diff --git a/packages/app/src/app.tsx b/packages/app/src/app.tsx
index 0c950871a335..ed1f7a6a1bbf 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/app.tsx
+++ b/packages/app/src/app.tsx
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ import {
   type JSX,
   lazy,
   onCleanup,
+  onMount,
   type ParentProps,
   Show,
 } from "solid-js"
@@ -64,6 +65,14 @@ import { ErrorPage } from "./pages/error"
 import { useCheckServerHealth } from "./utils/server-health"
 import { legacySessionHref, legacySessionServer, requireServerKey, sessionHref } from "./utils/session-route"
 import { createSessionLineage } from "@/pages/session/session-lineage"
+import {
+  deepLinkEvent,
+  drainPendingDeepLinks,
+  enqueueDeepLink,
+  lastDeepLink,
+  parseExistingSessionDeepLink,
+  takePendingDeepLink,
+} from "@/pages/layout/deep-links"
 
 import { SessionPage, SessionRouteErrorBoundary, TargetSessionRouteContent } from "@/pages/session"
 import { NewHome } from "@/pages/home"
@@ -378,6 +387,49 @@ function NewAppLayout(props: ParentProps<{ serverScoped?: JSX.Element }>) {
   )
 }
 
+function ExistingSessionDeepLinkHandler() {
+  const global = useGlobal()
+  const server = useServer()
+  const navigate = useNavigate()
+
+  const open = async (url: string) => {
+    const link = parseExistingSessionDeepLink(url)
+    if (!link) return
+    const key = ServerConnection.Key.make(link.server)
+    const conn = global.servers.list().find((item) => ServerConnection.key(item) === key)
+    if (!conn) return
+    const lineage = await global
+      .ensureServerCtx(conn)
+      .sync.session.lineage.resolve(link.session)
+      .catch(() => undefined)
+    if (!lineage) return
+    server.setActive(key)
+    navigate(sessionHref(key, lineage.session.id))
+  }
+
+  onMount(() => {
+    const enqueue = (url: string | undefined) => {
+      if (!url) return
+      void enqueueDeepLink(() => open(url)).catch(() => {})
+    }
+    enqueue(takePendingDeepLink(window, (url) => !!parseExistingSessionDeepLink(url)))
+    queueMicrotask(() => drainPendingDeepLinks(window))
+    makeEventListener(window, deepLinkEvent, (event) => {
+      const detail = (event as CustomEvent<{ urls: string[] }>).detail
+      const selected = lastDeepLink(detail?.urls ?? [])
+      if (!selected) drainPendingDeepLinks(window)
+      if (!parseExistingSessionDeepLink(selected ?? "")) {
+        queueMicrotask(() => drainPendingDeepLinks(window))
+        return
+      }
+      drainPendingDeepLinks(window)
+      enqueue(selected)
+    })
+  })
+
+  return null
+}
+
 // The draft page only renders the prompt composer, so it drops TerminalProvider.
 // FileProvider and CommentsProvider stay because PromptInput uses file search and comment context.
 function DraftProviders(props: ParentProps) {
@@ -590,6 +642,7 @@ export function AppInterface(props: {
                 component={props.router ?? Router}
                 root={(routerProps) => (
                   <TabsProvider>
+                    <ExistingSessionDeepLinkHandler />
                     <PermissionProvider>
                       <NotificationProvider>
                         <ServerShell>
diff --git a/packages/app/src/components/titlebar-tab-strip.tsx b/packages/app/src/components/titlebar-tab-strip.tsx
index 0a4b4da12dfe..784ed8fb5b1c 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/components/titlebar-tab-strip.tsx
+++ b/packages/app/src/components/titlebar-tab-strip.tsx
@@ -17,9 +17,12 @@ import { useTabs } from "@/context/tabs"
 import { createTabPromptState } from "@/context/prompt"
 import { base64Encode } from "@opencode-ai/core/util/encode"
 import { showToast } from "@/utils/toast"
+import { usePlatform } from "@/context/platform"
+import { existingSessionDeepLink } from "@/pages/layout/deep-links"
 import { canStartTabDrag, isTabCloseTarget } from "./titlebar-tab-gesture"
 import { adjacentTabKey, mergeVisibleTabOrder } from "./titlebar-tab-order"
 import type { Session } from "@opencode-ai/sdk/v2"
+import { useParams } from "@solidjs/router"
 
