diff --git a/packages/app/src/runtime/replica-cache/index.test.ts b/packages/app/src/runtime/replica-cache/index.test.ts
index a48a49c95..2b85b0149 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/runtime/replica-cache/index.test.ts
+++ b/packages/app/src/runtime/replica-cache/index.test.ts
@@ -490,6 +490,63 @@ describe("ReplicaCache", () => {
     });
   });
 
+  it("restores workspace change request checks beside the directory cursor", async () => {
+    const githubRuntime = {
+      featuresEnabled: true,
+      pullRequest: {
+        number: 824,
+        url: "https://github.com/blank-dot-page/editor/pull/824",
+        title: "Cut realistic editor typing latency by two thirds",
+        state: "OPEN",
+        baseRefName: "main",
+        headRefName: "perf-editor-typing-latency",
+        isMerged: false,
+        checksStatus: "success" as const,
+        checks: [
+          {
+            name: "Check",
+            status: "success" as const,
+            url: "https://github.com/blank-dot-page/editor/actions/runs/824",
+          },
+        ],
+      },
+      error: null,
+    };
+    const storage = new MemoryStorage();
+    const writer = new ReplicaCache(storage);
+    writer.setHosts([SERVER_ID]);
+    seedSession();
+    useSessionStore.getState().setWorkspaces(
+      SERVER_ID,
+      new Map([
+        [
+          "workspace-1",
+          normalizeWorkspaceDescriptor({
+            ...workspace(),
+            forge: "github",
+            githubRuntime,
+          }),
+        ],
+      ]),
+    );
+    writer.writeDirectoryCheckpoint(SERVER_ID, {
+      workspaces: { generation: "daemon-generation", afterSeq: 9 },
+    });
+    await writer.flush();
+
+    useSessionStore.getState().clearSession(SERVER_ID);
+    const reader = new ReplicaCache(storage);
+    reader.setHosts([SERVER_ID]);
+    await reader.restore();
+
+    expect(
+      useSessionStore.getState().sessions[SERVER_ID]?.workspaces.get("workspace-1")?.githubRuntime,
+    ).toEqual(githubRuntime);
+    expect(reader.readDirectoryCheckpoint(SERVER_ID)).toEqual({
+      workspaces: { generation: "daemon-generation", afterSeq: 9 },
+    });
+  });
+
   it("restores every registered host directory before any host reconnects", async () => {
     const storage = new MemoryStorage();
     const writer = new ReplicaCache(storage);
diff --git a/packages/app/src/runtime/replica-cache/index.ts b/packages/app/src/runtime/replica-cache/index.ts
index b18514d50..ef075d85f 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/runtime/replica-cache/index.ts
+++ b/packages/app/src/runtime/replica-cache/index.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 import { Buffer } from "buffer";
 import { z } from "zod";
-import { AgentStatusSchema, AgentTimelineItemPayloadSchema } from "@getpaseo/protocol/messages";
+import {
+  AgentStatusSchema,
+  AgentTimelineItemPayloadSchema,
+  WorkspaceGitHubRuntimePayloadSchema,
+} from "@getpaseo/protocol/messages";
 import { AgentProviderSchema } from "@getpaseo/protocol/provider-manifest";
 import {
   normalizeProjectDescriptor,
@@ -238,6 +242,7 @@ const StoredWorkspaceSchema = z.strictObject({
   diffStat: z.strictObject({ additions: z.number(), deletions: z.number() }).nullable(),
   scripts: z.array(WorkspaceScriptSchema),
   gitRuntime: WorkspaceGitRuntimeSchema,
+  githubRuntime: WorkspaceGitHubRuntimePayloadSchema,
   forge: z.string().optional(),
 });
 
@@ -573,6 +578,7 @@ function serializeWorkspace(workspace: WorkspaceDescriptor): StoredWorkspace {
       terminalId: script.terminalId,
     })),
     gitRuntime: workspace.gitRuntime,
+    githubRuntime: workspace.githubRuntime,
     forge: workspace.forge,
   };
 }
diff --git a/packages/protocol/src/messages.ts b/packages/protocol/src/messages.ts
index 3570dc45e..9505bd277 100644
--- a/packages/protocol/src/messages.ts
+++ b/packages/protocol/src/messages.ts
@@ -3514,7 +3514,7 @@ const WorkspaceGitRuntimePayloadSchema = z
   .optional()
   .nullable();
 
-const WorkspaceGitHubRuntimePayloadSchema = z
+export const WorkspaceGitHubRuntimePayloadSchema = z
   .object({
     featuresEnabled: z.boolean().optional(),
     pullRequest: z