Keep legacy daemon agents attached to workspaces

Old daemons can report agents by cwd without workspace IDs. Build path-backed workspace rows for that compatibility path and reapply ownership to legacy snapshots so tab reconciliation keeps those agents visible.

packages/app/src/components/workspace-setup-dialog.tsx

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import { useHostRuntimeClient, useHostRuntimeIsConnected } from "@/runtime/host-
 import { normalizeWorkspaceDescriptor, useSessionStore } from "@/stores/session-store";
 import { useWorkspaceSetupStore } from "@/stores/workspace-setup-store";
 import { normalizeAgentSnapshot } from "@/utils/agent-snapshots";
+import { applyLegacyDaemonWorkspaceOwnership } from "@/workspace/legacy-daemon-workspaces";
 import { encodeImages } from "@/utils/encode-images";
 import { toErrorMessage } from "@/utils/error-messages";
 import { splitComposerAttachmentsForSubmit } from "@/composer/attachments/submit";
@@ -322,7 +323,13 @@ export function WorkspaceSetupDialog() {
 
         setAgents(serverId, (previous) => {
           const next = new Map(previous);
-          next.set(agent.id, normalizeAgentSnapshot(agent, serverId));
+          next.set(
+            agent.id,
+            applyLegacyDaemonWorkspaceOwnership({
+              serverId,
+              agent: normalizeAgentSnapshot(agent, serverId),
+            }),
+          );
           return next;
         });
         navigateAfterCreation(ensuredWorkspace.id, { kind: "agent", agentId: agent.id });

packages/app/src/contexts/session-context.tsx

@@ -72,6 +72,10 @@ import { isNative } from "@/constants/platform";
 import { useToast } from "@/contexts/toast-context";
 import { toErrorMessage } from "@/utils/error-messages";
 import { applyCheckoutStatusUpdateFromEvent } from "@/git/checkout-status-cache";
+import {
+  applyLegacyDaemonWorkspaceOwnership,
+  backfillLegacyDaemonWorkspaceDirectoryIfEmpty,
+} from "@/workspace/legacy-daemon-workspaces";
 
 // Re-export types from session-store and draft-store for backward compatibility
 export type { DraftInput } from "@/stores/draft-store";
@@ -114,6 +118,56 @@ interface BufferedAudioChunk {
   id: string;
 }
 
+interface WorkspaceHydrationSnapshot {
+  workspaces: Map<string, WorkspaceDescriptor>;
+  emptyProjects: Map<string, EmptyProjectDescriptor>;
+}
+
+async function fetchWorkspaceHydrationSnapshot(input: {
+  client: DaemonClient;
+  serverId: string;
+  subscribe: boolean;
+  isCancelled?: () => boolean;
+}): Promise<WorkspaceHydrationSnapshot | null> {
+  const workspaces = new Map<string, WorkspaceDescriptor>();
+  const emptyProjects = new Map<string, EmptyProjectDescriptor>();
+  let cursor: string | null = null;
+  let includeSubscribe = input.subscribe;
+
+  while (true) {
+    const payload = await input.client.fetchWorkspaces({
+      sort: [{ key: "activity_at", direction: "desc" }],
+      ...(includeSubscribe ? { subscribe: {} } : {}),
+      page: cursor ? { limit: 200, cursor } : { limit: 200 },
+    });
+    if (input.isCancelled?.()) {
+      return null;
+    }
+
+    for (const entry of payload.entries) {
+      const workspace = normalizeWorkspaceDescriptor(entry);
+      if (shouldSuppressWorkspaceForLocalArchive({ serverId: input.serverId, workspace })) {
+        continue;
+      }
+      workspaces.set(workspace.id, workspace);
+    }
+
+    // Empty project parents only ride on the first page.
+    for (const project of payload.emptyProjects ?? []) {
+      const descriptor = normalizeEmptyProjectDescriptor(project);
+      emptyProjects.set(descriptor.projectId, descriptor);
+    }
+
+    if (!payload.pageInfo.hasMore || !payload.pageInfo.nextCursor) {
+      break;
+    }
+    cursor = payload.pageInfo.nextCursor;
+    includeSubscribe = false;
+  }
+
+  return { workspaces, emptyProjects };
+}
+
 function decodeBase64Chunk(base64: string): Uint8Array {
   return Buffer.from(base64, "base64");
 }
@@ -543,48 +597,29 @@ function SessionProviderInternal({ children, serverId, client }: SessionProvider
         return;
       }
 
