diff --git a/e2e/tabs.spec.ts b/e2e/tabs.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6b06a1f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/e2e/tabs.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+import { expect, test } from '@playwright/test';
+
+// Runs under the `chromium` project (already authenticated via the saved
+// storage state). The /tabs demo page is a 2-tab layout whose SECOND tab owns
+// a text_input. Committing that input reruns the script server-side, which
+// patches the whole tree back into the client. This spec pins the behaviour
+// that selection survives that patch: the active tab is uncontrolled Radix
+// state on a stable-keyed component, so a rerun triggered from within tab 2
+// must leave the user on tab 2 — not snap them back to tab 1.
+
+test.describe('tabs survive a rerun', () => {
+  test.beforeEach(async ({ page }) => {
+    await page.goto('/tabs');
+    await expect(page.getByRole('heading', { name: /^Tabs$/ })).toBeVisible({
+      timeout: 10_000,
+    });
+  });
+
+  test('a rerun ordered from inside tab 2 keeps tab 2 active', async ({
+    page,
+  }) => {
+    const firstTab = page.getByRole('tab', { name: 'First tab' });
+    const secondTab = page.getByRole('tab', { name: 'Second tab' });
+
+    // First tab is the default selection.
+    await expect(firstTab).toHaveAttribute('data-state', 'active');
+    await expect(secondTab).toHaveAttribute('data-state', 'inactive');
+
+    // Switch to tab 2 and confirm its content (incl. the input) mounted.
+    await secondTab.click();
+    await expect(secondTab).toHaveAttribute('data-state', 'active');
+    const nameInput = page.getByLabel('Your name');
+    await expect(nameInput).toBeVisible();
+    await expect(page.getByText('Hello, stranger!')).toBeVisible();
+
+    // Commit a value from inside tab 2 — this is what orders the rerun.
+    // text_input commits on blur/Enter, not per keystroke.
+    await nameInput.fill('Ada');
+    await nameInput.press('Enter');
+
+    // The echo updates only after the script reruns and re-renders, so seeing
+    // it proves the rerun landed.
+    await expect(page.getByText('Hello, Ada!')).toBeVisible({
+      timeout: 10_000,
+    });
+
+    // The whole point: the rerun must not have bounced us back to tab 1.
+    await expect(secondTab).toHaveAttribute('data-state', 'active');
+    await expect(firstTab).toHaveAttribute('data-state', 'inactive');
+    // Radix unmounts inactive tab content, so the input staying visible is an
+    // independent confirmation that tab 2 is still the one on screen.
+    await expect(nameInput).toBeVisible();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/examples/demo/src/main.ts b/examples/demo/src/main.ts
index 5d9f5a4..2c8b48f 100644
--- a/examples/demo/src/main.ts
+++ b/examples/demo/src/main.ts
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ run(
     sb.link({ label: '📈 Stats', href: '/stats' });
     sb.link({ label: '📐 Columns', href: '/columns' });
     sb.link({ label: '🎛️ Widgets', href: '/widgets' });
+    sb.link({ label: '🗂️ Tabs', href: '/tabs' });
     sb.link({ label: '📁 File Upload', href: '/file-upload' });
     sb.write({ body: '---' });
     sb.write({ body: `📍 \`${currentPath}\`` });
@@ -54,6 +55,7 @@ run(
     pages.columns(br.page({ path: '/columns' }));
     pages.charts(br.page({ path: '/charts' }));
     pages.widgets(br.page({ path: '/widgets' }));
+    pages.tabs(br.page({ path: '/tabs' }));
 
     // const br = brBase.base({});
     br.write({ body: `# Backroad LLM Example\n---` });
diff --git a/examples/demo/src/pages/index.ts b/examples/demo/src/pages/index.ts
index c6bb526..83d97da 100644
--- a/examples/demo/src/pages/index.ts
+++ b/examples/demo/src/pages/index.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import { backroadLLMExample } from './llm';
 import { backroadMarkdownExample } from './markdown';
 import { backroadSelectExample } from './select';
 import { backroadStatsExample } from './stats';
+import { backroadTabsExample } from './tabs';
 import { backroadWidgetsExample } from './widgets';
 
 export const pages = {
@@ -20,4 +21,5 @@ export const pages = {
   fileUpload: backroadFileUploadExample,
   iframe: backroadIframeExample,
   widgets: backroadWidgetsExample,
+  tabs: backroadTabsExample,
 };
diff --git a/examples/demo/src/pages/tabs.ts b/examples/demo/src/pages/tabs.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..892548b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/demo/src/pages/tabs.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+import { BackroadNodeManager } from '@backroad/backroad';
+
+// A 2-tab layout whose SECOND tab owns a text_input. Changing that input
+// commits a value and reruns the script. The point of the demo (and its e2e
+// spec) is that the rerun must NOT yank the user back to the first tab: tab
+// selection is uncontrolled Radix state living on a stable-keyed component, so
+// it has to survive the tree patch. Each tab echoes its own state so the spec
+// can prove the rerun actually happened while the active tab held steady.
+export const backroadTabsExample = (br: BackroadNodeManager) => {
+  br.write({ body: '# Tabs' });
+
+  const [first, second] = br.tabs({ labels: ['First tab', 'Second tab'] });
+
+  first.write({ body: 'This is the first tab — it has no interactive state.' });
+
+  second.write({ body: 'This is the second tab.' });
+  const name = second.textInput({
+    label: 'Your name',
+    placeholder: 'Type here, then press Enter',
+    defaultValue: '',
+  });
+  // Echo updates only after the input commits and the script reruns, so the
+  // spec asserting this text also asserts that a rerun occurred.
+  second.write({ body: `Hello, ${name || 'stranger'}!` });
+};