diff --git a/packages/opencode/src/cli/cmd/tui/component/dialog-session-list.tsx b/packages/opencode/src/cli/cmd/tui/component/dialog-session-list.tsx
index 7260a14f9c75..ee011805928f 100644
--- a/packages/opencode/src/cli/cmd/tui/component/dialog-session-list.tsx
+++ b/packages/opencode/src/cli/cmd/tui/component/dialog-session-list.tsx
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ export function DialogSessionList() {
 
   const [searchResults, { refetch }] = createResource(search, async (query) => {
     if (!query) return undefined
-    const result = await sdk.client.session.list({ search: query, limit: 30 })
+    const result = await sdk.client.session.list({ search: query, limit: 30, roots: true })
     return result.data ?? []
   })
 
diff --git a/packages/opencode/src/cli/cmd/tui/context/sync.tsx b/packages/opencode/src/cli/cmd/tui/context/sync.tsx
index d35deb0b62a7..9b3f6eca3984 100644
--- a/packages/opencode/src/cli/cmd/tui/context/sync.tsx
+++ b/packages/opencode/src/cli/cmd/tui/context/sync.tsx
@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@ export const { use: useSync, provider: SyncProvider } = createSimpleContext({
       }
       const start = Date.now() - 30 * 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000
       const sessionListPromise = sdk.client.session
-        .list({ start: start })
+        .list({ start: start, roots: true })
         .then((x) => (x.data ?? []).toSorted((a, b) => a.id.localeCompare(b.id)))
 
       // blocking - include session.list when continuing a session
@@ -482,7 +482,7 @@ export const { use: useSync, provider: SyncProvider } = createSimpleContext({
         async refresh() {
           const start = Date.now() - 30 * 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000
           const list = await sdk.client.session
-            .list({ start })
+            .list({ start, roots: true })
             .then((x) => (x.data ?? []).toSorted((a, b) => a.id.localeCompare(b.id)))
           setStore("session", reconcile(list))
         },