diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/components/FlowBuilder.svelte b/frontend/src/lib/components/FlowBuilder.svelte
index 86fa1d5864..a3d70a157c 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/components/FlowBuilder.svelte
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/components/FlowBuilder.svelte
@@ -514,8 +514,7 @@
 			// the draft's `draft_path` so the topbar shows the pending name, which after
 			// someone renames the item still names the old location. Comparing against
 			// that fetches the row left behind there instead of the live one.
-			path: userDraftPath || initialPath,
-			withStarredInfo: true
+			path: userDraftPath || initialPath
 		})
 		// A superseded opening must not write these: the current one would then render
 		// and offer Take latest against the older head.
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/components/ScriptBuilder.svelte b/frontend/src/lib/components/ScriptBuilder.svelte
index 3ee365be89..7c6db7b242 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/components/ScriptBuilder.svelte
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/components/ScriptBuilder.svelte
@@ -693,8 +693,7 @@
 			// the user has typed, so after someone renames the item it still names
 			// the old location and this would compare against the archived row left
 			// there. Resolving by the row is what lets the diff show the rename.
-			path: userDraftPath || initialPath,
-			withStarredInfo: true
+			path: userDraftPath || initialPath
 		})
 
 		// A superseded opening must not write these: the current one would then render
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/components/apps/editor/AppEditorHeader.svelte b/frontend/src/lib/components/apps/editor/AppEditorHeader.svelte
index f6f89b864f..b6e0134eff 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/components/apps/editor/AppEditorHeader.svelte
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/components/apps/editor/AppEditorHeader.svelte
@@ -380,8 +380,7 @@
 	async function syncWithDeployed(opening?: number) {
 		const deployedApp = await AppService.getAppByPath({
 			workspace: $workspaceStore!,
-			path: $appPath!,
-			withStarredInfo: true
+			path: $appPath!
 		})
 
 		// A superseded opening must not write these: the current one would then render
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/components/raw_apps/RawAppEditorHeader.svelte b/frontend/src/lib/components/raw_apps/RawAppEditorHeader.svelte
index fbc391ac78..a03d5512ca 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/components/raw_apps/RawAppEditorHeader.svelte
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/components/raw_apps/RawAppEditorHeader.svelte
@@ -479,8 +479,7 @@
 	async function syncWithDeployed(opening?: number) {
 		const deployedApp = await AppService.getAppByPath({
 			workspace: opWorkspace!,
-			path: appPath!,
-			withStarredInfo: true
+			path: appPath!
 		})
 
 		// A superseded opening must not write these: the current one would then render
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/utils.test.ts b/frontend/src/lib/utils.test.ts
index 07216d341f..65cef7085c 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/utils.test.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/utils.test.ts
@@ -367,7 +367,8 @@ describe('cleanValueProperties', () => {
 		'edited_by',
 		'workspace_id',
 		'parent_hashes',
-		'lock_error_logs'
+		'lock_error_logs',
+		'starred'
 	]
 
 	it('strips every server-managed bookkeeping key', () => {
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/utils.ts b/frontend/src/lib/utils.ts
index cbc6b84503..f3dfb01746 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/utils.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/utils.ts
@@ -1422,7 +1422,8 @@ function replaceFalseWithUndefinedRec(obj: any) {
 // `hash` is the deployed version's identity, `assets` is re-derived from the
 // script content by the editor, and `inherited_labels` is computed at read time
 // from the parent folder — none is editable content, so all three are noise in a
-// fork/workspace or version diff.
+// fork/workspace or version diff. `starred` is the viewer's own favorite flag, and a
+// starred item's `starred: true` survives `replaceFalseWithUndefined`.
 //
 // `lock` and `extra_perms` are deliberately NOT in this set: both are legitimate,
 // user-meaningful fields in some diff contexts (lockfile changes in version-to-version
@@ -1447,7 +1448,8 @@ const CLEANED_VALUE_KEYS = new Set([
 	'edited_by',
 	'workspace_id',
 	'parent_hashes',
-	'lock_error_logs'
+	'lock_error_logs',
+	'starred'
 ])
 
 export function cleanValueProperties(obj: Value) {