-      const workspaces = new Map<string, WorkspaceDescriptor>();
+      const snapshot = await fetchWorkspaceHydrationSnapshot({
-      const emptyProjects = new Map<string, EmptyProjectDescriptor>();
+        client,
-      let cursor: string | null = null;
+        serverId,
-      let includeSubscribe = options?.subscribe ?? false;
+        subscribe: options?.subscribe ?? false,
-
+        isCancelled: options?.isCancelled,
-      while (true) {
+      });
-        const payload = await client.fetchWorkspaces({
+      if (!snapshot || options?.isCancelled?.()) {
-          sort: [{ key: "activity_at", direction: "desc" }],
-          ...(includeSubscribe ? { subscribe: {} } : {}),
-          page: cursor ? { limit: 200, cursor } : { limit: 200 },
-        });
-        if (options?.isCancelled?.()) {
-          return;
-        }
-
-        for (const entry of payload.entries) {
-          const workspace = normalizeWorkspaceDescriptor(entry);
-          if (shouldSuppressWorkspaceForLocalArchive({ serverId, workspace })) {
-            continue;
-          }
-          workspaces.set(workspace.id, workspace);
-        }
-
-        // Empty project parents only ride on the first page.
-        for (const project of payload.emptyProjects ?? []) {
-          const descriptor = normalizeEmptyProjectDescriptor(project);
-          emptyProjects.set(descriptor.projectId, descriptor);
-        }
-
-        if (!payload.pageInfo.hasMore || !payload.pageInfo.nextCursor) {
-          break;
-        }
-        cursor = payload.pageInfo.nextCursor;
-        includeSubscribe = false;
-      }
-
-      if (options?.isCancelled?.()) {
         return;
       }
 
-      setWorkspaces(serverId, workspaces);
+      const didBackfillLegacy = await backfillLegacyDaemonWorkspaceDirectoryIfEmpty({
-      setEmptyProjects(serverId, emptyProjects.values());
+        client,
+        serverId,
+        workspaces: snapshot.workspaces,
+        emptyProjects: snapshot.emptyProjects,
+        isCancelled: options?.isCancelled,
+      });
+      if (didBackfillLegacy) {
+        return;
+      }
+
+      setWorkspaces(serverId, snapshot.workspaces);
+      setEmptyProjects(serverId, snapshot.emptyProjects.values());
       setHasHydratedWorkspaces(serverId, true);
     },
     [client, isConnected, serverId, setEmptyProjects, setHasHydratedWorkspaces, setWorkspaces],
@@ -1044,13 +1079,16 @@ function SessionProviderInternal({ children, serverId, client }: SessionProvider
       }
 
       const normalized = normalizeAgentSnapshot(update.agent, serverId);
-      const agent = {
+      const agent = applyLegacyDaemonWorkspaceOwnership({
-        ...normalized,
+        serverId,
-        projectPlacement: resolveProjectPlacement({
+        agent: {
-          projectPlacement: update.project,
+          ...normalized,
-          cwd: normalized.cwd,
+          projectPlacement: resolveProjectPlacement({
-        }),
+            projectPlacement: update.project,
-      };
+            cwd: normalized.cwd,
+          }),
+        },
+      });
 
       applyAuthoritativeAgentSnapshot(agent);
     },
@@ -1110,10 +1148,15 @@ function SessionProviderInternal({ children, serverId, client }: SessionProvider
 
       if (payload.agent) {
         const normalized = normalizeAgentSnapshot(payload.agent, serverId);
-        applyAuthoritativeAgentSnapshot({
+        applyAuthoritativeAgentSnapshot(
-          ...normalized,
+          applyLegacyDaemonWorkspaceOwnership({
-          projectPlacement: session?.agents.get(agentId)?.projectPlacement ?? null,
+            serverId,
-        });
+            agent: {
+              ...normalized,
+              projectPlacement: session?.agents.get(agentId)?.projectPlacement ?? null,
+            },
+          }),
+        );
       }
 
       // Call pure reducer

packages/app/src/panels/agent-panel.tsx

@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ import type { PendingPermission } from "@/types/shared";
 import type { StreamItem } from "@/types/stream";
 import { getInitDeferred, getInitKey } from "@/utils/agent-initialization";
 import { derivePendingPermissionKey, normalizeAgentSnapshot } from "@/utils/agent-snapshots";
+import { applyLegacyDaemonWorkspaceOwnership } from "@/workspace/legacy-daemon-workspaces";
 import type { WorkspaceFileOpenRequest } from "@/workspace/file-open";
 import { navigateToAgent } from "@/utils/navigate-to-agent";
 import { deriveSidebarStateBucket } from "@/utils/sidebar-agent-state";
@@ -238,10 +239,13 @@ function storeFetchedAgentDetail(input: {
   result: NonNullable<FetchAgentResult>;
 }): Agent {
   const normalized = normalizeAgentSnapshot(input.result.agent, input.serverId);
-  const hydrated: Agent = {
+  const hydrated: Agent = applyLegacyDaemonWorkspaceOwnership({
-    ...normalized,
+    serverId: input.serverId,
-    projectPlacement: input.result.project,
+    agent: {
-  };
+      ...normalized,
+      projectPlacement: input.result.project,
+    },
+  });
   const store = useSessionStore.getState();
 
   if (shouldStoreFetchedAgentInActiveDirectory(hydrated)) {
@@ -345,9 +349,10 @@ function DraftPanel() {
   const handleCreated = useCallback(
     (agentSnapshot: Parameters<typeof normalizeAgentSnapshot>[0]) => {
       const normalized = normalizeAgentSnapshot(agentSnapshot, serverId);
+      const agent = applyLegacyDaemonWorkspaceOwnership({ serverId, agent: normalized });
       useSessionStore.getState().setAgents(serverId, (prev) => {
         const next = new Map(prev);
-        next.set(agentSnapshot.id, normalized);
+        next.set(agentSnapshot.id, agent);
         return next;
       });
       retargetCurrentTab({ kind: "agent", agentId: agentSnapshot.id });

packages/app/src/runtime/host-runtime.test.ts

@@ -1264,6 +1264,83 @@ describe("HostRuntimeStore", () => {
     store.syncHosts([]);
   });
 
