diff --git a/clients/web/src/App.tsx b/clients/web/src/App.tsx
index 68a8af159..1d089d602 100644
--- a/clients/web/src/App.tsx
+++ b/clients/web/src/App.tsx
@@ -1504,6 +1504,11 @@ function App() {
   // any connect (legacy included) between the `connected` status dispatch and the
   // `serverInfo` dispatch, which land in a single React render. The modal uses
   // `serverInfoReported` (above), not this name, to stay faithful.
+  //
+  // This `??` only covers an *absent* serverInfo. A server that *reports* a
+  // blank name (`{ name: "" }`) is degraded for display a layer below, in
+  // InspectorView's `resolveHeaderServerInfo` (#1774) — kept there so this
+  // faithful object (and thus the modal) never carries a borrowed name.
   const initializeResult = useMemo<InitializeResult | undefined>(() => {
     if (connectionStatus !== "connected") return undefined;
     const resolvedServerInfo = serverInfo ?? {
diff --git a/clients/web/src/components/groups/ConnectionInfoContent/ConnectionInfoContent.test.tsx b/clients/web/src/components/groups/ConnectionInfoContent/ConnectionInfoContent.test.tsx
index a17e380f6..9f9a8ea4a 100644
--- a/clients/web/src/components/groups/ConnectionInfoContent/ConnectionInfoContent.test.tsx
+++ b/clients/web/src/components/groups/ConnectionInfoContent/ConnectionInfoContent.test.tsx
@@ -96,6 +96,42 @@ describe("ConnectionInfoContent", () => {
     expect(screen.getAllByText("—")).toHaveLength(3);
   });
 
+  it("renders an em-dash when the reported name is missing", () => {
+    renderWithMantine(
+      <ConnectionInfoContent
+        initializeResult={{
+          ...fullResult,
+          // Non-conforming server: `name` is runtime-absent (the field is typed
+          // non-null). Pins the `?.trim()` tolerance — symmetric with the
+          // "version is missing" test above — so it reads "—", not a crash.
+          serverInfo: { version: "1.0.0" } as never,
+        }}
+        clientCapabilities={fullClientCaps}
+        transport="stdio"
+      />,
+    );
+    expect(screen.getByText("1.0.0")).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(screen.getAllByText("—")).toHaveLength(3);
+  });
+
+  it("renders an em-dash when the reported name is whitespace-only", () => {
+    renderWithMantine(
+      <ConnectionInfoContent
+        initializeResult={{
+          ...fullResult,
+          serverInfo: { name: "   ", version: "1.0.0" },
+        }}
+        clientCapabilities={fullClientCaps}
+        transport="stdio"
+      />,
+    );
+    // A whitespace-only reported name is the same non-conforming class as an
+    // empty one (#1774): it must read as unknown ("—"), not a visually blank
+    // row. Stays faithful — never borrows the catalog name.
+    expect(screen.getByText("1.0.0")).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(screen.getAllByText("—")).toHaveLength(3);
+  });
+
   it("shows 'not reported' for name and version when serverInfo was not reported", () => {
     renderWithMantine(
       <ConnectionInfoContent
diff --git a/clients/web/src/components/groups/ConnectionInfoContent/ConnectionInfoContent.tsx b/clients/web/src/components/groups/ConnectionInfoContent/ConnectionInfoContent.tsx
index d9e047524..a7cd53f25 100644
--- a/clients/web/src/components/groups/ConnectionInfoContent/ConnectionInfoContent.tsx
+++ b/clients/web/src/components/groups/ConnectionInfoContent/ConnectionInfoContent.tsx
@@ -206,14 +206,20 @@ export function ConnectionInfoContent({
     initializeResult;
 
