diff --git a/src/main/ipc/ai-vault-runtime-owned-ssh.test.ts b/src/main/ipc/ai-vault-runtime-owned-ssh.test.ts
index 66e8c60bd66..5ffec8003d5 100644
--- a/src/main/ipc/ai-vault-runtime-owned-ssh.test.ts
+++ b/src/main/ipc/ai-vault-runtime-owned-ssh.test.ts
@@ -290,6 +290,27 @@ describe('runtime-owned SSH AI Vault routing', () => {
       }
     )
   })
+
+  it('does not resolve titles through another runtime for a locally owned SSH target', async () => {
+    mocks.requestActiveSshAiVaultSessionTitles.mockResolvedValue(null)
+    mocks.getActiveSshAiVaultHostInfo.mockReturnValue({})
+    const findRuntimeOwningSshAiVaultHost = vi.fn()
+    const resolveRuntimeOwnedSshAiVaultSessionTitles = vi.fn()
+    registerAiVaultHandlers({
+      findRuntimeOwningSshAiVaultHost,
+      resolveRuntimeOwnedSshAiVaultSessionTitles
+    })
+
+    await expect(
+      _internals.resolveAiVaultSessionTitles({
+        executionHostScope: 'ssh:dev-box',
+        requests: [{ agent: 'codex', sessionId: 'session-1' }]
+      })
+    ).resolves.toEqual({ titles: [] })
+
+    expect(findRuntimeOwningSshAiVaultHost).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+    expect(resolveRuntimeOwnedSshAiVaultSessionTitles).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+  })
 })
 
 function result(sessions: AiVaultSession[]): AiVaultListResult {
diff --git a/src/main/ipc/ai-vault-session-title-routing.ts b/src/main/ipc/ai-vault-session-title-routing.ts
index 0fbf2d9de6d..218deaf2fd3 100644
--- a/src/main/ipc/ai-vault-session-title-routing.ts
+++ b/src/main/ipc/ai-vault-session-title-routing.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import {
 import type { RuntimeOwnedSshAiVaultHost } from '../ai-vault/runtime-owned-ssh-session-list'
 import { resolveLocalAiVaultSessionTitles } from '../ai-vault/session-title-resolver'
 import { parseAiVaultSessionTitlesResult } from '../ai-vault/session-title-result-validation'
-import { requestActiveSshAiVaultSessionTitles } from './ssh'
+import { getActiveSshAiVaultHostInfo, requestActiveSshAiVaultSessionTitles } from './ssh'
 
 export type RuntimeAiVaultSessionTitleResolver = (
   environmentId: string,
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ async function resolveSshAiVaultSessionTitles(
   }
   if (
     isRuntimeOwnedSshTargetId(targetId) ||
+    getActiveSshAiVaultHostInfo(targetId) ||
     !options.findRuntimeOwningSshAiVaultHost ||
     !options.resolveRuntimeOwnedSsh
   ) {