diff --git a/packages/coding-agent/src/main.ts b/packages/coding-agent/src/main.ts
index 1d2966a85..ae36a43ce 100644
--- a/packages/coding-agent/src/main.ts
+++ b/packages/coding-agent/src/main.ts
@@ -375,6 +375,38 @@ async function promptMoveSession(session: SessionInfo): Promise<SessionPromptRes
 	}
 }
 
+type MissingCwdMoveResult =
+	| { status: "not-needed" }
+	| { status: "declined" }
+	| { status: "moved"; manager: SessionManager };
+
+async function moveMissingCwdSessionIfNeeded(
+	sessionArg: string,
+	session: SessionInfo,
+	cwd: string,
+	sessionDir: string | undefined,
+	askToMoveSession: SessionPrompt,
+): Promise<MissingCwdMoveResult> {
+	const sourceCwd = session.cwd;
+	if (!sourceCwd || fsSync.existsSync(sourceCwd)) {
+		return { status: "not-needed" };
+	}
+
+	const movePromptResult = await askToMoveSession(session);
+	if (movePromptResult === "unavailable") {
+		throw new Error(
+			`Session "${sessionArg}" belongs to a directory that no longer exists (${sourceCwd}); run interactively to move it into the current project.`,
+		);
+	}
+	if (movePromptResult === "declined") {
+		return { status: "declined" };
+	}
+
+	const manager = await SessionManager.open(session.path, sessionDir);
+	await manager.moveTo(cwd, sessionDir);
+	return { status: "moved", manager };
+}
+
 async function getChangelogForDisplay(parsed: Args): Promise<string | undefined> {
 	if (parsed.continue || parsed.resume) {
 		return undefined;
@@ -450,27 +482,37 @@ export async function createSessionManager(
 		if (!match) {
 			throw new Error(`Session "${sessionArg}" not found.`);
 		}
+		if (match.scope === "local") {
+			const moveResult = await moveMissingCwdSessionIfNeeded(
+				sessionArg,
+				match.session,
+				cwd,
+				parsed.sessionDir,
+				askToMoveSession,
+			);
+			if (moveResult.status === "moved") {
+				return moveResult.manager;
+			}
+			if (moveResult.status === "declined") {
+				return undefined;
+			}
+		}
 		if (match.scope === "global") {
 			const normalizedCwd = normalizePathForComparison(cwd);
 			const normalizedMatchCwd = normalizePathForComparison(match.session.cwd || cwd);
 			if (normalizedCwd !== normalizedMatchCwd) {
-				// If the session's recorded directory no longer exists, it was almost
-				// certainly moved/renamed (e.g. `git worktree move`). Re-root the existing
-				// session here instead of forking a duplicate copy.
-				const sourceCwd = match.session.cwd;
-				if (sourceCwd && !fsSync.existsSync(sourceCwd)) {
-					const movePromptResult = await askToMoveSession(match.session);
-					if (movePromptResult === "unavailable") {
-						throw new Error(
-							`Session "${sessionArg}" belongs to a directory that no longer exists (${sourceCwd}); run interactively to move it into the current project.`,
-						);
-					}
-					if (movePromptResult === "declined") {
-						return undefined;
-					}
-					const manager = await SessionManager.open(match.session.path, parsed.sessionDir);
-					await manager.moveTo(cwd, parsed.sessionDir);
-					return manager;
+				const moveResult = await moveMissingCwdSessionIfNeeded(
+					sessionArg,
+					match.session,
+					cwd,
+					parsed.sessionDir,
+					askToMoveSession,
+				);
+				if (moveResult.status === "moved") {
+					return moveResult.manager;
+				}
+				if (moveResult.status === "declined") {
+					return undefined;
 				}
 				const forkPromptResult = await askToForkSession(match.session);
 				if (forkPromptResult === "unavailable") {
diff --git a/packages/coding-agent/test/main-cross-project-resume.test.ts b/packages/coding-agent/test/main-cross-project-resume.test.ts
index 6688ca44c..459a88d78 100644
--- a/packages/coding-agent/test/main-cross-project-resume.test.ts
+++ b/packages/coding-agent/test/main-cross-project-resume.test.ts
@@ -15,12 +15,13 @@ import * as path from "node:path";
 import type { Args } from "@oh-my-pi/pi-coding-agent/cli/args";
 import type { Settings } from "@oh-my-pi/pi-coding-agent/config/settings";
 import { createSessionManager } from "@oh-my-pi/pi-coding-agent/main";
-import type { SessionInfo } from "@oh-my-pi/pi-coding-agent/session/session-manager";
+import type { SessionHeader, SessionInfo } from "@oh-my-pi/pi-coding-agent/session/session-manager";
 import * as sessionManagerModule from "@oh-my-pi/pi-coding-agent/session/session-manager";
 
-function buildArgs(resume: string): Args {
+function buildArgs(resume: string, sessionDir?: string): Args {
 	return {
 		resume,
+		sessionDir,
 		messages: [],
 		fileArgs: [],
 		unknownFlags: new Map(),
@@ -124,4 +125,64 @@ describe("createSessionManager — cross-project --resume relocation (moved work
 			`Session "019e84ed" belongs to a directory that no longer exists (${missingProject}); run interactively to move it into the current project.`,
 		);
 	});
+
+	it("moves a local explicit-session-dir match whose recorded cwd is gone", async () => {
+		const currentProject = path.join(missingRoot, "current-project");
+		const explicitSessionDir = path.join(missingRoot, "sessions");
+		await fsp.mkdir(currentProject, { recursive: true });
+
+		const moved = sessionManagerModule.SessionManager.create(missingProject, explicitSessionDir);
+		moved.appendMessage({ role: "user", content: "before local move", timestamp: 1 });
+		await moved.flush();
+		const oldFile = moved.getSessionFile();
+		if (!oldFile) throw new Error("Expected persisted session file");
+		const resumePrefix = moved.getSessionId().slice(0, 8);
+		const sessionInfo: SessionInfo = {
+			path: oldFile,
+			id: moved.getSessionId(),
+			cwd: missingProject,
+			title: "moved-local",
+			created: new Date(0),
+			modified: new Date(0),
+			messageCount: 1,
+			size: 0,
+			firstMessage: "before local move",
+			allMessagesText: "before local move",
+		};
+		await moved.close();
+		expect(fs.existsSync(missingProject)).toBe(false);
+		vi.spyOn(sessionManagerModule, "resolveResumableSession").mockResolvedValue({
+			scope: "local",
+			session: sessionInfo,
+		});
+
+		const forkPrompt = vi.fn(async () => "accepted" as const);
+		const movePrompt = vi.fn(async () => "accepted" as const);
+		const result = await createSessionManager(
+			buildArgs(resumePrefix, explicitSessionDir),
+			currentProject,
+			stubSettings,
+			forkPrompt,
+			movePrompt,
+		);
+
+		if (!result) throw new Error("Expected moved session manager");
+		try {
+			expect(result.getSessionFile()).toBe(oldFile);
+			expect(result.getCwd()).toBe(path.resolve(currentProject));
+			const entries = await sessionManagerModule.loadEntriesFromFile(oldFile);
+			const header = entries.find(
+				(entry): entry is SessionHeader =>
+					typeof entry === "object" &&
+					entry !== null &&
+					"type" in entry &&
+					(entry as { type: unknown }).type === "session",
+			);
+			expect(header?.cwd).toBe(path.resolve(currentProject));
+		} finally {
+			await result.close();
+		}
+		expect(forkPrompt).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+		expect(movePrompt).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+	});
 });