diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 47574ec74..3af983163 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "@mirrorstack-ai/web-ui-kit",
   "packageManager": "pnpm@10.29.3",
-  "version": "0.5.13",
+  "version": "0.5.14",
   "main": "./dist/index.js",
   "types": "./dist/index.d.ts",
   "exports": {
diff --git a/src/components/ui/surfaces/notch/Notch.test.tsx b/src/components/ui/surfaces/notch/Notch.test.tsx
index 44c6bd566..08a015e8b 100644
--- a/src/components/ui/surfaces/notch/Notch.test.tsx
+++ b/src/components/ui/surfaces/notch/Notch.test.tsx
@@ -50,6 +50,19 @@ describe("Notch", () => {
     expect(svg).toHaveAttribute("viewBox", "-0.5 -0.5 67 47");
   });
 
+  it("bleeds the headOnly connecting edge to avoid a fractional-DPI seam", () => {
+    const { container } = render(
+      <Notch width={200} height={150} notchWidth={60} notchHeight={40} headOnly />,
+    );
+    const svg = container.querySelector("svg");
+    // The flat connecting edge (build x=0) is extended to x=-1 so the tab fill
+    // OVERLAPS the surface below rather than abutting it edge-to-edge — otherwise
+    // the shared boundary aliases into a 1px seam on non-integer DPR. overflow
+    // must be visible so that 1px bleed isn't clipped to the box.
+    expect(svg).toHaveAttribute("overflow", "visible");
+    expect(svg?.querySelector("path")?.getAttribute("d")).toMatch(/^M -1,/);
+  });
+
   it("applies fill and stroke", () => {
     const { container } = render(
       <Notch width={200} height={150} notchWidth={40} notchHeight={50} fill="red" stroke="blue" strokeWidth={2} />,
diff --git a/src/components/ui/surfaces/notch/Notch.tsx b/src/components/ui/surfaces/notch/Notch.tsx
index 518407222..637ec853a 100644
--- a/src/components/ui/surfaces/notch/Notch.tsx
+++ b/src/components/ui/surfaces/notch/Notch.tsx
@@ -80,17 +80,34 @@ function buildPath(
   return d.join(" ");
 }
 
-function buildHeadPath(nw: number, nh: number, r: number, ir: number, atStart: boolean, atEnd: boolean) {
+// A headOnly tab sits flush on the surface below it. Extending its fill 1px past
+// that flat CONNECTING edge so the two same-colour fills OVERLAP (rather than abut
+// edge-to-edge) removes a sub-pixel seam: when the shared boundary lands on a
+// fractional device-pixel row — sub-pixel transforms or non-integer DPR such as
+// Windows display scaling — each fill paints <100% coverage on that physical row
+// and the layer beneath shows through as a 1px line. A whole-pixel overlap closes
+// the gap. (Invisible on integer-DPR/retina, where the edges snap and abut cleanly.)
+const HEAD_SEAM_BLEED = 1;
+
+function buildHeadPath(
+  nw: number, nh: number, r: number, ir: number,
+  atStart: boolean, atEnd: boolean,
+  // px to extend the flat connecting edge (build x = 0) past the box, toward the
+  // surface the tab attaches to. Only the build-x=0 edge moves; the radiused tab
+  // corners (build x = w, the tab TOP) are untouched. `bleed = 0` ⇒ original path.
+  bleed = 0,
+) {
   const w = nw + ir;
   const topIr = atStart ? 0 : ir;
   const botIr = atEnd ? 0 : ir;
+  const x0 = -bleed;
   const d: string[] = [];
 
   if (!atStart) {
-    d.push(`M 0,0`);
+    d.push(`M ${x0},0`);
     d.push(`A ${ir},${ir} 0 0,0 ${ir},${topIr}`);
   } else {
-    d.push(`M 0,${topIr}`);
+    d.push(`M ${x0},${topIr}`);
   }
 
   d.push(`H ${w - r}`);
@@ -100,7 +117,7 @@ function buildHeadPath(nw: number, nh: number, r: number, ir: number, atStart: b
   d.push(`H ${ir}`);
 
   if (!atEnd) {
-    d.push(`A ${ir},${ir} 0 0,0 0,${topIr + nh + botIr}`);
+    d.push(`A ${ir},${ir} 0 0,0 ${x0},${topIr + nh + botIr}`);
   }
 
   d.push(`V 0`);
@@ -188,7 +205,7 @@ export function Notch({
     const botIr = atEnd ? 0 : ir;
     const pathW = notchWidth + ir;
     const pathH = notchHeight + topIr + botIr;
-    const headPath = buildHeadPath(notchWidth, notchHeight, radius, ir, atStart, atEnd);
+    const headPath = buildHeadPath(notchWidth, notchHeight, radius, ir, atStart, atEnd, HEAD_SEAM_BLEED);
 
     let svgW: number, svgH: number;
     if (horiz) { svgW = pathW; svgH = pathH; }
@@ -201,10 +218,13 @@ export function Notch({
       // every side so the centered stroke renders fully INSIDE the box. (Sizing
       // the element to svgW+strokeWidth instead pins it `pad` larger and pushes
       // the right & bottom strokes outside the box.)
+      // `overflow: visible` lets the HEAD_SEAM_BLEED extend the fill 1px past the
+      // box on the connecting edge without being clipped to the viewport.
       <svg
         width={svgW}
         height={svgH}
         viewBox={`${-pad} ${-pad} ${svgW + strokeWidth} ${svgH + strokeWidth}`}
+        overflow="visible"
         className={cn("pointer-events-none", className)}
         style={style}
       >