edge.
-  await assertContentPainted(page, 'context-menu float')
-  const leftBefore = await floatWindow.evaluate((node) => Number.parseFloat((node as HTMLElement).style.left))
-  expect(Number.isFinite(leftBefore), `style.left must be numeric, got ${leftBefore}`).toBe(true)
-  expect(leftBefore).toBeGreaterThan(0)
-  expect(leftBefore).toBeLessThan(1440 - 390)
-  await assertNoCrash(page)
-
-  // 2. The header drag moves the window (pointer capture + commit).
-  const header = floatWindow.locator('[class*="floatHeader"]')
-  const box = await header.boundingBox()
-  const conv = await conversationBox(page)
-  expect(box, 'the float header must have geometry').not.toBeNull()
-  expect(conv, 'the conversation column must have geometry').not.toBeNull()
-  const dragToX = conv!.x + conv!.width * 0.35
-  const dragToY = conv!.y + conv!.height * 0.35
-  await page.mouse.move(box!.x + box!.width / 2, box!.y + box!.height / 2)
-  await page.mouse.down()
-  await page.mouse.move(dragToX, dragToY, { steps: 12 })
-  await page.mouse.up()
-  await expect
-    .poll(async () => (
-      await floatWindow.evaluate((node) => Number.parseFloat((node as HTMLElement).style.left))
-    ), { timeout: 10_000 })
-    .not.toBe(leftBefore)
-  await assertNoCrash(page)
-
-  // 3. A reload restores the window from the persisted session state. Give
-  //    the store's debounced persist a beat first: reloading the instant the
-  //    drag poll resolves can beat the 200ms flush timer.
-  await page.waitForTimeout(500)
-  await page.reload({ waitUntil: 'domcontentloaded' })
-  await dismissTakeovers(page)
-  const sidebar2 = page.locator('[data-dsh-better-sidebar]')
-  await expect(sidebar2.locator('[data-dsh-float-window]')).toHaveCount(1, { timeout: 90_000 })
-  await assertNoCrash(page)
-
-  // 4. The header context menu docks the tab back into the sidebar.
-  const header2 = sidebar2.locator('[data-dsh-float-window] [class*="floatHeader"]')
-  await header2.click({ button: 'right' })
-  const dockItem = page.getByRole('menuitem', { name: 'Dock Back to Sidebar' }).first()
-  await expect(dockItem, 'the float header context menu must offer "Dock Back to Sidebar"').toHaveCount(1)
-  await dockItem.click()
-  await expect(sidebar2.locator('[data-dsh-float-window]')).toHaveCount(0, { timeout: 10_000 })
-  await expect(sidebar2.locator('[title="Files"][draggable="true"]').first()).toHaveCount(1)
-  await assertNoCrash(page)
-})
-
-test('dragging a tab onto the conversation area floats it (drag-out gesture)', async ({ page }) => {
-  const sidebar = await bootExpanded(page)
-
-  // Open a terminal through the + menu (a second tab to drag out; the Files
-  // home tab keeps the pane non-empty afterwards). The terminal tab's title
-  // is the host shell name once resolved (fallback "Terminal"), so address
-  // it by POSITION: the strip's second tab.
-  await sidebar.getByRole('button', { name: 'New tab' }).first().click()
-  const terminalItem = page.getByRole('menuitem', { name: 'Terminal' }).first()
-  await expect(terminalItem).toHaveCount(1)
-  await terminalItem.click()
-  const stripTabs = sidebar.locator('[class*="tabList"] > [draggable="true"]')
-  await expect(stripTabs, 'the strip must hold the seeded Files tab plus the terminal').toHaveCount(2, { timeout: 30_000 })
-  const terminalTab = stripTabs.nth(1)
-  const terminalTitle = (await terminalTab.getAttribute('title')) ?? 'Terminal'
-
-  // Drag it onto the conversation column: the hint overlay appears mid-drag
-  // and the drop floats the tab. ([class*="floatDropHint"] matches BOTH the
-  // overlay and its label span — expect the pair.)
-  const tabBox = await terminalTab.boundingBox()
-  const conv = await conversationBox(page)
-  expect(tabBox, 'the terminal tab must have geometry').not.toBeNull()
-  expect(conv, 'the conversation column must have geometry').not.toBeNull()
-  const hint = sidebar.locator('[class*="floatDropHint"]')
-  await page.mouse.move(tabBox!.x + tabBox!.width / 2, tabBox!.y + tabBox!.height / 2)
-  await page.mouse.down()
-  await page.mouse.move(conv!.x + conv!.width / 2, conv!.y + conv!.height / 2, { steps: 12 })
-  await expect(hint, 'the drag-out hint must mark the conversation column mid-drag').toHaveCount(2, { timeout: 10_000 })
-  await page.mouse.up()
-  const floatWindow = sidebar.locator('[data-dsh-float-window]')
-  await expect(floatWindow, 'the drop must float the tab').toHaveCount(1, { timeout: 10_000 })
-  await expect(hint).toHaveCount(0)
-  // The terminal tab left the strip (only Files remains); the window shows
-  // its title.
-  await expect(stripTabs).toHaveCount(1)
-  await expect(floatWindow.locator('[class*="floatTitle"]')).toHaveText(terminalTitle)
-  await assertContentPainted(page, 'drag-out float')
-  await assertNoCrash(page)
-})
diff --git a/tests/e2e/host.ts b/tests/e2e/host.ts
index 1b07849..9fb0f3e 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/host.ts
+++ b/tests/e2e/host.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
  * - `createHostApi()` for an APIRequestContext carrying the auth cookie,
  * - `hostRpc(api, 'workspace.create', {...})` for the host's unary RPC.
  */
-import { request, type APIRequestContext, type Page } from '@playwright/test'
+import { expect, request, type APIRequestContext, type Page } from '@playwright/test'
 import { parseLaunchUrl, pageUrlWith, rpcAttempt } from './host-protocol'
 
 const envUrl = process.env.DSH_E2E_URL
@@ -132,3 +132,24 @@ export async function hostRpc<T = unknown>(
   }
   return result
 }
+
+/**
+ * Send one message in the session the shell opened, so the conversation header
+ * (and the native right Sidebar's corner control) exists: DSH renders the
+ * header only for a session with content, while a freshly seeded blank
+ * session shows the empty hero.
+ *
+ * DSH 0.1.5's composer is a Lexical contenteditable — `fill()` writes the DOM
+ * but not the editor model, so the send button would stay disabled. Type real
+ * keys instead.
+ * @param page - the lane's page.
+ */
+export async function sendFirstMessage(page: Page): Promise<void> {
+  const composer = page.getByRole('textbox', { name: /^(Describe what you want to build|描述你想要构建)/ })
+  await expect(composer).toBeVisible({ timeout: 60_000 })
+  await composer.click()
+  await page.keyboard.type('mount lane smoke')
+  const send = page.getByRole('button', { name: /^(Send message|发送消息)$/ })
+  await expect(send).toBeEnabled({ timeout: 30_000 })
+  await send.click()
+}
diff --git a/tests/e2e/mount.e2e.ts b/tests/e2e/mount.e2e.ts
index 126fc6c..d073f06 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/mount.e2e.ts
+++ b/tests/e2e/mount.e2e.ts
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ import { mkdirSync, writeFileSync } from 'node:fs'
 import { tmpdir } from 'node:os'
 import { join } from 'node:path'
 import { test, expect, type APIRequestContext } from '@playwright/test'
-import { PAGE_URL, createHostApi, gotoPage, hostRpc, sidebarApi } from './host'
+import { PAGE_URL, createHostApi, gotoPage, hostRpc, sendFirstMessage, sidebarApi } from './host'
 
