diff --git a/ILSpy.Tests/Docking/DocumentTabContextMenuTests.cs b/ILSpy.Tests/Docking/DocumentTabContextMenuTests.cs
index 631bc59cc..567fe6707 100644
--- a/ILSpy.Tests/Docking/DocumentTabContextMenuTests.cs
+++ b/ILSpy.Tests/Docking/DocumentTabContextMenuTests.cs
@@ -51,6 +51,34 @@ public class DocumentTabContextMenuTests
 		return (a, b, c);
 	}
 
+	[AvaloniaTest]
+	public async Task Menu_Carries_The_Close_Entries_Bound_To_The_Tab_Commands()
+	{
+		// Regression: the per-tab DocumentContextMenu (which Dock shows, overriding the standard
+		// ContextMenu) once held only "Freeze tab", so the Close / Close all entries went missing
+		// (and the whole menu was empty on a frozen tab). It must carry all three close entries.
+		var window = AppComposition.Current.GetExport<MainWindow>();
+		window.Show();
+		var vm = (MainWindowViewModel)window.DataContext!;
+		await vm.AssemblyTreeModel.WaitForAssembliesAsync(minimumCount: 1);
+		var (a, _, _) = OpenThreeTabs(vm.DockWorkspace);
+
+		var menu = global::ILSpy.Themes.PreviewTabContextMenuBehavior.BuildDocumentContextMenu(a);
+		var items = menu.ItemsSource!.OfType<global::Avalonia.Controls.MenuItem>().ToList();
+
+		items.Select(m => m.Header).Should().Contain(new object[] {
+			ICSharpCode.ILSpy.Properties.Resources.Close,
+			ICSharpCode.ILSpy.Properties.Resources.CloseAllButThisTab,
+			ICSharpCode.ILSpy.Properties.Resources.CloseAllTabs,
+		});
+		items.Single(m => Equals(m.Header, ICSharpCode.ILSpy.Properties.Resources.Close)).Command
+			.Should().BeSameAs(a.CloseCommand);
+		items.Single(m => Equals(m.Header, ICSharpCode.ILSpy.Properties.Resources.CloseAllButThisTab)).Command
+			.Should().BeSameAs(a.CloseAllButThisCommand);
+		items.Single(m => Equals(m.Header, ICSharpCode.ILSpy.Properties.Resources.CloseAllTabs)).Command
+			.Should().BeSameAs(a.CloseAllCommand);
+	}
+
 	[AvaloniaTest]
 	public async Task Close_All_But_This_Leaves_Only_The_Target_Tab()
 	{
diff --git a/ILSpy.Tests/Docking/PreviewTabPromotionTests.cs b/ILSpy.Tests/Docking/PreviewTabPromotionTests.cs
index 992d28561..6f0730b15 100644
--- a/ILSpy.Tests/Docking/PreviewTabPromotionTests.cs
+++ b/ILSpy.Tests/Docking/PreviewTabPromotionTests.cs
@@ -415,11 +415,13 @@ public class PreviewTabPromotionTests
 		var carveOutItem = window.GetVisualDescendants().OfType<DocumentTabStripItem>()
 			.Single(item => item.DataContext is ContentTabPage t && t.SourceNode == typeNode);
 
-		var mainFreezeEntry = mainTabItem.DocumentContextMenu!.Items.OfType<global::Avalonia.Controls.MenuItem>().Single();
-		mainFreezeEntry.Header.Should().Be("Freeze tab");
+		// The menu now also carries Close / Close all but this / Close all; pick the Freeze entry.
+		var mainFreezeEntry = mainTabItem.DocumentContextMenu!.Items.OfType<global::Avalonia.Controls.MenuItem>()
+			.Single(m => (string?)m.Header == "Freeze tab");
 		mainFreezeEntry.IsVisible.Should().BeTrue("MainTab is preview — Freeze tab entry must be visible");
 
-		var carveFreezeEntry = carveOutItem.DocumentContextMenu!.Items.OfType<global::Avalonia.Controls.MenuItem>().Single();
+		var carveFreezeEntry = carveOutItem.DocumentContextMenu!.Items.OfType<global::Avalonia.Controls.MenuItem>()
+			.Single(m => (string?)m.Header == "Freeze tab");
 		carveFreezeEntry.IsVisible.Should().BeFalse(
 			"carve-out tabs are already frozen — the Freeze entry must hide");
 	}
diff --git a/ILSpy/App.axaml b/ILSpy/App.axaml
index 6fe340b96..addac8231 100644
--- a/ILSpy/App.axaml
+++ b/ILSpy/App.axaml
@@ -306,19 +306,9 @@
              names, so this is document-only. -->
         <Style Selector="dockControls|DocumentTabStripItem">
             <Setter Property="ToolTip.Tip" Value="{Binding Title, Mode=OneWay, x:CompileBindings=False}" />
-            <!-- Right-click a document tab: Close / Close all but this / Close all. The tab strip item's
-                 DataContext is the ContentTabPage, which carries these commands (delegating to DockWorkspace). -->
-            <Setter Property="ContextMenu">
-                <ContextMenu>
-                    <MenuItem Header="{x:Static res:Resources.Close}"
-                              Command="{Binding CloseCommand, x:CompileBindings=False}" />
-                    <Separator />
-                    <MenuItem Header="{x:Static res:Resources.CloseAllButThisTab}"
-                              Command="{Binding CloseAllButThisCommand, x:CompileBindings=False}" />
-                    <MenuItem Header="{x:Static res:Resources.CloseAllTabs}"
-                              Command="{Binding CloseAllCommand, x:CompileBindings=False}" />
-                </ContextMenu>
-            </Setter>
+            <!-- The document-tab right-click menu (Close / Close all but this / Close all / Freeze tab)
+                 is built per-tab by PreviewTabContextMenuBehavior and assigned to Dock's
+                 DocumentContextMenu, which takes precedence over the standard ContextMenu. -->
         </Style>
         <!-- A merely-selected (but not focused) tab gets the seam-matching fill. The active
              tab keeps Dock's accent highlight (see below). Splitting the two states is
diff --git a/ILSpy/Themes/PreviewTabContextMenuBehavior.cs b/ILSpy/Themes/PreviewTabContextMenuBehavior.cs
index 67d15ebfc..9f2b087f2 100644
--- a/ILSpy/Themes/PreviewTabContextMenuBehavior.cs
+++ b/ILSpy/Themes/PreviewTabContextMenuBehavior.cs
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ using Avalonia.Controls;
 
