diff --git a/console/src/main.ts b/console/src/main.ts
index 6d81158..814f81e 100644
--- a/console/src/main.ts
+++ b/console/src/main.ts
@@ -219,11 +219,22 @@ async function refreshRemote(): Promise<void> {
   if (!remoteEl) return;
   try {
     remoteConfig = await source.remoteConfig();
-    renderRemote(remoteEl, remoteConfig);
+    // The panel labels the file "Edit config" opens — the registry
+    // (`agents.toml`), not the deprecated `remote.toml`. Load it best-effort so a
+    // registry read error never blanks the connection panel; a later edit/save
+    // refreshes the cache.
+    if (!registryConfig) {
+      try {
+        registryConfig = await source.registryConfig();
+      } catch {
+        /* no path label until it loads — better than mislabelling remote.toml */
+      }
+    }
+    renderRemote(remoteEl, remoteConfig, registryConfig?.path);
   } catch (e) {
     note("error", `config: remote load failed — ${errText(e)}`);
     remoteConfig = null;
-    renderRemote(remoteEl, null);
+    renderRemote(remoteEl, null, registryConfig?.path);
   }
 }
 
@@ -655,7 +666,7 @@ async function bindRemoteStatus(): Promise<void> {
     // The legacy remote panel shows only the management connection's status.
     if (agent === managementName && remoteConfig) {
       remoteConfig = { ...remoteConfig, status };
-      if (remoteEl) renderRemote(remoteEl, remoteConfig);
+      if (remoteEl) renderRemote(remoteEl, remoteConfig, registryConfig?.path);
     }
     // Route the live state to the owning chat panel — it re-enables its input on
     // `connected` and, on a mid-turn drop, closes the open turn so it doesn't
diff --git a/console/src/render.test.ts b/console/src/render.test.ts
index 5749a31..214832b 100644
--- a/console/src/render.test.ts
+++ b/console/src/render.test.ts
@@ -330,6 +330,24 @@ describe("remoteHtml", () => {
     );
   });
 
+  it("labels the registry path (agents.toml) that Edit config opens, not remote.toml", () => {
+    const html = remoteHtml(
+      { ...FIXTURE_REMOTE_CONFIG, path: "~/.config/oab-studio/remote.toml" },
+      "~/.config/oab-studio/agents.toml",
+    );
+    expect(html).toContain("agents.toml");
+    expect(html).not.toContain("remote.toml");
+  });
+
+  it("omits the path label when no registry path is known (no mislabel)", () => {
+    const html = remoteHtml({
+      ...FIXTURE_REMOTE_CONFIG,
+      path: "~/.config/oab-studio/remote.toml",
+    });
+    expect(html).not.toContain("cfg-path");
+    expect(html).not.toContain("remote.toml");
+  });
+
   it("renders an unavailable state for null", () => {
     expect(remoteHtml(null)).toContain("remote connection unavailable");
   });
diff --git a/console/src/render.ts b/console/src/render.ts
index b71aede..a2ff99d 100644
--- a/console/src/render.ts
+++ b/console/src/render.ts
@@ -256,8 +256,10 @@ export function renderFleetConfig(
 
 // ---- Remote reverse-MCP connection panel (Part B) ---------------------------
 // The "activate the remote connection" surface: the /acp endpoint, live status,
-// an explicit Activate/Disconnect button, and Edit config (the same editor as
-// fleets.toml, over remote.toml).
+// an explicit Activate/Disconnect button, and Edit config. Since #69 the editor
+// opens the registry (`agents.toml`, the source of truth), not the deprecated
+// `remote.toml`, so the panel labels the registry path — passed in, since it
+// lives in a different view-model (`RegistryConfig`) than the connection view.
 
 const REMOTE_STATUS_CLASS: Record<string, string> = {
   connected: "rm-connected",
@@ -274,8 +276,13 @@ function remoteStatusBadge(status: string): string {
 
 // Pure: the remote-connection view -> the panel HTML. `null` renders an
 // unavailable state. The button is Disconnect while connected/connecting, else
-// Activate — disabled until a URL + token are configured.
-export function remoteHtml(view: RemoteConfig | null): string {
+// Activate — disabled until a URL + token are configured. `registryPath` is the
+// `agents.toml` path "Edit config" opens; omitted/empty ⇒ the path label is
+// hidden (better than labelling a file the button no longer edits).
+export function remoteHtml(
+  view: RemoteConfig | null,
+  registryPath?: string | null,
+): string {
   if (!view) {
     return `<div class="remote"><span class="muted">remote connection unavailable</span></div>`;
   }
@@ -286,8 +293,8 @@ export function remoteHtml(view: RemoteConfig | null): string {
   const target = view.configured
     ? `<code class="rm-url">${escapeHtml(view.url)}</code>`
     : `<span class="muted">not configured — set <code>url</code> + <code>token</code> in the config</span>`;
-  const path = view.path
-    ? `<span class="cfg-path" title="edit this file to configure the remote connection"><code>${escapeHtml(view.path)}</code></span>`
+  const path = registryPath
+    ? `<span class="cfg-path" title="Edit config opens this registry file (agents.toml)"><code>${escapeHtml(registryPath)}</code></span>`
     : "";
   return `<div class="remote">
       <div class="rm-head">
@@ -303,8 +310,12 @@ export function remoteHtml(view: RemoteConfig | null): string {
     </div>`;
 }
 
-export function renderRemote(el: HTMLElement, view: RemoteConfig | null): void {
-  el.innerHTML = remoteHtml(view);
+export function renderRemote(
+  el: HTMLElement,
+  view: RemoteConfig | null,
+  registryPath?: string | null,
+): void {
+  el.innerHTML = remoteHtml(view, registryPath);
 }
 
 // ---- Agent consoles (ADR agent-consoles, Parts B/C) --------------------------