diff --git a/.changeset/git-inline-diff-highlights.md b/.changeset/git-inline-diff-highlights.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..26e3890
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/git-inline-diff-highlights.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@jmfederico/pi-web": patch
+---
+
+Highlight within-line changes in the Git diff viewer.
diff --git a/.changeset/persist-subsession-links.md b/.changeset/persist-subsession-links.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8199eaa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/persist-subsession-links.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@jmfederico/pi-web": patch
+---
+
+Persist tracked subsession links in session history so parents can list, check, and read child sessions after the session daemon restarts, and reopened children can resume parent notifications.
diff --git a/src/client/src/components/UnifiedDiffViewer.ts b/src/client/src/components/UnifiedDiffViewer.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3844f52
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/client/src/components/UnifiedDiffViewer.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+import { LitElement, css, html, type TemplateResult } from "lit";
+import { customElement, property } from "lit/decorators.js";
+import { parseUnifiedDiff, type UnifiedDiffLine, type UnifiedDiffTextSpan } from "../diff/unifiedDiff";
+
+@customElement("unified-diff-viewer")
+export class UnifiedDiffViewer extends LitElement {
+ @property() diff = "";
+
+ override render(): TemplateResult {
+ const lines = parseUnifiedDiff(this.diff);
+ if (lines.length === 0) return html`
No diff.
`;
+ return html`
+
+ `;
+ }
+
+ private renderLine(line: UnifiedDiffLine): TemplateResult {
+ const kindClass = line.kind;
+ return html`
+
+ ${formatLineNumber(line.oldLineNumber)}
+ ${formatLineNumber(line.newLineNumber)}
+ ${line.prefix}
+ ${renderSpans(line.spans)}
+
+ `;
+ }
+
+ static override styles = css`
+ :host { display: block; min-height: 0; height: 100%; color: var(--pi-text); background: var(--pi-bg); }
+ .empty { box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0; padding: 10px; color: var(--pi-muted); }
+ .scroller { height: 100%; min-height: 0; overflow: auto; background: var(--pi-bg); }
+ .diff-grid { display: grid; grid-template-columns: max-content max-content 2ch max-content; width: max-content; min-width: 100%; padding: 6px 0; font: 12px ui-monospace, SFMono-Regular, Menlo, Consolas, monospace; line-height: 1.45; }
+ .line { display: contents; }
+ .cell { min-height: 1.45em; white-space: pre; }
+ .line-number { min-width: 4ch; padding: 0 8px; border-right: 1px solid var(--pi-border-muted); color: var(--pi-dim); text-align: right; user-select: none; }
+ .prefix { padding: 0 4px; color: var(--pi-dim); text-align: center; user-select: none; }
+ .content { padding: 0 12px 0 4px; }
+ .meta { color: var(--pi-dim); }
+ .hunk { background: color-mix(in srgb, var(--pi-accent) 9%, transparent); color: var(--pi-accent); }
+ .add { background: color-mix(in srgb, var(--pi-success) 12%, transparent); }
+ .remove { background: color-mix(in srgb, var(--pi-danger) 12%, transparent); }
+ .marker { color: var(--pi-dim); }
+ .content.add .inline-change { border-radius: 2px; background: color-mix(in srgb, var(--pi-success) 36%, transparent); color: var(--pi-text); }
+ .content.remove .inline-change { border-radius: 2px; background: color-mix(in srgb, var(--pi-danger) 36%, transparent); color: var(--pi-text); }
+ `;
+}
+
+function renderSpans(spans: UnifiedDiffTextSpan[]): TemplateResult[] {
+ return spans.map((span) => html`${span.text}`);
+}
+
+function formatLineNumber(lineNumber: number | undefined): string {
+ return lineNumber === undefined ? "" : String(lineNumber);
+}
diff --git a/src/client/src/components/shared.ts b/src/client/src/components/shared.ts
index 91165e5..fde76ff 100644
--- a/src/client/src/components/shared.ts
+++ b/src/client/src/components/shared.ts
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ export const workspacePanelStyles = css`
.diff-section:last-child { border-bottom: 0; }
.viewer-header { position: sticky; top: 0; display: flex; justify-content: space-between; gap: 8px; padding: 8px; border-bottom: 1px solid var(--pi-border-muted); background: var(--pi-bg); }
.viewer-header strong { min-width: 0; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; }
- code-viewer { flex: 1 1 auto; min-height: 0; }
+ code-viewer, unified-diff-viewer { flex: 1 1 auto; min-height: 0; }
.image-preview { flex: 1 1 auto; min-height: 0; box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: center; overflow: auto; padding: 16px; }
.image-preview img { display: block; max-width: 100%; max-height: 100%; object-fit: contain; border: 1px solid var(--pi-border-muted); border-radius: 8px; background-color: var(--pi-surface); background-image: linear-gradient(45deg, color-mix(in srgb, var(--pi-border-muted) 45%, transparent) 25%, transparent 25%), linear-gradient(-45deg, color-mix(in srgb, var(--pi-border-muted) 45%, transparent) 25%, transparent 25%), linear-gradient(45deg, transparent 75%, color-mix(in srgb, var(--pi-border-muted) 45%, transparent) 75%), linear-gradient(-45deg, transparent 75%, color-mix(in srgb, var(--pi-border-muted) 45%, transparent) 75%); background-position: 0 0, 0 8px, 8px -8px, -8px 0; background-size: 16px 16px; box-shadow: 0 8px 24px var(--pi-shadow-soft); }
pre { margin: 0; padding: 10px; overflow: auto; font: 12px ui-monospace, SFMono-Regular, Menlo, Consolas, monospace; line-height: 1.45; white-space: pre-wrap; overflow-wrap: anywhere; }
diff --git a/src/client/src/diff/unifiedDiff.test.ts b/src/client/src/diff/unifiedDiff.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bdebc9b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/client/src/diff/unifiedDiff.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,117 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+import { parseUnifiedDiff, type UnifiedDiffLine, type UnifiedDiffLineKind } from "./unifiedDiff";
+
+describe("parseUnifiedDiff", () => {
+ it("computes inline spans for paired removed and added lines", () => {
+ const diff = [
+ "diff --git a/src/app.ts b/src/app.ts",
+ "index 1111111..2222222 100644",
+ "--- a/src/app.ts",
+ "+++ b/src/app.ts",
+ "@@ -10,2 +10,2 @@ export function demo() {",
+ "- const name = \"fooBar\";",
+ "+ const name = \"fooBaz\";",
+ " return name;",
+ ].join("\n");
+
+ const lines = parseUnifiedDiff(diff);
+ const removed = firstLineOfKind(lines, "remove");
+ const added = firstLineOfKind(lines, "add");
+ const context = firstLineOfKind(lines, "context");
+
+ expect(removed.oldLineNumber).toBe(10);
+ expect(removed.newLineNumber).toBeUndefined();
+ expect(changedText(removed)).toEqual(["r"]);
+ expect(added.oldLineNumber).toBeUndefined();
+ expect(added.newLineNumber).toBe(10);
+ expect(changedText(added)).toEqual(["z"]);
+ expect(context.oldLineNumber).toBe(11);
+ expect(context.newLineNumber).toBe(11);
+ });
+
+ it("keeps file headers as metadata before a hunk starts", () => {
+ const diff = [
+ "diff --git a/README.md b/README.md",
+ "index 1111111..2222222 100644",
+ "--- a/README.md",
+ "+++ b/README.md",
+ "@@ -1 +1 @@",
+ "-old",
+ "+new",
+ ].join("\n");
+
+ expect(parseUnifiedDiff(diff).slice(0, 5).map((line) => line.kind)).toEqual(["meta", "meta", "meta", "meta", "hunk"]);
+ });
+
+ it("parses changed content that starts with file header markers inside hunks", () => {
+ const diff = [
+ "diff --git a/README.md b/README.md",
+ "--- a/README.md",
+ "+++ b/README.md",
+ "@@ -1 +1 @@",
+ "---- removed heading",
+ "++++ added heading",
+ ].join("\n");
+
+ const removed = firstLineOfKind(parseUnifiedDiff(diff), "remove");
+ const added = firstLineOfKind(parseUnifiedDiff(diff), "add");
+
+ expect(removed.text).toBe("--- removed heading");
+ expect(added.text).toBe("+++ added heading");
+ });
+
+ it("pairs a single removed line with the closest added line in uneven blocks", () => {
+ const diff = [
+ "diff --git a/src/app.ts b/src/app.ts",
+ "--- a/src/app.ts",
+ "+++ b/src/app.ts",
+ "@@ -1 +1,2 @@",
+ "-const label = \"old\";",
+ "+const label = \"new\";",
+ "+const extra = true;",
+ ].join("\n");
+
+ const addedLines = linesOfKind(parseUnifiedDiff(diff), "add");
+ const firstAdded = lineAt(addedLines, 0);
+ const secondAdded = lineAt(addedLines, 1);
+
+ expect(changedText(firstAdded)).toEqual(["new"]);
+ expect(secondAdded.spans.every((span) => !span.changed)).toBe(true);
+ });
+
+ it("leaves pure additions without inline change spans", () => {
+ const diff = [
+ "diff --git a/new.txt b/new.txt",
+ "new file mode 100644",
+ "--- /dev/null",
+ "+++ b/new.txt",
+ "@@ -0,0 +1 @@",
+ "+brand new",
+ ].join("\n");
+
+ const added = firstLineOfKind(parseUnifiedDiff(diff), "add");
+
+ expect(added.newLineNumber).toBe(1);
+ expect(added.spans).toEqual([{ text: "brand new", changed: false }]);
+ });
+});
+
+function firstLineOfKind(lines: UnifiedDiffLine[], kind: UnifiedDiffLineKind): UnifiedDiffLine {
+ const found = lines.find((line) => line.kind === kind);
+ if (found === undefined) throw new Error(`Missing ${kind} line`);
+ return found;
+}
+
+function linesOfKind(lines: UnifiedDiffLine[], kind: UnifiedDiffLineKind): UnifiedDiffLine[] {
+ return lines.filter((line) => line.kind === kind);
+}
+
+function lineAt(lines: UnifiedDiffLine[], index: number): UnifiedDiffLine {
+ const line = lines[index];
+ if (line === undefined) throw new Error(`Missing line at ${String(index)}`);
+ return line;
+}
+
+function changedText(line: UnifiedDiffLine): string[] {
+ return line.spans.filter((span) => span.changed).map((span) => span.text);
+}
diff --git a/src/client/src/diff/unifiedDiff.ts b/src/client/src/diff/unifiedDiff.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7a5a3c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/client/src/diff/unifiedDiff.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,224 @@
+import { diffChars } from "diff";
+
+export type UnifiedDiffLineKind = "meta" | "hunk" | "context" | "add" | "remove" | "marker";
+
+export interface UnifiedDiffTextSpan {
+ text: string;
+ changed: boolean;
+}
+
+export interface UnifiedDiffLine {
+ kind: UnifiedDiffLineKind;
+ prefix: string;
+ text: string;
+ spans: UnifiedDiffTextSpan[];
+ oldLineNumber?: number;
+ newLineNumber?: number;
+}
+
+interface InlineDiffResult {
+ removed: UnifiedDiffTextSpan[];
+ added: UnifiedDiffTextSpan[];
+}
+
+interface DiffLinePair {
+ removed: UnifiedDiffLine;
+ added: UnifiedDiffLine;
+}
+
+const hunkHeaderPattern = /^@@ -(\d+)(?:,\d+)? \+(\d+)(?:,\d+)? @@/;
+const maxInlineLineLength = 5_000;
+const maxInlineBlockLines = 20;
+const minInlineSimilarity = 0.20;
+const minPairSimilarity = 0.25;
+
+export function parseUnifiedDiff(diff: string): UnifiedDiffLine[] {
+ const parsedLines = parseUnifiedDiffLines(diff);
+ applyInlineDiffs(parsedLines);
+ return parsedLines;
+}
+
+function parseUnifiedDiffLines(diff: string): UnifiedDiffLine[] {
+ const lines = splitDiffLines(diff);
+ const parsedLines: UnifiedDiffLine[] = [];
+ let oldLineNumber: number | undefined;
+ let newLineNumber: number | undefined;
+
+ for (const rawLine of lines) {
+ const hunkMatch = hunkHeaderPattern.exec(rawLine);
+ if (hunkMatch !== null) {
+ oldLineNumber = Number(hunkMatch[1]);
+ newLineNumber = Number(hunkMatch[2]);
+ parsedLines.push(line("hunk", "", rawLine));
+ continue;
+ }
+
+ if (oldLineNumber !== undefined && newLineNumber !== undefined) {
