diff --git a/apps/web/src/hooks/useResizableWidth.test.tsx b/apps/web/src/hooks/useResizableWidth.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..65d4a93b0ede
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/web/src/hooks/useResizableWidth.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,238 @@
+import { act, useEffect } from "react";
+import { afterEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from "vite-plus/test";
+
+import {
+  useResizableWidth,
+  type ResizableWidthHandlers,
+  type UseResizableWidthOptions,
+} from "./useResizableWidth";
+
+const OPTIONS: UseResizableWidthOptions = {
+  storageKey: "t3code:test-panel-width",
+  defaultWidth: 540,
+  minWidth: 360,
+  maxWidth: 900,
+  edge: "left",
+};
+
+/**
+ * Minimal CSSOM stand-in for `document.body.style`, mirroring the real mapping
+ * between the camelCase property and the dashed name `removeProperty` takes.
+ */
+function createBodyStyle() {
+  const declarations = new Map<string, string>();
+  return {
+    get cursor() {
+      return declarations.get("cursor") ?? "";
+    },
+    set cursor(value: string) {
+      declarations.set("cursor", value);
+    },
+    get userSelect() {
+      return declarations.get("user-select") ?? "";
+    },
+    set userSelect(value: string) {
+      declarations.set("user-select", value);
+    },
+    removeProperty(name: string) {
+      const previous = declarations.get(name) ?? "";
+      declarations.delete(name);
+      return previous;
+    },
+  };
+}
+
+// ReactDOM needs a host tree; this suite intentionally has no DOM dependency.
+class TestNode {
+  parentNode: TestNode | null = null;
+  childNodes: TestNode[] = [];
+  capturedPointerId: number | null = null;
+  readonly nodeName: string;
+  readonly tagName: string;
+  readonly namespaceURI = "http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml";
+  readonly style = {};
+
+  constructor(
+    name: string,
+    readonly ownerDocument: TestNode | null = null,
+    readonly nodeType = 1,
+  ) {
+    this.nodeName = name.toUpperCase();
+    this.tagName = this.nodeName;
+  }
+
+  set textContent(_value: string) {
+    this.childNodes = [];
+  }
+
+  appendChild(child: TestNode) {
+    child.parentNode = this;
+    this.childNodes.push(child);
+    return child;
+  }
+
+  removeChild(child: TestNode) {
+    this.childNodes.splice(this.childNodes.indexOf(child), 1);
+    child.parentNode = null;
+    return child;
+  }
+
+  createElement(name: string) {
+    return new TestNode(name, this);
+  }
+
+  setPointerCapture(pointerId: number) {
+    this.capturedPointerId = pointerId;
+  }
+
+  hasPointerCapture(pointerId: number) {
+    return this.capturedPointerId === pointerId;
+  }
+
+  releasePointerCapture(pointerId: number) {
+    if (this.capturedPointerId === pointerId) this.capturedPointerId = null;
+  }
+
+  addEventListener() {}
+  removeEventListener() {}
+  setAttribute() {}
+}
+
+function pointerEvent(handle: TestNode, clientX: number, pointerId = 1) {
+  return {
+    button: 0,
+    pointerId,
+    clientX,
+    currentTarget: handle,
+    preventDefault() {},
+    stopPropagation() {},
+  } as unknown as Parameters<ResizableWidthHandlers["onPointerDown"]>[0];
+}
+
+function Probe(props: {
+  handleMounted: boolean;
+  onHandlers: (handlers: ResizableWidthHandlers) => void;
+}) {
+  const { handlers } = useResizableWidth(OPTIONS);
+  useEffect(() => {
+    props.onHandlers(handlers);
+  }, [handlers, props]);
+  return props.handleMounted ? <div {...handlers} /> : null;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Mounts the hook behind a drag handle that can be removed independently of
+ * the hook, mirroring `PreviewPanelShell`: the shell owns the hook and renders
+ * the handle only while the panel is inline and not maximized.
+ */
+async function mountProbe() {
+  const document = new TestNode("#document", null, 9) as TestNode & {
+    body: { style: ReturnType<typeof createBodyStyle> };
+  };
+  document.body = { style: createBodyStyle() };
+  const window = {
+    document,
+    HTMLIFrameElement: TestNode,
+    addEventListener() {},
+    removeEventListener() {},
+  };
+  Object.assign(document, { defaultView: window, activeElement: null });
+  vi.stubGlobal("document", document);
+  vi.stubGlobal("window", window);
+  vi.stubGlobal("HTMLIFrameElement", TestNode);
+  vi.stubGlobal("IS_REACT_ACT_ENVIRONMENT", true);
+  vi.stubGlobal("requestAnimationFrame", (callback: FrameRequestCallback) => {
+    callback(0);
+    return 1;
+  });
+  vi.stubGlobal("cancelAnimationFrame", () => {});
+
+  const container = document.createElement("div");
+  const { createRoot } = await import("react-dom/client");
+  const root = createRoot(container as unknown as Element);
+  let handlers: ResizableWidthHandlers | null = null;
+
+  const render = async (handleMounted: boolean) => {
+    await act(() => {
+      root.render(
+        <Probe
+          handleMounted={handleMounted}
+          onHandlers={(next) => {
+            handlers = next;
+          }}
+        />,
+      );
+    });
+  };
+
+  await render(true);
+  const handle = container.childNodes[0];
+  if (!handle) throw new Error("the drag handle was never rendered");
+  if (handlers === null) throw new Error("handlers were never published");
+
+  return {
+    body: document.body,
+    handle,
+    handlers: handlers as ResizableWidthHandlers,
+    unmountHandle: () => render(false),
+    unmountAll: () => act(() => root.unmount()),
+  };
+}
+
+afterEach(() => {
+  vi.unstubAllGlobals();
+});
+
+describe("useResizableWidth global cursor state", () => {
+  it("clears the global cursor when the drag ends with a pointer up", async () => {
+    const probe = await mountProbe();
+
+    await act(() => {
+      probe.handlers.onPointerDown(pointerEvent(probe.handle, 800));
+    });
+    expect(probe.body.style.cursor).toBe("col-resize");
+    expect(probe.body.style.userSelect).toBe("none");
+
+    await act(() => {
+      probe.handlers.onPointerUp(pointerEvent(probe.handle, 760));
+    });
+
+    expect(probe.body.style.cursor).toBe("");
+    expect(probe.body.style.userSelect).toBe("");
+    expect(probe.handle.capturedPointerId).toBeNull();
+
+    await probe.unmountAll();
+  });
+
+  it("clears the global cursor when the handle is removed mid-drag", async () => {
+    const probe = await mountProbe();
+
+    await act(() => {
+      probe.handlers.onPointerDown(pointerEvent(probe.handle, 800));
+    });
+    expect(probe.body.style.cursor).toBe("col-resize");
+
+    await probe.unmountHandle();
+
+    expect(probe.body.style.cursor).toBe("");
+    expect(probe.body.style.userSelect).toBe("");
+    expect(probe.handle.capturedPointerId).toBeNull();
+
+    await probe.unmountAll();
+  });
+
+  it("clears the global cursor when the whole panel unmounts mid-drag", async () => {
+    const probe = await mountProbe();
+
+    await act(() => {
+      probe.handlers.onPointerDown(pointerEvent(probe.handle, 800));
+    });
+    expect(probe.body.style.cursor).toBe("col-resize");
+
+    await probe.unmountAll();
+
+    expect(probe.body.style.cursor).toBe("");
+    expect(probe.body.style.userSelect).toBe("");
+    expect(probe.handle.capturedPointerId).toBeNull();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/apps/web/src/hooks/useResizableWidth.ts b/apps/web/src/hooks/useResizableWidth.ts
index 08c067471f74..445c4cec7fdd 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/hooks/useResizableWidth.ts
+++ b/apps/web/src/hooks/useResizableWidth.ts
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ export interface UseResizableWidthOptions {
 }
 