+  it("bootstraps legacy daemons from unscoped agents and creates path-backed workspaces", async () => {
+    const host = makeHost({
+      serverId: "srv_legacy_workspace_daemon",
+      connections: [
+        {
+          id: "direct:lan:6767",
+          type: "directTcp",
+          endpoint: "lan:6767",
+        },
+      ],
+    });
+    const fakeClient = new FakeDaemonClient();
+    fakeClient.setConnectionState({ status: "connected" });
+    fakeClient.fetchAgentsResponses.push(
+      makeFetchAgentsPayload({
+        entries: [
+          makeFetchAgentsEntry({
+            id: "agent-legacy",
+            cwd: "/repo/legacy-app",
+            updatedAt: "2026-06-18T12:00:00.000Z",
+            title: "Legacy daemon agent",
+          }),
+        ],
+        subscriptionId: "app:srv_legacy_workspace_daemon",
+      }),
+    );
+    const store = new HostRuntimeStore({
+      deps: {
+        createClient: () => fakeClient as unknown as DaemonClient,
+        connectToDaemon: async ({ host: hostProfile }) => ({
+          client: fakeClient as unknown as DaemonClient,
+          serverId: hostProfile.serverId,
+          hostname: hostProfile.label ?? null,
+        }),
+        getClientId: async () => "cid_test_runtime",
+      },
+    });
+
+    const sessionStore = useSessionStore.getState();
+    sessionStore.initializeSession(host.serverId, fakeClient as unknown as DaemonClient);
+    sessionStore.updateSessionServerInfo(host.serverId, {
+      serverId: host.serverId,
+      hostname: null,
+      version: "0.1.96",
+    });
+    store.syncHosts([host]);
+
+    const timeoutAt = Date.now() + 300;
+    while (
+      (fakeClient.fetchAgentsCalls.length === 0 ||
+        !useSessionStore.getState().sessions[host.serverId]?.workspaces.has("/repo/legacy-app")) &&
+      Date.now() < timeoutAt
+    ) {
+      await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 0));
+    }
+
+    expect(fakeClient.fetchAgentsCalls).toEqual([
+      {
+        sort: [{ key: "updated_at", direction: "desc" }],
+        subscribe: { subscriptionId: "app:srv_legacy_workspace_daemon" },
+        page: { limit: 200 },
+      },
+    ]);
+    const session = useSessionStore.getState().sessions[host.serverId];
+    expect(session?.agents.get("agent-legacy")?.workspaceId).toBe("/repo/legacy-app");
+    expect(Array.from(session?.workspaces.values() ?? [])).toEqual([
+      expect.objectContaining({
+        id: "/repo/legacy-app",
+        workspaceDirectory: "/repo/legacy-app",
+        name: "legacy-app",
+      }),
+    ]);
+
+    store.syncHosts([]);
+    useSessionStore.getState().clearSession(host.serverId);
+  });
+
   it("fetches all pages during bootstrap within the active agent scope", async () => {
     const host = makeHost({
       serverId: "srv_paged",

packages/app/src/runtime/host-runtime.ts

@@ -38,6 +38,10 @@ import {
 } from "@/desktop/daemon/desktop-daemon-transport";
 import { replaceFetchedAgentDirectory } from "@/utils/agent-directory-sync";
 import { useSessionStore } from "@/stores/session-store";
+import {
+  fetchLegacyDaemonWorkspaceDirectory,
+  shouldUseLegacyDaemonWorkspaceDirectory,
+} from "@/workspace/legacy-daemon-workspaces";
 import { invalidateCheckoutGitQueriesForServer } from "@/git/query-keys";
 import { queryClient } from "@/query/query-client";
 
