diff --git a/packages/views/locales/en/runtimes.json b/packages/views/locales/en/runtimes.json
index e3c14a4cc..45da062d3 100644
--- a/packages/views/locales/en/runtimes.json
+++ b/packages/views/locales/en/runtimes.json
@@ -262,8 +262,6 @@
     "col_cli": "CLI",
     "cost_delta_flat": "flat",
     "cli_managed_badge": "Desktop",
-    "cli_update_available_aria": "Update available",
-    "cli_update_available_tooltip": "Update available: {{version}}",
     "row_actions_aria": "Row actions",
     "delete_action": "Delete",
     "delete_permission_hint": "Only the runtime owner and workspace admins can delete this runtime",
diff --git a/packages/views/locales/ja/runtimes.json b/packages/views/locales/ja/runtimes.json
index d157defc8..622f2f78d 100644
--- a/packages/views/locales/ja/runtimes.json
+++ b/packages/views/locales/ja/runtimes.json
@@ -250,8 +250,6 @@
     "col_cli": "CLI",
     "cost_delta_flat": "変化なし",
     "cli_managed_badge": "デスクトップ",
-    "cli_update_available_aria": "更新あり",
-    "cli_update_available_tooltip": "更新あり: {{version}}",
     "row_actions_aria": "行の操作",
     "delete_action": "削除",
     "delete_permission_hint": "ランタイムの所有者とワークスペース管理者のみが、このランタイムを削除できます",
diff --git a/packages/views/locales/ko/runtimes.json b/packages/views/locales/ko/runtimes.json
index df03352a8..49b398ff0 100644
--- a/packages/views/locales/ko/runtimes.json
+++ b/packages/views/locales/ko/runtimes.json
@@ -262,8 +262,6 @@
     "col_cli": "CLI",
     "cost_delta_flat": "변화 없음",
     "cli_managed_badge": "데스크톱",
-    "cli_update_available_aria": "업데이트 가능",
-    "cli_update_available_tooltip": "업데이트 가능: {{version}}",
     "row_actions_aria": "행 작업",
     "delete_action": "삭제",
     "delete_permission_hint": "런타임 소유자와 워크스페이스 관리자만 이 런타임을 삭제할 수 있습니다",
diff --git a/packages/views/locales/zh-Hans/runtimes.json b/packages/views/locales/zh-Hans/runtimes.json
index 82cd9ba28..4e0d6ca52 100644
--- a/packages/views/locales/zh-Hans/runtimes.json
+++ b/packages/views/locales/zh-Hans/runtimes.json
@@ -250,8 +250,6 @@
     "col_cli": "CLI",
     "cost_delta_flat": "持平",
     "cli_managed_badge": "桌面端",
-    "cli_update_available_aria": "有可用更新",
-    "cli_update_available_tooltip": "有可用更新：{{version}}",
     "row_actions_aria": "行操作",
     "delete_action": "删除",
     "delete_permission_hint": "只有运行时所有者和工作区管理员可以删除这个运行时",
diff --git a/packages/views/runtimes/components/runtime-columns.tsx b/packages/views/runtimes/components/runtime-columns.tsx
index 8afb7b325..4d9562bcb 100644
--- a/packages/views/runtimes/components/runtime-columns.tsx
+++ b/packages/views/runtimes/components/runtime-columns.tsx
@@ -1,12 +1,7 @@
 "use client";
 
 import { useMemo, useState } from "react";
-import {
-  ArrowUpCircle,
-  Globe,
-  MoreHorizontal,
-  Trash2,
-} from "lucide-react";
+import { Globe, MoreHorizontal, Trash2 } from "lucide-react";
 import { toast } from "sonner";
 import type { ColumnDef } from "@tanstack/react-table";
 import { useQuery } from "@tanstack/react-query";
@@ -38,7 +33,6 @@ import {
   computeCostInWindow,
   formatLastSeen,
   isSelfHealingRuntime,
-  isVersionNewer,
   pctChange,
 } from "../utils";
 import { splitRuntimeName } from "./runtime-machines";
@@ -78,7 +72,6 @@ type RuntimesT = ReturnType<typeof useT<"runtimes">>["t"];
 
 interface CreateColumnsArgs {
   showOwner: boolean;
-  latestCliVersion: string | null;
   wsId: string;
   now: number;
   t: RuntimesT;
@@ -86,7 +79,6 @@ interface CreateColumnsArgs {
 
 export function createRuntimeColumns({
   showOwner,
-  latestCliVersion,
   wsId,
   now,
   t,
@@ -167,12 +159,7 @@ export function createRuntimeColumns({
       id: "cli",
       header: () => t(($) => $.list.col_cli),
       size: COL_WIDTHS.cli,
-      cell: ({ row }) => (
-        <CliCell
-          runtime={row.original.runtime}
-          latestCliVersion={latestCliVersion}
-        />
-      ),
+      cell: ({ row }) => <CliCell runtime={row.original.runtime} />,
     },
     {
       id: "actions",
@@ -373,60 +360,30 @@ function CostCell({ runtimeId }: { runtimeId: string }) {
   );
 }
 
