diff --git a/.changeset/fix-swidge-session-relay-errors.md b/.changeset/fix-swidge-session-relay-errors.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ed3ad97
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/fix-swidge-session-relay-errors.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@walletconnect/cli-sdk": patch
+---
+
+Fix swidge NO_MATCHING_KEY error by only requiring source chain in session namespaces, and prevent unhandled relay errors from crashing Node during wallet request rejection/timeout
diff --git a/packages/cli-sdk/src/cli.ts b/packages/cli-sdk/src/cli.ts
index 2ec4c53..49f3ca4 100644
--- a/packages/cli-sdk/src/cli.ts
+++ b/packages/cli-sdk/src/cli.ts
@@ -298,9 +298,10 @@ async function cmdSwidge(browser: boolean, args: string[]): Promise<void> {
     process.exit(1);
   }
 
-  const chains = [fromChain];
-  if (!chains.includes(toChain)) chains.push(toChain);
-  const sdk = createSDK({ projectId, browser, chains });
+  // Only require the source chain in the session — the bridge tx is sent on fromChain.
+  // Including toChain causes NO_MATCHING_KEY when restoring a session that doesn't
+  // include the destination chain in its approved namespaces.
+  const sdk = createSDK({ projectId, browser, chains: [fromChain] });
 
   try {
     let result = await sdk.tryRestore();
diff --git a/packages/cli-sdk/src/client.ts b/packages/cli-sdk/src/client.ts
index 7a13681..5f6acd7 100644
--- a/packages/cli-sdk/src/client.ts
+++ b/packages/cli-sdk/src/client.ts
@@ -141,6 +141,11 @@ export class WalletConnectCLI extends EventEmitter {
 
     this.logRequestDetails(options);
 
+    // Absorb relay WebSocket errors so they don't crash the process
+    // as unhandled 'error' events (the actual rejection is caught below).
+    const swallow = () => {};
+    client.core.relayer.on("error", swallow);
+
     try {
       return await client.request<T>({
         topic,
@@ -162,6 +167,8 @@ export class WalletConnectCLI extends EventEmitter {
       }
 
       throw error;
+    } finally {
+      client.core.relayer.off("error", swallow);
     }
   }