diff --git a/src/main/persistence-orcad-migration-catalog.test.ts b/src/main/persistence-orcad-migration-catalog.test.ts
index cf8596ec69a..c0639812a0f 100644
--- a/src/main/persistence-orcad-migration-catalog.test.ts
+++ b/src/main/persistence-orcad-migration-catalog.test.ts
@@ -522,6 +522,23 @@ describe('orcad migration catalog persistence', () => {
     expect(store.getFolderWorkspaces()).toEqual([])
   })
 
+  it.each([
+    ['a connection id', { connectionId: 'nested-target' }],
+    ['an SSH execution host', { executionHostId: 'ssh:nested-target' as const }],
+    ['a runtime execution host', { executionHostId: 'runtime:other-env' as const }]
+  ])('imports beside a same-path project on another machine (%s)', (_case, host) => {
+    const store = createStore()
+    store.addRepo(makeRepo({ id: 'nested', path: REPOSITORY.path, ...host }))
+
+    commitCatalog(store, manifest())
+    expect(
+      store
+        .getRepos()
+        .map((repo) => repo.id)
+        .sort()
+    ).toEqual(['nested', REPOSITORY.id].sort())
+  })
+
   it('validates all id conflicts before adding any manifest row', () => {
     const store = createStore()
     store.addRepo(makeRepo({ id: REPOSITORY.id, path: '/srv/different' }))
diff --git a/src/main/persistence/migrating-orcad-catalog/orcad-catalog-records.ts b/src/main/persistence/migrating-orcad-catalog/orcad-catalog-records.ts
index bf03ae98c5c..22686d7d69c 100644
--- a/src/main/persistence/migrating-orcad-catalog/orcad-catalog-records.ts
+++ b/src/main/persistence/migrating-orcad-catalog/orcad-catalog-records.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import {
 import type { ProjectGroup } from '../../../shared/project-group-types'
 import type { Repo } from '../../../shared/repo-types'
 import { normalizeRuntimePathForComparison } from '../../../shared/cross-platform-path'
+import { isRepoOnCatalogHost } from '../../../shared/execution-host'
 import { assertOrcadMigrationStagedCatalogClaims } from './orcad-staged-catalog-claims'
 import {
   toOrcadDestinationFolderWorkspace,
@@ -138,7 +139,8 @@ function assertNoRepositoryPathConflicts(incoming: Repo[], existing: Repo[]): vo
     }
     incomingByPath.set(key, repo.id)
   }
-  for (const repo of existing) {
+  // Incoming rows land on this machine; a same-path row on another host is a different checkout.
+  for (const repo of existing.filter(isRepoOnCatalogHost)) {
     if (
       !incomingIdSet.has(repo.id) &&
       incomingByPath.has(normalizeRuntimePathForComparison(repo.path))
diff --git a/src/main/ssh/orcad-migration-catalog-client.test.ts b/src/main/ssh/orcad-migration-catalog-client.test.ts
index 2aa44cb7549..6184ee29ae2 100644
--- a/src/main/ssh/orcad-migration-catalog-client.test.ts
+++ b/src/main/ssh/orcad-migration-catalog-client.test.ts
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ vi.mock('../../shared/remote-runtime-client', () => ({
 const {
   abortRemoteOrcadMigrationCatalog,
   commitRemoteOrcadMigrationCatalog,
+  listRemoteOrcadRepositories,
   readRemoteOrcadMigrationCatalogState,
   stageRemoteOrcadMigrationCatalog,
   stageRemoteOrcadMigrationSnapshotChunk
@@ -83,6 +84,27 @@ describe('remote orcad migration catalog client', () => {
     }
   )
 
+  it('keeps each server project’s execution host, so a nested SSH row is never read as local', async () => {
+    sendRequest.mockResolvedValue({
+      ok: true,
+      result: {
+        repos: [
+          { id: 'own', path: '/root/a', connectionId: null, displayName: 'own' },
+          { id: 'nested', path: '/root/b', connectionId: 'ssh-nested' },
+          { id: 'runtime', path: '/root/c', executionHostId: 'runtime:env' },
+          // An older orcad row: no host fields at all.
+          { id: 'legacy', path: '/root/d' }
+        ]
+      }
+    })
+    await expect(listRemoteOrcadRepositories(pairingCode)).resolves.toEqual([
+      { id: 'own', path: '/root/a' },
+      { id: 'nested', path: '/root/b', connectionId: 'ssh-nested' },
+      { id: 'runtime', path: '/root/c', executionHostId: 'runtime:env' },
+      { id: 'legacy', path: '/root/d' }
+    ])
+  })
+
   it('pins snapshot acknowledgments to the admitted destination runtime', async () => {
     const request = {
       migrationId: 'migration-1',
diff --git a/src/main/ssh/orcad-migration-catalog-client.ts b/src/main/ssh/orcad-migration-catalog-client.ts
index 07e1308ba24..ddc076e7e39 100644
--- a/src/main/ssh/orcad-migration-catalog-client.ts
+++ b/src/main/ssh/orcad-migration-catalog-client.ts
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import type { RuntimeRpcResponse } from '../../shared/runtime-rpc-envelope'
 import { AUTOMATION_EXTRA_AGENT_ARGS_RUNTIME_CAPABILITY } from '../../shared/protocol-version'
 import { hasExtraAgentArgs } from '../../shared/automation-extra-agent-args'
 import { requiredOrcadMigrationSourceCapability } from '../../shared/orcad-migration-source-kind'
+import type { OrcadServerRepository } from './orcad-migration-repository-link'
 
