diff --git a/modules/react/collection/lib/useOverflowListModel.tsx b/modules/react/collection/lib/useOverflowListModel.tsx
index ba4a7ecb25..643d2221dd 100644
--- a/modules/react/collection/lib/useOverflowListModel.tsx
+++ b/modules/react/collection/lib/useOverflowListModel.tsx
@@ -25,9 +25,16 @@ export function getHiddenIds(
   let shouldAddGap = false;
 
   if (selectedIds !== 'all' && selectedIds.length) {
-    if (items.length) {
-      // If selectedIds[0] is not in items, use the first id from items
-      selectedKey = items.find(item => item.id === selectedIds[0]) ? selectedIds[0] : items[0].id;
+    const candidate = selectedIds[0];
+    const fallbackId = items?.[0]?.id;
+    // Only pin own cached sizes so unmeasured ids and inherited names cannot yield NaN.
+    if (Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(itemSizeCache, candidate)) {
+      selectedKey = candidate;
+    } else if (
+      fallbackId !== undefined &&
+      Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(itemSizeCache, fallbackId)
+    ) {
+      selectedKey = fallbackId;
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/modules/react/collection/spec/useOverflowModel.spec.tsx b/modules/react/collection/spec/useOverflowModel.spec.tsx
index e90071b250..0cbe550faf 100644
--- a/modules/react/collection/spec/useOverflowModel.spec.tsx
+++ b/modules/react/collection/spec/useOverflowModel.spec.tsx
@@ -90,5 +90,50 @@ describe('useOverflowModel', () => {
         ).toEqual(hiddenIds);
       });
     });
+
+    it('should keep the selected item visible when items use a custom id field instead of `id`', () => {
+      expect(
+        getHiddenIds(250, 0, overflowTargeSize, itemSizeCache, ['second'], [
+          {index: 0, value: {contextId: 'first'}, textValue: 'First'},
+          {index: 1, value: {contextId: 'second'}, textValue: 'Second'},
+          {index: 2, value: {contextId: 'third'}, textValue: 'Third'},
+          {index: 3, value: {contextId: 'fourth'}, textValue: 'Fourth'},
+        ] as any)
+      ).toEqual(['first', 'third', 'fourth']);
+    });
+
+    const items = [
+      {id: 'first', value: 'first', index: 0, textValue: 'first'},
+      {id: 'second', value: 'second', index: 1, textValue: 'second'},
+      {id: 'third', value: 'third', index: 2, textValue: 'third'},
+      {id: 'fourth', value: 'fourth', index: 3, textValue: 'fourth'},
+    ];
+
+    it('should not pin an unmeasured selected id when the first item is cached', () => {
+      expect(
+        getHiddenIds(
+          250,
+          0,
+          overflowTargeSize,
+          {first: 100, second: 150, third: 200},
+          ['fourth'],
+          items
+        )
+      ).toEqual(['second', 'third']);
+    });
+
+    it('should leave the selected item unpinned when neither the selected id nor the first item is cached', () => {
+      expect(
+        getHiddenIds(250, 0, overflowTargeSize, {second: 150, third: 200}, ['fourth'], items)
+      ).toEqual(['third']);
+    });
+
+    it('should ignore inherited prototype identifiers such as toString', () => {
+      expect(getHiddenIds(250, 0, overflowTargeSize, itemSizeCache, ['toString'], items)).toEqual([
+        'second',
+        'third',
+        'fourth',
+      ]);
+    });
   });
 });
diff --git a/modules/react/tabs/lib/useTabsModel.tsx b/modules/react/tabs/lib/useTabsModel.tsx
index 5ec6318e93..7453338305 100644
--- a/modules/react/tabs/lib/useTabsModel.tsx
+++ b/modules/react/tabs/lib/useTabsModel.tsx
@@ -110,21 +110,26 @@ export const useTabsModel = createModelHook({
     unregisterPanel: panels.events.unregisterItem,
   };
 
