diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/app/desktop-controller.tsx b/apps/desktop/src/app/desktop-controller.tsx
index 9df44d628cec..47b55c180080 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/app/desktop-controller.tsx
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/app/desktop-controller.tsx
@@ -414,7 +414,9 @@ export function DesktopController() {
   // still resolves into the Pinned section via sessionByAnyId.
   const refreshCronSessions = useCallback(async () => {
     try {
-      const { sessions } = await listAllProfileSessions(CRON_SECTION_LIMIT, 1, 'exclude', 'recent', 'all', {
+      const cronProfile = profileScope === ALL_PROFILES ? 'all' : profileScope
+
+      const { sessions } = await listAllProfileSessions(CRON_SECTION_LIMIT, 1, 'exclude', 'recent', cronProfile, {
         source: 'cron'
       })
 
@@ -422,7 +424,7 @@ export function DesktopController() {
     } catch {
       // Non-fatal: the cron section just stays empty/stale.
     }
-  }, [])
+  }, [profileScope])
 
   // Messaging-platform sessions as their own slice, fetched separately from
   // local recents so each platform renders a self-managed section and never
@@ -430,7 +432,9 @@ export function DesktopController() {
   // seeds every platform; the sidebar splits the rows per source.
   const refreshMessagingSessions = useCallback(async () => {
     try {
-      const result = await listAllProfileSessions(MESSAGING_SECTION_LIMIT, 1, 'exclude', 'recent', 'all', {
+      const msgProfile = profileScope === ALL_PROFILES ? 'all' : profileScope
+
+      const result = await listAllProfileSessions(MESSAGING_SECTION_LIMIT, 1, 'exclude', 'recent', msgProfile, {
         excludeSources: MESSAGING_EXCLUDED_SOURCES
       })
 
@@ -445,7 +449,7 @@ export function DesktopController() {
     } catch {
       // Non-fatal: the messaging sections just stay empty/stale.
     }
-  }, [])
+  }, [profileScope])
 
   // Page a single platform's section independently (mirrors the per-profile
   // pager): fetch that source's next window and merge it back in place, leaving
@@ -453,8 +457,9 @@ export function DesktopController() {
   const loadMoreMessagingForPlatform = useCallback(async (platform: string) => {
     const inPlatform = (s: SessionInfo) => normalizeSessionSource(s.source) === platform
     const loaded = $messagingSessions.get().filter(inPlatform).length
+    const loadProfile = profileScope === ALL_PROFILES ? 'all' : profileScope
 
-    const result = await listAllProfileSessions(loaded + SIDEBAR_SESSIONS_PAGE_SIZE, 1, 'exclude', 'recent', 'all', {
+    const result = await listAllProfileSessions(loaded + SIDEBAR_SESSIONS_PAGE_SIZE, 1, 'exclude', 'recent', loadProfile, {
       source: platform
     })
 
@@ -467,7 +472,7 @@ export function DesktopController() {
 
     const total = result.total ?? incoming.length
     setMessagingPlatformTotals(prev => ({ ...prev, [platform]: Math.max(total, incoming.length) }))
-  }, [])
+  }, [profileScope])
 
   // Cron *jobs* drive the sidebar "Cron jobs" section. Jobs are created
   // synchronously (agent tool call or the cron UI), so refreshing here right
diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/hermes.ts b/apps/desktop/src/hermes.ts
index 8e0656a9e7ab..0c1da4099ab8 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/hermes.ts
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/hermes.ts
@@ -585,8 +585,10 @@ export function testMessagingPlatform(platformId: string): Promise<MessagingPlat
 }
 
 export function getCronJobs(): Promise<CronJob[]> {
+  const qs = _apiProfile ? `?profile=${encodeURIComponent(_apiProfile)}` : ''
+
   return window.hermesDesktop.api<CronJob[]>({
-    path: '/api/cron/jobs'
+    path: `/api/cron/jobs${qs}`
   })
 }