diff --git a/src/renderer/src/lib/pane-manager/pane-divider-drag.ts b/src/renderer/src/lib/pane-manager/pane-divider-drag.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c2c701bee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/renderer/src/lib/pane-manager/pane-divider-drag.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,294 @@
+import { holdPtyResizesForPaneSubtrees } from './pane-pty-resize-hold'
+
+export type DividerCallbacks = {
+  refitPanesUnder: (el: HTMLElement) => void
+  onLayoutChanged?: () => void
+  onDragActiveChange?: (active: boolean) => void
+}
+
+type DividerFlexFrameScheduler = {
+  schedule: (prevFlex: number, nextFlex: number) => void
+  flush: () => void
+  cancel: () => void
+}
+
+const MIN_PANE_SIZE = 50
+const dividerDragCleanups = new WeakMap<HTMLElement, () => void>()
+
+export function createDividerFlexFrameScheduler({
+  apply,
+  requestFrame = requestAnimationFrame,
+  cancelFrame = cancelAnimationFrame
+}: {
+  apply: (prevFlex: number, nextFlex: number) => void
+  requestFrame?: (callback: FrameRequestCallback) => number
+  cancelFrame?: (handle: number) => void
+}): DividerFlexFrameScheduler {
+  let frameId: number | null = null
+  let pending: { prevFlex: number; nextFlex: number } | null = null
+
+  const applyPending = (): void => {
+    frameId = null
+    const next = pending
+    pending = null
+    if (!next) {
+      return
+    }
+    apply(next.prevFlex, next.nextFlex)
+  }
+
+  return {
+    schedule(prevFlex, nextFlex) {
+      pending = { prevFlex, nextFlex }
+      if (frameId !== null) {
+        return
+      }
+      frameId = requestFrame(applyPending)
+    },
+    flush() {
+      if (frameId !== null) {
+        cancelFrame(frameId)
+        frameId = null
+      }
+      applyPending()
+    },
+    cancel() {
+      if (frameId !== null) {
+        cancelFrame(frameId)
+        frameId = null
+      }
+      pending = null
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+export function attachDividerDrag(
+  divider: HTMLElement,
+  isVertical: boolean,
+  callbacks: DividerCallbacks
+): void {
+  let dragging = false
+  let didMove = false
+  let startPos = 0
+  let prevFlex = 0
+  let totalSize = 0
+  let prevEl: HTMLElement | null = null
+  let nextEl: HTMLElement | null = null
+  let prevInitialFlex = ''
+  let nextInitialFlex = ''
+  let activePointerId: number | null = null
+  let releasePtyResizeHold: { flush: () => void; cancel: () => void } | null = null
+  let windowListenersAttached = false
+  const flexScheduler = createDividerFlexFrameScheduler({
+    apply: (newPrev, newNext) => {
+      if (!prevEl || !nextEl) {
+        return
+      }
+      prevEl.style.flex = `${newPrev} 1 0%`
+      nextEl.style.flex = `${newNext} 1 0%`
+    }
+  })
+
+  const addWindowListeners = (): void => {
+    if (windowListenersAttached || typeof window === 'undefined') {
+      return
+    }
+    windowListenersAttached = true
+    window.addEventListener('pointermove', onPointerMove, true)
+    window.addEventListener('pointerup', onPointerUp, true)
+    window.addEventListener('pointercancel', onPointerCancel, true)
+    window.addEventListener('blur', onWindowBlur, true)
+  }
+
+  const removeWindowListeners = (): void => {
+    if (!windowListenersAttached || typeof window === 'undefined') {
+      return
+    }
+    windowListenersAttached = false
+    window.removeEventListener('pointermove', onPointerMove, true)
+    window.removeEventListener('pointerup', onPointerUp, true)
+    window.removeEventListener('pointercancel', onPointerCancel, true)
+    window.removeEventListener('blur', onWindowBlur, true)
+  }
+
+  const releasePointerCaptureIfHeld = (pointerId: number | null): void => {
+    if (pointerId === null) {
+      return
+    }
+    try {
+      if (divider.hasPointerCapture(pointerId)) {
+        divider.releasePointerCapture(pointerId)
+      }
+    } catch {
+      // Best effort: capture may already be gone after crossing native chrome/webviews.
