diff --git a/src/backend/sync/entities.ts b/src/backend/sync/entities.ts
index 4d969ed01..e44f0e5f1 100644
--- a/src/backend/sync/entities.ts
+++ b/src/backend/sync/entities.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  * an entity in without renumbering; anything referenced syncs first.
  */
 
-import { and, eq } from "drizzle-orm";
+import { and, eq, getTableColumns } from "drizzle-orm";
 import type { SyncRow } from "@termix-ssh/plugin-sdk/backend";
 import type { PluginManifest } from "@termix-ssh/plugin-sdk/manifest";
 import {
@@ -493,6 +493,25 @@ const SHARED_HOST_DROP = [
   ...HOST_LOCAL_FIELDS,
 ];
 
+const HOST_TEXT_COLUMNS = new Set(
+  Object.entries(getTableColumns(hosts))
+    .filter(([, column]) => column.dataType === "string")
+    .map(([field]) => field),
+);
+
+/**
+ * A resolved host field back in the form its column stores, as an owned host
+ * sends it: the resolver parses JSON columns and turns the "true"/"false" of
+ * forceKeyboardInteractive into a boolean, which a text column cannot bind.
+ */
+function storedForm(field: string, value: unknown): unknown {
+  if (value !== null && typeof value === "object") return JSON.stringify(value);
+  if (typeof value === "boolean" && HOST_TEXT_COLUMNS.has(field)) {
+    return String(value);
+  }
+  return value;
+}
+
 async function loadSharedHosts(userId: string): Promise<SyncRow[]> {
   const {
     createCurrentRbacAccessRepository,
@@ -540,10 +559,7 @@ async function loadSharedHosts(userId: string): Promise<SyncRow[]> {
       const wire: SyncRow = {};
       for (const [field, value] of Object.entries(host)) {
         if (SHARED_HOST_DROP.includes(field)) continue;
-        wire[field] =
-          value !== null && typeof value === "object"
-            ? JSON.stringify(value)
-            : value;
+        wire[field] = storedForm(field, value);
       }
       wire.jumpHosts = await jumpHostsToSyncIds(host.jumpHosts);
       wire.pluginSettings = await exportHostPluginSettings(hostId, {
diff --git a/src/backend/tests/sync/two-way.test.ts b/src/backend/tests/sync/two-way.test.ts
index ded0f0ab2..2a8325b0f 100644
--- a/src/backend/tests/sync/two-way.test.ts
+++ b/src/backend/tests/sync/two-way.test.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ const state = vi.hoisted(() => ({
   current: null as null | { drizzle: unknown },
   server: null as null | { drizzle: unknown },
   allow: true,
+  sharedHostIds: new Set<number>(),
 }));
 
 const SERVER_USER = "srv-user";
@@ -38,13 +39,18 @@ vi.mock("../../utils/system-crypto.js", () => ({
   },
 }));
 vi.mock("../../utils/data-crypto.js", () => ({
-  DataCrypto: { getUserDataKey: () => Buffer.alloc(32, 3) },
+  DataCrypto: {
+    getUserDataKey: () => Buffer.alloc(32, 3),
+    decryptRecord: (_table: string, record: unknown) => record,
+  },
 }));
 vi.mock("../../utils/permission-manager.js", () => ({
   PermissionManager: {
     getInstance: () => ({
       hasPermission: async () => state.allow,
-      canAccessHost: async () => ({ hasAccess: false }),
+      canAccessHost: async (_userId: string, hostId: number) => ({
+        hasAccess: state.sharedHostIds.has(hostId),
+      }),
       getUserPermissions: async () => [],
     }),
   },
@@ -239,6 +245,7 @@ beforeEach(async () => {
   resetFeed();
   resetSeqAllocator();
   state.allow = true;
+  state.sharedHostIds.clear();
   server = await side(SERVER_USER);
   state.server = server.ctx;
   desktops = [await side("desk-a"), await side("desk-b")];
@@ -480,6 +487,47 @@ describe("after linking", () => {
   });
 });
 
+describe("hosts shared with the account", () => {
+  it("arrive on the desktop with their text columns as stored", async () => {
+    const [desk] = desktops;
+    await on(server, async () => {
+      await server.db.run(
+        sql`INSERT INTO users (id, username, password_hash, is_admin) VALUES ('owner', 'owner', '', 0)`,
+      );
+      await db(server).insert(schema.hosts).values({
+        userId: "owner",
+        name: "theirs",
+        ip: "10.0.0.5",
+        port: 22,
+        username: "root",
+        authType: "none",
+        forceKeyboardInteractive: "true",
+        syncId: "host-theirs",
+      });
+      const [host] = await db(server).select().from(schema.hosts);
+      await db(server).insert(schema.hostAccess).values({
+        hostId: host.id,
+        userId: SERVER_USER,
+        grantedBy: "owner",
+        permissionLevel: "view",
+      });
+      state.sharedHostIds.add(host.id);
+      markChanged();
+    });
+
+    const engine = await linkDesktop(desk);
+    await pass(desk, engine);
+
+    const [copy] = await on(desk, () => hostsOf(desk));
+    expect(copy?.name).toBe("theirs");
+    expect(copy.forceKeyboardInteractive).toBe("true");
+    expect(JSON.parse(copy.sharedSource!)).toMatchObject({
+      owner: "owner",
+      permissionLevel: "view",
+    });
+  });
+});
+
 describe("two desktops on one account", () => {
   it("converge on edits, creates and deletes made offline on each", async () => {
     const [a, b] = desktops;