diff --git a/packages/app/src/context/global.tsx b/packages/app/src/context/global.tsx
index 83438898b54d..cfaf85d7d946 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/context/global.tsx
+++ b/packages/app/src/context/global.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,13 @@
 import { createSimpleContext } from "@opencode-ai/ui/context"
 import { createEffect, createMemo, createRoot } from "solid-js"
 import { createStore } from "solid-js/store"
-import { createServerProjects, RECENTLY_CLOSED_DISPLAY_LIMIT, ServerConnection, useServer } from "./server"
+import {
+  createServerProjects,
+  RECENTLY_CLOSED_DISPLAY_LIMIT,
+  ServerConnection,
+  useServer,
+  visibleProjectEntries,
+} from "./server"
 import { pathKey } from "@/utils/path-key"
 import { useServerHealth } from "@/utils/server-health"
 import { createServerSdkContext } from "./server-sdk"
@@ -127,7 +133,9 @@ function createServerCtx(
     return base
   }
 
-  const projectsList = createMemo(() => projects.list().map(enrich))
+  const projectsList = createMemo(() =>
+    visibleProjectEntries(projects.list(), sync.data.project, projects.recentlyClosed()).map(enrich),
+  )
   const recentlyClosedList = createMemo(() => {
     const known = new Set(sync.data.project.map((project) => pathKey(project.worktree)))
     return projects
diff --git a/packages/app/src/context/server.test.ts b/packages/app/src/context/server.test.ts
index d78880ecf104..2f51891e9d32 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/context/server.test.ts
+++ b/packages/app/src/context/server.test.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import {
   nextServerAfterRemoval,
   resolveServerList,
   ServerConnection,
+  visibleProjectEntries,
 } from "./server"
 import { ServerScope } from "@/utils/server-scope"
 
@@ -243,3 +244,33 @@ describe("migrateCanonicalLocalServerState", () => {
     })
   })
 })
+
+describe("visibleProjectEntries", () => {
+  test("shows server projects until the first bookmark exists", () => {
+    expect(visibleProjectEntries([], [{ worktree: "/repo/a" }, { worktree: "/repo/b" }])).toEqual([
+      { worktree: "/repo/a", expanded: false },
+      { worktree: "/repo/b", expanded: false },
+    ])
+  })
+
+  test("keeps server projects after the first bookmark appears", () => {
+    const bookmarked = [{ worktree: "/repo/a", expanded: true }]
+    expect(visibleProjectEntries(bookmarked, [{ worktree: "/repo/a" }, { worktree: "/repo/b" }])).toEqual([
+      { worktree: "/repo/a", expanded: true },
+      { worktree: "/repo/b", expanded: false },
+    ])
+  })
+
+  test("deduplicates server projects already bookmarked by normalized path", () => {
+    const bookmarked = [{ worktree: "/repo/a/", expanded: true }]
+    expect(visibleProjectEntries(bookmarked, [{ worktree: "/repo/a" }])).toEqual([
+      { worktree: "/repo/a/", expanded: true },
+    ])
+  })
+
+  test("hides server projects the user closed", () => {
+    expect(visibleProjectEntries([], [{ worktree: "/repo/a" }, { worktree: "/repo/b" }], ["/repo/a"])).toEqual([
+      { worktree: "/repo/b", expanded: false },
+    ])
+  })
+})
diff --git a/packages/app/src/context/server.tsx b/packages/app/src/context/server.tsx
index 450129f45884..76823f3811bb 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/context/server.tsx
+++ b/packages/app/src/context/server.tsx
@@ -145,6 +145,26 @@ export function createServerProjects<T extends ServerProjectState>(input: {
   }
 }
 
+// Bookmarks are authoritative and keep their order. Server projects stay discoverable alongside
+// them so a fresh web client (which never seeds bookmarks) still shows the `/project` list, and so
+// bookmarks added later do not evict the remaining server projects. `hidden` is the per-server
+// recently-closed set: server projects the user explicitly closed stay out until reopened.
+export function visibleProjectEntries(
+  bookmarked: ReadonlyArray<StoredProject>,
+  server: ReadonlyArray<{ worktree: string }>,
+  hidden: ReadonlyArray<string> = [],
+): StoredProject[] {
+  const seen = new Set(bookmarked.map((project) => pathKey(project.worktree)))
+  const hiddenKeys = new Set(hidden.map((project) => pathKey(project)))
+  const discovered = server.flatMap((project) => {
+    const key = pathKey(project.worktree)
+    if (hiddenKeys.has(key) || seen.has(key)) return []
+    seen.add(key)
+    return [{ worktree: project.worktree, expanded: false }]
+  })
+  return [...bookmarked, ...discovered]
+}
+
 export function resolveServerList(input: {
   props?: Array<ServerConnection.Any>
   stored: StoredServer[]