diff --git a/services/cloud-agent-next/wrapper/src/restore-session.test.ts b/services/cloud-agent-next/wrapper/src/restore-session.test.ts
index b20f972dfa..a7ce55efed 100644
--- a/services/cloud-agent-next/wrapper/src/restore-session.test.ts
+++ b/services/cloud-agent-next/wrapper/src/restore-session.test.ts
@@ -22,6 +22,30 @@ function makeSnapshot(diffs: Array<{ file: string; after: string; status: string
   });
 }
 
+function makeSessionDiffSnapshot(patch: string): string {
+  return JSON.stringify({
+    info: snapshotInfo(),
+    sessionDiff: [
+      {
+        file: 'src/index.ts',
+        patch,
+        additions: 1,
+        deletions: 0,
+        status: 'modified',
+      },
+    ],
+    messages: [
+      {
+        info: {
+          summary: {
+            diffs: [{ file: 'legacy.txt', after: 'legacy content', status: 'modified' }],
+          },
+        },
+      },
+    ],
+  });
+}
+
 function makeMultiMessageSnapshot(
   ...messageDiffs: Array<Array<{ file: string; after: string; status: string }>>
 ): string {
@@ -403,6 +427,68 @@ describe('restoreSession', () => {
     expect(fs.existsSync(path.join(workspace, 'old-file.txt'))).toBe(false);
   });
 
+  it('prefers top-level patch session diffs over legacy message summaries', async () => {
+    const repo = path.join(tmpDir, 'repo');
+    fs.mkdirSync(path.join(repo, 'src'), { recursive: true });
+    Bun.spawnSync(['git', 'init'], { cwd: repo, stdout: 'pipe', stderr: 'pipe' });
+    Bun.spawnSync(['git', 'config', 'user.email', 'test@example.com'], {
+      cwd: repo,
+      stdout: 'pipe',
+      stderr: 'pipe',
+    });
+    Bun.spawnSync(['git', 'config', 'user.name', 'Test User'], {
+      cwd: repo,
+      stdout: 'pipe',
+      stderr: 'pipe',
+    });
+    fs.writeFileSync(path.join(repo, 'src/index.ts'), 'before\n');
+    Bun.spawnSync(['git', 'add', '.'], { cwd: repo, stdout: 'pipe', stderr: 'pipe' });
+    Bun.spawnSync(['git', 'commit', '-m', 'initial'], {
+      cwd: repo,
+      stdout: 'pipe',
+      stderr: 'pipe',
+    });
+    fs.writeFileSync(path.join(repo, 'src/index.ts'), 'after\n');
+    const proc = Bun.spawnSync(['git', 'diff', '--src-prefix=a/', '--dst-prefix=b/'], {
+      cwd: repo,
+      stdout: 'pipe',
+      stderr: 'pipe',
+    });
+    const patch = new TextDecoder().decode(proc.stdout);
+
+    fs.mkdirSync(path.join(workspace, 'src'), { recursive: true });
+    Bun.spawnSync(['git', 'init'], { cwd: workspace, stdout: 'pipe', stderr: 'pipe' });
+    Bun.spawnSync(['git', 'config', 'user.email', 'test@example.com'], {
+      cwd: workspace,
+      stdout: 'pipe',
+      stderr: 'pipe',
+    });
+    Bun.spawnSync(['git', 'config', 'user.name', 'Test User'], {
+      cwd: workspace,
+      stdout: 'pipe',
+      stderr: 'pipe',
+    });
+    fs.writeFileSync(path.join(workspace, 'src/index.ts'), 'before\n');
+    Bun.spawnSync(['git', 'add', '.'], { cwd: workspace, stdout: 'pipe', stderr: 'pipe' });
+    Bun.spawnSync(['git', 'commit', '-m', 'initial'], {
+      cwd: workspace,
+      stdout: 'pipe',
+      stderr: 'pipe',
+    });
+    mockFetchOk(makeSessionDiffSnapshot(patch));
+
+    const result = await restoreSession(SESSION_ID, workspace);
+
+    expect(result).toEqual({
+      ok: true,
+      downloaded: true,
+      imported: true,
+      diffs: { applied: 1, skipped: 0, total: 1 },
+    });
+    expect(fs.readFileSync(path.join(workspace, 'src/index.ts'), 'utf-8')).toBe('after\n');
+    expect(fs.existsSync(path.join(workspace, 'legacy.txt'))).toBe(false);
+  });
+
   it('succeeds with zero diffs when messages array is empty', async () => {
     mockFetchOk(JSON.stringify({ info: snapshotInfo(), messages: [] }));
 
diff --git a/services/cloud-agent-next/wrapper/src/restore-session.ts b/services/cloud-agent-next/wrapper/src/restore-session.ts
index e98bf11d12..e48fc40477 100644
--- a/services/cloud-agent-next/wrapper/src/restore-session.ts
+++ b/services/cloud-agent-next/wrapper/src/restore-session.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import fs from 'node:fs';
+import os from 'node:os';
 import path from 'node:path';
 import { logToFile, runProcess } from './utils.js';
 
