diff --git a/src/web/public/session-ui.js b/src/web/public/session-ui.js
index 14b30693..6ccee3cd 100644
--- a/src/web/public/session-ui.js
+++ b/src/web/public/session-ui.js
@@ -424,7 +424,7 @@ Object.assign(CodemanApp.prototype, {
         btn.append(dirSpan, metaSpan);
         btn.addEventListener('click', (e) => {
           e.stopPropagation();
-          this.resumeHistorySession(s.sessionId, s.workingDir);
+          this.resumeHistorySession(s.sessionId, s.workingDir, s.name);
         });
         container.appendChild(btn);
       }
diff --git a/src/web/public/terminal-ui.js b/src/web/public/terminal-ui.js
index 9dd9e940..7cccbaa5 100644
--- a/src/web/public/terminal-ui.js
+++ b/src/web/public/terminal-ui.js
@@ -1260,7 +1260,7 @@ Object.assign(CodemanApp.prototype, {
           if (isLive && this.sessions.has(s.sessionId)) {
             this.selectSession(s.sessionId);
           } else {
-            this.resumeHistorySession(s.claudeSessionId || s.sessionId, s.workingDir || '');
+            this.resumeHistorySession(s.claudeSessionId || s.sessionId, s.workingDir || '', s.name);
           }
         })
     );
@@ -1474,7 +1474,7 @@ Object.assign(CodemanApp.prototype, {
         } else {
           // Resume by the Claude conversation UUID when present (resumed sessions
           // carry theirs separately from their Codeman id).
-          this.resumeHistorySession(s.claudeSessionId || s.sessionId, s.workingDir || '');
+          this.resumeHistorySession(s.claudeSessionId || s.sessionId, s.workingDir || '', s.name);
         }
         this.closeSessionManager?.();
         closeMenu();
@@ -1772,7 +1772,24 @@ Object.assign(CodemanApp.prototype, {
     this._folderHistoryState = null;
   },
 
-  async resumeHistorySession(sessionId, workingDir) {
+  // Choose the name for a resumed session: keep the session's own name when it
+  // has one, otherwise synthesize a fresh w<N>-<dir> name (next free w-number
+  // across open sessions). COD-143 — resume used to always generate a new name.
+  _resolveResumeName(existingName, workingDir) {
+    if (typeof existingName === 'string' && existingName.trim()) return existingName;
+    const dirName = (workingDir || '').split('/').pop() || 'session';
+    let startNumber = 1;
+    for (const [, session] of this.sessions) {
+      const match = session.name && session.name.match(/^w(\d+)-/);
+      if (match) {
+        const num = parseInt(match[1]);
+        if (num >= startNumber) startNumber = num + 1;
+      }
+    }
+    return `w${startNumber}-${dirName}`;
+  },
+
+  async resumeHistorySession(sessionId, workingDir, existingName) {
     // Close the run mode menu if open
     document.getElementById('runModeMenu')?.classList.remove('active');
     // Close folder history modal if open
@@ -1781,17 +1798,9 @@ Object.assign(CodemanApp.prototype, {
       this.terminal.clear();
       this.terminal.writeln(`\x1b[1;32m Resuming conversation ${sessionId.slice(0, 8)}...\x1b[0m`);
 
-      // Generate a session name from the working dir
-      const dirName = workingDir.split('/').pop() || 'session';
-      let startNumber = 1;
-      for (const [, session] of this.sessions) {
-        const match = session.name && session.name.match(/^w(\d+)-/);
-        if (match) {
-          const num = parseInt(match[1]);
-          if (num >= startNumber) startNumber = num + 1;
-        }
-      }
-      const name = `w${startNumber}-${dirName}`;
+      // Keep the session's own name when resuming; only synthesize a w<N>-<dir>
+      // name when the source row had none (COD-143).
+      const name = this._resolveResumeName(existingName, workingDir);
 
