diff --git a/clients/web/src/components/elements/ScreenStage/ScreenStage.test.tsx b/clients/web/src/components/elements/ScreenStage/ScreenStage.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e21b7596
--- /dev/null
+++ b/clients/web/src/components/elements/ScreenStage/ScreenStage.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+import { describe, it, expect } from "vitest";
+import { renderWithMantine, screen } from "../../../test/renderWithMantine";
+import { ScreenStage } from "./ScreenStage";
+
+describe("ScreenStage", () => {
+  it("renders its screen when active", () => {
+    renderWithMantine(
+      <ScreenStage active>
+        <div>active screen</div>
+      </ScreenStage>,
+    );
+    expect(screen.getByText("active screen")).toBeInTheDocument();
+  });
+
+  it("renders nothing when inactive (outgoing screen unmounts)", () => {
+    renderWithMantine(
+      <ScreenStage active={false}>
+        <div>inactive screen</div>
+      </ScreenStage>,
+    );
+    expect(screen.queryByText("inactive screen")).toBeNull();
+  });
+
+  it("still renders its screen in the fill variant", () => {
+    renderWithMantine(
+      <ScreenStage active fill>
+        <div>filled screen</div>
+      </ScreenStage>,
+    );
+    expect(screen.getByText("filled screen")).toBeInTheDocument();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/clients/web/src/components/elements/ScreenStage/ScreenStage.tsx b/clients/web/src/components/elements/ScreenStage/ScreenStage.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..23ac4d14
--- /dev/null
+++ b/clients/web/src/components/elements/ScreenStage/ScreenStage.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+import type { ReactNode } from "react";
+import { Box, Transition } from "@mantine/core";
+
+/** Screen enter / exit durations for the shared `fade-up` stage transition. */
+export const SCREEN_ENTER_MS = 350;
+export const SCREEN_EXIT_MS = 250;
+
+export interface ScreenStageProps {
+  /** True when this stage's screen is the active one. */
+  active: boolean;
+  children: ReactNode;
+  /**
+   * Stretch the stage to fill its relative-positioned parent (adds `bottom: 0`).
+   * Needed where the screen relies on the parent for height (e.g. an inner
+   * ScrollArea in the monitoring column). Off by default so callers whose
+   * screens size themselves keep the top/left/right anchoring.
+   */
+  fill?: boolean;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Wraps a screen in a Mantine `fade-up` Transition so that, on switch, the
+ * incoming screen slides up and fades in while the outgoing one fades down and
+ * out — both mounted at once via absolute positioning. With Transition's default
+ * (`keepMounted={false}`) the outgoing screen unmounts after its exit animation,
+ * resetting any local screen state (search filters, scroll, expanded sections).
+ *
+ * Shared by the primary InspectorView pane and the pinned monitoring column so
+ * both use identical enter/exit motion (#1639-follow-up). Must be rendered
+ * inside a `position: relative` container.
+ */
+export function ScreenStage({
+  active,
+  children,
+  fill = false,
+}: ScreenStageProps) {
+  return (
+    <Transition
+      mounted={active}
+      transition="fade-up"
+      duration={SCREEN_ENTER_MS}
+      exitDuration={SCREEN_EXIT_MS}
+      timingFunction="ease"
+    >
+      {(styles) => (
+        // `style={styles}` is the runtime transition state from Mantine's
+        // Transition API — interpolated values, not static styling.
+        <Box
+          style={styles}
+          pos="absolute"
+          top={0}
+          left={0}
+          right={0}
+          bottom={fill ? 0 : undefined}
+        >
+          {children}
+        </Box>
+      )}
+    </Transition>
+  );
+}
diff --git a/clients/web/src/components/groups/MonitoringScreen/MonitoringScreen.tsx b/clients/web/src/components/groups/MonitoringScreen/MonitoringScreen.tsx
index 577502e0..1667382e 100644
--- a/clients/web/src/components/groups/MonitoringScreen/MonitoringScreen.tsx
+++ b/clients/web/src/components/groups/MonitoringScreen/MonitoringScreen.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import type { ReactNode } from "react";
 import { Divider, Stack } from "@mantine/core";
 import { MonitoringControls } from "../MonitoringControls/MonitoringControls";
+import { ScreenStage } from "../../elements/ScreenStage/ScreenStage";
 
 export interface MonitoringScreenProps {
   /** Available monitor tabs (Logs/Protocol/Network, filtered by capability). */
@@ -26,7 +27,10 @@ const ColumnLayout = Stack.withProps({
   gap: 0,
 });
 
