diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c4aa57199..bdb5c2688 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ Docs: https://docs.clawd.bot
 - Auth: dedupe codex-cli profiles when tokens match custom openai-codex entries. (#1264) — thanks @odrobnik.
 - Agents: avoid misclassifying context-window-too-small errors as context overflow. (#1266) — thanks @humanwritten.
 - Slack: resolve Bolt default-export shapes for monitor startup. (#1208) — thanks @24601.
+- UI: allow editing session labels in the Sessions table. (#1294) — thanks @bradleypriest.
 
 ## 2026.1.19-3
 
diff --git a/src/gateway/server.health.test.ts b/src/gateway/server.health.test.ts
index 92f71e0e4..173e654f9 100644
--- a/src/gateway/server.health.test.ts
+++ b/src/gateway/server.health.test.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ import {
   signDevicePayload,
 } from "../infra/device-identity.js";
 import { emitHeartbeatEvent } from "../infra/heartbeat-events.js";
-import { loadOrCreateDeviceIdentity } from "../infra/device-identity.js";
 import { GATEWAY_CLIENT_MODES, GATEWAY_CLIENT_NAMES } from "../utils/message-channel.js";
 import {
   connectOk,
diff --git a/src/process/command-queue.ts b/src/process/command-queue.ts
index 51b21881c..8e4e7377d 100644
--- a/src/process/command-queue.ts
+++ b/src/process/command-queue.ts
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ export function enqueueCommand<T>(
   return enqueueCommandInLane(CommandLane.Main, task, opts);
 }
 
-export function getQueueSize(lane = CommandLane.Main) {
+export function getQueueSize(lane: string = CommandLane.Main) {
   const state = lanes.get(lane);
   if (!state) return 0;
   return state.queue.length + state.active;
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ export function getTotalQueueSize() {
   return total;
 }
 
-export function clearCommandLane(lane = CommandLane.Main) {
+export function clearCommandLane(lane: string = CommandLane.Main) {
   const cleaned = lane.trim() || CommandLane.Main;
   const state = lanes.get(cleaned);
   if (!state) return 0;
diff --git a/ui/src/ui/views/sessions.test.ts b/ui/src/ui/views/sessions.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d96cae797
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui/src/ui/views/sessions.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+import { render } from "lit";
+import { describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
+
+import type { GatewaySessionRow, SessionsListResult } from "../types";
+import { renderSessions, type SessionsProps } from "./sessions";
+
+function createRow(overrides: Partial<GatewaySessionRow> = {}): GatewaySessionRow {
+  return {
+    key: "session-1",
+    kind: "direct",
+    updatedAt: 0,
+    ...overrides,
+  };
+}
+
+function createResult(rows: GatewaySessionRow[]): SessionsListResult {
+  return {
+    ts: 0,
+    path: "/sessions",
+    count: rows.length,
+    defaults: {
+      model: null,
+      contextTokens: null,
+    },
+    sessions: rows,
+  };
+}
+
+function createProps(overrides: Partial<SessionsProps> = {}): SessionsProps {
+  return {
+    loading: false,
+    result: createResult([]),
+    error: null,
+    activeMinutes: "",
+    limit: "",
+    includeGlobal: true,
+    includeUnknown: true,
+    basePath: "/",
+    onFiltersChange: () => undefined,
+    onRefresh: () => undefined,
+    onPatch: () => undefined,
+    onDelete: () => undefined,
+    ...overrides,
+  };
+}
+
+describe("sessions view", () => {
+  it("skips patching when the label is unchanged", () => {
+    const container = document.createElement("div");
+    const onPatch = vi.fn();
+    const row = createRow({ label: "Alpha" });
+
+    render(
+      renderSessions(
+        createProps({
+          result: createResult([row]),
+          onPatch,
+        }),
+      ),
+      container,
+    );
+
+    const input = container.querySelector("input") as HTMLInputElement | null;
+    expect(input).not.toBeNull();
+    input?.dispatchEvent(new Event("change", { bubbles: true }));
+
+    expect(onPatch).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  it("clears labels when the input is empty", () => {
+    const container = document.createElement("div");
+    const onPatch = vi.fn();
+    const row = createRow({ label: "Alpha" });
+
+    render(
+      renderSessions(
+        createProps({
+          result: createResult([row]),
+          onPatch,
+        }),
+      ),
+      container,
+    );
+
+    const input = container.querySelector("input") as HTMLInputElement | null;
+    expect(input).not.toBeNull();
+    if (!input) return;
+    input.value = "   ";
+    input.dispatchEvent(new Event("change", { bubbles: true }));
+
+    expect(onPatch).toHaveBeenCalledWith("session-1", { label: null });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/ui/src/ui/views/sessions.ts b/ui/src/ui/views/sessions.ts
index 7b5e97eb7..397373d05 100644
--- a/ui/src/ui/views/sessions.ts
+++ b/ui/src/ui/views/sessions.ts
@@ -203,6 +203,8 @@ function renderRow(
           placeholder="(optional)"
           @change=${(e: Event) => {
             const value = (e.target as HTMLInputElement).value.trim();
+            const current = (row.label ?? "").trim();
+            if (value === current) return;
             onPatch(row.key, { label: value || null });
           }}
         />