diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/preload.ts b/apps/desktop/src/preload.ts
index bf317349d5..b1092009b8 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/preload.ts
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/preload.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import {
   type BbDesktopBrowserSnapshotHandler,
   type BbDesktopBrowserStateHandler,
   type BbDesktopBrowserUnsubscribe,
+  type BbDesktopBrowserViewBounds,
   type BbDesktopCloseWindowRequestHandler,
   type BbDesktopInfo,
   type BbDesktopInfoChangeHandler,
@@ -188,9 +189,32 @@ const bbSpellcheckApi: BbDesktopSpellcheckApi = {
   },
 };
 
+function browserViewBoundsAtWindowScale(
+  bounds: BbDesktopBrowserViewBounds,
+): BbDesktopBrowserViewBounds {
+  const zoomFactor = webFrame.getZoomFactor();
+  if (zoomFactor === 1) {
+    return bounds;
+  }
+  const x = Math.round(bounds.x * zoomFactor);
+  const y = Math.round(bounds.y * zoomFactor);
+  return {
+    x,
+    y,
+    width: Math.max(0, Math.round((bounds.x + bounds.width) * zoomFactor) - x),
+    height: Math.max(
+      0,
+      Math.round((bounds.y + bounds.height) * zoomFactor) - y,
+    ),
+  };
+}
+
 const bbBrowserApi: BbDesktopBrowserApi = {
   attach(request): void {
-    ipcRenderer.send(BB_DESKTOP_BROWSER_ATTACH_CHANNEL, request);
+    ipcRenderer.send(BB_DESKTOP_BROWSER_ATTACH_CHANNEL, {
+      ...request,
+      bounds: browserViewBoundsAtWindowScale(request.bounds),
+    });
   },
   detach(tabId): void {
     ipcRenderer.send(BB_DESKTOP_BROWSER_DETACH_CHANNEL, { tabId });
@@ -211,7 +235,10 @@ const bbBrowserApi: BbDesktopBrowserApi = {
     ipcRenderer.send(BB_DESKTOP_BROWSER_STOP_CHANNEL, { tabId });
   },
   setBounds(request): void {
-    ipcRenderer.send(BB_DESKTOP_BROWSER_SET_BOUNDS_CHANNEL, request);
+    ipcRenderer.send(BB_DESKTOP_BROWSER_SET_BOUNDS_CHANNEL, {
+      ...request,
+      bounds: browserViewBoundsAtWindowScale(request.bounds),
+    });
   },
   setVisible(request): void {
     ipcRenderer.send(BB_DESKTOP_BROWSER_SET_VISIBLE_CHANNEL, request);
diff --git a/apps/desktop/test/preload-browser-api.test.ts b/apps/desktop/test/preload-browser-api.test.ts
index 7ef396e563..a99b1a4958 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/test/preload-browser-api.test.ts
+++ b/apps/desktop/test/preload-browser-api.test.ts
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ const electronMock = vi.hoisted(() => {
   let exposedSpellcheckApi: {
     getCorrectionContext(word: string): unknown;
   } | null = null;
+  let zoomFactor = 1;
 
   return {
     get exposedApi() {
@@ -97,6 +98,10 @@ const electronMock = vi.hoisted(() => {
       invokeCalls.length = 0;
       listeners.clear();
       sendCalls.length = 0;
+      zoomFactor = 1;
+    },
+    setZoomFactor(nextZoomFactor: number): void {
+      zoomFactor = nextZoomFactor;
     },
     contextBridge: {
       exposeInMainWorld(name: string, api: unknown): void {
@@ -129,6 +134,9 @@ const electronMock = vi.hoisted(() => {
       },
     },
     webFrame: {
+      getZoomFactor(): number {
+        return zoomFactor;
+      },
       getWordSuggestions(word: string): string[] {
         return word === "recieve" ? ["receive", "relieve"] : [];
       },
@@ -298,6 +306,41 @@ describe("desktop preload browser API", () => {
     );
   }, 10_000);
 
+  it("converts zoomed renderer bounds to native window coordinates", async () => {
+    const api = await loadPreload();
+    electronMock.setZoomFactor(1.25);
+
+    api.browser.attach({
+      tabId: "browser:zoomed",
+      url: "https://example.com/",
+      bounds: { x: 800, y: 40, width: 400, height: 600 },
+      visible: false,
+    });
+    api.browser.setBounds({
+      tabId: "browser:zoomed",
+      bounds: { x: 801, y: 41, width: 399, height: 599 },
+    });
+
+    expect(electronMock.sendCalls).toEqual([
+      {
+        channel: BB_DESKTOP_BROWSER_ATTACH_CHANNEL,
+        payload: {
+          tabId: "browser:zoomed",
+          url: "https://example.com/",
+          bounds: { x: 1000, y: 50, width: 500, height: 750 },
+          visible: false,
+        },
+      },
+      {
+        channel: BB_DESKTOP_BROWSER_SET_BOUNDS_CHANNEL,
+        payload: {
+          tabId: "browser:zoomed",
+          bounds: { x: 1001, y: 51, width: 499, height: 749 },
+        },
+      },
+    ]);
+  });
+
   it("validates browser event payloads before notifying renderer listeners", async () => {
     const api = await loadPreload();
     const states: BbDesktopBrowserState[] = [];
diff --git a/packages/desktop-contract/src/browser.ts b/packages/desktop-contract/src/browser.ts
index 9d034ffaea..8376306714 100644
--- a/packages/desktop-contract/src/browser.ts
+++ b/packages/desktop-contract/src/browser.ts
@@ -10,14 +10,15 @@ export const BB_DESKTOP_BROWSER_MAX_URL_LENGTH = 4096;
 export const BB_DESKTOP_BROWSER_MAX_TITLE_LENGTH = 1024;
 
 /**
- * Pixel rect (CSS px, which equal device-independent points on macOS) of the
- * panel region the native browser view must overlay, measured by the renderer
- * against its own layout viewport. This rect is the single placement
- * authority: the renderer re-measures and pushes it whenever its layout moves
- * the panel, and the desktop main process only intersects it with the live
- * window content bounds — it never extrapolates placement from native window
- * resizes, whose size the renderer's (possibly lagging) chrome paint does not
- * yet reflect.
+ * Pixel rect of the panel region the native browser view must overlay,
+ * measured by the renderer against its own layout viewport. The preload
+ * converts these CSS pixels to native window points at the current page zoom
+ * before it sends the rect to the desktop main process. This rect is the
+ * single placement authority: the renderer re-measures and pushes it whenever
+ * its layout moves the panel, and the desktop main process only intersects it
+ * with the live window content bounds — it never extrapolates placement from
+ * native window resizes, whose size the renderer's (possibly lagging) chrome
+ * paint does not yet reflect.
  */
 export const bbDesktopBrowserViewBoundsSchema = z
   .object({