diff --git a/packages/app/src/contexts/session-context.tsx b/packages/app/src/contexts/session-context.tsx
index 63238e22d..94a3fd0c8 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/contexts/session-context.tsx
+++ b/packages/app/src/contexts/session-context.tsx
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ import {
   type Agent,
   type SessionState,
   type WorkspaceDescriptor,
-  mergeWorkspaceSnapshotWithExisting,
   normalizeWorkspaceDescriptor,
 } from "@/stores/session-store";
 import { useDraftStore } from "@/stores/draft-store";
@@ -348,7 +347,6 @@ function SessionProviderInternal({ children, serverId, client }: SessionProvider
       }
 
       const workspaces = new Map<string, WorkspaceDescriptor>();
-      const existingWorkspaces = useSessionStore.getState().sessions[serverId]?.workspaces;
       let cursor: string | null = null;
       let includeSubscribe = options?.subscribe ?? false;
 
@@ -364,13 +362,7 @@ function SessionProviderInternal({ children, serverId, client }: SessionProvider
 
         for (const entry of payload.entries) {
           const workspace = normalizeWorkspaceDescriptor(entry);
-          workspaces.set(
-            workspace.id,
-            mergeWorkspaceSnapshotWithExisting({
-              incoming: workspace,
-              existing: existingWorkspaces?.get(workspace.id),
-            }),
-          );
+          workspaces.set(workspace.id, workspace);
         }
 
         if (!payload.pageInfo.hasMore || !payload.pageInfo.nextCursor) {
diff --git a/packages/app/src/hooks/use-sidebar-workspaces-list.ts b/packages/app/src/hooks/use-sidebar-workspaces-list.ts
index effdc312e..abd8def14 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/hooks/use-sidebar-workspaces-list.ts
+++ b/packages/app/src/hooks/use-sidebar-workspaces-list.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import { useCallback, useEffect, useMemo, useSyncExternalStore } from "react";
 import type { WorkspaceDescriptorPayload } from "@server/shared/messages";
 import {
-  mergeWorkspaceSnapshotWithExisting,
   normalizeWorkspaceDescriptor,
   useSessionStore,
   type WorkspaceDescriptor,
@@ -274,7 +273,6 @@ export function useSidebarWorkspacesList(options?: {
     }
     void (async () => {
       const next = new Map<string, WorkspaceDescriptor>();
-      const existingWorkspaces = useSessionStore.getState().sessions[serverId]?.workspaces;
       let cursor: string | null = null;
       try {
         while (true) {
@@ -284,13 +282,7 @@ export function useSidebarWorkspacesList(options?: {
           });
           for (const entry of payload.entries) {
             const workspace = toWorkspaceDescriptor(entry);
-            next.set(
-              workspace.id,
-              mergeWorkspaceSnapshotWithExisting({
-                incoming: workspace,
-                existing: existingWorkspaces?.get(workspace.id),
-              }),
-            );
+            next.set(workspace.id, workspace);
           }
           if (!payload.pageInfo.hasMore || !payload.pageInfo.nextCursor) {
             break;
diff --git a/packages/app/src/stores/session-store.test.ts b/packages/app/src/stores/session-store.test.ts
index 9b6edba4f..47fc3b8ac 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/stores/session-store.test.ts
+++ b/packages/app/src/stores/session-store.test.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import type { DaemonClient } from "@server/client/daemon-client";
 import type { WorkspaceDescriptorPayload } from "@server/shared/messages";
 
 import {
-  mergeWorkspaceSnapshotWithExisting,
   normalizeWorkspaceDescriptor,
   useSessionStore,
   type WorkspaceDescriptor,
@@ -194,6 +193,25 @@ describe("mergeWorkspaces", () => {
     expect(after.workspaces.get("/repo/a")).not.toBe(beforeA);
     expect(after.workspaces.get("/repo/b")).toBe(beforeB);
   });
+
+  it("uses incoming null diff stat as authoritative", () => {
+    const store = useSessionStore.getState();
+    initializeTestSession();
+    const workspace = createWorkspace({
+      id: "/repo/main",
+      diffStat: { additions: 2, deletions: 1 },
+    });
+    store.mergeWorkspaces("test-server", [workspace]);
+    const before = getTestSessionReferences();
+
+    store.mergeWorkspaces("test-server", [{ ...workspace, diffStat: null }]);
+    const after = getTestSessionReferences();
+
+    expect(after.sessions).not.toBe(before.sessions);
+    expect(after.session).not.toBe(before.session);
+    expect(after.workspaces).not.toBe(before.workspaces);
+    expect(after.workspaces.get(workspace.id)?.diffStat).toBeNull();
+  });
 });
 