@@ -187,6 +191,54 @@ function readFetchAgentsNextCursor(
   return null;
 }
 
+interface AgentDirectoryFetchInput {
+  client: DaemonClient;
+  filter?: FetchAgentsOptions["filter"];
+  subscribe?: FetchAgentsOptions["subscribe"];
+  page?: FetchAgentsOptions["page"];
+}
+
+interface AgentDirectoryFetchResult {
+  entries: FetchAgentsEntry[];
+  subscriptionId: string | null;
+}
+
+async function fetchCurrentAgentDirectory(
+  input: AgentDirectoryFetchInput,
+): Promise<AgentDirectoryFetchResult> {
+  const pageLimit = input.page?.limit ?? DEFAULT_AGENT_DIRECTORY_PAGE_LIMIT;
+  let cursor = input.page?.cursor ?? null;
+  let includeSubscribe = true;
+  let subscriptionId: string | null = null;
+  const entries: FetchAgentsEntry[] = [];
+
+  while (true) {
+    const payload = await input.client.fetchAgents({
+      scope: input.filter ? undefined : "active",
+      ...(input.filter ? { filter: input.filter } : {}),
+      sort: DEFAULT_AGENT_DIRECTORY_SORT,
+      ...(includeSubscribe && input.subscribe ? { subscribe: input.subscribe } : {}),
+      page: cursor ? { limit: pageLimit, cursor } : { limit: pageLimit },
+    });
+
+    entries.push(...payload.entries);
+    subscriptionId = subscriptionId ?? payload.subscriptionId ?? null;
+    includeSubscribe = false;
+
+    if (!readFetchAgentsHasMore(payload.pageInfo)) {
+      break;
+    }
+
+    const nextCursor = readFetchAgentsNextCursor(payload.pageInfo);
+    if (!nextCursor) {
+      break;
+    }
+    cursor = nextCursor;
+  }
+
+  return { entries, subscriptionId };
+}
+
 function toActiveConnection(connection: HostConnection): ActiveConnection {
   if (connection.type === "directSocket") {
     return {
@@ -1912,46 +1964,37 @@ export class HostRuntimeStore {
 
     controller.markAgentDirectorySyncLoading();
     try {
-      const pageLimit = input.page?.limit ?? DEFAULT_AGENT_DIRECTORY_PAGE_LIMIT;
+      const session = useSessionStore.getState().sessions[input.serverId];
-      let cursor = input.page?.cursor ?? null;
+      if (!input.filter && shouldUseLegacyDaemonWorkspaceDirectory(session?.serverInfo)) {
-      let includeSubscribe = true;
+        const result = await fetchLegacyDaemonWorkspaceDirectory({
-      let subscriptionId: string | null = null;
+          client,
-      const allEntries: FetchAgentsEntry[] = [];
+          serverId: input.serverId,
-
+          subscribe: input.subscribe,
-      while (true) {
+          page: input.page,
-        const payload = await client.fetchAgents({
-          scope: input.filter ? undefined : "active",
-          ...(input.filter ? { filter: input.filter } : {}),
-          sort: DEFAULT_AGENT_DIRECTORY_SORT,
-          ...(includeSubscribe && input.subscribe ? { subscribe: input.subscribe } : {}),
-          page: cursor ? { limit: pageLimit, cursor } : { limit: pageLimit },
         });
-
+        controller.markAgentDirectorySyncReady();
-        allEntries.push(...payload.entries);
+        return {
-
+          agents: result.agents,
-        subscriptionId = subscriptionId ?? payload.subscriptionId ?? null;
+          subscriptionId: result.subscriptionId,
-        includeSubscribe = false;
+        };
-
-        if (!readFetchAgentsHasMore(payload.pageInfo)) {
-          break;
-        }
-
-        const nextCursor = readFetchAgentsNextCursor(payload.pageInfo);
-        if (!nextCursor) {
-          break;
-        }
-        cursor = nextCursor;
       }
 
+      const directory = await fetchCurrentAgentDirectory({
+        client,
+        filter: input.filter,
+        subscribe: input.subscribe,
+        page: input.page,
+      });
+
       const { agents } = replaceFetchedAgentDirectory({
         serverId: input.serverId,
-        entries: allEntries,
+        entries: directory.entries,
       });
 
       controller.markAgentDirectorySyncReady();
       return {
         agents,
-        subscriptionId,
+        subscriptionId: directory.subscriptionId,
       };
     } catch (error) {
       controller.markAgentDirectorySyncError(toErrorMessage(error));

