diff --git a/packages/app/src/runtime/server/global-sync/utils.test.ts b/packages/app/src/runtime/server/global-sync/utils.test.ts
index 7a29c194019..1c03224a2b8 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/runtime/server/global-sync/utils.test.ts
+++ b/packages/app/src/runtime/server/global-sync/utils.test.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 import { describe, expect, test } from "bun:test"
 import type { AgentListOutput, ModelListOutput, Project, ProviderListOutput } from "@opencode-ai/client/promise"
-import { directoryKey, normalizeAgentList, normalizeProjectInfo, normalizeProviderList } from "./utils"
+import {
+  directoryKey,
+  normalizeAgentList,
+  normalizeProjectInfo,
+  normalizeProviderList,
+  updateProjectInfo,
+} from "./utils"
 
 describe("normalizeAgentList", () => {
   test("adapts current agents to the app agent shape", () => {
@@ -110,3 +116,34 @@ describe("directoryKey", () => {
     expect(String(directoryKey("/"))).toBe("/")
   })
 })
+
+describe("updateProjectInfo", () => {
+  test("applies saved metadata without losing workspace inventory", () => {
+    const update = {
+      id: "project",
+      canonical: "/repo",
+      name: "Repo",
+      icon: { color: "purple" },
+      time: { created: 1, updated: 2 },
+      sandboxes: ["/repo-sandbox"],
+    } satisfies Project
+
+    expect(
+      updateProjectInfo(
+        {
+          ...update,
+          name: "Old name",
+          icon: { color: "gray" },
+          worktree: "/old-repo",
+          worktrees: [{ directory: "/repo", strategy: "git" }],
+        },
+        update,
+      ),
+    ).toMatchObject({
+      name: "Repo",
+      icon: { color: "purple" },
+      worktree: "/repo",
+      worktrees: [{ directory: "/repo", strategy: "git" }],
+    })
+  })
+})
diff --git a/packages/app/src/runtime/server/global-sync/utils.ts b/packages/app/src/runtime/server/global-sync/utils.ts
index a83ef47e9c9..2f68160fae7 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/runtime/server/global-sync/utils.ts
+++ b/packages/app/src/runtime/server/global-sync/utils.ts
@@ -137,3 +137,12 @@ export function normalizeProjectInfo(project: Project | CurrentProject): Project
     worktrees: "worktrees" in project ? project.worktrees : [{ directory: worktree }],
   }
 }
+
+export function updateProjectInfo(project: Project, update: CurrentProject): Project {
+  return {
+    ...project,
+    ...update,
+    worktree: update.canonical,
+    worktrees: project.worktrees,
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/app/src/runtime/server/sync.tsx b/packages/app/src/runtime/server/sync.tsx
index d10c4c3658f..4499c79c6e0 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/runtime/server/sync.tsx
+++ b/packages/app/src/runtime/server/sync.tsx
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import type { ProjectMeta } from "./global-sync/types"
 import { formatServerError } from "@/runtime/server/errors"
 import { queryOptions, useMutation, useQueries, useQuery, useQueryClient } from "@tanstack/solid-query"
 import { createRefreshQueue } from "./global-sync/queue"
-import { directoryKey } from "./global-sync/utils"
+import { directoryKey, updateProjectInfo } from "./global-sync/utils"
 import { PathKey } from "@/workspaces/path-key"
 import type { ServerScope } from "@/runtime/server/scope"
 import { persisted } from "@/runtime/persistence/storage"
@@ -215,8 +215,15 @@ export function createServerSyncContextInner(serverSDK: ServerSDK, data: Data) {
     return promise
   }
 
+  function applyProjectUpdate(update: Parameters<typeof updateProjectInfo>[1]) {
+    setProjects((projects) =>
+      projects.map((project) => (project.id === update.id ? updateProjectInfo(project, update) : project)),
+    )
+  }
+
   const unsub = serverSDK.event.listen((event) => {
     connection.handleEvent({ type: event.type })
+    if (event.type === "project.updated") applyProjectUpdate(event.data)
 
     if (!event.location) {
       if (event.type === "config.updated" || event.type === "agent.updated" || event.type === "worktree.updated")
@@ -243,6 +250,7 @@ export function createServerSyncContextInner(serverSDK: ServerSDK, data: Data) {
   })
 
   const projectApi = {
+    update: applyProjectUpdate,
     meta(directory: string, patch: ProjectMeta) {
       children.projectMeta(directory, patch)
     },
diff --git a/packages/app/src/settings/workspaces/project-model.ts b/packages/app/src/settings/workspaces/project-model.ts
index 22549861c8b..f63d6ae1c86 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/settings/workspaces/project-model.ts
+++ b/packages/app/src/settings/workspaces/project-model.ts
@@ -70,12 +70,13 @@ export function createEditProjectModel(props: { project: LocalProject; server: S
       const start = store.startup.trim()
 
       if (props.project.id && props.project.id !== "global") {
-        await serverCtx().sdk.api.project.update({
+        const project = await serverCtx().sdk.api.project.update({
           projectID: props.project.id,
           name,
           icon: { color: store.color ?? "", override: store.iconOverride ?? "" },
           commands: { start },
         })
+        serverCtx().sync.project.update(project)
         dialog.close()
         return
       }