diff --git a/src/tools/session-manager/file-storage.ts b/src/tools/session-manager/file-storage.ts
index 31c022c03..709582901 100644
--- a/src/tools/session-manager/file-storage.ts
+++ b/src/tools/session-manager/file-storage.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { existsSync } from "node:fs"
-import { readdir, readFile } from "node:fs/promises"
+import { readdir, readFile, stat } from "node:fs/promises"
 import { join } from "node:path"
 import { MESSAGE_STORAGE, PART_STORAGE, SESSION_STORAGE, TODO_DIR, TRANSCRIPT_DIR } from "./constants"
 import { getMessageDir } from "../../shared/opencode-message-dir"
@@ -20,14 +20,31 @@ export async function getFileMainSessions(directory?: string): Promise<SessionMe
       for (const file of sessionFiles) {
         if (!file.endsWith(".json")) continue
 
+        const filePath = join(projectPath, file)
         try {
-          const content = await readFile(join(projectPath, file), "utf-8")
+          const content = await readFile(filePath, "utf-8")
           const meta = JSON.parse(content) as SessionMetadata
           if (meta.parentID) continue
           if (directory && meta.directory !== directory) continue
           sessions.push(meta)
-        } catch {
-          continue
+        } catch (err) {
+          const sessionID = file.replace(/\.json$/, "")
+          try {
+            const stats = await stat(filePath)
+            const mtime = Math.floor(stats.mtimeMs)
+            sessions.push({
+              id: sessionID,
+              projectID: projectDir.name,
+              directory: directory || "",
+              time: {
+                created: mtime,
+                updated: mtime,
+              },
+              load_error: err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err),
+            })
+          } catch {
+            continue
+          }
         }
       }
     }
diff --git a/src/tools/session-manager/storage.test.ts b/src/tools/session-manager/storage.test.ts
index 5a4ede7c2..83134c726 100644
--- a/src/tools/session-manager/storage.test.ts
+++ b/src/tools/session-manager/storage.test.ts
@@ -397,6 +397,62 @@ describe("session-manager storage - getMainSessions", () => {
     expect(sessionsB[0].id).toBe("ses_projB")
   })
 
+  test("getMainSessions includes corrupted JSON files with mtime fallback and load_error", async () => {
+    //#given
+    const projectID = "proj_corrupt"
+    const now = Date.now()
+
+    // Create a valid session
+    createSessionMetadata(projectID, "ses_valid", { directory: "/test/path", updated: now - 1000 })
+
+    // Create a corrupted session file
+    const projectDir = join(TEST_SESSION_STORAGE, projectID)
+    mkdirSync(projectDir, { recursive: true })
+    const corruptFile = join(projectDir, "ses_corrupt.json")
+    writeFileSync(corruptFile, "{ invalid json", "utf-8")
+
+    // Manually set the mtime to be newer than the valid session
+    // Note: we can't easily control mtime in tests, so we'll verify it's included with load_error
+
+    //#when
+    const sessions = await storage.getMainSessions({ directory: "/test/path" })
+
+    //#then
+    expect(sessions.length).toBe(2)
+    const corruptSession = sessions.find((s) => s.id === "ses_corrupt")
+    expect(corruptSession).toBeDefined()
+    expect(corruptSession?.load_error).toBeTruthy()
+    expect(corruptSession?.time.updated).toBeGreaterThan(0)
+  })
+  test("getMainSessions sorts corrupted JSON files alongside valid sessions using mtime", async () => {
+    //#given
+    const projectID = "proj_sort"
+    const now = Date.now()
+
+    createSessionMetadata(projectID, "ses_old", { directory: "/test/path", updated: now - 5000 })
+    createSessionMetadata(projectID, "ses_new", { directory: "/test/path", updated: now })
+
+    // Create a corrupted file with mtime in between
+    const projectDir = join(TEST_SESSION_STORAGE, projectID)
+    mkdirSync(projectDir, { recursive: true })
+    const corruptFile = join(projectDir, "ses_mid.json")
+    writeFileSync(corruptFile, "{ invalid json", "utf-8")
+
+    // Touch the file to set mtime between old and new
+    // We use utimesSync to set a specific mtime
+    const { utimesSync } = require("node:fs")
+    utimesSync(corruptFile, new Date(now - 2500), new Date(now - 2500))
+
+    //#when
+    const sessions = await storage.getMainSessions({ directory: "/test/path" })
+
+    //#then
+    expect(sessions.length).toBe(3)
+    expect(sessions[0].id).toBe("ses_new")
+    expect(sessions[1].id).toBe("ses_mid")
+    expect(sessions[2].id).toBe("ses_old")
+  })
+
   test("getMainSessions returns all main sessions when directory is not specified", async () => {
     // given
     const projectA = "proj_aaa"
diff --git a/src/tools/session-manager/types.ts b/src/tools/session-manager/types.ts
index 635b9a753..1ce9f4581 100644
--- a/src/tools/session-manager/types.ts
+++ b/src/tools/session-manager/types.ts
@@ -49,7 +49,22 @@ export interface SearchResult {
   timestamp?: number
 }
 
-export interface SessionMetadata {
+  id: string
+  version?: string
+  projectID: string
+  directory: string
+  title?: string
+  parentID?: string
+  time: {
+    created: number
+    updated: number
+  }
+  summary?: {
+    additions: number
+    deletions: number
+    files: number
+  }
+  load_error?: string
   id: string
   version?: string
   projectID: string