refactor(session): simplify pending withdrawal

packages/app/src/context/server-session-v2-reducer.test.ts

@@ -153,4 +153,42 @@ describe("v2 session reducer", () => {
 
     expect(result).toMatchObject({ sessionID: "ses_1", missing: "msg_user", touched: [] })
   })
+
+  test("forgets withdrawn input before a later promotion", () => {
+    const reducer = createV2SessionReducer()
+    reducer.reduce(
+      [],
+      event({
+        ...base,
+        id: "evt_admitted",
+        type: "session.input.admitted",
+        data: {
+          sessionID: "ses_1",
+          inputID: "msg_user",
+          input: { type: "user", delivery: "steer", data: { text: "hello" } },
+        },
+      }),
+    )
+    reducer.reduce(
+      [],
+      event({
+        ...base,
+        id: "evt_withdrawn",
+        type: "session.input.withdrawn",
+        data: { sessionID: "ses_1", inputID: "msg_user" },
+      }),
+    )
+
+    const result = reducer.reduce(
+      [],
+      event({
+        ...base,
+        id: "evt_promoted",
+        type: "session.input.promoted",
+        data: { sessionID: "ses_1", inputID: "msg_user" },
+      }),
+    )
+
+    expect(result).toMatchObject({ sessionID: "ses_1", missing: "msg_user", touched: [] })
+  })
 })

packages/app/src/context/server-session-v2-reducer.ts

@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@ export function createV2SessionReducer() {
       case "session.input.admitted":
         pending.set(key(sessionID, event.data.inputID), event.data.input)
         return result([...source])
+      case "session.input.withdrawn":
+        pending.delete(key(sessionID, event.data.inputID))
+        return
       case "session.input.promoted": {
         const input = pending.get(key(sessionID, event.data.inputID))
         pending.delete(key(sessionID, event.data.inputID))

packages/client/src/effect/api/api.ts

@@ -370,6 +370,15 @@ export type Endpoint5_26Output =
             readonly input: SessionPending.Message
           }
         }
+      | {
+          readonly id: Event.ID
+          readonly created: DateTime.Utc
+          readonly metadata?: { readonly [x: string]: unknown } | undefined
+          readonly type: "session.input.withdrawn"
+          readonly durable: { readonly aggregateID: string; readonly seq: Event.Seq; readonly version: Event.Version }
+          readonly location?: Location.Ref | undefined
+          readonly data: { readonly sessionID: Session.ID; readonly inputID: SessionMessage.ID }
+        }
       | {
           readonly id: Event.ID
           readonly created: DateTime.Utc
@@ -841,6 +850,12 @@ export type Endpoint5_29Input = { readonly sessionID: Session.ID; readonly messa
 export type Endpoint5_29Output = SessionMessage.Info
 export type SessionMessageOperation<E = never> = (input: Endpoint5_29Input) => Effect.Effect<Endpoint5_29Output, E>
 
+export type Endpoint5_30Input = { readonly sessionID: Session.ID; readonly inputID: SessionMessage.ID }
+export type Endpoint5_30Output = boolean
+export type SessionPendingWithdrawOperation<E = never> = (
+  input: Endpoint5_30Input,
+) => Effect.Effect<Endpoint5_30Output, E>
+
 export interface SessionApi<E = never> {
   readonly list: SessionListOperation<E>
   readonly create: SessionCreateOperation<E>
@@ -865,7 +880,10 @@ export interface SessionApi<E = never> {
     readonly commit: SessionRevertCommitOperation<E>
   }
   readonly context: SessionContextOperation<E>
-  readonly pending: { readonly list: SessionPendingListOperation<E> }
+  readonly pending: {
+    readonly list: SessionPendingListOperation<E>
+    readonly withdraw: SessionPendingWithdrawOperation<E>
+  }
   readonly instructions: {
     readonly entry: {
       readonly list: SessionInstructionsEntryListOperation<E>

packages/client/src/effect/generated/client.ts

@@ -76,6 +76,8 @@ import type {
   Endpoint5_28Output,
   Endpoint5_29Input,
   Endpoint5_29Output,
+  Endpoint5_30Input,
+  Endpoint5_30Output,
   Endpoint6_0Input,
   Endpoint6_0Output,
   Endpoint7_0Input,
@@ -550,6 +552,14 @@ const Endpoint5_29 = (raw: RawClient["server.session"]) => (input: Endpoint5_29I
     ),
   )
 
+const Endpoint5_30 = (raw: RawClient["server.session"]) => (input: Endpoint5_30Input) =>
+  preserveEffect<Endpoint5_30Output>()(
+    raw["session.pending.withdraw"]({ params: { sessionID: input["sessionID"], inputID: input["inputID"] } }).pipe(
+      Effect.mapError(mapClientError),
+      Effect.map((value) => value.data),
+    ),
+  )
+
 const adaptGroup5 = (raw: RawClient["server.session"]) => ({
   list: Endpoint5_0(raw),
   create: Endpoint5_1(raw),
@@ -570,7 +580,7 @@ const adaptGroup5 = (raw: RawClient["server.session"]) => ({
   wait: Endpoint5_16(raw),
   revert: { stage: Endpoint5_17(raw), clear: Endpoint5_18(raw), commit: Endpoint5_19(raw) },
   context: Endpoint5_20(raw),
-  pending: { list: Endpoint5_21(raw) },
+  pending: { list: Endpoint5_21(raw), withdraw: Endpoint5_30(raw) },
   instructions: { entry: { list: Endpoint5_22(raw), put: Endpoint5_23(raw), remove: Endpoint5_24(raw) } },
   generate: Endpoint5_25(raw),
   log: Endpoint5_26(raw),

