diff --git a/codex-rs/tui/src/app_server_session.rs b/codex-rs/tui/src/app_server_session.rs
index 99c25db404cb..1ce8eff53ee7 100644
--- a/codex-rs/tui/src/app_server_session.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/tui/src/app_server_session.rs
@@ -453,7 +453,7 @@ impl AppServerSession {
                 request_id,
                 params: ExternalAgentConfigImportParams {
                     migration_items,
-                    source: Some(migration_source.clone()),
+                    source: Some("cli".to_string()),
                     migration_source: Some(migration_source),
                 },
             })