diff --git a/core/config/profile/LocalProfileLoader.ts b/core/config/profile/LocalProfileLoader.ts
index 1ddde69ad8c..d72e8c4cebb 100644
--- a/core/config/profile/LocalProfileLoader.ts
+++ b/core/config/profile/LocalProfileLoader.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { ConfigResult, parseConfigYaml } from "@continuedev/config-yaml";
+import { ConfigResult } from "@continuedev/config-yaml";
 
 import { ControlPlaneClient } from "../../control-plane/client.js";
 import { ContinueConfig, IDE, ILLMLogger } from "../../index.js";
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ import { IProfileLoader } from "./IProfileLoader.js";
 export default class LocalProfileLoader implements IProfileLoader {
   static ID = "local";
 
+  description: ProfileDescription;
+
   constructor(
     private ide: IDE,
     private controlPlaneClient: ControlPlaneClient,
@@ -21,7 +23,7 @@ export default class LocalProfileLoader implements IProfileLoader {
       | { path: string; content: string }
       | undefined,
   ) {
-    const description: ProfileDescription = {
+    this.description = {
       id: overrideAssistantFile?.path ?? LocalProfileLoader.ID,
       profileType: "local",
       fullSlug: {
@@ -39,19 +41,7 @@ export default class LocalProfileLoader implements IProfileLoader {
         localPathToUri(getPrimaryConfigFilePath()),
       rawYaml: undefined,
     };
-    this.description = description;
-    if (overrideAssistantFile?.content) {
-      try {
-        const parsedAssistant = parseConfigYaml(
-          overrideAssistantFile?.content ?? "",
-        );
-        this.description.title = parsedAssistant.name;
-      } catch (e) {
-        console.error("Failed to parse config file: ", e);
-      }
-    }
   }
-  description: ProfileDescription;
 
   async doLoadConfig(): Promise<ConfigResult<ContinueConfig>> {
     const result = await doLoadConfig({
@@ -72,6 +62,12 @@ export default class LocalProfileLoader implements IProfileLoader {
 
     this.description.errors = result.errors;
 
+    // Use the config name from the loaded config (avoids duplicate file reads
+    // and works in environments like WSL where paths may differ)
+    if (result.configName) {
+      this.description.title = result.configName;
+    }
+
     return result;
   }
 
diff --git a/core/config/profile/LocalProfileLoader.vitest.ts b/core/config/profile/LocalProfileLoader.vitest.ts
index 0253936aef3..7fdf3d18836 100644
--- a/core/config/profile/LocalProfileLoader.vitest.ts
+++ b/core/config/profile/LocalProfileLoader.vitest.ts
@@ -67,4 +67,43 @@ describe("LocalProfileLoader", () => {
       }),
     );
   });
+
+  it("should update title from configName when available", async () => {
+    mockDoLoadConfig.mockResolvedValueOnce({
+      config: {},
+      errors: [],
+      configLoadInterrupted: false,
+      configName: "My Custom Config",
+    });
+
+    const loader = new LocalProfileLoader(
+      testIde,
+      controlPlaneClient,
+      llmLogger,
+    );
+
+    expect(loader.description.title).toBe("Local Config");
+
+    await loader.doLoadConfig();
+
+    expect(loader.description.title).toBe("My Custom Config");
+  });
+
+  it("should keep default title when configName is not set", async () => {
+    mockDoLoadConfig.mockResolvedValueOnce({
+      config: {},
+      errors: [],
+      configLoadInterrupted: false,
+    });
+
+    const loader = new LocalProfileLoader(
+      testIde,
+      controlPlaneClient,
+      llmLogger,
+    );
+
+    await loader.doLoadConfig();
+
+    expect(loader.description.title).toBe("Local Config");
+  });
 });
diff --git a/core/config/profile/doLoadConfig.ts b/core/config/profile/doLoadConfig.ts
index bcfec2ff8ab..b3047e780dc 100644
--- a/core/config/profile/doLoadConfig.ts
+++ b/core/config/profile/doLoadConfig.ts
@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@ export default async function doLoadConfig(options: {
   let newConfig: ContinueConfig | undefined;
   let errors: ConfigValidationError[] | undefined;
   let configLoadInterrupted = false;
+  let configName: string | undefined;
 
