Moving a project directory breaks all existing sessions created in the original one #33909

When a project is moved/renamed on disk (e.g. /home/user/old-project → /home/user/new-location), all existing sessions that reference the old path via the session.directory column in ~/.local/share/opencode/opencode.db become unusable. Opening such a session shows the conversation history, but sending any prompt immediately produces "Build · · interrupted" with no error message visible to the user.

The log shows level=ERROR message=process session.id=... error=Aborted stack=undefined, but no indication that the stale directory path is the cause.

Probable root cause:

The session's directory field in the SQLite database stores the absolute path that was current at session creation time. When opencode loads a session:

1. It sets the working directory from session.directory
2. The snapshot tracking system, file watcher, and file-picker (fff) all operate relative to this path
3. If the path doesn't exist, the LLM turn is silently aborted

The same issue has been observed to affect:

• project.worktree: project-level worktree path
• project_directory.directory: registered project directories
• snapshot/<id>/<epoch>/config: snapshot git config worktree = ...
• snapshot/<id>/<epoch>/objects/info/alternates: alternates path to main repo's .git/objects
• DCP plugin storage files (~/.local/share/opencode/storage/plugin/dcp/*.json): compressed summaries containing old paths

Impact

• No visual feedback to the user about why the session fails
• All sessions for the moved project broke
• Users with many sessions (100+) must manually update each row in the DB
• Also affects the file-picker (fff) which logs "Failed to init file picker: Invalid path" but doesn't block session loading

Plugins

@tarquinen/opencode-dcp@latest

OpenCode version

1.17.10

Steps to reproduce

To Reproduce

1. Create a test repo:

   mkdir -p /tmp/opencode-test && cd /tmp/opencode-test
   git init && echo "test" > README.md && git add . && git commit -m "init"

2. Create a session:
   opencode run "hello" --dir /tmp/opencode-test --dangerously-skip-permissions
3. Get the session ID:
   sqlite3 ~/.local/share/opencode/opencode.db
   "SELECT id FROM session WHERE directory = '/tmp/opencode-test';"
4. Move the repo (simulating a project move):
   mv /tmp/opencode-test /tmp/opencode-test-moved
5. Try to continue the session from the new location:
   opencode run "hello again" --session --dir /tmp/opencode-test-moved
   Result: The command hangs indefinitely (timed out after 60s). The log shows:

• "creating instance" directory=/tmp/opencode-test (old path, --dir flag ignored)
• "loop session.id=... step=0" (session loads)
• "failed to initialize fff" error="Failed to init file picker: Invalid path /tmp/opencode-test"
• No stream ever starts — the session hangs at step 0
• The --dir flag does not override the session's stored directory

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Operating System

Debian 6.12.94-1

Terminal

gnome-terminal