-function CliCell({
-  runtime,
-  latestCliVersion,
-}: {
-  runtime: AgentRuntime;
-  latestCliVersion: string | null;
-}) {
-  const { t } = useT("runtimes");
+function CliCell({ runtime }: { runtime: AgentRuntime }) {
   if (runtime.runtime_mode === "cloud") {
     return <span className="text-xs text-muted-foreground/50">—</span>;
   }
   const meta = runtime.metadata as Record<string, unknown> | null;
-  const cliVersion =
-    meta && typeof meta.cli_version === "string" ? meta.cli_version : null;
-  const launchedBy =
-    meta && typeof meta.launched_by === "string" ? meta.launched_by : null;
-  const isManaged = launchedBy === "desktop";
+  // `version` is the agent's own underlying CLI tool version — distinct per
+  // provider (e.g. "2.1.5 (Claude Code)", "codex-cli 0.118.0", "0.42.0").
+  // The separate `cli_version` is the shared multica daemon CLI, identical
+  // for every runtime on one machine; surfacing it here made all agents
+  // show the same number (#3838). The daemon CLI version and its update
+  // prompt belong to the machine — they live in the machine meta strip and
+  // the detail page's UpdateSection, not on a per-agent row.
+  const version =
+    meta && typeof meta.version === "string" ? meta.version : null;
 
-  if (!cliVersion) {
+  if (!version) {
     return <span className="text-xs text-muted-foreground/50">—</span>;
   }
 
-  // Desktop-managed daemons can never self-update from this page (the
-  // Electron app ships and replaces the binary), so the upgrade marker
-  // would lie — suppress regardless of version comparison.
-  const hasUpdate =
-    !isManaged &&
-    !!latestCliVersion &&
-    isVersionNewer(latestCliVersion, cliVersion);
-
   return (
-    <div className="flex min-w-0 items-center gap-1 text-xs">
-      <span
-        className={`truncate font-mono ${
-          hasUpdate ? "text-warning" : "text-muted-foreground"
-        }`}
-      >
-        {cliVersion}
+    <div className="flex min-w-0 items-center text-xs">
+      <span className="truncate font-mono text-muted-foreground">
+        {version}
       </span>
-      {hasUpdate && latestCliVersion && (
-        <Tooltip>
-          <TooltipTrigger
-            render={
-              <ArrowUpCircle
-                className="h-3 w-3 shrink-0 text-warning"
-                aria-label={t(($) => $.list.cli_update_available_aria)}
-              />
-            }
-          />
-          <TooltipContent>
-            {t(($) => $.list.cli_update_available_tooltip, { version: latestCliVersion })}
-          </TooltipContent>
-        </Tooltip>
-      )}
     </div>
   );
 }
diff --git a/packages/views/runtimes/components/runtime-list.tsx b/packages/views/runtimes/components/runtime-list.tsx
index c63a8336e..798805398 100644
--- a/packages/views/runtimes/components/runtime-list.tsx
+++ b/packages/views/runtimes/components/runtime-list.tsx
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ import {
   agentListOptions,
   memberListOptions,
 } from "@multica/core/workspace/queries";
-import { latestCliVersionOptions } from "@multica/core/runtimes";
 import { agentTaskSnapshotOptions } from "@multica/core/agents";
 import { paths, useWorkspaceSlug } from "@multica/core/paths";
 import { DataTable } from "@multica/ui/components/ui/data-table";
@@ -76,10 +75,11 @@ export function RuntimeList({
   now,
 }: {
   runtimes: AgentRuntime[];
-  // Kept on the API surface for callers — the CLI column re-derives
-  // update state per row via metadata.cli_version + the GitHub-release
-  // query, so this prop is now unused. Left to avoid scope creep on the
-  // page-level wrapper that still computes the set.
+  // Kept on the API surface for callers, but unused here: the CLI column
+  // shows each agent's own tool version, while the multica daemon CLI
+  // update prompt lives at the machine/detail level (UpdateSection), so the
+  // table no longer derives per-row update state. Left to avoid scope creep
+  // on the page-level wrapper that still computes the set.
   updatableIds?: Set<string>;
   now: number;
 }) {
@@ -94,7 +94,6 @@ export function RuntimeList({
   const { data: agents = [] } = useQuery(agentListOptions(wsId));
   const { data: members = [] } = useQuery(memberListOptions(wsId));
   const { data: snapshot = [] } = useQuery(agentTaskSnapshotOptions(wsId));
-  const { data: latestCliVersion = null } = useQuery(latestCliVersionOptions());
 
