diff --git a/packages/review/app/src/review-components.tsx b/packages/review/app/src/review-components.tsx
index 1bda332a7a..e43ebb1b9a 100644
--- a/packages/review/app/src/review-components.tsx
+++ b/packages/review/app/src/review-components.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 import { documentType } from "@canvas/document-type.stylex";
 import { fontSize, fontWeight } from "@canvas/scale.stylex";
 import { IconButton } from "@canvas/ui/button";
+import {
+  OverlayScrollbar,
+  overlayScrollbarStyles,
+} from "@canvas/ui/overlay-scrollbar";
 import { textStyles } from "@canvas/ui/text";
 import { extractTraceEventText } from "@dev.fast/trace-protocol";
 import * as stylex from "@stylexjs/stylex";
@@ -10,6 +14,7 @@ import type {
   ReactElement,
   ReactNode,
   Ref,
+  RefObject,
 } from "react";
 import {
   useCallback,
@@ -124,7 +129,7 @@ function ReviewPanelFrame({
   /** Buttons beside the close button. */
   headerActions?: ReactNode;
   floatingFooter?: ReactNode;
-  bodyRef?: Ref<HTMLDivElement>;
+  bodyRef?: RefObject<HTMLDivElement | null>;
   onBodyScroll?: () => void;
   tour?: boolean;
   docked?: boolean;
@@ -134,6 +139,22 @@ function ReviewPanelFrame({
 }) {
   const appRef = useReviewRoots()?.appRef;
   const panelMotion = useReviewPanel((state) => state.motion);
+  const [body, setBody] = useState<HTMLDivElement | null>(null);
+
+  const attachBody = useCallback(
+    (node: HTMLDivElement | null) => {
+      setBody(node);
+
+      if (bodyRef) bodyRef.current = node;
+
+      return () => {
+        setBody(null);
+
+        if (bodyRef) bodyRef.current = null;
+      };
+    },
+    [bodyRef],
+  );
 
   const sheet = useBottomSheetResize({
     stateKey: "bottomSheetFraction",
@@ -166,7 +187,6 @@ function ReviewPanelFrame({
         "side-panel",
         panelStyles.panel,
         panelMotion === "restored" && panelStyles.restored,
-        tour && panelStyles.tour,
         docked && panelStyles.docked,
         tray && panelStyles.tray,
       )}
@@ -207,12 +227,17 @@ function ReviewPanelFrame({
         </div>
       </header>
       <div
-        ref={bodyRef}
-        {...stylex.props(panelStyles.body, tray && panelStyles.trayBody)}
+        ref={attachBody}
+        {...stylex.props(
+          panelStyles.body,
+          overlayScrollbarStyles.scroller,
+          tray && panelStyles.trayBody,
+        )}
         onScroll={onBodyScroll}
       >
         {children}
       </div>
+      <OverlayScrollbar scroller={body} />
       {floatingFooter}
     </aside>
   );
diff --git a/packages/review/app/src/review-panel.browser.test.tsx b/packages/review/app/src/review-panel.browser.test.tsx
index 7be9163fb0..7fe160685e 100644
--- a/packages/review/app/src/review-panel.browser.test.tsx
+++ b/packages/review/app/src/review-panel.browser.test.tsx
@@ -268,6 +268,44 @@ describe("Guided tour panel", () => {
   });
 });
 
+describe("Side panel scrollbar", () => {
+  it("overlays the scrollbar so tour content runs to the column's right edge", async () => {
+    const container = document.createElement("div");
+    container.style.cssText = "display: flex; width: 360px; height: 160px";
+    document.body.append(container);
+    root = createRoot(container);
+
+    await act(async () => {
+      renderWithSession(
+        <ReviewDebugSettingsProvider>
+          <ReviewProvider>
+            <ReviewPanelProvider>
+              <TourPanel />
+            </ReviewPanelProvider>
+          </ReviewProvider>
+        </ReviewDebugSettingsProvider>,
+      );
+      await Promise.resolve();
+    });
+
+    const panel = container.querySelector<HTMLElement>(".side-panel")!;
+    const body = container.querySelector<HTMLElement>(panelBodySelector)!;
+
+    const stopContent = container.querySelector<HTMLElement>(
+      "section[data-review-anchor-id] > :last-child > :last-child",
+    )!;
+
+    // Headless Chromium hides native scrollbars, so a gutter would not show
+    // in the widths here; check the scroller opts out of the native bar.