+ if (rawLine.startsWith("+")) {
+ parsedLines.push(line("add", "+", rawLine.slice(1), { newLineNumber }));
+ newLineNumber++;
+ continue;
+ }
+ if (rawLine.startsWith("-")) {
+ parsedLines.push(line("remove", "-", rawLine.slice(1), { oldLineNumber }));
+ oldLineNumber++;
+ continue;
+ }
+ if (rawLine.startsWith(" ")) {
+ parsedLines.push(line("context", " ", rawLine.slice(1), { oldLineNumber, newLineNumber }));
+ oldLineNumber++;
+ newLineNumber++;
+ continue;
+ }
+ if (rawLine.startsWith("\\")) {
+ parsedLines.push(line("marker", "", rawLine));
+ continue;
+ }
+ }
+
+ oldLineNumber = undefined;
+ newLineNumber = undefined;
+ parsedLines.push(line("meta", "", rawLine));
+ }
+
+ return parsedLines;
+}
+
+function splitDiffLines(diff: string): string[] {
+ if (diff === "") return [];
+ const lines = diff.replace(/\r\n/g, "\n").replace(/\r/g, "\n").split("\n");
+ if (lines.at(-1) === "") lines.pop();
+ return lines;
+}
+
+function line(kind: UnifiedDiffLineKind, prefix: string, text: string, numbers: { oldLineNumber?: number; newLineNumber?: number } = {}): UnifiedDiffLine {
+ return {
+ kind,
+ prefix,
+ text,
+ spans: text === "" ? [] : [{ text, changed: false }],
+ ...numbers,
+ };
+}
+
+function applyInlineDiffs(lines: UnifiedDiffLine[]): void {
+ let index = 0;
+ while (index < lines.length) {
+ const current = lines[index];
+ if (current?.kind !== "remove") {
+ index++;
+ continue;
+ }
+
+ const removedStart = index;
+ while (lines[index]?.kind === "remove") index++;
+ const addedStart = index;
+ while (lines[index]?.kind === "add") index++;
+
+ if (addedStart === index) continue;
+ const removedLines = lines.slice(removedStart, addedStart);
+ const addedLines = lines.slice(addedStart, index);
+ applyInlineDiffBlock(removedLines, addedLines);
+ }
+}
+
+function applyInlineDiffBlock(removedLines: UnifiedDiffLine[], addedLines: UnifiedDiffLine[]): void {
+ if (removedLines.length + addedLines.length > maxInlineBlockLines) return;
+ for (const pair of pairChangedLines(removedLines, addedLines)) {
+ const inlineDiff = computeInlineDiff(pair.removed.text, pair.added.text);
+ if (inlineDiff === undefined) continue;
+ pair.removed.spans = inlineDiff.removed;
+ pair.added.spans = inlineDiff.added;
+ }
+}
+
+function pairChangedLines(removedLines: UnifiedDiffLine[], addedLines: UnifiedDiffLine[]): DiffLinePair[] {
+ if (removedLines.length === addedLines.length) return removedLines.map((removed, index) => ({ removed, added: addedLines[index] })).filter(isCompletePair);
+ if (removedLines.length === 1) return bestPairsForSingleRemovedLine(removedLines[0], addedLines);
+ if (addedLines.length === 1) return bestPairsForSingleAddedLine(removedLines, addedLines[0]);
+
+ const pairs: DiffLinePair[] = [];
+ const pairCount = Math.min(removedLines.length, addedLines.length);
+ for (let index = 0; index < pairCount; index++) {
+ const removed = removedLines[index];
+ const added = addedLines[index];
+ if (removed === undefined || added === undefined) continue;
+ if (lineSimilarity(removed.text, added.text) >= minPairSimilarity) pairs.push({ removed, added });
+ }
+ return pairs;
+}
+
+function isCompletePair(pair: { removed: UnifiedDiffLine; added: UnifiedDiffLine | undefined }): pair is DiffLinePair {
+ return pair.added !== undefined;
+}
+
+function bestPairsForSingleRemovedLine(removed: UnifiedDiffLine | undefined, addedLines: UnifiedDiffLine[]): DiffLinePair[] {
+ if (removed === undefined) return [];
+ const added = bestMatchingLine(removed.text, addedLines);
+ return added === undefined ? [] : [{ removed, added }];
+}
+
+function bestPairsForSingleAddedLine(removedLines: UnifiedDiffLine[], added: UnifiedDiffLine | undefined): DiffLinePair[] {
+ if (added === undefined) return [];
+ const removed = bestMatchingLine(added.text, removedLines);
+ return removed === undefined ? [] : [{ removed, added }];
+}
+
+function bestMatchingLine(text: string, candidates: UnifiedDiffLine[]): UnifiedDiffLine | undefined {
+ let bestCandidate: UnifiedDiffLine | undefined;
+ let bestScore = minPairSimilarity;
+ for (const candidate of candidates) {
+ const score = lineSimilarity(text, candidate.text);
+ if (score <= bestScore) continue;
+ bestCandidate = candidate;
+ bestScore = score;
+ }
+ return bestCandidate;
+}
+
+function computeInlineDiff(oldText: string, newText: string): InlineDiffResult | undefined {
+ if (oldText === newText) return undefined;
+ if (oldText.length > maxInlineLineLength || newText.length > maxInlineLineLength) return undefined;
+
+ const changes = diffChars(oldText, newText);
+ const similarity = similarityFromChanges(changes, oldText, newText);
+ if (Math.max(oldText.length, newText.length) >= 20 && similarity < minInlineSimilarity) return undefined;
+
+ const removed: UnifiedDiffTextSpan[] = [];
+ const added: UnifiedDiffTextSpan[] = [];
+ for (const change of changes) {
+ if (change.value === "") continue;
+ if (change.added) added.push({ text: change.value, changed: true });
+ else if (change.removed) removed.push({ text: change.value, changed: true });
+ else {
+ removed.push({ text: change.value, changed: false });
+ added.push({ text: change.value, changed: false });
+ }
+ }
+
+ if (!removed.some((span) => span.changed) && !added.some((span) => span.changed)) return undefined;
+ return { removed: mergeAdjacentSpans(removed), added: mergeAdjacentSpans(added) };
+}
+
+function lineSimilarity(oldText: string, newText: string): number {
+ if (oldText === newText) return 1;
+ if (oldText.length > maxInlineLineLength || newText.length > maxInlineLineLength) return 0;
+ return similarityFromChanges(diffChars(oldText, newText), oldText, newText);
+}
+
+function similarityFromChanges(changes: ReturnType, oldText: string, newText: string): number {
+ const maxLength = Math.max(oldText.length, newText.length);
+ if (maxLength === 0) return 1;
+ const unchangedLength = changes.reduce((total, change) => change.added || change.removed ? total : total + change.value.length, 0);
+ return unchangedLength / maxLength;
+}
+
+function mergeAdjacentSpans(spans: UnifiedDiffTextSpan[]): UnifiedDiffTextSpan[] {
+ const merged: UnifiedDiffTextSpan[] = [];
+ for (const span of spans) {
+ const previous = merged[merged.length - 1];
+ if (previous?.changed === span.changed) previous.text += span.text;
+ else merged.push({ ...span });
+ }
+ return merged;
+}
diff --git a/src/client/src/plugins/core/panels.ts b/src/client/src/plugins/core/panels.ts
index 8ba9ed8..0f0d2a3 100644
--- a/src/client/src/plugins/core/panels.ts
+++ b/src/client/src/plugins/core/panels.ts
@@ -146,11 +146,11 @@ function renderDiffViewer(context: WorkspacePanelContext): TemplateResult {
}
function renderDiffSection(diff: GitDiffResponse): TemplateResult {
- loadCodeViewer();
+ loadUnifiedDiffViewer();
return html`
`;
}
@@ -159,6 +159,10 @@ function loadCodeViewer(): void {
void import("../../components/CodeViewer");
}
+function loadUnifiedDiffViewer(): void {
+ void import("../../components/UnifiedDiffViewer");
+}
+
function loadTerminalPanel(): void {
void import("../../components/TerminalPanel");
}
diff --git a/src/server/sessions/piSessionService.test.ts b/src/server/sessions/piSessionService.test.ts
index 9de755f..4c54fde 100644
--- a/src/server/sessions/piSessionService.test.ts
+++ b/src/server/sessions/piSessionService.test.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+import { mkdtemp, rm, writeFile } from "node:fs/promises";
+import { tmpdir } from "node:os";
+import { join } from "node:path";
import { AuthStorage, ModelRegistry } from "@earendil-works/pi-coding-agent";
import { describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
import type { GlobalSessionEvent, SessionUiEvent } from "../../shared/apiTypes.js";
@@ -32,11 +35,12 @@ interface TestSession extends PiAgentSession {
getFollowUpMessages: () => readonly string[];
}
-function fakeSessionManager(cwd = "/workspace"): PiSessionManager {
+function fakeSessionManager(cwd = "/workspace", patch: Partial = {}): PiSessionManager {
return {
getCwd: () => cwd,
getBranch: () => [],
getLeafId: () => "leaf-1",
+ ...patch,
};
}
@@ -141,6 +145,16 @@ function sessionGateway(records: ReturnType[]): SessionGat
};
}
+function emptyArchiveStore(): NonNullable {
+ return {
+ list: () => Promise.resolve([]),
+ get: () => Promise.resolve(undefined),
+ archive: () => Promise.reject(new Error("archive should not be called")),
+ restore: () => Promise.resolve(),
+ isArchived: () => Promise.resolve(false),
+ };
+}
+
describe("PiSessionService", () => {
it("starts sessions through an injected runtime creator", async () => {
const hub = new CapturingSessionEventHub();
@@ -887,6 +901,668 @@ describe("PiSessionService", () => {
await service.dispose();
});
+ it("persists tracked child links in the parent and child sessions", async () => {
+ const parentPersisted: { customType: string; data?: unknown }[] = [];
+ const childPersisted: { customType: string; data?: unknown }[] = [];
+ const parent = fakeRuntime("parent-1", {
+ sessionFile: "/tmp/parent-1.jsonl",
+ sessionManager: fakeSessionManager("/workspace", {
+ appendCustomEntry: (customType, data) => {
+ parentPersisted.push({ customType, data });
+ return "parent-entry-1";
+ },
+ }),
+ });
+ const child = fakeRuntime("child-1", {
+ sessionFile: "/tmp/child-1.jsonl",
+ sessionManager: fakeSessionManager("/workspace-feature", {
+ appendCustomEntry: (customType, data) => {
+ childPersisted.push({ customType, data });
+ return "child-entry-1";
+ },
+ }),
+ });
+ const runtimes = [parent.runtime, child.runtime];
+ let index = 0;
+ const service = new PiSessionService(new CapturingSessionEventHub(), {
+ createAgentRuntime: () => {
+ const runtime = runtimes[index] ?? child.runtime;
+ index += 1;
+ return Promise.resolve(runtime);
+ },
+ sessionManager: sessionGateway([]),
+ archiveStore: emptyArchiveStore(),
+ spawnTargets: { resolveSpawnTarget: () => Promise.resolve({ allowed: true, cwd: "/workspace-feature" }) },
+ heartbeatIntervalMs: 60_000,
+ });
+
+ await service.start("/workspace");
+ await service.spawnSubsession({ spawningCwd: "/workspace", parentSessionId: "parent-1", parentSessionFile: "/tmp/parent-1.jsonl", prompt: "do the slice", cwd: "/workspace-feature" });
+
+ expect(parentPersisted).toEqual([
+ {
+ customType: "pi-web.subsession.link",
+ data: { version: 1, spawnedBySessionId: "parent-1", spawnedSessionId: "child-1", spawnedSessionFile: "/tmp/child-1.jsonl", cwd: "/workspace-feature" },
+ },
+ ]);
+ expect(childPersisted).toEqual([
+ {
+ customType: "pi-web.subsession.spawned",
+ data: { version: 1, spawnedBySessionId: "parent-1", spawnedSessionId: "child-1" },
+ },
+ ]);
+ await service.dispose();
+ });
+
+ it("hydrates persisted child links after a service restart so the parent can inspect them", async () => {
+ const tempDir = await mkdtemp(join(tmpdir(), "pi-web-subsession-"));
+ const parentFile = join(tempDir, "parent.jsonl");
+ const childFile = join(tempDir, "child.jsonl");
+ await writeFile(parentFile, `${JSON.stringify({ type: "session", version: 3, id: "parent-1", timestamp: "2026-01-01T00:00:00.000Z", cwd: "/workspace" })}\n`, "utf8");
+ await writeFile(childFile, `${JSON.stringify({ type: "session", version: 3, id: "child-1", timestamp: "2026-01-01T00:00:00.000Z", cwd: "/workspace-feature", parentSession: parentFile })}\n`, "utf8");
+
+ try {
+ const childManager = fakeSessionManager("/workspace-feature", {
+ getBranch: () => [{ type: "message", message: { role: "assistant", content: "finished" } }],
+ });
+ const parent = fakeRuntime("parent-1", {