 export interface ResizableWidthHandlers {
+  readonly ref: (element: HTMLElement | null) => (() => void) | undefined;
   readonly onPointerDown: (event: ReactPointerEvent<HTMLElement>) => void;
   readonly onPointerMove: (event: ReactPointerEvent<HTMLElement>) => void;
   readonly onPointerUp: (event: ReactPointerEvent<HTMLElement>) => void;
@@ -90,6 +91,17 @@ export function useResizableWidth(options: UseResizableWidthOptions): {
     dragStateRef.current = null;
   }, []);
 
+  const ref = useCallback(
+    (element: HTMLElement | null) => {
+      if (element === null) return undefined;
+      return () => {
+        const state = dragStateRef.current;
+        if (state) releasePointer(state.pointerId);
+      };
+    },
+    [releasePointer],
+  );
+
   const onPointerDown = useCallback(
     (event: ReactPointerEvent<HTMLElement>) => {
       if (event.button !== 0) return;
@@ -163,6 +175,6 @@ export function useResizableWidth(options: UseResizableWidthOptions): {
 
   return {
     width: clampedWidth,
-    handlers: { onPointerDown, onPointerMove, onPointerUp, onPointerCancel },
+    handlers: { ref, onPointerDown, onPointerMove, onPointerUp, onPointerCancel },
   };
 }