diff --git a/l10n b/l10n
index d875087d..f6bd0f90 160000
--- a/l10n
+++ b/l10n
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit d875087d8795ee1bc91a00e007b358b163ab7386
+Subproject commit f6bd0f902f7b030f43407d7613a70f5d83cb95b5
diff --git a/src/browser/app/profile/zen-browser.js b/src/browser/app/profile/zen-browser.js
index 0f4d48df..89ae3efe 100644
--- a/src/browser/app/profile/zen-browser.js
+++ b/src/browser/app/profile/zen-browser.js
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ pref('zen.splitView.working', false);
 
 // Zen Workspaces
 pref('zen.workspaces.enabled', true);
+pref('zen.workspaces.hide-default-container-indicator', true);
 pref('zen.workspaces.icons', '["🌐", "📁", "📎", "📝", "📅", "📊"]');
 
 // Zen Watermark
diff --git a/src/browser/base/content/zen-components b/src/browser/base/content/zen-components
index b372ec26..c9c5c94e 160000
--- a/src/browser/base/content/zen-components
+++ b/src/browser/base/content/zen-components
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit b372ec2694039dc347b35d977afa0c5cd81a5ca2
+Subproject commit c9c5c94e8d4d9f306bfe73fc79b153d9b979533e
diff --git a/src/browser/base/content/zen-styles/zen-tabs/vertical-tabs.css b/src/browser/base/content/zen-styles/zen-tabs/vertical-tabs.css
index 4832b385..1fef1f93 100644
--- a/src/browser/base/content/zen-styles/zen-tabs/vertical-tabs.css
+++ b/src/browser/base/content/zen-styles/zen-tabs/vertical-tabs.css
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@
     display: none;
   }
 
-  .tabbrowser-tab::after {
+  .tabbrowser-tab::before {
     /* Containers */
     background: var(--identity-tab-color, transparent);
     border-radius: 2px;
@@ -213,6 +213,12 @@
     pointer-events: none;
   }
 
+  @media (-moz-bool-pref: 'zen.workspaces.hide-default-container-indicator') {
+    .tabbrowser-tab[zenDefaultUserContextId='true']::before {
+      display: none;
+    }
+  }
+
   .tabbrowser-tab {
     margin-inline-start: 0;
     margin: 0 auto;
diff --git a/src/browser/components/preferences/zen-settings.js b/src/browser/components/preferences/zen-settings.js
index 034d67aa..b1a543c7 100644
--- a/src/browser/components/preferences/zen-settings.js
+++ b/src/browser/components/preferences/zen-settings.js
@@ -604,4 +604,9 @@ Preferences.addAll([
     type: 'bool',
     default: false,
   },
+  {
+    id: 'zen.workspaces.hide-default-container-indicator',
+    type: 'bool',
+    default: true,
+  },
 ]);
diff --git a/src/browser/components/preferences/zenWorkspaces.inc.xhtml b/src/browser/components/preferences/zenWorkspaces.inc.xhtml
index 78428702..2c47bb51 100644
--- a/src/browser/components/preferences/zenWorkspaces.inc.xhtml
+++ b/src/browser/components/preferences/zenWorkspaces.inc.xhtml
@@ -20,6 +20,11 @@
       <checkbox id="zenWorkspacesActivate"
             data-l10n-id="zen-settings-workspaces-enabled"
             preference="zen.workspaces.enabled"/>
+      <box class="indent">
+            <checkbox id="zenWorkspacesHideDefaultContainer"
+                  data-l10n-id="zen-settings-workspaces-hide-default-container-indicator"
+                  preference="zen.workspaces.hide-default-container-indicator"/>
+      </box>
 </groupbox>
 
