diff --git a/packages/ui/src/components/session/sidebar/hooks/useSessionActions.ts b/packages/ui/src/components/session/sidebar/hooks/useSessionActions.ts
index 7b4bc9ac..11eb1337 100644
--- a/packages/ui/src/components/session/sidebar/hooks/useSessionActions.ts
+++ b/packages/ui/src/components/session/sidebar/hooks/useSessionActions.ts
@@ -214,16 +214,18 @@ export const useSessionActions = (args: Args) => {
 
       const ids = [session.id, ...descendantIds];
       if (shouldHardDelete) {
-        const { deletedIds, failedIds } = await args.deleteSessions(ids);
-        if (deletedIds.length > 0) {
-          toast.success(deletedIds.length === 1
-            ? t('sessions.sidebar.bulkActions.deletedSingle', { count: deletedIds.length })
-            : t('sessions.sidebar.bulkActions.deletedPlural', { count: deletedIds.length }));
-        }
-        if (failedIds.length > 0) {
-          toast.error(failedIds.length === 1
-            ? t('sessions.sidebar.bulkActions.failedDeleteSingle', { count: failedIds.length })
-            : t('sessions.sidebar.bulkActions.failedDeletePlural', { count: failedIds.length }));
+        // The server cascade-deletes all descendant sessions when the parent
+        // is removed. Only send the root session delete request; sending
+        // individual requests for each descendant would hit 404 (already
+        // deleted by cascade) and trigger rollback that restores them.
+        const success = await args.deleteSession(session.id);
+        if (success) {
+          const totalDeleted = descendantIds.length + 1;
+          toast.success(totalDeleted === 1
+            ? t('sessions.sidebar.bulkActions.deletedSingle', { count: totalDeleted })
+            : t('sessions.sidebar.bulkActions.deletedPlural', { count: totalDeleted }));
+        } else {
+          toast.error(t('sessions.sidebar.session.delete.error'));
         }
         return;
       }
diff --git a/packages/ui/src/sync/session-actions.ts b/packages/ui/src/sync/session-actions.ts
index 5e5af61c..2b7fadb4 100644
--- a/packages/ui/src/sync/session-actions.ts
+++ b/packages/ui/src/sync/session-actions.ts
@@ -483,6 +483,12 @@ export async function deleteSession(sessionId: string, _options?: Record<string,
     return true
   } catch (error) {
     console.error("[session-actions] deleteSession failed", error)
+    // The server cascade-deletes child sessions when the parent is removed.
+    // Subsequent delete attempts for those children return 404; treat as
+    // success since the session was already deleted by the cascade.
+    if ((error as { status?: number })?.status === 404) {
+      return true
+    }
     restoreSessionListSnapshots(snapshots)
     restoreGlobalSessionSnapshot(globalSnapshot)
     return false
@@ -507,6 +513,9 @@ export async function deleteSessionInDirectory(sessionId: string, directory: str
     return true
   } catch (error) {
     console.error("[session-actions] deleteSessionInDirectory failed", error)
+    if ((error as { status?: number })?.status === 404) {
+      return true
+    }
     restoreSessionListSnapshots(snapshots)
     restoreGlobalSessionSnapshot(globalSnapshot)
     return false