diff --git a/packages/cli/src/modules/source-control.ee/__tests__/source-control-helper.ee.test.ts b/packages/cli/src/modules/source-control.ee/__tests__/source-control-helper.ee.test.ts
index d9114f1c53c..836c4364a02 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/modules/source-control.ee/__tests__/source-control-helper.ee.test.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/modules/source-control.ee/__tests__/source-control-helper.ee.test.ts
@@ -1188,7 +1188,7 @@ describe('Source Control Helper', () => {
 			expect(result.port).toBe(5000); // Number from remote
 		});
 
-		it('should only include fields present in remote', () => {
+		it('should keep local fields that are absent from remote', () => {
 			const local = {
 				apiKey: 'secret',
 				port: 3000,
@@ -1197,14 +1197,32 @@ describe('Source Control Helper', () => {
 			const remote = {
 				port: 8080,
 				apiKey: '', // Plain string sanitized to empty
-				// extraField is NOT in remote, so won't be in result
+				// extraField is NOT in remote (e.g. left at its default when pushed)
 			};
 
 			const result = mergeRemoteCrendetialDataIntoLocalCredentialData({ local, remote });
 
 			expect(result.apiKey).toBe('secret'); // Local preserved (empty skipped)
 			expect(result.port).toBe(8080); // Merged from remote
-			expect(result.extraField).toBeUndefined(); // Not in remote, not in result
+			expect(result.extraField).toBe('local-only'); // Absent from remote, local retained
+		});
+
+		it('should not reset a locally selected option field the remote stub omits', () => {
+			// A stub pushed from an instance where the option was left at its default
+			// omits that field entirely. Pulling it must not reset a different local selection.
+			const local = {
+				apikey: 'prod-secret',
+				environment: 'https://api.example.com', // non-default selection on this instance
+			};
+			const remote = {
+				apikey: '', // secret blanked in the stub
+				// environment omitted because the pushing instance used the default
+			} as ICredentialDataDecryptedObject;
+
+			const result = mergeRemoteCrendetialDataIntoLocalCredentialData({ local, remote });
+
+			expect(result.apikey).toBe('prod-secret');
+			expect(result.environment).toBe('https://api.example.com');
 		});
 
 		it('should handle empty local object', () => {
@@ -1229,8 +1247,8 @@ describe('Source Control Helper', () => {
 
 			const result = mergeRemoteCrendetialDataIntoLocalCredentialData({ local, remote });
 
-			// Remote is empty, so result is empty (remote is source of truth for which fields exist)
-			expect(result).toEqual({});
+			// Remote carries no fields, so every local field is retained rather than wiped
+			expect(result).toEqual({ apiKey: 'secret', port: 3000 });
 		});
 
 		it('should handle both empty objects', () => {
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/modules/source-control.ee/source-control-helper.ee.ts b/packages/cli/src/modules/source-control.ee/source-control-helper.ee.ts
index ce526aba5ba..4a75fbf32e6 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/modules/source-control.ee/source-control-helper.ee.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/modules/source-control.ee/source-control-helper.ee.ts
@@ -141,11 +141,15 @@ export function mergeRemoteCrendetialDataIntoLocalCredentialData({
 		}
 	}
 
-	// Because oauthTokenData is explicitly stripped from the remote data during sanitization,
-	// it will never exist in the sanitizedRemote object. Therefore, it is skipped in the loop above.
-	// We manually merge it back from local to prevent OAuth credentials being wiped out on pull.
-	if (local.oauthTokenData) {
-		merged.oauthTokenData = local.oauthTokenData;
+	// Keep local fields the remote stub does not carry. A field left at its default value
+	// is not persisted, so it never reaches the stub; an absent field carries the same
+	// "no value to give" meaning as a present-but-blank one, which is already preserved
+	// above. Without this it would be dropped on pull and reset to its default. This also
+	// covers oauthTokenData, which sanitization always strips from the remote.
+	for (const [key, localValue] of Object.entries(local)) {
+		if (!(key in sanitizedRemote)) {
+			merged[key] = localValue;
+		}
 	}
 
 	return merged;