diff --git a/src/app/hooks/useSingleSessionTab.ts b/src/app/hooks/useSingleSessionTab.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ab8da517
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/hooks/useSingleSessionTab.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+import { useEffect, useMemo } from 'react';
+import { useNavigate } from 'react-router-dom';
+import { getRootPath } from '../pages/pathUtils';
+
+export const useSingleSessionTab = (userId?: string) => {
+  const broadcast = useMemo(() => new BroadcastChannel('in.cinny.broadcast'), []);
+
+  const tabId = useMemo(() => crypto.randomUUID(), []);
+  const navigate = useNavigate();
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const handleBroadcast = (event: MessageEvent) => {
+      if (!userId) return;
+      const { type, userId: messageUserId, tabId: messageTabId } = event.data ?? {};
+
+      if (type === 'session-spawn' && messageUserId === userId && messageTabId !== tabId) {
+        // Another tab opened the same session
+        navigate(getRootPath());
+      }
+    };
+
+    broadcast.addEventListener('message', handleBroadcast);
+
+    if (userId) {
+      broadcast.postMessage({
+        type: 'session-spawn',
+        userId,
+        tabId,
+      });
+    }
+
+    return () => {
+      broadcast.removeEventListener('message', handleBroadcast);
+    };
+  }, [broadcast, userId, tabId, navigate]);
+};
diff --git a/src/app/pages/AccountSelector.tsx b/src/app/pages/AccountSelector.tsx
index b3c1dfe2..d155096b 100644
--- a/src/app/pages/AccountSelector.tsx
+++ b/src/app/pages/AccountSelector.tsx
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ import { mxcToHttp } from '../../client/mxcToHttp';
 import { useSessionRequest } from '../hooks/sw/useSessionRequest';
 import { useDocumentVisibilityChange } from '../hooks/useDocumentVisibilityChange';
 import { useDocumentFocusChange } from '../hooks/useDocumentFocusChange';
+import { useSingleSessionTab } from '../hooks/useSingleSessionTab';
 
 function AccountCard({ session }: { session: Session }) {
   const { userId } = session;
@@ -185,6 +186,7 @@ export function ClientAccountSelector() {
   const session = useMemo(() => sessions.find((s) => userId === s.userId), [userId, sessions]);
 
   useSessionRequest(session ?? sessions[0]);
+  useSingleSessionTab(session?.userId);
 
   const handleVisibility = useCallback(
     (visible: boolean) => {