OpenCode sometimes loses the history of open projects and sessions between restarts #14546

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4. github-actions commented on Feb 21, 2026

   

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   This issue might be a duplicate of existing issues. Please check:

   • Session not saved to current project when opencode process terminates unexpectedly. #14291: Session not saved to current project when opencode process terminates unexpectedly — similar session persistence loss scenario
   • Session persistence failure: Session ses_3d1c654a7ffew6gK7sAuRuJTFt lost #12310: Session persistence failure — session data lost between restarts, unable to resume sessions

   If your issue is distinct from the above (e.g., it happens after a clean shutdown rather than an unexpected termination, or is specific to the web UI sidebar not reflecting existing sessions), please add a note clarifying the difference so we can track it separately.
5. nukeop commented on Feb 21, 2026

   

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   I think this is distinct, because:

   • This is caused not by a crash, or by kill -9, but by terminating the process with ctrl-c which should clean up correctly
   • Session loss might be related, but in my case I also lose active project history, and ALL sessions, not just the one I was working on
6. isc-tdyar commented on Feb 22, 2026

   

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   I hit this on macOS after a hard restart (MacBook power loss) and was able to diagnose the root cause:

   Root cause: SQLite DB and file storage are written at different times

   opencode maintains two parallel stores for sessions:

   1. ~/.local/share/opencode/opencode.db (SQLite) — written quickly
   2. ~/.local/share/opencode/storage/session/<project_id>/<session_id>.json — written later (or lazily flushed)

   After a hard crash/restart, the SQLite DB had all sessions intact (including full message history via the message table), but the corresponding .json stub files in the file storage were never written. Since the session list UI appears to be driven by the file storage rather than the DB, those sessions were invisible — even though all data was in SQLite.

   Workaround: Reconstruct the missing .json files from the DB:

   STORAGE_DIR=~/.local/share/opencode/storage/session/<your_project_id>
   sqlite3 ~/.local/share/opencode/opencode.db \
     "SELECT id, slug, version, project_id, directory, title, time_created, time_updated, summary_additions, summary_deletions, summary_files FROM session WHERE project_id = '<your_project_id>';" \
     | while IFS='|' read id slug version projectID directory title time_created time_updated additions deletions files; do
       FILE="$STORAGE_DIR/${id}.json"
       if [ ! -f "$FILE" ]; then
         cat > "$FILE" <<EOF
   {
     "id": "$id",
     "slug": "$slug",
     "version": "$version",
     "projectID": "$projectID",
     "directory": "$directory",
     "title": "$title",
     "time": { "created": $time_created, "updated": $time_updated },
     "summary": { "additions": $additions, "deletions": $deletions, "files": $files }
   }
   EOF
         echo "Restored: $id"
       fi
     done

   Fix suggestion: Either make the session list read from SQLite (single source of truth), or ensure the .json file is written atomically before the DB record is committed. The current split-write design creates a durability window where a crash leaves the two stores out of sync.

   👍React with 👍2Reacted by lepuski and krikey
7. github-actions commented on Apr 24, 2026

   

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   To stay organized issues are automatically closed after 60 days of no activity. If the issue is still relevant please open a new one.

   👎React with 👎5Reacted by Joss Markham, Lobster, Jordan Wolinsky, Hamdane Abdelmajid and Soaldourso
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