From 36163fd53292c377344e0232471071f29e472119 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kovid Goyal <kovid@kovidgoyal.net>
Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2025 21:34:26 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] Ensure current layout is in enabled layouts when serializing

---
 kitty/tabs.py | 8 ++++++--
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kitty/tabs.py b/kitty/tabs.py
index c581bf5be..c0d8b07e3 100644
--- a/kitty/tabs.py
+++ b/kitty/tabs.py
@@ -321,11 +321,15 @@ class Tab:  # {{{
                 if i == active_idx:
                     launch_cmds.append('focus')
         if launch_cmds:
+            enabled_layouts = list(self.enabled_layouts)
+            layout = self._current_layout_name
+            if layout not in enabled_layouts:
+                enabled_layouts.append(layout)
             return [
                 '',
                 f'new_tab {self.name}'.rstrip(),
-                f'layout {self._current_layout_name}',
-                f'enabled_layouts {",".join(self.enabled_layouts)}',
+                f'layout {layout}',
+                f'enabled_layouts {",".join(enabled_layouts)}',
                 f'set_layout_state {json.dumps(self.current_layout.serialize(self.windows))}',
                 f'cd {most_common_cwd}',
                 ''