diff --git a/apps/app/src/app/lib/desktop.ts b/apps/app/src/app/lib/desktop.ts
index d3be9aac78..73a711c416 100644
--- a/apps/app/src/app/lib/desktop.ts
+++ b/apps/app/src/app/lib/desktop.ts
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ export type BrowserStatePayload = {
 
 declare global {
   interface Window {
-    __OPENWORK_ZOOM_FACTOR__?: number;
     __OPENWORK_ELECTRON__?: {
       invokeDesktop?: (command: string, ...args: unknown[]) => Promise<unknown>;
       shell?: {
diff --git a/apps/app/src/react-app/domains/session/panel/utils.ts b/apps/app/src/react-app/domains/session/panel/utils.ts
index 3ae2fa4d27..b312dc95c7 100644
--- a/apps/app/src/react-app/domains/session/panel/utils.ts
+++ b/apps/app/src/react-app/domains/session/panel/utils.ts
@@ -8,27 +8,20 @@ export function getElectronBrowser() {
   return window.__OPENWORK_ELECTRON__?.browser ?? null;
 }
 
-// The renderer uses Electron's webContents.setZoomFactor, which scales the page
-// so getBoundingClientRect() / innerWidth report CSS pixels DIVIDED by the zoom
-// factor (e.g. at zoom 1.5 a 1180 DIP window measures ~786). WebContentsView
-// bounds, however, are in window device-independent pixels. So renderer rects
-// must be multiplied back by the zoom factor to land in the native coordinate
-// space. At zoom = 1 this is the identity.
-function getZoomFactor() {
-  const zoom = window.__OPENWORK_ZOOM_FACTOR__;
-  return typeof zoom === "number" && zoom > 0 ? zoom : 1;
-}
-
+// Bounds and points are sent to the main process in the page's CSS pixels.
+// The main process converts them to window DIPs using the authoritative
+// webContents.getZoomFactor() at apply time (see scaleBoundsForZoom in
+// apps/desktop/electron/main.mjs). The renderer must NOT pre-scale: it has no
+// reliable view of the zoom factor (native View menu zoom roles change it
+// without notifying the page).
 export function getNativeMenuPoint(
   el: HTMLElement | null,
   point?: { clientX: number; clientY: number },
 ) {
-  const zoom = getZoomFactor();
-
   if (point) {
     return {
-      x: Math.round(point.clientX * zoom),
-      y: Math.round(point.clientY * zoom),
+      x: Math.round(point.clientX),
+      y: Math.round(point.clientY),
     };
   }
 
@@ -39,24 +32,21 @@ export function getNativeMenuPoint(
   const rect = el.getBoundingClientRect();
 
   return {
-    x: Math.round((rect.left + 8) * zoom),
-    y: Math.round((rect.bottom + 4) * zoom),
+    x: Math.round(rect.left + 8),
+    y: Math.round(rect.bottom + 4),
   };
 }
 
 export function computeBounds(el: HTMLElement) {
-  // Scale each edge to native DIP, then derive width/height from the rounded
-  // edges so the far edge has no sub-pixel seam at any zoom level.
   const rect = el.getBoundingClientRect();
-  const zoom = getZoomFactor();
-  const x = Math.round(rect.x * zoom);
-  const y = Math.round(rect.y * zoom);
+  const x = Math.round(rect.x);
+  const y = Math.round(rect.y);
 
   return {
     x,
     y,
-    width: Math.round(rect.right * zoom) - x,
-    height: Math.round(rect.bottom * zoom) - y,
+    width: Math.round(rect.right) - x,
+    height: Math.round(rect.bottom) - y,
   };
 }
 
diff --git a/apps/app/src/react-app/shell/font-zoom.ts b/apps/app/src/react-app/shell/font-zoom.ts
index 6cb8e6c0ef..c93795e20e 100644
--- a/apps/app/src/react-app/shell/font-zoom.ts
+++ b/apps/app/src/react-app/shell/font-zoom.ts
@@ -21,10 +21,6 @@ export function useDesktopFontZoomBehavior() {
       const next = normalizeFontZoom(value);
       persistFontZoom(window.localStorage, next);
 