+    expect(body.scrollHeight).toBeGreaterThan(body.clientHeight);
+    expect(getComputedStyle(body).scrollbarWidth).toBe("none");
+    expect(body.offsetWidth - body.clientWidth).toBe(0);
+    expect(stopContent.getBoundingClientRect().right).toBe(
+      panel.getBoundingClientRect().right,
+    );
+  });
+});
+
 function OpenReplacingPanel() {
   const openPeek = useReviewPanel((state) => state.openPeek);
   useEffect(() => {
diff --git a/packages/review/app/src/side-panel-styles.ts b/packages/review/app/src/side-panel-styles.ts
index 8c80419b15..c73e6f6fad 100644
--- a/packages/review/app/src/side-panel-styles.ts
+++ b/packages/review/app/src/side-panel-styles.ts
@@ -36,8 +36,9 @@ export const panelStyles = stylex.create({
     display: "flex",
     flexDirection: "column",
     minWidth: 0,
+    // Positioned at every width: the body's overlay scrollbar sits in it.
     position: {
-      default: null,
+      default: "relative",
       [narrowCanvas]: "absolute",
       [narrow]: "absolute",
     },
@@ -78,16 +79,9 @@ export const panelStyles = stylex.create({
     animationDuration: motion.instant,
     animationTimingFunction: "ease",
   },
-  tour: {
-    position: {
-      default: "relative",
-      [narrowCanvas]: "absolute",
-      [narrow]: "absolute",
-    },
-  },
   // Inside a diagram tour the panel keeps its column at every width.
   docked: {
-    position: "static",
+    position: "relative",
     inset: "auto",
     width: "100%",
     height: "100%",
diff --git a/packages/review/app/src/ui/overlay-scrollbar.tsx b/packages/review/app/src/ui/overlay-scrollbar.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..928486e15c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/review/app/src/ui/overlay-scrollbar.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,217 @@
+import { motion, radius } from "@canvas/scale.stylex";
+import { tokens } from "@canvas/tokens.stylex";
+import * as stylex from "@stylexjs/stylex";
+import {
+  type PointerEvent as ReactPointerEvent,
+  useEffect,
+  useRef,
+  useState,
+} from "react";
+
+// How long the thumb stays after the last scroll, as Code OSS's overlay
+// scrollbars do.
+const HIDE_AFTER_MS = 800;
+
+const MIN_THUMB = 32;
+
+const reducedMotion = "@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce)";
+
+/**
+ * A vertical scrollbar laid over `scroller`'s right edge that takes no layout
+ * width: it shows while the scroller scrolls, while the pointer is over its
+ * lane, and while it is dragged, then fades. Render it as a sibling of the
+ * scroller inside a positioned parent, and give the scroller
+ * `overlayScrollbarStyles.scroller` to hide its native bar.
+ */
+export function OverlayScrollbar({
+  scroller,
+}: {
+  scroller: HTMLElement | null;
+}) {
+  const laneRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null);
+  const thumbRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null);
+  const [scrolling, setScrolling] = useState(false);
+  const [hovered, setHovered] = useState(false);
+  const [dragging, setDragging] = useState(false);
+  const [scrollable, setScrollable] = useState(false);
+  const drag = useRef<{ pointerY: number; scrollTop: number } | null>(null);
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (!scroller) return;
+
+    let hideTimer: ReturnType<typeof setTimeout> | undefined;
+
+    const layout = () => {
+      const lane = laneRef.current;
+      const thumb = thumbRef.current;
+
+      if (!lane || !thumb) return;
+      const { scrollHeight, clientHeight, scrollTop } = scroller;
+      const overflows = scrollHeight > clientHeight + 1;
+      setScrollable(overflows);
+      lane.style.top = `${scroller.offsetTop}px`;
+      lane.style.height = `${clientHeight}px`;
+      lane.style.left = `${scroller.offsetLeft + scroller.offsetWidth}px`;
+
+      if (!overflows) return;
+
+      const thumbHeight = Math.max(
+        MIN_THUMB,
+        (clientHeight * clientHeight) / scrollHeight,
+      );
+
+      const travel = clientHeight - thumbHeight;
+      const offset = (scrollTop / (scrollHeight - clientHeight)) * travel;
+      thumb.style.height = `${thumbHeight}px`;
+      thumb.style.transform = `translateY(${offset}px)`;
+    };
+
+    const onScroll = () => {
+      layout();
+      setScrolling(true);
+      clearTimeout(hideTimer);
+      hideTimer = setTimeout(() => setScrolling(false), HIDE_AFTER_MS);
+    };
+
+    // Content grows and shrinks without scrolling (code cards load, stops
+    // expand), so watch the scroller and everything directly in it.
