diff --git a/src/main/runtime/orca-runtime-tests/mobile-session-tabs-part-05.spec.ts b/src/main/runtime/orca-runtime-tests/mobile-session-tabs-part-05.spec.ts
index 307fc1331a5..d610bc4ff24 100644
--- a/src/main/runtime/orca-runtime-tests/mobile-session-tabs-part-05.spec.ts
+++ b/src/main/runtime/orca-runtime-tests/mobile-session-tabs-part-05.spec.ts
@@ -89,6 +89,62 @@ describe('OrcaRuntimeService', () => {
     expect(suppressed?.type === 'terminal' && suppressed.agentStatus?.terminalTitle).toBeUndefined()
   })
 
+  it('publishes a renamed tab over the live agent title, and the live title once cleared', async () => {
+    const runtime = new OrcaRuntimeService(store)
+    runtime.setPtyController({
+      spawn: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue({ id: 'renamed-pty' }),
+      write: () => true,
+      kill: () => true,
+      getForegroundProcess: async () => 'claude'
+    })
+    const leafId = HEADLESS_LEAF_ID
+    await runtime.createTerminal(`id:${TEST_WORKTREE_ID}`, { tabId: 'renamed-tab', leafId })
+    runtime.attachWindow(1)
+    const publish = (snapshotVersion: number, customTitle: string | null) =>
+      runtime.syncWindowGraph(1, {
+        tabs: [
+          {
+            tabId: 'renamed-tab',
+            worktreeId: TEST_WORKTREE_ID,
+            title: '✳ Claude Code',
+            activeLeafId: leafId,
+            layout: null
+          }
+        ],
+        leaves: [],
+        mobileSessionTabs: [
+          {
+            worktree: TEST_WORKTREE_ID,
+            publicationEpoch: 'renderer-renamed',
+            snapshotVersion,
+            activeGroupId: null,
+            activeTabId: `renamed-tab::${leafId}`,
+            activeTabType: 'terminal',
+            tabs: [
+              {
+                type: 'terminal',
+                id: `renamed-tab::${leafId}`,
+                parentTabId: 'renamed-tab',
+                leafId,
+                title: '✳ Claude Code',
+                customTitle,
+                isActive: true
+              }
+            ]
+          }
+        ]
+      })
+    publish(1, 'Build fixer')
+    runtime.onPtyData('renamed-pty', '\x1b]0;⠂ Claude Code\x07', 124)
+
+    const renamed = await runtime.listMobileSessionTabs(`id:${TEST_WORKTREE_ID}`)
+    expect(renamed.tabs[0]).toEqual(expect.objectContaining({ title: 'Build fixer' }))
+
+    publish(2, null)
+    const cleared = await runtime.listMobileSessionTabs(`id:${TEST_WORKTREE_ID}`)
+    expect(cleared.tabs[0]).toEqual(expect.objectContaining({ title: '⠂ Claude Code' }))
+  })
+
   it('uses fresh neutral PTY titles over stale mobile snapshot and OSC titles', async () => {
     const spawn = vi.fn().mockResolvedValue({ id: 'laptop-created-pty' })
     const runtime = new OrcaRuntimeService(store)
diff --git a/src/main/runtime/runtime-mobile-session-projection.ts b/src/main/runtime/runtime-mobile-session-projection.ts
index 82d2c8162d1..f31994b57b2 100644
--- a/src/main/runtime/runtime-mobile-session-projection.ts
+++ b/src/main/runtime/runtime-mobile-session-projection.ts
@@ -179,11 +179,11 @@ export function projectRuntimeMobileSessionTabs(
     const ownerAgent =
       ownerRecord?.agent ?? liveLeafPty?.foregroundAgent ?? pty?.foregroundAgent ?? null
     const ownerOptions = { ownerIsLaunch: ownerRecord?.ownerIsLaunch === true }
-    const title = normalizeCompatibleAgentTitleForOwner(
-      trackerOnlyTitle ?? leafTitle ?? ptyTitle ?? syncedTab?.title ?? tab.title,
-      ownerAgent,
-      ownerOptions
-    )
+    const liveTitle = trackerOnlyTitle ?? leafTitle ?? ptyTitle ?? syncedTab?.title ?? tab.title
+    // Why: agents repaint their title constantly, so a user's rename must outrank it.
+    const title =
+      tab.customTitle?.trim() ||
+      normalizeCompatibleAgentTitleForOwner(liveTitle, ownerAgent, ownerOptions)
     const liveTitleEvidence = leafTitle ?? ptyTitle
     // Why: renderer status can precede hook session identity, leaving native chat with no transcript address.
     const rendererStatusAgent =