diff --git a/apps/web/src/app.css b/apps/web/src/app.css
index 91fb1c339..656b3bea7 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/app.css
+++ b/apps/web/src/app.css
@@ -4535,3 +4535,15 @@ tr.insights-row-clickable:hover {
   width: 0.9rem;
   height: 0.9rem;
 }
+
+.stage-crumb-back {
+  display: inline-flex;
+  flex-shrink: 0;
+  align-items: center;
+  margin-right: 0.15rem;
+  color: var(--muted-foreground);
+}
+
+.stage-crumb-back:hover {
+  color: var(--foreground);
+}
diff --git a/apps/web/src/shell/page-crumbs.tsx b/apps/web/src/shell/page-crumbs.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d76955dd6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/web/src/shell/page-crumbs.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,110 @@
+// A full-page view opened from a workbench carries `?from=<workbench id>`,
+// so the trail back survives reload and share. Without it the page is just
+// its own trail.
+
+import { useQuery } from "@tanstack/react-query";
+import { Fragment, useSyncExternalStore } from "react";
+
+import { listWorkbenches } from "@/chat/workbench-tenants";
+import { useBench } from "../bench-context";
+import { ArrowLeft } from "../lib/icons";
+import { Link } from "../navigation";
+import { tenantKeys } from "../query-client";
+import { getPath, subscribeToPath } from "../router-store";
+import { workbenchPath } from "../workbench-path";
+
+const FROM_PARAM = "from";
+
+/** `path` with the originating workbench appended, for any link that opens a
+ * full-page view from a workbench. */
+export function benchLink(path: string, benchId: string | null): string {
+  if (benchId === null) return path;
+  const url = new URL(path, window.location.origin);
+  url.searchParams.set(FROM_PARAM, benchId);
+  return `${url.pathname}${url.search}${url.hash}`;
+}
+
+export type PageCrumb = { readonly label: string; readonly href?: string };
+
+function useFromWorkbench(): { readonly id: string; readonly name: string | null } | null {
+  // The path store re-renders this on navigation; it keeps the pathname
+  // only, so the query string is read fresh.
+  useSyncExternalStore(subscribeToPath, getPath);
+  const id = new URLSearchParams(window.location.search).get(FROM_PARAM);
+  const { selectedTenantId } = useBench();
+  const tenantId = selectedTenantId ?? "";
+  const workbenches = useQuery({
+    queryKey: tenantKeys.workbenches(tenantId),
+    enabled: id !== null && selectedTenantId !== null,
+    queryFn: () => listWorkbenches(tenantId),
+  });
+  if (id === null) return null;
+  return { id, name: workbenches.data?.find((w) => w.id === id)?.title ?? null };
+}
+
+/** The page's crumbs, prefixed with the originating workbench when the URL
+ * names one; `back` is the arrow's target. Until the name resolves the page
+ * shows its own trail. */
+export function usePageCrumbs(crumbs: readonly PageCrumb[]): {
+  readonly crumbs: readonly PageCrumb[];
+  readonly back: { readonly href: string; readonly name: string } | null;
+} {
+  const from = useFromWorkbench();
+  if (from === null || from.name === null) return { crumbs, back: null };
+  const href = workbenchPath(from.id);
+  return {
+    crumbs: [
+      { label: from.name, href },
+      ...crumbs.map((crumb) =>
+        crumb.href === undefined ? crumb : { ...crumb, href: benchLink(crumb.href, from.id) },
+      ),
+    ],
+    back: { href, name: from.name },
+  };
+}
+
+export function PageBack({ href, name }: { readonly href: string; readonly name: string }) {
+  return (
+    <Link to={href} className="stage-crumb-back" aria-label={`Back to ${name}`}>
+      <ArrowLeft size={16} aria-hidden="true" />
+    </Link>
+  );
+}
+
+export function PageCrumbs({ crumbs: pageCrumbs }: { readonly crumbs: readonly PageCrumb[] }) {
+  const { crumbs, back } = usePageCrumbs(pageCrumbs);
+  const lastIndex = crumbs.length - 1;
+  const trail = crumbs.map((crumb, index) => (
+    <Fragment key={`${String(index)}-${crumb.label}`}>
+      {index > 0 ? (
+        <span className="stage-crumbs-sep" aria-hidden="true">
+          /
+        </span>
+      ) : null}
+      {index === lastIndex ? (
+        <span className="stage-crumb-current" aria-current="page">
+          {crumb.label}
+        </span>
+      ) : crumb.href === undefined ? (
+        <span className="stage-crumb-label">{crumb.label}</span>
+      ) : (
+        <Link to={crumb.href} className="stage-crumb-link">
+          {crumb.label}
+        </Link>
+      )}
+    </Fragment>
+  ));
+
+  // A one-level page has nowhere to go up to — a Breadcrumb landmark around
+  // a bare page title is noise, so the landmark appears only for a real
+  // trail.
+  if (lastIndex === 0) {
+    return <div className="stage-crumbs">{trail}</div>;
+  }
+  return (
+    <nav className="stage-crumbs" aria-label="Breadcrumb">
+      {back !== null ? <PageBack {...back} /> : null}
+      {trail}
+    </nav>
+  );
+}
diff --git a/apps/web/src/shell/stage-top-bar.tsx b/apps/web/src/shell/stage-top-bar.tsx
index 7dd0af031..3bee982a0 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/shell/stage-top-bar.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/shell/stage-top-bar.tsx
@@ -5,18 +5,13 @@
 // `filter` is per-page (DECISIONS.md -> Search), not shell chrome — a page
 // with nothing to filter gets no magnifier at all.
 
