diff --git a/src/frontend/src/components/dashboard/DashboardLayout.tsx b/src/frontend/src/components/dashboard/DashboardLayout.tsx
index 5edcf5cc26..ddccb3034c 100644
--- a/src/frontend/src/components/dashboard/DashboardLayout.tsx
+++ b/src/frontend/src/components/dashboard/DashboardLayout.tsx
@@ -97,11 +97,14 @@ export default function DashboardLayout() {
         setWidgets([...widgets, newWidget]);
       }
 
-      // Update the layouts to include the new widget (and enforce initial size)
+      // Update the layouts to include the new widget.
+      // Pass overrideSize=false so existing widgets keep their user-set
+      // dimensions; only the newly added widget will receive default sizing
+      // via react-grid-layout's auto-placement.
       const _layouts: any = { ...layouts };
 
       Object.keys(_layouts).forEach((key) => {
-        _layouts[key] = updateLayoutForWidget(_layouts[key], widgets, true);
+        _layouts[key] = updateLayoutForWidget(_layouts[key], widgets, false);
       });
 
       setLayouts(_layouts);
diff --git a/src/frontend/tests/pages/pui_dashboard.spec.ts b/src/frontend/tests/pages/pui_dashboard.spec.ts
index acc3547e4b..dd9ef7ea05 100644
--- a/src/frontend/tests/pages/pui_dashboard.spec.ts
+++ b/src/frontend/tests/pages/pui_dashboard.spec.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import type { Page } from '@playwright/test';
+import { expect } from '@playwright/test';
 import { test } from '../baseFixtures.js';
 import { doCachedLogin } from '../login.js';
 import { setPluginState } from '../settings.js';
@@ -94,3 +95,79 @@ test('Dashboard - Plugins', async ({ browser }) => {
   await page.getByRole('heading', { name: 'Sample Dashboard Item' }).waitFor();
   await page.getByText('Hello world! This is a sample').waitFor();
 });
+
+test('Dashboard - Preserve widget sizes when adding new widget', async ({
+  browser
+}) => {
+  // Regression: addWidget previously snapped every existing widget back to
+  // its minW/minH. Fix is in DashboardLayout.tsx::addWidget (overrideSize=false).
+  const TARGET_W = 10;
+  const TARGET_H = 6;
+
+  const readLayouts = (page: Page) =>
+    page.evaluate(() => {
+      const raw = localStorage.getItem('session-settings');
+      return raw ? (JSON.parse(raw)?.state?.layouts ?? {}) : {};
+    });
+
+  const page = await doCachedLogin(browser);
+  await resetDashboard(page);
+
+  // Add widget A; this also persists to the backend user profile.
+  await page.getByLabel('dashboard-menu').click();
+  await page.getByRole('menuitem', { name: 'Add Widget' }).click();
+  await page.getByLabel('dashboard-widgets-filter-input').fill('overdue order');
+  await page.getByLabel('add-widget-ovr-so').click();
+  await page.getByRole('banner').getByRole('button').click();
+  await page.getByText('Overdue Sales Orders').waitFor();
+  await page.waitForTimeout(500);
+
+  // Inflate widget A on the backend profile and reload. The auth flow on
+  // page load rehydrates layouts from the profile, not localStorage, so a
+  // localStorage-only edit would be wiped out on reload.
+  const current = await readLayouts(page);
+  const inflated: Record<string, any[]> = {};
+  for (const bp of Object.keys(current)) {
+    inflated[bp] = current[bp].map((it: any) =>
+      it?.i === 'ovr-so' ? { ...it, w: TARGET_W, h: TARGET_H } : it
+    );
+  }
+  await page.evaluate(async (layouts) => {
+    const csrf = document.cookie.match(/csrftoken=([^;]+)/)?.[1] ?? '';
+    await fetch('/api/user/profile/', {
+      method: 'PATCH',
+      credentials: 'same-origin',
+      headers: {
+        'Content-Type': 'application/json',
+        'X-CSRFToken': csrf
+      },
+      body: JSON.stringify({ widgets: { widgets: ['ovr-so'], layouts } })
+    });
+  }, inflated);
+
+  await page.reload();
+  await page.getByText('Overdue Sales Orders').waitFor();
+  await page.waitForTimeout(500);
+
+  // Sanity: profile rehydration produced the inflated values.
+  for (const [bp, items] of Object.entries(await readLayouts(page))) {
+    const entry = (items as any[]).find((i) => i?.i === 'ovr-so');
+    expect(entry?.w, `${bp}: ovr-so missing or wrong w`).toBe(TARGET_W);
+    expect(entry?.h, `${bp}: ovr-so missing or wrong h`).toBe(TARGET_H);
+  }
+
+  // Add widget B. With the bug, this clobbered widget A back to minW/minH.
+  await page.getByLabel('dashboard-menu').click();
+  await page.getByRole('menuitem', { name: 'Add Widget' }).click();
+  await page.getByLabel('dashboard-widgets-filter-input').fill('overdue order');
+  await page.getByLabel('add-widget-ovr-po').click();
+  await page.getByRole('banner').getByRole('button').click();
+  await page.getByText('Overdue Purchase Orders').waitFor();
+  await page.waitForTimeout(800);
+
+  for (const [bp, items] of Object.entries(await readLayouts(page))) {
+    const entry = (items as any[]).find((i) => i?.i === 'ovr-so');
+    expect(entry?.w, `${bp}: ovr-so width was reset`).toBe(TARGET_W);
+    expect(entry?.h, `${bp}: ovr-so height was reset`).toBe(TARGET_H);
+  }
+});