diff --git a/packages/web/server/lib/opencode/pwa-manifest-routes.js b/packages/web/server/lib/opencode/pwa-manifest-routes.js
index 25e47e20..a883776e 100644
--- a/packages/web/server/lib/opencode/pwa-manifest-routes.js
+++ b/packages/web/server/lib/opencode/pwa-manifest-routes.js
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ export const registerPwaManifestRoute = (app, dependencies) => {
         if (!sessionDirectory) {
           return false;
         }
-        return sessionDirectory === normalizedDirectory || (prefix !== '/' && sessionDirectory.startsWith(prefix));
+        return sessionDirectory === normalizedDirectory || sessionDirectory.startsWith(prefix);
       });
     };
 
diff --git a/packages/web/server/lib/opencode/pwa-manifest-routes.test.js b/packages/web/server/lib/opencode/pwa-manifest-routes.test.js
index a64bed7f..64f0a613 100644
--- a/packages/web/server/lib/opencode/pwa-manifest-routes.test.js
+++ b/packages/web/server/lib/opencode/pwa-manifest-routes.test.js
@@ -77,4 +77,57 @@ describe('PWA manifest route', () => {
       globalThis.fetch = originalFetch;
     }
   });
+
+  it('includes child session shortcuts for root-scoped manifests', async () => {
+    const routes = new Map();
+    const app = {
+      get(route, handler) {
+        routes.set(route, handler);
+      },
+    };
+    const originalFetch = globalThis.fetch;
+    const fetchCalls = [];
+    globalThis.fetch = async (url) => {
+      fetchCalls.push(String(url));
+      return {
+        ok: true,
+        json: async () => [
+          {
+            id: 'root-child',
+            title: 'Root child',
+            directory: '/workspace/app',
+            time: { updated: 2 },
+          },
+        ],
+      };
+    };
+
+    try {
+      registerPwaManifestRoute(app, {
+        process: { platform: 'darwin' },
+        resolveProjectDirectory: async () => ({ directory: '/' }),
+        buildOpenCodeUrl: (route) => route,
+        getOpenCodeAuthHeaders: () => ({}),
+        readSettingsFromDiskMigrated: async () => ({}),
+        normalizePwaAppName: (value, fallback) => typeof value === 'string' && value.trim() ? value.trim() : fallback,
+        normalizePwaOrientation: (value, fallback) => typeof value === 'string' && value.trim() ? value.trim() : fallback,
+      });
+
+      const handler = routes.get('/manifest.webmanifest');
+      const res = createResponse();
+      await handler({ query: {} }, res);
+
+      const manifest = JSON.parse(res.body);
+      expect(fetchCalls).toEqual(['/session?directory=%2F']);
+      expect(manifest.shortcuts).toContainEqual({
+        name: 'Root child',
+        short_name: 'Root child',
+        description: 'Open recent session',
+        url: '/?session=root-child',
+        icons: [{ src: '/pwa-192.png', sizes: '192x192', type: 'image/png' }],
+      });
+    } finally {
+      globalThis.fetch = originalFetch;
+    }
+  });
 });