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[FEATURE]: TUI /session picker: option to show all sessions across all projects #35581
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Feature Request
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- I have searched existing issues and confirmed this feature has not been suggested before (checked: [FEATURE]: Cross-project session list / picker for TUI #31932 and [FEATURE]: Add --all flag to /sessions command to view sessions across all projects #17842 which are related but focus on CLI flags; this issue focuses on the TUI session picker interaction model)
Problem
The /session picker in the TUI only shows sessions scoped to the current working directory/project. There is no way to browse sessions from other directories without either:
- Launching OpenCode from a different directory
- Knowing the session ID in advance and using
opencode --session <id>from the CLI
Expected Behavior
A way to view all sessions across all projects directly from the TUI session picker — either:
- A toggle or keybind inside the
/sessionpicker to switch between "current project" and "all sessions" - A config option to default the session picker to global scope
- A separate command (e.g.
/sessions --all) that shows everything
Current Workaround
opencode session list --format json
opencode --session <id>
This works but is cumbersome — it requires dropping out of the TUI, running a CLI command, manually copying a session ID, and re-launching.
Context
The opencode session list CLI command already returns all sessions globally (no directory filtering), so the data is all in one database. The TUI just needs a way to surface it.
Reacted by Alex, Jacek Chmielewski, Fahad Al-Hantushi and Jon Hyde
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github-actions commentedon Jul 6, 2026
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[-]TUI /session picker: option to show all sessions across all projects[/-][+][FEATURE]: TUI /session picker: option to show all sessions across all projects[/+]github-actions commentedon Jul 6, 2026
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wsaaaqqq commentedon Jul 22, 2026
+1 on this. I had the same frustration and wrote a tool to work around it in the meantime:
https://github.com/wsaaaqqq/oos
It reads the OpenCode SQLite db directly, so it shows every session from every project -- no directory scoping, no limits. Type any keyword, see results instantly across all projects, Enter to resume.
Not a replacement for a proper TUI picker, but a working stopgap while this feature request plays out. Hope it helps.
Drealise commentedon Aug 5, 2026
just chiming in that I'm also missing this feature. cd-ing around is not the right way.
This applies not only to the TUI, but the "web" and "Desktop" clients also.
thepigdestroyer commentedon Aug 12, 2026
Partial workaround in case it is useful while this is open: the picker already has a directory-scope toggle,
app.toggle.session_directory_filter, which widens it from the current directory to the whole project.{ "keybinds": { "app_toggle_session_directory_filter": "ctrl+a" } }in
tui.json, or run it from the command palette. It does not do what this issue asks for, since the widest scope is still{ scope: "project" }, but it does cover the case of sessions started in a subdirectory of the same project.Two caveats. It defaults to
none, so it is easy to miss, and until #42060 it does not fire while the picker is actually open.neriousy commentedon Oct 1, 2026
done in v2