diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/browser-pane/host-guest/bind-browser-page-webview-listeners.test.ts b/src/renderer/src/components/browser-pane/host-guest/bind-browser-page-webview-listeners.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..afa35da7cc8a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/browser-pane/host-guest/bind-browser-page-webview-listeners.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+import { describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
+
+const focusGroup = vi.hoisted(() => vi.fn())
+const dismissAddressBarSuggestions = vi.hoisted(() => vi.fn())
+
+vi.mock('@/store', () => ({
+  useAppStore: {
+    getState: () => ({
+      unifiedTabsByWorktree: {
+        'wt-1': [{ contentType: 'browser', entityId: 'workspace-1', groupId: 'group-9' }]
+      },
+      focusGroup
+    })
+  }
+}))
+
+type Listener = () => void
+
+function fakeWebview(): {
+  listeners: Map<string, Set<Listener>>
+  addEventListener(type: 'focus', listener: Listener): void
+  removeEventListener(type: 'focus', listener: Listener): void
+} {
+  const listeners = new Map<string, Set<Listener>>()
+  return {
+    listeners,
+    addEventListener(type: 'focus', listener: Listener) {
+      const bucket = listeners.get(type) ?? new Set()
+      bucket.add(listener)
+      listeners.set(type, bucket)
+    },
+    removeEventListener(type: 'focus', listener: Listener) {
+      listeners.get(type)?.delete(listener)
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+describe('bindBrowserGuestFocus', () => {
+  it('focuses the workspace tab and removes that same callback on cleanup', async () => {
+    const { bindBrowserGuestFocus } = await import('./bind-browser-page-webview-listeners')
+    const webview = fakeWebview()
+    const cleanup = bindBrowserGuestFocus({
+      webview,
+      dismissAddressBarSuggestions,
+      worktreeId: 'wt-1',
+      workspaceId: 'workspace-1'
+    })
+
+    const focusListeners = webview.listeners.get('focus')
+    expect(focusListeners?.size).toBe(1)
+    focusListeners?.forEach((listener) => listener())
+    expect(dismissAddressBarSuggestions).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
+    expect(focusGroup).toHaveBeenCalledWith('wt-1', 'group-9')
+
+    cleanup()
+    expect(webview.listeners.get('focus')?.size ?? 0).toBe(0)
+  })
+})
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/browser-pane/host-guest/bind-browser-page-webview-listeners.ts b/src/renderer/src/components/browser-pane/host-guest/bind-browser-page-webview-listeners.ts
index f8699324889c..e1e7329a2a52 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/browser-pane/host-guest/bind-browser-page-webview-listeners.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/browser-pane/host-guest/bind-browser-page-webview-listeners.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
+import { useAppStore } from '@/store'
 import { normalizeBrowserNavigationUrl } from '../../../../../shared/browser-url'
 import { ORCA_BROWSER_BLANK_URL } from '../../../../../shared/constants'
+import { focusOwningGroupForBrowserGuest } from './browser-guest-owning-group'
 import { parkBrowserPageViewport } from './browser-page-viewport'
 import { subscribeBrowserSystemResume } from './browser-system-resume'
 import {
@@ -11,6 +13,34 @@ import { createBrowserPageWebviewGuestSession } from './browser-page-webview-gue
 import { createBrowserPageWebviewLoadingHandlers } from './browser-page-webview-loading-handlers'
 import { createBrowserPageWebviewNavigationHandlers } from './browser-page-webview-navigation-handlers'
 
+type BrowserGuestFocusTarget = {
+  addEventListener(type: 'focus', listener: () => void): void
+  removeEventListener(type: 'focus', listener: () => void): void
+}
+
+/** Registers one focus callback and returns the cleanup that removes that same function. */
+export function bindBrowserGuestFocus(input: {
+  webview: BrowserGuestFocusTarget
+  dismissAddressBarSuggestions: () => void
+  worktreeId: string
+  workspaceId: string
+}): () => void {
+  // Why: the guest does not bubble focus to the overlay, so the owning split
+  // stays stale and Ctrl+Tab targets the previous group (#22144).
+  const handleGuestFocus = (): void => {
+    input.dismissAddressBarSuggestions()
+    const state = useAppStore.getState()
+    focusOwningGroupForBrowserGuest({
+      worktreeId: input.worktreeId,
+      workspaceId: input.workspaceId,
+      unifiedTabsByWorktree: state.unifiedTabsByWorktree,
+      focusGroup: state.focusGroup
+    })
+  }
+  input.webview.addEventListener('focus', handleGuestFocus)
+  return () => input.webview.removeEventListener('focus', handleGuestFocus)
+}
+
 export function bindBrowserPageWebviewListeners({
   container,
   webview,
@@ -147,7 +177,13 @@ export function bindBrowserPageWebviewListeners({
   webview.addEventListener('dom-ready', handleDomReady)
   webview.addEventListener('render-process-gone', guestRecovery.recoverRenderer)
   webview.addEventListener('destroyed', handleGuestDestroyed)
-  webview.addEventListener('focus', dismissAddressBarSuggestions)
+  // The same function is removed on cleanup; the webview outlives detach.