+ sessionFile: parentFile,
+ sessionManager: fakeSessionManager("/workspace", {
+ getEntries: () => [{ type: "custom", customType: "pi-web.subsession.link", data: { version: 1, spawnedBySessionId: "parent-1", spawnedSessionId: "child-1", spawnedSessionFile: childFile, cwd: "/workspace-feature" } }],
+ }),
+ });
+ const child = fakeRuntime("child-1", { sessionFile: childFile, sessionManager: childManager });
+ const runtimes = [parent.runtime, child.runtime];
+ let index = 0;
+ const open = vi.fn(() => childManager);
+ const service = new PiSessionService(new CapturingSessionEventHub(), {
+ createAgentRuntime: () => {
+ const runtime = runtimes[index] ?? child.runtime;
+ index += 1;
+ return Promise.resolve(runtime);
+ },
+ sessionManager: { create: () => parent.session.sessionManager, list: () => Promise.resolve([]), listAll: () => Promise.resolve([]), open },
+ archiveStore: emptyArchiveStore(),
+ heartbeatIntervalMs: 60_000,
+ });
+
+ await service.start("/workspace");
+
+ await expect(service.checkSubsession("parent-1", "child-1")).resolves.toEqual({
+ sessionId: "child-1",
+ cwd: "/workspace-feature",
+ status: "idle",
+ finalText: "finished",
+ messageCount: 1,
+ });
+ expect(open).toHaveBeenCalledWith(childFile);
+ await service.dispose();
+ } finally {
+ await rm(tempDir, { recursive: true, force: true });
+ }
+ });
+
+ it("ignores stale persisted child links when the child no longer records the parent", async () => {
+ const tempDir = await mkdtemp(join(tmpdir(), "pi-web-subsession-stale-"));
+ const parentFile = join(tempDir, "parent.jsonl");
+ const childFile = join(tempDir, "child.jsonl");
+ await writeFile(parentFile, `${JSON.stringify({ type: "session", version: 3, id: "parent-1", timestamp: "2026-01-01T00:00:00.000Z", cwd: "/workspace" })}\n`, "utf8");
+ await writeFile(childFile, `${JSON.stringify({ type: "session", version: 3, id: "child-1", timestamp: "2026-01-01T00:00:00.000Z", cwd: "/workspace-feature" })}\n`, "utf8");
+
+ try {
+ const parent = fakeRuntime("parent-1", {
+ sessionFile: parentFile,
+ sessionManager: fakeSessionManager("/workspace", {
+ getEntries: () => [{ type: "custom", customType: "pi-web.subsession.link", data: { version: 1, spawnedBySessionId: "parent-1", spawnedSessionId: "child-1", spawnedSessionFile: childFile, cwd: "/workspace-feature" } }],
+ }),
+ });
+ const service = new PiSessionService(new CapturingSessionEventHub(), {
+ createAgentRuntime: runtimeCreator(parent.runtime),
+ sessionManager: { create: () => parent.session.sessionManager, list: () => Promise.resolve([]), listAll: () => Promise.resolve([]), open: () => fakeSessionManager() },
+ archiveStore: emptyArchiveStore(),
+ heartbeatIntervalMs: 60_000,
+ });
+
+ await service.start("/workspace");
+
+ await expect(service.listSubsessions("parent-1")).resolves.toEqual([]);
+ await service.dispose();
+ } finally {
+ await rm(tempDir, { recursive: true, force: true });
+ }
+ });
+
+ it("does not hydrate persisted links when the exact child file is unavailable", async () => {
+ const parentFile = "/sessions/parent-1.jsonl";
+ const parent = fakeRuntime("parent-1", {
+ sessionFile: parentFile,
+ sessionManager: fakeSessionManager("/workspace", {
+ getEntries: () => [{ type: "custom", customType: "pi-web.subsession.link", data: { version: 1, spawnedBySessionId: "parent-1", spawnedSessionId: "child-1", spawnedSessionFile: "/sessions/child-1.jsonl", cwd: "/workspace-feature" } }],
+ }),
+ });
+ const service = new PiSessionService(new CapturingSessionEventHub(), {
+ createAgentRuntime: runtimeCreator(parent.runtime),
+ sessionManager: { create: () => parent.session.sessionManager, list: () => Promise.resolve([]), listAll: () => Promise.resolve([]), open: () => fakeSessionManager() },
+ archiveStore: emptyArchiveStore(),
+ heartbeatIntervalMs: 60_000,
+ });
+
+ await service.start("/workspace");
+
+ await expect(service.listSubsessions("parent-1")).resolves.toEqual([]);
+ await service.dispose();
+ });
+
+ it("does not hydrate parent links without a child file", async () => {
+ const parentFile = "/sessions/parent-1.jsonl";
+ const parent = fakeRuntime("parent-1", {
+ sessionFile: parentFile,
+ sessionManager: fakeSessionManager("/workspace", {
+ getEntries: () => [{ type: "custom", customType: "pi-web.subsession.link", data: { version: 1, spawnedBySessionId: "parent-1", spawnedSessionId: "child", cwd: "/workspace-feature" } }],
+ }),
+ });
+ const service = new PiSessionService(new CapturingSessionEventHub(), {
+ createAgentRuntime: runtimeCreator(parent.runtime),
+ sessionManager: { create: () => parent.session.sessionManager, list: () => Promise.resolve([]), listAll: () => Promise.resolve([]), open: () => fakeSessionManager() },
+ archiveStore: emptyArchiveStore(),
+ heartbeatIntervalMs: 60_000,
+ });
+
+ await service.start("/workspace");
+
+ await expect(service.listSubsessions("parent-1")).resolves.toEqual([]);
+ await service.dispose();
+ });
+
+ it("does not invent subsession links from existing child session headers", async () => {
+ const parentFile = "/sessions/parent-1.jsonl";
+ const childRecord = { ...sessionRecord("child-1", "/workspace-feature"), path: "/sessions/child-1.jsonl", parentSessionPath: parentFile };
+ const parent = fakeRuntime("parent-1", {
+ sessionFile: parentFile,
+ sessionManager: fakeSessionManager("/workspace", { getEntries: () => [] }),
+ });
+ const service = new PiSessionService(new CapturingSessionEventHub(), {
+ createAgentRuntime: runtimeCreator(parent.runtime),
+ sessionManager: { create: () => parent.session.sessionManager, list: () => Promise.resolve([]), listAll: () => Promise.resolve([childRecord]), open: () => fakeSessionManager() },
+ archiveStore: emptyArchiveStore(),
+ heartbeatIntervalMs: 60_000,
+ });
+
+ await service.start("/workspace");
+
+ await expect(service.listSubsessions("parent-1")).resolves.toEqual([]);
+ await service.dispose();
+ });
+
+ it("does not hydrate copied parent links when the opened parent has a different id", async () => {
+ const forkedParent = fakeRuntime("parent-fork-1", {
+ sessionFile: "/sessions/parent-fork-1.jsonl",
+ sessionManager: fakeSessionManager("/workspace", {
+ getEntries: () => [{ type: "custom", customType: "pi-web.subsession.link", data: { version: 1, spawnedBySessionId: "parent-1", spawnedSessionId: "child-1", spawnedSessionFile: "/sessions/child-1.jsonl", cwd: "/workspace-feature" } }],
+ }),
+ });
+ const service = new PiSessionService(new CapturingSessionEventHub(), {
+ createAgentRuntime: runtimeCreator(forkedParent.runtime),
+ sessionManager: { create: () => forkedParent.session.sessionManager, list: () => Promise.resolve([]), listAll: () => Promise.resolve([]), open: () => fakeSessionManager() },
+ archiveStore: emptyArchiveStore(),
+ heartbeatIntervalMs: 60_000,
+ });
+
+ await service.start("/workspace");
+
+ await expect(service.listSubsessions("parent-fork-1")).resolves.toEqual([]);
+ await service.dispose();
+ });
+
+ it("relinks a spawned child when the child session is opened after restart", async () => {
+ const tempDir = await mkdtemp(join(tmpdir(), "pi-web-subsession-open-child-"));
+ const parentFile = join(tempDir, "parent.jsonl");
+ const childFile = join(tempDir, "child.jsonl");
+ await writeFile(parentFile, `${JSON.stringify({ type: "session", version: 3, id: "parent-1", timestamp: "2026-01-01T00:00:00.000Z", cwd: "/workspace" })}\n`, "utf8");
+ await writeFile(childFile, `${JSON.stringify({ type: "session", version: 3, id: "child-1", timestamp: "2026-01-01T00:00:00.000Z", cwd: "/workspace-feature", parentSession: parentFile })}\n`, "utf8");
+
+ try {
+ const childManager = fakeSessionManager("/workspace-feature", {
+ getHeader: () => ({ parentSession: parentFile }),
+ getEntries: () => [{ type: "custom", customType: "pi-web.subsession.spawned", data: { version: 1, spawnedBySessionId: "parent-1", spawnedSessionId: "child-1" } }],
+ });
+ const parentManager = fakeSessionManager("/workspace", {
+ getEntries: () => [{ type: "custom", customType: "pi-web.subsession.link", data: { version: 1, spawnedBySessionId: "parent-1", spawnedSessionId: "child-1", spawnedSessionFile: childFile, cwd: "/workspace-feature" } }],
+ });
+ const child = fakeRuntime("child-1", { sessionFile: childFile, sessionManager: childManager });
+ const parent = fakeRuntime("parent-1", { sessionFile: parentFile, sessionManager: parentManager });
+ const runtimes = [child.runtime, parent.runtime];
+ let index = 0;
+ const open = vi.fn((path: string) => path === parentFile ? parentManager : childManager);
+ const service = new PiSessionService(new CapturingSessionEventHub(), {
+ createAgentRuntime: () => {
+ const runtime = runtimes[index] ?? parent.runtime;
+ index += 1;
+ return Promise.resolve(runtime);
+ },
+ sessionManager: {
+ create: () => childManager,
+ list: () => Promise.resolve([{ ...sessionRecord("child-1", "/workspace-feature"), path: childFile, parentSessionPath: parentFile }]),
+ listAll: () => Promise.resolve([]),
+ open,
+ },
+ archiveStore: emptyArchiveStore(),
+ heartbeatIntervalMs: 60_000,
+ });
+
+ await service.status(sessionRef("child-1", "/workspace-feature"));
+ child.session.isStreaming = true;
+ child.emit({ type: "agent_start" });
+ child.session.isStreaming = false;
+ child.emit({ type: "agent_end" });
+ await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 20));
+
+ expect(parent.calls.sendCustomMessage).toHaveLength(1);
+ expect(parent.calls.sendCustomMessage[0]?.message.content).toContain("Subsession child-1 stopped working");
+ expect(open).toHaveBeenCalledWith(parentFile);
+ await service.dispose();
+ } finally {
+ await rm(tempDir, { recursive: true, force: true });
+ }
+ });
+
+ it("notifies the validated parent file instead of an active prefix-matched parent id", async () => {
+ const tempDir = await mkdtemp(join(tmpdir(), "pi-web-subsession-prefix-parent-"));
+ const parentFile = join(tempDir, "parent.jsonl");
+ const forkParentFile = join(tempDir, "parent-fork.jsonl");
+ const childFile = join(tempDir, "child.jsonl");
+ await writeFile(parentFile, `${JSON.stringify({ type: "session", version: 3, id: "parent-1", timestamp: "2026-01-01T00:00:00.000Z", cwd: "/workspace" })}\n`, "utf8");
+ await writeFile(forkParentFile, `${JSON.stringify({ type: "session", version: 3, id: "parent-1-fork", timestamp: "2026-01-01T00:00:00.000Z", cwd: "/workspace" })}\n`, "utf8");
+ await writeFile(childFile, `${JSON.stringify({ type: "session", version: 3, id: "child-1", timestamp: "2026-01-01T00:00:00.000Z", cwd: "/workspace-feature", parentSession: parentFile })}\n`, "utf8");
+
+ try {
+ const childManager = fakeSessionManager("/workspace-feature", {
+ getHeader: () => ({ parentSession: parentFile }),
+ getEntries: () => [{ type: "custom", customType: "pi-web.subsession.spawned", data: { version: 1, spawnedBySessionId: "parent-1", spawnedSessionId: "child-1" } }],
+ });
+ const parentManager = fakeSessionManager("/workspace", {
+ getEntries: () => [{ type: "custom", customType: "pi-web.subsession.link", data: { version: 1, spawnedBySessionId: "parent-1", spawnedSessionId: "child-1", spawnedSessionFile: childFile, cwd: "/workspace-feature" } }],
+ });
+ const forkManager = fakeSessionManager("/workspace");
+ const fork = fakeRuntime("parent-1-fork", { sessionFile: forkParentFile, sessionManager: forkManager });
+ const child = fakeRuntime("child-1", { sessionFile: childFile, sessionManager: childManager });
+ const parent = fakeRuntime("parent-1", { sessionFile: parentFile, sessionManager: parentManager });
