diff --git a/frontend/src/components/SettingsPanel.tsx b/frontend/src/components/SettingsPanel.tsx
index eab9b47b..f8eaa900 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/SettingsPanel.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/SettingsPanel.tsx
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import { type SaveState } from "./ui/DraftSaveBar";
 import { useConfirm } from "./ConfirmProvider";
 import { useWizard } from "./WizardProvider";
 import { usePrefs } from "./PrefsProvider";
+import Tabs from "./Tabs";
 import { useMe } from "../lib/useMe";
 
 // The Settings page edits server-persisted preferences. Each change applies locally for instant
@@ -61,25 +62,18 @@ export default function SettingsPanel() {
       <div className="glass rounded-2xl overflow-hidden">
         <div className="flex">
           {/* Vertical tab rail — never wraps; active is a clear accent pill. */}
-          <nav className="w-32 sm:w-36 shrink-0 border-r border-border/60 p-2 flex flex-col gap-1">
-            {TABS.map((tabItem) => {
-              const active = tab === tabItem.id;
-              return (
-                <button
-                  key={tabItem.id}
-                  data-testid={`settings-tab-${tabItem.id}`}
-                  onClick={() => setTab(tabItem.id)}
-                  aria-pressed={active}
-                  className={`pill flex items-center gap-2 px-3 py-2 rounded-lg text-sm text-left ${
-                    active ? "font-medium shadow-md shadow-accent/20" : "hover:bg-card/60"
-                  }`}
-                >
-                  <tabItem.icon className="w-4 h-4 shrink-0" />
-                  {t(`settings.tabs.${tabItem.id}`)}
-                </button>
-              );
-            })}
-          </nav>
+          <Tabs
+            orientation="vertical"
+            className="w-32 sm:w-36 shrink-0 border-r border-border/60 p-2 flex flex-col gap-1"
+            active={tab}
+            onChange={setTab}
+            tabs={TABS.map((tabItem) => ({
+              id: tabItem.id,
+              label: t(`settings.tabs.${tabItem.id}`),
+              icon: tabItem.icon,
+              testId: `settings-tab-${tabItem.id}`,
+            }))}
+          />
 
           {/* Render only the active tab so the panel sizes to its actual content. (Stacking
               every tab in one grid cell made the whole panel as tall as the tallest tab —
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/Stats.tsx b/frontend/src/components/Stats.tsx
index 55ffec50..9bb4c9d0 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/Stats.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/Stats.tsx
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import { LS, useAccountPersistedState } from "../lib/storage";
 import Tooltip from "./Tooltip";
 import { LoadingState, StateMessage } from "./QueryState";
 import FilterChipGroup from "./FilterChipGroup";
+import Tabs from "./Tabs";
 import { Section, SettingRow } from "./ui/form";
 import { useMe } from "../lib/useMe";
 
@@ -31,18 +32,14 @@ export default function Stats() {
     <div className="p-4 max-w-4xl mx-auto">
       {/* Only admins have a second (System) tab; everyone else just sees the Overview. */}
       {isAdmin && (
-        <div className="flex items-center gap-1 mb-4">
-          {(["overview", "system"] as StatsTab[]).map((id) => (
-            <button
-              key={id}
-              onClick={() => setTab(id)}
-              aria-pressed={tab === id}
-              className="pill px-3 py-1.5 rounded-full text-sm border"
-            >
-              {t(`stats.tabs.${id}`)}
-            </button>
-          ))}
-        </div>
+        <Tabs
+          active={tab}
+          onChange={setTab}
+          tabs={(["overview", "system"] as StatsTab[]).map((id) => ({
+            id,
+            label: t(`stats.tabs.${id}`),
+          }))}
+        />
       )}
 
       {tab === "system" && isAdmin ? <SystemStats /> : <Overview me={me} />}
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/Tabs.tsx b/frontend/src/components/Tabs.tsx
index 833dd8a5..b2480f47 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/Tabs.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/Tabs.tsx
@@ -1,13 +1,17 @@
+import { type LucideIcon } from "lucide-react";
 import { useAccountPersistedState } from "../lib/storage";
 
-// Reusable horizontal pill tab-rail for in-page sub-navigation (Configuration, Users & roles…).
-// The active tab is persisted to localStorage so a reload (F5) keeps the user where they were,
-// per the app's "persist UI state across reload" convention.
+// Reusable pill tab-rail for in-page sub-navigation (Configuration, Users & roles, the Settings
+// sections, the Stats overview/system split…). Horizontal by default; `orientation="vertical"` gives
+// the Settings-style side rail (full-width, left-aligned, icon + label). The active tab is persisted
+// to localStorage so a reload keeps the user where they were.
 
 export interface TabDef {
   id: string;
   label: string;
   badge?: number; // optional count pill (e.g. pending requests); hidden when 0/undefined
+  icon?: LucideIcon; // optional leading icon (the vertical settings rail)
+  testId?: string; // optional data-testid, to preserve existing e2e hooks
 }
 
 /** Persisted active-tab state, scoped to the current account (so one account's last tab doesn't
@@ -18,28 +22,38 @@ export default function Tabs({
   tabs,
   active,
   onChange,
-  className = "flex flex-wrap gap-1 mb-4",
+  orientation = "horizontal",
+  className,
 }: {
   tabs: TabDef[];
   active: string;
   onChange: (id: string) => void;
-  // Override the row wrapper — e.g. the channel manager embeds the rail in a justify-between header
-  // and drops the default bottom margin. Omit for the standalone-row default.
+  // "vertical" gives the Settings-style side rail; "horizontal" (default) is the standard row.
+  orientation?: "horizontal" | "vertical";
+  // Override the row/rail wrapper — e.g. the channel manager embeds the rail in a justify-between
+  // header, or the settings rail adds a width + right border. Omit for the orientation default.
   className?: string;
 }) {
+  const vertical = orientation === "vertical";
+  const wrapCls = className ?? (vertical ? "flex flex-col gap-1" : "flex flex-wrap gap-1 mb-4");
   return (
-    <div className={className}>
+    <div className={wrapCls}>
       {tabs.map((tb) => {
         const on = tb.id === active;
+        const Icon = tb.icon;
         return (
           <button
             key={tb.id}
+            data-testid={tb.testId}
             onClick={() => onChange(tb.id)}
             aria-pressed={on}
-            className={`pill inline-flex items-center gap-1.5 px-3 py-1.5 rounded-lg text-sm ${
-              on ? "font-medium shadow-md shadow-accent/20" : "hover:bg-card/60"
-            }`}
+            className={`pill items-center rounded-lg px-3 text-sm ${
+              vertical
+                ? "flex w-full justify-start gap-2 py-2 text-left"
+                : "inline-flex gap-1.5 py-1.5"
+            } ${on ? "font-medium shadow-md shadow-accent/20" : "hover:bg-card/60"}`}
           >
+            {Icon && <Icon className="h-4 w-4 shrink-0" />}
             {tb.label}
             {tb.badge != null && tb.badge > 0 && (
               <span