-  const menu = useMenuModel(
-    useMenuModel.mergeConfig(config.menuConfig, {
-      id: `menu-${model.state.id}`,
-      items: overflowItems,
-      nonInteractiveIds: state.nonInteractiveIds.filter(key => !state.hiddenIds.includes(key)),
-      onSelect(data) {
-        menu.events.hide();
-        events.select(data);
-      },
-      onShow() {
-        // Always select the first item when the menu is opened
-        menu.events.goToFirst();
-      },
-    })
-  );
+  const mergedMenuConfig = useMenuModel.mergeConfig(config.menuConfig, {
+    id: `menu-${model.state.id}`,
+    items: overflowItems,
+    // `getId`/`getTextValue` aren't callbacks or guards, so `mergeConfig` would let these
+    // unconditionally clobber a `menuConfig.getId`/`getTextValue` override. Fall back to the
+    // top-level Tabs config only when the caller hasn't set one on `menuConfig` directly.
+    getId: config.menuConfig?.getId || getId,
+    getTextValue: config.menuConfig?.getTextValue || config.getTextValue,
+    nonInteractiveIds: state.nonInteractiveIds.filter(key => !state.hiddenIds.includes(key)),
+    onSelect(data) {
+      menu.events.hide();
+      events.select(data);
+    },
+    onShow() {
+      // Always select the first item when the menu is opened
+      menu.events.goToFirst();
+    },
+  });
+
+  const menu = useMenuModel(mergedMenuConfig);
 
   return {
     ...model,
diff --git a/modules/react/tabs/stories/examples/OverflowTabs.tsx b/modules/react/tabs/stories/examples/OverflowTabs.tsx
index 143872a5fd..f9d10dd728 100644
--- a/modules/react/tabs/stories/examples/OverflowTabs.tsx
+++ b/modules/react/tabs/stories/examples/OverflowTabs.tsx
@@ -7,23 +7,24 @@ import {px2rem} from '@workday/canvas-kit-styling';
 import {system} from '@workday/canvas-tokens-web';
 
 type MyTabItem = {
-  id: string;
+  contextId: string;
   text: React.ReactNode;
   contents: string;
 };
 
 export const OverflowTabs = () => {
   const [items] = React.useState<MyTabItem[]>([
-    {id: 'first', text: 'First Tab', contents: 'Contents of First Tab'},
-    {id: 'second', text: 'Second Tab', contents: 'Contents of Second Tab'},
-    {id: 'third', text: 'Third Tab', contents: 'Contents of Third Tab'},
-    {id: 'fourth', text: 'Fourth Tab', contents: 'Contents of Fourth Tab'},
-    {id: 'fifth', text: 'Fifth Tab', contents: 'Contents of Fifth Tab'},
-    {id: 'sixth', text: 'Sixth Tab', contents: 'Contents of Sixth Tab'},
-    {id: 'seventh', text: 'Seventh Tab', contents: 'Contents of Seventh Tab'},
+    {contextId: 'first', text: 'First Tab', contents: 'Contents of First Tab'},
+    {contextId: 'second', text: 'Second Tab', contents: 'Contents of Second Tab'},
+    {contextId: 'third', text: 'Third Tab', contents: 'Contents of Third Tab'},
+    {contextId: 'fourth', text: 'Fourth Tab', contents: 'Contents of Fourth Tab'},
+    {contextId: 'fifth', text: 'Fifth Tab', contents: 'Contents of Fifth Tab'},
+    {contextId: 'sixth', text: 'Sixth Tab', contents: 'Contents of Sixth Tab'},
+    {contextId: 'seventh', text: 'Seventh Tab', contents: 'Contents of Seventh Tab'},
   ]);
   const model = useTabsModel({
     items,
+    getId: (item: MyTabItem) => item.contextId,
   });
   const [containerWidth, setContainerWidth] = React.useState('100%');
   return (