diff --git a/packages/app/e2e/sidebar/sidebar-popover-actions.spec.ts b/packages/app/e2e/sidebar/sidebar-popover-actions.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e37f94f3a7a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/app/e2e/sidebar/sidebar-popover-actions.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+import { test, expect } from "../fixtures"
+import { closeSidebar, hoverSessionItem } from "../actions"
+import { projectSwitchSelector, sessionItemSelector } from "../selectors"
+
+test("collapsed sidebar popover stays open when archiving a session", async ({ page, slug, sdk, gotoSession }) => {
+  const stamp = Date.now()
+
+  const one = await sdk.session.create({ title: `e2e sidebar popover archive 1 ${stamp}` }).then((r) => r.data)
+  const two = await sdk.session.create({ title: `e2e sidebar popover archive 2 ${stamp}` }).then((r) => r.data)
+
+  if (!one?.id) throw new Error("Session create did not return an id")
+  if (!two?.id) throw new Error("Session create did not return an id")
+
+  try {
+    await gotoSession(one.id)
+    await closeSidebar(page)
+
+    const project = page.locator(projectSwitchSelector(slug)).first()
+    await expect(project).toBeVisible()
+    await project.hover()
+
+    await expect(page.locator(sessionItemSelector(one.id)).first()).toBeVisible()
+    await expect(page.locator(sessionItemSelector(two.id)).first()).toBeVisible()
+
+    const item = await hoverSessionItem(page, one.id)
+    await item
+      .getByRole("button", { name: /archive/i })
+      .first()
+      .click()
+
+    await expect(page.locator(sessionItemSelector(two.id)).first()).toBeVisible()
+  } finally {
+    await sdk.session.delete({ sessionID: one.id }).catch(() => undefined)
+    await sdk.session.delete({ sessionID: two.id }).catch(() => undefined)
+  }
+})
diff --git a/packages/app/src/pages/layout.tsx b/packages/app/src/pages/layout.tsx
index c55a3719dae2..a18b7ef237a5 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/pages/layout.tsx
+++ b/packages/app/src/pages/layout.tsx
@@ -181,20 +181,6 @@ export default function Layout(props: ParentProps) {
     aim.reset()
   })
 
-  createEffect(
-    on(
-      () => ({ dir: params.dir, id: params.id }),
-      () => {
-        if (layout.sidebar.opened()) return
-        if (!state.hoverProject) return
-        aim.reset()
-        setState("hoverSession", undefined)
-        setState("hoverProject", undefined)
-      },
-      { defer: true },
-    ),
-  )
-
   const autoselecting = createMemo(() => {
     if (params.dir) return false
     if (!state.autoselect) return false