 function SessionTabSlot(props: {
   tab: SessionTab
@@ -33,6 +36,8 @@ function SessionTabSlot(props: {
   onNavigate: (element: HTMLDivElement) => void
   onClose: () => void
 }) {
+  const platform = usePlatform()
+  const params = useParams<{ id?: string }>()
   const sortable = useSortable({
     get id() {
       return props.id
@@ -55,7 +60,11 @@ function SessionTabSlot(props: {
         ref={(el) => {
           ref = el
         }}
-        href={tabHref(props.tab)}
+        href={
+          platform.platform === "desktop"
+            ? existingSessionDeepLink(props.tab.server, props.active() && params.id ? params.id : props.tab.sessionId)
+            : tabHref(props.tab)
+        }
         server={props.tab.server}
         session={props.session}
         fallbackTitle={props.fallbackTitle}
diff --git a/packages/app/src/pages/layout.tsx b/packages/app/src/pages/layout.tsx
index 98548ab2333b..b38a9ed0bd90 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/pages/layout.tsx
+++ b/packages/app/src/pages/layout.tsx
@@ -72,6 +72,11 @@ import {
   collectOpenProjectDeepLinks,
   deepLinkEvent,
   drainPendingDeepLinks,
+  enqueueDeepLink,
+  lastDeepLink,
+  parseDeepLink,
+  parseNewSessionDeepLink,
+  takePendingDeepLink,
 } from "./layout/deep-links"
 import { createInlineEditorController } from "./layout/inline-editor"
 import {
@@ -1249,11 +1254,11 @@ export default function LegacyLayout(props: ParentProps) {
     if (navigate) return navigateToProject(directory)
   }
 
-  const handleDeepLinks = (urls: string[]) => {
+  const handleDeepLinks = async (urls: string[]) => {
     if (!server.isLocal()) return
 
     for (const directory of collectOpenProjectDeepLinks(urls)) {
-      void openProject(directory)
+      await openProject(directory)
     }
 
     for (const link of collectNewSessionDeepLinks(urls)) {
@@ -1270,14 +1275,17 @@ export default function LegacyLayout(props: ParentProps) {
   }
 
   onMount(() => {
+    const take = (url: string) => !!parseDeepLink(url) || !!parseNewSessionDeepLink(url)
     const handler = (event: Event) => {
       const detail = (event as CustomEvent<{ urls: string[] }>).detail
-      const urls = detail?.urls ?? []
-      if (urls.length === 0) return
-      handleDeepLinks(urls)
+      const selected = lastDeepLink(detail?.urls ?? [])
+      if (!selected || !take(selected)) return
+      drainPendingDeepLinks(window)
+      void enqueueDeepLink(() => handleDeepLinks([selected])).catch(() => {})
     }
 
-    handleDeepLinks(drainPendingDeepLinks(window))
+    const pending = takePendingDeepLink(window, take)
+    if (pending) void enqueueDeepLink(() => handleDeepLinks([pending])).catch(() => {})
     makeEventListener(window, deepLinkEvent, handler as EventListener)
   })
 
diff --git a/packages/app/src/pages/layout/deep-links.ts b/packages/app/src/pages/layout/deep-links.ts
index 5dca421f7498..b240ea425dce 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/pages/layout/deep-links.ts
+++ b/packages/app/src/pages/layout/deep-links.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 export const deepLinkEvent = "opencode:deep-link"
 
 const parseUrl = (input: string) => {
-  if (!input.startsWith("opencode://")) return
   if (typeof URL.canParse === "function" && !URL.canParse(input)) return
   try {
-    return new URL(input)
+    const url = new URL(input)
+    if (url.protocol !== "opencode:") return
+    return url
   } catch {
     return
   }
@@ -30,12 +31,48 @@ export const parseNewSessionDeepLink = (input: string) => {
   return { directory, prompt }
 }
 
+export const existingSessionDeepLink = (server: string, session: string) => {
+  const url = new URL("opencode://open-session")
+  url.searchParams.set("server", server)
+  url.searchParams.set("session", session)
+  return url.toString()
+}
+
+export const parseExistingSessionDeepLink = (input: string) => {
+  const url = parseUrl(input)
+  if (!url) return
+  if (url.hostname !== "open-session" || (url.pathname !== "" && url.pathname !== "/")) return
+  const server = url.searchParams.get("server")
+  const session = url.searchParams.get("session")
+  if (!server || !session) return
+  return { server, session }
+}
+
 export const collectOpenProjectDeepLinks = (urls: string[]) =>
   urls.map(parseDeepLink).filter((directory): directory is string => !!directory)
 
 export const collectNewSessionDeepLinks = (urls: string[]) =>
   urls.map(parseNewSessionDeepLink).filter((link): link is { directory: string; prompt?: string } => !!link)
 