-      // Keep the current desktop zoom available so native WebContentsView bounds
-      // can be converted from renderer CSS pixels to contentView coordinates.
-      window.__OPENWORK_ZOOM_FACTOR__ = next;
-
       void setDesktopZoomFactor(next)
         .then((applied) => {
           if (applied) {
diff --git a/apps/desktop/electron/main.mjs b/apps/desktop/electron/main.mjs
index 0ecf3057ab..c9be3e3721 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/electron/main.mjs
+++ b/apps/desktop/electron/main.mjs
@@ -939,6 +939,37 @@ function isHttpUrl(url) {
   }
 }
 
+// Renderer-supplied geometry is in the page's CSS pixels. WebContentsView
+// bounds are in window DIPs: at zoom factor Z, DIP = cssPx * Z. The renderer
+// cannot reliably know Z (the native View menu zoom roles change it without
+// notifying the page, which is how stale-zoom distortion bugs crept in), so
+// the main process owns this conversion and reads the factor at apply time.
+function browserZoomFactor() {
+  const zoom = mainWindow?.webContents?.getZoomFactor?.();
+  return Number.isFinite(zoom) && zoom > 0 ? zoom : 1;
+}
+
+function scaleBoundsForZoom(bounds) {
+  const zoom = browserZoomFactor();
+  if (zoom === 1) return bounds;
+  // Scale each edge, then derive width/height from the rounded edges so the
+  // far edge has no sub-pixel seam at any zoom level.
+  const x = Math.round(bounds.x * zoom);
+  const y = Math.round(bounds.y * zoom);
+  return {
+    x,
+    y,
+    width: Math.round((bounds.x + bounds.width) * zoom) - x,
+    height: Math.round((bounds.y + bounds.height) * zoom) - y,
+  };
+}
+
+function scalePointForZoom(point) {
+  const zoom = browserZoomFactor();
+  if (zoom === 1 || !point || typeof point !== "object") return point;
+  return { x: Number(point.x) * zoom, y: Number(point.y) * zoom };
+}
+
 function normalizeMenuOverlayPoint(point) {
   if (!point || typeof point !== "object") {
     return { x: 0, y: 0 };
@@ -1051,7 +1082,7 @@ function tabMenuRequest(tab, point) {
     source: "tab",
     tabId: tab.tabId,
     url,
-    bounds: menuOverlayBounds(normalizeMenuOverlayPoint(point)),
+    bounds: menuOverlayBounds(normalizeMenuOverlayPoint(scalePointForZoom(point))),
     items: [
       { id: "copy-url", label: "Copy URL", iconName: "copy", disabled: !url },
       { id: "open-external", label: "Open in Browser", iconName: "external", disabled: !(url && isHttpUrl(url)) },
@@ -1198,7 +1229,7 @@ function attachActiveBrowserView() {
     mainWindow.contentView.addChildView(view);
   }
   if (lastBrowserBounds && lastBrowserBounds.width > 0 && lastBrowserBounds.height > 0) {
-    view.setBounds(lastBrowserBounds);
+    view.setBounds(scaleBoundsForZoom(lastBrowserBounds));
   }
 }
 
@@ -1297,7 +1328,7 @@ function attachBrowserView(bounds, { preloadDefault = false, ensureTab = false }
   const view = getActiveBrowserView();
   attachActiveBrowserView();
   if (bounds.width > 0 && bounds.height > 0) {
-    view?.setBounds(bounds);
+    view?.setBounds(scaleBoundsForZoom(bounds));
   }
   const url = view?.webContents.getURL();
   if (preloadDefault && (!url || url === "about:blank")) {
@@ -3241,7 +3272,7 @@ ipcMain.handle("openwork:browser:bounds", (_event, bounds) => {
   lastBrowserBounds = bounds;
   const view = getActiveBrowserView();
   if (view && browserViewVisible && bounds.width > 0 && bounds.height > 0) {
-    view.setBounds(bounds);
+    view.setBounds(scaleBoundsForZoom(bounds));
   }
 });
 ipcMain.handle("openwork:browser:state", () => browserStatePayload());