diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/terminal/browser/terminal.ts b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/terminal/browser/terminal.ts
index b13ee6aded3..a730051c4e7 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/terminal/browser/terminal.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/terminal/browser/terminal.ts
@@ -164,13 +164,6 @@ export interface ITerminalChatService {
 	 * @returns The chat session resource if found, undefined otherwise
 	 */
 	getChatSessionResourceForInstance(instance: ITerminalInstance): URI | undefined;
-	/**
-	 * @deprecated Use getChatSessionResourceForInstance instead
-	 * Returns the chat session ID for a given terminal instance, if it has been registered.
-	 * @param instance The terminal instance to look up
-	 * @returns The chat session ID if found, undefined otherwise
-	 */
-	getChatSessionIdForInstance(instance: ITerminalInstance): string | undefined;
 
 	/**
 	 * Check if a terminal is a background terminal (tool-driven terminal that may be hidden from
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/terminalContrib/chat/browser/terminalChatActions.ts b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/terminalContrib/chat/browser/terminalChatActions.ts
index 89dc39f4b96..9a378d9ff82 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/terminalContrib/chat/browser/terminalChatActions.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/terminalContrib/chat/browser/terminalChatActions.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ import { KeybindingsRegistry, KeybindingWeight } from '../../../../../platform/k
 import { ChatViewId, IChatWidgetService } from '../../../chat/browser/chat.js';
 import { ChatContextKeys } from '../../../chat/common/actions/chatContextKeys.js';
 import { IChatService } from '../../../chat/common/chatService/chatService.js';
-import { LocalChatSessionUri } from '../../../chat/common/model/chatUri.js';
 import { ChatAgentLocation, ChatConfiguration } from '../../../chat/common/constants.js';
 
 import { isDetachedTerminalInstance, ITerminalChatService, ITerminalEditorService, ITerminalGroupService, ITerminalInstance, ITerminalService } from '../../../terminal/browser/terminal.js';
@@ -392,10 +391,11 @@ registerAction2(class ShowChatTerminalsAction extends Action2 {
 			const lastCommand = instance.capabilities.get(TerminalCapability.CommandDetection)?.commands.at(-1)?.command;
 
 			// Get the chat session title
-			const chatSessionId = terminalChatService.getChatSessionIdForInstance(instance);
+			const chatSessionResource = terminalChatService.getChatSessionResourceForInstance(instance);
 			let chatSessionTitle: string | undefined;
-			if (chatSessionId) {
-				chatSessionTitle = chatService.getSessionTitle(LocalChatSessionUri.forSession(chatSessionId));
+			if (chatSessionResource) {
+				const liveTitle = chatService.getSession(chatSessionResource)?.title;
+				chatSessionTitle = liveTitle ?? chatService.getSessionTitle(chatSessionResource);
 			}
 
 			const description = chatSessionTitle;
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/terminalContrib/chat/browser/terminalChatService.ts b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/terminalContrib/chat/browser/terminalChatService.ts
index e815d4e93cb..acb2ca13eaa 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/terminalContrib/chat/browser/terminalChatService.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/terminalContrib/chat/browser/terminalChatService.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import { IContextKey, IContextKeyService } from '../../../../../platform/context
 import { IStorageService, StorageScope, StorageTarget } from '../../../../../platform/storage/common/storage.js';
 import { IChatService } from '../../../chat/common/chatService/chatService.js';
 import { TerminalChatContextKeys } from './terminalChat.js';
-import { chatSessionResourceToId, LocalChatSessionUri } from '../../../chat/common/model/chatUri.js';
+import { LocalChatSessionUri } from '../../../chat/common/model/chatUri.js';
 import { isNumber, isString } from '../../../../../base/common/types.js';
 
 const enum StorageKeys {
@@ -180,11 +180,6 @@ export class TerminalChatService extends Disposable implements ITerminalChatServ
 		return this._chatSessionResourceByTerminalInstance.get(instance);
 	}
 
-	getChatSessionIdForInstance(instance: ITerminalInstance): string | undefined {
-		const resource = this._chatSessionResourceByTerminalInstance.get(instance);
-		return resource ? chatSessionResourceToId(resource) : undefined;
-	}
-
 	isBackgroundTerminal(terminalToolSessionId?: string): boolean {
 		if (!terminalToolSessionId) {
 			return false;