+export const collectExistingSessionDeepLinks = (urls: string[]) =>
+  urls.map(parseExistingSessionDeepLink).filter((link): link is { server: string; session: string } => !!link)
+
+export const lastDeepLink = (urls: string[]) =>
+  urls
+    .filter((url) => !!parseDeepLink(url) || !!parseNewSessionDeepLink(url) || !!parseExistingSessionDeepLink(url))
+    .at(-1)
+
+let deepLinkQueue = Promise.resolve()
+
+export const enqueueDeepLink = (task: () => void | Promise<void>) => {
+  const next = deepLinkQueue.then(task, task)
+  deepLinkQueue = next.then(
+    () => {},
+    () => {},
+  )
+  return next
+}
+
 type OpenCodeWindow = Window & {
   __OPENCODE__?: {
     deepLinks?: string[]
@@ -48,3 +85,15 @@ export const drainPendingDeepLinks = (target: OpenCodeWindow) => {
   if (target.__OPENCODE__) target.__OPENCODE__.deepLinks = []
   return pending
 }
+
+export const takePendingDeepLink = (target: OpenCodeWindow, take: (url: string) => boolean) => {
+  const pending = target.__OPENCODE__?.deepLinks ?? []
+  const selected = lastDeepLink(pending)
+  if (!selected) {
+    if (target.__OPENCODE__) target.__OPENCODE__.deepLinks = []
+    return
+  }
+  if (!take(selected)) return
+  if (target.__OPENCODE__) target.__OPENCODE__.deepLinks = []
+  return selected
+}
diff --git a/packages/app/src/pages/layout/helpers.test.ts b/packages/app/src/pages/layout/helpers.test.ts
index cb58b6f8b6d6..bc39a9f458e0 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/pages/layout/helpers.test.ts
+++ b/packages/app/src/pages/layout/helpers.test.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,16 @@
 import { describe, expect, test } from "bun:test"
 import {
+  collectExistingSessionDeepLinks,
   collectNewSessionDeepLinks,
   collectOpenProjectDeepLinks,
   drainPendingDeepLinks,
+  enqueueDeepLink,
+  existingSessionDeepLink,
+  lastDeepLink,
   parseDeepLink,
+  parseExistingSessionDeepLink,
   parseNewSessionDeepLink,
+  takePendingDeepLink,
 } from "./deep-links"
 import { type Session } from "@opencode-ai/sdk/v2/client"
 import {
@@ -100,6 +106,36 @@ describe("layout deep links", () => {
     expect(result).toEqual([{ directory: "/a" }, { directory: "/c", prompt: "ship it" }])
   })
 
+  test("generates and parses existing-session deep links", () => {
+    const link = existingSessionDeepLink(serverKey("https://example.com:4096"), "ses_1")
+    expect(link).toBe("opencode://open-session?server=https%3A%2F%2Fexample.com%3A4096&session=ses_1")
+    expect(parseExistingSessionDeepLink(link)).toEqual({ server: "https://example.com:4096", session: "ses_1" })
+    expect(parseExistingSessionDeepLink(existingSessionDeepLink(serverKey("sidecar"), "ses_2"))).toEqual({
+      server: "sidecar",
+      session: "ses_2",
+    })
+  })
+
+  test("ignores invalid existing-session deep links", () => {
+    expect(parseExistingSessionDeepLink("opencode://open-session?server=sidecar")).toBeUndefined()
+    expect(parseExistingSessionDeepLink("opencode://open-session?session=ses_1")).toBeUndefined()
+    expect(parseExistingSessionDeepLink("opencode://open-session/path?server=sidecar&session=ses_1")).toBeUndefined()
+    expect(parseExistingSessionDeepLink("https://open-session?server=sidecar&session=ses_1")).toBeUndefined()
+  })
+
+  test("collects only valid existing-session links", () => {
+    expect(
+      collectExistingSessionDeepLinks([
+        "opencode://open-session?server=sidecar&session=ses_1",
+        "opencode://open-project?directory=/tmp/demo",
+        "opencode://open-session?server=wsl%3AUbuntu&session=ses_2",
+      ]),
+    ).toEqual([
+      { server: "sidecar", session: "ses_1" },
+      { server: "wsl:Ubuntu", session: "ses_2" },
+    ])
+  })
+
   test("drains global deep links once", () => {
     const target = {
       __OPENCODE__: {
@@ -110,6 +146,55 @@ describe("layout deep links", () => {
     expect(drainPendingDeepLinks(target)).toEqual(["opencode://open-project?directory=/a"])
     expect(drainPendingDeepLinks(target)).toEqual([])
   })
+
+  test("selects only the last supported pending deep link", () => {
+    const target = {
+      __OPENCODE__: {
+        deepLinks: [
+          "opencode://open-project?directory=/a",
+          "opencode://open-session?server=sidecar&session=ses_1",
+          "opencode://unsupported",
+        ],
+      },
+    } as unknown as Window & { __OPENCODE__?: { deepLinks?: string[] } }
+
+    expect(takePendingDeepLink(target, (url) => !!parseDeepLink(url))).toBeUndefined()
+    expect(takePendingDeepLink(target, (url) => !!parseExistingSessionDeepLink(url))).toBe(
+      "opencode://open-session?server=sidecar&session=ses_1",
+    )
+    expect(drainPendingDeepLinks(target)).toEqual([])
+  })
+
+  test("uses the last supported deep link in a batch", () => {
+    expect(
+      lastDeepLink([
+        "opencode://open-session?server=sidecar&session=ses_1",
+        "opencode://unsupported",
+        "opencode://open-project?directory=/a",
+      ]),
+    ).toBe("opencode://open-project?directory=/a")
+  })
+
+  test("processes deep links in delivery order", async () => {
+    const result: string[] = []
+    let release = () => {}
+    const first = enqueueDeepLink(() =>
+      new Promise<void>((resolve) => {
+        release = resolve
+      }).then(() => {
+        result.push("first")
+      }),
+    )
+    const second = enqueueDeepLink(() => {
+      result.push("second")
+    })
+
+    await Promise.resolve()
+    expect(result).toEqual([])
+    release()
+    await Promise.all([first, second])
+    expect(result).toEqual(["first", "second"])
+  })
 })
 