+ const runtimes = [fork.runtime, child.runtime, parent.runtime];
+ let index = 0;
+ const open = vi.fn((path: string) => {
+ if (path === parentFile) return parentManager;
+ if (path === forkParentFile) return forkManager;
+ return childManager;
+ });
+ const service = new PiSessionService(new CapturingSessionEventHub(), {
+ createAgentRuntime: () => {
+ const runtime = runtimes[index] ?? parent.runtime;
+ index += 1;
+ return Promise.resolve(runtime);
+ },
+ sessionManager: {
+ create: () => forkManager,
+ list: (cwd: string) => Promise.resolve(cwd === "/workspace"
+ ? [{ ...sessionRecord("parent-1-fork", "/workspace"), path: forkParentFile }]
+ : [{ ...sessionRecord("child-1", "/workspace-feature"), path: childFile, parentSessionPath: parentFile }]),
+ listAll: () => Promise.resolve([]),
+ open,
+ },
+ archiveStore: emptyArchiveStore(),
+ heartbeatIntervalMs: 60_000,
+ });
+
+ await service.status(sessionRef("parent-1-fork", "/workspace"));
+ await service.status(sessionRef("child-1", "/workspace-feature"));
+ child.session.isStreaming = true;
+ child.emit({ type: "agent_start" });
+ child.session.isStreaming = false;
+ child.emit({ type: "agent_end" });
+ await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 20));
+
+ expect(fork.calls.sendCustomMessage).toHaveLength(0);
+ expect(parent.calls.sendCustomMessage).toHaveLength(1);
+ expect(open).toHaveBeenCalledWith(parentFile);
+ await service.dispose();
+ } finally {
+ await rm(tempDir, { recursive: true, force: true });
+ }
+ });
+
+ it("does not relink a copied child with the original session id unless the parent link names the current child file", async () => {
+ const tempDir = await mkdtemp(join(tmpdir(), "pi-web-subsession-copied-child-"));
+ const parentFile = join(tempDir, "parent.jsonl");
+ const originalChildFile = join(tempDir, "original-child.jsonl");
+ const copiedChildFile = join(tempDir, "copied-child.jsonl");
+ await writeFile(parentFile, `${JSON.stringify({ type: "session", version: 3, id: "parent-1", timestamp: "2026-01-01T00:00:00.000Z", cwd: "/workspace" })}\n`, "utf8");
+ await writeFile(originalChildFile, `${JSON.stringify({ type: "session", version: 3, id: "child-1", timestamp: "2026-01-01T00:00:00.000Z", cwd: "/workspace-feature", parentSession: parentFile })}\n`, "utf8");
+ await writeFile(copiedChildFile, `${JSON.stringify({ type: "session", version: 3, id: "child-1", timestamp: "2026-01-01T00:00:00.000Z", cwd: "/workspace-feature", parentSession: parentFile })}\n`, "utf8");
+
+ try {
+ const childManager = fakeSessionManager("/workspace-feature", {
+ getHeader: () => ({ parentSession: parentFile }),
+ getEntries: () => [{ type: "custom", customType: "pi-web.subsession.spawned", data: { version: 1, spawnedBySessionId: "parent-1", spawnedSessionId: "child-1" } }],
+ });
+ const parentManager = fakeSessionManager("/workspace", {
+ getEntries: () => [{ type: "custom", customType: "pi-web.subsession.link", data: { version: 1, spawnedBySessionId: "parent-1", spawnedSessionId: "child-1", spawnedSessionFile: originalChildFile, cwd: "/workspace-feature" } }],
+ });
+ const child = fakeRuntime("child-1", { sessionFile: copiedChildFile, sessionManager: childManager });
+ const parent = fakeRuntime("parent-1", { sessionFile: parentFile, sessionManager: parentManager });
+ const runtimes = [child.runtime, parent.runtime];
+ let index = 0;
+ const open = vi.fn((path: string) => path === parentFile ? parentManager : childManager);
+ const service = new PiSessionService(new CapturingSessionEventHub(), {
+ createAgentRuntime: () => {
+ const runtime = runtimes[index] ?? parent.runtime;
+ index += 1;
+ return Promise.resolve(runtime);
+ },
+ sessionManager: {
+ create: () => childManager,
+ list: () => Promise.resolve([{ ...sessionRecord("child-1", "/workspace-feature"), path: copiedChildFile, parentSessionPath: parentFile }]),
+ listAll: () => Promise.resolve([]),
+ open,
+ },
+ archiveStore: emptyArchiveStore(),
+ heartbeatIntervalMs: 60_000,
+ });
+
+ await service.status(sessionRef("child-1", "/workspace-feature"));
+ child.session.isStreaming = true;
+ child.emit({ type: "agent_start" });
+ child.session.isStreaming = false;
+ child.emit({ type: "agent_end" });
+ await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 20));
+
+ expect(parent.calls.sendCustomMessage).toHaveLength(0);
+ await service.dispose();
+ } finally {
+ await rm(tempDir, { recursive: true, force: true });
+ }
+ });
+
+ it("uses the verified child file instead of an active copied child with the same id", async () => {
+ const tempDir = await mkdtemp(join(tmpdir(), "pi-web-subsession-active-copy-child-"));
+ const parentFile = join(tempDir, "parent.jsonl");
+ const originalChildFile = join(tempDir, "original-child.jsonl");
+ const copiedChildFile = join(tempDir, "copied-child.jsonl");
+ await writeFile(parentFile, `${JSON.stringify({ type: "session", version: 3, id: "parent-1", timestamp: "2026-01-01T00:00:00.000Z", cwd: "/workspace" })}\n`, "utf8");
+ await writeFile(originalChildFile, `${JSON.stringify({ type: "session", version: 3, id: "child-1", timestamp: "2026-01-01T00:00:00.000Z", cwd: "/workspace-feature", parentSession: parentFile })}\n`, "utf8");
+ await writeFile(copiedChildFile, `${JSON.stringify({ type: "session", version: 3, id: "child-1", timestamp: "2026-01-01T00:00:00.000Z", cwd: "/workspace-feature", parentSession: parentFile })}\n`, "utf8");
+
+ try {
+ const copiedManager = fakeSessionManager("/workspace-feature", {
+ getBranch: () => [{ type: "message", message: { role: "assistant", content: "copied child result" } }],
+ });
+ const originalManager = fakeSessionManager("/workspace-feature", {
+ getBranch: () => [{ type: "message", message: { role: "assistant", content: "original child result" } }],
+ });
+ const parentManager = fakeSessionManager("/workspace", {
+ getEntries: () => [{ type: "custom", customType: "pi-web.subsession.link", data: { version: 1, spawnedBySessionId: "parent-1", spawnedSessionId: "child-1", spawnedSessionFile: originalChildFile, cwd: "/workspace-feature" } }],
+ });
+ const copiedChild = fakeRuntime("child-1", { sessionFile: copiedChildFile, sessionManager: copiedManager, isStreaming: true });
+ const originalChild = fakeRuntime("child-1", { sessionFile: originalChildFile, sessionManager: originalManager });
+ const parent = fakeRuntime("parent-1", { sessionFile: parentFile, sessionManager: parentManager });
+ const createAgentRuntime: RuntimeCreator = (_createRuntime, options) => {
+ if (options.sessionManager === copiedManager) return Promise.resolve(copiedChild.runtime);
+ if (options.sessionManager === originalManager) return Promise.resolve(originalChild.runtime);
+ if (options.sessionManager === parentManager) return Promise.resolve(parent.runtime);
+ throw new Error("unexpected session manager");
+ };
+ const open = vi.fn((path: string) => {
+ if (path === copiedChildFile) return copiedManager;
+ if (path === originalChildFile) return originalManager;
+ if (path === parentFile) return parentManager;
+ throw new Error(`unexpected open path ${path}`);
+ });
+ const service = new PiSessionService(new CapturingSessionEventHub(), {
+ createAgentRuntime,
+ sessionManager: {
+ create: () => parentManager,
+ list: (cwd: string) => Promise.resolve(cwd === "/workspace-feature" ? [{ ...sessionRecord("child-1", "/workspace-feature"), path: copiedChildFile, parentSessionPath: parentFile }] : []),
+ listAll: () => Promise.resolve([]),
+ open,
+ },
+ archiveStore: emptyArchiveStore(),
+ heartbeatIntervalMs: 60_000,
+ });
+
+ await service.status(sessionRef("child-1", "/workspace-feature"));
+ await service.start("/workspace");
+
+ await expect(service.listSubsessions("parent-1", parentFile)).resolves.toEqual([
+ { sessionId: "child-1", cwd: "/workspace-feature", status: "idle" },
+ ]);
+
+ copiedChild.session.isStreaming = true;
+ copiedChild.emit({ type: "agent_start" });
+ copiedChild.session.isStreaming = false;
+ copiedChild.emit({ type: "agent_end" });
+ await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 20));
+ expect(parent.calls.sendCustomMessage).toHaveLength(0);
+
+ await expect(service.checkSubsession("parent-1", "child-1", parentFile)).resolves.toMatchObject({
+ sessionId: "child-1",
+ cwd: "/workspace-feature",
+ status: "idle",
+ finalText: "original child result",
+ messageCount: 1,
+ });
+ const read = await service.readSubsession("parent-1", "child-1", { roles: ["assistant"] }, parentFile);
+ expect(read.entries[0]?.parts[0]).toMatchObject({ kind: "text", text: "original child result" });
+ expect(open).toHaveBeenCalledWith(originalChildFile);
+ await service.dispose();
+ } finally {
+ await rm(tempDir, { recursive: true, force: true });
+ }
+ });
+
+ it("uses the verified parent file instead of an active copied parent with the same id", async () => {
+ const tempDir = await mkdtemp(join(tmpdir(), "pi-web-subsession-active-copy-parent-"));
+ const parentFile = join(tempDir, "parent.jsonl");
+ const copiedParentFile = join(tempDir, "copied-parent.jsonl");
+ const childFile = join(tempDir, "child.jsonl");
+ await writeFile(parentFile, `${JSON.stringify({ type: "session", version: 3, id: "parent-1", timestamp: "2026-01-01T00:00:00.000Z", cwd: "/workspace" })}\n`, "utf8");
+ await writeFile(copiedParentFile, `${JSON.stringify({ type: "session", version: 3, id: "parent-1", timestamp: "2026-01-01T00:00:00.000Z", cwd: "/workspace" })}\n`, "utf8");
+ await writeFile(childFile, `${JSON.stringify({ type: "session", version: 3, id: "child-1", timestamp: "2026-01-01T00:00:00.000Z", cwd: "/workspace-feature", parentSession: parentFile })}\n`, "utf8");
+
+ try {
+ const childManager = fakeSessionManager("/workspace-feature", {
+ getEntries: () => [{ type: "custom", customType: "pi-web.subsession.spawned", data: { version: 1, spawnedBySessionId: "parent-1", spawnedSessionId: "child-1" } }],
+ getBranch: () => [{ type: "message", message: { role: "assistant", content: "child result" } }],
+ });
+ const parentManager = fakeSessionManager("/workspace", {
+ getEntries: () => [{ type: "custom", customType: "pi-web.subsession.link", data: { version: 1, spawnedBySessionId: "parent-1", spawnedSessionId: "child-1", spawnedSessionFile: childFile, cwd: "/workspace-feature" } }],
+ });
+ const copiedParentManager = fakeSessionManager("/workspace", { getEntries: () => [] });
+ const child = fakeRuntime("child-1", { sessionFile: childFile, sessionManager: childManager });
+ const parent = fakeRuntime("parent-1", { sessionFile: parentFile, sessionManager: parentManager });
+ const copiedParent = fakeRuntime("parent-1", { sessionFile: copiedParentFile, sessionManager: copiedParentManager });
+ const createAgentRuntime: RuntimeCreator = (_createRuntime, options) => {
+ if (options.sessionManager === childManager) return Promise.resolve(child.runtime);
+ if (options.sessionManager === parentManager) return Promise.resolve(parent.runtime);
+ if (options.sessionManager === copiedParentManager) return Promise.resolve(copiedParent.runtime);
+ throw new Error("unexpected session manager");
+ };
+ const open = vi.fn((path: string) => {
+ if (path === childFile) return childManager;
+ if (path === parentFile) return parentManager;
+ if (path === copiedParentFile) return copiedParentManager;
+ throw new Error(`unexpected open path ${path}`);
+ });
+ const service = new PiSessionService(new CapturingSessionEventHub(), {
+ createAgentRuntime,
+ sessionManager: {
+ create: () => copiedParentManager,
+ list: (cwd: string) => Promise.resolve(cwd === "/workspace"
