diff --git a/packages/app/src/screens/workspace/workspace-screen.tsx b/packages/app/src/screens/workspace/workspace-screen.tsx
index dfe1948b40..076792495a 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/screens/workspace/workspace-screen.tsx
+++ b/packages/app/src/screens/workspace/workspace-screen.tsx
@@ -3854,29 +3854,36 @@ function WorkspaceScreenContent({
) : null}
{shouldRenderDesktopPaneFallback ? (
-
+ // The splits path renders tab rows inside WorkspacePanelContent, which is what
+ // provides NewTabLauncherProvider. This fallback row sits outside it, and its
+ // new-tab menu content mounts eagerly, so without its own provider every
+ // non-compact native layout (tablets, foldables in landscape) crashed on mount
+ // with "NewTabLauncherProvider is required" (#3750).
+
+
+
) : null}
{workspacePanelContent}