diff --git a/authbridge/cmd/abctl/tui/pipeline_pane.go b/authbridge/cmd/abctl/tui/pipeline_pane.go
index 10c08b0a1..39d06b554 100644
--- a/authbridge/cmd/abctl/tui/pipeline_pane.go
+++ b/authbridge/cmd/abctl/tui/pipeline_pane.go
@@ -40,8 +40,11 @@ func (m *model) rebuildPipelineTable() {
 	for _, p := range m.pipeline.Inbound {
 		rows = append(rows, pipelineRow(p, counts[p.Name], m.pipeline.Inbound))
 	}
-	// Divider between inbound and outbound.
-	rows = append(rows, table.Row{"", "", "── (app) ──", "", "", "", ""})
+	// Divider between inbound and outbound. Cell count MUST match the 6
+	// columns defined in newPipelineTable (#, DIRECTION, PLUGIN, DEPS, BODY,
+	// EVENTS) — bubbles' table.renderRow indexes columns by cell position and
+	// panics on a mismatch.
+	rows = append(rows, table.Row{"", "", "── (app) ──", "", "", ""})
 	for _, p := range m.pipeline.Outbound {
 		rows = append(rows, pipelineRow(p, counts[p.Name], m.pipeline.Outbound))
 	}
diff --git a/authbridge/cmd/abctl/tui/pipeline_pane_test.go b/authbridge/cmd/abctl/tui/pipeline_pane_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d94c07862
--- /dev/null
+++ b/authbridge/cmd/abctl/tui/pipeline_pane_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+package tui
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/kagenti/kagenti-extensions/authbridge/cmd/abctl/apiclient"
+)
+
+// TestRebuildPipelineTable_AllRowsMatchColumnCount is a regression guard:
+// every row added to the pipeline table — including the inbound/outbound
+// "(app)" divider — must have exactly as many cells as the table has columns.
+// The divider previously carried 7 cells against 6 columns, which made
+// bubbles' table.renderRow panic ("index out of range [6] with length 6")
+// the moment abctl rendered any pipeline.
+func TestRebuildPipelineTable_AllRowsMatchColumnCount(t *testing.T) {
+	m := &model{
+		pipeline: &apiclient.PipelineView{
+			Inbound:  []apiclient.PipelinePlugin{{Name: "jwt-validation", Direction: "inbound", Position: 1}},
+			Outbound: []apiclient.PipelinePlugin{{Name: "token-exchange", Direction: "outbound", Position: 1}},
+		},
+		pipelineTbl: newPipelineTable(),
+	}
+
+	// Must not panic: the buggy 7-cell divider panicked here via
+	// SetRows → UpdateViewport → renderRow.
+	m.rebuildPipelineTable()
+
+	rows := m.pipelineTbl.Rows()
+	if len(rows) != 3 { // inbound plugin + divider + outbound plugin
+		t.Fatalf("rows = %d, want 3 (inbound + divider + outbound)", len(rows))
+	}
+	const wantCells = 6 // #, DIRECTION, PLUGIN, DEPS, BODY, EVENTS
+	for i, r := range rows {
+		if len(r) != wantCells {
+			t.Errorf("row %d has %d cells, want %d (must match column count)", i, len(r), wantCells)
+		}
+	}
+}