+  const removeGuestFocus = bindBrowserGuestFocus({
+    webview,
+    dismissAddressBarSuggestions,
+    worktreeId,
+    workspaceId
+  })
   webview.addEventListener('did-start-loading', handleDidStartLoading)
   webview.addEventListener('did-start-navigation', handleDidStartNavigation)
   webview.addEventListener('did-redirect-navigation', handleDidRedirectNavigation)
@@ -185,7 +221,7 @@ export function bindBrowserPageWebviewListeners({
     webview.removeEventListener('dom-ready', handleDomReady)
     webview.removeEventListener('render-process-gone', guestRecovery.recoverRenderer)
     webview.removeEventListener('destroyed', handleGuestDestroyed)
-    webview.removeEventListener('focus', dismissAddressBarSuggestions)
+    removeGuestFocus()
     webview.removeEventListener('did-start-loading', handleDidStartLoading)
     webview.removeEventListener('did-start-navigation', handleDidStartNavigation)
     webview.removeEventListener('did-redirect-navigation', handleDidRedirectNavigation)
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/browser-pane/host-guest/browser-guest-owning-group.test.ts b/src/renderer/src/components/browser-pane/host-guest/browser-guest-owning-group.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..fd7c88a063eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/browser-pane/host-guest/browser-guest-owning-group.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+import { describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
+import { focusOwningGroupForBrowserGuest } from './browser-guest-owning-group'
+
+const browserTab = {
+  contentType: 'browser' as const,
+  entityId: 'workspace-1',
+  groupId: 'group-2'
+}
+
+describe('focusOwningGroupForBrowserGuest', () => {
+  it('focuses the split that owns the browser page', () => {
+    const focusGroup = vi.fn()
+    focusOwningGroupForBrowserGuest({
+      worktreeId: 'wt-1',
+      workspaceId: 'workspace-1',
+      unifiedTabsByWorktree: { 'wt-1': [browserTab] },
+      focusGroup
+    })
+    expect(focusGroup).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
+    expect(focusGroup).toHaveBeenCalledWith('wt-1', 'group-2')
+  })
+
+  it('does not match a page id against the workspace id stored on the tab', () => {
+    const focusGroup = vi.fn()
+    focusOwningGroupForBrowserGuest({
+      worktreeId: 'wt-1',
+      workspaceId: 'page-1',
+      unifiedTabsByWorktree: {
+        'wt-1': [{ contentType: 'browser', entityId: 'workspace-1', groupId: 'group-1' }]
+      },
+      focusGroup
+    })
+    expect(focusGroup).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+  })
+
+  it('ignores the same page id on another worktree', () => {
+    const focusGroup = vi.fn()
+    focusOwningGroupForBrowserGuest({
+      worktreeId: 'wt-1',
+      workspaceId: 'workspace-1',
+      unifiedTabsByWorktree: { 'wt-2': [browserTab] },
+      focusGroup
+    })
+    expect(focusGroup).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+  })
+})
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/browser-pane/host-guest/browser-guest-owning-group.ts b/src/renderer/src/components/browser-pane/host-guest/browser-guest-owning-group.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7344fe1d609e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/browser-pane/host-guest/browser-guest-owning-group.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+import type { Tab } from '../../../../../shared/tab-types'
+
+type BrowserGuestTab = Pick<Tab, 'contentType' | 'entityId' | 'groupId'>
+
+/**
+ * The split that owns this browser workspace, or undefined while the tab is mid-move.
+ * Unified browser tabs store the workspace id in `entityId`, not the live page id.
+ */
+export function owningGroupIdForBrowserGuest(
+  tabs: readonly BrowserGuestTab[] | undefined,
+  workspaceId: string
+): string | undefined {
+  for (const tab of tabs ?? []) {
+    if (tab.contentType === 'browser' && tab.entityId === workspaceId) {
+      return tab.groupId
+    }
+  }
+  return undefined
+}
+
+/**
+ * Guest webview focus does not bubble to the overlay, so Ctrl+Tab would keep
+ * the previously focused split (#22144). Address-bar focus never reaches here.
+ */
+export function focusOwningGroupForBrowserGuest(args: {
+  worktreeId: string
+  workspaceId: string
+  unifiedTabsByWorktree: Readonly<Record<string, readonly BrowserGuestTab[] | undefined>>
+  focusGroup: (worktreeId: string, groupId: string) => void
+}): void {
+  const groupId = owningGroupIdForBrowserGuest(
+    args.unifiedTabsByWorktree[args.worktreeId],
+    args.workspaceId
+  )
+  if (!groupId) {
+    return
+  }
+  args.focusGroup(args.worktreeId, groupId)
+}