diff --git a/app/src/components/terminal/TerminalView.tsx b/app/src/components/terminal/TerminalView.tsx
index 36b13eb..ee871b6 100644
--- a/app/src/components/terminal/TerminalView.tsx
+++ b/app/src/components/terminal/TerminalView.tsx
@@ -316,6 +316,7 @@ export default function TerminalView({ sessionId, active }: Props) {
       try { webglRef.current?.dispose(); } catch { /* may already be disposed */ }
       webglRef.current = null;
       term.dispose();
+      termRef.current = null;
     };
   }, [sessionId]); // eslint-disable-line react-hooks/exhaustive-deps
 
@@ -398,6 +399,21 @@ export default function TerminalView({ sessionId, active }: Props) {
     setScrollActiveToBottom(handleScrollToBottom);
   }, [active, isAtBottom, handleScrollToBottom, setTerminalAtBottom, setScrollActiveToBottom]);
 
+  // On unmount, if this was the active terminal, clear the status-bar scroll
+  // state so it doesn't point at a disposed terminal. (Tab switches don't
+  // unmount — the deactivating terminal stays mounted but hidden — so this
+  // only fires when the active session is actually closed.)
+  const activeRef = useRef(active);
+  activeRef.current = active;
+  useEffect(() => {
+    return () => {
+      if (activeRef.current) {
+        setTerminalAtBottom(true);
+        setScrollActiveToBottom(() => {});
+      }
+    };
+  }, [setTerminalAtBottom, setScrollActiveToBottom]);
+
   const writeSelection = useCallback((mode: "trimmed" | "raw") => {
     const term = termRef.current;
     if (!term) return;
@@ -466,8 +482,8 @@ export default function TerminalView({ sessionId, active }: Props) {
           FitAddon measures the host element it's mounted into; padding there
           causes the grid to overhang and clip the rightmost column / bottom
           row. The host below fills this wrapper's content box with no padding.
-          Kept tight so the terminal claims as much area as possible; right side
-          leaves a little room beside the scrollbar. */}
+          Kept to a tight, even gutter so the terminal claims as much area as
+          possible while leaving a little breathing room beside the scrollbar. */}
       <div className="w-full h-full" style={{ padding: "4px 8px 4px 8px" }}>
         <div
           ref={containerRef}
diff --git a/app/src/hooks/useSTT.ts b/app/src/hooks/useSTT.ts
index 7d0f1ca..8bff90f 100644
--- a/app/src/hooks/useSTT.ts
+++ b/app/src/hooks/useSTT.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,11 @@ export function useSTT(sessionId: string, sendInput: (sessionId: string, data: s
   const streamRef = useRef<MediaStream | null>(null);
   const workletRef = useRef<AudioWorkletNode | null>(null);
   const chunksRef = useRef<Int16Array[]>([]);
+  // Pin the transcript to the terminal that was active when recording STARTED.
+  // The hook is bound to the live active session, which can change mid-recording
+  // (the user switches tabs); without this the transcript would land in whatever
+  // tab is active at stop time.
+  const recordingSessionIdRef = useRef(sessionId);
 
   const appSettings = useAppState((s) => s.appSettings);
   const deviceId = appSettings?.default_microphone;
@@ -22,6 +27,7 @@ export function useSTT(sessionId: string, sendInput: (sessionId: string, data: s
     setState("recording");
     setError(null);
     chunksRef.current = [];
+    recordingSessionIdRef.current = sessionId;
 
     try {
       const audioConstraints: MediaTrackConstraints = {
@@ -57,7 +63,7 @@ export function useSTT(sessionId: string, sendInput: (sessionId: string, data: s
       setError(msg);
       setState("error");
     }
-  }, [state, deviceId]);
+  }, [state, deviceId, sessionId]);
 
   const stopRecording = useCallback(async () => {
     if (state !== "recording") return;
@@ -102,7 +108,7 @@ export function useSTT(sessionId: string, sendInput: (sessionId: string, data: s
 
       const text = await commands.transcribeAudio(audioData);
       if (text) {
-        await sendInput(sessionId, text);
+        await sendInput(recordingSessionIdRef.current, text);
       }
       setState("idle");
     } catch (e) {
@@ -112,7 +118,7 @@ export function useSTT(sessionId: string, sendInput: (sessionId: string, data: s
       // Reset to idle after a brief delay so the UI shows the error
       setTimeout(() => setState("idle"), 3000);
     }
-  }, [state, sessionId, sendInput]);
+  }, [state, sendInput]);
 
   const cancelRecording = useCallback(async () => {
     workletRef.current?.disconnect();