diff --git a/packages/dev-middleware/src/__tests__/InspectorProxyHttpApi-test.js b/packages/dev-middleware/src/__tests__/InspectorProxyHttpApi-test.js
index 52a53de214b..69a4e233d49 100644
--- a/packages/dev-middleware/src/__tests__/InspectorProxyHttpApi-test.js
+++ b/packages/dev-middleware/src/__tests__/InspectorProxyHttpApi-test.js
@@ -185,6 +185,7 @@ describe('inspector proxy HTTP API', () => {
         );
         expect(json).toEqual([
           {
+            appId: 'bar-app',
             description: 'bar-app',
             deviceName: 'foo',
             devtoolsFrontendUrl: expect.any(String),
@@ -199,6 +200,7 @@ describe('inspector proxy HTTP API', () => {
             webSocketDebuggerUrl: expect.any(String),
           },
           {
+            appId: 'bar-app',
             description: 'bar-app',
             deviceName: 'foo',
             devtoolsFrontendUrl: expect.any(String),
diff --git a/packages/dev-middleware/src/inspector-proxy/InspectorProxy.js b/packages/dev-middleware/src/inspector-proxy/InspectorProxy.js
index f0f6257afcd..c24fb758312 100644
--- a/packages/dev-middleware/src/inspector-proxy/InspectorProxy.js
+++ b/packages/dev-middleware/src/inspector-proxy/InspectorProxy.js
@@ -161,6 +161,7 @@ export default class InspectorProxy implements InspectorProxyQueries {
       id: `${deviceId}-${page.id}`,
       title: page.title,
       description: page.description ?? page.app,
+      appId: page.app,
       type: 'node',
       devtoolsFrontendUrl,
       webSocketDebuggerUrl,
diff --git a/packages/dev-middleware/src/inspector-proxy/types.js b/packages/dev-middleware/src/inspector-proxy/types.js
index dd26e3dd7f1..a0f9226dcec 100644
--- a/packages/dev-middleware/src/inspector-proxy/types.js
+++ b/packages/dev-middleware/src/inspector-proxy/types.js
@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@ export type MessageToDevice =
 export type PageDescription = $ReadOnly<{
   id: string,
   title: string,
+  appId: string,
   description: string,
   type: string,
   devtoolsFrontendUrl: string,
diff --git a/packages/dev-middleware/src/middleware/openDebuggerMiddleware.js b/packages/dev-middleware/src/middleware/openDebuggerMiddleware.js
index 97fcb9c984f..490eb5d91f8 100644
--- a/packages/dev-middleware/src/middleware/openDebuggerMiddleware.js
+++ b/packages/dev-middleware/src/middleware/openDebuggerMiddleware.js
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ export default function openDebuggerMiddleware({
         target = targets.find(
           _target =>
             (targetId == null || _target.id === targetId) &&
-            (appId == null || _target.description === appId) &&
+            (appId == null || _target.appId === appId) &&
             (device == null || _target.reactNative.logicalDeviceId === device),
         );
       } else if (targets.length > 0) {