diff --git a/codex-rs/app-server/tests/suite/v2/external_agent_import_sync.rs b/codex-rs/app-server/tests/suite/v2/external_agent_import_sync.rs
index 4142127303..a527e45d41 100644
--- a/codex-rs/app-server/tests/suite/v2/external_agent_import_sync.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/app-server/tests/suite/v2/external_agent_import_sync.rs
@@ -246,6 +246,31 @@ fn assert_history(response: &ThreadReadResponse, expected: &[(&str, &str)]) {
     assert_eq!(markers, 1, "the import marker must appear exactly once");
 }
 
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn backgrounded_session_imports_only_its_continuation() -> Result<()> {
+    let mut fixture = ImportFixture::new().await?;
+    let continuation = fixture.session_path.with_file_name("background.jsonl");
+    std::fs::copy(&fixture.session_path, &continuation)?;
+    fixture.append_to(&continuation, &[("assistant", LATE_ASSISTANT)])?;
+    fixture.append_raw(&format!(
+        "{}\n",
+        json!({
+            "type": "continued-in",
+            "sessionId": "session",
+            "continuedInSessionId": "background",
+        })
+    ))?;
+
+    let imported = fixture.import_one().await?;
+    assert_eq!(fixture.thread_count().await?, 1);
+    assert_history(
+        &fixture.read(&imported).await?,
+        &[("user", FIRST_USER), ("assistant", LATE_ASSISTANT)],
+    );
+    assert!(fixture.detect().await?.items.is_empty());
+    Ok(())
+}
+
 #[tokio::test]
 async fn cold_exact_prefix_appends_suffix_to_same_task_and_checkpoints() -> Result<()> {
     let mut fixture = ImportFixture::new().await?;
diff --git a/codex-rs/external-agent-migration/src/detect/sessions/cla.rs b/codex-rs/external-agent-migration/src/detect/sessions/cla.rs
index 9ff44b2c6a..72e86461a7 100644
--- a/codex-rs/external-agent-migration/src/detect/sessions/cla.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/external-agent-migration/src/detect/sessions/cla.rs
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ mod tests {
     use super::*;
     use crate::sessions::ledger::record_imported_session;
     use codex_protocol::ThreadId;
+    use pretty_assertions::assert_eq;
     use serde_json::Value as JsonValue;
     use std::fs::FileTimes;
     use std::fs::OpenOptions;
@@ -101,6 +102,45 @@ mod tests {
         );
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn detects_only_the_continuation_of_a_backgrounded_session() {
+        let root = TempDir::new().expect("tempdir");
+        let external_agent_home = root.path().join(".external");
+        let project_root = root.path().join("repo");
+        let original = record("user", "plan a vacation", &project_root);
+        write_session(
+            &external_agent_home,
+            &project_root,
+            "original.jsonl",
+            &[
+                original.clone(),
+                serde_json::json!({
+                    "type": "continued-in",
+                    "sessionId": "original",
+                    "continuedInSessionId": "background",
+                }),
+            ],
+        );
+        let continuation = write_session(
+            &external_agent_home,
+            &project_root,
+            "background.jsonl",
+            &[
+                original,
+                record("assistant", "Here is your itinerary", &project_root),
+            ],
+        );
+
+        assert_eq!(
+            detect_recent_cla_sessions(&external_agent_home, root.path()).expect("detect"),
+            vec![ExternalAgentSessionMigration {
+                path: continuation,
+                cwd: project_root,
+                title: Some("plan a vacation".to_string()),
+            }]
+        );
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn prefers_latest_custom_title_over_first_user_message() {
         let root = TempDir::new().expect("tempdir");
diff --git a/codex-rs/external-agent-migration/src/sessions/records_cla.rs b/codex-rs/external-agent-migration/src/sessions/records_cla.rs
index 13ff14cd70..957995074c 100644
--- a/codex-rs/external-agent-migration/src/sessions/records_cla.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/external-agent-migration/src/sessions/records_cla.rs
@@ -40,6 +40,15 @@ pub fn summarize_session(path: &Path) -> io::Result<Option<SessionSummary>> {
         let Ok(mut record) = serde_json::from_str::<JsonValue>(trimmed) else {
             continue;
         };
+        // Backgrounding replaces this session with a continuation that includes its history.
+        if record.get("type").and_then(JsonValue::as_str) == Some("continued-in")
+            && record
+                .get("continuedInSessionId")
+                .and_then(JsonValue::as_str)
+                .is_some_and(|id| !id.trim().is_empty())
+        {
+            return Ok(None);
+        }
         if cwd.is_none() {
             cwd = record
                 .get("cwd")