+    }
+  }
+
+  const finishActiveDrag = (commitLayout: boolean): void => {
+    if (!dragging) {
+      removeWindowListeners()
+      releasePointerCaptureIfHeld(activePointerId)
+      activePointerId = null
+      return
+    }
+
+    const pointerId = activePointerId
+    dragging = false
+    activePointerId = null
+    removeWindowListeners()
+
+    if (commitLayout) {
+      flexScheduler.flush()
+    } else {
+      flexScheduler.cancel()
+      if (didMove && prevEl && nextEl) {
+        prevEl.style.flex = prevInitialFlex
+        nextEl.style.flex = nextInitialFlex
+      }
+    }
+
+    releasePointerCaptureIfHeld(pointerId)
+    divider.classList.remove('is-dragging')
+    callbacks.onDragActiveChange?.(false)
+
+    const shouldRefit = didMove || commitLayout
+    if (shouldRefit && prevEl) {
+      callbacks.refitPanesUnder(prevEl)
+    }
+    if (shouldRefit && nextEl) {
+      callbacks.refitPanesUnder(nextEl)
+    }
+    if (shouldRefit) {
+      releasePtyResizeHold?.flush()
+    } else {
+      releasePtyResizeHold?.cancel()
+    }
+    releasePtyResizeHold = null
+    prevEl = null
+    nextEl = null
+    prevInitialFlex = ''
+    nextInitialFlex = ''
+
+    if (didMove && commitLayout) {
+      callbacks.onLayoutChanged?.()
+    }
+    didMove = false
+  }
+
+  const onPointerDown = (e: PointerEvent): void => {
+    e.preventDefault()
+    flexScheduler.cancel()
+    finishActiveDrag(false)
+    divider.setPointerCapture(e.pointerId)
+    activePointerId = e.pointerId
+    divider.classList.add('is-dragging')
+    dragging = true
+    didMove = false
+    callbacks.onDragActiveChange?.(true)
+    addWindowListeners()
+
+    startPos = isVertical ? e.clientX : e.clientY
+    prevEl = divider.previousElementSibling as HTMLElement | null
+    nextEl = divider.nextElementSibling as HTMLElement | null
+
+    if (!prevEl || !nextEl) {
+      return
+    }
+    prevInitialFlex = prevEl.style.flex
+    nextInitialFlex = nextEl.style.flex
+
+    // Why: shells redraw prompts on every PTY SIGWINCH. During a divider drag
+    // we still fit xterm locally, but forward only the final PTY size on drop.
+    releasePtyResizeHold = holdPtyResizesForPaneSubtrees([prevEl, nextEl])
+
+    const prevRect = prevEl.getBoundingClientRect()
+    const nextRect = nextEl.getBoundingClientRect()
+    const prevSize = isVertical ? prevRect.width : prevRect.height
+    const nextSize = isVertical ? nextRect.width : nextRect.height
+    totalSize = prevSize + nextSize
+    prevFlex = prevSize
+  }
+
+  const onPointerMove = (e: PointerEvent): void => {
+    if (!dragging || e.pointerId !== activePointerId || !prevEl || !nextEl) {
+      return
+    }
+    didMove = true
+
+    const currentPos = isVertical ? e.clientX : e.clientY
+    const delta = currentPos - startPos
+
+    const effectiveMinPaneSize = Math.min(MIN_PANE_SIZE, totalSize / 2)
+    const maxPrev = totalSize - effectiveMinPaneSize
+    // Why: tiny restored/SSH layouts can be smaller than two minimum panes;
+    // clamping both sides to 50px there would create invalid negative flex.
+    const newPrev = Math.min(Math.max(prevFlex + delta, effectiveMinPaneSize), maxPrev)
+    const newNext = totalSize - newPrev
+
+    // Why: pointermove can outpace paint during split resizing. Coalescing the
+    // flex writes keeps drag reflow to one update per frame.
+    flexScheduler.schedule(newPrev, newNext)
+  }
+
+  const onPointerUp = (e: PointerEvent): void => {
+    if (e.pointerId === activePointerId) {
+      finishActiveDrag(true)
+    }
+  }
+
+  const onDoubleClick = (): void => {
+    const prev = divider.previousElementSibling as HTMLElement | null
+    const next = divider.nextElementSibling as HTMLElement | null
+    if (!prev || !next) {
+      return
+    }
+
+    prev.style.flex = '1 1 0%'
+    next.style.flex = '1 1 0%'
+
+    callbacks.refitPanesUnder(prev)
+    callbacks.refitPanesUnder(next)
+    callbacks.onLayoutChanged?.()
+  }
+
+  const onPointerCancel = (e: PointerEvent): void => {
+    if (e.pointerId === activePointerId) {
+      finishActiveDrag(false)
+    }
+  }
+
+  const onLostPointerCapture = (): void => {
+    if (dragging) {
+      finishActiveDrag(false)
+    }
+  }
+
+  const onWindowBlur = (): void => {
+    finishActiveDrag(false)
+  }
+
+  divider.addEventListener('pointerdown', onPointerDown)
+  divider.addEventListener('pointermove', onPointerMove)
+  divider.addEventListener('pointerup', onPointerUp)
+  divider.addEventListener('pointercancel', onPointerCancel)
+  divider.addEventListener('lostpointercapture', onLostPointerCapture)
