diff --git a/src/app/(protected)/workorders/_components/detail/use-slide-over-edit-state.ts b/src/app/(protected)/workorders/_components/detail/use-slide-over-edit-state.ts
index 28f71e2d..efdaefbf 100644
--- a/src/app/(protected)/workorders/_components/detail/use-slide-over-edit-state.ts
+++ b/src/app/(protected)/workorders/_components/detail/use-slide-over-edit-state.ts
@@ -77,6 +77,29 @@ function useSlideOverInitialization({
   }, [row?.id, editMode]);
 }
 
+// Re-apply the requested tab on every open, including a second notification for the work order
+// already on screen (same row id) where the identity effect does not re-run. Tab-only so an
+// in-flight edit draft is never discarded.
+function useSlideOverOpenRequestTab({
+  row,
+  editMode,
+  initialTab,
+  setTab,
+  openRequestKey,
+}: {
+  row: WorkOrderTableRow | null;
+  editMode: boolean;
+  initialTab: SlideOverTab;
+  setTab: (tab: SlideOverTab) => void;
+  openRequestKey: number;
+}) {
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (!row) return;
+    setTab(editMode ? "info" : initialTab);
+    // eslint-disable-next-line react-hooks/exhaustive-deps -- openRequestKey gates each open
+  }, [openRequestKey]);
+}
+
 export function useSlideOverEditState({
   row,
   editMode,
@@ -109,14 +132,7 @@ export function useSlideOverEditState({
     setUnsavedIntent,
   });
 
-  // Re-apply the requested tab on every open, including a second notification for the work order
-  // already on screen (same row id) where the identity effect above does not re-run. Tab-only so
-  // an in-flight edit draft is never discarded.
-  useEffect(() => {
-    if (!row) return;
-    setTab(editMode ? "info" : initialTab);
-    // eslint-disable-next-line react-hooks/exhaustive-deps -- openRequestKey gates each open
-  }, [openRequestKey]);
+  useSlideOverOpenRequestTab({ row, editMode, initialTab, setTab, openRequestKey });
 
   const lockStatus = infoSource?.status ?? row?.status;
   const isInfoLocked = isSlideOverInfoLocked(lockStatus);