 /** Workspace the sidebar renders against (created by the lane's seeding). */
 const WORKSPACE_PATH = process.env.DSH_E2E_WORKSPACE ?? join(tmpdir(), 'dsh-e2e-workspace')
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ const SEEDED_README_FILE = 'readme-style.md'
 const CRASH_STRIP_PATTERNS = [/^dsh-better-sidebar:/, /^\[dsh-better-sidebar\]/]
 
 /** Built-in tab titles the sweep drives (en-US copy; follows DSH locale). */
-const BUILTIN_TABS = ['Files', 'Changes', 'Tasks', 'Side Chat (beta)', 'Terminal', 'Browser']
+const NATIVE_TABS = ['files', 'git', 'subagent', 'sidechat', 'terminal', 'browser']
 
 let api: APIRequestContext
 /** The seeded session id (captured by seedSession; the Side Chat smoke's parent). */
@@ -235,22 +235,6 @@ test('plugin mounts into the DSH shell and survives a built-in tab sweep', async
     )
     .toEqual({ overflowX: true, overflowY: true })
 
-  // openByDefault defaults OFF: a fresh session's panel starts collapsed.
-  // Expand it through the toggle cluster before the layout push can apply.
-  const expandButton = sidebar.getByRole('button', { name: 'Expand sidebar' })
-  await expect(expandButton, 'the collapsed toggle cluster must offer the expand button').toHaveCount(1)
-  await expandButton.click()
-
-  // The skinning contract is token-driven (docs/external-plugin-guide.md §12): the panels consume
-  // `--dsw-alias-bg-layer-1`, so switching a skin re-skins the sidebar with
-  // no per-skin code. The layout push variable must be live once the panel
-  // mounts (its absence would mean the panel never opened with the session).
-  await expect
-    .poll(async () => (
-      await page.evaluate(() => document.documentElement.style.getPropertyValue('--dsh-sidebar-width'))
-    ), { timeout: 90_000 })
-    .not.toBe('')
-
   // Crash-marker assertions shared by every step.
   const assertNoCrash = async (): Promise<void> => {
     await expect
@@ -268,75 +252,87 @@ test('plugin mounts into the DSH shell and survives a built-in tab sweep', async
     expect(stripTexts, 'a dsh-better-sidebar error strip is present in the sidebar').toEqual([])
   }
 
-  // Sweep every built-in tab through the "+" menu (the sidebar's own open-tab
-  // affordance, reachable from any pane state). Each open may fetch a lazy
-  // chunk (/sidebar/bundle/client-terminal.js / client-editor.js) and mount a
-  // real viewer — the highest-risk crash surfaces. The pinned plugin must
-  // offer every listed built-in: a missing or renamed descriptor is a real
-  // regression and fails the lane loudly instead of silently narrowing the
-  // sweep. A failure anywhere surfaces as a pageerror or a console error,
-  // both of which the next assertion sees.
-  const newTabButton = sidebar.getByRole('button', { name: 'New tab' }).first()
-  for (const title of BUILTIN_TABS) {
-    await newTabButton.click()
-    const item = page.getByRole('menuitem', { name: title }).first()
-    await expect(item, `built-in tab "${title}" is not offered by the + menu — descriptor removed or its label changed`).toHaveCount(1)
-    if (title === BUILTIN_TABS[0]) {
-      // Layout-level evidence for the compact density: rows render ~26px
-      // tall (the default density would be 40px). Guard loose at ≤30px so
-      // font/zoom differences across runners cannot flake it.
-      const rowHeight = await item.evaluate(el => el.getBoundingClientRect().height)
-      expect(rowHeight, '+ menu rows must render at the compact density (≤30px)').toBeLessThanOrEqual(30)
-    }
-    await item.click()
-    // Let the activation commit (including any lazy-chunk fetch) before the
-    // crash assertions run.
+  // The native Sidebar's way in lives in the conversation header's corner,
+  // which DSH renders only for a session with content — the seeded session
+  // starts blank, so give it one message first.
+  await sendFirstMessage(page)
+
+  // DSH 0.1.5 owns the right column: the plugin contributes tab TYPES to the
+  // host's native right Sidebar instead of drawing its own panel. Open it
+  // through the host's own control (the conversation header's corner) and
+  // drive the plugin's content from the guide page the surface seeds.
+  const pane = page.locator('[data-sidebar-right-panel]')
+  const addTab = page.locator('[data-dockkit-add-tab]').first()
+  await page.locator('[data-sidebar-right-expand]').first().click()
+  await expect(pane).toBeVisible({ timeout: 30_000 })
+  await expect(
+    page.locator('[data-sidebar-right-guide]'),
+    'a freshly expanded surface shows the guide page',
+  ).toBeVisible({ timeout: 30_000 })
+
+  // Every built-in descriptor must be registered as a native tab type: the
+  // guide lists one entry per type, so a missing entry is a real regression
+  // (descriptor removed, registration failed, or the type got disabled).
+  for (const kind of NATIVE_TABS) {
+    await expect(
+      page.locator(`[data-sidebar-right-guide-entry="${kind}"]`),
+      `the plugin's native tab type "${kind}" is not offered by the guide`,
+    ).toHaveCount(1)
+  }
+
+  // Sweep every type through the guide. Each open mounts a real viewer (the
+  // terminal fetches its lazy chunk); a failure anywhere surfaces as a
+  // pageerror or a crash strip, both of which the next assertion sees. A pane
+  // holds one guide tab, so re-seed it through the strip's add control before
+  // every pick.
+  for (const kind of NATIVE_TABS) {
+    if (await page.locator('[data-sidebar-right-guide]').count() === 0) await addTab.click()
+    const entry = page.locator(`[data-sidebar-right-guide-entry="${kind}"]`)
+    await expect(entry, `guide entry "${kind}" must be reachable`).toHaveCount(1, { timeout: 30_000 })
+    await entry.click()
     await page.waitForTimeout(1_500)
     await assertNoCrash()
   }
 
-  // The sweep opened the Side Chat tab, whose view auto-creates a thread and
+  // The sweep opened the Side Chat type, whose view auto-creates a thread and
   // polls the transcript — that poll MUST ride the plugin's own
-  // sidechat.events route (the DSH-0.1.2-safe transport this lane locks).
-  const polledTranscript = await page.evaluate(() =>
-    performance.getEntriesByType('resource').some(entry => entry.name.includes('/sidebar/api/sidechat.events')))
-  expect(polledTranscript, 'the Side Chat tab must poll sidechat.events for its transcript').toBe(true)
+  // sidechat.events route (the host transport this lane locks). The poll runs
+  // only while the tab is visible, so activate its chip first.
+  await pane.getByRole('tab', { name: /Side Chat|侧边对话|侧边聊天/ }).first().click()
+  await expect
+    .poll(
+      () => page.evaluate(() =>
+        performance.getEntriesByType('resource').some(entry => entry.name.includes('/sidebar/api/sidechat.events'))),
+      { timeout: 30_000 },
+    )
+    .toBe(true)
 
