diff --git a/desktop/flipper-plugin/src/ui/Tabs.tsx b/desktop/flipper-plugin/src/ui/Tabs.tsx
index d5a5ad685..9d0fe2ba4 100644
--- a/desktop/flipper-plugin/src/ui/Tabs.tsx
+++ b/desktop/flipper-plugin/src/ui/Tabs.tsx
@@ -22,8 +22,9 @@ export function Tabs({
   grow,
   children,
   className,
+  localStorageKeyOverride, //set this if you need to have a dynamic number of tabs, you do *not* need to namespace with the plugin name
   ...baseProps
-}: {grow?: boolean} & TabsProps) {
+}: {grow?: boolean; localStorageKeyOverride?: string} & TabsProps) {
   const keys: string[] = [];
   const keyedChildren = Children.map(children, (child: any, idx) => {
     if (!child || typeof child !== 'object') {
@@ -52,7 +53,7 @@ export function Tabs({
   });
 
   const [activeTab, setActiveTab] = useLocalStorageState<string | undefined>(
-    'Tabs:' + keys.join(','),
+    'Tabs:' + localStorageKeyOverride ?? keys.join(','),
     undefined,
   );
 
diff --git a/desktop/plugins/public/ui-debugger/components/sidebar/Inspector.tsx b/desktop/plugins/public/ui-debugger/components/sidebar/Inspector.tsx
index 2139caa66..5a256959c 100644
--- a/desktop/plugins/public/ui-debugger/components/sidebar/Inspector.tsx
+++ b/desktop/plugins/public/ui-debugger/components/sidebar/Inspector.tsx
@@ -55,7 +55,11 @@ export const Inspector: React.FC<Props> = ({
 
   return (
     <Layout.Container gap pad>
-      <Tabs grow centered key={selectedNodeId}>
+      <Tabs
+        localStorageKeyOverride="sidebar-tabs"
+        grow
+        centered
+        key={selectedNodeId}>
         <Tab
           key={'identity'}
           tab={