diff --git a/src/main/runtime/mobile-desktop-relay/mobile-desktop-relay.integration.test.ts b/src/main/runtime/mobile-desktop-relay/mobile-desktop-relay.integration.test.ts
index 9a9542d41f0..e21d2b3b3d2 100644
--- a/src/main/runtime/mobile-desktop-relay/mobile-desktop-relay.integration.test.ts
+++ b/src/main/runtime/mobile-desktop-relay/mobile-desktop-relay.integration.test.ts
@@ -422,12 +422,30 @@ describe('mobile desktop relay: phone -> desktop -> server', () => {
     expect(isOk(await phone.next('after-sync'))).toBe(true)
   })
 
-  it('refuses desktop-owned methods and unknown servers without running anything on the desktop', async () => {
+  it('answers a targeted desktop-owned call on the desktop, exactly as the untargeted one', async () => {
+    const { desktop } = await startTopology()
+    const phone = await connectPhone(desktop.server, 'iPhone')
+    const opensBefore = passthroughOpens.count
+
+    for (const method of ['settings.get', 'status.get']) {
+      phone.send(`${method}:targeted`, method, {})
+      phone.send(`${method}:untargeted`, method, {}, null)
+      const targeted = await phone.next(`${method}:targeted`)
+      const untargeted = await phone.next(`${method}:untargeted`)
+      expect(isOk(targeted)).toBe(true)
+      expect(targeted.result).toEqual(untargeted.result)
+    }
+    expect(passthroughOpens.count).toBe(opensBefore)
+    // An execution-host method under the same target still relays.
+    phone.send('list', 'terminal.list', {})
+    expect(isOk(await phone.next('list'))).toBe(true)
+    expect(passthroughOpens.count).toBe(opensBefore + 1)
+  })
+
+  it('refuses binary-frame methods and unknown servers without running anything on the desktop', async () => {
     const { desktop, desktopSpawns } = await startTopology()
     const phone = await connectPhone(desktop.server, 'iPhone')
 
-    phone.send('settings', 'settings.get', {})
-    expect(errorCode(await phone.next('settings'))).toBe('forbidden')
     phone.send('multiplex', 'terminal.multiplex', {})
     expect(errorCode(await phone.next('multiplex'))).toBe('forbidden')
     const create = {
diff --git a/src/main/runtime/mobile-desktop-relay/mobile-desktop-relay.ts b/src/main/runtime/mobile-desktop-relay/mobile-desktop-relay.ts
index 3ef48699344..20386ee042c 100644
--- a/src/main/runtime/mobile-desktop-relay/mobile-desktop-relay.ts
+++ b/src/main/runtime/mobile-desktop-relay/mobile-desktop-relay.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import {
   openRemoteRuntimePassthroughSocket,
   type RemoteRuntimePassthroughSocket
 } from '../../../shared/remote-runtime-passthrough-socket'
-import { MOBILE_RPC_METHOD_ROUTES } from '../runtime-rpc/runtime-rpc-mobile-method-routing'
 import { syncDelegatedPhoneGrants, type DelegatedPhoneGrants } from './delegated-phone-grants'
 import type { MobileDesktopRelayHost, MobileDesktopRelayHosts } from './mobile-desktop-relay-hosts'
 import { RELAYED_STREAM_CARRIERS } from './relayed-stream-carriers'
@@ -53,7 +52,7 @@ class RelayLink {
  * `pairing.delegatedMobileDevice.sync`, tokens held in memory only). Contract:
  * - The desktop never interprets replies; it renumbers only host stream ids (RELAYED_STREAM_CARRIERS).
  * - Upstream, the phone's desktop token is swapped wherever it appears, not per field.
- * - Only `execution-host` methods relay (MOBILE_RPC_METHOD_ROUTES); both tables have census tests.
+ * - Only `execution-host` methods (MOBILE_RPC_METHOD_ROUTES) reach here; `paired-desktop` ones run locally.
  * - A server without the delegated-devices capability is `update-needed`; nothing relays to it.
  * - A server-side revoke of a phone is final until the next sync.
  * - Hidden until S2: MOBILE_DESKTOP_RELAY_RUNTIME_CAPABILITY is not advertised yet.
@@ -89,12 +88,6 @@ export class MobileDesktopRelay {
     request: { id: string; method: string },
     frame: string
   ): void {
-    if (MOBILE_RPC_METHOD_ROUTES.get(request.method) !== 'execution-host') {
-      phone.reply(
-        failure(request.id, 'forbidden', `Method '${request.method}' runs on the paired desktop`)
-      )
-      return
-    }
     if (RELAYED_STREAM_CARRIERS.get(request.method) === 'phone-binary-frames') {
       phone.reply(
         failure(
diff --git a/src/main/runtime/runtime-rpc/runtime-rpc-websocket-dispatch.ts b/src/main/runtime/runtime-rpc/runtime-rpc-websocket-dispatch.ts
index e4f084b0e89..a94018ea8ba 100644
--- a/src/main/runtime/runtime-rpc/runtime-rpc-websocket-dispatch.ts
+++ b/src/main/runtime/runtime-rpc/runtime-rpc-websocket-dispatch.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import type { DeviceScope } from '../device-registry'
 import { RuntimeRpcMobileDevices } from './runtime-rpc-mobile-devices'
 import { classifyRuntimeLongPoll } from './runtime-rpc-long-poll'
 import { MOBILE_RPC_METHOD_ALLOWLIST } from './runtime-rpc-mobile-method-allowlist'
+import { MOBILE_RPC_METHOD_ROUTES } from './runtime-rpc-mobile-method-routing'
 import { parseExecutionHostId } from '../../../shared/execution-host'
 
 // Why: status.get has no per-connection context in the dispatcher, so stamp the scope here at the transport boundary.
@@ -45,6 +46,10 @@ export class RuntimeRpcWebSocketDispatch extends RuntimeRpcMobileDevices {
     if (target?.kind === 'local' || target?.kind === 'ssh') {
       return false
     }
+    // Why: the phone tags every call on a workspace screen; only this Mac's routing table decides.
+    if (target && MOBILE_RPC_METHOD_ROUTES.get(request.method) === 'paired-desktop') {
+      return false
+    }
     if (!target) {
       reply(
         JSON.stringify(this.buildError(request.id, 'invalid_argument', 'Invalid executionHost'))