diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/components/sessions/PageItemEditorView.svelte b/frontend/src/lib/components/sessions/PageItemEditorView.svelte
index 3d1d28e459..db8ec39434 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/components/sessions/PageItemEditorView.svelte
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/components/sessions/PageItemEditorView.svelte
@@ -2,11 +2,19 @@
 	import { setContext, untrack } from 'svelte'
 	import { Loader2 } from 'lucide-svelte'
 	import { enterpriseLicense } from '$lib/stores'
-	import { ResourceService } from '$lib/gen'
+	import { resource } from 'runed'
+	import { Button } from '$lib/components/common'
+	import { lookupPageItem } from './pageItemLookup'
 	import VariableEditor from '$lib/components/VariableEditor.svelte'
 	import ResourceEditorDrawer from '$lib/components/ResourceEditorDrawer.svelte'
 	import { setOperatingWorkspace } from '$lib/components/operatingWorkspace.svelte'
-	import { TRIGGER_PAGES, type PageItemRef, type TriggerKind } from './previewPaths'
+	import {
+		pageItemKindLabel,
+		pageItemUrl,
+		TRIGGER_PAGES,
+		type PageItemRef,
+		type TriggerKind
+	} from './previewPaths'
 	import type { SessionRuntime } from './sessionRuntime.svelte'
 
 	let {
@@ -70,29 +78,35 @@
 		const t = triggerEditor
 		untrack(() => {
 			v?.editVariable(path)
-			if (r) void openResource(r, path)
+			// An agent opens on JSON: the generic form would render its configuration field by
+			// field and write a default into each one the value leaves out, drafting just by opening.
+			void r?.initEdit(path, { json: lookup.current?.resourceType === 'ai_agent' })
 			void t?.openEdit(path, false)
 		})
 	})
 
-	// An agent is edited as JSON here: the generic form would render its configuration field by
-	// field and write a default into each one the value leaves out, drafting just by opening.
-	async function openResource(editor: ResourceEditorDrawer, path: string) {
-		let resourceType: string | undefined
-		try {
-			resourceType = (await ResourceService.getResource({ workspace: workspaceId, path }))
-				.resource_type
-		} catch {
-			// A draft-only resource has no row yet; the editor reads the draft itself.
-		}
-		if (editor !== resourceEditor) return
-		await editor.initEdit(path, { json: resourceType === 'ai_agent' })
-	}
-
 	// A save can move the item; the tab follows it, which remounts the editor on what was
 	// written. Saving in place remounts it too: the editors keep the pre-save baseline, and
 	// their drawers only ever relied on being closed after a save.
 	let savedNonce = $state(0)
+
+	// Whether the item still exists, deployed or as a draft, read again whenever the editor
+	// remounts: a delete or a discarded draft reloads the tab too, and the editors have no state
+	// of their own for an item that is gone. A lookup that fails otherwise is left to the editor,
+	// which reports its own load errors.
+	const lookup = resource(
+		() => ({ ref: item, workspace: workspaceId, reload: `${reloadNonce}:${savedNonce}` }),
+		({ ref, workspace }) =>
+			lookupPageItem(ref, workspace).then(
+				(found) => ({ exists: !!found, resourceType: found?.resource_type as string | undefined }),
+				() => ({ exists: true, resourceType: undefined })
+			)
+	)
+
+	function closeTab() {
+		const tab = runtime.previewTabs.tabs.find((t) => t.url === pageItemUrl(item))
+		if (tab) runtime.previewTabs.close(tab.id)
+	}
 	function onSaved(path: string | undefined) {
 		if (path && path !== item.path) {
 			runtime.previewTabs.retargetPageItem(item, { ...item, path })
@@ -111,6 +125,16 @@
 <div class="flex h-full min-h-0 flex-col">
 	{#if eeLocked}
 		<div class="p-4 text-sm text-secondary">This trigger requires an enterprise license.</div>
+	{:else if lookup.loading || !lookup.current}
+		{@render loading()}
+	{:else if !lookup.current.exists}
+		<div class="flex flex-col items-start gap-3 p-4 text-sm text-secondary">
+			<p>
+				{pageItemKindLabel(item)} <span class="font-mono">{item.path}</span> no longer exists in this
+				workspace.
+			</p>
+			<Button variant="default" unifiedSize="sm" onClick={closeTab}>Close tab</Button>
+		</div>
 	{:else}
 		{#key `${item.kind}:${triggerKey}:${item.path}:${workspaceId}:${reloadNonce}:${savedNonce}`}
 			{#if item.kind === 'variable'}
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/components/sessions/pageItemLookup.ts b/frontend/src/lib/components/sessions/pageItemLookup.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bee3fc41c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/components/sessions/pageItemLookup.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+import {
+	AmqpTriggerService,
+	ApiError,
+	AzureTriggerService,
+	EmailTriggerService,
+	GcpTriggerService,
+	HttpTriggerService,
+	KafkaTriggerService,
+	MqttTriggerService,
+	NatsTriggerService,
+	PostgresTriggerService,
+	ResourceService,
+	ScheduleService,
+	SqsTriggerService,
+	VariableService,
+	WebsocketTriggerService
+} from '$lib/gen'
+import type { PageItemRef, TriggerKind } from './previewPaths'
+
+type Get = (args: { workspace: string; path: string; getDraft: boolean }) => Promise<unknown>
+
+const TRIGGER_GETS: Record<TriggerKind, Get> = {
+	http: (a) => HttpTriggerService.getHttpTrigger(a),
+	websocket: (a) => WebsocketTriggerService.getWebsocketTrigger(a),
+	postgres: (a) => PostgresTriggerService.getPostgresTrigger(a),
+	kafka: (a) => KafkaTriggerService.getKafkaTrigger(a),
+	nats: (a) => NatsTriggerService.getNatsTrigger(a),
+	mqtt: (a) => MqttTriggerService.getMqttTrigger(a),
+	amqp: (a) => AmqpTriggerService.getAmqpTrigger(a),
+	sqs: (a) => SqsTriggerService.getSqsTrigger(a),
+	gcp: (a) => GcpTriggerService.getGcpTrigger(a),
+	azure: (a) => AzureTriggerService.getAzureTrigger(a),
+	email: (a) => EmailTriggerService.getEmailTrigger(a)
+}
+
+function getFor(ref: PageItemRef): Get {
+	switch (ref.kind) {
+		case 'variable':
+			return (a) => VariableService.getVariable(a)
+		case 'resource':
+			return (a) => ResourceService.getResource(a)
+		case 'schedule':
+			return (a) => ScheduleService.getSchedule(a)
+		case 'trigger':
+			return TRIGGER_GETS[ref.triggerKind]
+	}
+}
+
+/** A page item as its editor would load it — deployed, or only a draft — or undefined when it
+ * is neither: deleted, or a draft that was discarded. Any other failure is thrown, for the
+ * caller to leave to the editor rather than report as a missing item. */
+export async function lookupPageItem(
+	ref: PageItemRef,
+	workspace: string
+): Promise<Record<string, any> | undefined> {
+	try {
+		return (await getFor(ref)({ workspace, path: ref.path, getDraft: true })) as Record<string, any>
+	} catch (e) {
+		if (e instanceof ApiError && e.status === 404) return undefined
+		throw e
+	}
+}