diff --git a/packages/ui/src/components/session/sidebar/sessions/SessionNodeItem.tsx b/packages/ui/src/components/session/sidebar/sessions/SessionNodeItem.tsx
index 08b548dc..79f69a20 100644
--- a/packages/ui/src/components/session/sidebar/sessions/SessionNodeItem.tsx
+++ b/packages/ui/src/components/session/sidebar/sessions/SessionNodeItem.tsx
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ import { useGlobalSessionStatus, useSessionPermissions, useSessionQuestionCount
 import { useSessionMessageRecordsForExport } from '@/sync/use-sync';
 import { useViewportStore, viewportSessionKey } from '@/sync/viewport-store';
 import { DraggableSessionRow } from '../folders/sessionFolderDnd';
-import { getSessionWorktreeMenuDisabled, nodeContainsSessionId, nodeHasPinnedMembershipChange, selectQuestionBadgeSessionScopes } from './sessionNodeItemUtils';
+import { canShowSessionWorktreeMenu, getSessionWorktreeMenuDisabled, nodeContainsSessionId, nodeHasPinnedMembershipChange, selectQuestionBadgeSessionScopes } from './sessionNodeItemUtils';
 import type { SessionNode } from '../types';
 import { formatProjectLabel, formatSessionCompactDateLabel, formatSessionDateLabel, normalizePath, renderHighlightedText } from '../utils';
 import { useProjectsStore } from '@/stores/useProjectsStore';
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ import { getSessionGoal } from '@/lib/sessionGoalMetadata';
 import { sessionGoalStatusColor, sessionGoalStatusLabelKey } from '@/lib/sessionGoalPresentation';
 import { getRuntimeBearerTokenSync } from '@/lib/runtime-auth';
 import { getRuntimeApiBaseUrl } from '@/lib/runtime-switch';
-import { getChatsRootFromDirectory, isChatDirectoryPath } from '@/lib/chatDirectories';
+import { getChatsRootFromDirectory } from '@/lib/chatDirectories';
 import { parseMultiRunSessionTitle } from '@/lib/multirun/title';
 import { MultiRunFusionDialog } from '@/components/multirun/MultiRunFusionDialog';
 import { FusionIcon } from '@/components/icons/FusionIcon';
@@ -991,7 +991,7 @@ function SessionNodeItemComponent(props: SessionNodeItemProps): React.ReactNode
         <Icon name="download" className="mr-1 h-4 w-4" />
         {t('sessions.sidebar.session.menu.exportMarkdown')}
       </Item>
-{!isSubtaskSession && !archivedBucket && !isVSCode ? (() => {
+      {canShowSessionWorktreeMenu({ isSubtaskSession, archivedBucket: Boolean(archivedBucket), isVSCode, sessionDirectory }) ? (() => {
         const isWorktreeMenuDisabled = getSessionWorktreeMenuDisabled({
           sessionDirectory,
           isStreaming,
diff --git a/packages/ui/src/components/session/sidebar/sessions/sessionNodeItemUtils.test.ts b/packages/ui/src/components/session/sidebar/sessions/sessionNodeItemUtils.test.ts
index 07c136b5..93128ec0 100644
--- a/packages/ui/src/components/session/sidebar/sessions/sessionNodeItemUtils.test.ts
+++ b/packages/ui/src/components/session/sidebar/sessions/sessionNodeItemUtils.test.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { getRuntimeKey } from '@/lib/runtime-switch';
 import { getPinnedSessionKey } from '@/stores/useSessionPinnedStore';
 import {
   computeNodeStructureKey,
+  canShowSessionWorktreeMenu,
   getSessionWorktreeMenuDisabled,
   nodeHasPinnedMembershipChange,
   selectFolderRootNodes,
@@ -192,3 +193,21 @@ describe('getSessionWorktreeMenuDisabled', () => {
     })).toBe(true);
   });
 });
+
+describe('canShowSessionWorktreeMenu', () => {
+  test('hides worktree moves for managed Chat directories', () => {
+    expect(canShowSessionWorktreeMenu({
+      isSubtaskSession: false,
+      archivedBucket: false,
+      isVSCode: false,
+      sessionDirectory: '/home/test/.config/openchamber/chats/2026-08-25/session-1',
+    })).toBe(false);
+
+    expect(canShowSessionWorktreeMenu({
+      isSubtaskSession: false,
+      archivedBucket: false,
+      isVSCode: false,
+      sessionDirectory: '/repo',
+    })).toBe(true);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/ui/src/components/session/sidebar/sessions/sessionNodeItemUtils.ts b/packages/ui/src/components/session/sidebar/sessions/sessionNodeItemUtils.ts
index 631faad3..171c36cb 100644
--- a/packages/ui/src/components/session/sidebar/sessions/sessionNodeItemUtils.ts
+++ b/packages/ui/src/components/session/sidebar/sessions/sessionNodeItemUtils.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { getRuntimeKey } from '@/lib/runtime-switch';
 import { matchesRankQuery } from '@/lib/search/fuzzySearch';
 import { normalizePath } from '@/lib/pathNormalization';
+import { isChatDirectoryPath } from '@/lib/chatDirectories';
 import { resolveGlobalSessionDirectory } from '@/stores/useGlobalSessionsStore';
 import { getPinnedSessionKey } from '@/stores/useSessionPinnedStore';
 import type { SessionNode } from '../types';
@@ -78,6 +79,21 @@ export type QuestionBadgeSessionScope = {
   sessionIDs: string[];
 };
 
+export const canShowSessionWorktreeMenu = ({
+  isSubtaskSession,
+  archivedBucket,
+  isVSCode,
+  sessionDirectory,
+}: {
+  isSubtaskSession: boolean;
+  archivedBucket: boolean;
+  isVSCode: boolean;
+  sessionDirectory: string | null;
+}): boolean => !isSubtaskSession
+  && !archivedBucket
+  && !isVSCode
+  && !isChatDirectoryPath(sessionDirectory);
+
 export const getSessionWorktreeMenuDisabled = ({
   sessionDirectory,
   isStreaming,