-import { Fragment, type ReactNode } from "react";
+import type { ReactNode } from "react";
 
-import { Link } from "../navigation";
+import { PageCrumbs, type PageCrumb } from "./page-crumbs";
 import { Chip, type ChipTone } from "./chip";
 import { StageSearch, type StageSearchProps } from "./stage-search";
 
-export type StageCrumb = {
-  readonly label: string;
-  /** The route this crumb links to. Omitted on the last crumb — the
-   * current page is the title, never a link. */
-  readonly href?: string;
-};
+export type StageCrumb = PageCrumb;
 
 export function StageTopBar({
   crumbs,
@@ -42,7 +37,7 @@ export function StageTopBar({
   return (
     <header className="stage-top-bar" data-testid="stage-top-bar">
       <div className="stage-top-bar-title">
-        <StageCrumbTrail crumbs={crumbs} />
+        <PageCrumbs crumbs={crumbs} />
       </div>
       {hasSubtitle ? (
         <>
@@ -58,39 +53,3 @@ export function StageTopBar({
     </header>
   );
 }
-
-function StageCrumbTrail({ crumbs }: { readonly crumbs: readonly StageCrumb[] }) {
-  const lastIndex = crumbs.length - 1;
-  const trail = crumbs.map((crumb, index) => (
-    <Fragment key={`${String(index)}-${crumb.label}`}>
-      {index > 0 ? (
-        <span className="stage-crumbs-sep" aria-hidden="true">
-          /
-        </span>
-      ) : null}
-      {index === lastIndex ? (
-        <span className="stage-crumb-current" aria-current="page">
-          {crumb.label}
-        </span>
-      ) : crumb.href === undefined ? (
-        <span className="stage-crumb-label">{crumb.label}</span>
-      ) : (
-        <Link to={crumb.href} className="stage-crumb-link">
-          {crumb.label}
-        </Link>
-      )}
-    </Fragment>
-  ));
-
-  // A one-level page has nowhere to go up to — a Breadcrumb landmark around
-  // a bare page title is noise, so the landmark appears only for a real
-  // trail.
-  if (lastIndex === 0) {
-    return <div className="stage-crumbs">{trail}</div>;
-  }
-  return (
-    <nav className="stage-crumbs" aria-label="Breadcrumb">
-      {trail}
-    </nav>
-  );
-}