diff --git a/packages/tui/src/context/data.tsx b/packages/tui/src/context/data.tsx
index b3a4c60eca..8352eba0b1 100644
--- a/packages/tui/src/context/data.tsx
+++ b/packages/tui/src/context/data.tsx
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ export const { use: useData, provider: DataProvider } = createSimpleContext({
     const [defaultLocation, setDefaultLocation] = createSignal<LocationRef>({
       directory: process.cwd(),
     })
+    let defaultLocationReady = false
     const messageIndex = new Map<string, Map<string, number>>()
     let bootstrapping: Promise<void> | undefined
     let connected = false
@@ -233,6 +234,16 @@ export const { use: useData, provider: DataProvider } = createSimpleContext({
     }
 
     function handleEvent(event: OpenCodeEvent) {
+      if (
+        defaultLocationReady &&
+        event.type.startsWith("session.") &&
+        "sessionID" in event.data &&
+        typeof event.data.sessionID === "string" &&
+        !store.session.info[event.data.sessionID] &&
+        event.location &&
+        locationKey(event.location) !== locationKey(defaultLocation())
+      )
+        return
       switch (event.type) {
         case "session.created":
           void result.session.refresh(event.data.sessionID)
@@ -912,7 +923,10 @@ export const { use: useData, provider: DataProvider } = createSimpleContext({
           const location = await sdk.api.location.get({ location: locationQuery(ref ?? defaultLocation()) })
           const key = locationKey(location)
           if (!store.location[key]) setStore("location", key, {})
-          if (!ref) setDefaultLocation({ directory: location.directory, workspaceID: location.workspaceID })
+          if (!ref) {
+            setDefaultLocation({ directory: location.directory, workspaceID: location.workspaceID })
+            defaultLocationReady = true
+          }
         },
         agent: {
           list(location?: LocationRef) {
diff --git a/packages/tui/src/context/sdk.tsx b/packages/tui/src/context/sdk.tsx
index 3c13ec972c..73ec3f873b 100644
--- a/packages/tui/src/context/sdk.tsx
+++ b/packages/tui/src/context/sdk.tsx
@@ -92,12 +92,6 @@ export const { use: useSDK, provider: SDKProvider } = createSimpleContext({
               const event = await iterator.next()
               if (abort.signal.aborted || controller.signal.aborted) return
               if (event.done) return new Error("Event stream disconnected")
-              if ("durable" in event.value)
-                log.info("event", {
-                  type: event.value.type,
-                  aggregateID: event.value.durable.aggregateID,
-                  seq: event.value.durable.seq,
-                })
               events.emit(event.value.type, event.value)
             }
           })()
diff --git a/packages/tui/test/cli/tui/data.test.tsx b/packages/tui/test/cli/tui/data.test.tsx
index f2f996bf5e..847627c7ea 100644
--- a/packages/tui/test/cli/tui/data.test.tsx
+++ b/packages/tui/test/cli/tui/data.test.tsx
@@ -122,6 +122,59 @@ test("refreshes resources into reactive getters", async () => {
   }
 })
 
+test("does not materialize messages for unknown sessions in other locations", async () => {
+  const events = createEventStream()
+  const sessionID = "ses_unloaded"
+  const calls = createFetch((url) => {
+    if (url.pathname === `/api/session/${sessionID}/message`) return json({ data: [], cursor: {} })
+  }, events)
+  let data!: ReturnType<typeof useData>
+
+  function Probe() {
+    data = useData()
+    return <box />
+  }
+
+  const app = await testRender(() => (
+    <TestTuiContexts>
+      <SDKProvider client={createClient(calls.fetch)} api={createApi(calls.fetch)}>
+        <ProjectProvider>
+          <DataProvider>
+            <Probe />
+          </DataProvider>
+        </ProjectProvider>
+      </SDKProvider>
+    </TestTuiContexts>
+  ))
+
+  const started = (id: string, seq: number): OpenCodeEvent => ({
+    id: `evt_${id}`,
+    created: seq,
+    type: "session.step.started",
+    durable: durable(sessionID, seq),
+    data: {
+      sessionID,
+      assistantMessageID: id,
+      agent: "build",
+      model: { providerID: "provider", id: "model" },
+    },
+  })
+
+  try {
+    await wait(() => data.location.default().directory === directory)
+    events.emit({ ...started("msg_ignored", 1), location: { directory: "/tmp/other" } })
+    await Bun.sleep(20)
+    expect(data.session.message.ids(sessionID)).toEqual([])
+
+    await data.session.message.refresh(sessionID)
+    emitEvent(events, started("msg_loaded", 2))
+    await wait(() => data.session.message.ids(sessionID).length === 1)
+    expect(data.session.message.ids(sessionID)).toEqual(["msg_loaded"])
+  } finally {
+    app.renderer.destroy()
+  }
+})
+
 test("applies absolute usage events to session info", async () => {
   const events = createEventStream()
   const sessionID = "ses_usage_refresh"
diff --git a/packages/tui/test/cli/tui/use-event.test.tsx b/packages/tui/test/cli/tui/use-event.test.tsx
index 04ae689b89..148f2b58d0 100644
--- a/packages/tui/test/cli/tui/use-event.test.tsx
+++ b/packages/tui/test/cli/tui/use-event.test.tsx
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ function Probe(props: {
 }
 
 describe("useEvent", () => {
-  test("logs only durable events", async () => {
+  test("does not log individual events", async () => {
     const logs: Array<{ message: string; tags: Readonly<Record<string, unknown>> }> = []
     const { app, emit, seen } = await mount(undefined, (_level, message, tags) => {
       if (message === "event") logs.push({ message, tags })
@@ -131,14 +131,9 @@ describe("useEvent", () => {
     try {
       emit(vcs("main"))
       emit(durable)
-      await wait(() => seen.length === 2 && logs.length === 1)
+      await wait(() => seen.length === 2)
 
-      expect(logs).toEqual([
-        {
-          message: "event",
-          tags: { component: "sdk", type: "session.renamed", aggregateID: "ses_test", seq: 1 },
-        },
-      ])
+      expect(logs).toEqual([])
     } finally {
       app.renderer.destroy()
     }