diff --git a/src/vs/sessions/contrib/sessions/browser/sessionsViewPane.ts b/src/vs/sessions/contrib/sessions/browser/sessionsViewPane.ts
index 953bd0b26f9857..c158a65cb6a27e 100644
--- a/src/vs/sessions/contrib/sessions/browser/sessionsViewPane.ts
+++ b/src/vs/sessions/contrib/sessions/browser/sessionsViewPane.ts
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ export class AgenticSessionsViewPane extends ViewPane {
 			source: 'agentSessionsViewPane',
 			filter: sessionsFilter,
 			overrideStyles: this.getLocationBasedColors().listOverrideStyles,
-			disableHover: true,
+			useSimpleHover: true,
 			showIsolationIcon: true,
 			enableApprovalRow: true,
 			getHoverPosition: () => this.getSessionHoverPosition(),
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/chat/browser/agentSessions/agentSessionsControl.ts b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/chat/browser/agentSessions/agentSessionsControl.ts
index 66977278aeb11e..36d5ff8263c3ab 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/chat/browser/agentSessions/agentSessionsControl.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/chat/browser/agentSessions/agentSessionsControl.ts
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ export interface IAgentSessionsControlOptions extends IAgentSessionsSorterOption
 	readonly overrideStyles: IStyleOverride<IListStyles>;
 	readonly filter: IAgentSessionsFilter;
 	readonly source: string;
-	readonly disableHover?: boolean;
+	readonly useSimpleHover?: boolean;
 	readonly showIsolationIcon?: boolean;
 	readonly enableApprovalRow?: boolean;
 
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/chat/browser/agentSessions/agentSessionsViewer.ts b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/chat/browser/agentSessions/agentSessionsViewer.ts
index ca655535956d36..c49765298f0d81 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/chat/browser/agentSessions/agentSessionsViewer.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/chat/browser/agentSessions/agentSessionsViewer.ts
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ interface IAgentSessionItemTemplate {
 }
 
 export interface IAgentSessionRendererOptions {
-	readonly disableHover?: boolean;
+	readonly useSimpleHover?: boolean;
 	readonly showIsolationIcon?: boolean;
 	getHoverPosition(): HoverPosition;
 }
@@ -402,7 +402,9 @@ export class AgentSessionRenderer extends Disposable implements ICompressibleTre
 	}
 
 	private renderHover(session: ITreeNode<IAgentSession, FuzzyScore>, template: IAgentSessionItemTemplate): void {
-		if (this.options.disableHover) {
+		if (this.options.useSimpleHover) {
+			const title = renderAsPlaintext(new MarkdownString(session.element.label));
+			template.elementDisposable.add(this.hoverService.setupDelayedHover(template.element, { content: title, position: { hoverPosition: this.options.getHoverPosition() } }, { groupId: 'agent.sessions' }));
 			return;
 		}
 
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/test/browser/componentFixtures/agentSessionsViewer.fixture.ts b/src/vs/workbench/test/browser/componentFixtures/agentSessionsViewer.fixture.ts
index f88f88719f43f3..90ff4a6f730d36 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/test/browser/componentFixtures/agentSessionsViewer.fixture.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/test/browser/componentFixtures/agentSessionsViewer.fixture.ts
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ function wrapAsTreeNode<T>(element: T): ITreeNode<T, FuzzyScore> {
 }
 
 const rendererOptions: IAgentSessionRendererOptions = {
-	disableHover: true,
+	useSimpleHover: true,
 	getHoverPosition: () => HoverPosition.BELOW,
 };