diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/store/gateway-profile-request.test.ts b/apps/desktop/src/store/gateway-profile-request.test.ts
index 5c2c16a28d..fd4d99230c 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/store/gateway-profile-request.test.ts
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/store/gateway-profile-request.test.ts
@@ -564,3 +564,75 @@ describe('retainGatewayForAgent (#93602)', () => {
     expect(secondaryGateways[0].close).toHaveBeenCalledOnce()
   })
 })
+
+describe('attached shared-remote group turns (#96493)', () => {
+  function installAttachedSharedRemote() {
+    ;(window as unknown as { hermesDesktop: unknown }).hermesDesktop = {
+      getConnection: vi.fn(async (profile: null | string) => ({ port: 4242, profile, token: 't' })),
+      getConnectionFor: vi.fn(async ({ connectionId, profile }: { connectionId: string; profile: string }) => ({
+        connectionId,
+        port: 9119,
+        profile,
+        sharedRemote: true
+      })),
+      getGatewayWsUrlFor: vi.fn(async ({ connectionId, profile }: { connectionId: string; profile: string }) => ({
+        ok: true as const,
+        wsUrl: `ws://${connectionId}/${profile}`
+      })),
+      touchBackend: vi.fn(async () => undefined)
+    }
+  }
+
+  it('reuses the primary socket for a named profile on the attached shared remote', async () => {
+    const primary = makePrimary()
+    setPrimaryGateway(primary as never, 'default')
+    setPrimaryGatewayConnection({ connectionId: 'homelab' })
+    installAttachedSharedRemote()
+    await ensureGatewayForProfile('default')
+
+    const release = await retainGatewayForAgent('homelab', 'voter')
+    await requestGatewayForAgent('homelab', 'voter', 'session.create', { title: 'Group: room' })
+    await requestGatewayForAgent('homelab', 'voter', 'prompt.submit', { session_id: 'rt-1', text: 'hi' })
+
+    expect(secondaryGateways).toHaveLength(0)
+    expect(primary.request).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2)
+    expect(primary.request).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(1, 'session.create', {
+      title: 'Group: room',
+      profile: 'voter'
+    })
+    expect(primary.request).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(2, 'prompt.submit', {
+      session_id: 'rt-1',
+      text: 'hi',
+      profile: 'voter'
+    })
+
+    release()
+    expect(secondaryGateways).toHaveLength(0)
+  })
+
+  it('still dials a secondary when the attached source is not a shared remote', async () => {
+    const primary = makePrimary()
+    setPrimaryGateway(primary as never, 'default')
+    setPrimaryGatewayConnection({ connectionId: 'homelab' })
+    ;(window as unknown as { hermesDesktop: unknown }).hermesDesktop = {
+      getConnection: vi.fn(async (profile: null | string) => ({ port: 4242, profile, token: 't' })),
+      getConnectionFor: vi.fn(async ({ connectionId, profile }: { connectionId: string; profile: string }) => ({
+        connectionId,
+        port: 5151,
+        profile,
+        sharedRemote: false
+      })),
+      getGatewayWsUrlFor: vi.fn(async ({ connectionId, profile }: { connectionId: string; profile: string }) => ({
+        ok: true as const,
+        wsUrl: `ws://${connectionId}/${profile}`
+      })),
+      touchBackend: vi.fn(async () => undefined)
+    }
+    await ensureGatewayForProfile('default')
+
+    await requestGatewayForAgent('homelab', 'voter', 'session.create', { title: 'g' })
+
+    expect(secondaryGateways).toHaveLength(1)
+    expect(primary.request).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+  })
+})
diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/store/gateway.ts b/apps/desktop/src/store/gateway.ts
index b2c1d0ddbf..3c8088c01a 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/store/gateway.ts
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/store/gateway.ts
@@ -296,6 +296,60 @@ function isPrimaryRegistryRoute(connectionId: null | string, profile: string): b
   )
 }
 