@@ -17,7 +18,8 @@ export type RestoreResult =
 
 type SnapshotDiff = {
   file: string;
-  after: string;
+  after?: string;
+  patch?: string;
   status: string;
 };
 
@@ -345,7 +347,7 @@ async function validateSnapshotInfoId(snapshotPath: string): Promise<SnapshotInf
 // ~half the memory of a V8 heap.
 // `objects` filters out non-object .summary values (e.g. compaction messages set summary=true)
 const JQ_EXTRACT_DIFFS_FILTER =
-  'reduce (.messages[]?.info.summary | objects | .diffs[]? // empty) as $d ({}; .[$d.file] = $d) | [.[]]';
+  'reduce (if ((.sessionDiff? // []) | length) > 0 then .sessionDiff[] else (.messages[]?.info.summary | objects | .diffs[]? // empty) end) as $d ({}; if (($d.file? | type) == "string") then .[$d.file] = $d else . end) | [.[]]';
 
 /**
  * Extract last-write-wins diffs from a snapshot file. Prefers a jq subprocess
@@ -387,6 +389,7 @@ export async function extractDiffs(snapshotPath: string): Promise<SnapshotDiff[]
  */
 async function extractDiffsWithBun(snapshotPath: string): Promise<SnapshotDiff[] | null> {
   type SnapshotShape = {
+    sessionDiff?: SnapshotDiff[];
     messages?: Array<{
       info?: {
         summary?: { diffs?: SnapshotDiff[] };
@@ -401,6 +404,12 @@ async function extractDiffsWithBun(snapshotPath: string): Promise<SnapshotDiff[]
     return null;
   }
   const dedup = new Map<string, SnapshotDiff>();
+  if (Array.isArray(parsed.sessionDiff) && parsed.sessionDiff.length > 0) {
+    for (const diff of parsed.sessionDiff) {
+      if (diff && typeof diff.file === 'string') dedup.set(diff.file, diff);
+    }
+    return Array.from(dedup.values());
+  }
   for (const message of parsed.messages ?? []) {
     const summary = message?.info?.summary;
     if (!summary || typeof summary !== 'object') continue;
@@ -411,6 +420,26 @@ async function extractDiffsWithBun(snapshotPath: string): Promise<SnapshotDiff[]
   return Array.from(dedup.values());
 }
 
+function applyPatch(workspacePath: string, diff: SnapshotDiff): boolean {
+  if (!diff.patch) return false;
+  const dir = fs.mkdtempSync(path.join(os.tmpdir(), 'kilo-session-diff-'));
+  const file = path.join(dir, 'change.patch');
+  try {
+    fs.writeFileSync(file, diff.patch);
+    const proc = Bun.spawnSync(['git', 'apply', '--3way', '--whitespace=nowarn', file], {
+      cwd: workspacePath,
+      stdout: 'pipe',
+      stderr: 'pipe',
+    });
+    if (proc.exitCode === 0) return true;
+    const stderr = new TextDecoder().decode(proc.stderr).trim();
+    log(`git apply failed file=${diff.file} stderr=${stderr}`);
+    return false;
+  } finally {
+    fs.rmSync(dir, { recursive: true, force: true });
+  }
+}
+
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // Main logic
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -565,6 +594,15 @@ export async function restoreSession(
     let skipped = 0;
 
     for (const diff of uniqueDiffs) {
+      if (diff.patch) {
+        if (applyPatch(workspacePath, diff)) {
+          applied++;
+        } else {
+          skipped++;
+        }
+        continue;
+      }
+
       const fp = path.resolve(resolvedWorkspace, diff.file);
 
       if (!fp.startsWith(resolvedWorkspace + '/')) {
diff --git a/services/session-ingest/src/dos/SessionIngestDO.ts b/services/session-ingest/src/dos/SessionIngestDO.ts
index c1a30c7117..ef4222103f 100644
--- a/services/session-ingest/src/dos/SessionIngestDO.ts
+++ b/services/session-ingest/src/dos/SessionIngestDO.ts
@@ -407,7 +407,23 @@ export class SessionIngestDO extends DurableObject<Env> {
             }
           }
 
