diff --git a/src/store.ts b/src/store.ts
index 8528eda..3031bc7 100644
--- a/src/store.ts
+++ b/src/store.ts
@@ -809,17 +809,70 @@ export function serializeDraftCandidate(
 
 export function editorProcesses(): string[] {
   try {
-    if (platform() === "win32") {
-      const result = spawnSync("tasklist", ["/FO", "CSV", "/NH"], { encoding: "utf-8", timeout: 3000 });
-      return matchEditorProcesses(result.stdout ?? "", "win32");
-    }
-    const result = spawnSync("ps", ["-axo", "comm="], { encoding: "utf-8", timeout: 3000 });
-    return matchEditorProcesses(result.stdout ?? "", "posix");
+    const flavor = platform() === "win32" ? "win32" : "posix";
+    const result =
+      flavor === "win32"
+        ? spawnSync("tasklist", ["/FO", "CSV", "/NH"], { encoding: "utf-8", timeout: 3000 })
+        : spawnSync("ps", ["-axo", "pid=,ppid=,comm="], { encoding: "utf-8", timeout: 3000 });
+    const rows = parseProcessRows(result.stdout ?? "", flavor);
+    return matchEditorRows(rows, flavor, ownProcessChain(rows, process.pid, process.ppid));
   } catch {
     return [];
   }
 }
 
+/** One process of a listing: its id, its parent's id (0 when the listing has none) and its executable text. */
+export interface ProcessRow {
+  pid: number;
+  ppid: number;
+  line: string;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Rows of `ps -axo pid=,ppid=,comm=` (posix) or `tasklist /FO CSV /NH` (win32,
+ * which lists no parent id). A line without ids is skipped.
+ */
+export function parseProcessRows(listing: string, flavor: "win32" | "posix"): ProcessRow[] {
+  const rows: ProcessRow[] = [];
+  for (const raw of listing.split("\n")) {
+    const line = raw.trim();
+    if (flavor === "win32") {
+      const pid = Number(line.match(/^"[^"]*","(\d+)"/)?.[1]);
+      if (pid) rows.push({ pid, ppid: 0, line });
+      continue;
+    }
+    const m = line.match(/^(\d+)\s+(\d+)\s+(.+)$/);
+    if (m) rows.push({ pid: Number(m[1]), ppid: Number(m[2]), line: m[3] });
+  }
+  return rows;
+}
+
+/**
+ * The CLI's own process and every ancestor the listing shows (#168): a Volta
+ * shim is an executable named `capcut` that starts node, so the CLI's own
+ * parent looks like the editor by name. The direct parent always counts, also
+ * where the listing carries no parent ids (win32).
+ */
+export function ownProcessChain(rows: ProcessRow[], pid: number, ppid: number): Set<number> {
+  const parent = new Map(rows.map((r) => [r.pid, r.ppid]));
+  const chain = new Set<number>([pid, ppid]);
+  let at = parent.get(ppid);
+  while (at && at > 1 && !chain.has(at)) {
+    chain.add(at);
+    at = parent.get(at);
+  }
+  return chain;
+}
+
+/** The editors among a listing's rows, leaving out the CLI's own process chain. */
+export function matchEditorRows(rows: ProcessRow[], flavor: "win32" | "posix", own: Set<number>): string[] {
+  const listing = rows
+    .filter((r) => !own.has(r.pid))
+    .map((r) => r.line)
+    .join("\n");
+  return matchEditorProcesses(listing, flavor);
+}
+
 /**
  * Match a raw process listing against the editor executables, one process per
  * line — never as a substring of the joined listing: npm rewrites its own
diff --git a/test/editor-processes.test.mjs b/test/editor-processes.test.mjs
index 76bbb43..7d3690e 100644
--- a/test/editor-processes.test.mjs
+++ b/test/editor-processes.test.mjs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import assert from "node:assert/strict";
 import { describe, it } from "node:test";
-import { matchEditorProcesses } from "../dist/store.js";
+import { matchEditorProcesses, matchEditorRows, ownProcessChain, parseProcessRows } from "../dist/store.js";
 
