diff --git a/frontend/app/src/components/v1/nav/side-nav.tsx b/frontend/app/src/components/v1/nav/side-nav.tsx
index 36a79c0711..3301c23091 100644
--- a/frontend/app/src/components/v1/nav/side-nav.tsx
+++ b/frontend/app/src/components/v1/nav/side-nav.tsx
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import React, {
   useMemo,
   useRef,
   useState,
+  useLayoutEffect,
 } from 'react';
 
 interface SideNavProps extends React.HTMLAttributes<HTMLDivElement> {
@@ -67,6 +68,8 @@ export type SideNavSection = {
   items: SideNavItem[];
 };
 
+const savedScrollTop = { current: 0 };
+
 export function SideNav({ className, navItems: navSections }: SideNavProps) {
   const {
     sidebarOpen,
@@ -89,6 +92,7 @@ export function SideNav({ className, navItems: navSections }: SideNavProps) {
   const didDragRef = useRef(false);
   const [showResizeToggle, setShowResizeToggle] = useState(false);
   const sidebarRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null);
+  const scrollRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null);
 
   const onNavLinkClick = useCallback(() => {
     if (isWide) {
@@ -246,6 +250,12 @@ export function SideNav({ className, navItems: navSections }: SideNavProps) {
     [tenantId],
   );
 
+  useLayoutEffect(() => {
+    if (scrollRef.current) {
+      scrollRef.current.scrollTop = savedScrollTop.current;
+    }
+  }, []);
+
   const toggleCollapsed = useCallback(() => {
     setStoredCollapsed(!storedCollapsed);
     setLiveWidth(null);
@@ -455,7 +465,11 @@ export function SideNav({ className, navItems: navSections }: SideNavProps) {
           <>
             {/* Scrollable navigation area (keep scrollbar flush to sidebar edge) */}
             <div
+              ref={scrollRef}
               data-cy="v1-sidebar-scroll"
+              onScroll={() => {
+                savedScrollTop.current = scrollRef.current?.scrollTop ?? 0;
+              }}
               className="min-h-0 flex-1 overflow-auto overscroll-contain touch-pan-y [-webkit-overflow-scrolling:touch] [scrollbar-gutter:stable] scrollbar-thin scrollbar-track-transparent scrollbar-thumb-muted-foreground"
             >
               <div className="px-4 py-4">