-          controller.enqueue(encoder.encode(']}'));
+          controller.enqueue(encoder.encode(']'));
+          controller.enqueue(encoder.encode(',"sessionDiff":'));
+          const diffRow = db
+            .select({
+              item_data: ingestItems.item_data,
+              item_data_r2_key: ingestItems.item_data_r2_key,
+            })
+            .from(ingestItems)
+            .where(eq(ingestItems.item_type, 'session_diff'))
+            .limit(1)
+            .get();
+          if (diffRow) {
+            await enqueueItemData(controller, diffRow, r2, encoder, '[]');
+          } else {
+            controller.enqueue(encoder.encode('[]'));
+          }
+          controller.enqueue(encoder.encode('}'));
           controller.close();
         } catch (err) {
           controller.error(err);
@@ -588,7 +604,8 @@ async function enqueueItemData(
   controller: ReadableStreamDefaultController<Uint8Array>,
   ref: ItemDataRef,
   r2: R2Bucket,
-  encoder: TextEncoder
+  encoder: TextEncoder,
+  missingFallback = '{}'
 ): Promise<void> {
   if (ref.item_data_r2_key) {
     const obj = await r2.get(ref.item_data_r2_key);
@@ -600,10 +617,10 @@ async function enqueueItemData(
         controller.enqueue(result.value);
       }
     } else {
-      console.error('R2 blob missing during export, falling back to empty object', {
+      console.error('R2 blob missing during export, using fallback item data', {
         r2Key: ref.item_data_r2_key,
       });
-      controller.enqueue(encoder.encode('{}'));
+      controller.enqueue(encoder.encode(missingFallback));
     }
   } else {
     controller.enqueue(encoder.encode(ref.item_data));
diff --git a/services/session-ingest/test/integration/session-ingest-do.test.ts b/services/session-ingest/test/integration/session-ingest-do.test.ts
index 0ddda7e16b..d770813243 100644
--- a/services/session-ingest/test/integration/session-ingest-do.test.ts
+++ b/services/session-ingest/test/integration/session-ingest-do.test.ts
@@ -37,6 +37,62 @@ describe('SessionIngestDO integration', () => {
 
       expect(snapshot.info).toEqual({ title: 'Test Session' });
       expect(snapshot.messages).toEqual([]);
+      expect(snapshot.sessionDiff).toEqual([]);
+    });
+
+    it('exports the latest session diff as a top-level field', async () => {
+      const sessionId = 'ses_roundtrip_diff_000000004';
+      const stub = getStub(kiloUserId, sessionId);
+      const diffs = [
+        {
+          file: 'src/index.ts',
+          patch: 'diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts\n',
+          additions: 1,
+          deletions: 0,
+          status: 'modified',
+        },
+      ];
+
+      await stub.ingest(
+        [
+          { type: 'session', data: { title: 'Session Diff Export' } },
+          { type: 'session_diff', data: diffs },
+        ],
+        kiloUserId,
+        sessionId,
+        1
+      );
+
+      const raw = await stub.getAllStream().then(s => new Response(s).text());
+      const snapshot = JSON.parse(raw);
+
+      expect(snapshot.info).toEqual({ title: 'Session Diff Export' });
+      expect(snapshot.messages).toEqual([]);
+      expect(snapshot.sessionDiff).toEqual(diffs);
+    });
+
+    it('exports an empty array for a missing R2-backed session diff', async () => {
+      const sessionId = 'ses_roundtrip_diff_missing_r2_001';
+      const stub = getStub(kiloUserId, sessionId);
+
+      await stub.ingest(
+        [
+          { type: 'session', data: { title: 'Missing R2 Diff Export' } },
+          { type: 'session_diff', data: [{ file: 'missing.txt', additions: 1, deletions: 0 }] },
+        ],
+        kiloUserId,
+        sessionId,
+        1,
+        1000,
+        { session_diff: `items/${sessionId}/session_diff/missing` }
+      );
+
+      const raw = await stub.getAllStream().then(s => new Response(s).text());
+      const snapshot = JSON.parse(raw);
+
+      expect(snapshot.info).toEqual({ title: 'Missing R2 Diff Export' });
+      expect(snapshot.messages).toEqual([]);
+      expect(snapshot.sessionDiff).toEqual([]);
     });
 
     it('ingests multiple items and exports a full snapshot', async () => {
@@ -2182,6 +2238,41 @@ describe('SessionIngestDO integration', () => {
 
       expect(snapshot.info).toEqual({ title: 'Big Session Info' });
     });
+
+    it('exports R2-backed session diffs with resolved data', async () => {
+      const sessionId = 'ses_r2_backed_diff_0000016';
+      const stub = getStub(kiloUserId, sessionId);
+      const diffs = [
+        {
+          file: 'large.txt',
+          patch: 'diff --git a/large.txt b/large.txt\n',
+          additions: 1,
+          deletions: 0,
+          status: 'modified',
+        },
+      ];
+      const itemData = JSON.stringify(diffs);
+      const r2Key = `items/${kiloUserId}/${sessionId}/session_diff/3000`;
+      await env.SESSION_INGEST_R2.put(r2Key, itemData);
+
+      await stub.ingest(
+        [
+          { type: 'session', data: { title: 'R2 Diff Test' } },
+          { type: 'session_diff', data: diffs },
+        ],
+        kiloUserId,
+        sessionId,
+        1,
+        3000,
+        { session_diff: r2Key }
+      );
+
+      const raw = await stub.getAllStream().then(s => new Response(s).text());
+      const snapshot = JSON.parse(raw);
+
+      expect(snapshot.info).toEqual({ title: 'R2 Diff Test' });
+      expect(snapshot.sessionDiff).toEqual(diffs);
+    });
   });
 
   describe('timestamp guard', () => {