diff --git a/mobile/src/transport/rpc-client-session-tabs-stream.ts b/mobile/src/transport/rpc-client-session-tabs-stream.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f98a7586921
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mobile/src/transport/rpc-client-session-tabs-stream.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+import { isSnapshotResult } from './rpc-subscription-result-shapes'
+
+type SessionTabsStreamState = {
+  method: string
+  sent?: boolean
+  receivedSnapshot?: boolean
+  cancelled?: boolean
+}
+
+/** Older hosts register a tabs stream only as they emit the first snapshot, so an earlier unsubscribe
+ *  finds nothing there. Newer hosts register on arrival and still send that snapshot, so the hold only delays. */
+function awaitsRegistration(stream: SessionTabsStreamState): boolean {
+  return (
+    stream.method === 'session.tabs.subscribe' && stream.sent === true && !stream.receivedSnapshot
+  )
+}
+
+/** Cancels a stream still awaiting its first snapshot; that snapshot then triggers the unsubscribe. */
+export function holdUnsubscribe(stream: SessionTabsStreamState): boolean {
+  if (!awaitsRegistration(stream)) {
+    return false
+  }
+  stream.cancelled = true
+  return true
+}
+
+/** Returns true when `result` is the tabs stream's snapshot, i.e. the host has registered it. */
+export function recordSnapshot(stream: SessionTabsStreamState, result: unknown): boolean {
+  if (stream.method !== 'session.tabs.subscribe' || !isSnapshotResult(result)) {
+    return false
+  }
+  stream.receivedSnapshot = true
+  return true
+}
diff --git a/mobile/src/transport/rpc-client-stream-registry.test.ts b/mobile/src/transport/rpc-client-stream-registry.test.ts
index 6afcd8a7ef3..ce210333618 100644
--- a/mobile/src/transport/rpc-client-stream-registry.test.ts
+++ b/mobile/src/transport/rpc-client-stream-registry.test.ts
@@ -79,6 +79,104 @@ describe('RpcClientStreamRegistry', () => {
     ])
   })
 
+  it('unsubscribes a session tabs stream by its own request id', () => {
+    const { registry, sent } = createRegistry()
+    const disposeOlder = registry.subscribe(
+      'session.tabs.subscribe',
+      { worktree: 'wt-1' },
+      () => {}
+    )
+    registry.subscribe('session.tabs.subscribe', { worktree: 'wt-1' }, () => {})
+    const [older, newer] = sent
+    registry.handleResponse(streamingResponse(older!.id, { type: 'snapshot', tabs: [] }))
+
+    disposeOlder()
+
+    // Without the request id the host sweeps every stream for the worktree, including the newer one.
+    expect(sent[2]).toMatchObject({
+      method: 'session.tabs.unsubscribe',
+      params: { worktree: 'wt-1', subscriptionId: older!.id }
+    })
+    expect(newer!.id).not.toBe(older!.id)
+    expect(sent).toHaveLength(3)
+  })
+
+  it('holds a session tabs unsubscribe until the host registers the stream', () => {
+    const { registry, sent } = createRegistry()
+    const events: unknown[] = []
+    const dispose = registry.subscribe('session.tabs.subscribe', { worktree: 'wt-1' }, (event) =>
+      events.push(event)
+    )
+    const subscribe = sent[0]!
+
+    dispose()
+    // Older hosts register only as they emit the first snapshot, so an earlier unsubscribe finds nothing.
+    expect(sent).toHaveLength(1)
+
+    registry.handleResponse(streamingResponse(subscribe.id, { type: 'snapshot', tabs: [] }))
+
+    expect(sent[1]).toMatchObject({
+      method: 'session.tabs.unsubscribe',
+      params: { worktree: 'wt-1', subscriptionId: subscribe.id }
+    })
+    // A host that registered on arrival ends the stream; that end must not unsubscribe again.
+    registry.handleResponse(streamingResponse(subscribe.id, { type: 'end' }))
+    expect(sent).toHaveLength(2)
+    expect(events).toEqual([])
+    expect(registry.size()).toBe(0)
+  })
+
+  it('holds a session tabs unsubscribe again after a reconnect replays the stream', () => {
+    const { registry, sent } = createRegistry()
+    const dispose = registry.subscribe('session.tabs.subscribe', { worktree: 'wt-1' }, () => {})
+    const subscribe = sent[0]!
+    registry.handleResponse(streamingResponse(subscribe.id, { type: 'snapshot', tabs: [] }))
+
+    registry.markForReplay()
+    registry.replayAfterAuthentication()
+    dispose()
+
+    expect(sent.map((request) => request.method)).toEqual([
+      'session.tabs.subscribe',
+      'session.tabs.subscribe'
+    ])
+    registry.handleResponse(streamingResponse(subscribe.id, { type: 'snapshot', tabs: [] }))
+    expect(sent[2]).toMatchObject({
+      method: 'session.tabs.unsubscribe',
+      params: { worktree: 'wt-1', subscriptionId: subscribe.id }
+    })
+  })
+
+  it('drops a held session tabs unsubscribe when the subscribe fails or reconnects first', () => {
+    const { registry, sent } = createRegistry()
+    const events: unknown[] = []
+    const disposeFailed = registry.subscribe(
+      'session.tabs.subscribe',
+      { worktree: 'wt-1' },
+      (event) => events.push(event)
+    )
+    const disposeReplayed = registry.subscribe(
+      'session.tabs.subscribe',
+      { worktree: 'wt-2' },
+      () => {}
+    )
+    const failed = sent[0]!
+    disposeFailed()
+    disposeReplayed()
+
+    registry.handleResponse({
+      id: failed.id,
+      ok: false,
+      error: { code: 'worktree_not_found', message: 'Worktree not found' }
+    })
+    registry.markForReplay()
+    registry.replayAfterAuthentication()
+
+    expect(sent).toHaveLength(2)
+    expect(events).toEqual([])
+    expect(registry.size()).toBe(0)
+  })
+
   it('ends one transcript stream on dispose and leaves a sibling on the same socket (U-03)', () => {
     const { registry, sent } = createRegistry()
     const disposeFirst = registry.subscribe('agentSession.subscribe', { sessionId: 's1' }, () => {})
diff --git a/mobile/src/transport/rpc-client-stream-registry.ts b/mobile/src/transport/rpc-client-stream-registry.ts
index ebfdb741997..4062e80b49b 100644
--- a/mobile/src/transport/rpc-client-stream-registry.ts
+++ b/mobile/src/transport/rpc-client-stream-registry.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import {
   isTerminalSubscribedResult
 } from './rpc-subscription-result-shapes'
 import { RpcClientTerminalStreamRouter } from './rpc-client-terminal-stream-router'
+import * as sessionTabsStream from './rpc-client-session-tabs-stream'
 import type { ConnectionState, RpcResponse, RpcSuccess } from './types'
 