+  divider.addEventListener('dblclick', onDoubleClick)
+  dividerDragCleanups.set(divider, () => {
+    finishActiveDrag(false)
+    divider.removeEventListener('pointerdown', onPointerDown)
+    divider.removeEventListener('pointermove', onPointerMove)
+    divider.removeEventListener('pointerup', onPointerUp)
+    divider.removeEventListener('pointercancel', onPointerCancel)
+    divider.removeEventListener('lostpointercapture', onLostPointerCapture)
+    divider.removeEventListener('dblclick', onDoubleClick)
+  })
+}
+
+export function disposeDividerDrag(divider: HTMLElement): void {
+  const cleanup = dividerDragCleanups.get(divider)
+  if (!cleanup) {
+    return
+  }
+  cleanup()
+  dividerDragCleanups.delete(divider)
+}
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/lib/pane-manager/pane-divider.test.ts b/src/renderer/src/lib/pane-manager/pane-divider.test.ts
index 1d8acf1d3..59d9f878f 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/lib/pane-manager/pane-divider.test.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/lib/pane-manager/pane-divider.test.ts
@@ -47,6 +47,210 @@ describe('createDividerFlexFrameScheduler', () => {
 })
 
 describe('disposeDivider', () => {
+  it('finishes an active resize from a window-level pointerup', () => {
+    const dividerListeners = new Map<string, EventListener>()
+    const windowListeners = new Map<string, EventListener>()
+    const capturedPointerIds = new Set<number>()
+    const previousPane = createSizedPaneElement({ width: 100, height: 200 })
+    const nextPane = createSizedPaneElement({ width: 300, height: 200 })
+    const divider = {
+      style: {
+        setProperty: vi.fn()
+      },
+      classList: {
+        add: vi.fn(),
+        remove: vi.fn()
+      },
+      addEventListener: vi.fn((event: string, listener: EventListener) => {
+        dividerListeners.set(event, listener)
+      }),
+      removeEventListener: vi.fn((event: string, listener: EventListener) => {
+        if (dividerListeners.get(event) === listener) {
+          dividerListeners.delete(event)
+        }
+      }),
+      setPointerCapture: vi.fn((pointerId: number) => {
+        capturedPointerIds.add(pointerId)
+      }),
+      hasPointerCapture: vi.fn((pointerId: number) => capturedPointerIds.has(pointerId)),
+      releasePointerCapture: vi.fn((pointerId: number) => {
+        capturedPointerIds.delete(pointerId)
+      }),
+      previousElementSibling: previousPane,
+      nextElementSibling: nextPane
+    } as unknown as HTMLElement
+    const refitPanesUnder = vi.fn()
+    const onLayoutChanged = vi.fn()
+    vi.stubGlobal('document', {
+      createElement: vi.fn(() => divider)
+    })
+    vi.stubGlobal('window', {
+      addEventListener: vi.fn((event: string, listener: EventListener) => {
+        windowListeners.set(event, listener)
+      }),
+      removeEventListener: vi.fn((event: string, listener: EventListener) => {
+        if (windowListeners.get(event) === listener) {
+          windowListeners.delete(event)
+        }
+      })
+    })
+    vi.stubGlobal(
+      'requestAnimationFrame',
+      vi.fn(() => 7)
+    )
+    vi.stubGlobal('cancelAnimationFrame', vi.fn())
+
+    createDivider(true, {}, { refitPanesUnder, onLayoutChanged })
+    dividerListeners.get('pointerdown')?.(
+      createPointerEvent({ pointerId: 9, clientX: 100, clientY: 0 })
+    )
+    windowListeners.get('pointermove')?.(
+      createPointerEvent({ pointerId: 9, clientX: 180, clientY: 0 })
+    )
+
+    const windowPointerUp = windowListeners.get('pointerup')
+    expect(windowPointerUp).toBeTypeOf('function')
+    windowPointerUp?.(createPointerEvent({ pointerId: 9, clientX: 180, clientY: 0 }))
+
+    expect(previousPane.style.flex).toBe('180 1 0%')
+    expect(nextPane.style.flex).toBe('220 1 0%')
+    expect(refitPanesUnder).toHaveBeenCalledWith(previousPane)
+    expect(refitPanesUnder).toHaveBeenCalledWith(nextPane)
+    expect(onLayoutChanged).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
+    expect(divider.classList.remove).toHaveBeenCalledWith('is-dragging')
+    expect(divider.releasePointerCapture).toHaveBeenCalledWith(9)
+    expect(windowListeners.has('pointermove')).toBe(false)
+    expect(windowListeners.has('pointerup')).toBe(false)
+  })
+
+  it('keeps flex bases nonnegative when panes are smaller than combined minimums', () => {
+    const dividerListeners = new Map<string, EventListener>()
+    const windowListeners = new Map<string, EventListener>()
+    const capturedPointerIds = new Set<number>()
