diff --git a/src/renderer/src/app-shell/remote-workspace-unplaced-upload-suppression.test.tsx b/src/renderer/src/app-shell/remote-workspace-unplaced-upload-suppression.test.tsx
index 1ade1716d65..28724c4068b 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/app-shell/remote-workspace-unplaced-upload-suppression.test.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/src/app-shell/remote-workspace-unplaced-upload-suppression.test.tsx
@@ -227,7 +227,8 @@ describe('uploads from a client that could not place the host tabs', () => {
     const persistence = renderHook(() => useAppSessionPersistence())
     const sync = createSync()
 
-    expect(await sync.applyUnsolicitedSnapshot(TARGET_ID, snapshot())).toBe('placed')
+    await sync.applyUnsolicitedSnapshot(TARGET_ID, snapshot())
+    // Adoption is the observable outcome; the apply reports nothing back by design.
     expect(useAppStore.getState().tabsByWorktree[WORKTREE_ID]?.map((tab) => tab.id)).toEqual([
       'T1',
       'T2'
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/hooks/remote-workspace-snapshot-apply.ts b/src/renderer/src/hooks/remote-workspace-snapshot-apply.ts
index d1657d56f1f..68af13743fa 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/hooks/remote-workspace-snapshot-apply.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/hooks/remote-workspace-snapshot-apply.ts
@@ -74,16 +74,6 @@ function currentRecoveryTabIds(
   )
 }
 
-/**
- * `placed` — every terminal-tab row in the snapshot landed on a local workspace, so this client's
- * picture is the host's and may be declared authoritative.
- * `unplaced` — the snapshot carried tab rows whose worktree path the local catalog could not
- * resolve. That is `unverifiable` (the host lineage read came back degraded, so `worktreesByRepo`
- * is still empty), never proof the rows are not ours — so the target stays un-hydrated and the
- * caller re-pulls. See docs/reference/ssh-execution-boundary.md.
- */
-export type DirectSshSnapshotPlacement = 'placed' | 'unplaced' | 'not-applied'
-
 export async function applyDirectSshRemoteWorkspaceSnapshot({
   store,
   snapshot,
@@ -93,16 +83,16 @@ export async function applyDirectSshRemoteWorkspaceSnapshot({
   isPreparationTokenCurrent,
   waitForWorkspaceSessionReady,
   finalizeHydratedTerminals
-}: RemoteWorkspaceSnapshotApplyInput): Promise<DirectSshSnapshotPlacement> {
+}: RemoteWorkspaceSnapshotApplyInput): Promise<void> {
   const { authority } = token
   if (!isArrivalCurrent(authority.targetId, arrival)) {
-    return 'not-applied'
+    return
   }
   if (
     !isPreparationTokenCurrent(token) ||
     !admitDirectSshSnapshotApplyToken(token, authority, snapshot.revision)
   ) {
-    return 'not-applied'
+    return
   }
   if (!(await waitForWorkspaceSessionReady())) {
     if (isArrivalCurrent(authority.targetId, arrival) && isPreparationTokenCurrent(token)) {
@@ -115,7 +105,7 @@ export async function applyDirectSshRemoteWorkspaceSnapshot({
         )
       })
     }
-    return 'not-applied'
+    return
   }
   const state = store.getState()
   const worktreeIds = exactTargetWorktreeIds(state, authority)
@@ -135,10 +125,9 @@ export async function applyDirectSshRemoteWorkspaceSnapshot({
     snapshot.revision
   )
   if (!isArrivalCurrent(authority.targetId, arrival) || !isPreparationTokenCurrent(token)) {
-    return 'not-applied'
+    return
   }
-  const placement: DirectSshSnapshotPlacement =
-    unplacedTabWorktreePaths.length > 0 ? 'unplaced' : 'placed'
+  const hasUnplacedTerminalTabs = unplacedTabWorktreePaths.length > 0
   snapshotApplyDepth += 1
   try {
     const currentStore = store.getState()
@@ -149,7 +138,7 @@ export async function applyDirectSshRemoteWorkspaceSnapshot({
     })
     currentStore.hydrateTabsSession(merged, { replaceWorkspaceKeys })
     // Why: direct SSH snapshots project terminal state only; global editor/browser hydration would reset unrelated hosts.
-    if (placement === 'placed') {
+    if (!hasUnplacedTerminalTabs) {
       currentStore.markRemoteWorkspaceHydrated(authority.targetId)
       currentStore.setRemoteWorkspaceSyncStatus(authority.targetId, {
         phase: 'synced',
@@ -207,5 +196,4 @@ export async function applyDirectSshRemoteWorkspaceSnapshot({
     snapshotWriteSuppressUntil = Date.now() + REMOTE_WORKSPACE_SNAPSHOT_WRITE_SUPPRESS_MS
     snapshotApplyDepth -= 1
   }
-  return placement
 }
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/hooks/remote-workspace-target-sync.ts b/src/renderer/src/hooks/remote-workspace-target-sync.ts
index d9cf3cff7c7..260c3e50b8c 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/hooks/remote-workspace-target-sync.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/hooks/remote-workspace-target-sync.ts
@@ -15,10 +15,7 @@ import type {
 } from './direct-ssh-reconnect-coordinator'
 import { buildDirectSshSnapshotApplyToken } from './direct-ssh-reconnect-coordinator'
 import { resolveDirectSshTargetScope } from '../lib/direct-ssh-target-scope'
-import {
-  applyDirectSshRemoteWorkspaceSnapshot,
-  type DirectSshSnapshotPlacement
-} from './remote-workspace-snapshot-apply'
+import { applyDirectSshRemoteWorkspaceSnapshot } from './remote-workspace-snapshot-apply'
 
