diff --git a/packages/driver/cypress/integration/issues/17805_spec.js b/packages/driver/cypress/integration/issues/17805_spec.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e26bf9f0a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/driver/cypress/integration/issues/17805_spec.js
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+// @see https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/issues/17805
+describe('issue 17805', { experimentalSessionAndOrigin: true }, () => {
+  it('recreates session on spec reload in open mode', () => {
+    let validateFlag = false
+
+    cy.session('persist_session', () => {
+      validateFlag = true
+    },
+    {
+      validate () {
+        if (validateFlag) {
+          return true
+        }
+
+        return false
+      },
+    })
+  })
+
+  after(() => {
+    if (cy.$$('.commands-container li.command:first', top.document).text().includes('(new)')) {
+      top.location.reload()
+    }
+  })
+})
diff --git a/packages/driver/src/cy/commands/sessions/index.ts b/packages/driver/src/cy/commands/sessions/index.ts
index e901955df5..b7268891ee 100644
--- a/packages/driver/src/cy/commands/sessions/index.ts
+++ b/packages/driver/src/cy/commands/sessions/index.ts
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ export default function (Commands, Cypress, cy) {
      * 1) if we only need currentOrigin localStorage, access sync
      * 2) if cross-origin http, we need to load in iframe from our proxy that will intercept all http reqs at /__cypress/automation/*
      *      and postMessage() the localStorage value to us
-     * 3) if cross-origin https, since we pass-thru https conntections in the proxy, we need to
+     * 3) if cross-origin https, since we pass-thru https connections in the proxy, we need to
      *      send a message telling our proxy server to intercept the next req to the https domain,
      *      then follow 2)
      */
@@ -638,7 +638,7 @@ export default function (Commands, Cypress, cy) {
 
           // we have a saved session on the server AND setup matches
           if (serverStoredSession && serverStoredSession.setup === existingSession.setup.toString()) {
-            _.extend(existingSession, serverStoredSession)
+            _.extend(existingSession, _.omit(serverStoredSession, 'setup'))
             existingSession.hydrated = true
           } else {
             onValidationError = throwValidationError