+ ? [{ ...sessionRecord("parent-1", "/workspace"), path: copiedParentFile }]
+ : [{ ...sessionRecord("child-1", "/workspace-feature"), path: childFile, parentSessionPath: parentFile }]),
+ listAll: () => Promise.resolve([]),
+ open,
+ },
+ archiveStore: emptyArchiveStore(),
+ heartbeatIntervalMs: 60_000,
+ });
+
+ await service.status(sessionRef("child-1", "/workspace-feature"));
+ await service.status(sessionRef("parent-1", "/workspace"));
+
+ await expect(service.listSubsessions("parent-1", copiedParentFile)).resolves.toEqual([]);
+ await expect(service.checkSubsession("parent-1", "child-1", copiedParentFile)).rejects.toThrow("not one of your subsessions");
+ await expect(service.readSubsession("parent-1", "child-1", {}, copiedParentFile)).rejects.toThrow("not one of your subsessions");
+
+ child.session.isStreaming = true;
+ child.emit({ type: "agent_start" });
+ child.session.isStreaming = false;
+ child.emit({ type: "agent_end" });
+ await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 20));
+
+ expect(copiedParent.calls.sendCustomMessage).toHaveLength(0);
+ expect(parent.calls.sendCustomMessage).toHaveLength(1);
+ expect(parent.calls.sendCustomMessage[0]?.message.content).toContain("Subsession child-1 stopped working");
+ expect(open).toHaveBeenCalledWith(parentFile);
+ await service.dispose();
+ } finally {
+ await rm(tempDir, { recursive: true, force: true });
+ }
+ });
+
+ it("does not relink a child marker when the current child file header no longer records the parent", async () => {
+ const tempDir = await mkdtemp(join(tmpdir(), "pi-web-subsession-stale-child-header-"));
+ const parentFile = join(tempDir, "parent.jsonl");
+ const childFile = join(tempDir, "child.jsonl");
+ await writeFile(parentFile, `${JSON.stringify({ type: "session", version: 3, id: "parent-1", timestamp: "2026-01-01T00:00:00.000Z", cwd: "/workspace" })}\n`, "utf8");
+ await writeFile(childFile, `${JSON.stringify({ type: "session", version: 3, id: "child-1", timestamp: "2026-01-01T00:00:00.000Z", cwd: "/workspace-feature" })}\n`, "utf8");
+
+ try {
+ const childManager = fakeSessionManager("/workspace-feature", {
+ getHeader: () => ({ parentSession: parentFile }),
+ getEntries: () => [{ type: "custom", customType: "pi-web.subsession.spawned", data: { version: 1, spawnedBySessionId: "parent-1", spawnedSessionId: "child-1" } }],
+ });
+ const parentManager = fakeSessionManager("/workspace", {
+ getEntries: () => [{ type: "custom", customType: "pi-web.subsession.link", data: { version: 1, spawnedBySessionId: "parent-1", spawnedSessionId: "child-1", spawnedSessionFile: childFile, cwd: "/workspace-feature" } }],
+ });
+ const child = fakeRuntime("child-1", { sessionFile: childFile, sessionManager: childManager });
+ const parent = fakeRuntime("parent-1", { sessionFile: parentFile, sessionManager: parentManager });
+ const runtimes = [child.runtime, parent.runtime];
+ let index = 0;
+ const open = vi.fn((path: string) => path === parentFile ? parentManager : childManager);
+ const service = new PiSessionService(new CapturingSessionEventHub(), {
+ createAgentRuntime: () => {
+ const runtime = runtimes[index] ?? parent.runtime;
+ index += 1;
+ return Promise.resolve(runtime);
+ },
+ sessionManager: {
+ create: () => childManager,
+ list: () => Promise.resolve([{ ...sessionRecord("child-1", "/workspace-feature"), path: childFile, parentSessionPath: parentFile }]),
+ listAll: () => Promise.resolve([]),
+ open,
+ },
+ archiveStore: {
+ ...emptyArchiveStore(),
+ get: (sessionId) => Promise.resolve(sessionId === "child-1" ? { sessionId: "child-1", cwd: "/workspace-feature", archivedAt: "2026-01-01T00:00:00.000Z", parentSessionPath: parentFile } : undefined),
+ },
+ heartbeatIntervalMs: 60_000,
+ });
+
+ await service.status(sessionRef("child-1", "/workspace-feature"));
+ child.session.isStreaming = true;
+ child.emit({ type: "agent_start" });
+ child.session.isStreaming = false;
+ child.emit({ type: "agent_end" });
+ await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 20));
+
+ expect(parent.calls.sendCustomMessage).toHaveLength(0);
+ expect(open).not.toHaveBeenCalledWith(parentFile);
+ await service.dispose();
+ } finally {
+ await rm(tempDir, { recursive: true, force: true });
+ }
+ });
+
+ it("does not relink a child marker when the child header points at a different parent id", async () => {
+ const tempDir = await mkdtemp(join(tmpdir(), "pi-web-subsession-wrong-parent-"));
+ const mismatchedParentFile = join(tempDir, "other-parent.jsonl");
+ const actualParentFile = join(tempDir, "parent.jsonl");
+ const childFile = join(tempDir, "child.jsonl");
+ await writeFile(mismatchedParentFile, `${JSON.stringify({ type: "session", version: 3, id: "other-parent", timestamp: "2026-01-01T00:00:00.000Z", cwd: "/workspace" })}\n`, "utf8");
+ await writeFile(childFile, `${JSON.stringify({ type: "session", version: 3, id: "child-1", timestamp: "2026-01-01T00:00:00.000Z", cwd: "/workspace-feature", parentSession: mismatchedParentFile })}\n`, "utf8");
+
+ try {
+ const childManager = fakeSessionManager("/workspace-feature", {
+ getHeader: () => ({ parentSession: mismatchedParentFile }),
+ getEntries: () => [{ type: "custom", customType: "pi-web.subsession.spawned", data: { version: 1, spawnedBySessionId: "parent-1", spawnedSessionId: "child-1" } }],
+ });
+ const parent = fakeRuntime("parent-1", { sessionFile: actualParentFile, sessionManager: fakeSessionManager("/workspace") });
+ const child = fakeRuntime("child-1", { sessionFile: childFile, sessionManager: childManager });
+ const runtimes = [child.runtime, parent.runtime];
+ let index = 0;
+ const open = vi.fn((path: string) => path === actualParentFile ? parent.session.sessionManager : childManager);
+ const service = new PiSessionService(new CapturingSessionEventHub(), {
+ createAgentRuntime: () => {
+ const runtime = runtimes[index] ?? parent.runtime;
+ index += 1;
+ return Promise.resolve(runtime);
+ },
+ sessionManager: {
+ create: () => childManager,
+ list: () => Promise.resolve([{ ...sessionRecord("child-1", "/workspace-feature"), path: childFile, parentSessionPath: mismatchedParentFile }]),
+ listAll: () => Promise.resolve([{ ...sessionRecord("parent-1", "/workspace"), path: actualParentFile }]),
+ open,
+ },
+ archiveStore: emptyArchiveStore(),
+ heartbeatIntervalMs: 60_000,
+ });
+
+ await service.status(sessionRef("child-1", "/workspace-feature"));
+ child.session.isStreaming = true;
+ child.emit({ type: "agent_start" });
+ child.session.isStreaming = false;
+ child.emit({ type: "agent_end" });
+ await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 20));
+
+ expect(parent.calls.sendCustomMessage).toHaveLength(0);
+ expect(open).not.toHaveBeenCalledWith(actualParentFile);
+ await service.dispose();
+ } finally {
+ await rm(tempDir, { recursive: true, force: true });
+ }
+ });
+
+ it("does not relink copied child markers when the opened child has a different id", async () => {
+ const parentFile = "/sessions/parent-1.jsonl";
+ const childFile = "/sessions/child-fork-1.jsonl";
+ const childManager = fakeSessionManager("/workspace-feature", {
+ getHeader: () => ({ parentSession: parentFile }),
+ getEntries: () => [{ type: "custom", customType: "pi-web.subsession.spawned", data: { version: 1, spawnedBySessionId: "parent-1", spawnedSessionId: "child-1" } }],
+ });
+ const child = fakeRuntime("child-fork-1", { sessionFile: childFile, sessionManager: childManager });
+ const open = vi.fn(() => childManager);
+ const service = new PiSessionService(new CapturingSessionEventHub(), {
+ createAgentRuntime: runtimeCreator(child.runtime),
+ sessionManager: {
+ create: () => childManager,
+ list: () => Promise.resolve([{ ...sessionRecord("child-fork-1", "/workspace-feature"), path: childFile, parentSessionPath: parentFile }]),
+ listAll: () => Promise.resolve([]),
+ open,
+ },
+ archiveStore: emptyArchiveStore(),
+ heartbeatIntervalMs: 60_000,
+ });
+
+ await service.status(sessionRef("child-fork-1", "/workspace-feature"));
+ child.session.isStreaming = true;
+ child.emit({ type: "agent_start" });
+ child.session.isStreaming = false;
+ child.emit({ type: "agent_end" });
+ await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 20));
+
+ expect(open).not.toHaveBeenCalledWith(parentFile);
+ await expect(service.listSubsessions("parent-1")).resolves.toEqual([]);
+ await service.dispose();
+ });
+
it("notifies the parent once when the tracked child stops working", async () => {
const { parent, child, service } = subsessionService({ allowed: true, cwd: "/workspace-feature" });
await service.start("/workspace");
@@ -947,7 +1623,7 @@ describe("PiSessionService", () => {
await service.dispose();
});
- it("reports an archived child's status in the subsession list", async () => {
+ it("reports a missing tracked child file as unknown in the subsession list", async () => {
const { service } = subsessionService({ allowed: true, cwd: "/workspace-feature" });
await service.start("/workspace");
await service.spawnSubsession({ spawningCwd: "/workspace", parentSessionId: "parent-1", parentSessionFile: "/tmp/parent-1.jsonl", prompt: "go", cwd: "/workspace-feature" });
@@ -955,7 +1631,7 @@ describe("PiSessionService", () => {
await service.archive("child-1");
await expect(service.listSubsessions("parent-1")).resolves.toEqual([
- { sessionId: "child-1", cwd: "/workspace-feature", status: "archived" },
+ { sessionId: "child-1", cwd: "/workspace-feature", status: "unknown" },
]);
await service.dispose();
});
diff --git a/src/server/sessions/piSessionService.ts b/src/server/sessions/piSessionService.ts
index 3562925..35047b9 100644
--- a/src/server/sessions/piSessionService.ts
+++ b/src/server/sessions/piSessionService.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { readFile, writeFile } from "node:fs/promises";
+import { open, readFile, writeFile } from "node:fs/promises";
import type { Api, ImageContent, Model } from "@earendil-works/pi-ai";
import {
AuthStorage,
@@ -81,6 +81,26 @@ interface QueuedPrompt {
echoUserMessage?: boolean;
}
+interface TrackedSubsessionLink {
+ parentSessionId: string;
+ childSessionId: string;
+ childSessionFile?: string;
+ parentSessionFile?: string;
+ cwd?: string;
+}
+
+interface PersistedParentSubsessionLink {
+ spawnedBySessionId: string;
+ spawnedSessionId: string;
+ spawnedSessionFile?: string;
+ cwd?: string;
+}
+
+interface PersistedChildSubsessionLink {
+ spawnedBySessionId: string;
+ spawnedSessionId: string;
+}
+
function requirePromptText(value: unknown): string {
if (typeof value !== "string") throw new Error("Prompt text is required");
return value;
@@ -123,8 +143,10 @@ type ModelRegistryInstance = ReturnType;
export interface PiSessionManager {
getCwd(): string;
getBranch(): unknown[];
+ getEntries?(): readonly unknown[];
getLeafId(): string | null;
getHeader?(): { parentSession?: string } | null | undefined;
+ appendCustomEntry?(customType: string, data?: unknown): string;
}
export interface PiSessionManagerGateway {
@@ -290,6 +312,10 @@ export class PiSessionService {
private readonly subsessionParents = new Map();
/** Parent session id -> the set of tracked subsession ids it spawned. */
private readonly subsessionChildren = new Map>();
+ /** Tracked subsession id -> persisted recovery details for the child. */
+ private readonly subsessionLinks = new Map();
+ /** Parent id/file identities whose persisted links have already been loaded. */
+ private readonly subsessionHydratedParents = new Set();
/**
* Tracked subsession id -> whether a completion notification is armed.
