diff --git a/src/infra/event-session-routing.test.ts b/src/infra/event-session-routing.test.ts
index f2f9f4c6d4b..f92cb9e93bb 100644
--- a/src/infra/event-session-routing.test.ts
+++ b/src/infra/event-session-routing.test.ts
@@ -25,6 +25,14 @@ describe("event session routing", () => {
       accountId: "work",
       peerId: "123",
     });
+    expect(
+      parseDirectAgentSessionTarget("agent:main:telegram:work:direct:123:thread:1712345678.123"),
+    ).toEqual({
+      agentId: "main",
+      channel: "telegram",
+      accountId: "work",
+      peerId: "123",
+    });
   });
 
   it("routes single-owner dmScope=main direct event keys to the agent main session", () => {
@@ -53,6 +61,12 @@ describe("event session routing", () => {
         policy,
       ),
     ).toEqual({ reason: "exec-event", sessionKey: "agent:main:main" });
+    expect(
+      resolveEventSessionKeyForPolicy(
+        "agent:main:telegram:work:direct:123:thread:1712345678.123",
+        policy,
+      ),
+    ).toBe("agent:main:main");
   });
 
   it("does not route multi-owner or wildcard direct sessions to main", () => {
diff --git a/src/infra/event-session-routing.ts b/src/infra/event-session-routing.ts
index 3e0e9bc1358..3410e7e9e4c 100644
--- a/src/infra/event-session-routing.ts
+++ b/src/infra/event-session-routing.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import {
   buildAgentMainSessionKey,
   normalizeAgentId,
   parseAgentSessionKey,
+  parseThreadSessionSuffix,
 } from "../routing/session-key.js";
 import { resolveEventSessionKey, scopedHeartbeatWakeOptions } from "../routing/session-key.js";
 import { resolvePinnedMainDmOwnerFromAllowlist } from "../security/dm-policy-shared.js";
@@ -66,8 +67,10 @@ function normalizeEntry(value: string): string | undefined {
 export function parseDirectAgentSessionTarget(
   sessionKey: string | undefined | null,
 ): DirectSessionTarget | null {
-  const parsed = parseAgentSessionKey(sessionKey);
-  if (!parsed || deriveSessionChatTypeFromKey(sessionKey) !== "direct") {
+  const { baseSessionKey } = parseThreadSessionSuffix(sessionKey);
+  const directSessionKey = baseSessionKey ?? sessionKey;
+  const parsed = parseAgentSessionKey(directSessionKey);
+  if (!parsed || deriveSessionChatTypeFromKey(directSessionKey) !== "direct") {
     return null;
   }
   const parts = parsed.rest.split(":");