diff --git a/muxplex/frontend/terminal.js b/muxplex/frontend/terminal.js
index e285e57..f10158d 100644
--- a/muxplex/frontend/terminal.js
+++ b/muxplex/frontend/terminal.js
@@ -165,7 +165,15 @@ function connectWebSocket(name, remoteId) {
     // response (plus an 800ms settle delay for ttyd to bind its port). The early return
     // prevents falling through to the direct _connectWebSocket() call below.
     if (_reconnectAttempts >= 2 && _currentSession) {
-      fetch('/api/sessions/' + encodeURIComponent(_currentSession) + '/connect', {
+      var connectPath;
+      if (remoteId) {
+        // Remote session: route through federation proxy
+        connectPath = '/api/federation/' + encodeURIComponent(remoteId) + '/connect/' + encodeURIComponent(_currentSession);
+      } else {
+        // Local session
+        connectPath = '/api/sessions/' + encodeURIComponent(_currentSession) + '/connect';
+      }
+      fetch(connectPath, {
         method: 'POST',
         headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
       })
diff --git a/muxplex/frontend/tests/test_terminal.mjs b/muxplex/frontend/tests/test_terminal.mjs
index bd628bc..fc0c391 100644
--- a/muxplex/frontend/tests/test_terminal.mjs
+++ b/muxplex/frontend/tests/test_terminal.mjs
@@ -1012,4 +1012,27 @@ test('terminal.js Ctrl+Shift+V handler calls preventDefault to suppress double p
   );
 });
 
+// --- Federation reconnect routing ---
+
+test('terminal.js reconnect uses federation connect path for remote sessions', () => {
+  // Regression: connect() inside connectWebSocket() always called local
+  // /api/sessions/{name}/connect even when remoteId was set, causing 404 for remote sessions.
+  const source = fs.readFileSync(new URL('../terminal.js', import.meta.url), 'utf8');
+
+  // Find the connect() function inside connectWebSocket
+  const connectFnIdx = source.indexOf('function connect()');
+  assert.ok(connectFnIdx !== -1, 'must have a connect() function inside connectWebSocket');
+  // Extract enough chars to cover the full reconnect block (incl. long comment preamble)
+  const connectFn = source.substring(connectFnIdx, connectFnIdx + 1000);
+
+  assert.ok(
+    connectFn.includes('remoteId'),
+    'reconnect connect() must check remoteId to choose federation vs local routing',
+  );
+  assert.ok(
+    connectFn.includes('/api/federation/'),
+    'reconnect connect() must use /api/federation/{remoteId}/connect/{name} for remote sessions',
+  );
+});
+