* Armed when the child starts working; firing on completion disarms it so a
@@ -322,9 +348,9 @@ export class PiSessionService {
this.spawnTargets === undefined ? undefined : (input) => this.spawnSession(input),
!subsessionsActive ? undefined : {
spawn: (input) => this.spawnSubsession(input),
- list: (parentSessionId) => this.listSubsessions(parentSessionId),
- check: (parentSessionId, sessionId) => this.checkSubsession(parentSessionId, sessionId),
- read: (parentSessionId, sessionId, query) => this.readSubsession(parentSessionId, sessionId, query),
+ list: (parentSessionId, parentSessionFile) => this.listSubsessions(parentSessionId, parentSessionFile),
+ check: (parentSessionId, sessionId, parentSessionFile) => this.checkSubsession(parentSessionId, sessionId, parentSessionFile),
+ read: (parentSessionId, sessionId, query, parentSessionFile) => this.readSubsession(parentSessionId, sessionId, query, parentSessionFile),
},
);
this.createAgentRuntime = deps.createAgentRuntime ?? defaultCreateAgentRuntime;
@@ -362,6 +388,8 @@ export class PiSessionService {
this.authLossWarnings.clear();
this.subsessionParents.clear();
this.subsessionChildren.clear();
+ this.subsessionLinks.clear();
+ this.subsessionHydratedParents.clear();
this.subsessionNotifyArmed.clear();
await Promise.all(activeSessions.map(async (active) => {
active.unsubscribe();
@@ -439,7 +467,17 @@ export class PiSessionService {
const decision = await this.spawnTargets.resolveSpawnTarget(input.spawningCwd, input.cwd);
if (!decision.allowed) throw spawnTargetError(decision);
const created = await this.start(decision.cwd, input.parentSessionFile);
- this.registerSubsession(input.parentSessionId, created.id);
+ const parentSessionFile = nonEmptyString(input.parentSessionFile);
+ const link: TrackedSubsessionLink = {
+ parentSessionId: input.parentSessionId,
+ childSessionId: created.id,
+ ...(created.path === "" ? {} : { childSessionFile: created.path }),
+ ...(parentSessionFile === undefined ? {} : { parentSessionFile }),
+ cwd: decision.cwd,
+ };
+ this.registerVerifiedSubsession(link);
+ this.persistSubsessionLink(link);
+ this.persistSubsessionChildMarker(input.parentSessionId, created.id);
await this.prompt(created.id, input.prompt);
this.logger.info(
{ parentSessionId: input.parentSessionId, sessionId: created.id, cwd: decision.cwd, promptLength: input.prompt.length },
@@ -449,65 +487,272 @@ export class PiSessionService {
}
/** Summaries of the tracked subsessions spawned by `parentSessionId`. */
- async listSubsessions(parentSessionId: string): Promise {
+ async listSubsessions(parentSessionId: string, parentSessionFile?: string): Promise {
+ const parentFile = nonEmptyString(parentSessionFile);
+ await this.hydrateSubsessionsForParent(parentSessionId, parentFile);
const childIds = this.subsessionChildren.get(parentSessionId);
if (childIds === undefined) return [];
- return Promise.all([...childIds].map(async (childId) => ({ sessionId: childId, ...(await this.subsessionSummaryFields(childId)) })));
+ const authorizedChildIds = [...childIds].filter((childId) => this.subsessionLinkBelongsToParent(parentSessionId, parentFile, childId));
+ return Promise.all(authorizedChildIds.map(async (childId) => ({ sessionId: childId, ...(await this.subsessionSummaryFields(childId)) })));
}
/** Status and final result of a subsession, scoped to the caller's children. */
- async checkSubsession(parentSessionId: string, sessionId: string): Promise {
- const session = await this.openSubsession(parentSessionId, sessionId);
+ async checkSubsession(parentSessionId: string, sessionId: string, parentSessionFile?: string): Promise {
+ const session = await this.openSubsession(parentSessionId, sessionId, parentSessionFile);
const messages = historyMessages(session);
return {
sessionId,
cwd: session.sessionManager.getCwd(),
- status: await this.subsessionStatus(session),
+ status: this.subsessionStatus(session),
finalText: finalAssistantText(messages),
messageCount: messages.length,
};
}
/** Filtered, paginated transcript of a subsession, scoped to the caller's children. */
- async readSubsession(parentSessionId: string, sessionId: string, query: SubsessionReadQuery): Promise {
- const session = await this.openSubsession(parentSessionId, sessionId);
+ async readSubsession(parentSessionId: string, sessionId: string, query: SubsessionReadQuery, parentSessionFile?: string): Promise {
+ const session = await this.openSubsession(parentSessionId, sessionId, parentSessionFile);
const view = buildTranscriptView(historyMessages(session), query);
return {
sessionId,
cwd: session.sessionManager.getCwd(),
- status: await this.subsessionStatus(session),
+ status: this.subsessionStatus(session),
...view,
};
}
/** Open a session after verifying it is one of the caller's tracked children. */
- private async openSubsession(parentSessionId: string, sessionId: string): Promise {
- if (this.subsessionParents.get(sessionId) !== parentSessionId) {
+ private async openSubsession(parentSessionId: string, sessionId: string, parentSessionFile?: string): Promise {
+ const parentFile = nonEmptyString(parentSessionFile);
+ await this.hydrateSubsessionsForParent(parentSessionId, parentFile);
+ if (this.subsessionParents.get(sessionId) !== parentSessionId || !this.subsessionLinkBelongsToParent(parentSessionId, parentFile, sessionId)) {
throw new Error(`Session ${sessionId} is not one of your subsessions`);
}
- return this.getOrOpen(sessionId);
+ return this.getOrOpenTrackedSubsession(sessionId);
}
- private registerSubsession(parentSessionId: string, childSessionId: string): void {
+ private subsessionLinkBelongsToParent(parentSessionId: string, parentSessionFile: string | undefined, childSessionId: string): boolean {
+ const link = this.subsessionLinks.get(childSessionId);
+ if (link?.parentSessionId !== parentSessionId) return false;
+ return parentSessionFile === undefined || trackedLinkParentFileMatches(link, parentSessionFile);
+ }
+
+ private activeChildForSubsessionLink(link: TrackedSubsessionLink): ActiveSession | undefined {
+ const active = this.active.get(link.childSessionId);
+ if (active === undefined) return undefined;
+ return activeSessionFileMatches(active, link.childSessionFile) ? active : undefined;
+ }
+
+ private activeParentForSubsessionLink(link: TrackedSubsessionLink): ActiveSession | undefined {
+ const active = this.active.get(link.parentSessionId);
+ if (active === undefined) return undefined;
+ return activeSessionFileMatches(active, link.parentSessionFile) ? active : undefined;
+ }
+
+ private subsessionLinkForActiveChild(session: PiAgentSession): TrackedSubsessionLink | undefined {
+ const childId = session.sessionId;
+ const parentId = this.subsessionParents.get(childId);
+ const link = this.subsessionLinks.get(childId);
+ if (parentId === undefined || link?.parentSessionId !== parentId) return undefined;
+ return sessionFileMatches(session, link.childSessionFile) ? link : undefined;
+ }
+
+ private registerVerifiedSubsession(link: TrackedSubsessionLink): void {
+ const { childSessionId, parentSessionId } = link;
+ const previousParentId = this.subsessionParents.get(childSessionId);
+ if (previousParentId !== undefined && previousParentId !== parentSessionId) {
+ const previousChildren = this.subsessionChildren.get(previousParentId);
+ previousChildren?.delete(childSessionId);
+ if (previousChildren?.size === 0) this.subsessionChildren.delete(previousParentId);
+ }
+
this.subsessionParents.set(childSessionId, parentSessionId);
const children = this.subsessionChildren.get(parentSessionId) ?? new Set();
children.add(childSessionId);
this.subsessionChildren.set(parentSessionId, children);
- this.subsessionNotifyArmed.set(childSessionId, false);
+
+ this.subsessionLinks.set(childSessionId, link);
+ if (!this.subsessionNotifyArmed.has(childSessionId)) this.subsessionNotifyArmed.set(childSessionId, false);
+ }
+
+ private unregisterSubsession(childSessionId: string): void {
+ const parentSessionId = this.subsessionParents.get(childSessionId);
+ this.subsessionParents.delete(childSessionId);
+ this.subsessionLinks.delete(childSessionId);
+ this.subsessionNotifyArmed.delete(childSessionId);
+ if (parentSessionId === undefined) return;
+ const children = this.subsessionChildren.get(parentSessionId);
+ children?.delete(childSessionId);
+ if (children?.size === 0) this.subsessionChildren.delete(parentSessionId);
+ }
+
+ private persistSubsessionLink(link: TrackedSubsessionLink): void {
+ const parent = this.activeParentForSubsessionLink(link)?.runtime.session;
+ if (parent === undefined) return;
+ if (parent.sessionManager.appendCustomEntry === undefined) return;
+ try {
+ parent.sessionManager.appendCustomEntry(SUBSESSION_LINK_CUSTOM_TYPE, persistedParentSubsessionLinkData(link));
+ } catch (error: unknown) {
+ this.logger.info(
+ { parentSessionId: link.parentSessionId, sessionId: link.childSessionId, error: error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error) },
+ "failed to persist subsession link",
+ );
+ }
+ }
+
+ private persistSubsessionChildMarker(parentSessionId: string, childSessionId: string): void {
+ const child = this.active.get(childSessionId)?.runtime.session;
+ if (child === undefined) return;
+ if (child.sessionManager.appendCustomEntry === undefined) return;
+ try {
+ child.sessionManager.appendCustomEntry(SUBSESSION_CHILD_LINK_CUSTOM_TYPE, persistedChildSubsessionLinkData(parentSessionId, childSessionId));
+ } catch (error: unknown) {
+ this.logger.info(
+ { parentSessionId, sessionId: childSessionId, error: error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error) },
+ "failed to persist subsession child marker",
+ );
+ }
+ }
+
+ private async hydrateSubsessionsForParent(parentSessionId: string, parentSessionFile?: string): Promise {
+ const hydrationKey = subsessionHydratedParentKey(parentSessionId, parentSessionFile);
+ if (this.subsessionHydratedParents.has(hydrationKey)) return;
+
+ const activeParent = this.active.get(parentSessionId);
+ if (activeParent !== undefined && (parentSessionFile === undefined || activeSessionFileMatches(activeParent, parentSessionFile))) {
+ const activeParentFile = nonEmptyString(activeParent.runtime.session.sessionFile);
+ await this.registerPersistedSubsessionLinks(parentSessionId, activeParent.runtime.session.sessionManager, activeParentFile);
+ this.subsessionHydratedParents.add(hydrationKey);
+ return;
+ }
+
+ if (parentSessionFile === undefined) return;
+ if ((await readSessionHeaderSummary(parentSessionFile))?.id !== parentSessionId) {
+ this.subsessionHydratedParents.add(hydrationKey);
+ return;
+ }
+
+ let parentManager: PiSessionManager;
+ try {
+ parentManager = this.sessionManager.open(parentSessionFile);
+ } catch {
+ this.subsessionHydratedParents.add(hydrationKey);
+ return;
+ }
+ await this.registerPersistedSubsessionLinks(parentSessionId, parentManager, parentSessionFile);
+ this.subsessionHydratedParents.add(hydrationKey);
+ }
+
+ private async registerPersistedSubsessionLinks(parentSessionId: string, parentManager: PiSessionManager, parentSessionFile: string | undefined): Promise {
+ // Parent custom links are the authoritative recovery record: verify the
+ // exact live child file/header before tracking.
