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[FEATURE]: Add unarchive/restore for archived sessions and confirmation dialog #32355
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Problem: Archiving a session in the desktop app is a one-way operation with no confirmation. The archive button in the sidebar is too easy to hit accidentally (issue #20347). Once archived, there's no way to restore from the UI - you have to edit the SQLite database manually.
What happened to me:
I accidentally clicked the archive button in the desktop sidebar (the icon looks like a context menu button). The session disappeared immediately with no confirmation. I couldn't restore it from the UI. I had to use opencode db to find it in the SQLite database and set time_archived=NULL. Even then, the session didn't reappear until I manually reconstructed it.
Request:
- Add Unarchive action to restore archived sessions (backend already supports time_archived=NULL)
- Show archived sessions in a visible section or filter in the sidebar
- Add a confirmation dialog before archiving (Are you sure you want to archive this session?)
Related issues:
- desktop: move sidebar session archive behind an options menu #20347 desktop: move sidebar session archive behind an options menu
- [FEATURE]: Add unarchive/restore for archived sessions #24153 FEATURE: Add unarchive/restore for archived sessions
- [FEATURE]: Search archived session and un-archive for web ui #13463 FEATURE: Search archived session and un-archive for web ui
- Archiving sessions #22363 Archiving sessions (no confirmation)
- Session history disappears and archived sessions are difficult to restore #26505 Session history disappears and archived sessions are difficult to restore
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github-actions commentedon Jun 14, 2026
This issue might be a duplicate of existing issues. Please check:
time_archived=NULL)Please check those issues and consider adding your use case (accidental click in the desktop sidebar) as a comment there instead of opening a new request.
MrAwesome commentedon Aug 10, 2026
For anyone finding this through Google before it's fixed, you can unarchive sessions manually with sqlite.
Find your opencode.db file, open it with sqlite:
Run this to show all archived sessions:
Copy the id of the relevant session, then:
neriousy commentedon Oct 1, 2026
Closing as a duplicate of #6680, which tracks viewing and restoring (unarchiving) archived sessions. Please add your use case and 👍 there. The accidental-archive confirmation you describe is a good point to raise there as well.