   const currentMember = user
     ? members.find((m) => m.user_id === user.id)
@@ -140,12 +139,11 @@ export function RuntimeList({
     () =>
       createRuntimeColumns({
         showOwner,
-        latestCliVersion,
         wsId,
         now,
         t,
       }),
-    [showOwner, latestCliVersion, wsId, now, t],
+    [showOwner, wsId, now, t],
   );
 
   const table = useReactTable({
diff --git a/packages/views/runtimes/components/runtime-row-menu.test.tsx b/packages/views/runtimes/components/runtime-row-menu.test.tsx
index 3a9a4d2fd..57fc6a010 100644
--- a/packages/views/runtimes/components/runtime-row-menu.test.tsx
+++ b/packages/views/runtimes/components/runtime-row-menu.test.tsx
@@ -121,7 +121,6 @@ function renderActionsCell(row: RuntimeRow) {
     const { t } = useT("runtimes");
     const columns = createRuntimeColumns({
       showOwner: false,
-      latestCliVersion: null,
       wsId: "ws-1",
       now: Date.now(),
       t,
@@ -187,3 +186,80 @@ describe("runtime list row menu", () => {
     expect(screen.queryByLabelText("Row actions")).not.toBeInTheDocument();
   });
 });
+
+// The CLI column lives in its own cell renderer; resolve it from
+// createRuntimeColumns and render it in isolation, mirroring renderActionsCell.
+function renderCliCell(row: RuntimeRow) {
+  const qc = new QueryClient({ defaultOptions: { queries: { retry: false } } });
+
+  function Harness() {
+    const { t } = useT("runtimes");
+    const columns = createRuntimeColumns({
+      showOwner: false,
+      wsId: "ws-1",
+      now: Date.now(),
+      t,
+    });
+    const cli = columns.find((c) => c.id === "cli");
+    if (!cli || typeof cli.cell !== "function") {
+      throw new Error("cli column missing or has no cell renderer");
+    }
+    const cell = cli.cell({
+      row: { original: row },
+    } as unknown as Parameters<typeof cli.cell>[0]);
+    return <>{cell}</>;
+  }
+
+  return render(
+    <I18nProvider locale="en" resources={TEST_RESOURCES}>
+      <QueryClientProvider client={qc}>
+        <Harness />
+      </QueryClientProvider>
+    </I18nProvider>,
+  );
+}
+
+describe("runtime list CLI column", () => {
+  beforeEach(() => vi.clearAllMocks());
+
+  // #3838: every agent showed the same number because the column rendered the
+  // shared multica daemon `cli_version`. It must instead show the agent's own
+  // tool version from `metadata.version`.
+  it("shows the agent's own CLI tool version, not the shared daemon version", () => {
+    renderCliCell(
+      makeRow(
+        makeRuntime({
+          runtime_mode: "local",
+          metadata: { version: "2.1.5 (Claude Code)", cli_version: "0.3.17" },
+        }),
+      ),
+    );
+    expect(screen.getByText("2.1.5 (Claude Code)")).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(screen.queryByText("0.3.17")).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+  });
+
+  it("falls back to an em dash when the agent version is missing", () => {
+    renderCliCell(
+      makeRow(
+        makeRuntime({
+          runtime_mode: "local",
+          metadata: { cli_version: "0.3.17" },
+        }),
+      ),
+    );
+    expect(screen.queryByText("0.3.17")).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(screen.getByText("—")).toBeInTheDocument();
+  });
+
+  it("renders an em dash for cloud runtimes", () => {
+    renderCliCell(
+      makeRow(
+        makeRuntime({
+          runtime_mode: "cloud",
+          metadata: { version: "2.1.5 (Claude Code)" },
+        }),
+      ),
+    );
+    expect(screen.getByText("—")).toBeInTheDocument();
+  });
+});