diff --git a/src/main/persistence.ts b/src/main/persistence.ts
index eba5a989068..cbe99c70171 100644
--- a/src/main/persistence.ts
+++ b/src/main/persistence.ts
@@ -2913,6 +2913,15 @@ export function hoistSshPartitionsIntoLocalSession(
       local.activeTabIdByWorktree = { ...local.activeTabIdByWorktree, [worktreeId]: tabId }
       changed = true
     }
+    // Consume the source. A migration that leaves it behind runs again every launch and
+    // resurrects panes the user has since closed, because "local has no such tab" is exactly
+    // what this function treats as "needs hoisting".
+    if (state.workspaceSessionsByHostId?.[hostId]) {
+      const remaining = { ...state.workspaceSessionsByHostId }
+      delete remaining[hostId]
+      state.workspaceSessionsByHostId = remaining
+      changed = true
+    }
   }
   return changed
 }
diff --git a/src/main/ssh-partition-upgrade-tab-loss.test.ts b/src/main/ssh-partition-upgrade-tab-loss.test.ts
index 73a382798f3..64feef17978 100644
--- a/src/main/ssh-partition-upgrade-tab-loss.test.ts
+++ b/src/main/ssh-partition-upgrade-tab-loss.test.ts
@@ -157,4 +157,28 @@ describe('an SSH pane whose membership was persisted into the ssh partition', ()
     expect(changed, 'the function reported no change').toBe(true)
     expect(state.workspaceSession?.tabsByWorktree?.[WORKTREE] ?? []).toHaveLength(1)
   })
+
+  // A migration that leaves its source behind runs again on the next launch and re-adds panes the
+  // user has since closed, because "local has no such tab" is precisely its hoist condition.
+  it('does not resurrect a tab the user closed after upgrading', async () => {
+    const before = await createStore()
+    before.setWorkspaceSession(paneSession() as never, SSH_PARTITION)
+    before.flushOrThrow()
+
+    // The upgrade launch hoists the pane.
+    const upgraded = await reopenStore()
+    expect(upgraded.getWorkspaceSession().tabsByWorktree?.[WORKTREE] ?? []).toHaveLength(1)
+
+    // The user closes it, and that sticks.
+    upgraded.setWorkspaceSession(
+      { ...upgraded.getWorkspaceSession(), tabsByWorktree: { [WORKTREE]: [] } } as never
+    )
+    upgraded.flushOrThrow()
+
+    const relaunched = await reopenStore()
+    expect(
+      relaunched.getWorkspaceSession().tabsByWorktree?.[WORKTREE] ?? [],
+      'the migration re-added a tab the user had closed'
+    ).toHaveLength(0)
+  })
 })