diff --git a/apps/client/src/components/layouts/global/app-header.tsx b/apps/client/src/components/layouts/global/app-header.tsx
index 96b0a75d..1cc4b5b6 100644
--- a/apps/client/src/components/layouts/global/app-header.tsx
+++ b/apps/client/src/components/layouts/global/app-header.tsx
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import TopMenu from "@/components/layouts/global/top-menu.tsx";
 import { Link } from "react-router-dom";
 import { useAtom } from "jotai";
 import {
+  NAVBAR_COLLAPSE_BREAKPOINT,
   desktopSidebarAtom,
   mobileSidebarAtom,
 } from "@/components/layouts/global/hooks/atoms/sidebar-atom.ts";
@@ -53,7 +54,13 @@ export function AppHeader() {
               aria-label={t("Sidebar toggle")}
               opened={mobileOpened}
               onClick={toggleMobile}
-              hiddenFrom="sm"
+              // Must match the AppShell navbar breakpoint (md). The navbar
+              // collapses to the MOBILE drawer below md, so the mobile toggle
+              // (which flips mobileOpened) must be the one visible across the
+              // whole <md band — otherwise at 768-991 the desktop toggle showed
+              // but flipped the wrong atom, leaving the drawer unopenable (the
+              // regression from the initial sm->md navbar change).
+              hiddenFrom={NAVBAR_COLLAPSE_BREAKPOINT}
               size="sm"
             />
           </Tooltip>
@@ -63,7 +70,7 @@ export function AppHeader() {
               aria-label={t("Sidebar toggle")}
               opened={desktopOpened}
               onClick={toggleDesktop}
-              visibleFrom="sm"
+              visibleFrom={NAVBAR_COLLAPSE_BREAKPOINT}
               size="sm"
             />
           </Tooltip>
diff --git a/apps/client/src/components/layouts/global/global-app-shell.tsx b/apps/client/src/components/layouts/global/global-app-shell.tsx
index 41d3886f..1b41011e 100644
--- a/apps/client/src/components/layouts/global/global-app-shell.tsx
+++ b/apps/client/src/components/layouts/global/global-app-shell.tsx
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import SettingsSidebar from "@/components/settings/settings-sidebar.tsx";
 import { useAtom } from "jotai";
 import {
   APP_NAVBAR_ID,
+  NAVBAR_COLLAPSE_BREAKPOINT,
   asideStateAtom,
   desktopSidebarAtom,
   mobileSidebarAtom,
@@ -88,7 +89,13 @@ export default function GlobalAppShell({
       header={{ height: 45 }}
       navbar={{
         width: isSpaceRoute ? sidebarWidth : 300,
-        breakpoint: "sm",
+        // `md` (not `sm`): below 992px the fixed ~300px sidebar leaves too little
+        // room for content — the settings tables (Members/…) overflow the offset
+        // content area on tablet (~768px) and clip the Role/actions columns
+        // off-screen with no horizontal scroll. Collapsing the navbar to a toggle
+        // drawer across the whole tablet band frees the full width for content
+        // (the mobile drawer is closed by default, so nothing overlaps on load).
+        breakpoint: NAVBAR_COLLAPSE_BREAKPOINT,
         collapsed: {
           mobile: !mobileOpened,
           desktop: !desktopOpened,
@@ -97,7 +104,7 @@ export default function GlobalAppShell({
       aside={
         isPageRoute && {
           width: 420,
-          breakpoint: "sm",
+          breakpoint: "md",
           collapsed: { mobile: !isAsideOpen, desktop: !isAsideOpen },
         }
       }
diff --git a/apps/client/src/components/layouts/global/hooks/atoms/sidebar-atom.ts b/apps/client/src/components/layouts/global/hooks/atoms/sidebar-atom.ts
index f85f0fbc..c87c698c 100644
--- a/apps/client/src/components/layouts/global/hooks/atoms/sidebar-atom.ts
+++ b/apps/client/src/components/layouts/global/hooks/atoms/sidebar-atom.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,13 @@ import { atom } from "jotai";
 // would create a shell -> chat-window -> shell import cycle).
 export const APP_NAVBAR_ID = "app-shell-navbar";
 
+// Single source of truth for the navbar collapse breakpoint. The AppShell navbar
+// `breakpoint` and BOTH burger toggles' `hiddenFrom`/`visibleFrom` MUST use this
+// exact value: if they drift, the sidebar becomes unreachable on tablet widths
+// (the round-1 regression of #292). Kept here so the shell and the header share
+// one constant the compiler enforces, instead of three hand-synced string literals.
+export const NAVBAR_COLLAPSE_BREAKPOINT = "md";
+
 export const mobileSidebarAtom = atom<boolean>(false);
 
 export const desktopSidebarAtom = atomWithWebStorage<boolean>(