packages/app/src/workspace/legacy-daemon-workspaces.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,199 @@
+import { afterEach, describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+import type { DaemonClient, FetchAgentsEntry } from "@getpaseo/client/internal/daemon-client";
+import { useSessionStore, type Agent } from "@/stores/session-store";
+import { deriveWorkspaceAgentVisibility } from "@/workspace-tabs/agent-visibility";
+import {
+  applyLegacyDaemonWorkspaceOwnership,
+  backfillLegacyDaemonWorkspaceDirectoryIfEmpty,
+  buildLegacyDaemonWorkspaceSnapshot,
+} from "./legacy-daemon-workspaces";
+
+const SERVER_ID = "srv_legacy";
+
+function legacyAgent(input: {
+  id: string;
+  cwd: string;
+  status?: FetchAgentsEntry["agent"]["status"];
+  updatedAt?: string;
+}): FetchAgentsEntry {
+  const updatedAt = input.updatedAt ?? "2026-06-18T10:00:00.000Z";
+  return {
+    agent: {
+      id: input.id,
+      provider: "mock",
+      cwd: input.cwd,
+      model: null,
+      createdAt: updatedAt,
+      updatedAt,
+      lastUserMessageAt: null,
+      status: input.status ?? "idle",
+      capabilities: {
+        supportsStreaming: true,
+        supportsSessionPersistence: true,
+        supportsDynamicModes: true,
+        supportsMcpServers: true,
+        supportsReasoningStream: true,
+        supportsToolInvocations: true,
+      },
+      currentModeId: null,
+      availableModes: [],
+      pendingPermissions: [],
+      persistence: null,
+      title: null,
+      labels: {},
+    },
+    project: {
+      projectKey: "/repo",
+      projectName: "repo",
+      workspaceName: "app",
+      checkout: {
+        cwd: input.cwd,
+        isGit: true,
+        currentBranch: "main",
+        remoteUrl: "git@example.com:repo/app.git",
+        worktreeRoot: input.cwd,
+        isPaseoOwnedWorktree: false,
+        mainRepoRoot: "/repo",
+      },
+    },
+  };
+}
+
+function getSnapshotAgent(snapshot: { agents: Map<string, Agent> }, agentId: string): Agent {
+  const agent = snapshot.agents.get(agentId);
+  if (!agent) {
+    throw new Error(`test agent missing: ${agentId}`);
+  }
+  return agent;
+}
+
+afterEach(() => {
+  useSessionStore.getState().clearSession(SERVER_ID);
+});
+
+describe("buildLegacyDaemonWorkspaceSnapshot", () => {
+  it("creates path-backed workspace rows and stamps legacy agents with their workspace id", () => {
+    const snapshot = buildLegacyDaemonWorkspaceSnapshot({
+      serverId: SERVER_ID,
+      entries: [
+        legacyAgent({ id: "agent-running", cwd: "/repo/app", status: "running" }),
+        legacyAgent({ id: "agent-idle", cwd: "/repo/app", status: "idle" }),
+      ],
+    });
+
+    expect(Array.from(snapshot.workspaces.values())).toEqual([
+      expect.objectContaining({
+        id: "/repo/app",
+        projectId: "/repo",
+        projectDisplayName: "repo",
+        projectRootPath: "/repo",
+        workspaceDirectory: "/repo/app",
+        projectKind: "git",
+        workspaceKind: "checkout",
+        name: "app",
+        status: "running",
+        scripts: [],
+      }),
+    ]);
+    expect(
+      Array.from(snapshot.agents.values()).map((agent) => ({
+        id: agent.id,
+        serverId: agent.serverId,
+        cwd: agent.cwd,
+        workspaceId: agent.workspaceId,
+      })),
+    ).toEqual([
+      {
+        id: "agent-running",
+        serverId: SERVER_ID,
+        cwd: "/repo/app",
+        workspaceId: "/repo/app",
+      },
+      {
+        id: "agent-idle",
+        serverId: SERVER_ID,
+        cwd: "/repo/app",
+        workspaceId: "/repo/app",
+      },
+    ]);
+  });
+
+  it("keeps old-daemon agent updates attached to the path-backed workspace", () => {
+    const snapshot = buildLegacyDaemonWorkspaceSnapshot({
+      serverId: SERVER_ID,
+      entries: [legacyAgent({ id: "agent-running", cwd: "/repo/app", status: "running" })],
+    });
+    const store = useSessionStore.getState();
+    store.initializeSession(SERVER_ID, null as unknown as DaemonClient);
+    store.updateSessionServerInfo(SERVER_ID, {
+      serverId: SERVER_ID,
+      hostname: null,
+      version: "0.1.96",
+    });
+    store.setWorkspaces(SERVER_ID, snapshot.workspaces);
+    store.setAgents(SERVER_ID, snapshot.agents);
+
+    const existingAgent = getSnapshotAgent(snapshot, "agent-running");
+    const oldDaemonUpdate: Agent = {
+      ...existingAgent,
+      workspaceId: undefined,
+      updatedAt: new Date("2026-06-18T10:01:00.000Z"),
+      lastActivityAt: new Date("2026-06-18T10:01:00.000Z"),
+    };
+
+    const stampedUpdate = applyLegacyDaemonWorkspaceOwnership({
+      serverId: SERVER_ID,
+      agent: oldDaemonUpdate,
+    });
+    const visibility = deriveWorkspaceAgentVisibility({
+      sessionAgents: new Map([[stampedUpdate.id, stampedUpdate]]),
+      workspaceId: "/repo/app",
+    });
+
+    expect(stampedUpdate.workspaceId).toBe("/repo/app");
+    expect(visibility.activeAgentIds).toEqual(new Set(["agent-running"]));
+  });
+
+  it("does not backfill path-backed workspaces after hydration is cancelled", async () => {
+    const store = useSessionStore.getState();
+    store.initializeSession(SERVER_ID, null as unknown as DaemonClient);
+    store.updateSessionServerInfo(SERVER_ID, {
+      serverId: SERVER_ID,
+      hostname: null,
+      version: "0.1.96",
+    });
+    let cancelled = false;
+    let didFetchAgents = false;
+    const client: Pick<DaemonClient, "fetchAgents"> = {
+      fetchAgents: async () => {
+        didFetchAgents = true;
+        cancelled = true;
+        return {
+          requestId: "req_cancelled_backfill",
+          subscriptionId: null,
+          entries: [legacyAgent({ id: "agent-cancelled", cwd: "/repo/app" })],
+          pageInfo: {
+            nextCursor: null,
+            prevCursor: null,
+            hasMore: false,
+          },
+        };
+      },
+    };
+
+    const didBackfill = await backfillLegacyDaemonWorkspaceDirectoryIfEmpty({
+      client,
+      serverId: SERVER_ID,
+      workspaces: new Map(),
+      emptyProjects: new Map(),
+      isCancelled: () => cancelled,
+    });
+
+    const session = useSessionStore.getState().sessions[SERVER_ID];
+    expect(didFetchAgents).toBe(true);
+    expect(didBackfill).toBe(true);
+    expect(session?.agents.size).toBe(0);
+    expect(session?.workspaces.size).toBe(0);
+    expect(session?.hasHydratedWorkspaces).toBe(false);
+  });
+});

