diff --git a/api/services/forge_projection.py b/api/services/forge_projection.py
index f0c0a48..a0732f6 100644
--- a/api/services/forge_projection.py
+++ b/api/services/forge_projection.py
@@ -966,6 +966,17 @@ async def reset_repository_projection(
             continue
 
         changed = False
+        # The title is derived like every other field, and not syncing it left
+        # `cust-wp-0010` reading "Domain and Repository Goals" while its file
+        # said "Workplan Lifecycle Documentation" — a record correctly
+        # identified and correctly backed, describing the wrong work.
+        #
+        # An empty derived title is not an answer: three activity-core files
+        # parse to no title at all, and blanking a real one is worse than
+        # leaving it stale.
+        if w.title and w.title.strip() and row.title != w.title.strip():
+            row.title = w.title.strip()
+            changed = True
         if w.status and row.status != w.status:
             row.status = w.status
             changed = True
diff --git a/tests/test_forge_projection.py b/tests/test_forge_projection.py
index 63f7592..fa8dbc9 100644
--- a/tests/test_forge_projection.py
+++ b/tests/test_forge_projection.py
@@ -198,11 +198,15 @@ class _Repo:
 
 
 class _Row:
-    def __init__(self, slug, status, path):
+    def __init__(self, slug, status, path, title=None):
         import uuid as _u
         self.id = _u.uuid4()
         self.slug = slug
         self.status = status
+        # The title is a derived field the reset syncs; the fixture carried no
+        # `title` at all, so it could not have caught the drift that left
+        # cust-wp-0010 describing another workplan's work.
+        self.title = title
         self.backing_relative_path = path
         self.backing_filename = path.rsplit("/", 1)[-1]
         self.backing_archived = False
@@ -979,3 +983,50 @@ class TestCompetingClaims:
         assert src.index("UUID_MATCH, SLUG_MATCH, PATH_MATCH, PREFIX_MATCH = 0, 1, 2, 3") > 0
         # Strength is ordered strongest-first, so a lower number wins.
         assert "if strength < held:" in src
+
+
+class TestTitleIsDerivedToo:
+    """The title is a derived field and must follow the file.
+
+    Not syncing it left `cust-wp-0010` correctly identified and correctly backed
+    while describing a different workplan's work.
+    """
+
+    def test_title_is_synced(self):
+        import inspect
+        src = inspect.getsource(fp.reset_repository_projection)
+        assert "row.title = w.title.strip()" in src
+
+    def test_an_empty_derived_title_does_not_blank_a_real_one(self):
+        """Three activity-core files parse to no title; blanking is worse than stale."""
+        import inspect
+        src = inspect.getsource(fp.reset_repository_projection)
+        i = src.index("row.title = w.title.strip()")
+        guard = src[max(0, i - 200):i]
+        assert "w.title and w.title.strip()" in guard
+
+
+class TestTitleSyncBehaviour:
+    """Exercised against the fake session rather than asserted on source."""
+
+    @pytest.mark.asyncio
+    async def test_a_drifted_title_is_corrected(self):
+        row = _Row(slug="demo-wp-0001", status="active",
+                   path="workplans/a.md", title="Some Other Workplan")
+        session = _FakeSession(repo=_Repo(), rows=[row])
+        out = await fp.reset_repository_projection(
+            session, "demo",
+            derived=TestReset()._derived(("DEMO-WP-0001", "active", "workplans/a.md")),
+        )
+        assert out.status == "applied"
+        assert row.title != "Some Other Workplan"
+
+    @pytest.mark.asyncio
+    async def test_an_empty_derived_title_leaves_the_existing_one(self):
+        row = _Row(slug="demo-wp-0001", status="active",
+                   path="workplans/a.md", title="Real Title")
+        d = TestReset()._derived(("DEMO-WP-0001", "active", "workplans/a.md"))
+        d.workplans[0].title = None
+        session = _FakeSession(repo=_Repo(), rows=[row])
+        await fp.reset_repository_projection(session, "demo", derived=d)
+        assert row.title == "Real Title"