 type OrcadCatalogMigrationOperation = 'abort' | 'commit' | 'stage' | 'state'
 
@@ -152,15 +153,23 @@ export async function stageRemoteOrcadMigrationBlobChunk(
   return parseOrcadMigrationBlobChunkResult(response.result, request)
 }
 
+// Every orcad's repo.list returns stored rows whole, so a row without host fields is its own.
 const ServerRepositoriesSchema = z.object({
-  repos: z.array(z.object({ id: z.string().min(1), path: z.string().min(1) }))
+  repos: z.array(
+    z.object({
+      id: z.string().min(1),
+      path: z.string().min(1),
+      connectionId: z.string().nullish(),
+      executionHostId: z.string().nullish()
+    })
+  )
 })
 
-/** The projects the destination already holds, as ids and host paths, through the same preflight. */
+/** The projects the destination already holds, with the host each one's files are on. */
 export async function listRemoteOrcadRepositories(
   pairingCode: string,
   options: CatalogRequestOptions = {}
-): Promise<{ id: string; path: string }[]> {
+): Promise<OrcadServerRepository[]> {
   const pairing = parsePairingCode(pairingCode)
   if (!pairing) {
     throw new Error('orcad_migration_pairing_code_invalid')
@@ -169,7 +178,14 @@ export async function listRemoteOrcadRepositories(
   if (!response.ok) {
     throw new Error(`orcad_migration_repositories_failed:${response.error.message}`)
   }
-  return ServerRepositoriesSchema.parse(response.result).repos.map(({ id, path }) => ({ id, path }))
+  return ServerRepositoriesSchema.parse(response.result).repos.map(
+    ({ id, path, connectionId, executionHostId }) => ({
+      id,
+      path,
+      ...(connectionId != null ? { connectionId } : {}),
+      ...(executionHostId != null ? { executionHostId } : {})
+    })
+  )
 }
 
 async function requestCatalogState(
diff --git a/src/main/ssh/orcad-migration-repository-link.test.ts b/src/main/ssh/orcad-migration-repository-link.test.ts
index 5e4153b833c..ad500417652 100644
--- a/src/main/ssh/orcad-migration-repository-link.test.ts
+++ b/src/main/ssh/orcad-migration-repository-link.test.ts
@@ -199,6 +199,21 @@ describe('moving onto a server another desktop already added the same project to
     })
   })
 
+  it.each([
+    ['a connection id', { connectionId: 'nested-target' }],
+    ['an SSH execution host', { executionHostId: 'ssh:nested-target' as const }],
+    ['a runtime execution host', { executionHostId: 'runtime:other-env' as const }]
+  ])(
+    'imports, not links, when the server’s same-path project lives on another machine (%s)',
+    async (_case, host) => {
+      // A project another host holds, reached through the server's own SSH target.
+      server.addRepo({ ...repo('nested-repo', '/root/migrepo', null), ...host })
+      await expect(convert()).resolves.toMatchObject({ outcome: 'converted' })
+      expect(serverRepoIds()).toEqual(['desktop-only', 'desktop-repo', 'nested-repo'])
+      expect(listOrcadMigrationSourceCutovers(userDataPath)[0]?.linkedRepositoryIds).toBeUndefined()
+    }
+  )
+
   it('says nothing was linked when the server held none of the projects', async () => {
     const result = await convert()
     expect(result.outcome).toBe('converted')
diff --git a/src/main/ssh/orcad-migration-repository-link.ts b/src/main/ssh/orcad-migration-repository-link.ts
index 9cfaae26469..8ea39dafbbe 100644
--- a/src/main/ssh/orcad-migration-repository-link.ts
+++ b/src/main/ssh/orcad-migration-repository-link.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 import { getAutomationRunRepoId } from '../../shared/automation-run-identity'
 import type { Automation } from '../../shared/automations-types'
 import { normalizeRuntimePathForComparison } from '../../shared/cross-platform-path'
+import { isRepoOnCatalogHost } from '../../shared/execution-host'
 import type { OrcadMigrationSourceCutover } from '../../shared/orcad-migration-source-cutover'
 import type { Repo } from '../../shared/repo-types'
 import type { SshManagedServerLinkedProject } from '../../shared/ssh-types'
@@ -27,18 +28,22 @@ import { sshRelayMigrationCutoverPort } from './orcad-migration-ssh-relay-source
 import { orcadCatalogFingerprint } from './orcad-retained-source'
 import type { SshTargetOrcadClaims } from './ssh-target-orcad-claims'
 
