#4693: fix: keep main session displayName on outbound sends
## Summary
- prevent outbound DM sends that resolve to the main session key from overwriting origin metadata, which was flipping `sessions_list` displayName to the last recipient
- keep delivery context updates (`lastTo`, `lastChannel`, `lastAccountId`, `lastThreadId`) so routing remains accurate
- leave per-peer session behavior unchanged so labels continue to reflect their peer
## Context
Outbound sends call `ensureOutboundSessionEntry`, which previously used the inbound metadata pipeline even when DM scope collapsed to the main session key. That path derives the origin label from `ctx.From`, so the main session’s displayName became the last recipient. The fix skips origin updates for main-session routes and only persists delivery context in that case.
## Testing
- Not run (not requested)
Closes #4683
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<h3>Greptile Summary</h3>
This PR updates `ensureOutboundSessionEntry` (`src/infra/outbound/outbound-session.ts`) to avoid updating origin-derived session metadata when an outbound DM route collapses to the agent’s main session key. For those “main-session” routes it now only persists delivery context (via `updateLastRoute`) so routing fields like `lastTo/lastChannel/lastAccountId/lastThreadId` remain accurate, while preventing the main session `displayName` from being overwritten by the most recent recipient. Per-peer session behavior continues to use the inbound metadata pipeline (`recordSessionMetaFromInbound`).
<h3>Confidence Score: 4/5</h3>
- This PR is likely safe to merge; it’s a small, targeted behavior change in session metadata writes.
- Change is narrowly scoped to `ensureOutboundSessionEntry` and only alters behavior when the outbound route collapses to the agent main session key. It uses existing store primitives (`updateLastRoute`) and keeps the previous behavior for non-main session routes. Main remaining risk is silent failure of session-store writes due to swallowed errors, which can mask operational issues.
- src/infra/outbound/outbound-session.ts
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