   // Side Chat host-route smoke against the REAL host: create a thread child
   // under the seeded session (custom-seed creation through AgentRegistry),
   // deliver a follow-up, cancel, and release it. The turn itself cannot run
   // (keyless boot has no model route), but admission + creation + the wire
   // envelope must all succeed — this is the deepest functional proof the
-  // mount lane can make without a provider.
+  // mount lane can make without a provider, and it is what caught the 0.1.5
+  // `sessionPersistence.inspect` removal.
   const start = await api.post(sidebarApi('sidechat.start'), {
     data: { sessionId: seededSessionId, question: 'mount lane smoke' },
   })
   expect(start.ok(), `sidechat.start: ${start.status()} ${await start.text()}`).toBe(true)
-  const startBody = (await start.json()) as {
-    ok: boolean
-    value?: { childId?: string }
-    error?: { code?: string; message?: string }
-  }
+  const startBody = (await start.json()) as { ok: boolean; value?: { childId?: string }; error?: { code?: string; message?: string } }
   expect(startBody.ok, `sidechat.start envelope: ${JSON.stringify(startBody)}`).toBe(true)
   const childId = startBody.value?.childId
   expect(childId, 'sidechat.start must return a child session id').toMatch(/^session-/)
-  // The child must be a REAL session in the host's store (provider-free
-  // proof of the custom-seed creation; the boundary message itself only
-  // becomes durable when a turn claims it, which needs a model route).
   const list = await hostRpc<{ items: Array<{ sessionId: string }> }>(api, 'session.list', {})
-  const listedItems = list.value.items
   expect(
-    listedItems.some(item => item.sessionId === childId),
+    list.value.items.some(item => item.sessionId === childId),
     'the thread child must appear in the host session list',
   ).toBe(true)
-  // Transcript read from the LIVE agent's log (the transport the tab polls;
-  // the inherited seed is cut host-side, so with no model route the own
-  // slice carries no message events).
   const eventsLive = await api.post(sidebarApi('sidechat.events'), { data: { childId } })
   expect(eventsLive.ok(), `sidechat.events (live): ${eventsLive.status()} ${await eventsLive.text()}`).toBe(true)
-  const eventsLiveBody = (await eventsLive.json()) as { ok: boolean; value?: { events?: Array<{ type: string }> } }
+  const eventsLiveBody = (await eventsLive.json()) as { ok: boolean; value?: { events?: Array<{ type: string }>; live?: unknown[] } }
   expect(eventsLiveBody.ok, `sidechat.events envelope: ${JSON.stringify(eventsLiveBody)}`).toBe(true)
   expect(Array.isArray(eventsLiveBody.value?.events), 'sidechat.events must answer an events array').toBe(true)
+  expect(Array.isArray(eventsLiveBody.value?.live), 'sidechat.events must answer a live-delta array').toBe(true)
   for (const method of ['sidechat.prompt', 'sidechat.cancel', 'sidechat.dispose']) {
     const response = await api.post(sidebarApi(method), {
       data: method === 'sidechat.prompt' ? { childId, text: 'follow-up' } : { childId },
@@ -348,193 +344,110 @@ test('plugin mounts into the DSH shell and survives a built-in tab sweep', async
   const eventsCold = await api.post(sidebarApi('sidechat.events'), { data: { childId } })
   expect(eventsCold.ok(), `sidechat.events (cold): ${eventsCold.status()} ${await eventsCold.text()}`).toBe(true)
 
-  // The Codex-style immediate-create flow: a blank question creates an
-  // EMPTY thread (no prompt admitted), sidechat.info reports the live
-  // agent, and the first prompt delivers the boundary host-side.
-  const empty = await api.post(sidebarApi('sidechat.start'), {
-    data: { sessionId: seededSessionId, question: '' },
-  })
-  expect(empty.ok(), `sidechat.start (empty): ${empty.status()} ${await empty.text()}`).toBe(true)
-  const emptyBody = (await empty.json()) as { ok: boolean; value?: { childId?: string } }
-  const emptyChildId = emptyBody.value?.childId
-  expect(emptyChildId, 'immediate create must return a child session id').toMatch(/^session-/)
-  const info = await api.post(sidebarApi('sidechat.info'), {
-    data: { childId: emptyChildId },
-  })
-  expect(info.ok(), `sidechat.info: ${info.status()} ${await info.text()}`).toBe(true)
-  const infoBody = (await info.json()) as { ok: boolean; value?: { live?: boolean; preset?: string } }
-  expect(infoBody.ok, `sidechat.info envelope: ${JSON.stringify(infoBody)}`).toBe(true)
-  expect(infoBody.value?.live, 'the fresh thread must have a live agent').toBe(true)
-  for (const method of ['sidechat.prompt', 'sidechat.dispose']) {
-    const response = await api.post(sidebarApi(method), {
-      data: method === 'sidechat.prompt' ? { childId: emptyChildId, text: 'first message' } : { childId: emptyChildId },
-    })
-    expect(response.ok(), `${method} (immediate thread): ${response.status()} ${await response.text()}`).toBe(true)
-  }
-  await assertNoCrash()
-
-  // The editor chunk (client-editor.js) only loads when a files-window tab
-  // renders. Exercise the file-open path explicitly through the Files window's
-  // own tree: the seeded home tab ("Files") is already open with its tree
-  // panel pinned — activate it from the tab strip, open the seeded file, and
-  // require the chunk round-trip (armed before goto), so a missing/corrupt
-  // editor chunk fails the lane.
-  // Tab-strip tabs carry `draggable="true"`; the always-mounted (hidden)
-  // bottom panel's empty-pane welcome cards repeat the + menu labels with
-  // `title="Files"`, so a bare `[title="Files"]` match is ambiguous.
-  const filesTab = sidebar.locator('[title="Files"][draggable="true"]').first()
-  await expect(filesTab, 'the seeded files-window home tab must be in the tab strip').toHaveCount(1)
-  await filesTab.click()
-  // Inactive tabs stay mounted (display:none); only the ACTIVE files
-  // window's tree is visible — match the visible row.
-  const fileRow = sidebar.locator(`[role="button"][title$="${SEEDED_FILE}"]:visible`)
-  await expect(fileRow, `the seeded "${SEEDED_FILE}" file must appear in the files window's tree`).toHaveCount(1, { timeout: 30_000 })
+  // The editor chunk (client-editor.js) only loads when the plugin's files
+  // window renders. The plugin took the built-in `files` kind over, so the
+  // guide's Files entry IS the plugin's explorer: open it and click the seeded
+  // file in its tree — the highest-risk surface (CodeMirror chunk + fs routes).
+  if (await page.locator('[data-sidebar-right-guide]').count() === 0) await addTab.click()
+  await page.locator('[data-sidebar-right-guide-entry="files"]').click()
+  const fileRow = pane.locator(`[role="button"][title$="${SEEDED_FILE}"]:visible`)
+  await expect(fileRow, `the seeded "${SEEDED_FILE}" file must appear in the plugin's explorer`).toHaveCount(1, { timeout: 30_000 })
   // Click near the row's LEFT edge: hovering reveals an @-reference button at
   // the row's right end, and a center click on a narrow dock lands on it
   // (referencing the file into the composer instead of opening it).
   await fileRow.click({ position: { x: 8, y: 8 } })
   await editorChunk
-  // Separate-mode default (editorExplorer off): the tree click OPENS A NEW
-  // file tab (openSidebarFile, id `editor:<path>`) instead of rewriting the
-  // home tab in place. The seeded "Files" home tab stays put — it is the
-  // standalone explorer now, not a file window.
   await expect(
-    sidebar.locator(`[title="${SEEDED_FILE}"][draggable="true"]`),
-    'separate mode opens a new file tab for the tree click',
-  ).toHaveCount(1)
-  // The seeded home tab survives (separate mode never rewrites it). The
-  // sweep's + menu opened a SECOND path-less Files window (each is its own
-  // explorer in separate mode), so assert presence, not an exact count.
-  await expect(
-    sidebar.locator('[title="Files"][draggable="true"]').first(),
-    'the seeded files-window home tab must survive the file open',
-  ).toHaveCount(1)
-  const pathInput = sidebar.locator('input[placeholder^="File path"]:visible')
-  await expect(pathInput, 'the file tab header path input shows the opened file').toHaveValue(new RegExp(`${SEEDED_FILE}$`))
+    pane.locator('.cm-editor').first(),
+    'the plugin editor must render the seeded file inside the native tab',
+  ).toBeVisible({ timeout: 30_000 })
   await page.waitForTimeout(1_500)
   await assertNoCrash()
 