+    const previousPane = createSizedPaneElement({ width: 30, height: 200 })
+    const nextPane = createSizedPaneElement({ width: 40, height: 200 })
+    const divider = {
+      style: {
+        setProperty: vi.fn()
+      },
+      classList: {
+        add: vi.fn(),
+        remove: vi.fn()
+      },
+      addEventListener: vi.fn((event: string, listener: EventListener) => {
+        dividerListeners.set(event, listener)
+      }),
+      removeEventListener: vi.fn(),
+      setPointerCapture: vi.fn((pointerId: number) => {
+        capturedPointerIds.add(pointerId)
+      }),
+      hasPointerCapture: vi.fn((pointerId: number) => capturedPointerIds.has(pointerId)),
+      releasePointerCapture: vi.fn((pointerId: number) => {
+        capturedPointerIds.delete(pointerId)
+      }),
+      previousElementSibling: previousPane,
+      nextElementSibling: nextPane
+    } as unknown as HTMLElement
+    vi.stubGlobal('document', {
+      createElement: vi.fn(() => divider)
+    })
+    vi.stubGlobal('window', {
+      addEventListener: vi.fn((event: string, listener: EventListener) => {
+        windowListeners.set(event, listener)
+      }),
+      removeEventListener: vi.fn()
+    })
+    vi.stubGlobal(
+      'requestAnimationFrame',
+      vi.fn(() => 7)
+    )
+    vi.stubGlobal('cancelAnimationFrame', vi.fn())
+
+    createDivider(true, {}, { refitPanesUnder: vi.fn(), onLayoutChanged: vi.fn() })
+    dividerListeners.get('pointerdown')?.(
+      createPointerEvent({ pointerId: 9, clientX: 0, clientY: 0 })
+    )
+    windowListeners.get('pointermove')?.(
+      createPointerEvent({ pointerId: 9, clientX: 200, clientY: 0 })
+    )
+    windowListeners.get('pointerup')?.(createPointerEvent({ pointerId: 9, clientX: 200 }))
+
+    expect(previousPane.style.flex).toBe('35 1 0%')
+    expect(nextPane.style.flex).toBe('35 1 0%')
+  })
+
+  it('restores original flex styles when an active resize is cancelled', () => {
+    const dividerListeners = new Map<string, EventListener>()
+    const windowListeners = new Map<string, EventListener>()
+    const capturedPointerIds = new Set<number>()
+    const queuedFrames: FrameRequestCallback[] = []
+    const previousPane = createSizedPaneElement({ width: 100, height: 200 })
+    const nextPane = createSizedPaneElement({ width: 300, height: 200 })
+    previousPane.style.flex = '2 1 0%'
+    nextPane.style.flex = '3 1 0%'
+    const divider = {
+      style: {
+        setProperty: vi.fn()
+      },
+      classList: {
+        add: vi.fn(),
+        remove: vi.fn()
+      },
+      addEventListener: vi.fn((event: string, listener: EventListener) => {
+        dividerListeners.set(event, listener)
+      }),
+      removeEventListener: vi.fn(),
+      setPointerCapture: vi.fn((pointerId: number) => {
+        capturedPointerIds.add(pointerId)
+      }),
+      hasPointerCapture: vi.fn((pointerId: number) => capturedPointerIds.has(pointerId)),
+      releasePointerCapture: vi.fn((pointerId: number) => {
+        capturedPointerIds.delete(pointerId)
+      }),
+      previousElementSibling: previousPane,
+      nextElementSibling: nextPane
+    } as unknown as HTMLElement
+    const refitPanesUnder = vi.fn()
+    const onLayoutChanged = vi.fn()
+    vi.stubGlobal('document', {
+      createElement: vi.fn(() => divider)
+    })
+    vi.stubGlobal('window', {
+      addEventListener: vi.fn((event: string, listener: EventListener) => {
+        windowListeners.set(event, listener)
+      }),
+      removeEventListener: vi.fn()
+    })
+    vi.stubGlobal(
+      'requestAnimationFrame',
+      vi.fn((callback: FrameRequestCallback) => {
+        queuedFrames.push(callback)
+        return queuedFrames.length
+      })
+    )
+    vi.stubGlobal('cancelAnimationFrame', vi.fn())
+
+    createDivider(true, {}, { refitPanesUnder, onLayoutChanged })
+    dividerListeners.get('pointerdown')?.(
+      createPointerEvent({ pointerId: 9, clientX: 100, clientY: 0 })
+    )
+    windowListeners.get('pointermove')?.(
+      createPointerEvent({ pointerId: 9, clientX: 180, clientY: 0 })
+    )
+    queuedFrames[0]?.(16)
+
+    expect(previousPane.style.flex).toBe('180 1 0%')
+    expect(nextPane.style.flex).toBe('220 1 0%')
+
+    windowListeners.get('pointercancel')?.(createPointerEvent({ pointerId: 9 }))
+
+    expect(previousPane.style.flex).toBe('2 1 0%')
+    expect(nextPane.style.flex).toBe('3 1 0%')
+    expect(refitPanesUnder).toHaveBeenCalledWith(previousPane)
+    expect(refitPanesUnder).toHaveBeenCalledWith(nextPane)
+    expect(onLayoutChanged).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+  })
