diff --git a/client/src/components/Chat/Input/Files/AttachFileMenu.tsx b/client/src/components/Chat/Input/Files/AttachFileMenu.tsx
index c18fd3ce72..8c35af1747 100644
--- a/client/src/components/Chat/Input/Files/AttachFileMenu.tsx
+++ b/client/src/components/Chat/Input/Files/AttachFileMenu.tsx
@@ -344,7 +344,8 @@ const AttachFileMenu = ({
           className="overflow-visible"
           isOpen={isPopoverActive}
           setIsOpen={setIsPopoverActive}
-          modal={true}
+          modal={false}
+          portal={true}
           unmountOnHide={true}
           trigger={menuTrigger}
           items={dropdownItems}
diff --git a/client/src/components/Chat/Input/Files/__tests__/AttachFileMenu.spec.tsx b/client/src/components/Chat/Input/Files/__tests__/AttachFileMenu.spec.tsx
index 3f86cb5102..4393f81918 100644
--- a/client/src/components/Chat/Input/Files/__tests__/AttachFileMenu.spec.tsx
+++ b/client/src/components/Chat/Input/Files/__tests__/AttachFileMenu.spec.tsx
@@ -49,7 +49,11 @@ jest.mock('@librechat/client', () => {
     DropdownPopup: (props) =>
       R.createElement(
         'div',
-        null,
+        {
+          'data-testid': 'dropdown-popup',
+          'data-modal': props.modal,
+          'data-portal': props.portal,
+        },
         R.createElement('div', { onClick: () => props.setIsOpen(!props.isOpen) }, props.trigger),
         props.isOpen &&
           R.createElement(
@@ -262,6 +266,13 @@ describe('AttachFileMenu', () => {
       renderMenu({ disabled: false });
       expect(screen.getByRole('button', { name: /attach file options/i })).not.toBeDisabled();
     });
+
+    it('portals the menu without making the conversation tree inert', () => {
+      setupMocks();
+      renderMenu();
+      expect(screen.getByTestId('dropdown-popup')).toHaveAttribute('data-modal', 'false');
+      expect(screen.getByTestId('dropdown-popup')).toHaveAttribute('data-portal', 'true');
+    });
   });
 
   describe('Agent Capabilities', () => {