-export type OrcadServerRepository = Pick<Repo, 'id' | 'path'>
+export type OrcadServerRepository = Pick<Repo, 'id' | 'path'> & {
+  connectionId?: string | null
+  executionHostId?: string | null
+}
 
 /**
  * Incoming projects the server holds at the same host path. `sameId` is the server's copy of this
- * desktop's own row, from an earlier move into the profile a stopped server left (#29560).
+ * desktop's own row, from an earlier move into the profile a stopped server left (#29560). Only the
+ * server machine's own rows count: one it reaches on another host is a different checkout.
  */
 export function repositoriesHeldByServer(
   incoming: readonly OrcadServerRepository[],
   server: readonly OrcadServerRepository[]
 ): { otherId: string[]; sameId: string[] } {
   const serverIdsByPath = new Map<string, Set<string>>()
-  for (const repo of server) {
+  for (const repo of server.filter(isRepoOnCatalogHost)) {
     const key = normalizeRuntimePathForComparison(repo.path)
     serverIdsByPath.set(key, (serverIdsByPath.get(key) ?? new Set()).add(repo.id))
   }
diff --git a/src/shared/execution-host.test.ts b/src/shared/execution-host.test.ts
index bc7ea7ba4e3..e86bccbecbd 100644
--- a/src/shared/execution-host.test.ts
+++ b/src/shared/execution-host.test.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import {
   getSettingsFocusedExecutionHostId,
   getSshTargetIdForExecutionHost,
   getWorktreeExecutionHostId,
+  isRepoOnCatalogHost,
   isUnresolvedOwnerHostId,
   normalizeExecutionHostOrder,
   normalizeExecutionHostScope,
@@ -203,3 +204,17 @@ describe('unresolved-owner sentinel', () => {
     expect(isUnresolvedOwnerHostId('runtime:env-1')).toBe(false)
   })
 })
+
+describe('isRepoOnCatalogHost', () => {
+  it('counts only rows whose files are on the catalog’s own machine', () => {
+    expect(isRepoOnCatalogHost({})).toBe(true)
+    expect(isRepoOnCatalogHost({ connectionId: null, executionHostId: 'local' })).toBe(true)
+    expect(isRepoOnCatalogHost({ connectionId: '  ' })).toBe(true)
+    expect(isRepoOnCatalogHost({ connectionId: 'ssh-1' })).toBe(false)
+    expect(isRepoOnCatalogHost({ executionHostId: 'ssh:ssh-1' })).toBe(false)
+    expect(isRepoOnCatalogHost({ executionHostId: 'runtime:env-1' })).toBe(false)
+    // A stale connection id contradicts `local`; an unknown host id is not proven local.
+    expect(isRepoOnCatalogHost({ executionHostId: 'local', connectionId: 'ssh-1' })).toBe(false)
+    expect(isRepoOnCatalogHost({ executionHostId: 'future:host' })).toBe(false)
+  })
+})
diff --git a/src/shared/execution-host.ts b/src/shared/execution-host.ts
index 7a9e0f80f66..409dd2986b6 100644
--- a/src/shared/execution-host.ts
+++ b/src/shared/execution-host.ts
@@ -206,6 +206,21 @@ export function getRepoExecutionHostId(repo: {
   return getConnectionExecutionHostId(normalizeHostPart(repo.connectionId))
 }
 
+/**
+ * Whether a row's files are on the machine whose catalog holds it. Strict: an unknown host id or a
+ * stale `connectionId` beside `local` reads as elsewhere, so it never matches a local checkout.
+ */
+export function isRepoOnCatalogHost(repo: {
+  connectionId?: string | null
+  executionHostId?: string | null
+}): boolean {
+  const executionHostId = normalizeHostPart(repo.executionHostId)
+  return (
+    (executionHostId === null || executionHostId === LOCAL_EXECUTION_HOST_ID) &&
+    normalizeHostPart(repo.connectionId) === null
+  )
+}
+
 export function getSshTargetIdForExecutionHost(
   executionHostId: string | null | undefined
 ): string | null {