packages/app/src/workspace/legacy-daemon-workspaces.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,392 @@
+import type {
+  DaemonClient,
+  FetchAgentsEntry,
+  FetchAgentsOptions,
+} from "@getpaseo/client/internal/daemon-client";
+import {
+  deriveAgentStateBucket,
+  getWorkspaceStateBucketPriority,
+} from "@getpaseo/protocol/agent-state-bucket";
+import type { Agent, DaemonServerInfo, WorkspaceDescriptor } from "@/stores/session-store";
+import { useSessionStore } from "@/stores/session-store";
+import {
+  buildAgentDirectoryState,
+  replaceFetchedAgentDirectory,
+} from "@/utils/agent-directory-sync";
+import { normalizeWorkspacePath } from "@/utils/workspace-identity";
+
+export interface LegacyDaemonWorkspaceSnapshot {
+  agents: Map<string, Agent>;
+  workspaces: Map<string, WorkspaceDescriptor>;
+}
+
+export interface LegacyDaemonWorkspaceFetchResult extends LegacyDaemonWorkspaceSnapshot {
+  subscriptionId: string | null;
+}
+
+interface LegacyDaemonWorkspaceDirectoryReadResult {
+  entries: FetchAgentsEntry[];
+  subscriptionId: string | null;
+}
+
+interface LegacyDaemonWorkspaceBackfillInput {
+  client: Pick<DaemonClient, "fetchAgents">;
+  serverId: string;
+  workspaces: ReadonlyMap<unknown, unknown>;
+  emptyProjects: ReadonlyMap<unknown, unknown>;
+  isCancelled?: () => boolean;
+}
+
+const LEGACY_AGENT_DIRECTORY_SORT: NonNullable<FetchAgentsOptions["sort"]> = [
+  { key: "updated_at", direction: "desc" },
+];
+
+// COMPAT(legacyWorkspaceDaemon): v0.1.97 app talking to <=v0.1.96 daemons.
+// Older daemons expose agents by cwd but may have no workspace registry rows.
+// Keep all cwd -> synthetic workspace behavior in this file so the shim is
+// deleted by removing this module and its call sites once the daemon floor is v0.1.97.
+export function buildLegacyDaemonWorkspaceSnapshot(input: {
+  serverId: string;
+  entries: FetchAgentsEntry[];
+}): LegacyDaemonWorkspaceSnapshot {
+  const entries = stampLegacyWorkspaceIds(input.entries);
+  const { agents } = buildAgentDirectoryState({
+    serverId: input.serverId,
+    entries,
+  });
+
+  return {
+    agents,
+    workspaces: buildLegacyWorkspaces(entries),
+  };
+}
+
+export function shouldUseLegacyDaemonWorkspaceDirectory(
+  serverInfo: DaemonServerInfo | null | undefined,
+): boolean {
+  return (
+    serverInfo !== null &&
+    serverInfo !== undefined &&
+    serverInfo.features?.workspaceMultiplicity !== true
+  );
+}
+
+function shouldBackfillLegacyDaemonWorkspaceDirectory(
+  serverInfo: DaemonServerInfo | null | undefined,
+): boolean {
+  return serverInfo?.features?.workspaceMultiplicity !== true;
+}
+
+export async function fetchLegacyDaemonWorkspaceDirectory(input: {
+  client: Pick<DaemonClient, "fetchAgents">;
+  serverId: string;
+  subscribe?: FetchAgentsOptions["subscribe"];
+  page?: FetchAgentsOptions["page"];
+}): Promise<LegacyDaemonWorkspaceFetchResult> {
+  const directory = await readLegacyDaemonWorkspaceDirectory(input);
+  if (!directory) {
+    throw new Error("Legacy daemon workspace directory fetch was cancelled.");
+  }
+  const snapshot = replaceLegacyDaemonWorkspaceDirectory({
+    serverId: input.serverId,
+    entries: directory.entries,
+  });
+  return { ...snapshot, subscriptionId: directory.subscriptionId };
+}
+
+export async function backfillLegacyDaemonWorkspaceDirectoryIfEmpty(
+  input: LegacyDaemonWorkspaceBackfillInput,
+): Promise<boolean> {
+  if (input.workspaces.size > 0 || input.emptyProjects.size > 0) {
+    return false;
+  }
+  const serverInfo = useSessionStore.getState().sessions[input.serverId]?.serverInfo;
+  if (!shouldBackfillLegacyDaemonWorkspaceDirectory(serverInfo)) {
+    return false;
+  }
+  if (input.isCancelled?.()) {
+    return true;
+  }
+  const directory = await readLegacyDaemonWorkspaceDirectory({
+    client: input.client,
+    isCancelled: input.isCancelled,
+  });
+  if (!directory || input.isCancelled?.()) {
+    return true;
+  }
+  replaceLegacyDaemonWorkspaceDirectory({
+    serverId: input.serverId,
+    entries: directory.entries,
+  });
+  return true;
