diff --git a/src/components/ui/__tests__/tabs.test.tsx b/src/components/ui/__tests__/tabs.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1685e00df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/ui/__tests__/tabs.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+import { renderToStaticMarkup } from "react-dom/server";
+
+import { Tabs, TabsList, TabsTrigger } from "../tabs";
+
+describe("<TabsList>", () => {
+  it("clamps the y-axis so a fixed-height strip never paints a vertical scrollbar", () => {
+    // Marc reported a stray "mini scroll-button" on the right side of
+    // the feedback inbox tab strip (Open / Acknowledged / Resolved /
+    // Archived). Root cause: `overflow-x-auto` couples to `overflow-y`
+    // — once one axis is `auto`, the other can no longer be `visible`,
+    // so the browser silently flips it to `auto` too. Combined with
+    // the fixed `h-9` strip and the badges (`py-0.5` + text-xs) that
+    // ride 1-2 px taller than the strip on some glyph stacks, a
+    // tiny vertical scrollbar paints on the right edge.
+    //
+    // Locking `overflow-y-hidden` on the strip kills the painted bar
+    // without touching the horizontal swipe behaviour.
+    const html = renderToStaticMarkup(
+      <Tabs defaultValue="a">
+        <TabsList>
+          <TabsTrigger value="a">A</TabsTrigger>
+          <TabsTrigger value="b">B</TabsTrigger>
+        </TabsList>
+      </Tabs>,
+    );
+    const list = html.match(/<div\b[^>]*data-slot="tabs-list"[^>]*>/);
+    expect(list).not.toBeNull();
+    expect(list![0]).toMatch(/\boverflow-y-hidden\b/);
+    // Horizontal scroll behaviour is still intact for long strips.
+    expect(list![0]).toMatch(/\boverflow-x-auto\b/);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/components/ui/tabs.tsx b/src/components/ui/tabs.tsx
index 70835b32f..16bef7550 100644
--- a/src/components/ui/tabs.tsx
+++ b/src/components/ui/tabs.tsx
@@ -34,8 +34,18 @@ function Tabs({
 // `whitespace-nowrap` so labels never word-wrap mid-tab. Desktop
 // looks identical because the inline-flex shrink-wraps inside the
 // wider container.
+//
+// v1.4.19 A7 — `overflow-y-hidden` clamps the y-axis. Browsers couple
+// the two overflow axes once one is `auto`: setting only
+// `overflow-x: auto` silently flips `overflow-y` to `auto` as well.
+// Combined with the fixed `h-9` strip and badge children that ride
+// ~1 px taller than the strip on some glyph stacks, a tiny painted
+// vertical scrollbar appeared on the right edge of short strips
+// (e.g. the admin feedback `Open / Acknowledged / Resolved /
+// Archived` tabs Marc reported in v1.4.19). Locking the y-axis hides
+// that bar without affecting horizontal swipe behaviour.
 const tabsListVariants = cva(
-  "rounded-lg p-[3px] group-data-[orientation=horizontal]/tabs:h-9 data-[variant=line]:rounded-none group/tabs-list text-muted-foreground inline-flex w-fit max-w-full items-center justify-center overflow-x-auto touch-pan-x scrollbar-thin group-data-[orientation=vertical]/tabs:h-fit group-data-[orientation=vertical]/tabs:flex-col group-data-[orientation=vertical]/tabs:overflow-x-visible",
+  "rounded-lg p-[3px] group-data-[orientation=horizontal]/tabs:h-9 data-[variant=line]:rounded-none group/tabs-list text-muted-foreground inline-flex w-fit max-w-full items-center justify-center overflow-x-auto overflow-y-hidden touch-pan-x scrollbar-thin group-data-[orientation=vertical]/tabs:h-fit group-data-[orientation=vertical]/tabs:flex-col group-data-[orientation=vertical]/tabs:overflow-x-visible group-data-[orientation=vertical]/tabs:overflow-y-visible",
   {
     variants: {
       variant: {