 export type RpcStreamingListener = (result: unknown) => void
@@ -30,6 +31,7 @@ type StreamRequest = {
   subscriptionId?: string
   cancelled?: boolean
   sent?: boolean
+  receivedSnapshot?: boolean
 }
 
 type StreamRegistryOptions = {
@@ -108,6 +110,7 @@ export class RpcClientStreamRegistry {
     this.pendingBrowserRequestId = null
     for (const [id, stream] of this.streams) {
       stream.sent = false
+      stream.receivedSnapshot = false
       // The id named a registration on the closed socket; the replay's ready brings the new one.
       stream.subscriptionId = undefined
       this.resetTerminalRouting(id)
@@ -169,6 +172,10 @@ export class RpcClientStreamRegistry {
       return
     }
     const result = response.result
+    if (sessionTabsStream.recordSnapshot(stream, result) && stream.cancelled) {
+      this.dispose(response.id)
+      return
+    }
     if (isStreamingSubscriptionReadyResult(result)) {
       stream.subscriptionId = result.subscriptionId
       if (stream.cancelled) {
@@ -215,6 +222,8 @@ export class RpcClientStreamRegistry {
         // Why: `requestId` names this exact request; hosts that predate it strip it and use the slot.
         this.sendRpc('terminal.unsubscribe', { ...params, requestId: id })
       }
+    } else if (stream && sessionTabsStream.holdUnsubscribe(stream)) {
+      return
     } else {
       const unsubscribe = buildStreamUnsubscribe(stream?.method, stream?.params, id)
       if (unsubscribe) {
diff --git a/mobile/src/transport/rpc-client.test.ts b/mobile/src/transport/rpc-client.test.ts
index e88e6c220e6..ff290f72b84 100644
--- a/mobile/src/transport/rpc-client.test.ts
+++ b/mobile/src/transport/rpc-client.test.ts
@@ -196,12 +196,21 @@ describe('mobile rpc-client connection timeout', () => {
       { worktree: 'id:wt-1' },
       () => {}
     )
+    const request = sentRequest(socket, 'session.tabs.subscribe')
+    socket.receive(
+      `encrypted:${JSON.stringify({
+        id: request.id,
+        ok: true,
+        streaming: true,
+        result: { type: 'snapshot', worktree: 'id:wt-1', tabs: [] },
+        _meta: { runtimeId: 'r1' }
+      })}`
+    )
     unsubscribe()
 