 </html:template>
diff --git a/src/browser/components/sessionstore/TabState-sys-mjs.patch b/src/browser/components/sessionstore/TabState-sys-mjs.patch
index 95f9ace9..1d205663 100644
--- a/src/browser/components/sessionstore/TabState-sys-mjs.patch
+++ b/src/browser/components/sessionstore/TabState-sys-mjs.patch
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
 diff --git a/browser/components/sessionstore/TabState.sys.mjs b/browser/components/sessionstore/TabState.sys.mjs
-index 26f5671c849d9b0a126d79b07bc7d3d7870826ec..decc4c975507c9111df78dbc43434fa46d5f5e82 100644
+index 26f5671c849d9b0a126d79b07bc7d3d7870826ec..26f80d69a28f1196096e67a0e628a69b5b367727 100644
 --- a/browser/components/sessionstore/TabState.sys.mjs
 +++ b/browser/components/sessionstore/TabState.sys.mjs
-@@ -98,6 +98,8 @@ var TabStateInternal = {
+@@ -98,6 +98,9 @@ var TabStateInternal = {
        tabData.muteReason = tab.muteReason;
      }
  
 +    tabData.zenWorkspace = tab.getAttribute("zen-workspace-id");
++    tabData.zenDefaultUserContextId = tab.getAttribute("zenDefaultUserContextId");
 +
      tabData.searchMode = tab.ownerGlobal.gURLBar.getSearchMode(browser, true);
  
diff --git a/src/browser/components/tabbrowser/content/tabbrowser-js.patch b/src/browser/components/tabbrowser/content/tabbrowser-js.patch
index 09cacd09..5c2aaa32 100644
--- a/src/browser/components/tabbrowser/content/tabbrowser-js.patch
+++ b/src/browser/components/tabbrowser/content/tabbrowser-js.patch
@@ -1,19 +1,30 @@
 diff --git a/browser/components/tabbrowser/content/tabbrowser.js b/browser/components/tabbrowser/content/tabbrowser.js
-index ef857bd81f2cd7c163ecc74ac1cf81a0b63ce838..24cf982dced9abdb412fac4abbf1428b983d16ff 100644
+index ef857bd81f2cd7c163ecc74ac1cf81a0b63ce838..a9e4da68d8de456a757158a311296792a7781e8f 100644
 --- a/browser/components/tabbrowser/content/tabbrowser.js
 +++ b/browser/components/tabbrowser/content/tabbrowser.js
-@@ -2704,6 +2704,10 @@
+@@ -2704,6 +2704,11 @@
          );
        }
  
++      let hasZenDefaultUserContextId = false;
 +      if (typeof ZenWorkspaces !== "undefined") {
-+        userContextId = ZenWorkspaces.getContextIdIfNeeded(userContextId);
++        [userContextId, hasZenDefaultUserContextId] = ZenWorkspaces.getContextIdIfNeeded(userContextId);
 +      }
 +
        if (!UserInteraction.running("browser.tabs.opening", window)) {
          UserInteraction.start("browser.tabs.opening", "initting", window);
        }
-@@ -3248,6 +3252,11 @@
+@@ -2771,6 +2776,9 @@
+           noInitialLabel,
+           skipBackgroundNotify,
+         });
++        if (hasZenDefaultUserContextId) {
++          t.setAttribute("zenDefaultUserContextId", "true");
++        }
+         if (insertTab) {
+           // insert the tab into the tab container in the correct position
+           this._insertTabAtIndex(t, {
+@@ -3248,6 +3256,14 @@
          ) {
            tabWasReused = true;
            tab = this.selectedTab;
@@ -21,22 +32,28 @@ index ef857bd81f2cd7c163ecc74ac1cf81a0b63ce838..24cf982dced9abdb412fac4abbf1428b
 +          if (tabData.zenWorkspace) {
 +            tab.setAttribute("zen-workspace-id", tabData.zenWorkspace);
 +          }
++          if (tabData.zenDefaultUserContextId) {
++            tab.setAttribute("zenDefaultUserContextId", "true");
++          }
 +
            if (!tabData.pinned) {
              this.unpinTab(tab);
            } else {
-@@ -3297,6 +3306,10 @@
+@@ -3297,6 +3313,13 @@
              preferredRemoteType,
            });
  
 +          if (tabData.zenWorkspace) {
 +            tab.setAttribute("zen-workspace-id", tabData.zenWorkspace);
 +          }
++          if (tabData.zenDefaultUserContextId) {
++            tab.setAttribute("zenDefaultUserContextId", "true");
++          }
 +
            if (select) {
              tabToSelect = tab;
            }
-@@ -4184,6 +4197,7 @@
+@@ -4184,6 +4207,7 @@
          isLastTab ||
          aTab.pinned ||
          aTab.hidden ||