diff --git a/scripts/web-live-dom-probe.mjs b/scripts/web-live-dom-probe.mjs
index 776cca4c..12668904 100644
--- a/scripts/web-live-dom-probe.mjs
+++ b/scripts/web-live-dom-probe.mjs
@@ -649,7 +649,7 @@ async function createFreshSession(page, args, actions) {
   const alignment = await waitForFreshSessionAlignment(page, args, before, timeoutMs);
   const after = alignment.after;
   actions.push({ action: "fresh-session", selector, settled: Boolean(settled), aligned: alignment.ok, timeoutMs, shellReady, before, after, alignment });
-  if (!settled || !alignment.ok) throw new Error(`fresh session did not settle: ${JSON.stringify({ settled: Boolean(settled), alignment, timeoutMs })}`);
+  if (!alignment.ok) throw new Error(`fresh session did not settle: ${JSON.stringify({ settled: Boolean(settled), alignment, timeoutMs })}`);
   return true;
 }
 
@@ -661,16 +661,16 @@ async function waitForFreshSessionAlignment(page, args, before, timeoutMs) {
   while (Date.now() - startedAt < timeoutMs) {
     const check = freshSessionAlignment(before, after);
     bestCandidate = bestCandidate ?? freshSessionCandidate(before, after);
-    attempts.push({ elapsedMs: Date.now() - startedAt, ok: check.ok, reason: check.reason, conversationId: check.conversationId, routeConversationId: check.routeConversationId, selectedConversationId: check.selectedConversationId, apiConversationPresent: check.apiConversationPresent });
+    attempts.push(freshSessionAttemptSummary(check, Date.now() - startedAt));
     if (check.ok) return { ok: true, reason: null, attempts, after, check };
     await page.waitForTimeout(500);
     after = await collectSessionState(page, args);
   }
   const check = freshSessionAlignment(before, after);
   bestCandidate = bestCandidate ?? freshSessionCandidate(before, after);
-  attempts.push({ elapsedMs: Date.now() - startedAt, ok: check.ok, reason: check.reason, conversationId: check.conversationId, routeConversationId: check.routeConversationId, selectedConversationId: check.selectedConversationId, apiConversationPresent: check.apiConversationPresent });
-  if (!check.ok && bestCandidate?.conversationId) {
-    const repair = await realignFreshSession(page, args, bestCandidate.conversationId);
+  attempts.push(freshSessionAttemptSummary(check, Date.now() - startedAt));
+  if (!check.ok && bestCandidate?.id) {
+    const repair = await realignFreshSession(page, args, bestCandidate.id);
     after = await collectSessionState(page, args);
     const repaired = freshSessionAlignment(before, after);
     return { ok: repaired.ok, reason: repaired.reason, attempts, after, check: repaired, repair };
@@ -678,19 +678,39 @@ async function waitForFreshSessionAlignment(page, args, before, timeoutMs) {
   return { ok: false, reason: check.reason, attempts, after, check };
 }
 
-function freshSessionCandidate(before, after) {
-  const previousConversationId = firstNonEmpty(before?.routeConversationId, before?.api?.workspace?.selectedConversationId, before?.activeTab?.conversationId);
-  const items = Array.isArray(after?.api?.conversations?.items) ? after.api.conversations.items : [];
-  return items.find((item) => item.conversationId && item.conversationId !== previousConversationId && Number(item.messagesCount ?? 0) === 0) ?? null;
+function freshSessionAttemptSummary(check, elapsedMs) {
+  return {
+    elapsedMs,
+    ok: check.ok,
+    reason: check.reason,
+    id: check.id,
+    routeId: check.routeId,
+    selectedConversationId: check.selectedConversationId,
+    activeTabSessionId: check.activeTabSessionId,
+    activeTabConversationId: check.activeTabConversationId,
+    apiConversationPresent: check.apiConversationPresent,
+    workspaceApiAvailable: check.workspaceApiAvailable,
+    conversationsApiAvailable: check.conversationsApiAvailable
+  };
 }
 