+
   it('removes divider-local drag listeners and releases active pointer capture', () => {
     const listeners = new Map<string, EventListener>()
     const divider = {
@@ -96,3 +300,34 @@ describe('disposeDivider', () => {
     expect(divider.classList.remove).toHaveBeenCalledWith('is-dragging')
   })
 })
+
+function createPointerEvent(args: Partial<PointerEvent>): PointerEvent {
+  return {
+    preventDefault: vi.fn(),
+    pointerId: 1,
+    clientX: 0,
+    clientY: 0,
+    ...args
+  } as unknown as PointerEvent
+}
+
+function createSizedPaneElement(rect: {
+  width: number
+  height: number
+}): HTMLElement & { style: Record<string, string> } {
+  return {
+    style: {},
+    classList: {
+      contains: vi.fn(() => false)
+    },
+    getBoundingClientRect: vi.fn(() => ({
+      left: 0,
+      top: 0,
+      right: rect.width,
+      bottom: rect.height,
+      width: rect.width,
+      height: rect.height
+    })),
+    querySelectorAll: vi.fn(() => [])
+  } as unknown as HTMLElement & { style: Record<string, string> }
+}
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/lib/pane-manager/pane-divider.ts b/src/renderer/src/lib/pane-manager/pane-divider.ts
index 761df6490..4817fa05e 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/lib/pane-manager/pane-divider.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/lib/pane-manager/pane-divider.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import type { PaneStyleOptions, ManagedPaneInternal } from './pane-manager-types'
-import { holdPtyResizesForPaneSubtrees } from './pane-pty-resize-hold'
+import { attachDividerDrag, disposeDividerDrag, type DividerCallbacks } from './pane-divider-drag'
+export { createDividerFlexFrameScheduler } from './pane-divider-drag'
 
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // Divider creation & drag-to-resize
@@ -12,66 +13,6 @@ export function getDividerHitSize(styleOptions: PaneStyleOptions): number {
   return thickness + HIT_PADDING * 2
 }
 
-type DividerCallbacks = {
-  refitPanesUnder: (el: HTMLElement) => void
-  onLayoutChanged?: () => void
-}
-
-type DividerFlexFrameScheduler = {
-  schedule: (prevFlex: number, nextFlex: number) => void
-  flush: () => void
-  cancel: () => void
-}
-
-const dividerDragCleanups = new WeakMap<HTMLElement, () => void>()
-
-export function createDividerFlexFrameScheduler({
-  apply,
-  requestFrame = requestAnimationFrame,
-  cancelFrame = cancelAnimationFrame
-}: {
-  apply: (prevFlex: number, nextFlex: number) => void
-  requestFrame?: (callback: FrameRequestCallback) => number
-  cancelFrame?: (handle: number) => void
-}): DividerFlexFrameScheduler {
-  let frameId: number | null = null
-  let pending: { prevFlex: number; nextFlex: number } | null = null
-
-  const applyPending = (): void => {
-    frameId = null
-    const next = pending
-    pending = null
-    if (!next) {
-      return
-    }
-    apply(next.prevFlex, next.nextFlex)
-  }
-
-  return {
-    schedule(prevFlex, nextFlex) {
-      pending = { prevFlex, nextFlex }
-      if (frameId !== null) {
-        return
-      }
-      frameId = requestFrame(applyPending)
-    },
-    flush() {
-      if (frameId !== null) {
-        cancelFrame(frameId)
-        frameId = null
-      }
-      applyPending()
-    },
-    cancel() {
-      if (frameId !== null) {
-        cancelFrame(frameId)
-        frameId = null
-      }
-      pending = null
-    }
-  }
-}
-
 export function createDivider(
   isVertical: boolean,
   styleOptions: PaneStyleOptions,
@@ -99,12 +40,7 @@ export function createDivider(
 }
 
 export function disposeDivider(divider: HTMLElement): void {
-  const cleanup = dividerDragCleanups.get(divider)
-  if (!cleanup) {
-    return
-  }
-  cleanup()
-  dividerDragCleanups.delete(divider)
+  disposeDividerDrag(divider)
 }
 
 export function disposeDividersIn(root: HTMLElement): void {
@@ -114,193 +50,6 @@ export function disposeDividersIn(root: HTMLElement): void {
   }
 }
 
-function attachDividerDrag(
-  divider: HTMLElement,
-  isVertical: boolean,
-  callbacks: DividerCallbacks
-): void {
-  const MIN_PANE_SIZE = 50
-
-  let dragging = false
-  let didMove = false
-  let startPos = 0
-  let prevFlex = 0
-  let nextFlex = 0
-  let totalSize = 0
-  let prevEl: HTMLElement | null = null
-  let nextEl: HTMLElement | null = null
-  let activePointerId: number | null = null
-  let releasePtyResizeHold: { flush: () => void; cancel: () => void } | null = null
-  const flexScheduler = createDividerFlexFrameScheduler({
-    apply: (newPrev, newNext) => {