 describe("layout workspace helpers", () => {
diff --git a/packages/desktop/src/main/deep-links.test.ts b/packages/desktop/src/main/deep-links.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..367d6de13d6e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/desktop/src/main/deep-links.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+import { describe, expect, test } from "bun:test"
+import { collectDeepLinkArgs } from "./deep-links"
+
+describe("desktop deep links", () => {
+  test("collects protocol URLs from process arguments", () => {
+    expect(
+      collectDeepLinkArgs([
+        "OpenCode.exe",
+        "--flag",
+        "opencode://open-session?server=sidecar&session=ses_1",
+        "https://example.com",
+        "OPENCODE://open-project?directory=C%3A%5Cdemo",
+      ]),
+    ).toEqual(["opencode://open-session?server=sidecar&session=ses_1", "OPENCODE://open-project?directory=C%3A%5Cdemo"])
+  })
+
+  test("ignores malformed and unrelated arguments", () => {
+    expect(collectDeepLinkArgs(["OpenCode.exe", "opencode://[", "not a URL", "file:///tmp/demo"])).toEqual([])
+  })
+})
diff --git a/packages/desktop/src/main/deep-links.ts b/packages/desktop/src/main/deep-links.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..29a30b16e2b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/desktop/src/main/deep-links.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+export function collectDeepLinkArgs(args: string[]) {
+  return args.filter((arg) => {
+    try {
+      return new URL(arg).protocol === "opencode:"
+    } catch {
+      return false
+    }
+  })
+}
diff --git a/packages/desktop/src/main/index.ts b/packages/desktop/src/main/index.ts
index 183fc634db01..fba669b10ea5 100644
--- a/packages/desktop/src/main/index.ts
+++ b/packages/desktop/src/main/index.ts
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ import { migrate } from "./migrate"
 import { cleanupStoreFiles } from "./store-cleanup"
 import { startBackgroundCli } from "./background-cli"
 import { setNativeTranslations } from "./native-translations"
+import { collectDeepLinkArgs } from "./deep-links"
 
 const APP_NAMES: Record<string, string> = {
   dev: "OpenCode Dev",
@@ -200,10 +201,16 @@ const main = Effect.gen(function* () {
     return
   }
 
+  const initialDeepLinks = collectDeepLinkArgs(process.argv)
+  if (initialDeepLinks.length) {
+    logger.log("deep link received via initial arguments", { urls: initialDeepLinks })
+    emitDeepLinks(initialDeepLinks)
+  }
+
   const shellEnv = preferAppEnv(app.getPath("userData"))
 
   app.on("second-instance", (_event: Event, argv: string[]) => {
-    const urls = argv.filter((arg: string) => arg.startsWith("opencode://"))
+    const urls = collectDeepLinkArgs(argv)
     if (urls.length) {
       logger.log("deep link received via second-instance", { urls })
       emitDeepLinks(urls)