diff --git a/.changeset/estepper-layout-module.md b/.changeset/estepper-layout-module.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4584b94
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/estepper-layout-module.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@sourceacademy/web-e-stepper": patch
+---
+
+e-stepper: the arrangement of the panes and the divider survive a Run (the host makes a new plugin on every Run, and calls the bundle's factory again, so they are kept for the page on `globalThis`)
diff --git a/src/web/e-stepper/src/EStepperHostPlugin.tsx b/src/web/e-stepper/src/EStepperHostPlugin.tsx
index fdcf846..ebc76a2 100644
--- a/src/web/e-stepper/src/EStepperHostPlugin.tsx
+++ b/src/web/e-stepper/src/EStepperHostPlugin.tsx
@@ -20,6 +20,15 @@ import EStepperView, { type PaneLayout } from "./EStepperView";
 /** The side-content tab id used by the host to show/hide the e-stepper tab. */
 const TAB_ID = "e-stepper";
 
+/**
+ * The user's arrangement of the panes, kept on `globalThis` for the page. Neither the plugin nor this
+ * module will do: the host terminates the conduit and makes a new plugin on every Run, and the
+ * bundle is wrapped in a factory (see `wrap.mjs`) that the host calls again each time, so even a
+ * module-level variable is new on every Run. The divider is to stay where the user put it.
+ */
+const LAYOUT_KEY = Symbol.for("sourceacademy.e-stepper.layout");
+const layout: PaneLayout = ((globalThis as Record<symbol, unknown>)[LAYOUT_KEY] ??= {});
+
 interface State {
   steps: EStepperStep[];
   profile?: SyntaxProfile;
@@ -65,8 +74,6 @@ export class EStepperHostPlugin implements IPlugin {
 
     const subscribe = (listener: () => void) => this.subscribe(listener);
     const getState = () => this.getState();
-    // Kept here, not in the view: a run may mount the view anew, and the user's divider stays.
-    const layout: PaneLayout = {};
     const cseDiagram: ICseDiagramService | undefined = hostServices?.cseDiagram;
     function EStepperTab() {
       const state = useSyncExternalStore(subscribe, getState);