-      if (!prevEl || !nextEl) {
-        return
-      }
-      prevEl.style.flex = `${newPrev} 1 0%`
-      nextEl.style.flex = `${newNext} 1 0%`
-    }
-  })
-
-  const onPointerDown = (e: PointerEvent): void => {
-    e.preventDefault()
-    flexScheduler.cancel()
-    divider.setPointerCapture(e.pointerId)
-    activePointerId = e.pointerId
-    divider.classList.add('is-dragging')
-    dragging = true
-    didMove = false
-
-    startPos = isVertical ? e.clientX : e.clientY
-
-    // Find previous and next pane/split siblings
-    prevEl = divider.previousElementSibling as HTMLElement | null
-    nextEl = divider.nextElementSibling as HTMLElement | null
-
-    if (!prevEl || !nextEl) {
-      return
-    }
-    // Why: shells redraw prompts on every PTY SIGWINCH. During a divider drag
-    // we still fit xterm locally, but forward only the final PTY size on drop.
-    releasePtyResizeHold = holdPtyResizesForPaneSubtrees([prevEl, nextEl])
-
-    const prevRect = prevEl.getBoundingClientRect()
-    const nextRect = nextEl.getBoundingClientRect()
-    const prevSize = isVertical ? prevRect.width : prevRect.height
-    const nextSize = isVertical ? nextRect.width : nextRect.height
-    totalSize = prevSize + nextSize
-
-    // Store current proportions as flex-basis values
-    prevFlex = prevSize
-    nextFlex = nextSize
-  }
-
-  const onPointerMove = (e: PointerEvent): void => {
-    if (!dragging || !prevEl || !nextEl) {
-      return
-    }
-    didMove = true
-
-    const currentPos = isVertical ? e.clientX : e.clientY
-    const delta = currentPos - startPos
-
-    let newPrev = prevFlex + delta
-    let newNext = nextFlex - delta
-
-    // Enforce minimum pane size
-    if (newPrev < MIN_PANE_SIZE) {
-      newPrev = MIN_PANE_SIZE
-      newNext = totalSize - MIN_PANE_SIZE
-    }
-    if (newNext < MIN_PANE_SIZE) {
-      newNext = MIN_PANE_SIZE
-      newPrev = totalSize - MIN_PANE_SIZE
-    }
-
-    // Why: pointermove can outpace paint during split resizing. Coalescing the
-    // flex writes keeps drag reflow to one update per frame.
-    flexScheduler.schedule(newPrev, newNext)
-  }
-
-  const onPointerUp = (e: PointerEvent): void => {
-    if (!dragging) {
-      return
-    }
-    dragging = false
-    flexScheduler.flush()
-    activePointerId = null
-    if (divider.hasPointerCapture(e.pointerId)) {
-      divider.releasePointerCapture(e.pointerId)
-    }
-    divider.classList.remove('is-dragging')
-    // Final refit at the exact drop position.
-    if (prevEl) {
-      callbacks.refitPanesUnder(prevEl)
-    }
-    if (nextEl) {
-      callbacks.refitPanesUnder(nextEl)
-    }
-    releasePtyResizeHold?.flush()
-    releasePtyResizeHold = null
-    prevEl = null
-    nextEl = null
-
-    // Persist updated ratios after a real drag
-    if (didMove) {
-      callbacks.onLayoutChanged?.()
-    }
-  }
-
-  // Ghostty-style: double-click divider to equalize sibling panes
-  const onDoubleClick = (): void => {
-    const prev = divider.previousElementSibling as HTMLElement | null
-    const next = divider.nextElementSibling as HTMLElement | null
-    if (!prev || !next) {
-      return
-    }
-
-    prev.style.flex = '1 1 0%'
-    next.style.flex = '1 1 0%'
-
-    callbacks.refitPanesUnder(prev)
-    callbacks.refitPanesUnder(next)
-    callbacks.onLayoutChanged?.()
-  }
-
-  const cancelActiveDrag = (): void => {
-    dragging = false
-    flexScheduler.cancel()
-    releasePtyResizeHold?.cancel()
-    releasePtyResizeHold = null
-    activePointerId = null
-    prevEl = null
-    nextEl = null
-    divider.classList.remove('is-dragging')
-  }
-
-  const onPointerCancel = (): void => {
-    cancelActiveDrag()
-  }
-
-  const onLostPointerCapture = (): void => {
-    if (!dragging) {
-      return
-    }
-    cancelActiveDrag()
-  }
-
-  divider.addEventListener('pointerdown', onPointerDown)
-  divider.addEventListener('pointermove', onPointerMove)
-  divider.addEventListener('pointerup', onPointerUp)
-  divider.addEventListener('pointercancel', onPointerCancel)
-  divider.addEventListener('lostpointercapture', onLostPointerCapture)
-  divider.addEventListener('dblclick', onDoubleClick)
-  dividerDragCleanups.set(divider, () => {
-    flexScheduler.cancel()
-    releasePtyResizeHold?.cancel()
-    releasePtyResizeHold = null
-    if (activePointerId !== null) {
-      try {
-        if (divider.hasPointerCapture(activePointerId)) {
-          divider.releasePointerCapture(activePointerId)
-        }
-      } catch {
-        // Best effort: the captured pointer may already be gone during teardown.
