fix(coding-agent): handle symlinked session selector paths closes #3364

packages/coding-agent/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 
 ### Fixed
 
+- Fixed threaded `/resume` session relationships and current-session detection to canonicalize symlinked session paths during selector comparisons, so shared session directories no longer break parent-child matching or active-session delete protection ([#3364](https://github.com/badlogic/pi-mono/issues/3364))
 - Fixed `/session`, Sessions docs, and CLI help to consistently document that session reuse supports both file paths and session IDs, and that `/session` shows the current session ID ([#3390](https://github.com/badlogic/pi-mono/issues/3390))
 - Fixed Windows pnpm global install detection to recognize `\\.pnpm\\` store paths, so update notices now suggest `pnpm install -g @mariozechner/pi-coding-agent` instead of falling back to npm ([#3378](https://github.com/badlogic/pi-mono/issues/3378))
 - Fixed missing `@sinclair/typebox` runtime dependency in `@mariozechner/pi-coding-agent`, so strict pnpm installs no longer fail with `ERR_MODULE_NOT_FOUND` when starting `pi` ([#3434](https://github.com/badlogic/pi-mono/issues/3434))

packages/coding-agent/src/modes/interactive/components/session-selector.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { spawnSync } from "node:child_process";
-import { existsSync } from "node:fs";
+import { existsSync, realpathSync } from "node:fs";
 import { unlink } from "node:fs/promises";
 import * as os from "node:os";
 import {
@@ -47,6 +47,15 @@ function formatSessionDate(date: Date): string {
 	return `${Math.floor(diffDays / 365)}y`;
 }
 
+function canonicalizePath(path: string | undefined): string | undefined {
+	if (!path) return path;
+	try {
+		return realpathSync(path);
+	} catch {
+		return path;
+	}
+}
+
 class SessionSelectorHeader implements Component {
 	private scope: SessionScope;
 	private sortMode: SortMode;
@@ -203,14 +212,16 @@ function buildSessionTree(sessions: SessionInfo[]): SessionTreeNode[] {
 	const byPath = new Map<string, SessionTreeNode>();
 
 	for (const session of sessions) {
-		byPath.set(session.path, { session, children: [] });
+		const sessionPath = canonicalizePath(session.path) ?? session.path;
+		byPath.set(sessionPath, { session, children: [] });
 	}
 
 	const roots: SessionTreeNode[] = [];
 
 	for (const session of sessions) {
-		const node = byPath.get(session.path)!;
+		const sessionPath = canonicalizePath(session.path) ?? session.path;
-		const parentPath = session.parentSessionPath;
+		const node = byPath.get(sessionPath)!;
+		const parentPath = canonicalizePath(session.parentSessionPath);
 
 		if (parentPath && byPath.has(parentPath)) {
 			byPath.get(parentPath)!.children.push(node);
@@ -273,7 +284,7 @@ class SessionList implements Component, Focusable {
 	private keybindings: KeybindingsManager;
 	private showPath = false;
 	private confirmingDeletePath: string | null = null;
-	private currentSessionFilePath?: string;
+	private currentSessionCanonicalPath?: string;
 	public onSelect?: (sessionPath: string) => void;
 	public onCancel?: () => void;
 	public onExit: () => void = () => {};
@@ -312,7 +323,7 @@ class SessionList implements Component, Focusable {
 		this.sortMode = sortMode;
 		this.nameFilter = nameFilter;
 		this.keybindings = keybindings;
-		this.currentSessionFilePath = currentSessionFilePath;
+		this.currentSessionCanonicalPath = canonicalizePath(currentSessionFilePath);
 		this.filterSessions("");
 
 		// Handle Enter in search input - select current item
@@ -374,7 +385,7 @@ class SessionList implements Component, Focusable {
 		if (!selected) return;
 
 		// Prevent deleting current session
-		if (this.currentSessionFilePath && selected.session.path === this.currentSessionFilePath) {
+		if (this.isCurrentSessionPath(selected.session.path)) {
 			this.onError?.("Cannot delete the currently active session");
 			return;
 		}
@@ -382,6 +393,11 @@ class SessionList implements Component, Focusable {
 		this.setConfirmingDeletePath(selected.session.path);
 	}
 
+	private isCurrentSessionPath(path: string): boolean {
+		if (!this.currentSessionCanonicalPath) return false;
+		return (canonicalizePath(path) ?? path) === this.currentSessionCanonicalPath;
+	}
+
 	invalidate(): void {}
 
 	render(width: number): string[] {
@@ -424,7 +440,7 @@ class SessionList implements Component, Focusable {
 			const session = node.session;
 			const isSelected = i === this.selectedIndex;
 			const isConfirmingDelete = session.path === this.confirmingDeletePath;
-			const isCurrent = this.currentSessionFilePath === session.path;
+			const isCurrent = this.isCurrentSessionPath(session.path);
 
 			// Build tree prefix
 			const prefix = this.buildTreePrefix(node);

packages/coding-agent/test/session-selector-path-delete.test.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
+import { mkdirSync, mkdtempSync, rmSync, symlinkSync, writeFileSync } from "node:fs";
+import { tmpdir } from "node:os";
+import { join } from "node:path";
 import { setKeybindings } from "@mariozechner/pi-tui";
-import { beforeAll, beforeEach, describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+import { afterEach, beforeAll, beforeEach, describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
 import { KeybindingsManager } from "../src/core/keybindings.js";
 import type { SessionInfo } from "../src/core/session-manager.js";
 import { SessionSelectorComponent } from "../src/modes/interactive/components/session-selector.js";
@@ -27,12 +30,17 @@ async function flushPromises(): Promise<void> {
 	});
 }
 
