diff --git a/src/modules/terminal/lib/rendererPool.ts b/src/modules/terminal/lib/rendererPool.ts
index 81c7d098a..433122a7f 100644
--- a/src/modules/terminal/lib/rendererPool.ts
+++ b/src/modules/terminal/lib/rendererPool.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import {
   terminalLineNavigationSequence,
   terminalWordNavigationSequence,
 } from "./keymap";
+import { pendingPtyResize } from "./rendererResize";
 
 export const POOL_MAX_SIZE = 5;
 const FIT_DEBOUNCE_MS = 8;
@@ -574,6 +575,21 @@ function rewireSlot(slot: Slot, p: AcquireParams): void {
   p.onSearchReady(slot.searchAddon);
 }
 
+// Push any grid/PTY size delta to the PTY now, keeping slot.lastCols/lastRows
+// as the source of truth for "what the PTY was last told". Called both when the
+// debounce timer fires and on every teardown path, so an interrupted debounce
+// can never leave the PTY winsize behind the rendered grid (tmux pane-bleed).
+function commitPendingResize(slot: Slot, leafId: number): void {
+  const pending = pendingPtyResize(
+    { cols: slot.term.cols, rows: slot.term.rows },
+    { cols: slot.lastCols, rows: slot.lastRows },
+  );
+  if (!pending) return;
+  slot.lastCols = pending.cols;
+  slot.lastRows = pending.rows;
+  adapter?.resolveLeaf(leafId)?.resizePty(pending.cols, pending.rows);
+}
+
 function setupResizeObserver(slot: Slot, p: AcquireParams): void {
   slot.observer?.disconnect();
   if (slot.fitTimer) clearTimeout(slot.fitTimer);
@@ -585,11 +601,7 @@ function setupResizeObserver(slot: Slot, p: AcquireParams): void {
   const flushPty = () => {
     slot.ptyTimer = null;
     if (slot.currentLeafId !== p.leafId) return;
-    if (slot.term.cols === slot.lastCols && slot.term.rows === slot.lastRows)
-      return;
-    slot.lastCols = slot.term.cols;
-    slot.lastRows = slot.term.rows;
-    adapter?.resolveLeaf(p.leafId)?.resizePty(slot.lastCols, slot.lastRows);
+    commitPendingResize(slot, p.leafId);
   };
 
   slot.observer = new ResizeObserver(() => {
@@ -647,6 +659,15 @@ function serializeSlot(slot: Slot): SerializeOutput {
 }
 
 function detachSlotFromLeaf(slot: Slot, retain: boolean): void {
+  // Commit any debounced-but-unsent resize before tearing down the timers.
+  // Dropping it here (the old behavior) left the PTY winsize behind the
+  // rendered grid, so tmux drew pane content into cells that no longer lined up
+  // with the grid and it bled across the pane dividers. releaseSlot reports
+  // slot.term.cols/rows as the session's size, so the PTY must already match.
+  if (slot.currentLeafId !== null) {
+    commitPendingResize(slot, slot.currentLeafId);
+  }
+
   if (retain && slot.currentLeafId !== null) {
     slot.retainedLeafId = slot.currentLeafId;
     parkSlotHost(slot);
diff --git a/src/modules/terminal/lib/rendererResize.test.ts b/src/modules/terminal/lib/rendererResize.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e0db4e2c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/modules/terminal/lib/rendererResize.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+import { pendingPtyResize } from "./rendererResize";
+
+describe("pendingPtyResize", () => {
+  it("returns null when the grid already matches the committed PTY size", () => {
+    expect(
+      pendingPtyResize({ cols: 80, rows: 24 }, { cols: 80, rows: 24 }),
+    ).toBeNull();
+  });
+
+  it("reports the grid size when columns advanced past the PTY", () => {
+    expect(
+      pendingPtyResize({ cols: 100, rows: 24 }, { cols: 80, rows: 24 }),
+    ).toEqual({ cols: 100, rows: 24 });
+  });
+
+  it("reports the grid size when rows advanced past the PTY", () => {
+    expect(
+      pendingPtyResize({ cols: 80, rows: 30 }, { cols: 80, rows: 24 }),
+    ).toEqual({ cols: 80, rows: 30 });
+  });
+
+  it("reports a shrink as readily as a grow", () => {
+    expect(
+      pendingPtyResize({ cols: 60, rows: 20 }, { cols: 80, rows: 24 }),
+    ).toEqual({ cols: 60, rows: 20 });
+  });
+
+  it("never emits a degenerate (zero/negative) resize during teardown", () => {
+    expect(
+      pendingPtyResize({ cols: 0, rows: 24 }, { cols: 80, rows: 24 }),
+    ).toBeNull();
+    expect(
+      pendingPtyResize({ cols: 80, rows: 0 }, { cols: 80, rows: 24 }),
+    ).toBeNull();
+    expect(
+      pendingPtyResize({ cols: -1, rows: 24 }, { cols: 80, rows: 24 }),
+    ).toBeNull();
+  });
+
+  // Regression: tmux pane-bleed. A container resize fits the grid to 100x30 but
+  // the leaf is released before the debounced PTY-resize timer fires. The
+  // pending delta must be surfaced so the caller can commit it; a dropped
+  // resize leaves the PTY winsize behind the grid and tmux smears pane content
+  // across the dividers.
+  it("surfaces a pending resize an interrupted debounce would have dropped", () => {
+    const grid = { cols: 100, rows: 30 };
+    const lastCommittedToPty = { cols: 80, rows: 24 };
+    expect(pendingPtyResize(grid, lastCommittedToPty)).toEqual({
+      cols: 100,
+      rows: 30,
+    });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/modules/terminal/lib/rendererResize.ts b/src/modules/terminal/lib/rendererResize.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..862c64810
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/modules/terminal/lib/rendererResize.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+export type GridSize = { cols: number; rows: number };
+
+// A terminal slot's rendered grid is refit synchronously on every container
+// resize, but the matching PTY winsize update is debounced. This returns the
+// dimensions still owed to the PTY, or null when the two already agree.
+//
+// The caller must commit this delta on EVERY teardown path, not only when the
+// debounce timer fires. If a leaf is released or evicted mid-debounce the
+// pending resize used to be dropped, leaving the PTY winsize behind the grid.
+// A multiplexer like tmux positions every pane by absolute coordinates against
+// the size it was told, so a stale winsize makes it draw pane content into
+// cells that no longer line up with the grid: content bleeds across the pane
+// dividers. Degenerate (<= 0) dimensions never produce a resize.
+export function pendingPtyResize(
+  grid: GridSize,
+  committed: GridSize,
+): GridSize | null {
+  if (grid.cols <= 0 || grid.rows <= 0) return null;
+  if (grid.cols === committed.cols && grid.rows === committed.rows) return null;
+  return { cols: grid.cols, rows: grid.rows };
+}