diff --git a/src/CodexAcpClient.ts b/src/CodexAcpClient.ts
index f8fc9380..302d4c87 100644
--- a/src/CodexAcpClient.ts
+++ b/src/CodexAcpClient.ts
@@ -1294,6 +1294,9 @@ export class CodexAcpClient {
             cursor: request.cursor ?? null,
             modelProviders: modelProviders,
             sourceKinds: sourceKinds,
+            cwd: requestedCwd,
+            sortKey: "updated_at",
+            sortDirection: "desc",
             useStateDbOnly: true,
         });
 
@@ -1304,6 +1307,7 @@ export class CodexAcpClient {
             updatedAt: new Date(thread.updatedAt * 1000).toISOString(),
         });
 
+        // App Server owns pagination; normalize the returned page for ACP path compatibility.
         let sessions = listResponse.data.map(mapThreadToSession);
         if (requestedCwd) {
             const filtered = listResponse.data
diff --git a/src/__tests__/CodexACPAgent/data/session-index-list-params-legacy.json b/src/__tests__/CodexACPAgent/data/session-index-list-params-legacy.json
index 8c85448b..a42a375d 100644
--- a/src/__tests__/CodexACPAgent/data/session-index-list-params-legacy.json
+++ b/src/__tests__/CodexACPAgent/data/session-index-list-params-legacy.json
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@
       "appServer",
       "unknown"
     ],
+    "cwd": "/repo/project",
+    "sortKey": "updated_at",
+    "sortDirection": "desc",
     "useStateDbOnly": true
   },
   "plain": {
@@ -21,6 +24,9 @@
       "appServer",
       "unknown"
     ],
+    "cwd": "/repo/project",
+    "sortKey": "updated_at",
+    "sortDirection": "desc",
     "useStateDbOnly": true
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/__tests__/CodexACPAgent/list-sessions.test.ts b/src/__tests__/CodexACPAgent/list-sessions.test.ts
index 3aaeb970..00ad026b 100644
--- a/src/__tests__/CodexACPAgent/list-sessions.test.ts
+++ b/src/__tests__/CodexACPAgent/list-sessions.test.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,94 @@ import { createCodexMockTestFixture } from "../acp-test-utils";
 import type { Thread } from "../../app-server/v2";
 
 describe("CodexACPAgent - list sessions", () => {
+    it.each([
+        {
+            serverCwdBehavior: "string-only",
+            acceptsRequestedCwd: (cwd: string | string[] | null | undefined) => cwd === "/repo/project",
+        },
+        {
+            serverCwdBehavior: "string-or-array",
+            acceptsRequestedCwd: (cwd: string | string[] | null | undefined) => {
+                const cwds = Array.isArray(cwd) ? cwd : cwd ? [cwd] : [];
+                return cwds.includes("/repo/project");
+            },
+        },
+    ])("forwards cwd before $serverCwdBehavior thread pagination", async ({acceptsRequestedCwd}) => {
+        const fixture = createCodexMockTestFixture();
+        const codexAcpAgent = fixture.getCodexAcpAgent();
+        const codexAcpClient = fixture.getCodexAcpClient();
+        const codexAppServerClient = fixture.getCodexAppServerClient();
+
+        codexAcpClient.readAuthRequirement = vi.fn().mockResolvedValue({required: false, account: null});
+
+        const matchingThread = createThread("sess-project", "/repo/project");
+        const unrelatedThread = createThread("sess-other", "/repo/other");
+        codexAppServerClient.threadList = vi.fn().mockImplementation(async (params) => {
+            if (acceptsRequestedCwd(params.cwd)) {
+                return {data: [matchingThread], nextCursor: null};
+            }
+            return {data: [unrelatedThread], nextCursor: "unrelated-global-cursor"};
+        });
+
+        const response = await codexAcpAgent.listSessions({
+            cwd: "/repo/project",
+            cursor: null,
+        });
+
+        expect(response).toEqual({
+            sessions: [{
+                sessionId: "sess-project",
+                cwd: "/repo/project",
+                title: "Session sess-project",
+                updatedAt: "1970-01-01T00:03:20.000Z",
+            }],
+            nextCursor: null,
+        });
+    });
+
+    it("forwards cwd, cursor, and CLI ordering across pagination", async () => {
+        const fixture = createCodexMockTestFixture();
+        const codexAcpAgent = fixture.getCodexAcpAgent();
+        const codexAcpClient = fixture.getCodexAcpClient();
+        const codexAppServerClient = fixture.getCodexAppServerClient();
+
+        codexAcpClient.readAuthRequirement = vi.fn().mockResolvedValue({required: false, account: null});
+        codexAppServerClient.threadList = vi.fn()
+            .mockResolvedValueOnce({
+                data: [createThread("sess-newer", "/repo/project")],
+                nextCursor: "project-page-2",
+            })
+            .mockResolvedValueOnce({
+                data: [createThread("sess-older", "/repo/project")],
+                nextCursor: null,
+            });
+
+        const firstPage = await codexAcpAgent.listSessions({
+            cwd: "/repo/project",
+            cursor: null,
+        });
+        await codexAcpAgent.listSessions({
+            cwd: "/repo/project",
+            cursor: firstPage.nextCursor ?? null,
+        });
+
+        expect(codexAppServerClient.threadList).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(1, expect.objectContaining({
+            cwd: "/repo/project",
+            cursor: null,
+            sortKey: "updated_at",
+            sortDirection: "desc",
+        }));
+        expect(codexAppServerClient.threadList).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(2, expect.objectContaining({
+            cwd: "/repo/project",
+            cursor: "project-page-2",
+            sortKey: "updated_at",
+            sortDirection: "desc",
+        }));
+        for (const [params] of vi.mocked(codexAppServerClient.threadList).mock.calls) {
+            expect(params).not.toHaveProperty("limit");
+        }
+    });
+
     it("should list sessions filtered by cwd", async () => {
         const fixture = createCodexMockTestFixture();
         const codexAcpAgent = fixture.getCodexAcpAgent();
@@ -73,10 +161,10 @@ describe("CodexACPAgent - list sessions", () => {
             turns: [],
         };
 
-        codexAppServerClient.threadList = vi.fn().mockResolvedValue({
-            data: [threadA, threadB],
+        codexAppServerClient.threadList = vi.fn().mockImplementation(async (params) => ({
+            data: [threadA, threadB].filter(thread => thread.cwd === params.cwd),
             nextCursor: "next-cursor",
-        });
+        }));
         codexAppServerClient.threadLoadedList = vi.fn().mockResolvedValue({
             data: [],
             nextCursor: null,
@@ -332,3 +420,36 @@ describe("CodexACPAgent - list sessions", () => {
         expect(response.sessions[0]?.additionalDirectories).toEqual(["/repo/extra"]);
     });
 });
+
+function createThread(id: string, cwd: string): Thread {
+    return {
+        id,
+        sessionId: id,
+        parentThreadId: null,
+        threadSource: null,
+        originator: null,
+        forkedFromId: null,
+        preview: `Session ${id}`,
+        ephemeral: false,
+        modelProvider: "openai",
+        model: null,
+        reasoningEffort: null,
+        createdAt: 100,
+        updatedAt: 200,
+        recencyAt: null,
+        status: {type: "idle"},
+        path: null,
+        cwd,
+        cliVersion: "0.0.0",
+        section: null,
+        sectionEnteredAt: null,
+        projectId: null,
+        historyMode: "legacy",
+        source: "cli",
+        agentNickname: null,
+        agentRole: null,
+        gitInfo: null,
+        name: null,
+        turns: [],
+    };
+}