+}
+
+async function readLegacyDaemonWorkspaceDirectory(input: {
+  client: Pick<DaemonClient, "fetchAgents">;
+  subscribe?: FetchAgentsOptions["subscribe"];
+  page?: FetchAgentsOptions["page"];
+  isCancelled?: () => boolean;
+}): Promise<LegacyDaemonWorkspaceDirectoryReadResult | null> {
+  const entries: FetchAgentsEntry[] = [];
+  let cursor = input.page?.cursor ?? null;
+  let includeSubscribe = true;
+  let subscriptionId: string | null = null;
+  const pageLimit = input.page?.limit ?? 200;
+
+  while (true) {
+    if (input.isCancelled?.()) {
+      return null;
+    }
+
+    const payload = await input.client.fetchAgents({
+      sort: LEGACY_AGENT_DIRECTORY_SORT,
+      ...(includeSubscribe && input.subscribe ? { subscribe: input.subscribe } : {}),
+      page: cursor ? { limit: pageLimit, cursor } : { limit: pageLimit },
+    });
+    if (input.isCancelled?.()) {
+      return null;
+    }
+
+    entries.push(...payload.entries);
+    subscriptionId = subscriptionId ?? payload.subscriptionId ?? null;
+    includeSubscribe = false;
+    if (!readFetchAgentsHasMore(payload.pageInfo)) {
+      break;
+    }
+    const nextCursor = readFetchAgentsNextCursor(payload.pageInfo);
+    if (!nextCursor) {
+      break;
+    }
+    cursor = nextCursor;
+  }
+
+  return { entries, subscriptionId };
+}
+
+export function applyLegacyDaemonWorkspaceOwnership(input: {
+  serverId: string;
+  agent: Agent;
+}): Agent {
+  if (input.agent.workspaceId) {
+    return input.agent;
+  }
+
+  const session = useSessionStore.getState().sessions[input.serverId];
+  if (!shouldBackfillLegacyDaemonWorkspaceDirectory(session?.serverInfo)) {
+    return input.agent;
+  }
+
+  const existingAgent =
+    session?.agents.get(input.agent.id) ?? session?.agentDetails.get(input.agent.id) ?? null;
+  const workspaceId =
+    existingAgent?.workspaceId ??
+    resolveLegacyWorkspaceIdFromAgent(input.agent, session?.workspaces) ??
+    null;
+  if (!workspaceId) {
+    return input.agent;
+  }
+
+  return {
+    ...input.agent,
+    workspaceId,
+    projectPlacement: input.agent.projectPlacement ?? existingAgent?.projectPlacement,
+  };
+}
+
+function replaceLegacyDaemonWorkspaceDirectory(input: {
+  serverId: string;
+  entries: FetchAgentsEntry[];
+}): LegacyDaemonWorkspaceSnapshot {
+  const entries = stampLegacyWorkspaceIds(input.entries);
+  const { agents } = replaceFetchedAgentDirectory({
+    serverId: input.serverId,
+    entries,
+  });
+  const workspaces = buildLegacyWorkspaces(entries);
+  const store = useSessionStore.getState();
+  store.setWorkspaces(input.serverId, workspaces);
+  store.setEmptyProjects(input.serverId, []);
+  store.setHasHydratedWorkspaces(input.serverId, true);
+  return { agents, workspaces };
+}
+
+function readFetchAgentsHasMore(
+  pageInfo: Awaited<ReturnType<DaemonClient["fetchAgents"]>>["pageInfo"],
+): boolean {
+  const page = pageInfo as {
+    hasMore?: boolean;
+    hasMoreAfter?: boolean;
+  };
+  if (typeof page.hasMore === "boolean") {
+    return page.hasMore;
+  }
+  if (typeof page.hasMoreAfter === "boolean") {
+    return page.hasMoreAfter;
+  }
+  return false;
+}
+
+function readFetchAgentsNextCursor(
+  pageInfo: Awaited<ReturnType<DaemonClient["fetchAgents"]>>["pageInfo"],
+): string | null {
+  const page = pageInfo as {
+    nextCursor?: string | null;
+    afterCursor?: string | null;
+  };
+  if (typeof page.nextCursor === "string") {
+    return page.nextCursor;
+  }
+  if (typeof page.afterCursor === "string") {
+    return page.afterCursor;
+  }
+  return null;
+}
+
+function stampLegacyWorkspaceIds(entries: FetchAgentsEntry[]): FetchAgentsEntry[] {
+  return entries.map((entry) => {
+    const workspaceId = resolveLegacyWorkspaceId(entry);
+    return {
+      ...entry,
+      agent: {
+        ...entry.agent,
+        workspaceId,
+      },
+    };
+  });
+}
+
+function buildLegacyWorkspaces(entries: FetchAgentsEntry[]): Map<string, WorkspaceDescriptor> {
+  const workspaces = new Map<string, WorkspaceDescriptor>();
+  for (const entry of entries) {