-      }
-    }
-    activePointerId = null
-    dragging = false
-    prevEl = null
-    nextEl = null
-    divider.classList.remove('is-dragging')
-    divider.removeEventListener('pointerdown', onPointerDown)
-    divider.removeEventListener('pointermove', onPointerMove)
-    divider.removeEventListener('pointerup', onPointerUp)
-    divider.removeEventListener('pointercancel', onPointerCancel)
-    divider.removeEventListener('lostpointercapture', onLostPointerCapture)
-    divider.removeEventListener('dblclick', onDoubleClick)
-  })
-}
-
 export function applyDividerStyles(root: HTMLElement, styleOptions: PaneStyleOptions): void {
   const thickness = styleOptions.dividerThicknessPx ?? 4
   const hitSize = getDividerHitSize(styleOptions)
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/lib/pane-manager/pane-drag-pointer.ts b/src/renderer/src/lib/pane-manager/pane-drag-pointer.ts
index e09553f49..45d71f151 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/lib/pane-manager/pane-drag-pointer.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/lib/pane-manager/pane-drag-pointer.ts
@@ -45,8 +45,15 @@ export function beginPaneDragFromPointerDown(
     if (state.cleanupActiveDrag === cleanupDrag) {
       state.cleanupActiveDrag = null
     }
-    if (pointerId !== null && handle.hasPointerCapture(pointerId)) {
-      handle.releasePointerCapture(pointerId)
+    if (pointerId !== null) {
+      try {
+        if (handle.hasPointerCapture(pointerId)) {
+          handle.releasePointerCapture(pointerId)
+        }
+      } catch {
+        // Best effort: Electron/Chromium can drop capture before our cleanup
+        // runs, but the terminal must never stay pointer-inert.
+      }
     }
     if (!dragging) {
       return
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/lib/pane-manager/pane-drag-reorder.test.ts b/src/renderer/src/lib/pane-manager/pane-drag-reorder.test.ts
index 83a0eb1da..dd81b2063 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/lib/pane-manager/pane-drag-reorder.test.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/lib/pane-manager/pane-drag-reorder.test.ts
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ class FakeElement {
   readonly classList: FakeClassList
   readonly style: Record<string, string> = {}
   readonly dataset: Record<string, string> = {}
+  releasePointerCaptureError: Error | null = null
   private readonly listeners = new Map<string, Set<FakeListener>>()
   private readonly capturedPointerIds = new Set<number>()
   removed = false
@@ -81,6 +82,9 @@ class FakeElement {
   }
 
   releasePointerCapture(pointerId: number): void {
+    if (this.releasePointerCaptureError) {
+      throw this.releasePointerCaptureError
+    }
     this.capturedPointerIds.delete(pointerId)
   }
 
@@ -231,6 +235,63 @@ describe('attachPaneDrag', () => {
     expect(insertPaneNextTo).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
   })
 
+  it('cleans pane drag state if releasing pointer capture fails during drop', () => {
+    const handle = new FakeElement()
+    const root = new FakeElement(['pane-manager-root'])
+    const sourceContainer = new FakeElement(['pane'], {
+      left: 0,
+      top: 0,
+      right: 100,
+      bottom: 100,
+      width: 100,
+      height: 100
+    })
+    const targetContainer = new FakeElement(['pane'], {
+      left: 0,
+      top: 100,
+      right: 100,
+      bottom: 200,
+      width: 100,
+      height: 100
+    })
+    const sourcePane = createPane(1, sourceContainer)
+    const targetPane = createPane(2, targetContainer)
+    const panes = new Map<number, ManagedPaneInternal>([
+      [sourcePane.id, sourcePane],
+      [targetPane.id, targetPane]
+    ])
+    const onDragActiveChange = vi.fn()
+    const state = createDragReorderState()
+
+    attachPaneDrag(handle as unknown as HTMLElement, sourcePane.id, state, {
+      getPanes: () => panes,
+      getRoot: () => root as unknown as HTMLElement,
+      getStyleOptions: () => ({}),
+      isDestroyed: () => false,
+      safeFit: vi.fn(),
+      applyPaneOpacity: vi.fn(),
+      applyDividerStyles: vi.fn(),
+      refitPanesUnder: vi.fn(),
+      onDragActiveChange
+    })
+
+    handle.dispatchPointer('pointerdown', pointerEvent({ clientX: 10, clientY: 10 }))
