diff --git a/apps/web/src/components/NoProjectsHero.tsx b/apps/web/src/components/NoProjectsHero.tsx
index de125d384eb1..2da1c0aadb8c 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/components/NoProjectsHero.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/components/NoProjectsHero.tsx
@@ -2,9 +2,11 @@ import { PlusIcon } from "lucide-react";
 import { useCallback } from "react";
 
 import { openCommandPalette } from "../commandPaletteBus";
+import { isElectron } from "../env";
 import { Button } from "./ui/button";
 import { Empty, EmptyDescription, EmptyHeader, EmptyTitle } from "./ui/empty";
 import { SidebarInset } from "./ui/sidebar";
+import { WorkspacePageHeader } from "./WorkspacePageHeader";
 
 export function NoProjectsHero() {
   const openAddProject = useCallback(() => openCommandPalette({ open: "add-project" }), []);
@@ -12,6 +14,8 @@ export function NoProjectsHero() {
   return (
     <SidebarInset className="h-dvh min-h-0 overflow-hidden overscroll-y-none">
       <div className="flex min-h-0 min-w-0 flex-1 flex-col overflow-x-hidden bg-background">
+        {/* The desktop window only moves where CSS opts in, so keep a titlebar strip. */}
+        {isElectron ? <WorkspacePageHeader electron /> : null}
         <Empty size="hero" className="flex-1">
           <div className="w-full max-w-lg px-8 py-12">
             <EmptyHeader className="max-w-none">
diff --git a/apps/web/src/routes/_chat.index.tsx b/apps/web/src/routes/_chat.index.tsx
index 28cbbaedb768..61e9e7a2e3a2 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/routes/_chat.index.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/routes/_chat.index.tsx
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ function IndexDraftLanding() {
 function DraftStartError({ onRetry }: { readonly onRetry: () => void }) {
   return (
     <SidebarInset className="h-dvh min-h-0 overflow-hidden overscroll-y-none">
+      {isElectron ? <WorkspacePageHeader electron /> : null}
       <Empty className="flex-1">
         <EmptyHeader className="max-w-md">
           <EmptyTitle>Couldn’t start a new thread</EmptyTitle>