diff --git a/src-tauri/src/commands/windows.rs b/src-tauri/src/commands/windows.rs
index db841545f2..1adfe1b529 100644
--- a/src-tauri/src/commands/windows.rs
+++ b/src-tauri/src/commands/windows.rs
@@ -886,12 +886,13 @@ pub async fn open_import_sessions_window(
 /// focus alone then left the app with nothing on screen once settings was
 /// closed too.
 ///
-/// Single source of truth for the sequence: the tray (`show_main_window`), the
-/// dock / single-instance activation (`workspace_windows::activate_workspace`)
-/// and the auxiliary-window owner restores must not drift apart again. `unminimize` is inert when the window isn't minimized
-/// (macOS returns early; Windows first syncs the flag from `IsIconic`, so the
-/// diff it applies is empty), and `show` preserves the maximized flag — a
-/// tray-hidden maximized workspace comes back maximized.
+/// Single source of truth for the sequence: the tray (`show_main_window`),
+/// Dock / second-launch activation (`workspace_windows::activate_workspace`)
+/// and the auxiliary-window owner restores must not drift apart again.
+/// `unminimize` is inert when the window isn't minimized (macOS returns early;
+/// Windows first syncs the flag from `IsIconic`, so the diff it applies is
+/// empty), and `show` preserves the maximized flag — a tray-hidden maximized
+/// workspace comes back maximized.
 pub(crate) fn show_and_focus_window(app: &AppHandle, label: &str) {
     let Some(window) = app.get_webview_window(label) else {
         return;
diff --git a/src-tauri/src/commands/workspace_windows.rs b/src-tauri/src/commands/workspace_windows.rs
index fd20f6bbc4..4484f94540 100644
--- a/src-tauri/src/commands/workspace_windows.rs
+++ b/src-tauri/src/commands/workspace_windows.rs
@@ -701,6 +701,52 @@ mod tests {
         }
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn activation_prefers_the_most_recent_existing_workspace() {
+        let mut state = SessionState::default();
+        state.mark_open(LOCAL);
+        state.mark_open(remote(1));
+        state.mark_open(remote(2));
+        assert_eq!(state.activation_target(|_| true), Some(remote(2)));
+        assert_eq!(
+            state.activation_target(|window| window != remote(2)),
+            Some(remote(1))
+        );
+        state.mark_open(LOCAL);
+        assert_eq!(state.activation_target(|_| true), Some(LOCAL));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn activation_does_not_reopen_a_closed_local_workspace() {
+        let mut state = SessionState::default();
+        state.mark_open(LOCAL);
+        state.mark_open(remote(1));
+        state.mark_closed(LOCAL);
+        // main still physically exists, hidden to tray; it must stay hidden.
+        assert_eq!(state.activation_target(|_| true), Some(remote(1)));
+        state.mark_closed(remote(1));
+        assert_eq!(state.activation_target(|_| true), Some(LOCAL));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn activation_waits_for_a_remote_only_restore() {
+        // As `begin_restore` leaves it: the remembered front is still pending.
+        let mut state = SessionState {
+            pending: vec![remote(1)],
+            restoring: true,
+            restore_front: Some(remote(1)),
+            ..SessionState::default()
+        };
+        assert_eq!(state.activation_target(|window| window == LOCAL), None);
+        state.mark_open(remote(1));
+        assert_eq!(state.activation_target(|_| true), Some(remote(1)));
+        assert_eq!(state.snapshot(), vec![remote(1)]);
+        // Still restoring, but nothing is left pending to wait for: with the
+        // restored window closed again, local is the only workspace left.
+        state.mark_closed(remote(1));
+        assert_eq!(state.activation_target(|_| true), Some(LOCAL));
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn stored_list_round_trips() {
         let windows = [remote(4), LOCAL, remote(2)];
diff --git a/src-tauri/src/lib.rs b/src-tauri/src/lib.rs
index 759cdf4b25..c1a2c27d1f 100644
--- a/src-tauri/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src-tauri/src/lib.rs
@@ -1375,7 +1375,9 @@ mod tauri_app {
                 // `list_open_folder_details` / `list_opened_tabs` inside it. It
                 // starts hidden only when it was hidden to the tray at quit and
                 // other workspace windows are coming back in its place; the
-                // tray and explicit local-workspace actions still bring it up.
+                // tray, a `codeg://` link and the other explicit local-workspace
+                // actions still bring it up, and so do the Dock and a second
+                // launch once no other workspace is open or on its way back.
                 if app.get_webview_window("main").is_none() {
                     let url = tauri::WebviewUrl::App(workspace_path.into());
                     let builder = tauri::WebviewWindowBuilder::new(app, "main", url)
@@ -2199,8 +2201,10 @@ mod tauri_app {
                 tauri::RunEvent::ExitRequested { .. } | tauri::RunEvent::Exit => shut_down(app),
                 #[cfg(target_os = "macos")]
                 tauri::RunEvent::Reopen { .. } => {
-                    // Auxiliary windows do not determine which workspace is
-                    // active. Restore the last local/remote workspace instead.
+                    // Every Dock click, whatever `has_visible_windows` says:
+                    // it is true whenever an auxiliary window (pet, settings,
+                    // commit…) is up, even with every workspace hidden or
+                    // minimized. Raise the last-used local/remote workspace.
                     workspace_windows::activate_workspace(app);
                 }
                 _ => {}