diff --git a/src/components/CustomSelect/use-multi-select-state.ts b/src/components/CustomSelect/use-multi-select-state.ts
index bf2bd8b3..f8d5a042 100644
--- a/src/components/CustomSelect/use-multi-select-state.ts
+++ b/src/components/CustomSelect/use-multi-select-state.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import { useCallback, useState } from 'react'
-import { isDeepStrictEqual } from 'util'
 import { useRegisterOverlay } from '../../context/overlayContext.js'
 import type { InputEvent } from '../../ink/events/input-event.js'
 // eslint-disable-next-line custom-rules/prefer-use-keybindings -- raw space/arrow multiselect input
@@ -9,6 +8,7 @@ import {
   normalizeFullWidthSpace,
 } from '../../utils/stringUtils.js'
 import type { OptionWithDescription } from './select.js'
+import { optionsNavigateEqual } from './use-select-navigation.js'
 import { useSelectNavigation } from './use-select-navigation.js'
 
 export type UseMultiSelectStateProps<T> = {
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ export function useMultiSelectState<T>({
   // and the deleted ui/useMultiSelectState.ts — without this, MCPServerDesktopImportDialog
   // keeps colliding servers checked after getAllMcpConfigs() resolves.
   const [lastOptions, setLastOptions] = useState(options)
-  if (options !== lastOptions && !isDeepStrictEqual(options, lastOptions)) {
+  if (options !== lastOptions && !optionsNavigateEqual(options, lastOptions)) {
     setSelectedValues(defaultValue)
     setLastOptions(options)
   }
diff --git a/src/components/CustomSelect/use-select-navigation.ts b/src/components/CustomSelect/use-select-navigation.ts
index 544bbfa7..441895a0 100644
--- a/src/components/CustomSelect/use-select-navigation.ts
+++ b/src/components/CustomSelect/use-select-navigation.ts
@@ -6,10 +6,34 @@ import {
   useRef,
   useState,
 } from 'react'
-import { isDeepStrictEqual } from 'util'
 import OptionMap from './option-map.js'
 import type { OptionWithDescription } from './select.js'
 
+/**
+ * Compare two option arrays for structural equality on properties that
+ * affect navigation behavior. ReactNode `label` and function `onChange`
+ * are intentionally excluded — they are identity-unstable (new reference
+ * each render) but don't change navigation semantics.
+ */
+export function optionsNavigateEqual<T>(
+  a: OptionWithDescription<T>[],
+  b: OptionWithDescription<T>[],
+): boolean {
+  if (a.length !== b.length) return false
+  for (let i = 0; i < a.length; i++) {
+    const ao = a[i]!
+    const bo = b[i]!
+    if (
+      ao.value !== bo.value ||
+      ao.disabled !== bo.disabled ||
+      ao.type !== bo.type
+    ) {
+      return false
+    }
+  }
+  return true
+}
+
 type State<T> = {
   /**
    * Map where key is option's value and value is option's index.
@@ -524,7 +548,7 @@ export function useSelectNavigation<T>({
 
   const [lastOptions, setLastOptions] = useState(options)
 
-  if (options !== lastOptions && !isDeepStrictEqual(options, lastOptions)) {
+  if (options !== lastOptions && !optionsNavigateEqual(options, lastOptions)) {
     dispatch({
       type: 'reset',
       state: createDefaultState({