+    handle.dispatchPointer('pointermove', pointerEvent({ clientX: 50, clientY: 150 }))
+    handle.releasePointerCaptureError = new Error('release failed')
+
+    expect(() => {
+      handle.dispatchPointer('pointerup', pointerEvent({ pointerId: 1 }))
+    }).not.toThrow()
+
+    expect(root.classList.contains('is-pane-dragging')).toBe(false)
+    expect(sourceContainer.classList.contains('is-drag-source')).toBe(false)
+    expect(appendedElements[0]?.removed).toBe(true)
+    expect(state.dragSourcePaneId).toBeNull()
+    expect(state.currentDropTarget).toBeNull()
+    expect(state.cleanupActiveDrag).toBeNull()
+    expect(onDragActiveChange).toHaveBeenLastCalledWith(false)
+  })
+
   it('returns cleanup that removes handle listeners and cancels active drag capture', () => {
     const handle = new FakeElement()
     const root = new FakeElement(['pane-manager-root'])
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/lib/pane-manager/pane-manager.ts b/src/renderer/src/lib/pane-manager/pane-manager.ts
index 2778bd2fb..4824af7cf 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/lib/pane-manager/pane-manager.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/lib/pane-manager/pane-manager.ts
@@ -376,7 +376,8 @@ export class PaneManager {
   private createDividerWrapped(isVertical: boolean): HTMLElement {
     return createDivider(isVertical, this.styleOptions, {
       refitPanesUnder: (el) => refitPanesUnder(el, this.panes),
-      onLayoutChanged: this.options.onLayoutChanged
+      onLayoutChanged: this.options.onLayoutChanged,
+      onDragActiveChange: this.options.onPaneDragActiveChange
     })
   }
 
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/lib/pane-manager/pane-tree-ops.ts b/src/renderer/src/lib/pane-manager/pane-tree-ops.ts
index 3725f1f4f..3b2af6fed 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/lib/pane-manager/pane-tree-ops.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/lib/pane-manager/pane-tree-ops.ts
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ type TreeOpsCallbacks = {
   safeFit: (pane: ManagedPane) => void
   refitPanesUnder: (el: HTMLElement) => void
   onLayoutChanged?: () => void
+  onDragActiveChange?: (active: boolean) => void
   isDestroyed?: () => boolean
   requestPaneReparentFrame?: (callback: FrameRequestCallback) => void
 }
@@ -223,7 +224,8 @@ export function insertPaneNextTo(
   // Create divider
   const divider = createDivider(isVertical, callbacks.getStyleOptions(), {
     refitPanesUnder: callbacks.refitPanesUnder,
-    onLayoutChanged: callbacks.onLayoutChanged
+    onLayoutChanged: callbacks.onLayoutChanged,
+    onDragActiveChange: callbacks.onDragActiveChange
   })
 
   // Apply flex styles to both panes
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/lib/pane-manager/pane-tree-reparent-frame.test.ts b/src/renderer/src/lib/pane-manager/pane-tree-reparent-frame.test.ts
index 3208eb79d..4dff8e4f9 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/lib/pane-manager/pane-tree-reparent-frame.test.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/lib/pane-manager/pane-tree-reparent-frame.test.ts
@@ -155,4 +155,32 @@ describe('insertPaneNextTo reparent frame', () => {
     expect(webglRendererMock.attachWebgl).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
     expect(safeFit).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
   })
+
+  it('passes pane drag active callbacks into dividers created during reorder', async () => {
+    setupDocument()
+    const [{ insertPaneNextTo }, { createDivider }] = await Promise.all([
+      import('./pane-tree-ops'),
+      import('./pane-divider')
+    ])
+    const parent = createMockElement('pane-split')
+    const source = createPane(1)
+    const target = createPane(2)
+    const onDragActiveChange = vi.fn()
+    parent.appendChild(target.container as TestElement)
+
+    insertPaneNextTo(source, target, 'right', {
+      getRoot: () => parent,
+      getStyleOptions: () => ({}),
+      safeFit: vi.fn(),
+      refitPanesUnder: vi.fn(),
+      onDragActiveChange,
+      requestPaneReparentFrame: vi.fn()
+    })
+
+    expect(createDivider).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      true,
+      {},
+      expect.objectContaining({ onDragActiveChange })
+    )
+  })
 })