-  // The mermaid chunk (client-mermaid.js) only loads when a previewed
-  // markdown file contains a mermaid fence. Open the seeded diagram file
-  // from the files window's tree and require the full round-trip: chunk
-  // fetch + sanitized SVG diagram in the preview, so a missing/corrupt
-  // mermaid chunk or a broken render fails the lane. In separate mode the
-  // tree click above activated the hello.txt tab, so switch back to the
-  // Files explorer first (its tree is the only one visible while active).
+  // The mermaid chunk (client-mermaid.js) only loads when a previewed markdown
+  // file contains a mermaid fence. Open the seeded diagram file from the
+  // explorer and require the full round-trip: chunk fetch + sanitized SVG
+  // diagram in the preview.
   const mermaidChunk = page.waitForResponse(
     (response) => response.url().includes('/sidebar/bundle/mermaid.js'),
     { timeout: 30_000 },
   )
-  await sidebar.locator('[title="Files"][draggable="true"]').first().click()
-  const mdRow = sidebar.locator(`[role="button"][title$="${SEEDED_MD_FILE}"]:visible`)
-  await expect(mdRow, `the seeded "${SEEDED_MD_FILE}" file must appear in the files window's tree`).toHaveCount(1, { timeout: 30_000 })
+  await pane.getByRole('tab', { name: /Files|文件/ }).first().click()
+  const mdRow = pane.locator(`[role="button"][title$="${SEEDED_MD_FILE}"]:visible`)
+  await expect(mdRow, `the seeded "${SEEDED_MD_FILE}" file must appear in the plugin's explorer`).toHaveCount(1, { timeout: 30_000 })
   await mdRow.click({ position: { x: 8, y: 8 } })
-  // Separate mode: the md file opens its own tab (like hello.txt above).
   await expect(
-    sidebar.locator(`[title="${SEEDED_MD_FILE}"][draggable="true"]`),
-    'separate mode opens a new tab for the markdown file',
-  ).toHaveCount(1, { timeout: 30_000 })
-  // The markdown PREVIEW must render before the mermaid chunk can be
-  // requested — this assertion separates a preview/render regression from a
-  // chunk-loading one. (sidebar is already scoped to [data-dsh-better-sidebar].)
-  await expect(
-    sidebar.getByText('tail text'),
+    pane.getByText('tail text'),
     'the markdown preview must render the seeded document',
   ).toHaveCount(1, { timeout: 30_000 })
   await mermaidChunk
   await expect(
-    sidebar.locator('[data-mermaid-diagram] svg'),
+    pane.locator('[data-mermaid-diagram] svg'),
     'the mermaid fence must render into an SVG diagram in the markdown preview',
   ).toHaveCount(1, { timeout: 30_000 })
-  // Labels must survive as real SVG <text> (htmlLabels stays off so the
-  // sanitizer's foreignObject strip cannot eat the node text).
   await expect(
-    sidebar.locator('[data-mermaid-diagram]').first(),
+    pane.locator('[data-mermaid-diagram]').first(),
     'the diagram node labels must render inside the SVG',
   ).toContainText('Hello', { timeout: 30_000 })
   // Cross-fence semantics: the reference-style link [before][shared] must
   // resolve to the definition that sits AFTER the fence — proof that the
   // preview is a single markdown parse and not per-fence fragments.
   await expect(
-    sidebar.locator('a[href="https://example.com"]').first(),
+    pane.locator('a[href="https://example.com"]').first(),
     'reference-style links with definitions across a mermaid fence must resolve',
   ).toContainText('before', { timeout: 30_000 })
-  // Click-to-enlarge: clicking the diagram opens the zoom modal (portalled
-  // to document.body), Esc closes it again.
+  // Click-to-enlarge: clicking the diagram opens the zoom modal (portalled to
+  // document.body), Esc closes it again.
   const modal = page.locator('[data-mermaid-modal]')
-  await sidebar.locator('[data-mermaid-diagram] svg').first().click()
+  await pane.locator('[data-mermaid-diagram] svg').first().click()
   await expect(modal, 'clicking the diagram must open the zoom modal').toHaveCount(1, { timeout: 10_000 })
   await page.keyboard.press('Escape')
   await expect(modal, 'Esc must close the zoom modal').toHaveCount(0, { timeout: 10_000 })
-  // The preview/edit toggle is mutually exclusive: in preview mode the
-  // CodeMirror surface must be hidden (regression guard — a stale css copy
-  // in the page made the editor stay visible under the preview, breaking
-  // the toggle semantics).
-  await expect(
-    sidebar.locator('.cm-editor').first(),
-    'preview mode must hide the CodeMirror editor (mutually exclusive toggle)',
-  ).toBeHidden()
   await assertNoCrash()
 