   const hasPreReadContent =
     packageIdentifier.uriType === "file" &&
@@ -138,6 +139,7 @@ export default async function doLoadConfig(options: {
     newConfig = result.config;
     errors = result.errors;
     configLoadInterrupted = result.configLoadInterrupted;
+    configName = result.configName;
   } else {
     const result = await loadContinueConfigFromJson(
       ide,
@@ -154,7 +156,12 @@ export default async function doLoadConfig(options: {
   }
 
   if (configLoadInterrupted || !newConfig) {
-    return { errors, config: newConfig, configLoadInterrupted: true };
+    return {
+      errors,
+      config: newConfig,
+      configLoadInterrupted: true,
+      configName,
+    };
   }
 
   // TODO using config result but result with non-fatal errors is an antipattern?
@@ -446,7 +453,12 @@ export default async function doLoadConfig(options: {
     controlPlaneProxyInfo,
   );
 
-  return { config: newConfig, errors, configLoadInterrupted: false };
+  return {
+    config: newConfig,
+    errors,
+    configLoadInterrupted: false,
+    configName,
+  };
 }
 
 // Pass ControlPlaneProxyInfo to objects that need it
diff --git a/core/config/yaml/loadYaml.ts b/core/config/yaml/loadYaml.ts
index 40278fdbe47..f7a82635b6e 100644
--- a/core/config/yaml/loadYaml.ts
+++ b/core/config/yaml/loadYaml.ts
@@ -466,6 +466,7 @@ export async function loadContinueConfigFromYaml(options: {
       errors: configYamlResult.errors,
       config: undefined,
       configLoadInterrupted: true,
+      configName: configYamlResult.configName,
     };
   }
 
@@ -495,5 +496,6 @@ export async function loadContinueConfigFromYaml(options: {
     config: withShared,
     errors: [...(configYamlResult.errors ?? []), ...localErrors],
     configLoadInterrupted: false,
+    configName: configYamlResult.configName,
   };
 }
diff --git a/packages/config-yaml/src/load/unroll.ts b/packages/config-yaml/src/load/unroll.ts
index fd0300a2232..44285d7beb9 100644
--- a/packages/config-yaml/src/load/unroll.ts
+++ b/packages/config-yaml/src/load/unroll.ts
@@ -310,10 +310,12 @@ export async function unrollAssistantFromContent(
   });
 
   if (!options.renderSecrets) {
+    const parsed = parseAssistantUnrolled(templatedYaml);
     return {
-      config: parseAssistantUnrolled(templatedYaml),
+      config: parsed,
       errors: [],
       configLoadInterrupted: false,
+      configName: parsed?.name || undefined,
     };
   }
 
@@ -333,7 +335,12 @@ export async function unrollAssistantFromContent(
     options.onPremProxyUrl,
   );
 
-  return { config: renderedConfig, errors, configLoadInterrupted };
+  return {
+    config: renderedConfig,
+    errors,
+    configLoadInterrupted,
+    configName: renderedConfig?.name || undefined,
+  };
 }
 
 function isPackageAllowed(
@@ -678,6 +685,7 @@ export async function unrollBlocks(
     config: undefined,
     errors: undefined,
     configLoadInterrupted: false,
+    configName: unrolledAssistant.name || undefined,
   };
   configResult.config = unrolledAssistant;
   if (errors.length > 0) {
diff --git a/packages/config-yaml/src/validation.ts b/packages/config-yaml/src/validation.ts
index b6378f12e82..16f3a7c4eb6 100644
--- a/packages/config-yaml/src/validation.ts
+++ b/packages/config-yaml/src/validation.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ export interface ConfigResult<T> {
   config: T | undefined;
   errors: ConfigValidationError[] | undefined;
   configLoadInterrupted: boolean;
+  /** Optional display name from config.yaml `name` field */
+  configName?: string;
 }
 
 function containsUnicode(str: string): boolean {