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[FEATURE]: TUI scroll buffer should not truncate old messages — breaks fork from history #30587
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Problem
In long sessions, the TUI scroll buffer truncates older messages — scrolling up
reaches a hard limit before the beginning of the conversation. This makes it
impossible to:
- Review the full history of a session directly in the TUI
- Click on an early message to fork the session from that point
The fork-from-message feature exists and works, but it's only accessible by
clicking on a visible message. If the message is outside the scroll buffer,
it's effectively unreachable from the UI.
Current workaround
The only workaround is to use opencode session cat <id> or read the raw JSON
file to find the message, then manually edit the session file to create a fork.
This is cumbersome and not user-friendly.
Proposed Solution
One or more of the following:
- Remove or significantly increase the TUI scroll buffer limit, keeping the
full session history scrollable - Add a "jump to message" or search within session feature in the TUI
- Add a
opencode session fork <session-id> <message-id>CLI command
so forks can be created without needing to scroll to the message visually
Expected behavior
Users should be able to scroll to any message in the session history and
fork from it, regardless of session length.
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github-actions commentedon Jun 3, 2026
This issue might be a duplicate of existing issues. Please check:
vpetrigo commentedon Jun 8, 2026
There is a PR #26861 related to that issue. I would really appreaciate the feedback.
D1ChangGeng commentedon Jun 24, 2026
Confirming on v1.17.9: the TUI never calls
loadMore/cursor pagination at all — it renders the initiallimit: 100page only, andsession.first(scrollTo(0)) just jumps to the top of that loaded page, not the true beginning. Older messages are unreachable from the TUI even though they're all present inopencode.db. This blocks fork-from-history for any long session. PR #26861 looks directly relevant — would appreciate a review.github-actions commentedon Aug 24, 2026
To stay organized issues are automatically closed after 60 days of no activity. If the issue is still relevant please open a new one.
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