   // README-style markdown (raw-HTML runs + TOC): open the seeded file and
-  // require the full round-trip — sanitized HTML leaves (badge image as a
-  // real element, active content stripped), markdown nested inside the
-  // unclosed <details> run, the inline pass turning the table cell's <br/>
-  // into an element, the reference link resolving across the HTML run, and
-  // the TOC outline jumping into the collapsed details (auto-expanding it).
-  await sidebar.locator('[title="Files"][draggable="true"]').first().click()
-  const readmeRow = sidebar.locator(`[role="button"][title$="${SEEDED_README_FILE}"]:visible`)
+  // require the full round-trip — sanitized HTML leaves (badge image as a real
+  // element, active content stripped), markdown nested inside the unclosed
+  // <details> run, the inline pass turning the table cell's <br/> into an
+  // element, the reference link resolving across the HTML run, and the TOC
+  // outline jumping into the collapsed details (auto-expanding it).
+  await pane.getByRole('tab', { name: /Files|文件/ }).first().click()
+  const readmeRow = pane.locator(`[role="button"][title$="${SEEDED_README_FILE}"]:visible`)
   await expect(
     readmeRow,
-    `the seeded "${SEEDED_README_FILE}" file must appear in the files window's tree`,
+    `the seeded "${SEEDED_README_FILE}" file must appear in the plugin's explorer`,
   ).toHaveCount(1, { timeout: 30_000 })
   await readmeRow.click({ position: { x: 8, y: 8 } })
   await expect(
-    sidebar.locator(`[title="${SEEDED_README_FILE}"][draggable="true"]`),
-    'separate mode opens a new tab for the README-style markdown file',
-  ).toHaveCount(1, { timeout: 30_000 })
-  // The hero div renders as a sanitized leaf with the badge image as a real
-  // element (the remote src may not load in the sandboxed lane; the ELEMENT
-  // is the proof of rendering, not the bytes).
-  await expect(
-    sidebar.locator('[data-dsh-html-segment] img[src*="img.shields.io"]'),
+    pane.locator('[data-dsh-html-segment] img[src*="img.shields.io"]'),
     'the badge-wall div must render its image as a real element',
   ).toHaveCount(1, { timeout: 30_000 })
-  // Active content never survives sanitization.
   await expect(
-    sidebar.locator('script'),
+    pane.locator('script'),
     'the embedded <script> must be sanitized away',
   ).toHaveCount(0)
-  // The unclosed <details> run lowers the following markdown inside itself.
-  const details = sidebar.locator('details')
-  await expect(
-    details,
-    'the details run must render as a real element',
-  ).toHaveCount(1, { timeout: 30_000 })
+  const details = pane.locator('details')
+  await expect(details, 'the details run must render as a real element').toHaveCount(1, { timeout: 30_000 })
   await expect(details.locator('summary'), 'the details summary must render').toHaveCount(1)
   await expect(
     details.locator('h3', { hasText: 'Inside' }),
     'the heading between the details tags must nest inside the element',
   ).toHaveCount(1)
-  // The inline pass: the table cell's literal <br/> became a real element.
   await expect(
-    sidebar.locator('[data-html-inline] br'),
+    pane.locator('[data-html-inline] br'),
     'the table cell <br/> must render as a real element',
   ).toHaveCount(1, { timeout: 30_000 })
-  // The reference link resolves although its definition sits after an HTML run.
   await expect(
-    sidebar.locator('a[href="https://example.com/def"]'),
+    pane.locator('a[href="https://example.com/def"]'),
     'reference links must resolve across lifted HTML runs',
   ).toHaveCount(1, { timeout: 30_000 })
-  // TOC: the outline button appears (4 headings), opens the panel, and
-  // jumping into the collapsed details expands it.
-  const tocButton = sidebar.locator('[data-dsh-md-toc]')
+  const tocButton = pane.locator('[data-dsh-md-toc]')
   await expect(
     tocButton,
     'the TOC button must appear once the document has enough headings',
   ).toHaveCount(1, { timeout: 30_000 })
   await tocButton.click()
-  const tocPanel = sidebar.locator('[data-dsh-md-toc-panel]')
+  const tocPanel = pane.locator('[data-dsh-md-toc-panel]')
   await expect(tocPanel, 'the TOC panel must open').toHaveCount(1)
   const insideItem = tocPanel.locator('button', { hasText: 'Inside' })
   await expect(insideItem, 'the nested heading must appear in the outline').toHaveCount(1)
@@ -571,9 +484,11 @@ test('conservative auto: URL stamps alone never modify the layout; plugin chrome
   await expect
     .poll(() => page.evaluate(() => document.documentElement.style.getPropertyValue('--dsh-title-bar-strip')))
     .toBe('')
-  // The stable addressing surface for presets / custom CSS is mounted.
+  // The stable addressing surface for presets / custom CSS is mounted: the
+  // plugin's own host plus its bottom workbench (the right column belongs to
+  // DSH's native Sidebar on 0.1.5).
   await expect(page.locator('[data-dsh-toggle-cluster]')).toBeAttached()
-  await expect(page.locator('[data-dsh-panel]').first()).toBeAttached()
+  await expect(page.locator('[data-dsh-bottom-panel]')).toBeAttached()
   // The plugin's interactive chrome opts out of Electron drag regions
   // (issues #103/#111) — inert in plain browsers, present in the bundle
   // (the bundler minifies the property's whitespace, so match loosely).
diff --git a/tests/e2e/perf.e2e.ts b/tests/e2e/perf.e2e.ts
index 0e90493..a6d8152 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/perf.e2e.ts
+++ b/tests/e2e/perf.e2e.ts
@@ -26,14 +26,14 @@ import { mkdirSync, writeFileSync } from 'node:fs'
 import { tmpdir } from 'node:os'
 import { join } from 'node:path'
 import { test, expect, type APIRequestContext, type Page } from '@playwright/test'
-import { PAGE_URL, createHostApi, hostRpc } from './host'
+import { PAGE_URL, createHostApi, hostRpc, sendFirstMessage } from './host'
 
 /** This lane's own workspace (lanes run serially against one server — never
  *  share seed paths with mount/drag). */
 const WORKSPACE_PATH = process.env.DSH_E2E_PERF_WORKSPACE ?? join(tmpdir(), 'dsh-e2e-perf-workspace')
 
 /** Built-in tab titles the sweep drives (en-US copy; follows DSH locale). */
-const BUILTIN_TABS = ['Files', 'Changes', 'Tasks', 'Side Chat (beta)', 'Terminal', 'Browser']
+const NATIVE_TABS = ['files', 'git', 'subagent', 'sidechat', 'terminal', 'browser']
 
 let api: APIRequestContext
 
@@ -122,24 +122,23 @@ test('measure: mount latency, longtasks and bundle cost through a full tab sweep
 
   await dismissOnboarding(page)
 
-  // Open the panel, then sweep every built-in tab through the "+" menu — the
-  // same crash-sweep surface as mount.e2e.ts, reused here as the workload.
-  const expandButton = sidebar.getByRole('button', { name: 'Expand sidebar' })
-  await expect(expandButton).toHaveCount(1)
-  await expandButton.click()
-  await expect
-    .poll(async () => {
-      const value = await page.evaluate(() => document.documentElement.style.getPropertyValue('--dsh-sidebar-width'))
-      return value !== '' && value !== '0px'
-    }, { timeout: 90_000 })
-    .toBe(true)
+  // The native Sidebar's way in lives in the conversation header's corner,
+  // which DSH renders only for a session with content.
+  await sendFirstMessage(page)
 
