diff --git a/packages/opencode/src/cli/cmd/tui/component/dialog-remote-session-list.tsx b/packages/opencode/src/cli/cmd/tui/component/dialog-remote-session-list.tsx
index 9cba3e011e09..bd11b6cda2ae 100644
--- a/packages/opencode/src/cli/cmd/tui/component/dialog-remote-session-list.tsx
+++ b/packages/opencode/src/cli/cmd/tui/component/dialog-remote-session-list.tsx
@@ -10,6 +10,18 @@ type Session = {
   title?: string
 }
 
+export function getRemoteBrowse(input: { root: Session; sessions: Session[]; fork?: boolean }) {
+  return {
+    title: input.fork ? "Fork from remote session" : "Continue remote session",
+    options: [input.root, ...input.sessions].map((item, idx) => ({
+      title: item.title ?? item.id,
+      value: item.id,
+      footer: item.id,
+      description: input.fork ? (idx === 0 ? "Fork from root session" : "Fork from child session") : undefined,
+    })),
+  }
+}
+
 type OpenInput = {
   id: string
   fork?: boolean
@@ -92,15 +104,12 @@ function DialogRemoteSessionBrowse(props: { root: Session; sessions: Session[];
   const route = useRoute()
   const sdk = useSDK()
   const toast = useToast()
+  const browse = getRemoteBrowse(props)
 
   return (
     <DialogSelect
-      title="Continue remote session"
-      options={[props.root, ...props.sessions].map((item) => ({
-        title: item.title ?? item.id,
-        value: item.id,
-        footer: item.id,
-      }))}
+      title={browse.title}
+      options={browse.options}
       skipFilter={true}
       onSelect={(option) => {
         void openRemoteSession({
diff --git a/packages/opencode/test/cli/tui/attach-startup.test.ts b/packages/opencode/test/cli/tui/attach-startup.test.ts
index 8ba070716c3e..39bab741e519 100644
--- a/packages/opencode/test/cli/tui/attach-startup.test.ts
+++ b/packages/opencode/test/cli/tui/attach-startup.test.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,45 @@ afterEach(() => {
 })
 
 describe("attach startup", () => {
+  test("fork browse copy makes the fork target explicit", async () => {
+    const mod: Record<string, unknown> = await import("../../../src/cli/cmd/tui/component/dialog-remote-session-list")
+    const fn = mod["getRemoteBrowse"]
+    expect(fn).toBeTypeOf("function")
+
+    if (typeof fn !== "function") return
+    const result = fn({
+      root: {
+        id: "sess_root",
+        title: "Root draft",
+      },
+      sessions: [
+        {
+          id: "sess_child",
+          title: "Child fix",
+        },
+      ],
+      fork: true,
+    })
+
+    expect(result).toEqual({
+      title: "Fork from remote session",
+      options: [
+        {
+          title: "Root draft",
+          value: "sess_root",
+          footer: "sess_root",
+          description: "Fork from root session",
+        },
+        {
+          title: "Child fix",
+          value: "sess_child",
+          footer: "sess_child",
+          description: "Fork from child session",
+        },
+      ],
+    })
+  })
+
   test("root without children navigates inside the tui flow", async () => {
     const mod: Record<string, unknown> = await import("../../../src/cli/cmd/tui/component/dialog-remote-session-list")
     const fn = mod["selectRemoteSession"]
@@ -159,4 +198,100 @@ describe("attach startup", () => {
     expect(sdk.client.session.fork).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
     expect(toast.show).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
   })
+
+  test("fork mode root selection forks from that root", async () => {
+    const mod: Record<string, unknown> = await import("../../../src/cli/cmd/tui/component/dialog-remote-session-list")
+    const fn = mod["openRemoteSession"]
+    expect(fn).toBeTypeOf("function")
+
+    const route = {
+      navigate: mock(() => {}),
+    }
+    const dialog = {
+      clear: mock(() => {}),
+    }
+    const fork = mock(async () => ({
+      data: {
+        id: "sess_forked_root",
+      },
+    }))
+    const sdk = {
+      client: {
+        session: {
+          fork,
+        },
+      },
+    }
+    const toast = {
+      show: mock(() => {}),
+    }
+
+    if (typeof fn !== "function") return
+    await fn({
+      id: "sess_root",
+      fork: true,
+      route,
+      dialog,
+      sdk,
+      toast,
+    })
+
+    expect(fork).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
+      sessionID: "sess_root",
+    })
+    expect(route.navigate).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
+      type: "session",
+      sessionID: "sess_forked_root",
+    })
+    expect(dialog.clear).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
+    expect(toast.show).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+  })
+
+  test("fork mode child selection forks from that child", async () => {
+    const mod: Record<string, unknown> = await import("../../../src/cli/cmd/tui/component/dialog-remote-session-list")
+    const fn = mod["openRemoteSession"]
+    expect(fn).toBeTypeOf("function")
+
+    const route = {
+      navigate: mock(() => {}),
+    }
+    const dialog = {
+      clear: mock(() => {}),
+    }
+    const fork = mock(async () => ({
+      data: {
+        id: "sess_forked_child",
+      },
+    }))
+    const sdk = {
+      client: {
+        session: {
+          fork,
+        },
+      },
+    }
+    const toast = {
+      show: mock(() => {}),
+    }
+
+    if (typeof fn !== "function") return
+    await fn({
+      id: "sess_child",
+      fork: true,
+      route,
+      dialog,
+      sdk,
+      toast,
+    })
+
+    expect(fork).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
+      sessionID: "sess_child",
+    })
+    expect(route.navigate).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
+      type: "session",
+      sessionID: "sess_forked_child",
+    })
+    expect(dialog.clear).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
+    expect(toast.show).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+  })
 })