 // #99: the editor-open guard must compare process names, not search the joined
 // listing — npm's rewritten process title contains `capcut-cli`, so a substring
@@ -43,3 +43,56 @@ describe("editorProcesses matching", () => {
     assert.deepEqual(matchEditorProcesses("\n \n", "win32"), []);
   });
 });
+
+// #168: under Volta the `capcut` command is a shim executable named `capcut`
+// that starts node, so the CLI's own parent matched the editor by name.
+describe("editorProcesses leaves out the CLI's own process chain", () => {
+  const shim = [
+    "    1     0 /sbin/launchd",
+    "  400     1 -zsh",
+    "  500   400 /Users/me/.volta/bin/capcut",
+    "  501   500 node",
+  ];
+
+  it("ignores a Volta shim named capcut that is the CLI's parent (#168)", () => {
+    const rows = parseProcessRows(shim.join("\n"), "posix");
+    assert.deepEqual(matchEditorRows(rows, "posix", ownProcessChain(rows, 501, 500)), []);
+  });
+
+  it("still detects an editor running beside the shim chain", () => {
+    const listing = [...shim, "  700     1 /Applications/CapCut.app/Contents/MacOS/CapCut"].join("\n");
+    const rows = parseProcessRows(listing, "posix");
+    assert.deepEqual(matchEditorRows(rows, "posix", ownProcessChain(rows, 501, 500)), ["CapCut"]);
+  });
+
+  it("walks the whole parent chain, not only the direct parent", () => {
+    const listing = [
+      "  400     1 -zsh",
+      "  450   400 capcut",
+      "  460   450 npm exec capcut-cli",
+      "  501   460 node",
+    ].join("\n");
+    const rows = parseProcessRows(listing, "posix");
+    assert.deepEqual(
+      [...ownProcessChain(rows, 501, 460)].sort((a, b) => a - b),
+      [400, 450, 460, 501],
+    );
+    assert.deepEqual(matchEditorRows(rows, "posix", ownProcessChain(rows, 501, 460)), []);
+  });
+
+  it("keeps a command name with spaces whole", () => {
+    const rows = parseProcessRows("  812   1 CapCut Helper (Renderer)", "posix");
+    assert.deepEqual(rows, [{ pid: 812, ppid: 1, line: "CapCut Helper (Renderer)" }]);
+  });
+
+  it("leaves out the direct parent on win32, where tasklist has no parent ids", () => {
+    const listing = [
+      '"capcut.exe","900","Console","1","4,096 K"',
+      '"node.exe","901","Console","1","45,678 K"',
+      '"CapCut.exe","1044","Console","1","12,345 K"',
+    ].join("\r\n");
+    const rows = parseProcessRows(listing, "win32");
+    assert.deepEqual(matchEditorRows(rows.slice(0, 2), "win32", ownProcessChain(rows, 901, 900)), []);
+    assert.deepEqual(matchEditorRows(rows, "win32", ownProcessChain(rows, 901, 900)), ["CapCut.exe"]);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/test/sync-timelines.test.mjs b/test/sync-timelines.test.mjs
index fc2ad3b..015375c 100644
--- a/test/sync-timelines.test.mjs
+++ b/test/sync-timelines.test.mjs
@@ -420,9 +420,13 @@ describe("sync-timelines", () => {
     // Fake a running editor where only this test sees it: a stand-in `ps` on
     // the child's PATH lists a CapCut process. A real process named CapCut
     // would be visible to every test running at the same time, and their
-    // writes would be refused as well.
+    // writes would be refused as well. It answers `ps -axo pid=,ppid=,comm=`
+    // with an editor that is not in the CLI's own process chain (#168).
     const fakeDir = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), "fake-editor-"));
-    writeFileSync(join(fakeDir, "ps"), "#!/bin/sh\necho /Applications/CapCut.app/Contents/MacOS/CapCut\n");
+    writeFileSync(
+      join(fakeDir, "ps"),
+      "#!/bin/sh\necho '  4242     1 /Applications/CapCut.app/Contents/MacOS/CapCut'\n",
+    );
     chmodSync(join(fakeDir, "ps"), 0o755);
     const env = { PATH: `${fakeDir}${delimiter}${process.env.PATH}` };
     after(() => {