-  const newTabButton = sidebar.getByRole('button', { name: 'New tab' }).first()
-  for (const title of BUILTIN_TABS) {
-    await newTabButton.click()
-    const item = page.getByRole('menuitem', { name: title }).first()
-    await expect(item, `built-in tab "${title}" must be offered by the + menu`).toHaveCount(1)
-    await item.click()
+  // Open DSH's native right Sidebar and sweep every plugin tab type through
+  // its guide page — the same crash-sweep surface as mount.e2e.ts, reused
+  // here as the workload (the plugin's content lives in the native surface on
+  // 0.1.5; the plugin's own panel keeps only its bottom workbench).
+  await page.locator('[data-sidebar-right-expand]').first().click()
+  const pane = page.locator('[data-sidebar-right-panel]')
+  await expect(pane).toBeVisible({ timeout: 90_000 })
+  const addTab = page.locator('[data-dockkit-add-tab]').first()
+  for (const kind of NATIVE_TABS) {
+    if (await page.locator('[data-sidebar-right-guide]').count() === 0) await addTab.click()
+    const entry = page.locator(`[data-sidebar-right-guide-entry="${kind}"]`)
+    await expect(entry, `native tab type "${kind}" must be offered by the guide`).toHaveCount(1)
+    await entry.click()
     await page.waitForTimeout(1_500)
   }
 
