diff --git a/coderd/workspaceagents.go b/coderd/workspaceagents.go
index 11c9279e36245..9f046490bc5eb 100644
--- a/coderd/workspaceagents.go
+++ b/coderd/workspaceagents.go
@@ -1702,16 +1702,18 @@ func (api *API) workspaceAgentReportStats(rw http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Reques
 		}
 		return nil
 	})
-	errGroup.Go(func() error {
-		err := api.Database.UpdateWorkspaceLastUsedAt(ctx, database.UpdateWorkspaceLastUsedAtParams{
-			ID:         workspace.ID,
-			LastUsedAt: now,
+	if req.SessionCount() > 0 {
+		errGroup.Go(func() error {
+			err := api.Database.UpdateWorkspaceLastUsedAt(ctx, database.UpdateWorkspaceLastUsedAtParams{
+				ID:         workspace.ID,
+				LastUsedAt: now,
+			})
+			if err != nil {
+				return xerrors.Errorf("can't update workspace LastUsedAt: %w", err)
+			}
+			return nil
 		})
-		if err != nil {
-			return xerrors.Errorf("can't update workspace LastUsedAt: %w", err)
-		}
-		return nil
-	})
+	}
 	if api.Options.UpdateAgentMetrics != nil {
 		errGroup.Go(func() error {
 			user, err := api.Database.GetUserByID(ctx, workspace.OwnerID)
diff --git a/coderd/workspaceagents_test.go b/coderd/workspaceagents_test.go
index e0c4c7f45ee4c..e590922e9018b 100644
--- a/coderd/workspaceagents_test.go
+++ b/coderd/workspaceagents_test.go
@@ -856,6 +856,32 @@ func TestWorkspaceAgentReportStats(t *testing.T) {
 		agentClient.SetSessionToken(authToken)
 
 		_, err := agentClient.PostStats(context.Background(), &agentsdk.Stats{
+			ConnectionsByProto: map[string]int64{"TCP": 1},
+			// Set connection count to 1 but all session counts to zero to
+			// assert we aren't updating last_used_at for a connections that may
+			// be spawned passively by the dashboard.
+			ConnectionCount:             1,
+			RxPackets:                   1,
+			RxBytes:                     1,
+			TxPackets:                   1,
+			TxBytes:                     1,
+			SessionCountVSCode:          0,
+			SessionCountJetBrains:       0,
+			SessionCountReconnectingPTY: 0,
+			SessionCountSSH:             0,
+			ConnectionMedianLatencyMS:   10,
+		})
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+
+		newWorkspace, err := client.Workspace(context.Background(), ws.ID)
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+
+		assert.True(t,
+			newWorkspace.LastUsedAt.Equal(ws.LastUsedAt),
+			"%s and %s should not differ", newWorkspace.LastUsedAt, ws.LastUsedAt,
+		)
+
+		_, err = agentClient.PostStats(context.Background(), &agentsdk.Stats{
 			ConnectionsByProto:          map[string]int64{"TCP": 1},
 			ConnectionCount:             1,
 			RxPackets:                   1,
@@ -863,14 +889,14 @@ func TestWorkspaceAgentReportStats(t *testing.T) {
 			TxPackets:                   1,
 			TxBytes:                     1,
 			SessionCountVSCode:          1,
-			SessionCountJetBrains:       1,
-			SessionCountReconnectingPTY: 1,
-			SessionCountSSH:             1,
+			SessionCountJetBrains:       0,
+			SessionCountReconnectingPTY: 0,
+			SessionCountSSH:             0,
 			ConnectionMedianLatencyMS:   10,
 		})
 		require.NoError(t, err)
 
-		newWorkspace, err := client.Workspace(context.Background(), ws.ID)
+		newWorkspace, err = client.Workspace(context.Background(), ws.ID)
 		require.NoError(t, err)
 
 		assert.True(t,
diff --git a/codersdk/agentsdk/agentsdk.go b/codersdk/agentsdk/agentsdk.go
index 59e4bc9d785b1..bba1f247b295a 100644
--- a/codersdk/agentsdk/agentsdk.go
+++ b/codersdk/agentsdk/agentsdk.go
@@ -573,6 +573,10 @@ type Stats struct {
 	Metrics []AgentMetric `json:"metrics"`
 }
 
+func (s Stats) SessionCount() int64 {
+	return s.SessionCountVSCode + s.SessionCountJetBrains + s.SessionCountReconnectingPTY + s.SessionCountSSH
+}
+
 type AgentMetricType string
 
 const (