diff --git a/src/renderer/src/lib/pane-manager/pane-webgl-renderer.test.ts b/src/renderer/src/lib/pane-manager/pane-webgl-renderer.test.ts
index b3990f20400..2ba2a0cda23 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/lib/pane-manager/pane-webgl-renderer.test.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/lib/pane-manager/pane-webgl-renderer.test.ts
@@ -63,6 +63,42 @@ function createFittablePane(): ManagedPaneInternal {
   return pane
 }
 
+type FakeRenderService = {
+  _isPaused: boolean
+  _needsFullRefresh: boolean
+  refreshRows: ReturnType<typeof vi.fn>
+}
+
+/** A pane whose xterm render service is paused, as it is whenever the pane has
+ *  no layout box: `display` decides whether the element is one xterm's
+ *  IntersectionObserver would report as intersecting. */
+function createPausedPane(display: 'block' | 'none'): {
+  pane: ManagedPaneInternal
+  renderService: FakeRenderService
+} {
+  const pane = createPane()
+  const renderService: FakeRenderService = {
+    _isPaused: true,
+    _needsFullRefresh: false,
+    // Mirrors xterm: a refresh while paused only latches the pending full repaint.
+    refreshRows: vi.fn(() => {
+      if (renderService._isPaused) {
+        renderService._needsFullRefresh = true
+      }
+    })
+  }
+  const view = { getComputedStyle: () => ({ display }) }
+  const element = { ownerDocument: { defaultView: view }, parentElement: null }
+  pane.container = element as never
+  pane.xtermContainer = element as never
+  pane.terminal = {
+    ...pane.terminal,
+    refresh: vi.fn(() => renderService.refreshRows(0, pane.terminal.rows - 1)),
+    _core: { _renderService: renderService }
+  } as never
+  return { pane, renderService }
+}
+
 describe('terminal WebGL addon lifecycle', () => {
   beforeEach(() => {
     resetTerminalWebglSuggestion()
@@ -132,6 +168,36 @@ describe('terminal WebGL addon lifecycle', () => {
     expect(pane.terminal.refresh).toHaveBeenCalledWith(0, 23)
   })
 
+  it('keeps the render pause latched when resetting a pane that has no layout box', () => {
+    // Regression: the atlas reset released xterm's pause for every pane of a
+    // visible manager, including a collapsed sibling of an expanded pane. That
+    // painted the freshly cleared model into an element with no box, and left
+    // the service unpaused for good — the IntersectionObserver only fires on a
+    // change, so it never re-pauses. Clearing _needsFullRefresh with it drops
+    // the repaint the observer owes the pane on reveal, and the deferred
+    // _pausedResizeTask that rides along with it.
+    const { pane, renderService } = createPausedPane('none')
+
+    resetWebglTextureAtlas(pane)
+
+    expect(renderService._isPaused).toBe(true)
+    expect(renderService._needsFullRefresh).toBe(true)
+    expect(pane.terminal.refresh).toHaveBeenCalledWith(0, 23)
+  })
+
+  it('still forces the paused render through for a pane that has a layout box', () => {
+    // The reveal case the release exists for: DOM-visible, but xterm's observer
+    // has not caught up, so a plain refresh() would be swallowed.
+    const { pane, renderService } = createPausedPane('block')
+
+    resetWebglTextureAtlas(pane)
+
+    expect(renderService._isPaused).toBe(false)
+    expect(renderService._needsFullRefresh).toBe(false)
+    expect(renderService.refreshRows).toHaveBeenCalledWith(0, 23, true)
+    expect(pane.terminal.refresh).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+  })
+
   it('skips the reset while WebGL is latched off after a context loss', () => {
     const pane = createPane()
     pane.webglDisabledAfterContextLoss = true
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/lib/pane-manager/pane-webgl-renderer.ts b/src/renderer/src/lib/pane-manager/pane-webgl-renderer.ts
index f162052cebe..9d05e6b876b 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/lib/pane-manager/pane-webgl-renderer.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/lib/pane-manager/pane-webgl-renderer.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { WebglAddon } from '@xterm/addon-webgl'
 import type { ManagedPaneInternal } from './pane-manager-types'
 import { recordTerminalWebglDiagnostic } from '../../../../shared/terminal-webgl-diagnostics'
 import { getLivePaneCensus } from './pane-manager-registry'
+import { isManagedPaneDisplayNone } from './pane-display-visibility'
 import { forceRepaintThroughRenderPause } from './terminal-render-pause-release'
 import {
   getTerminalWebglAutoDecision,
@@ -151,7 +152,17 @@ export function resetWebglTextureAtlas(pane: ManagedPaneInternal): void {
     // paused-render gate and the cleared model never repaints (stale bottom rows
     // until a drag-select forces a redraw). Force the paused render through
     // first; only fall back to refresh() when the terminal was not gated.
-    if (!forceRepaintThroughRenderPause(pane.terminal)) {
+    //
+    // Why the display check: that release is only right for a pane that is
+    // DOM-visible. A pane with no box at all (collapsed sibling of an expanded
+    // pane, a restore that stays display:none for its whole reattach) is
+    // legitimately paused, and releasing it paints the just-cleared model into
+    // nothing and then leaves the service unpaused for good — the observer only
+    // fires on a change, so it never re-pauses. Clearing _needsFullRefresh with
+    // it also drops the full repaint the observer owes the pane on reveal, and
+    // the deferred _pausedResizeTask that flushes alongside it. Latching is what
+    // xterm's own gate does, and the reveal repaints from the latch.
+    if (isManagedPaneDisplayNone(pane) || !forceRepaintThroughRenderPause(pane.terminal)) {
       // Why: refresh even without a WebGL addon so recovery never silently
       // no-ops — a DOM-rendered pane can hold stale pixels after reveal too.
       pane.terminal.refresh(0, pane.terminal.rows - 1)