fix: store session archives under PI_WEB_DATA_DIR

.changeset/honor-archive-data-dir.md

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@jmfederico/pi-web": patch
+---
+
+Store session archive metadata and archived session files under `PI_WEB_DATA_DIR` when configured.

docs/config.md

@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ Rows with JSON key `—` are runtime-only environment variables, not config-file
 | Project config version | `version` | — | Project | Project-local only; must be `1` when present | Next project-config read |
 | **Runtime-only environment variables** |  |  |  |  |  |
 | Global config file path | — | `PI_WEB_CONFIG` (`XDG_CONFIG_HOME` affects the default path) | Process/env | Selects the global config file; not a project config | Restart services/processes after changing env |
-| Managed data directory | — | `PI_WEB_DATA_DIR` | Process/env | Not supported locally | Restart services before changing; moves managed state location |
+| Managed data directory | — | `PI_WEB_DATA_DIR` | Process/env | Not supported locally | Restart web/API and session daemon before changing; relocates managed state, including session archives |
 | Session daemon socket | — | `PI_WEB_SESSIOND_SOCKET` | Web/API + session daemon env | Not supported locally | Restart daemon and web/API; both must match |
 | Session daemon TCP port | — | `PI_WEB_SESSIOND_PORT` | Session daemon env | Not supported locally | Restart session daemon; set `PI_WEB_SESSIOND_URL` for web/API too |
 | Session daemon TCP host | — | `PI_WEB_SESSIOND_HOST` | Session daemon env | Not supported locally | Restart session daemon |
@@ -122,6 +122,17 @@ Rows with JSON key `—` are runtime-only environment variables, not config-file
 
 ## Key details
 
+### Managed data directory
+
+`PI_WEB_DATA_DIR` selects the machine-global root for PI WEB-managed state. It defaults to `~/.pi-web`. Session archival uses this layout:
+
+- `$PI_WEB_DATA_DIR/archived-sessions.json` for the archive index.
+- `$PI_WEB_DATA_DIR/archived-sessions/` for archived session files.
+
+The session daemon owns both archive locations. Restart the session daemon after setting or changing `PI_WEB_DATA_DIR`; restart the web/API process as well so its other managed-state stores use the same root.
+
+PI WEB does not automatically migrate existing managed state. Archives created by earlier releases while a custom `PI_WEB_DATA_DIR` was already set may remain under `~/.pi-web` and will not appear automatically after upgrading. Stop the session daemon and back up both locations before reconciling them manually. The archive index stores absolute `archivePath` values, so update those values if archived files are moved to a different path.
+
 ### External path access
 
 `pathAccess.allowedPaths` grants PI WEB's file explorer and absolute `@` path completions access to specific filesystem roots outside the current workspace.

src/server/sessions/sessionArchiveStore.test.ts

@@ -1,17 +1,55 @@
 import { constants } from "node:fs";
 import { access, mkdtemp, mkdir, readFile, rm, writeFile } from "node:fs/promises";
 import { join, resolve } from "node:path";
-import { tmpdir } from "node:os";
-import { afterEach, describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
-import { SessionArchiveStore } from "./sessionArchiveStore.js";
+import { homedir, tmpdir } from "node:os";
+import { afterEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
+import { defaultSessionArchiveFilePath, SessionArchiveStore } from "./sessionArchiveStore.js";
 
 const tempRoots: string[] = [];
 
+describe("defaultSessionArchiveFilePath", () => {
+  it("uses PI_WEB_DATA_DIR when configured", () => {
+    expect(defaultSessionArchiveFilePath({ PI_WEB_DATA_DIR: "managed-state" }, "/tmp/pi-web")).toBe(resolve("/tmp/pi-web", "managed-state", "archived-sessions.json"));
+  });
+
+  it("preserves the ~/.pi-web default when PI_WEB_DATA_DIR is unset", () => {
+    expect(defaultSessionArchiveFilePath({}, "/tmp/pi-web")).toBe(join(homedir(), ".pi-web", "archived-sessions.json"));
+  });
+});
+
 describe("SessionArchiveStore", () => {
   afterEach(async () => {
+    vi.unstubAllEnvs();
     await Promise.all(tempRoots.splice(0).map((path) => rm(path, { recursive: true, force: true })));
   });
 
+  it("stores its default index and archived files under PI_WEB_DATA_DIR", async () => {
+    const root = await mkdtemp(join(tmpdir(), "pi-web-archive-data-dir-"));
+    tempRoots.push(root);
+    const dataDir = join(root, "managed-state");
+    const activeDir = join(root, "active");
+    await mkdir(activeDir, { recursive: true });
+    const sourcePath = join(activeDir, "2026-01-01_managed.jsonl");
+    await writeFile(sourcePath, "session contents\n", "utf8");
+    vi.stubEnv("PI_WEB_DATA_DIR", dataDir);
+
+    const store = new SessionArchiveStore();
+    const record = await store.archive({
+      sessionId: "managed",
+      cwd: "/workspace",
+      path: sourcePath,
+      created: "2026-01-01T00:00:00.000Z",
+      modified: "2026-01-01T00:01:00.000Z",
+      messageCount: 1,
+      firstMessage: "hello",
+    });
+
+    const archivePath = join(dataDir, "archived-sessions", "2026-01-01_managed.jsonl");
+    expect(record.archivePath).toBe(archivePath);
+    await expect(readFile(archivePath, "utf8")).resolves.toBe("session contents\n");
+    await expect(readFile(join(dataDir, "archived-sessions.json"), "utf8")).resolves.toContain('"sessionId": "managed"');
+  });
+
   it("moves archived session files out of the active session directory and restores them", async () => {
     const root = await mkdtemp(join(tmpdir(), "pi-web-archive-"));
     tempRoots.push(root);

src/server/sessions/sessionArchiveStore.ts

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { randomUUID } from "node:crypto";
 import { constants } from "node:fs";
 import { access, copyFile, mkdir, readFile, rename, unlink, writeFile } from "node:fs/promises";
 import { basename, dirname, join } from "node:path";
-import { homedir } from "node:os";
+import { piWebDataDir } from "../../config.js";
 import { canonicalizeStoredCwd } from "../workingDirectory.js";
 
 export interface ArchiveSessionInput {
@@ -35,11 +35,15 @@ interface ArchiveFile {
   sessions: ArchivedSessionRecord[];
 }
 
+export function defaultSessionArchiveFilePath(env: NodeJS.ProcessEnv = process.env, cwd = process.cwd()): string {
+  return join(piWebDataDir(env, cwd), "archived-sessions.json");
+}
+
 export class SessionArchiveStore {
   private operationQueue: Promise<void> = Promise.resolve();
 
   constructor(
-    private readonly filePath = join(homedir(), ".pi-web", "archived-sessions.json"),
+    private readonly filePath = defaultSessionArchiveFilePath(),
     private readonly archiveDir = join(dirname(filePath), "archived-sessions"),
   ) {}