 const WORKSPACE_HYDRATION_TIMEOUT_MS = 10_000
 
@@ -46,10 +43,7 @@ export type RemoteWorkspaceTargetSyncDeps = {
 
 export type RemoteWorkspaceTargetSync = {
   syncAfterConnect: (token: DirectSshPreparationToken) => Promise<void>
-  applyUnsolicitedSnapshot: (
-    targetId: string,
-    snapshot: RemoteWorkspaceSnapshot
-  ) => Promise<DirectSshSnapshotPlacement>
+  applyUnsolicitedSnapshot: (targetId: string, snapshot: RemoteWorkspaceSnapshot) => Promise<void>
   stop: () => void
 }
 
@@ -217,11 +211,11 @@ export function createRemoteWorkspaceTargetSync(
   const applyUnsolicitedSnapshot = async (
     targetId: string,
     snapshot: RemoteWorkspaceSnapshot
-  ): Promise<DirectSshSnapshotPlacement> => {
+  ): Promise<void> => {
     const arrival = beginArrival(targetId)
     const authority = deps.getCurrentAuthority(targetId)
     if (!authority) {
-      return 'not-applied'
+      return
     }
     const input = await deps.capturePreparationInput(
       authority,
@@ -229,17 +223,17 @@ export function createRemoteWorkspaceTargetSync(
       snapshot.revision
     )
     if (!input || !isArrivalCurrent(targetId, arrival)) {
-      return 'not-applied'
+      return
     }
     const prepared = await deps.prepareOnly(input)
     if (!prepared.token || !isArrivalCurrent(targetId, arrival)) {
-      return 'not-applied'
+      return
     }
     const applyToken = buildDirectSshSnapshotApplyToken(prepared.token, snapshot.revision)
     if (!applyToken) {
-      return 'not-applied'
+      return
     }
-    const placement = await applyDirectSshRemoteWorkspaceSnapshot({
+    await applyDirectSshRemoteWorkspaceSnapshot({
       store: deps.store,
       snapshot,
       token: applyToken,
@@ -249,7 +243,6 @@ export function createRemoteWorkspaceTargetSync(
       waitForWorkspaceSessionReady,
       finalizeHydratedTerminals: deps.finalizeHydratedTerminals
     })
-    return placement
   }
 
   return {