diff --git a/ui/src/ui/views/agents-utils.test.ts b/ui/src/ui/views/agents-utils.test.ts
index daa909e2b2c..958f5ece7e3 100644
--- a/ui/src/ui/views/agents-utils.test.ts
+++ b/ui/src/ui/views/agents-utils.test.ts
@@ -145,4 +145,8 @@ describe("resolveAgentEmoji", () => {
   it("falls back to empty for control-only emoji strings", () => {
     expect(resolveAgentEmoji({ identity: { emoji: "\u202E\u2066" } })).toBe("");
   });
+
+  it("preserves ZWJ-composed compound emoji intact", () => {
+    expect(resolveAgentEmoji({ identity: { emoji: "👩‍💻" } })).toBe("👩‍💻");
+  });
 });
diff --git a/ui/src/ui/views/agents-utils.ts b/ui/src/ui/views/agents-utils.ts
index 33734505cb9..fd3e018e330 100644
--- a/ui/src/ui/views/agents-utils.ts
+++ b/ui/src/ui/views/agents-utils.ts
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ export function agentLogoUrl(basePath: string): string {
   return base ? `${base}/favicon.svg` : "favicon.svg";
 }
 
-const EMOJI_CONTROL_CHARS_RE = /[\u200B-\u200F\u202A-\u202E\u2066-\u2069\uFEFF]/g;
+const EMOJI_CONTROL_CHARS_RE = /[\u200B\u200C\u200E\u200F\u202A-\u202E\u2066-\u2069\uFEFF]/g;
 
 function sanitizeEmojiValue(value: string): string {
   const cleaned = value.replaceAll(EMOJI_CONTROL_CHARS_RE, "").trim();