   // Only trust `serverInfo` when the server actually reported it; otherwise the
-  // name is a catalog fallback. Both rows use `||` (not `??`) so a reported-but-
-  // empty name/version reads as unknown ("—") rather than a blank row —
-  // `initialize` mandates the fields, not non-empty values.
+  // name is a catalog fallback. Both rows `?.trim()` before the `||` (not `??`)
+  // so a reported-but-blank name/version — empty, whitespace-only ("   "), or a
+  // non-conforming runtime-absent field — reads as unknown ("—") rather than a
+  // blank row. The optional chain preserves the prior tolerance of a missing
+  // field (the field is typed non-null, but a non-conforming server can omit
+  // it); whitespace-only is the same class InspectorView's
+  // `resolveHeaderServerInfo` handles for the header (#1774). `initialize`
+  // mandates the fields, not non-empty values. Stays faithful: the fallback is
+  // "—", never a borrowed catalog name.
   const displayName = serverInfoReported
-    ? serverInfo.name || "—"
+    ? serverInfo.name?.trim() || "—"
     : SERVER_INFO_NOT_REPORTED_LABEL;
   const displayVersion = serverInfoReported
-    ? serverInfo.version || "—"
+    ? serverInfo.version?.trim() || "—"
     : SERVER_INFO_NOT_REPORTED_LABEL;
 
   const serverCaps = getCapabilityEntries(capabilities, SERVER_CAPABILITY_KEYS);
diff --git a/clients/web/src/components/views/InspectorView/InspectorView.test.tsx b/clients/web/src/components/views/InspectorView/InspectorView.test.tsx
index 86907e2dd..27477168b 100644
--- a/clients/web/src/components/views/InspectorView/InspectorView.test.tsx
+++ b/clients/web/src/components/views/InspectorView/InspectorView.test.tsx
@@ -326,6 +326,103 @@ describe("InspectorView", () => {
     expect(screen.getByRole("switch")).toBeChecked();
   });
 
