diff --git a/dist/index.mjs b/dist/index.mjs
index 567480ba5ccc30619db2eb8e6da8d618ddb5e891..c49c573893a26897062cda2af9896bc69881db2a 100644
--- a/dist/index.mjs
+++ b/dist/index.mjs
@@ -3056,14 +3056,16 @@ function useSetEditorValues({
   );
 }
 function createTab({
+  id,
+  title,
   query = null,
   variables = null,
   headers = null
-} = {}) {
+}) {
   return {
-    id: guid(),
+    id: id || guid(),
     hash: hashFromTabContents({ query, variables, headers }),
-    title: query && fuzzyExtractOperationName(query) || DEFAULT_TITLE,
+    title: title || query && fuzzyExtractOperationName(query) || DEFAULT_TITLE,
     query,
     variables,
     headers,
@@ -3081,8 +3083,7 @@ function setPropertiesInActiveTab(state, partialTab) {
       const newTab = { ...tab, ...partialTab };
       return {
         ...newTab,
-        hash: hashFromTabContents(newTab),
-        title: newTab.operationName || (newTab.query ? fuzzyExtractOperationName(newTab.query) : void 0) || DEFAULT_TITLE
+        hash: hashFromTabContents(newTab)
       };
     })
   };
@@ -3304,25 +3305,31 @@ function EditorContextProvider(props) {
     responseEditor,
     defaultHeaders
   });
-  const addTab = useCallback(() => {
-    setTabState((current) => {
-      const updatedValues = synchronizeActiveTabValues(current);
-      const updated = {
-        tabs: [...updatedValues.tabs, createTab({ headers: defaultHeaders })],
-        activeTabIndex: updatedValues.tabs.length
-      };
-      storeTabs(updated);
-      setEditorValues(updated.tabs[updated.activeTabIndex]);
-      onTabChange == null ? void 0 : onTabChange(updated);
-      return updated;
-    });
-  }, [
-    defaultHeaders,
-    onTabChange,
-    setEditorValues,
-    storeTabs,
-    synchronizeActiveTabValues
-  ]);
+  const addTab = useCallback(
+    (_tabState) => {
+      setTabState((current) => {
+        const updatedValues = synchronizeActiveTabValues(current);
+        const updated = {
+          tabs: [
+            ...updatedValues.tabs,
+            createTab({ ..._tabState, headers: defaultHeaders })
+          ],
+          activeTabIndex: updatedValues.tabs.length
+        };
+        storeTabs(updated);
+        setEditorValues(updated.tabs[updated.activeTabIndex]);
+        onTabChange == null ? void 0 : onTabChange(updated);
+        return updated;
+      });
+    },
+    [
+      defaultHeaders,
+      onTabChange,
+      setEditorValues,
+      storeTabs,
+      synchronizeActiveTabValues
+    ]
+  );
   const changeTab = useCallback(
     (index) => {
       setTabState((current) => {
@@ -3418,6 +3425,7 @@ function EditorContextProvider(props) {
   const value = useMemo(
     () => ({
       ...tabState,
+      setTabState,
       addTab,
       changeTab,
       moveTab,
diff --git a/dist/types/editor/context.d.ts b/dist/types/editor/context.d.ts
index 199db8a294f8132d46470498870adbdf9fdc83af..d8901fe0d50db17db36a502dcf69d5f69efb84a1 100644
--- a/dist/types/editor/context.d.ts
+++ b/dist/types/editor/context.d.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { DocumentNode, FragmentDefinitionNode, OperationDefinitionNode, ValidationRule } from 'graphql';
 import { VariableToType } from 'graphql-language-service';
-import { ReactNode } from 'react';
+import { Dispatch, ReactNode, SetStateAction } from 'react';
 import { TabDefinition, TabsState, TabState } from './tabs';
 import { CodeMirrorEditor } from './types';
 export declare type CodeMirrorEditorWithOperationFacts = CodeMirrorEditor & {
@@ -10,10 +10,11 @@ export declare type CodeMirrorEditorWithOperationFacts = CodeMirrorEditor & {
     variableToType: VariableToType | null;
 };
 export declare type EditorContextType = TabsState & {
+    setTabState: Dispatch<SetStateAction<TabsState>>;
     /**
      * Add a new tab.
      */
-    addTab(): void;
+    addTab(tabState?: Pick<TabState, 'id' | 'query' | 'variables' | 'headers' | 'title'>): void;
     /**
      * Switch to a different tab.
      * @param index The index of the tab that should be switched to.
@@ -38,7 +39,7 @@ export declare type EditorContextType = TabsState & {
      * @param partialTab A partial tab state object that will override the
      * current values. The properties `id`, `hash` and `title` cannot be changed.
      */
-    updateActiveTabValues(partialTab: Partial<Omit<TabState, 'id' | 'hash' | 'title'>>): void;
+    updateActiveTabValues(partialTab: Partial<Omit<TabState, 'hash'>>): void;
     /**
      * The CodeMirror editor instance for the headers editor.
      */
diff --git a/dist/types/editor/tabs.d.ts b/dist/types/editor/tabs.d.ts
index 28704a9c1c6e22fa75986de8591759e13035c8c5..5204d2b25198f89da9bba70804656f02799c7df6 100644
--- a/dist/types/editor/tabs.d.ts
+++ b/dist/types/editor/tabs.d.ts
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ export declare function useSetEditorValues({ queryEditor, variableEditor, header
     headers?: string | null | undefined;
     response: string | null;
 }) => void;
-export declare function createTab({ query, variables, headers, }?: Partial<TabDefinition>): TabState;
+export declare function createTab({ id, title, query, variables, headers, }: Partial<TabDefinition & Pick<TabState, 'id' | 'title'>>): TabState;
 export declare function setPropertiesInActiveTab(state: TabsState, partialTab: Partial<Omit<TabState, 'id' | 'hash' | 'title'>>): TabsState;
 export declare function fuzzyExtractOperationName(str: string): string | null;
 export declare function clearHeadersFromTabs(storage: StorageAPI | null): void;