       // Create session with resumeSessionId — include envOverrides so resumed
       // conversations inherit current UI settings (effort, agent teams, etc.).
diff --git a/test/resume-name.test.ts b/test/resume-name.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..bf20eb34
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/resume-name.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+/**
+ * @fileoverview COD-143 — resuming a session from the Session Manager must retain its
+ * original tab name, not synthesize a fresh `w<N>-<dir>` name every time.
+ *
+ * Root cause: `resumeHistorySession(sessionId, workingDir)` ignored the row's `name` and
+ * always built `w<N>-<dir>` from the working dir. The fix threads the name through and
+ * extracts the choice into a pure `_resolveResumeName(existingName, workingDir)` helper:
+ * prefer a non-empty existing name; otherwise generate the next free `w<N>-<dir>` by
+ * scanning open sessions' names.
+ *
+ * This pins the helper's contract:
+ *   1. a non-empty existing name is returned verbatim (custom name retained),
+ *   2. a missing/empty/whitespace name falls back to `w<N>-<dir>`,
+ *   3. the generated number is the next free w-index across `this.sessions`,
+ *   4. the generated dir segment is the basename of workingDir (or `session` when empty).
+ *
+ * Loaded via `vm` against a stub `CodemanApp` (no jsdom — same harness as
+ * file-browser-reveal.test.ts / connection-indicator.test.ts). terminal-ui.js does
+ * `Object.assign(CodemanApp.prototype, {...})` at module-eval, so we capture the real
+ * `_resolveResumeName` off the prototype and invoke it against a minimal host whose
+ * `sessions` is a Map.
+ */
+
+import { readFileSync } from 'node:fs';
+import { resolve } from 'node:path';
+import vm from 'node:vm';
+import { describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest';
+
+/** Eval the shipping terminal-ui.js into a vm with a stub CodemanApp, return its prototype. */
+function loadTerminalUiPrototype(): Record<string, (...args: unknown[]) => unknown> {
+  const source = readFileSync(resolve(import.meta.dirname, '../src/web/public/terminal-ui.js'), 'utf8');
+  const context = vm.createContext({
+    console,
+    CodemanApp: class CodemanApp {},
+    setInterval: vi.fn(),
+    clearInterval: vi.fn(),
+    setTimeout,
+    clearTimeout,
+    requestAnimationFrame: vi.fn(),
+    document: { addEventListener: vi.fn(), getElementById: vi.fn() },
+    window: { addEventListener: vi.fn(), removeEventListener: vi.fn() },
+  });
+  vm.runInContext(`${source}\nglobalThis.__proto = CodemanApp.prototype;`, context);
+  return (context as { __proto: Record<string, (...args: unknown[]) => unknown> }).__proto;
+}
+
+const proto = loadTerminalUiPrototype();
+
+/** Minimal host carrying the real `_resolveResumeName` + a sessions Map. */
+function makeApp(sessionNames: string[] = []) {
+  const sessions = new Map<string, { name: string }>();
+  sessionNames.forEach((name, i) => sessions.set(`s${i}`, { name }));
+  return {
+    sessions,
+    _resolveResumeName: proto._resolveResumeName as (existingName: unknown, workingDir: unknown) => string,
+  };
+}
+
+describe('COD-143 _resolveResumeName', () => {
+  it('returns a non-empty existing name verbatim (custom name retained)', () => {
+    const app = makeApp(['w1-foo', 'w2-bar']);
+    expect(app._resolveResumeName.call(app, 'my-custom-tab', '/home/me/proj')).toBe('my-custom-tab');
+  });
+
+  it('falls back to w<N>-<dir> when no name is given', () => {
+    const app = makeApp([]);
+    expect(app._resolveResumeName.call(app, undefined, '/home/me/proj')).toBe('w1-proj');
+  });
+
+  it('treats empty / whitespace names as no-name (falls back)', () => {
+    const app = makeApp([]);
+    expect(app._resolveResumeName.call(app, '', '/a/b/widgets')).toBe('w1-widgets');
+    expect(app._resolveResumeName.call(app, '   ', '/a/b/widgets')).toBe('w1-widgets');
+  });
+
+  it('generated w-number is the next free index across open sessions', () => {
+    const app = makeApp(['w1-foo', 'w3-bar', 'plain-name']);
+    // highest w<N> is 3 → next is 4
+    expect(app._resolveResumeName.call(app, null, '/x/y/svc')).toBe('w4-svc');
+  });
+
+  it('uses "session" as the dir segment when workingDir is empty', () => {
+    const app = makeApp([]);
+    expect(app._resolveResumeName.call(app, '', '')).toBe('w1-session');
+  });
+
+  it('does not let a generated fallback clobber an explicit name even when sessions exist', () => {
+    const app = makeApp(['w1-foo', 'w2-bar']);
+    expect(app._resolveResumeName.call(app, 'keepme', '/p/q')).toBe('keepme');
+  });
+});