From f9e3de66d598abd7909d51c5a7cda5a713e39b73 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kovid Goyal <kovid@kovidgoyal.net>
Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2026 07:51:53 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] is_tab_bar_visible should return false when os window has no
 tabs

---
 kitty/state.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kitty/state.c b/kitty/state.c
index 30cd3b99e..3b9923bf3 100644
--- a/kitty/state.c
+++ b/kitty/state.c
@@ -964,7 +964,7 @@ PYWRAP1(is_tab_bar_visible) {
     PA("K", &os_window_id);
     if (!OPT(tab_bar_hidden)) {
         WITH_OS_WINDOW(os_window_id)
-            return os_window->has_too_few_tabs ? Py_NewRef(Py_False) : Py_NewRef(Py_True);
+            return (os_window->num_tabs == 0 || os_window->has_too_few_tabs) ? Py_NewRef(Py_False) : Py_NewRef(Py_True);
         END_WITH_OS_WINDOW
     }
     Py_RETURN_FALSE;