 describe("setWorkspaces", () => {
@@ -215,25 +233,6 @@ describe("setWorkspaces", () => {
     expect(after.workspaces).toBe(before.workspaces);
     expect(after.workspaces.get(workspace.id)).toBe(before.workspaces.get(workspace.id));
   });
-
-  it("stores replacement descriptors as-is when diff stat is cleared", () => {
-    const store = useSessionStore.getState();
-    initializeTestSession();
-    const workspace = createWorkspace({
-      id: "/repo/main",
-      diffStat: { additions: 2, deletions: 1 },
-    });
-    store.setWorkspaces("test-server", new Map([[workspace.id, workspace]]));
-    const before = getTestSessionReferences();
-
-    store.setWorkspaces("test-server", new Map([[workspace.id, { ...workspace, diffStat: null }]]));
-    const after = getTestSessionReferences();
-
-    expect(after.sessions).not.toBe(before.sessions);
-    expect(after.session).not.toBe(before.session);
-    expect(after.workspaces).not.toBe(before.workspaces);
-    expect(after.workspaces.get(workspace.id)?.diffStat).toBeNull();
-  });
 });
 
 describe("removeWorkspace", () => {
@@ -277,34 +276,3 @@ describe("patchWorkspaceScripts", () => {
     expect(next.get(workspace.id)).toBe(workspace);
   });
 });
-
-describe("mergeWorkspaceSnapshotWithExisting", () => {
-  it("preserves the last known diff stat when a snapshot only has baseline null data", () => {
-    const existing = createWorkspace({
-      id: "/tmp/repo",
-      diffStat: { additions: 4, deletions: 2 },
-    });
-    const incoming = createWorkspace({
-      id: "/tmp/repo",
-      diffStat: null,
-    });
-
-    expect(mergeWorkspaceSnapshotWithExisting({ incoming, existing })).toEqual({
-      ...incoming,
-      diffStat: { additions: 4, deletions: 2 },
-    });
-  });
-
-  it("uses the incoming diff stat when the server provides a known value", () => {
-    const existing = createWorkspace({
-      id: "/tmp/repo",
-      diffStat: { additions: 4, deletions: 2 },
-    });
-    const incoming = createWorkspace({
-      id: "/tmp/repo",
-      diffStat: { additions: 0, deletions: 0 },
-    });
-
-    expect(mergeWorkspaceSnapshotWithExisting({ incoming, existing })).toEqual(incoming);
-  });
-});
diff --git a/packages/app/src/stores/session-store.ts b/packages/app/src/stores/session-store.ts
index 5c8f71e87..916132da6 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/stores/session-store.ts
+++ b/packages/app/src/stores/session-store.ts
@@ -145,21 +145,6 @@ export function normalizeWorkspaceDescriptor(
   };
 }
 
-export function mergeWorkspaceSnapshotWithExisting(input: {
-  incoming: WorkspaceDescriptor;
-  existing?: WorkspaceDescriptor | null;
-}): WorkspaceDescriptor {
-  const { incoming, existing } = input;
-  if (!existing || existing.id !== incoming.id) {
-    return incoming;
-  }
-
-  return {
-    ...incoming,
-    diffStat: incoming.diffStat ?? existing.diffStat,
-  };
-}
-
 function preserveWorkspaceDescriptorIdentity(
   incoming: WorkspaceDescriptor,
   existing?: WorkspaceDescriptor | null,
@@ -1002,11 +987,7 @@ export const useSessionStore = create<SessionStore>()(
           let changed = false;
           for (const workspace of nextEntries) {
             const existing = next.get(workspace.id);
-            const mergedWorkspace = mergeWorkspaceSnapshotWithExisting({
-              incoming: workspace,
-              existing,
-            });
-            const nextWorkspace = preserveWorkspaceDescriptorIdentity(mergedWorkspace, existing);
+            const nextWorkspace = preserveWorkspaceDescriptorIdentity(workspace, existing);
             if (existing === nextWorkspace) {
               continue;
             }