+/** True when `connectionId` is the window's already-attached source AND that
+ *  source is a one-host-many-profiles remote (`sharedRemote`). Named member
+ *  profiles on that host must reuse the primary socket — a registry secondary
+ *  dials a second WebSocket at the same Tailscale URL, which accept/closes in
+ *  ~30ms (`messages=1`) and never runs `session.create` (#96493). Isolated
+ *  SSH/pooled backends (`sharedRemote: false`) still get their own secondary. */
+async function isAttachedSharedRemote(connectionId: null | string, profile: string): Promise<boolean> {
+  const id = String(connectionId ?? '').trim()
+  const key = normKey(profile)
+
+  if (!id || !g.primaryConnectionId || id !== g.primaryConnectionId) {
+    return false
+  }
+
+  if (isPrimaryRegistryRoute(id, key)) {
+    return false
+  }
+
+  const desktop = window.hermesDesktop
+
+  if (!desktop?.getConnectionFor) {
+    return false
+  }
+
+  try {
+    const conn = await withTimeout(
+      desktop.getConnectionFor({ connectionId: id, profile: key }),
+      RECONNECT_ATTEMPT_TIMEOUT_MS,
+      `Timed out resolving shared-remote route for "${key}"`
+    )
+
+    return Boolean(conn && typeof conn === 'object' && (conn as { sharedRemote?: boolean }).sharedRemote === true)
+  } catch {
+    return false
+  }
+}
+
+async function requestOnPrimaryGateway<T>(
+  method: string,
+  params: Record<string, unknown>,
+  timeoutMs?: number,
+  signal?: AbortSignal
+): Promise<T> {
+  const gateway = g.primaryGateway
+
+  if (!gateway) {
+    throw new Error('Hermes gateway unavailable')
+  }
+
+  return timeoutMs === undefined && signal === undefined
+    ? gateway.request<T>(method, params)
+    : gateway.request<T>(method, params, timeoutMs, signal)
+}
+
 export function isActivePrimary(): boolean {
   return g.activeKey === g.primaryProfile
 }
@@ -870,6 +924,10 @@ export async function requestGatewayForAgent<T>(
     return requestGatewayForProfile<T>(key, method, params, timeoutMs, signal)
   }
 
+  if (await isAttachedSharedRemote(connectionId, key)) {
+    return requestOnPrimaryGateway<T>(method, { ...params, profile: key }, timeoutMs, signal)
+  }
+
   if (!window.hermesDesktop?.getConnectionFor) {
     throw new Error('This Desktop build cannot dial registry connections. Update Hermes Desktop.')
   }
@@ -1054,6 +1112,11 @@ export async function retainGatewayForAgent(connectionId: null | string, profile
     return route.release
   }
 
+  if (isPrimaryRegistryRoute(connectionId, key) || (await isAttachedSharedRemote(connectionId, key))) {
+    // Primary socket stays open for the window lifetime — no secondary to hold.
+    return () => undefined
+  }
+
   if (!window.hermesDesktop?.getConnectionFor) {
     // No registry dialing in this build — nothing to hold; the request path
     // will throw its own actionable error.
@@ -1268,6 +1331,10 @@ export async function openGatewayForAgent(
     return openGatewayForProfile(profile)
   }
 
+  if (await isAttachedSharedRemote(connectionId, profile)) {
+    return
+  }
+
   if (!window.hermesDesktop?.getConnectionFor) {
     throw new Error('This Desktop build cannot dial registry connections. Update Hermes Desktop.')
   }
@@ -1314,6 +1381,10 @@ export async function ensureGatewayForAgent(
     return !signal?.aborted
   }
 
+  if (await isAttachedSharedRemote(connectionId, profile)) {
+    return !signal?.aborted
+  }
+
   if (!window.hermesDesktop?.getConnectionFor) {
     throw new Error('This Desktop build cannot dial registry connections. Update Hermes Desktop.')
   }
diff --git a/contributors/emails/paula@smfworks.com b/contributors/emails/paula@smfworks.com
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f11e568f74
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contributors/emails/paula@smfworks.com
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+smfworks
+# SMF Works contributor