+// Relative-positioned host so each tab's `ScreenStage` (absolutely positioned)
+// can cross-fade over it. `mih: 0` lets the inner ScrollArea bound its height.
 const ScreenSlot = Stack.withProps({
+  pos: "relative",
   flex: 1,
   mih: 0,
   gap: 0,
@@ -57,7 +61,13 @@ export function MonitoringScreen({
         onClose={onClose}
       />
       <Divider />
-      <ScreenSlot>{screens[value]}</ScreenSlot>
+      <ScreenSlot>
+        {tabs.map((tab) => (
+          <ScreenStage key={tab} active={tab === value} fill>
+            {screens[tab]}
+          </ScreenStage>
+        ))}
+      </ScreenSlot>
     </ColumnLayout>
   );
 }
diff --git a/clients/web/src/components/views/InspectorView/InspectorView.tsx b/clients/web/src/components/views/InspectorView/InspectorView.tsx
index b2a655d1..68264af4 100644
--- a/clients/web/src/components/views/InspectorView/InspectorView.tsx
+++ b/clients/web/src/components/views/InspectorView/InspectorView.tsx
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import {
 } from "react";
 import {
   AppShell,
-  Box,
   Flex,
   Group,
   Stack,
@@ -84,6 +83,7 @@ import {
   type ConsoleUiState,
 } from "../../screens/ConsoleScreen/ConsoleScreen";
 import type { SortDirection } from "../../elements/SortToggle/SortToggle";
+import { ScreenStage } from "../../elements/ScreenStage/ScreenStage";
 import { MonitoringScreen } from "../../groups/MonitoringScreen/MonitoringScreen";
 import { ResizeHandle } from "../../elements/ResizeHandle/ResizeHandle";
 import { getServerType } from "@inspector/core/mcp/config.js";
@@ -241,9 +241,6 @@ function serializeMonitorWidth(value: number): string {
   return String(value);
 }
 
-const SCREEN_ENTER_MS = 350;
-const SCREEN_EXIT_MS = 250;
-
 // Relative-positioned wrapper for the absolutely-positioned `ScreenStage`
 // children. `mih: "100%"` requires `AppShell.Main` to provide a definite
 // height for the stack itself to fill — the absolute children render
@@ -306,36 +303,6 @@ const MonitorColumnGroup = Group.withProps({
   flex: "0 0 auto",
 });
 
-// Wraps each screen in a Mantine Transition. With Transition's default
-// (`keepMounted={false}`), the outgoing screen unmounts after its exit
-// animation — any local screen state (search filters, scroll position,
-// expanded sections) is reset on tab switch.
-function ScreenStage({
-  active,
-  children,
-}: {
-  active: boolean;
-  children: ReactNode;
-}) {
-  return (
-    <Transition
-      mounted={active}
-      transition="fade-up"
-      duration={SCREEN_ENTER_MS}
-      exitDuration={SCREEN_EXIT_MS}
-      timingFunction="ease"
-    >
-      {(styles) => (
-        // `style={styles}` is the runtime transition state from Mantine's
-        // Transition API — these are interpolated values, not static styling.
-        <Box style={styles} pos="absolute" top={0} left={0} right={0}>
-          {children}
-        </Box>
-      )}
-    </Transition>
-  );
-}
-
 export interface InspectorViewProps {
   // Server list (static config; runtime connection state comes from the
   // separate fields below and is merged into each card by this component).