diff --git a/tests/e2e/toggle-layout.e2e.ts b/tests/e2e/toggle-layout.e2e.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 3011f44..0000000
--- a/tests/e2e/toggle-layout.e2e.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,184 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * Toggle-layout lane (issue #315): while the right panel slides open/closed
- * with its 300ms layout push, the BOTTOM panel must keep tracking the center
- * column's horizontal edges frame by frame.
- *
- * The shell changed the bottom panel's geometry source from React state
- * (setCenterRect per ResizeObserver frame → full Sidebar re-render at
- * animation cadence) to a ref + direct inline writes, so the panel still
- * follows the animated center column with zero React work. This lane samples
- * the transition and asserts the bottom panel's edges stay glued to the
- * center column (left/right within a rounding + one-frame tolerance) — the
- * visual-equivalence proof for that change.
- *
- * The server is booted by scripts/e2e-mount.sh; this spec only loads the
- * page (own workspace, like drag-layout.e2e.ts).
- */
-import { mkdirSync, writeFileSync } from 'node:fs'
-import { tmpdir } from 'node:os'
-import { join } from 'node:path'
-import { test, expect, type APIRequestContext } from '@playwright/test'
-import { PAGE_URL, createHostApi, hostRpc } from './host'
-
-const WORKSPACE_PATH = process.env.DSH_E2E_TOGGLE_WORKSPACE ?? join(tmpdir(), 'dsh-e2e-toggle-workspace')
-
-let api: APIRequestContext
-
-async function seedSession(): Promise<void> {
-  mkdirSync(WORKSPACE_PATH, { recursive: true })
-  writeFileSync(join(WORKSPACE_PATH, 'seed.txt'), 'toggle lane\n')
-  const workspace = await hostRpc<{ workspace: { workspaceId: string } }>(api, 'workspace.create', { path: WORKSPACE_PATH })
-  await hostRpc(api, 'session.create', { workspaceId: workspace.value.workspace.workspaceId })
-}
-
-test.beforeAll(async () => {
-  api = await createHostApi()
-  await seedSession()
-})
-
-test.afterAll(async () => {
-  await api?.dispose()
-})
-
-interface FrameSample {
-  t: number
-  centerLeft: number
-  centerRight: number
-  bottomLeft: number
-  bottomRight: number
-}
-
-test('bottom panel tracks the center column during the right-panel toggle transition (issue #315)', async ({ page }) => {
-  await page.goto(PAGE_URL, { waitUntil: 'domcontentloaded' })
-  await expect(page.locator('#root > *')).not.toHaveCount(0, { timeout: 90_000 })
-  const sidebar = page.locator('[data-dsh-better-sidebar]')
-  await expect(sidebar).toBeAttached({ timeout: 90_000 })
-
-  // Dismiss onboarding (same dance as the drag lane).
-  try {
-    await expect
-      .poll(() => page.getByRole('button', { name: /^(Continue|Configure later)$/ }).count(), { timeout: 60_000 })
-      .toBeGreaterThan(0)
-  } catch {
-    console.warn('[e2e-toggle] no onboarding takeover appeared; proceeding')
-  }
-  for (let round = 0; round < 8; round++) {
-    let dismissed = false
-    for (const name of ['Continue', 'Configure later']) {
-      const button = page.getByRole('button', { name, exact: true }).first()
-      if ((await button.count()) === 0) continue
-      try {
-        await button.click({ timeout: 4_000 })
-        dismissed = true
-        await page.waitForTimeout(800)
-      } catch {
-        // Masked by a takeover stacked above; retry in the next round.
-      }
-    }
-    if (!dismissed) break
-  }
-
-  // Open the right panel (fresh sessions start collapsed).
-  const expandButton = sidebar.getByRole('button', { name: 'Expand sidebar' })
-  await expect(expandButton).toHaveCount(1)
-  await expandButton.click()
-  await expect
-    .poll(async () => {
-      const value = await page.evaluate(() => document.documentElement.style.getPropertyValue('--dsh-sidebar-width'))
-      return value !== '' && value !== '0px'
-    }, { timeout: 90_000 })
-    .toBe(true)
-
-  // Open the bottom panel too: the twin panels make the toggle exercise the
-  // full geometry chain (bottom panel edges follow the animated push).
-  const expandBottom = sidebar.getByRole('button', { name: 'Expand bottom panel' })
-  await expect(expandBottom).toHaveCount(1)
-  await expandBottom.click()
-  // Wait until the bottom panel is REALLY tracking the center column (not
-  // the hidden {0,0} fallback): the panel's box exists even while hidden, so
-  // wait for the computed visibility + a matched right edge before sampling.
-  await expect
-    .poll(async () => page.evaluate(() => {
-      const col = document.querySelector('#root [data-slot="conversation"]')?.parentElement
-      const bottom = document.querySelector('[data-dsh-bottom-panel]')
-      if (col === null || col === undefined || bottom === null) return false
-      const cr = col.getBoundingClientRect()
-      const br = bottom.getBoundingClientRect()
-      const visible = getComputedStyle(bottom).visibility !== 'hidden'
-      return cr.width > 100 && visible && Math.abs(br.right - cr.right) <= 3
-    }), { timeout: 30_000 })
-    .toBe(true)
-  await page.waitForTimeout(500) // let both open transitions settle
-
-  // Per-frame sampler: center column (same anchor as layout.css) vs the
-  // bottom panel's visible edges. The loop re-resolves
-  // window.__toggleSamples every frame, so clearing it (sampleToggle) drops
-  // old frames without detaching the loop.
-  await page.evaluate(() => {
-    const center = document.querySelector('#root [data-slot="conversation"]')?.parentElement
-    const bottom = document.querySelector('[data-dsh-bottom-panel]')
-    ;(window as unknown as { __toggleSamples: FrameSample[] }).__toggleSamples = []
-    const loop = (): void => {
-      const c = center?.getBoundingClientRect() ?? { left: 0, right: 0 }
-      const b = bottom?.getBoundingClientRect() ?? { left: 0, right: 0 }
-      ;(window as unknown as { __toggleSamples: FrameSample[] }).__toggleSamples.push({
-        t: performance.now(), centerLeft: c.left, centerRight: c.right, bottomLeft: b.left, bottomRight: b.right,
-      })
-      requestAnimationFrame(loop)
-    }
-    requestAnimationFrame(loop)
-  })
-
-  const collapseButton = sidebar.getByRole('button', { name: 'Collapse sidebar' })
-  const expandButton2 = sidebar.getByRole('button', { name: 'Expand sidebar' })
-
-  async function sampleToggle(click: () => Promise<void>): Promise<FrameSample[]> {
-    // Clear accumulated frames so the sample window starts at the click.
-    await page.evaluate(() => {
-      ;(window as unknown as { __toggleSamples: FrameSample[] }).__toggleSamples = []
-    })
-    await click()
-    await page.waitForTimeout(800)
-    const samples = await page.evaluate(() => {
-      const data = (window as unknown as { __toggleSamples: FrameSample[] }).__toggleSamples
-      ;(window as unknown as { __toggleSamples: FrameSample[] }).__toggleSamples = []
-      return data
-    })
-    return samples
-  }
-
-  function trackMiss(samples: FrameSample[], label: string): void {
-    // The bottom panel's geometry rides the center column's ResizeObserver:
-    // RO callbacks run AFTER layout, so a write there lands in the NEXT
-    // frame's paint — the panel is exactly ONE animation frame behind the
-    // column mid-transition (measured: bottom(t) === center(t-1)).
-    // Anything more is a real desync; the settled frames must agree exactly.
-    const valid = samples.filter(s => s.centerRight - s.centerLeft > 100)
-    expect(valid.length, `${label}: sampler must have captured the transition`).toBeGreaterThan(3)
-
-    let maxOneFrame = 0
-    for (let i = 1; i < valid.length; i++) {
-      maxOneFrame = Math.max(
-        maxOneFrame,
-        Math.abs(valid[i]!.bottomLeft - valid[i - 1]!.centerLeft),
-        Math.abs(valid[i]!.bottomRight - valid[i - 1]!.centerRight),
-      )
-    }
-    const settled = valid.slice(-5)
-    const settleMiss = Math.max(
-      ...settled.map(s => Math.max(
-        Math.abs(s.bottomLeft - s.centerLeft),
-        Math.abs(s.bottomRight - s.centerRight),
-      )),
-    )
-    console.log(`[e2e-toggle] ${label}: ${valid.length} frames, max one-frame miss=${maxOneFrame.toFixed(1)}px, settle miss=${settleMiss.toFixed(1)}px`)
-    expect(maxOneFrame, `${label}: bottom panel must track the center column one frame behind (RO cadence)`).toBeLessThanOrEqual(4)
-    expect(settleMiss, `${label}: bottom panel must settle exactly on the center column`).toBeLessThanOrEqual(3)
-  }
-
-  const collapseSamples = await sampleToggle(() => collapseButton.click())
-  trackMiss(collapseSamples, 'collapse')
-
-  const expandSamples = await sampleToggle(() => expandButton2.click())
-  trackMiss(expandSamples, 'expand')
-})
diff --git a/tests/native-surface.spec.ts b/tests/native-surface.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cc5b08d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/native-surface.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,151 @@
+// @vitest-environment jsdom
+/**
+ * Unit tests for the native-surface adapter: the per-tab record registry
+ * (src/client/native/tab-adapter.tsx) and the service's routing into it
+ * (src/client/service.ts `setSurface`).
+ */
+import { describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
+import { createNativeTabRecords } from '../src/client/native/tab-adapter.tsx'
+import { createBetterSidebarService, type SidebarSurface } from '../src/client/service.ts'
+import { createSidebarStore } from '../src/client/state.ts'
+
+const scope = { sessionId: 's1', cwd: '/work' }
+
+describe('createNativeTabRecords', () => {
+  it('mints a synthetic tab from the native record + params', () => {
+    const records = createNativeTabRecords()
+    const view = records.ensure({
+      id: 'tab-1', kind: 'browser', title: 'Browser', params: { url: 'https://a.test', meta: { k: 1 } }, scope,
+    })
+    expect(view.tab).toMatchObject({ id: 'tab-1', type: 'browser', title: 'Browser', meta: { k: 1 } })
+    expect(view.scope).toBe(scope)
+    expect(view.expanded).toEqual([])
+  })
+
+  it('calls the descriptor factory once for a record that arrives without seed fields', () => {
+    const records = createNativeTabRecords()