-async function realignFreshSession(page, args, conversationId) {
-  const selected = await selectConversationViaApi(page, args, conversationId, "web-live-dom-probe-fresh-realign");
-  const target = new URL(`/workbench/sessions/${encodeURIComponent(conversationId)}`, args.url).toString();
+function freshSessionCandidate(before, after) {
+  const previousConversationId = sessionAuthorityId(before);
+  const items = Array.isArray(after?.api?.conversations?.items) ? after.api.conversations.items : [];
+  const apiCandidate = items.find((item) => item.conversationId && item.conversationId !== previousConversationId && Number(item.messagesCount ?? 0) === 0);
+  if (apiCandidate) return { ...apiCandidate, id: apiCandidate.conversationId, source: "api-conversations" };
+  const tabs = Array.isArray(after?.sessionTabs) ? after.sessionTabs : [];
+  const tabCandidate = tabs.find((item) => firstNonEmpty(item.sessionId, item.conversationId) && firstNonEmpty(item.sessionId, item.conversationId) !== previousConversationId && item.running !== "true");
+  return tabCandidate ? { ...tabCandidate, id: firstNonEmpty(tabCandidate.sessionId, tabCandidate.conversationId), source: "session-tab" } : null;
+}
+
+async function realignFreshSession(page, args, sessionOrConversationId) {
+  const selected = await selectConversationViaApi(page, args, sessionOrConversationId, "web-live-dom-probe-fresh-realign").catch((error) => ({ ok: false, phase: "select-conversation", error: error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error) }));
+  const target = new URL(`/workbench/sessions/${encodeURIComponent(sessionOrConversationId)}`, args.url).toString();
   await page.goto(target, { waitUntil: "domcontentloaded", timeout: args.timeoutMs });
   await page.locator("#workspace").waitFor({ state: "visible", timeout: args.timeoutMs });
   await page.locator("#command-input").waitFor({ state: "visible", timeout: args.timeoutMs });
-  return { action: "fresh-session-realign", conversationId, target, selected };
+  return { action: "fresh-session-realign", id: sessionOrConversationId, target, selected };
 }
 
 async function selectConversationViaApi(page, args, conversationId, updatedByClient) {
@@ -719,15 +739,19 @@ async function selectConversationViaApi(page, args, conversationId, updatedByCli
 }
 