+    const workspaceId = entry.agent.workspaceId ?? resolveLegacyWorkspaceId(entry);
+    const status = deriveAgentStateBucket({
+      status: entry.agent.status,
+      pendingPermissionCount: entry.agent.pendingPermissions.length,
+      requiresAttention: entry.agent.requiresAttention,
+      attentionReason: entry.agent.attentionReason,
+    });
+    const statusEnteredAt = parseLegacyAgentTimestamp(entry);
+    const existing = workspaces.get(workspaceId);
+    if (!existing) {
+      workspaces.set(workspaceId, createLegacyWorkspace(entry, status, statusEnteredAt));
+      continue;
+    }
+    if (
+      getWorkspaceStateBucketPriority(status) < getWorkspaceStateBucketPriority(existing.status)
+    ) {
+      workspaces.set(workspaceId, {
+        ...existing,
+        status,
+        statusEnteredAt,
+      });
+    }
+  }
+  return workspaces;
+}
+
+function createLegacyWorkspace(
+  entry: FetchAgentsEntry,
+  status: WorkspaceDescriptor["status"],
+  statusEnteredAt: Date | null,
+): WorkspaceDescriptor {
+  const workspaceDirectory = resolveLegacyWorkspaceId(entry);
+  const checkout = entry.project.checkout;
+  const projectRootPath =
+    normalizeWorkspacePath(checkout.mainRepoRoot ?? checkout.worktreeRoot ?? checkout.cwd) ??
+    workspaceDirectory;
+  return {
+    id: workspaceDirectory,
+    projectId: entry.project.projectKey,
+    projectDisplayName: entry.project.projectName,
+    projectCustomName: null,
+    projectRootPath,
+    workspaceDirectory,
+    projectKind: checkout.isGit ? "git" : "non_git",
+    workspaceKind: resolveLegacyWorkspaceKind(checkout),
+    name: resolveLegacyWorkspaceName(entry, workspaceDirectory),
+    title: null,
+    status,
+    statusEnteredAt,
+    archivingAt: null,
+    diffStat: null,
+    scripts: [],
+    gitRuntime: checkout.isGit
+      ? {
+          currentBranch: checkout.currentBranch,
+          remoteUrl: checkout.remoteUrl,
+          isPaseoOwnedWorktree: checkout.isPaseoOwnedWorktree,
+          isDirty: null,
+          aheadBehind: null,
+          aheadOfOrigin: null,
+          behindOfOrigin: null,
+        }
+      : null,
+    githubRuntime: null,
+    project: entry.project,
+  };
+}
+
+function resolveLegacyWorkspaceKind(
+  checkout: FetchAgentsEntry["project"]["checkout"],
+): WorkspaceDescriptor["workspaceKind"] {
+  if (!checkout.isGit) {
+    return "directory";
+  }
+  if (checkout.isPaseoOwnedWorktree) {
+    return "worktree";
+  }
+  return "checkout";
+}
+
+function resolveLegacyWorkspaceId(entry: FetchAgentsEntry): string {
+  return (
+    normalizeWorkspacePath(entry.project.checkout.cwd) ??
+    normalizeWorkspacePath(entry.agent.cwd) ??
+    entry.agent.cwd
+  );
+}
+
+function resolveLegacyWorkspaceIdFromAgent(
+  agent: Agent,
+  workspaces: Map<string, WorkspaceDescriptor> | undefined,
+): string | null {
+  const cwd = normalizeWorkspacePath(agent.cwd);
+  if (!cwd) {
+    return null;
+  }
+
+  for (const workspace of workspaces?.values() ?? []) {
+    if (normalizeWorkspacePath(workspace.workspaceDirectory) === cwd) {
+      return workspace.id;
+    }
+  }
+
+  return cwd;
+}
+
+function resolveLegacyWorkspaceName(entry: FetchAgentsEntry, workspaceDirectory: string): string {
+  const explicitName = entry.project.workspaceName?.trim();
+  if (explicitName) {
+    return explicitName;
+  }
+  const branchName = entry.project.checkout.currentBranch?.trim();
+  if (branchName && branchName !== "HEAD") {
+    return branchName;
+  }
+  return workspaceDirectoryName(workspaceDirectory);
+}
+
+function workspaceDirectoryName(directory: string): string {
+  const trimmed = directory.trim().replace(/[/]+$/g, "");
+  const separator = Math.max(trimmed.lastIndexOf("/"), trimmed.lastIndexOf("\\"));
+  return separator >= 0 ? trimmed.slice(separator + 1) : trimmed;
+}
+
+function parseLegacyAgentTimestamp(entry: FetchAgentsEntry): Date | null {
+  const value = entry.agent.attentionTimestamp ?? entry.agent.updatedAt;
+  if (!value) {
+    return null;
+  }
+  const date = new Date(value);
+  return Number.isNaN(date.getTime()) ? null : date;
+}