diff --git a/src/components/ui/__tests__/tabs.test.tsx b/src/components/ui/__tests__/tabs.test.tsx
index 785c49966..c3c3ccb1a 100644
--- a/src/components/ui/__tests__/tabs.test.tsx
+++ b/src/components/ui/__tests__/tabs.test.tsx
@@ -30,4 +30,21 @@ describe("<TabsList>", () => {
     // Horizontal scroll behaviour is still intact for long strips.
     expect(list![0]).toMatch(/\boverflow-x-auto\b/);
   });
+
+  it("leaves the vertical pan to the page", () => {
+    // `touch-pan-x` (or `touch-none`) on the strip refuses a vertical pan
+    // that starts on it, so a swipe up or down over a tab strip scrolled
+    // nothing. The strip pans sideways through its own overflow.
+    const html = renderToStaticMarkup(
+      <Tabs defaultValue="a">
+        <TabsList>
+          <TabsTrigger value="a">A</TabsTrigger>
+        </TabsList>
+      </Tabs>,
+    );
+    const list = html.match(/<div\b[^>]*data-slot="tabs-list"[^>]*>/)![0];
+    expect(list).not.toMatch(
+      /\btouch-(?:pan-x|pan-left|pan-right|none|pinch-zoom)\b/,
+    );
+  });
 });
diff --git a/src/components/ui/tabs.tsx b/src/components/ui/tabs.tsx
index 1084d57be..7a2e1a78b 100644
--- a/src/components/ui/tabs.tsx
+++ b/src/components/ui/tabs.tsx
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ function Tabs({
 // mobile when more than ~3 tabs render at typical label widths
 // (`/insights`, `/admin`, `/settings/*`). Tab labels are i18n-driven
 // so we cannot truncate them deterministically. Instead, the list
-// becomes horizontally scrollable on mobile via `overflow-x-auto`
-// plus `touch-pan-x` for the iOS PWA, and the wrapping tabs preserve
+// becomes horizontally scrollable on mobile via `overflow-x-auto`, and the
+// wrapping tabs preserve
 // `whitespace-nowrap` so labels never word-wrap mid-tab. Desktop
 // looks identical because the inline-flex shrink-wraps inside the
 // wider container.
@@ -47,10 +47,15 @@ function Tabs({
 // Padding sits at `p-1` (4 px) so the 3 px focus-visible ring
 // (`focus-visible:ring-[3px]`) on triggers stays inside the
 // `overflow-y-hidden` clamp without clipping the bottom of the ring.
+// No `touch-action` on the strip: `overflow-x-auto` already pans it sideways
+// under a finger, and the `touch-pan-x` it once carried also refused the
+// vertical pan, so a swipe up or down that began on a tab strip scrolled
+// nothing at all (on a tablet the strip is 52 px of the page under the 44 px
+// touch floor).
 // Under a coarse pointer the strip sizes to its triggers, which take the
 // 44 px touch floor; a mouse keeps the compact 36 px strip.
 const tabsListVariants = cva(
-  "rounded-lg p-1 group-data-[orientation=horizontal]/tabs:h-9 pointer-coarse:group-data-[orientation=horizontal]/tabs:h-auto 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",
+  "rounded-lg p-1 group-data-[orientation=horizontal]/tabs:h-9 pointer-coarse:group-data-[orientation=horizontal]/tabs:h-auto 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 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: {