diff --git a/packages/opencode/src/cli/cmd/run.ts b/packages/opencode/src/cli/cmd/run.ts
index a55fd7f1b..99624b1e8 100644
--- a/packages/opencode/src/cli/cmd/run.ts
+++ b/packages/opencode/src/cli/cmd/run.ts
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import { BashTool } from "../../tool/bash"
 import { Locale } from "../../util"
 import { AppRuntime } from "@/effect/app-runtime"
 import { createCompletionTracker, type CompletionTracker } from "./run-completion"
+import { selectContinueSessionID } from "../continue-session"
 
 type ToolProps<T> = {
   input: Tool.InferParameters<T>
@@ -365,7 +366,7 @@ export const RunCommand = cmd({
     }
 
     async function session(sdk: OpencodeClient) {
-      const baseID = args.continue ? (await sdk.session.list()).data?.find((s) => !s.parentID)?.id : args.session
+      const baseID = args.continue ? selectContinueSessionID((await sdk.session.list()).data ?? []) : args.session
 
       if (baseID && args.fork) {
         const forked = await sdk.session.fork({ sessionID: baseID })
diff --git a/packages/opencode/src/cli/cmd/tui/app.tsx b/packages/opencode/src/cli/cmd/tui/app.tsx
index a353b8b72..43dfac305 100644
--- a/packages/opencode/src/cli/cmd/tui/app.tsx
+++ b/packages/opencode/src/cli/cmd/tui/app.tsx
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ import { TuiConfig } from "@/cli/cmd/tui/config/tui"
 import { createTuiApi, TuiPluginRuntime, type RouteMap } from "./plugin"
 import { FormatError, FormatUnknownError } from "@/cli/error"
 import { isPlainTerminal } from "./util/terminal"
+import { selectContinueSessionID } from "../../continue-session"
 
 import type { EventSource } from "./context/sdk"
 import { DialogVariant } from "./component/dialog-variant"
@@ -378,9 +379,7 @@ function App(props: { onSnapshot?: () => Promise<string[]> }) {
   createEffect(() => {
     // When using -c, session list is loaded in blocking phase, so we can navigate at "partial"
     if (continued || sync.status === "loading" || !args.continue) return
-    const match = sync.data.session
-      .toSorted((a, b) => b.time.updated - a.time.updated)
-      .find((x) => x.parentID === undefined)?.id
+    const match = selectContinueSessionID(sync.data.session)
     if (match) {
       continued = true
       if (args.fork) {
diff --git a/packages/opencode/src/cli/continue-session.ts b/packages/opencode/src/cli/continue-session.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..978f98e82
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/opencode/src/cli/continue-session.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+const SYSTEM_CONTINUE_TITLES = new Set(["Auto Dream", "Auto Distill"])
+
+type ContinueSessionCandidate = {
+  id: string
+  title?: string
+  parentID?: string
+  time?: {
+    updated?: number
+  }
+}
+
+export function selectContinueSessionID(sessions: ContinueSessionCandidate[]) {
+  return sessions
+    .toSorted((a, b) => (b.time?.updated ?? 0) - (a.time?.updated ?? 0))
+    .find((session) => session.parentID === undefined && !SYSTEM_CONTINUE_TITLES.has(session.title ?? ""))?.id
+}
diff --git a/packages/opencode/test/cli/continue-session.test.ts b/packages/opencode/test/cli/continue-session.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fab898622
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/opencode/test/cli/continue-session.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+import { expect, test } from "bun:test"
+import { selectContinueSessionID } from "../../src/cli/continue-session"
+
+test("selectContinueSessionID skips auto system sessions", () => {
+  expect(
+    selectContinueSessionID([
+      {
+        id: "ses_auto_dream",
+        title: "Auto Dream",
+        time: { updated: 300 },
+      },
+      {
+        id: "ses_auto_distill",
+        title: "Auto Distill",
+        time: { updated: 200 },
+      },
+      {
+        id: "ses_work",
+        title: "Working session",
+        time: { updated: 100 },
+      },
+    ]),
+  ).toBe("ses_work")
+})
+
+test("selectContinueSessionID skips child sessions", () => {
+  expect(
+    selectContinueSessionID([
+      {
+        id: "ses_child",
+        title: "checkpoint-writer",
+        parentID: "ses_parent",
+        time: { updated: 300 },
+      },
+      {
+        id: "ses_parent",
+        title: "Working session",
+        time: { updated: 100 },
+      },
+    ]),
+  ).toBe("ses_parent")
+})