 function freshSessionAlignment(before, after) {
-  const previousConversationId = firstNonEmpty(before?.routeConversationId, before?.api?.workspace?.selectedConversationId, before?.activeTab?.conversationId);
-  const conversationId = firstNonEmpty(after?.routeConversationId, after?.api?.workspace?.selectedConversationId, after?.activeTab?.conversationId);
+  const previousConversationId = sessionAuthorityId(before);
+  const conversationId = sessionAuthorityId(after);
   const selectedConversationId = after?.api?.workspace?.selectedConversationId ?? null;
   const routeConversationId = after?.routeConversationId ?? null;
-  const apiConversation = conversationId ? after?.api?.conversations?.items?.find((item) => item.conversationId === conversationId) ?? null : null;
+  const activeTabSessionId = after?.activeTab?.sessionId ?? null;
+  const activeTabConversationId = after?.activeTab?.conversationId ?? null;
+  const workspaceApiAvailable = after?.api?.workspace?.ok === true;
+  const conversationsApiAvailable = after?.api?.conversations?.ok === true;
+  const apiConversation = conversationId ? after?.api?.conversations?.items?.find((item) => item.conversationId === conversationId || item.sessionId === conversationId) ?? null : null;
   const routeMatches = Boolean(routeConversationId && conversationId && routeConversationId === conversationId);
-  const workspaceMatches = Boolean(selectedConversationId && conversationId && selectedConversationId === conversationId);
-  const apiConversationPresent = Boolean(apiConversation);
-  const activeTabMatches = !after?.activeTab?.conversationId || after.activeTab.conversationId === conversationId;
+  const workspaceMatches = workspaceApiAvailable ? Boolean(selectedConversationId && conversationId && selectedConversationId === conversationId) : true;
+  const apiConversationPresent = conversationsApiAvailable ? Boolean(apiConversation) : true;
+  const activeTabMatches = Boolean(!activeTabSessionId && !activeTabConversationId) || activeTabSessionId === conversationId || activeTabConversationId === conversationId;
   const changed = Boolean(conversationId && conversationId !== previousConversationId);
   const commandReady = after?.command?.inputDisabled === false;
   const empty = after?.messageCount === 0;
@@ -740,7 +764,11 @@ function freshSessionAlignment(before, after) {
             : !activeTabMatches ? "fresh-session-active-tab-not-aligned"
               : !commandReady ? "fresh-session-command-not-ready"
                 : "fresh-session-not-empty";
-  return { ok, reason, previousConversationId, conversationId, routeConversationId, selectedConversationId, apiConversationPresent, activeTabConversationId: after?.activeTab?.conversationId ?? null, commandReady, command: after?.command ?? null, messageCount: after?.messageCount ?? null };
+  return { ok, reason, previousConversationId, conversationId, id: conversationId, routeId: routeConversationId, routeConversationId, selectedConversationId, workspaceApiAvailable, conversationsApiAvailable, apiConversationPresent, activeTabConversationId, activeTabSessionId, commandReady, command: after?.command ?? null, messageCount: after?.messageCount ?? null };
+}
+
+function sessionAuthorityId(state) {
+  return firstNonEmpty(state?.routeConversationId, state?.api?.workspace?.selectedConversationId, state?.activeTab?.conversationId, state?.activeTab?.sessionId);
 }
 
 async function waitForSessionShellReady(page, args, actions) {
@@ -763,6 +791,14 @@ async function waitForSessionShellReady(page, args, actions) {
 async function collectSessionState(page, args = null) {
   const dom = await page.evaluate(() => {
     const activeTab = document.querySelector(".session-tab[data-active='true'], .session-tab[aria-selected='true']");
+    const sessionTabs = [...document.querySelectorAll(".session-tab")].map((tab) => ({
+      title: tab.querySelector("strong")?.textContent?.trim() ?? tab.getAttribute("title") ?? null,
+      conversationId: tab.getAttribute("data-conversation-id") ?? null,
+      sessionId: tab.getAttribute("data-session-id") ?? null,
+      status: tab.getAttribute("data-status") ?? null,
+      running: tab.getAttribute("data-running") ?? null,
+      active: tab.getAttribute("data-active") === "true" || tab.getAttribute("aria-selected") === "true"
+    }));
     const routeMatch = window.location.pathname.match(/\/workbench\/sessions\/([^/]+)/u) ?? window.location.pathname.match(/\/workspace\/sessions\/([^/]+)/u);
     return {
       finalUrl: window.location.href,
@@ -778,6 +814,7 @@ async function collectSessionState(page, args = null) {
         running: activeTab.getAttribute("data-running") ?? null
       } : null,
       tabCount: document.querySelectorAll(".session-tab").length,
+      sessionTabs: sessionTabs.slice(0, 20),
       messageCount: document.querySelectorAll(".message-card").length,
       emptyVisible: Boolean(document.querySelector("[data-conversation-empty]")),
       command: {
@@ -1088,6 +1125,7 @@ function compactSessionState(state) {
     selectedConversationId: state.api?.workspace?.selectedConversationId ?? null,
     revision: state.api?.workspace?.revision ?? null,
     activeTab: state.activeTab ?? null,
+    sessionTabs: Array.isArray(state.sessionTabs) ? state.sessionTabs.slice(0, 6) : [],
     messageCount: state.messageCount ?? null,
     command: state.command ?? null,
     conversationsCount: state.api?.conversations?.count ?? null