diff --git a/static/sessions.js b/static/sessions.js
index 61aa8087..c485185e 100644
--- a/static/sessions.js
+++ b/static/sessions.js
@@ -3778,6 +3778,7 @@ let _sessionActionMenu = null;
 let _sessionActionAnchor = null;
 let _sessionActionSessionId = null;
 let _sessionActionMenuId = 0;
+let _sessionActionPreviousFocus = null;
 const _expandedChildSessionKeys = new Set();
 const _expandedLineageKeys = new Set();
 const _lineageReportCache = new Map();
@@ -4176,8 +4177,15 @@ function _showBatchProjectPicker(){
   setTimeout(()=>document.addEventListener('click',close),0);
 }
 
+function _focusSessionActionMenuRestoreTarget(target){
+  if(!target||!target.isConnected||typeof target.focus!=='function') return false;
+  try{target.focus({preventScroll:true});}catch(_){target.focus();}
+  return document.activeElement===target;
+}
+
 function closeSessionActionMenu({restoreFocus=false}={}){
   const focusTarget=restoreFocus?_sessionActionAnchor:null;
+  const fallbackFocusTarget=restoreFocus?_sessionActionPreviousFocus:null;
   if(_sessionActionMenu){
     _sessionActionMenu.remove();
     _sessionActionMenu = null;
@@ -4193,9 +4201,8 @@ function closeSessionActionMenu({restoreFocus=false}={}){
     _sessionActionAnchor = null;
   }
   _sessionActionSessionId = null;
-  if(focusTarget&&focusTarget.isConnected&&typeof focusTarget.focus==='function'){
-    try{focusTarget.focus({preventScroll:true});}catch(_){focusTarget.focus();}
-  }
+  _sessionActionPreviousFocus = null;
+  if(!_focusSessionActionMenuRestoreTarget(focusTarget)) _focusSessionActionMenuRestoreTarget(fallbackFocusTarget);
 }
 
 function _sessionActionMenuShouldIgnoreScrollTarget(target){
@@ -4317,6 +4324,7 @@ async function _copySessionLink(session){
 }
 
 function _mountSessionActionMenu(menu, session, anchorEl){
+  _sessionActionPreviousFocus=document.activeElement;
   document.body.appendChild(menu);
   _sessionActionMenu = menu;
   _sessionActionAnchor = anchorEl;
diff --git a/tests/test_session_action_menu_focus.py b/tests/test_session_action_menu_focus.py
index e5ac54e7..dea18b13 100644
--- a/tests/test_session_action_menu_focus.py
+++ b/tests/test_session_action_menu_focus.py
@@ -41,9 +41,11 @@ def _fixture_script() -> str:
             "let _sessionActionMenu = null;",
             "let _sessionActionAnchor = null;",
             "let _sessionActionSessionId = null;",
+            "let _sessionActionPreviousFocus = null;",
             "const esc = value => String(value);",
             "function _positionSessionActionMenu(){}",
             "function _playSessionActionMenuEntrance(){}",
+            _function_source("_focusSessionActionMenuRestoreTarget"),
             _function_source("closeSessionActionMenu"),
             _function_source("_buildSessionAction"),
             _function_source("_mountSessionActionMenu"),
@@ -89,6 +91,33 @@ def _fixture_script() -> str:
               row.remove();
               return result;
             };
+
+            window.__sessionActionMenuNonFocusableOpenerResult = () => {
+              const priorFocus = document.createElement('button');
+              priorFocus.textContent = 'Prior keyboard focus';
+              const row = document.createElement('div');
+              row.className = 'session-item';
+              row.textContent = 'Non-focusable session row';
+              document.body.append(priorFocus, row);
+              priorFocus.focus();
+
+              const menu = document.createElement('div');
+              menu.className = 'session-action-menu';
+              menu.id = 'sessionActionMenu-nonfocusable-opener-test';
+              menu.setAttribute('role', 'menu');
+              menu.setAttribute('aria-label', 'Conversation actions');
+              menu.appendChild(_buildSessionAction('Rename conversation', '', '', () => {}));
+              _mountSessionActionMenu(menu, {session_id: 'nonfocusable-opener-test'}, row);
+              menu.dispatchEvent(new KeyboardEvent('keydown', {key: 'Escape', bubbles: true}));
+
+              const result = {
+                menuRemovedOnEscape: !document.querySelector('.session-action-menu'),
+                focusReturnedToPreviousControl: document.activeElement === priorFocus,
+              };
+              priorFocus.remove();
+              row.remove();
+              return result;
+            };
             """,
         ]
     )
@@ -124,3 +153,26 @@ def test_session_action_menu_focus_lifecycle_in_browser():
         "expandedAfterEscape": "false",
         "controlsAfterEscape": None,
     }
+
+
+def test_session_action_menu_returns_to_prior_focus_for_nonfocusable_opener_in_browser():
+    try:
+        from playwright.sync_api import sync_playwright
+    except Exception:  # pragma: no cover - dependency missing path
+        pytest.skip("playwright is unavailable; run the session action menu browser test")
+
+    with sync_playwright() as playwright:
+        browser = playwright.chromium.launch(
+            headless=True,
+            args=["--no-sandbox", "--disable-dev-shm-usage"],
+        )
+        page = browser.new_page()
+        page.set_content("<!doctype html><html><body></body></html>")
+        page.add_script_tag(content=_fixture_script())
+        result = page.evaluate("window.__sessionActionMenuNonFocusableOpenerResult()")
+        browser.close()
+
+    assert result == {
+        "menuRemovedOnEscape": True,
+        "focusReturnedToPreviousControl": True,
+    }
diff --git a/tests/test_session_touch_actions.py b/tests/test_session_touch_actions.py
index 62395174..2e7f2af1 100644
--- a/tests/test_session_touch_actions.py
+++ b/tests/test_session_touch_actions.py
@@ -55,7 +55,9 @@ def test_session_action_menu_exposes_popup_state_and_focus_contract():
     assert "_sessionActionAnchor.setAttribute('aria-expanded','false');" in close
     assert "_sessionActionAnchor.removeAttribute('aria-controls');" in close
     assert "restoreFocus" in close
-    assert "focusTarget.focus({preventScroll:true});" in close
+    assert "fallbackFocusTarget=restoreFocus?_sessionActionPreviousFocus:null;" in close
+    assert "_focusSessionActionMenuRestoreTarget(focusTarget)" in close
+    assert "_focusSessionActionMenuRestoreTarget(fallbackFocusTarget)" in close
 
     escape_handler = _sessions_block("document.addEventListener('keydown',e=>{", "window.addEventListener('resize'")
     assert "closeSessionActionMenu({restoreFocus:true});" in escape_handler