+    const resize = new ResizeObserver(layout);
+
+    const observeChildren = () => {
+      resize.disconnect();
+      resize.observe(scroller);
+
+      for (const child of scroller.children) resize.observe(child);
+    };
+
+    const children = new MutationObserver(observeChildren);
+    observeChildren();
+    children.observe(scroller, { childList: true });
+    scroller.addEventListener("scroll", onScroll, { passive: true });
+    layout();
+
+    return () => {
+      clearTimeout(hideTimer);
+      resize.disconnect();
+      children.disconnect();
+      scroller.removeEventListener("scroll", onScroll);
+    };
+  }, [scroller]);
+
+  const travelRatio = () => {
+    const thumb = thumbRef.current;
+
+    if (!scroller || !thumb) return 0;
+    const travel = scroller.clientHeight - thumb.offsetHeight;
+
+    return travel > 0
+      ? (scroller.scrollHeight - scroller.clientHeight) / travel
+      : 0;
+  };
+
+  const startDrag = (event: ReactPointerEvent<HTMLDivElement>) => {
+    if (!scroller || event.button !== 0) return;
+    event.preventDefault();
+    event.stopPropagation();
+    event.currentTarget.setPointerCapture(event.pointerId);
+    drag.current = { pointerY: event.clientY, scrollTop: scroller.scrollTop };
+    setDragging(true);
+  };
+
+  const moveDrag = (event: ReactPointerEvent<HTMLDivElement>) => {
+    if (!scroller || !drag.current) return;
+    scroller.scrollTop =
+      drag.current.scrollTop +
+      (event.clientY - drag.current.pointerY) * travelRatio();
+  };
+
+  const endDrag = () => {
+    drag.current = null;
+    setDragging(false);
+  };
+
+  // A click in the lane pages toward it, as a native track does.
+  const pageToward = (event: ReactPointerEvent<HTMLDivElement>) => {
+    const thumb = thumbRef.current;
+
+    if (!scroller || !thumb || event.button !== 0) return;
+    event.preventDefault();
+    const { top, bottom } = thumb.getBoundingClientRect();
+    const direction = event.clientY < top ? -1 : event.clientY > bottom ? 1 : 0;
+    scroller.scrollBy({ top: direction * scroller.clientHeight * 0.9 });
+  };
+
+  return (
+    <div
+      ref={laneRef}
+      aria-hidden="true"
+      {...stylex.props(
+        styles.lane,
+        scrollable && styles.laneScrollable,
+        scrollable && (scrolling || hovered || dragging) && styles.visible,
+      )}
+      onPointerEnter={() => setHovered(true)}
+      onPointerLeave={() => setHovered(false)}
+      onPointerDown={pageToward}
+    >
+      <div
+        ref={thumbRef}
+        {...stylex.props(styles.thumb, dragging && styles.thumbDragging)}
+        onPointerDown={startDrag}
+        onPointerMove={moveDrag}
+        onPointerUp={endDrag}
+        onPointerCancel={endDrag}
+      />
+    </div>
+  );
+}
+
+export const overlayScrollbarStyles = stylex.create({
+  // The native bar would take layout width; the overlay replaces it.
+  scroller: {
+    scrollbarWidth: "none",
+  },
+});
+
+const styles = stylex.create({
+  // Sits just inside the scroller's right edge, over its content.
+  lane: {
+    position: "absolute",
+    zIndex: 3,
+    width: tokens.reviewScrollbarSize,
+    marginLeft: `calc(-1 * ${tokens.reviewScrollbarSize})`,
+    opacity: 0,
+    pointerEvents: "none",
+    transitionProperty: "opacity",
+    transitionDuration: {
+      default: motion.slow,
+      [reducedMotion]: motion.instant,
+    },
+    transitionTimingFunction: motion.ease,
+  },
+  laneScrollable: {
+    pointerEvents: "auto",
+  },
+  visible: {
+    opacity: 1,
+    transitionDuration: {
+      default: motion.fast,
+      [reducedMotion]: motion.instant,
+    },
+  },
+  // A 6px pill centered in the lane, as the canvas's native scrollbars are.
+  thumb: {
+    position: "absolute",
+    top: 0,
+    right: "2px",
+    left: "2px",
+    borderRadius: radius.pill,
+    backgroundColor: {
+      default: tokens.reviewScrollbarThumb,
+      ":hover": tokens.reviewScrollbarThumbHover,
+    },
+  },
+  thumbDragging: {
+    backgroundColor: tokens.reviewScrollbarThumbActive,
+  },
+});