diff --git a/cron/scheduler.py b/cron/scheduler.py
index 38b7b95ab7f..f5c71ceed4f 100644
--- a/cron/scheduler.py
+++ b/cron/scheduler.py
@@ -1973,6 +1973,18 @@ def _run_job_impl(job: dict) -> tuple[bool, str, str, Optional[str]]:
         for _var_name in _cron_delivery_vars:
             _VAR_MAP[_var_name].set("")
         if _session_db:
+            # Title the cron session from the job (name → short prompt → id) so
+            # sidebars/history show a meaningful label instead of the injected
+            # "[IMPORTANT: …]" hint that is the session's first message. Set here
+            # (not at create time) so the agent's own INSERT keeps model /
+            # system_prompt; this only UPDATEs the title column. The run-time
+            # suffix keeps it unique against the sessions.title index across runs.
+            try:
+                _title_base = " ".join(job_name.split())[:60].strip() or f"cron {job_id}"
+                _cron_title = f"{_title_base} · {_hermes_now().strftime('%b %d %H:%M')}"
+                _session_db.set_session_title(_cron_session_id, _cron_title)
+            except (Exception, KeyboardInterrupt) as e:
+                logger.debug("Job '%s': failed to set cron session title: %s", job_id, e)
             try:
                 _session_db.end_session(_cron_session_id, "cron_complete")
             except (Exception, KeyboardInterrupt) as e:
diff --git a/tests/cron/test_scheduler.py b/tests/cron/test_scheduler.py
index 432beb764f9..8056d3c49e2 100644
--- a/tests/cron/test_scheduler.py
+++ b/tests/cron/test_scheduler.py
@@ -912,6 +912,43 @@ class TestRunJobSessionPersistence:
         fake_db.close.assert_called_once()
         mock_agent.close.assert_called_once()
 
+    def test_run_job_titles_cron_session_from_job_not_important_hint(self, tmp_path):
+        # The cron session's first message is the injected "[IMPORTANT: …]"
+        # hint, which used to surface as the sidebar/history row label. run_job
+        # must title the session from the job (name → short prompt → id).
+        job = {
+            "id": "test-job",
+            "name": "Morning digest",
+            "prompt": "summarize my inbox",
+        }
+        fake_db = MagicMock()
+
+        with patch("cron.scheduler._hermes_home", tmp_path), \
+             patch("cron.scheduler._resolve_origin", return_value=None), \
+             patch("dotenv.load_dotenv"), \
+             patch("hermes_state.SessionDB", return_value=fake_db), \
+             patch(
+                 "hermes_cli.runtime_provider.resolve_runtime_provider",
+                 return_value={
+                     "api_key": "test-key",
+                     "base_url": "https://example.invalid/v1",
+                     "provider": "openrouter",
+                     "api_mode": "chat_completions",
+                 },
+             ), \
+             patch("run_agent.AIAgent") as mock_agent_cls:
+            mock_agent = MagicMock()
+            mock_agent.run_conversation.return_value = {"final_response": "ok"}
+            mock_agent_cls.return_value = mock_agent
+
+            run_job(job)
+
+        fake_db.set_session_title.assert_called_once()
+        sid, title = fake_db.set_session_title.call_args[0]
+        assert sid.startswith("cron_test-job_")
+        assert "IMPORTANT" not in title
+        assert title.startswith("Morning digest")
+
     def test_run_job_closes_agent_on_failure_to_prevent_fd_leak(self, tmp_path):
         # Regression: if ``run_conversation`` raises, the ephemeral cron
         # agent was previously leaked — over days of ticks this accumulated