+ const entries = parentManager.getEntries?.() ?? parentManager.getBranch();
+ for (const entry of entries) {
+ const link = parsePersistedParentSubsessionLink(entry);
+ if (link === undefined) continue;
+ const verified = await this.verifiedSubsessionLinkFromParentLink(parentSessionId, parentSessionFile, link);
+ if (verified === undefined) continue;
+ this.registerVerifiedSubsession(verified);
+ }
+ }
+
+ private async verifiedSubsessionLinkFromParentLink(parentSessionId: string, parentSessionFile: string | undefined, link: PersistedParentSubsessionLink): Promise {
+ if (parentSessionFile === undefined) return undefined;
+ if (link.spawnedBySessionId !== parentSessionId) return undefined;
+ if (!(await this.parentLinkHasValidChildTarget(parentSessionFile, link))) return undefined;
+ return trackedSubsessionLinkFromParentLink(parentSessionId, link, parentSessionFile);
+ }
+
+ private async parentLinkHasValidChildTarget(parentSessionFile: string, link: PersistedParentSubsessionLink): Promise {
+ return link.spawnedSessionFile !== undefined
+ && await sessionFileHeaderMatches(link.spawnedSessionFile, { sessionId: link.spawnedSessionId, parentSessionFile });
+ }
+
+ private async recoverSubsessionTrackingForOpenedSession(session: PiAgentSession): Promise {
+ const link = await this.verifiedSubsessionLinkFromOpenedChild(session);
+ if (link === undefined) return;
+ this.registerVerifiedSubsession(link);
+ }
+
+ private async verifiedSubsessionLinkFromOpenedChild(session: PiAgentSession): Promise {
+ // Child markers are only hints; the current child header and reciprocal
+ // parent custom link must agree on the exact ids and files before relinking.
+ const entries = session.sessionManager.getEntries?.() ?? session.sessionManager.getBranch();
+ let marker: PersistedChildSubsessionLink | undefined;
+ for (const entry of entries) {
+ const parsed = parsePersistedChildSubsessionLink(entry);
+ if (parsed?.spawnedSessionId === session.sessionId) marker = parsed;
+ }
+ if (marker === undefined) return undefined;
+
+ const childSessionFile = nonEmptyString(session.sessionFile);
+ if (childSessionFile === undefined) return undefined;
+ const childHeader = await readSessionHeaderSummary(childSessionFile);
+ if (childHeader?.id !== session.sessionId) return undefined;
+ const parentSessionFile = nonEmptyString(childHeader.parentSession);
+ if (parentSessionFile === undefined) return undefined;
+ const parentHeader = await readSessionHeaderSummary(parentSessionFile);
+ if (parentHeader?.id !== marker.spawnedBySessionId) return undefined;
+
+ const parentLink = this.findReciprocalParentSubsessionLink(parentSessionFile, marker.spawnedBySessionId, session.sessionId, childSessionFile);
+ if (parentLink === undefined) return undefined;
+ return {
+ parentSessionId: marker.spawnedBySessionId,
+ childSessionId: session.sessionId,
+ childSessionFile,
+ parentSessionFile,
+ cwd: parentLink.cwd ?? session.sessionManager.getCwd(),
+ };
+ }
+
+ private findReciprocalParentSubsessionLink(parentSessionFile: string, parentSessionId: string, childSessionId: string, childSessionFile: string): PersistedParentSubsessionLink | undefined {
+ let parentManager: PiSessionManager;
+ try {
+ parentManager = this.sessionManager.open(parentSessionFile);
+ } catch {
+ return undefined;
+ }
+ const entries = parentManager.getEntries?.() ?? parentManager.getBranch();
+ for (const entry of entries) {
+ const link = parsePersistedParentSubsessionLink(entry);
+ if (link === undefined) continue;
+ if (link.spawnedBySessionId !== parentSessionId || link.spawnedSessionId !== childSessionId) continue;
+ if (link.spawnedSessionFile === undefined || !sessionPathsEqual(link.spawnedSessionFile, childSessionFile)) continue;
+ return link;
+ }
+ return undefined;
+ }
+
+ private async getOrOpenTrackedSubsession(sessionId: string): Promise {
+ const link = this.subsessionLinks.get(sessionId);
+ if (link === undefined) throw new Error("Session not found");
+
+ const active = this.activeChildForSubsessionLink(link);
+ if (active !== undefined) return active.runtime.session;
+
+ if (link.childSessionFile !== undefined) {
+ if (!(await sessionFileHeaderMatches(link.childSessionFile, { sessionId, parentSessionFile: link.parentSessionFile }))) throw new Error("Session not found");
+ const sessionManager = this.sessionManager.open(link.childSessionFile);
+ return (await this.create(sessionManager, link.cwd ?? sessionManager.getCwd())).runtime.session;
+ }
+
+ throw new Error("Session not found");
}
private async subsessionSummaryFields(childSessionId: string): Promise<{ cwd: string; status: SubsessionStatus }> {
- const active = this.active.get(childSessionId);
+ const link = this.subsessionLinks.get(childSessionId);
+ const active = link === undefined ? undefined : this.activeChildForSubsessionLink(link);
if (active !== undefined) {
- return { cwd: active.runtime.cwd, status: await this.subsessionStatus(active.runtime.session) };
+ return { cwd: active.runtime.cwd, status: this.subsessionStatus(active.runtime.session) };
}
- const archived = await this.archiveStore.get(childSessionId);
- if (archived !== undefined) return { cwd: archived.cwd, status: "archived" };
+ if (link?.childSessionFile !== undefined && (await sessionFileHeaderMatches(link.childSessionFile, { sessionId: childSessionId, parentSessionFile: link.parentSessionFile }))) {
+ return { cwd: link.cwd ?? "", status: "idle" };
+ }
+ if (link?.cwd !== undefined) return { cwd: link.cwd, status: "unknown" };
return { cwd: "", status: "unknown" };
}
- private async subsessionStatus(session: PiAgentSession): Promise {
- if (await this.archiveStore.isArchived(session.sessionId)) return "archived";
+ private subsessionStatus(session: PiAgentSession): SubsessionStatus {
if (this.hasActiveWork(session)) return "working";
if (this.activities.get(session.sessionId)?.phase === "error") return "error";
return "idle";
@@ -520,9 +765,9 @@ export class PiSessionService {
* parent is busy and delivers immediately when it is idle).
*/
private updateSubsessionTracking(session: PiAgentSession): void {
- const childId = session.sessionId;
- const parentId = this.subsessionParents.get(childId);
- if (parentId === undefined) return;
+ const link = this.subsessionLinkForActiveChild(session);
+ if (link === undefined) return;
+ const childId = link.childSessionId;
if (this.hasActiveWork(session)) {
this.subsessionNotifyArmed.set(childId, true);
return;
@@ -533,7 +778,23 @@ export class PiSessionService {
const finalText = finalAssistantText(historyMessages(session));
const preview = finalText === "" ? "(no output)" : truncateForNotification(finalText);
const text = `Subsession ${childId} stopped working (status: ${status}). Latest output:\n\n${preview}\n\nUse check_subsession with sessionId "${childId}" for its status and latest output, or read_subsession to look through its full transcript.`;
- void this.notifyParentOfSubsession(parentId, childId, text);
+ void this.notifyParentOfSubsession(link.parentSessionId, childId, text);
+ }
+
+ private async getOrOpenParentForSubsession(parentSessionId: string, childSessionId: string): Promise {
+ const link = this.subsessionLinks.get(childSessionId);
+ if (link?.parentSessionId !== parentSessionId) throw new Error(`Parent session ${parentSessionId} is not available for subsession notification`);
+
+ const active = this.activeParentForSubsessionLink(link);
+ if (active !== undefined) return active.runtime.session;
+
+ const parentSessionFile = link.parentSessionFile;
+ if (parentSessionFile === undefined) throw new Error(`Parent session ${parentSessionId} is not available for subsession notification`);
+ if ((await readSessionHeaderSummary(parentSessionFile))?.id !== parentSessionId) {
+ throw new Error(`Parent session ${parentSessionId} is not available for subsession notification`);
+ }
+ const sessionManager = this.sessionManager.open(parentSessionFile);
+ return (await this.create(sessionManager, sessionManager.getCwd())).runtime.session;
}
/**
@@ -545,7 +806,7 @@ export class PiSessionService {
*/
private async notifyParentOfSubsession(parentId: string, childId: string, text: string): Promise {
try {
- const session = await this.getOrOpen(parentId);
+ const session = await this.getOrOpenParentForSubsession(parentId, childId);
await session.sendCustomMessage(
{ customType: SUBSESSION_NOTIFICATION_CUSTOM_TYPE, content: text, display: true, details: { sessionId: childId } },
{ triggerTurn: true, deliverAs: "followUp" },
@@ -809,6 +1070,8 @@ export class PiSessionService {
const sessionFile = session.sessionFile;
if (sessionFile === undefined || sessionFile === "") throw new Error("Session is not persisted");
await clearParentSession(sessionFile);
+ clearParentSessionHeader(session.sessionManager);
+ this.unregisterSubsession(session.sessionId);
}
async abort(ref: PiSessionLookup): Promise {
@@ -922,7 +1185,7 @@ export class PiSessionService {
// Disarm subsession notification before teardown so the abort below cannot
// emit a "stopped working" event that notifies the parent (e.g. on archive).
// The parent/children link is kept so the parent can still see the child.