+function stripAnsi(text: string): string {
+	return text.replace(/\x1B\[[0-?]*[ -/]*[@-~]/g, "");
+}
+
 function makeSession(overrides: Partial<SessionInfo> & { id: string }): SessionInfo {
 	return {
 		path: overrides.path ?? `/tmp/${overrides.id}.jsonl`,
 		id: overrides.id,
 		cwd: overrides.cwd ?? "",
 		name: overrides.name,
+		parentSessionPath: overrides.parentSessionPath,
 		created: overrides.created ?? new Date(0),
 		modified: overrides.modified ?? new Date(0),
 		messageCount: overrides.messageCount ?? 1,
@@ -41,11 +49,52 @@ function makeSession(overrides: Partial<SessionInfo> & { id: string }): SessionI
 	};
 }
 
+function createSymlinkedSessionPaths(): {
+	baseDir: string;
+	parentAliasA: string;
+	parentAliasB: string;
+	childAliasB: string;
+} {
+	const baseDir = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), "pi-session-selector-"));
+	const realDir = join(baseDir, "real");
+	const aliasADir = join(baseDir, "alias-a");
+	const aliasBDir = join(baseDir, "alias-b");
+	mkdirSync(realDir, { recursive: true });
+	mkdirSync(aliasADir, { recursive: true });
+	mkdirSync(aliasBDir, { recursive: true });
+
+	const sharedDir = join(realDir, "sessions");
+	mkdirSync(sharedDir, { recursive: true });
+	const aliasASessions = join(aliasADir, "sessions");
+	const aliasBSessions = join(aliasBDir, "sessions");
+	symlinkSync(sharedDir, aliasASessions);
+	symlinkSync(sharedDir, aliasBSessions);
+
+	const parentRealPath = join(sharedDir, "parent.jsonl");
+	const childRealPath = join(sharedDir, "child.jsonl");
+	writeFileSync(parentRealPath, "parent\n");
+	writeFileSync(childRealPath, "child\n");
+
+	return {
+		baseDir,
+		parentAliasA: join(aliasASessions, "parent.jsonl"),
+		parentAliasB: join(aliasBSessions, "parent.jsonl"),
+		childAliasB: join(aliasBSessions, "child.jsonl"),
+	};
+}
+
 const CTRL_D = "\x04";
 const CTRL_BACKSPACE = "\x1b[127;5u";
 
 describe("session selector path/delete interactions", () => {
 	const keybindings = new KeybindingsManager();
+	const tempDirs: string[] = [];
+
+	afterEach(() => {
+		for (const dir of tempDirs.splice(0)) {
+			rmSync(dir, { recursive: true, force: true });
+		}
+	});
 
 	beforeEach(() => {
 		// Ensure test isolation: keybindings are a global singleton
@@ -196,4 +245,71 @@ describe("session selector path/delete interactions", () => {
 		allDeferred.resolve([makeSession({ id: "all" })]);
 		await flushPromises();
 	});
+
+	it("threads sessions when parent and child paths use different symlink aliases", async () => {
+		const paths = createSymlinkedSessionPaths();
+		tempDirs.push(paths.baseDir);
+
+		const sessions = [
+			makeSession({
+				id: "parent",
+				path: paths.parentAliasB,
+				name: "Parent",
+				modified: new Date("2026-01-01T00:00:00.000Z"),
+			}),
+			makeSession({
+				id: "child",
+				path: paths.childAliasB,
+				parentSessionPath: paths.parentAliasA,
+				name: "Child",
+				modified: new Date("2025-12-31T00:00:00.000Z"),
+			}),
+		];
+
+		const selector = new SessionSelectorComponent(
+			async () => sessions,
+			async () => [],
+			() => {},
+			() => {},
+			() => {},
+			() => {},
+			{ keybindings },
+		);
+		await flushPromises();
+
+		const output = stripAnsi(selector.render(120).join("\n"));
+		expect(output).toContain("Parent");
+		expect(output).toContain("└─ Child");
+	});
+
+	it("treats the current session as active across symlink aliases", async () => {
+		const paths = createSymlinkedSessionPaths();
+		tempDirs.push(paths.baseDir);
+
+		const sessions = [makeSession({ id: "parent", path: paths.parentAliasB, name: "Parent" })];
+		const selector = new SessionSelectorComponent(
+			async () => sessions,
+			async () => [],
+			() => {},
+			() => {},
+			() => {},
+			() => {},
+			{ keybindings },
+			paths.parentAliasA,
+		);
+		await flushPromises();
+
+		const list = selector.getSessionList();
+		const confirmationChanges: Array<string | null> = [];
+		let errorMessage: string | undefined;
+		list.onDeleteConfirmationChange = (path) => confirmationChanges.push(path);
+		list.onError = (message) => {
+			errorMessage = message;
+		};
+
+		list.handleInput(CTRL_D);
+
+		expect(confirmationChanges).toEqual([]);
+		expect(errorMessage).toBe("Cannot delete the currently active session");
+	});
 });