diff --git a/docs/changelog.rst b/docs/changelog.rst
index 5aea1db83..1f091fc96 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/changelog.rst
@@ -155,6 +155,9 @@ Detailed list of changes
   picker list the sessions in a fixed order rather than by most recent
   (:disc:`9033`)
 
+- Session files: Fix a regression in the previous release that broke matching on
+  windows in the current tab (:iss:`9037`)
+
 
 0.43.0 [2025-09-28]
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
diff --git a/kitty/tabs.py b/kitty/tabs.py
index 95135fa9f..8f2c0a321 100644
--- a/kitty/tabs.py
+++ b/kitty/tabs.py
@@ -266,7 +266,12 @@ class Tab:  # {{{
             if window.resize_spec is not None:
                 self.resize_window(*window.resize_spec)
             if window.focus_matching_window_spec:
-                for w in boss.match_windows(window.focus_matching_window_spec, launched_window or boss.active_window):
+                # include windows from this tab when matching windows
+                all_windows = list(boss.all_windows)
+                all_windows.extend(w for w in self if w not in all_windows)
+                for w in boss.match_windows(
+                        window.focus_matching_window_spec, launched_window or boss.active_window, all_windows
+                ):
                     tab = w.tabref()
                     if tab:
                         target_tab = tab or self