- this.subsessionNotifyArmed.delete(sessionId);
+ if (this.subsessionLinkForActiveChild(active.runtime.session) !== undefined) this.subsessionNotifyArmed.delete(sessionId);
clearSessionQueue(active.runtime.session);
active.unsubscribe();
try {
@@ -979,8 +1242,10 @@ export class PiSessionService {
runtime.setRebindSession(async (session) => {
await this.bindSessionExtensions(session);
this.bindRuntime(active);
+ await this.recoverSubsessionTrackingForOpenedSession(session);
});
this.active.set(runtime.session.sessionId, active);
+ await this.recoverSubsessionTrackingForOpenedSession(runtime.session);
this.publishStatus(runtime.session);
return active;
}
@@ -1411,6 +1676,117 @@ function isDefined(value: T | undefined): value is T {
return value !== undefined;
}
+function trackedSubsessionLinkFromParentLink(parentSessionId: string, link: PersistedParentSubsessionLink, parentSessionFile: string): TrackedSubsessionLink {
+ return {
+ parentSessionId,
+ childSessionId: link.spawnedSessionId,
+ ...(link.spawnedSessionFile === undefined ? {} : { childSessionFile: link.spawnedSessionFile }),
+ parentSessionFile,
+ ...(link.cwd === undefined ? {} : { cwd: link.cwd }),
+ };
+}
+
+function persistedParentSubsessionLinkData(link: TrackedSubsessionLink): Record {
+ return {
+ version: 1,
+ spawnedBySessionId: link.parentSessionId,
+ spawnedSessionId: link.childSessionId,
+ ...(link.childSessionFile === undefined ? {} : { spawnedSessionFile: link.childSessionFile }),
+ ...(link.cwd === undefined ? {} : { cwd: link.cwd }),
+ };
+}
+
+function persistedChildSubsessionLinkData(parentSessionId: string, childSessionId: string): Record {
+ return {
+ version: 1,
+ spawnedBySessionId: parentSessionId,
+ spawnedSessionId: childSessionId,
+ };
+}
+
+function parsePersistedParentSubsessionLink(entry: unknown): PersistedParentSubsessionLink | undefined {
+ if (!isRecord(entry) || entry["type"] !== "custom" || entry["customType"] !== SUBSESSION_LINK_CUSTOM_TYPE) return undefined;
+ const data = entry["data"];
+ if (!isRecord(data)) return undefined;
+ const spawnedBySessionId = getString(data, "spawnedBySessionId");
+ const spawnedSessionId = getString(data, "spawnedSessionId");
+ if (spawnedBySessionId === undefined || spawnedBySessionId === "" || spawnedSessionId === undefined || spawnedSessionId === "") return undefined;
+ const spawnedSessionFile = getString(data, "spawnedSessionFile");
+ const cwd = getString(data, "cwd");
+ return {
+ spawnedBySessionId,
+ spawnedSessionId,
+ ...(spawnedSessionFile === undefined || spawnedSessionFile === "" ? {} : { spawnedSessionFile }),
+ ...(cwd === undefined || cwd === "" ? {} : { cwd }),
+ };
+}
+
+function parsePersistedChildSubsessionLink(entry: unknown): PersistedChildSubsessionLink | undefined {
+ if (!isRecord(entry) || entry["type"] !== "custom" || entry["customType"] !== SUBSESSION_CHILD_LINK_CUSTOM_TYPE) return undefined;
+ const data = entry["data"];
+ if (!isRecord(data)) return undefined;
+ const spawnedBySessionId = getString(data, "spawnedBySessionId");
+ const spawnedSessionId = getString(data, "spawnedSessionId");
+ if (spawnedBySessionId === undefined || spawnedBySessionId === "" || spawnedSessionId === undefined || spawnedSessionId === "") return undefined;
+ return { spawnedBySessionId, spawnedSessionId };
+}
+
+function nonEmptyString(value: string | undefined): string | undefined {
+ return value === undefined || value === "" ? undefined : value;
+}
+
+function subsessionHydratedParentKey(parentSessionId: string, parentSessionFile: string | undefined): string {
+ return `${parentSessionId}\0${parentSessionFile ?? ""}`;
+}
+
+function sessionPathsEqual(a: string, b: string): boolean {
+ return cwdPathsEqual(a, b);
+}
+
+function sessionFileMatches(session: PiAgentSession, expectedSessionFile: string | undefined): boolean {
+ const sessionFile = nonEmptyString(session.sessionFile);
+ return sessionFile !== undefined && expectedSessionFile !== undefined && sessionPathsEqual(sessionFile, expectedSessionFile);
+}
+
+function activeSessionFileMatches(active: ActiveSession, expectedSessionFile: string | undefined): boolean {
+ return sessionFileMatches(active.runtime.session, expectedSessionFile);
+}
+
+function trackedLinkParentFileMatches(link: TrackedSubsessionLink, parentSessionFile: string): boolean {
+ return link.parentSessionFile !== undefined && sessionPathsEqual(link.parentSessionFile, parentSessionFile);
+}
+
+interface SessionHeaderSummary {
+ id: string;
+ parentSession?: string;
+}
+
+async function readSessionHeaderSummary(sessionFile: string): Promise {
+ let file: Awaited> | undefined;
+ try {
+ file = await open(sessionFile, "r");
+ const buffer = Buffer.alloc(4096);
+ const { bytesRead } = await file.read(buffer, 0, buffer.length, 0);
+ const firstLine = buffer.toString("utf8", 0, bytesRead).split("\n", 1)[0];
+ if (firstLine === undefined || firstLine === "") return undefined;
+ const header: unknown = JSON.parse(firstLine);
+ if (!isRecord(header) || header["type"] !== "session" || typeof header["id"] !== "string") return undefined;
+ const parentSession = getString(header, "parentSession");
+ return { id: header["id"], ...(parentSession === undefined ? {} : { parentSession }) };
+ } catch {
+ return undefined;
+ } finally {
+ await file?.close().catch(() => undefined);
+ }
+}
+
+async function sessionFileHeaderMatches(sessionFile: string, expected: { sessionId: string; parentSessionFile?: string | undefined }): Promise {
+ const header = await readSessionHeaderSummary(sessionFile);
+ if (header?.id !== expected.sessionId) return false;
+ if (expected.parentSessionFile === undefined) return true;
+ return header.parentSession !== undefined && sessionPathsEqual(header.parentSession, expected.parentSessionFile);
+}
+
async function clearParentSession(sessionFile: string): Promise {
const content = await readFile(sessionFile, "utf8");
const newlineIndex = content.indexOf("\n");
@@ -1423,6 +1799,11 @@ async function clearParentSession(sessionFile: string): Promise {
await writeFile(sessionFile, `${JSON.stringify(header)}${rest}`, "utf8");
}
+function clearParentSessionHeader(sessionManager: PiSessionManager): void {
+ const header = sessionManager.getHeader?.();
+ if (header !== undefined && header !== null) delete header.parentSession;
+}
+
function clearSessionQueue(session: PiAgentSession): void {
session.clearQueue();
}
@@ -1475,6 +1856,12 @@ function historyMessages(session: PiAgentSession): unknown[] {
return messages;
}
+/** custom entry type used to persist parent -> child subsession links outside LLM context. */
+const SUBSESSION_LINK_CUSTOM_TYPE = "pi-web.subsession.link";
+
+/** custom entry type used to mark a child as created by spawn_subsession. */
+const SUBSESSION_CHILD_LINK_CUSTOM_TYPE = "pi-web.subsession.spawned";
+
/** customType marking a parent-facing subsession-completion notice. */
const SUBSESSION_NOTIFICATION_CUSTOM_TYPE = "subsession.completion";
diff --git a/src/server/sessions/spawnSubsessionTool.test.ts b/src/server/sessions/spawnSubsessionTool.test.ts
index 35b4311..3bfa036 100644
--- a/src/server/sessions/spawnSubsessionTool.test.ts
+++ b/src/server/sessions/spawnSubsessionTool.test.ts
@@ -56,9 +56,9 @@ describe("createSubsessionToolDefinitions", () => {
]));
const { list: listTool } = tools({ list });
- const result = await listTool.execute("call-2", {}, undefined, undefined, ctxFor("parent-1", undefined));
+ const result = await listTool.execute("call-2", {}, undefined, undefined, ctxFor("parent-1", "/sessions/parent-1.jsonl"));
- expect(list).toHaveBeenCalledWith("parent-1");
+ expect(list).toHaveBeenCalledWith("parent-1", "/sessions/parent-1.jsonl");
expect(result.details).toEqual({ subsessions: [
{ sessionId: "child-1", cwd: "/repos/a", status: "working" },
{ sessionId: "child-2", cwd: "/repos/a", status: "idle" },
@@ -76,9 +76,9 @@ describe("createSubsessionToolDefinitions", () => {
const check = vi.fn(() => Promise.resolve({ sessionId: "child-1", cwd: "/repos/a", status: "idle" as const, finalText: "all done", messageCount: 4 }));
const { check: checkTool } = tools({ check });
- const result = await checkTool.execute("call-4", { sessionId: "child-1" }, undefined, undefined, ctxFor("parent-1", undefined));
+ const result = await checkTool.execute("call-4", { sessionId: "child-1" }, undefined, undefined, ctxFor("parent-1", "/sessions/parent-1.jsonl"));
- expect(check).toHaveBeenCalledWith("parent-1", "child-1");
+ expect(check).toHaveBeenCalledWith("parent-1", "child-1", "/sessions/parent-1.jsonl");
expect(result.details).toMatchObject({ sessionId: "child-1", status: "idle", finalText: "all done" });
expect(firstText(result.content)).toContain("all done");
});
@@ -99,9 +99,9 @@ describe("createSubsessionToolDefinitions", () => {
}));
const { read: readTool } = tools({ read });
- const result = await readTool.execute("call-6", { sessionId: "child-1", roles: ["assistant"], maxChars: 200 }, undefined, undefined, ctxFor("parent-1", undefined));
+ const result = await readTool.execute("call-6", { sessionId: "child-1", roles: ["assistant"], maxChars: 200 }, undefined, undefined, ctxFor("parent-1", "/sessions/parent-1.jsonl"));
- expect(read).toHaveBeenCalledWith("parent-1", "child-1", { roles: ["assistant"], maxChars: 200 });
+ expect(read).toHaveBeenCalledWith("parent-1", "child-1", { roles: ["assistant"], maxChars: 200 }, "/sessions/parent-1.jsonl");
expect(result.details).toMatchObject({ sessionId: "child-1", matched: 1 });
expect(firstText(result.content)).toContain("the answer");
});
diff --git a/src/server/sessions/spawnSubsessionTool.ts b/src/server/sessions/spawnSubsessionTool.ts
index 5ce2405..9297396 100644
--- a/src/server/sessions/spawnSubsessionTool.ts
+++ b/src/server/sessions/spawnSubsessionTool.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { defineTool } from "@earendil-works/pi-coding-agent";
import type { TranscriptContentKind, TranscriptEntry, TranscriptRole, TranscriptView } from "./subsessionTranscript.js";
/** Lifecycle phase of a tracked subsession as seen by its parent. */
-export type SubsessionStatus = "working" | "idle" | "error" | "archived" | "unknown";
+export type SubsessionStatus = "working" | "idle" | "error" | "unknown";
export interface SpawnSubsessionResult {
sessionId: string;
@@ -56,9 +56,9 @@ export interface SubsessionReadQuery {
export interface SubsessionToolDeps {
spawn(input: SpawnSubsessionInvocation): Promise;
- list(parentSessionId: string): Promise;
- check(parentSessionId: string, sessionId: string): Promise;
- read(parentSessionId: string, sessionId: string, query: SubsessionReadQuery): Promise;
+ list(parentSessionId: string, parentSessionFile?: string): Promise;
+ check(parentSessionId: string, sessionId: string, parentSessionFile?: string): Promise;
+ read(parentSessionId: string, sessionId: string, query: SubsessionReadQuery, parentSessionFile?: string): Promise;
}
const SpawnSubsessionParams = Type.Object({
@@ -196,7 +196,8 @@ export function createSubsessionToolDefinitions(spawningCwd: string, deps: Subse
parameters: ListSubsessionsParams,
async execute(_toolCallId, _params, _signal, _onUpdate, ctx) {
const parentSessionId = ctx.sessionManager.getSessionId();
- const subsessions = await deps.list(parentSessionId);
+ const parentSessionFile = ctx.sessionManager.getSessionFile() ?? undefined;
+ const subsessions = await deps.list(parentSessionId, parentSessionFile);
const text = subsessions.length === 0
? "You have not spawned any subsessions."
: `Your subsessions:\n${subsessions.map(statusLine).join("\n")}`;
@@ -212,7 +213,8 @@ export function createSubsessionToolDefinitions(spawningCwd: string, deps: Subse
parameters: CheckSubsessionParams,
async execute(_toolCallId, params, _signal, _onUpdate, ctx) {
const parentSessionId = ctx.sessionManager.getSessionId();
- const result = await deps.check(parentSessionId, params.sessionId);
+ const parentSessionFile = ctx.sessionManager.getSessionFile() ?? undefined;
+ const result = await deps.check(parentSessionId, params.sessionId, parentSessionFile);
const body = result.finalText === "" ? "(no output yet)" : result.finalText;
return {
content: [{ type: "text", text: `Subsession ${result.sessionId} [${result.status}]:\n\n${body}` }],
@@ -229,8 +231,9 @@ export function createSubsessionToolDefinitions(spawningCwd: string, deps: Subse
parameters: ReadSubsessionParams,
async execute(_toolCallId, params, _signal, _onUpdate, ctx) {
const parentSessionId = ctx.sessionManager.getSessionId();
+ const parentSessionFile = ctx.sessionManager.getSessionFile() ?? undefined;
const { sessionId, ...query } = params;
- const result = await deps.read(parentSessionId, sessionId, query);
+ const result = await deps.read(parentSessionId, sessionId, query, parentSessionFile);
return {
content: [{ type: "text", text: renderTranscript(result) }],
details: result,