 using Dock.Avalonia.Controls;
 
+using ICSharpCode.ILSpy.Properties;
+
 using ILSpy.AppEnv;
 using ILSpy.Docking;
 using ILSpy.ViewModels;
@@ -30,12 +32,14 @@ using ILSpy.ViewModels;
 namespace ILSpy.Themes
 {
 	/// <summary>
-	/// Attached property that wires a per-instance <see cref="ContextMenu"/> onto every
-	/// <see cref="DocumentTabStripItem"/>. The menu hosts a single "Freeze tab" entry whose
-	/// <see cref="MenuItem.IsVisible"/> tracks <see cref="ContentTabPage.IsPreview"/> on
-	/// the tab's underlying viewmodel — invoking it routes to
-	/// <see cref="DockWorkspace.FreezeCurrentTab"/>. Each tab gets a fresh ContextMenu so
-	/// the popup has a unique parent (Avalonia visuals must have at most one parent).
+	/// Attached property that wires a per-instance context menu onto every
+	/// <see cref="DocumentTabStripItem"/> via Dock's <c>DocumentContextMenu</c> (the property Dock
+	/// actually shows on a document-tab right-click — it overrides the standard
+	/// <see cref="Control.ContextMenu"/>). The menu carries Close / Close all but this / Close all
+	/// (routing to the tab's commands) plus a "Freeze tab" entry shown only while the tab is a
+	/// preview (<see cref="ContentTabPage.IsPreview"/>); invoking Freeze routes to
+	/// <see cref="DockWorkspace.FreezeCurrentTab"/>. Each tab gets a fresh ContextMenu so the popup
+	/// has a unique parent (Avalonia visuals must have at most one parent).
 	/// </summary>
 	public static class PreviewTabContextMenuBehavior
 	{
@@ -74,24 +78,49 @@ namespace ILSpy.Themes
 				item.DocumentContextMenu = null;
 				return;
 			}
+			item.DocumentContextMenu = BuildDocumentContextMenu(tab);
+		}
+
+		/// <summary>
+		/// Builds the document-tab context menu for <paramref name="tab"/>: Close / Close all but
+		/// this / Close all, plus a "Freeze tab" entry (and its separator) shown only while the tab
+		/// is a preview. Exposed for tests so the menu's composition can be verified without the
+		/// realised tab-strip visual.
+		/// </summary>
+		internal static ContextMenu BuildDocumentContextMenu(ContentTabPage tab)
+		{
+			var close = new MenuItem { Header = Resources.Close, Command = tab.CloseCommand };
+			var closeAllButThis = new MenuItem { Header = Resources.CloseAllButThisTab, Command = tab.CloseAllButThisCommand };
+			var closeAll = new MenuItem { Header = Resources.CloseAllTabs, Command = tab.CloseAllCommand };
 
+			var freezeSeparator = new Separator { IsVisible = tab.IsPreview };
 			var freezeItem = new MenuItem {
 				Header = "Freeze tab",
 				IsVisible = tab.IsPreview,
 			};
 			freezeItem.Click += (_, _) => TryGetDockWorkspace()?.FreezeCurrentTab();
 
-			// Keep IsVisible in sync with IsPreview so the entry hides once the tab is
-			// frozen (freeze is one-way — there's no matching unfreeze entry).
+			// Keep the Freeze entry (and its separator) in sync with IsPreview so they hide once the
+			// tab is frozen (freeze is one-way — there's no matching unfreeze entry).
 			tab.PropertyChanged += OnTabPropertyChanged;
 			void OnTabPropertyChanged(object? _, PropertyChangedEventArgs args)
 			{
 				if (args.PropertyName == nameof(ContentTabPage.IsPreview))
+				{
 					freezeItem.IsVisible = tab.IsPreview;
+					freezeSeparator.IsVisible = tab.IsPreview;
+				}
 			}
 
-			item.DocumentContextMenu = new ContextMenu {
-				ItemsSource = new[] { freezeItem },
+			return new ContextMenu {
+				ItemsSource = new Control[] {
+					close,
+					new Separator(),
+					closeAllButThis,
+					closeAll,
+					freezeSeparator,
+					freezeItem,
+				},
 			};
 		}