+  it("falls back to the catalog name in the header when the reported serverInfo name is empty (#1774)", () => {
+    // A non-conforming server reports serverInfo with an empty name string.
+    // `App`'s `??` fallback only fires when the whole object is absent, so the
+    // header would otherwise render a nameless title. The view degrades to the
+    // active server's catalog name ("Alpha") so the header still identifies the
+    // server. Scoped to the header (role="banner") to exclude the ServerCard,
+    // which shows the catalog name unconditionally.
+    renderWithMantine(
+      <StatefulInspectorViewHost
+        {...makeProps({
+          servers: [sampleServer],
+          activeServer: "alpha",
+          connectionStatus: "connected",
+          initializeResult: {
+            ...connectedInit,
+            serverInfo: { name: "", version: "1.0.0" },
+          },
+        })}
+      />,
+    );
+    expect(
+      within(screen.getByRole("banner")).getByText("Alpha"),
+    ).toBeInTheDocument();
+  });
+
+  it("falls back to the catalog name in the header when the reported serverInfo name is missing (#1774)", () => {
+    // Non-conforming server: `serverInfo` omits `name` entirely (the field is
+    // typed non-null). Pins the `?.trim()` tolerance in resolveHeaderServerInfo
+    // — a runtime-absent name degrades to the catalog name, it doesn't throw.
+    renderWithMantine(
+      <StatefulInspectorViewHost
+        {...makeProps({
+          servers: [sampleServer],
+          activeServer: "alpha",
+          connectionStatus: "connected",
+          initializeResult: {
+            ...connectedInit,
+            serverInfo: { version: "1.0.0" } as never,
+          },
+        })}
+      />,
+    );
+    expect(
+      within(screen.getByRole("banner")).getByText("Alpha"),
+    ).toBeInTheDocument();
+  });
+
+  it("falls back to the catalog name in the header when the reported serverInfo name is whitespace-only (#1774)", () => {
+    // A whitespace-only reported name ("   ") is the same non-conforming class
+    // as an empty string — truthy, so a naive `if (serverInfo.name)` guard would
+    // let it through and render a blank-looking title. The `.trim()` guard
+    // degrades it to the catalog name like the empty case.
+    renderWithMantine(
+      <StatefulInspectorViewHost
+        {...makeProps({
+          servers: [sampleServer],
+          activeServer: "alpha",
+          connectionStatus: "connected",
+          initializeResult: {
+            ...connectedInit,
+            serverInfo: { name: "   ", version: "1.0.0" },
+          },
+        })}
+      />,
+    );
+    expect(
+      within(screen.getByRole("banner")).getByText("Alpha"),
+    ).toBeInTheDocument();
+  });
+
+  it("still renders the connected header when the reported name is blank and no catalog entry matches (#1774)", () => {
+    // Blank reported name AND no catalog server to borrow from: the connected
+    // header must still render (the connection is live) rather than crash or
+    // invent a label — it just shows no server name. Asserting the Disconnect
+    // control inside the banner makes this a real regression guard for the
+    // no-catalog-match branch, not merely a coverage-only test.
+    renderWithMantine(
+      <StatefulInspectorViewHost
+        {...makeProps({
+          servers: [],
+          activeServer: "ghost",
+          connectionStatus: "connected",
+          initializeResult: {
+            ...connectedInit,
+            serverInfo: { name: "", version: "1.0.0" },
+          },
+        })}
+      />,
+    );
+    const header = screen.getByRole("banner");
+    expect(
+      within(header).getByRole("button", { name: "Disconnect from server" }),
+    ).toBeInTheDocument();
+    // No reported name and nothing to borrow, so the header shows no catalog name.
+    expect(within(header).queryByText("ghost")).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+  });
+
   it("surfaces the negotiated protocol version on the active connected card", () => {
     renderWithMantine(
       <StatefulInspectorViewHost
diff --git a/clients/web/src/components/views/InspectorView/InspectorView.tsx b/clients/web/src/components/views/InspectorView/InspectorView.tsx
index f96e96bee..06d1098b9 100644
--- a/clients/web/src/components/views/InspectorView/InspectorView.tsx
+++ b/clients/web/src/components/views/InspectorView/InspectorView.tsx
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import {
 } from "@mantine/core";
 import { useLocalStorage } from "@mantine/hooks";
 import type {
+  Implementation,
   InitializeResult,
   LoggingLevel,
   Prompt,
@@ -170,6 +171,27 @@ const PROTOCOL_TAB = "Protocol";
 const NETWORK_TAB = "Network";
 const CONSOLE_TAB = "Console";
 
+// Resolve the server name the connected header renders. A server may report
+// `serverInfo` with a blank `name` (#1774) — empty or whitespace-only — and the
+// header must never show a nameless title, so fall back to the active server's
+// catalog name when the reported name is blank (`.trim()` catches "   ", the
+// same non-conforming class an empty string is). This is a display-only
+// fallback: the Connection Info modal stays faithful to the raw report because
+// it reads App's untouched `initializeResult` + `serverInfoReported`, not this
+// resolved value. (App already folds the catalog name into
+// `initializeResult.serverInfo` for the modern-omitted case where serverInfo is
+// absent entirely (#1772); this covers the reported-but-blank-name case that
+// `??` fallback doesn't reach.)
+function resolveHeaderServerInfo(
+  serverInfo: Implementation,
+  servers: ServerEntry[],
+  activeServerId: string | undefined,
+): Implementation {
+  if (serverInfo.name?.trim()) return serverInfo;
+  const catalogName = servers.find((s) => s.id === activeServerId)?.name;
+  return catalogName ? { ...serverInfo, name: catalogName } : serverInfo;
+}
+
 const ALL_TABS: string[] = [
   SERVERS_TAB,
   "Apps",
@@ -1274,7 +1296,11 @@ export function InspectorView({
         {connectionStatus === "connected" && initializeResult ? (
           <ViewHeader
             connected
-            serverInfo={initializeResult.serverInfo}
+            serverInfo={resolveHeaderServerInfo(
+              initializeResult.serverInfo,
+              serversInput,
+              activeServer,
+            )}
             status={connectionStatus}
             latencyMs={latencyMs}
             activeTab={activeTab}