From 70e617c6c69f27d87a4493a536a5366eb91f6ec2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Zeno Kapitein <zeno@gitbook.io>
Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2025 15:10:59 +0300
Subject: [PATCH 1/4] Unify section display condition

---
 .changeset/afraid-mirrors-sleep.md                |  5 +++++
 packages/gitbook/src/components/Header/Header.tsx | 14 +++++++++-----
 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 .changeset/afraid-mirrors-sleep.md

diff --git a/.changeset/afraid-mirrors-sleep.md b/.changeset/afraid-mirrors-sleep.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b55d2165c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/afraid-mirrors-sleep.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"gitbook": patch
+---
+
+Unify section display condition
diff --git a/packages/gitbook/src/components/Header/Header.tsx b/packages/gitbook/src/components/Header/Header.tsx
index 7b9bfbf6e9..51cdaf7568 100644
--- a/packages/gitbook/src/components/Header/Header.tsx
+++ b/packages/gitbook/src/components/Header/Header.tsx
@@ -23,6 +23,12 @@ export function Header(props: {
     const { context, withTopHeader, withVariants } = props;
     const { siteSpace, siteSpaces, sections, customization } = context;
 
+    const withSections = Boolean(
+        sections &&
+            sections.list.length > 1 &&
+            sections.list.some((s) => s.object === 'site-section-group')
+    );
+
     return (
         <header
             id="site-header"
@@ -144,7 +150,7 @@ export function Header(props: {
                         </div>
 
                         {customization.header.links.length > 0 ||
-                        (!sections && withVariants === 'translations') ? (
+                        (!withSections && withVariants === 'translations') ? (
                             <HeaderLinks>
                                 {customization.header.links.length > 0 ? (
                                     <>
@@ -164,7 +170,7 @@ export function Header(props: {
                                         />
                                     </>
                                 ) : null}
-                                {!sections && withVariants === 'translations' ? (
+                                {!withSections && withVariants === 'translations' ? (
                                     <TranslationsDropdown
                                         context={context}
                                         siteSpace={siteSpace}
@@ -178,9 +184,7 @@ export function Header(props: {
                 </div>
             </div>
 
-            {sections &&
-            (sections.list.length > 1 || // Show section tabs if there are at least 2 sections or at least 1 section group
-                sections.list.some((s) => s.object === 'site-section-group')) ? (
+            {withSections ? (
                 <div className="transition-[padding] duration-300 lg:chat-open:pr-80 xl:chat-open:pr-96">
                     <SiteSectionTabs sections={encodeClientSiteSections(context, sections)}>
                         {withVariants === 'translations' ? (

From ed97ca5183ad74f6da18f99009d1a564555db627 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Zeno Kapitein <zeno@gitbook.io>
Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2025 15:28:09 +0300
Subject: [PATCH 2/4] Update Header.tsx

---
 packages/gitbook/src/components/Header/Header.tsx | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/packages/gitbook/src/components/Header/Header.tsx b/packages/gitbook/src/components/Header/Header.tsx
index 51cdaf7568..fd6f9a8c82 100644
--- a/packages/gitbook/src/components/Header/Header.tsx
+++ b/packages/gitbook/src/components/Header/Header.tsx
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ export function Header(props: {
                 </div>
             </div>
 
-            {withSections ? (
+            {sections && withSections ? (
                 <div className="transition-[padding] duration-300 lg:chat-open:pr-80 xl:chat-open:pr-96">
                     <SiteSectionTabs sections={encodeClientSiteSections(context, sections)}>
                         {withVariants === 'translations' ? (

From 5ed305318bf80c41c20488abf4fe0d85e1329725 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Zeno Kapitein <zeno@gitbook.io>
Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2025 15:48:11 +0300
Subject: [PATCH 3/4] Update Header.tsx

---
 packages/gitbook/src/components/Header/Header.tsx | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/gitbook/src/components/Header/Header.tsx b/packages/gitbook/src/components/Header/Header.tsx
index fd6f9a8c82..ea90c2945a 100644
--- a/packages/gitbook/src/components/Header/Header.tsx
+++ b/packages/gitbook/src/components/Header/Header.tsx
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ export function Header(props: {
 
     const withSections = Boolean(
         sections &&
-            sections.list.length > 1 &&
-            sections.list.some((s) => s.object === 'site-section-group')
+            (sections.list.length > 1 || // Show section tabs if there are at least 2 sections or at least 1 section group
+                sections.list.some((s) => s.object === 'site-section-group'))
     );
 
     return (
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ export function Header(props: {
                         </div>
 
                         {customization.header.links.length > 0 ||
-                        (!withSections && withVariants === 'translations') ? (
+                        (!sections && withVariants === 'translations') ? (
                             <HeaderLinks>
                                 {customization.header.links.length > 0 ? (
                                     <>

From 0c00e6820e496ee87037483c4343ce098838ae4b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Zeno Kapitein <zeno@gitbook.io>
Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2025 15:51:12 +0300
Subject: [PATCH 4/4] Update Header.tsx

---
 packages/gitbook/src/components/Header/Header.tsx | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/packages/gitbook/src/components/Header/Header.tsx b/packages/gitbook/src/components/Header/Header.tsx
index ea90c2945a..38529ac070 100644
--- a/packages/gitbook/src/components/Header/Header.tsx
+++ b/packages/gitbook/src/components/Header/Header.tsx
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ export function Header(props: {
                         </div>
 
                         {customization.header.links.length > 0 ||
-                        (!sections && withVariants === 'translations') ? (
+                        (!withSections && withVariants === 'translations') ? (
                             <HeaderLinks>
                                 {customization.header.links.length > 0 ? (
                                     <>