diff --git a/frontend/app/block/block.scss b/frontend/app/block/block.scss
index 6b0fda769c..55cffb746a 100644
--- a/frontend/app/block/block.scss
+++ b/frontend/app/block/block.scss
@@ -115,6 +115,20 @@
                     }
                 }
 
+                // Durable shell blocks (useTermHeader) render frame:title as
+                // a direct child of block-frame-default-header, outside
+                // block-frame-default-header-iconview, so it needs its own
+                // copy of the shrink/truncate rules rather than reusing
+                // block-frame-view-type - that class only has an effect
+                // nested under the iconview wrapper above.
+                .block-frame-durable-title {
+                    overflow-x: hidden;
+                    text-wrap: nowrap;
+                    text-overflow: ellipsis;
+                    flex-shrink: 1;
+                    min-width: 0;
+                }
+
                 .block-frame-text {
                     font: var(--fixed-font);
                     font-size: 11px;
diff --git a/frontend/app/block/blockframe-header.tsx b/frontend/app/block/blockframe-header.tsx
index a70f323e71..41c80c270b 100644
--- a/frontend/app/block/blockframe-header.tsx
+++ b/frontend/app/block/blockframe-header.tsx
@@ -271,6 +271,11 @@ const BlockFrame_Header = ({
                     isTerminalBlock={isTerminalBlock}
                 />
             )}
+            {useTermHeader && metaFrameTitle && (
+                <div className="block-frame-durable-title" key="frame-title">
+                    {metaFrameTitle}
+                </div>
+            )}
             {useTermHeader && termConfigedDurable != null && (
                 <DurableSessionFlyover
                     key="durable-status"