-    expect(
-      socket.sent.some((payload) => payload.includes('"method":"session.tabs.unsubscribe"'))
-    ).toBe(true)
-    expect(socket.sent.some((payload) => payload.includes('"worktree":"id:wt-1"'))).toBe(true)
+    expect(sentRequests(socket, 'session.tabs.unsubscribe')).toEqual([
+      expect.objectContaining({ params: { worktree: 'id:wt-1', subscriptionId: request.id } })
+    ])
 
     client.close()
   })
diff --git a/mobile/src/transport/rpc-subscription-result-shapes.ts b/mobile/src/transport/rpc-subscription-result-shapes.ts
index cf09acdb6ca..4c624658126 100644
--- a/mobile/src/transport/rpc-subscription-result-shapes.ts
+++ b/mobile/src/transport/rpc-subscription-result-shapes.ts
@@ -19,3 +19,7 @@ export function isStreamingSubscriptionReadyResult(
     typeof (value as { subscriptionId?: unknown }).subscriptionId === 'string'
   )
 }
+
+export function isSnapshotResult(value: unknown): value is { type: 'snapshot' } {
+  return typeof value === 'object' && value !== null && 'type' in value && value.type === 'snapshot'
+}
diff --git a/src/main/runtime/rpc/methods/session-tabs-unsubscribe.test.ts b/src/main/runtime/rpc/methods/session-tabs-unsubscribe.test.ts
index 8490181d0ea..021224bd649 100644
--- a/src/main/runtime/rpc/methods/session-tabs-unsubscribe.test.ts
+++ b/src/main/runtime/rpc/methods/session-tabs-unsubscribe.test.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
 import type { OrcaRuntimeService } from '../../orca-runtime'
+import { RuntimeSubscriptionRegistry } from '../../runtime-subscription-registry'
 import { RpcDispatcher } from '../dispatcher'
 import { SESSION_TAB_METHODS } from './session-tabs'
 
@@ -61,11 +62,61 @@ describe('session tab unsubscribe RPC methods', () => {
     expect(cleanupSubscription).toHaveBeenCalledWith('session.tabs:conn-1:*:sub-all-1')
     expect(cleanupSubscriptionsByPrefix).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
   })
+
+  it('ends only the named stream when a newer one watches the same worktree', async () => {
+    const { dispatcher, ends } = await subscribeTwiceToOneWorktree()
+
+    await dispatcher.dispatchStreaming(
+      request('session.tabs.unsubscribe', { worktree: 'id:wt-1', subscriptionId: 'sub-old' }),
+      vi.fn(),
+      { connectionId: 'conn-1' }
+    )
+
+    await vi.waitFor(() => expect(ends['sub-old']).toBe(1))
+    expect(ends['sub-new']).toBe(0)
+  })
+
+  it('ends every stream for the worktree when the unsubscribe names no request', async () => {
+    const { dispatcher, ends } = await subscribeTwiceToOneWorktree()
+
+    await dispatcher.dispatchStreaming(
+      request('session.tabs.unsubscribe', { worktree: 'id:wt-1' }),
+      vi.fn(),
+      { connectionId: 'conn-1' }
+    )
+
+    await vi.waitFor(() => expect(ends).toEqual({ 'sub-old': 1, 'sub-new': 1 }))
+  })
 })
 
+async function subscribeTwiceToOneWorktree() {
+  const registry = new RuntimeSubscriptionRegistry()
+  // oxlint-disable-next-line typescript/consistent-type-assertions -- SAFETY: Partial runtime backed by the real subscription registry; it supplies every member session.tabs subscribe/unsubscribe call.
+  const runtime = {
+    ...runtimeWithCleanup(registry.cleanup.bind(registry), registry.cleanupByPrefix.bind(registry)),
+    registerSubscriptionCleanup: registry.register.bind(registry),
+    getSubscriptionRegistrationVersion: registry.getRegistrationVersion.bind(registry),
+    onMobileSessionTabsChanged: () => () => {}
+  } as unknown as OrcaRuntimeService
+  const dispatcher = new RpcDispatcher({ runtime, methods: SESSION_TAB_METHODS })
+  const ends: Record<string, number> = { 'sub-old': 0, 'sub-new': 0 }
+  for (const id of ['sub-old', 'sub-new']) {
+    await dispatcher.dispatchStreaming(
+      { ...request('session.tabs.subscribe', { worktree: 'id:wt-1' }), id },
+      (message) => {
+        if (JSON.parse(message).result?.type === 'end') {
+          ends[id]! += 1
+        }
+      },
+      { connectionId: 'conn-1' }
+    )
+  }
+  return { dispatcher, ends }
+}
+
 function runtimeWithCleanup(
-  cleanupSubscription: ReturnType<typeof vi.fn>,
-  cleanupSubscriptionsByPrefix = vi.fn()
+  cleanupSubscription: (id: string) => void,
+  cleanupSubscriptionsByPrefix: (prefix: string, throughVersion?: number) => void = vi.fn()
 ): OrcaRuntimeService {
   // oxlint-disable-next-line typescript/consistent-type-assertions -- SAFETY: the unsubscribe methods reach only these members; a missing one throws and fails the test.
   return {