+    const mint = vi.fn(() => ({ title: 'Side chat', meta: { autoCreate: true } }))
+    const view = records.ensure({ id: 'tab-2', kind: 'sidechat', title: 'Side Chat', params: undefined, scope, mint })
+    expect(mint).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
+    expect(view.tab).toMatchObject({ title: 'Side chat', meta: { autoCreate: true } })
+    // A second render of the same record does not re-mint.
+    records.ensure({ id: 'tab-2', kind: 'sidechat', title: 'Side Chat', params: undefined, scope, mint })
+    expect(mint).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
+  })
+
+  it('refreshes the seed fields on navigation but keeps the record identity', () => {
+    const records = createNativeTabRecords()
+    records.ensure({ id: 'tab-3', kind: 'editor', title: 'a.ts', params: { path: '/work/a.ts' }, scope })
+    records.update('tab-3', { title: 'renamed.ts' })
+    const view = records.ensure({ id: 'tab-3', kind: 'editor', title: 'b.ts', params: { path: '/work/b.ts' }, scope })
+    expect(view.tab).toMatchObject({ id: 'tab-3', path: '/work/b.ts', title: 'renamed.ts' })
+  })
+
+  it('tracks expansion per record and bumps its version', () => {
+    const records = createNativeTabRecords()
+    records.ensure({ id: 'tab-4', kind: 'editor', title: 'Files', params: undefined, scope })
+    const before = records.versionOf('tab-4')
+    records.toggleExpanded('tab-4', '/work/src')
+    expect(records.get('tab-4')?.expanded).toEqual(['/work/src'])
+    expect(records.versionOf('tab-4')).toBeGreaterThan(before)
+    records.toggleExpanded('tab-4', '/work/src')
+    expect(records.get('tab-4')?.expanded).toEqual([])
+  })
+
+  it('notifies subscribers and forgets a dropped record', () => {
+    const records = createNativeTabRecords()
+    records.ensure({ id: 'tab-5', kind: 'terminal', title: 'Terminal', params: undefined, scope })
+    const listener = vi.fn()
+    const off = records.subscribe(listener)
+    records.update('tab-5', { title: 'zsh' })
+    expect(listener).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
+    expect(records.get('tab-5')?.tab.title).toBe('zsh')
+    records.drop('tab-5')
+    expect(records.has('tab-5')).toBe(false)
+    off()
+    records.ensure({ id: 'tab-6', kind: 'terminal', title: 'Terminal', params: undefined, scope })
+    records.update('tab-6', { title: 'x' })
+    expect(listener).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2)
+  })
+})
+
+describe('service routing into the native surface', () => {
+  const mount = (): { surface: SidebarSurface; calls: unknown[]; service: ReturnType<typeof createBetterSidebarService> } => {
+    const calls: unknown[] = []
+    const surface: SidebarSurface = {
+      openTab: input => { calls.push({ op: 'openTab', ...input }) },
+      openResource: input => { calls.push({ op: 'openResource', ...input }) },
+      fileAddress: (sessionId, cwd, path) => `addr://${sessionId}${cwd === undefined ? '' : cwd}${path}`,
+      close: (sessionId, tabId) => ({ type: 'terminal', title: `closed ${tabId} in ${sessionId}` }),
+      update: tabId => tabId === 'native-1',
+      activate: tabId => tabId === 'native-1',
+      has: tabId => tabId === 'native-1',
+    }
+    const store = createSidebarStore()
+    store.setSession('s1')
+    const service = createBetterSidebarService(store)
+    service.setSurface(surface)
+    service.registerTab({ id: 'terminal', title: 'Terminal', createTab: state => ({ tab: { id: `terminal:${state.nextTerminal}`, type: 'terminal', title: 'Terminal', meta: { n: state.nextTerminal } } }) })
+    service.registerTab({ id: 'git', title: 'Changes', component: () => null })
+    service.registerTab({ id: 'editor', title: 'Files', component: () => null })
+    return { surface, calls, service }
+  }
+
+  it('opens a page type natively, carrying the descriptor factory seed', () => {
+    const { service, calls } = mount()
+    service.openTab({ type: 'terminal' }, scope)
+    expect(calls).toEqual([{
+      op: 'openTab',
+      sessionId: 's1',
+      kind: 'terminal',
+      params: { title: 'Terminal', meta: { n: 1 } },
+      revealIfOpened: false,
+    }])
+  })
+
+  it('opens a file path as a resource address', () => {
+    const { service, calls } = mount()
+    service.openTab({ type: 'editor', path: '/work/a.ts', title: 'a.ts' }, scope)
+    expect(calls).toEqual([{ op: 'openResource', sessionId: 's1', address: 'addr://s1/work/work/a.ts', revealIfOpened: true }])
+  })
+
+  it('maps a path-less editor open to the files page kind', () => {
+    const { service, calls } = mount()
+    service.openTab({ type: 'editor' }, scope)
+    expect(calls).toEqual([{ op: 'openTab', sessionId: 's1', kind: 'files', params: {}, revealIfOpened: true }])
+  })
+
+  it('keeps a bottom-targeted open in the plugin layout', () => {
+    const { service, calls } = mount()
+    service.openTab({ type: 'terminal', target: 'bottom' }, scope)
+    expect(calls).toEqual([])
+  })
+
+  it('routes record operations to the native surface when the id is native', () => {
+    const { service } = mount()
+    expect(() => service.updateTab('native-1', { title: 'x' })).not.toThrow()
+    expect(() => service.activateTab('native-1')).not.toThrow()
+    expect(() => service.closeTab('native-1', scope)).not.toThrow()
+    // A non-native id keeps the plugin's own layout path (a strict no-op here).
+    expect(() => service.updateTab('other', { title: 'x' })).not.toThrow()
+    expect(() => service.closeTab('other', scope)).not.toThrow()
+  })
+
+  it('refuses a disabled type before touching the surface', () => {
+    const { service, calls } = mount()
+    service.setSurface(undefined)
+    const store = createSidebarStore()
+    void store
+    service.setSurface({
+      openTab: input => { calls.push({ op: 'openTab', ...input }) },
+      openResource: () => { calls.push({ op: 'openResource' }) },
+      fileAddress: () => 'addr',
+      close: () => undefined,
+      update: () => false,
+      activate: () => false,
+      has: () => false,
+    })
+    service.openTab({ type: 'missing' }, scope)
+    expect(calls).toEqual([])
+  })
+})
diff --git a/tests/resource-address.spec.ts b/tests/resource-address.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..97ee995
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/resource-address.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+/**
+ * Unit tests for the file-address grammar (src/client/resource-address.ts):
+ * the plugin parses DSH's `dsh-resource://file/…` addresses itself (the
+ * client bundle's purity gate forbids value-importing the upstream util), so
+ * these tests pin the upstream shapes it must agree with.
+ */
+import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest'
+import {
+  absoluteFileAddress,
+  fileAddressFor,
+  parseFileAddress,
+  sessionFileAddress,
+} from '../src/client/resource-address.ts'
+
+describe('parseFileAddress', () => {
+  it('reads a session-scoped address', () => {
+    expect(parseFileAddress('dsh-resource://file/session/s1/src/a.ts')).toEqual({
+      scope: 'session', sessionId: 's1', path: 'src/a.ts',
+    })
+  })
+
+  it('reads an absolute address (POSIX, drive, UNC)', () => {
+    expect(parseFileAddress('dsh-resource://file/absolute/home/me/notes.txt')).toEqual({
+      scope: 'absolute', path: '/home/me/notes.txt',
+    })
+    expect(parseFileAddress('dsh-resource://file/absolute/C:/x/y.txt')).toEqual({
+      scope: 'absolute', path: 'C:/x/y.txt',
+    })
+    expect(parseFileAddress('dsh-resource://file/absolute//server/share/x.txt')).toEqual({
+      scope: 'absolute', path: '//server/share/x.txt',
+    })
+  })
+
+  it('decodes per segment so #, ? and spaces survive', () => {
+    expect(parseFileAddress('dsh-resource://file/session/s1/a%20b/c%23d.txt')).toEqual({
+      scope: 'session', sessionId: 's1', path: 'a b/c#d.txt',
+    })
+  })
+
+  it('refuses anything that is not a file address', () => {
+    for (const address of [
+      'sidebar://guide',
+      'dsh-resource://attachment/session/s1/a.png',
+      'dsh-resource://file/other/s1/a.ts',
+      'dsh-resource://file/session/s1',
+      'dsh-resource://file/absolute/',
+      'not a url',
+    ]) {
+      expect(parseFileAddress(address), address).toBeUndefined()
+    }
+  })
+})
+
+describe('address builders', () => {
+  it('builds a session address and round-trips it', () => {
+    const address = sessionFileAddress('s1', './src\\a b.ts')
+    expect(address).toBe('dsh-resource://file/session/s1/src/a%20b.ts')
+    expect(parseFileAddress(address)).toEqual({ scope: 'session', sessionId: 's1', path: 'src/a b.ts' })
+  })
+
+  it('builds an absolute address and round-trips it', () => {
+    for (const [path, address] of [
+      ['/home/me/x.txt', 'dsh-resource://file/absolute/home/me/x.txt'],
+      ['C:\\x\\y.txt', 'dsh-resource://file/absolute/C:/x/y.txt'],
+      ['\\\\server\\share\\x.txt', 'dsh-resource://file/absolute//server/share/x.txt'],
+    ] as const) {
+      expect(absoluteFileAddress(path)).toBe(address)
+      expect(parseFileAddress(address)?.path.replace(/\\/g, '/')).toBe(path.replace(/\\/g, '/'))
+    }
+  })
+
+  it('keeps a drive colon literal', () => {
+    expect(absoluteFileAddress('C:/x/y.txt')).toContain('C:')
+    expect(absoluteFileAddress('C:/x/y.txt')).not.toContain('%3A')
+  })
+})
+
+describe('fileAddressFor', () => {
+  it('scopes a relative path to the session', () => {
+    expect(fileAddressFor('s1', '/work', 'src/a.ts')).toBe('dsh-resource://file/session/s1/src/a.ts')
+  })
+
+  it('scopes an absolute path inside the workspace to the session', () => {
+    expect(fileAddressFor('s1', '/work', '/work/src/a.ts')).toBe('dsh-resource://file/session/s1/src/a.ts')
+  })
+
+  it('scopes the workspace root itself to the session', () => {
+    expect(fileAddressFor('s1', '/work', '/work')).toBe('dsh-resource://file/session/s1/')
+  })
+
+  it('falls back to an absolute address outside the workspace (or with no cwd)', () => {
+    expect(fileAddressFor('s1', '/work', '/other/a.ts')).toBe('dsh-resource://file/absolute/other/a.ts')
+    expect(fileAddressFor('s1', undefined, '/other/a.ts')).toBe('dsh-resource://file/absolute/other/a.ts')
+  })
+})