packages/client/src/promise/generated/client.ts

@@ -70,6 +70,8 @@ import type {
   SessionBackgroundOutput,
   SessionMessageInput,
   SessionMessageOutput,
+  SessionPendingWithdrawInput,
+  SessionPendingWithdrawOutput,
   MessageListInput,
   MessageListOutput,
   ModelListInput,
@@ -732,6 +734,17 @@ export function make(options: ClientOptions) {
             },
             requestOptions,
           ).then((value) => value.data),
+        withdraw: (input: SessionPendingWithdrawInput, requestOptions?: RequestOptions) =>
+          request<{ readonly data: SessionPendingWithdrawOutput }>(
+            {
+              method: "POST",
+              path: `/api/session/${encodeURIComponent(input.sessionID)}/pending/${encodeURIComponent(input.inputID)}/withdraw`,
+              successStatus: 200,
+              declaredStatuses: [404, 400, 401],
+              empty: false,
+            },
+            requestOptions,
+          ).then((value) => value.data),
       },
       instructions: {
         entry: {

packages/client/src/promise/generated/types.ts

@@ -637,6 +637,16 @@ export type SessionInputPromoted = {
   data: { sessionID: string; inputID: string }
 }
 
+export type SessionInputWithdrawn = {
+  id: string
+  created: number
+  metadata?: { [x: string]: any }
+  type: "session.input.withdrawn"
+  durable: { aggregateID: string; seq: number; version: 1 }
+  location?: LocationRef
+  data: { sessionID: string; inputID: string }
+}
+
 export type SessionExecutionStarted = {
   id: string
   created: number
@@ -2157,6 +2167,7 @@ export type SessionEventDurable =
   | SessionForked
   | SessionInputPromoted
   | SessionInputAdmitted
+  | SessionInputWithdrawn
   | SessionExecutionStarted
   | SessionExecutionSucceeded
   | SessionExecutionFailed
@@ -2252,6 +2263,7 @@ export type V2Event =
   | SessionForked
   | SessionInputPromoted
   | SessionInputAdmitted
+  | SessionInputWithdrawn
   | SessionExecutionStarted
   | SessionExecutionSucceeded
   | SessionExecutionFailed
@@ -3207,6 +3219,13 @@ export type SessionMessageInput = {
 
 export type SessionMessageOutput = { data: SessionMessageInfo }["data"]
 
+export type SessionPendingWithdrawInput = {
+  readonly sessionID: { readonly sessionID: string; readonly inputID: string }["sessionID"]
+  readonly inputID: { readonly sessionID: string; readonly inputID: string }["inputID"]
+}
+
+export type SessionPendingWithdrawOutput = { data: boolean }["data"]
+
 export type MessageListInput = {
   readonly sessionID: { readonly sessionID: string }["sessionID"]
   readonly limit?: {

packages/client/test/promise.test.ts

@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ test("session instructions methods use the public HTTP contract", async () => {
   ])
 })
 
-test("session.pending.list uses the public HTTP contract", async () => {
+test("session.pending uses the public HTTP contract", async () => {
   const requests: Array<{ method: string; url: string }> = []
   const pending = [
     {
@@ -317,14 +317,22 @@ test("session.pending.list uses the public HTTP contract", async () => {
     fetch: async (input, init) => {
       const request = input instanceof Request ? input : new Request(input, init)
       requests.push({ method: request.method, url: request.url })
-      return Response.json({ data: pending })
+      return Response.json({ data: request.method === "GET" ? pending : true })
     },
   })
 
   const result = await client.session.pending.list({ sessionID: "ses_test" })
+  const withdrawn = await client.session.pending.withdraw({ sessionID: "ses_test", inputID: "msg_pending" })
 
   expect(result).toEqual(pending)
-  expect(requests).toEqual([{ method: "GET", url: "http://localhost:3000/api/session/ses_test/pending" }])
+  expect(withdrawn).toBe(true)
+  expect(requests).toEqual([
+    { method: "GET", url: "http://localhost:3000/api/session/ses_test/pending" },
+    {
+      method: "POST",
+      url: "http://localhost:3000/api/session/ses_test/pending/msg_pending/withdraw",
+    },
+  ])
 })
 
 test("event.subscribe exposes the Promise event stream wire projection", async () => {

packages/core/src/session.ts

@@ -209,6 +209,10 @@ export interface Interface {
    * unhandled compaction barriers.
    */
   readonly pending: (sessionID: SessionSchema.ID) => Effect.Effect<SessionPending.Info[], NotFoundError>
+  readonly withdraw: (input: {
+    sessionID: SessionSchema.ID
+    inputID: SessionMessage.ID
+  }) => Effect.Effect<boolean, NotFoundError>
   /**
    * Durable, ordered session log read. Replays durable session bus after
    * the exclusive `after` cursor, emits a `Synced` marker at the captured
@@ -540,6 +544,10 @@ const layer = Layer.effect(
         yield* result.get(sessionID)
         return yield* SessionPending.list(db, sessionID)
       }),
+      withdraw: Effect.fn("Session.withdraw")(function* (input) {
+        yield* result.get(input.sessionID)
+        return yield* SessionPending.withdraw(db, bus, input)
+      }),
       log: (input) =>
         Stream.unwrap(
           result

packages/core/src/session/message-updater.ts

@@ -175,6 +175,7 @@ export function update(adapter: Adapter, event: SessionEvent.Event) {
       "session.forked": () => Effect.void,
       "session.input.promoted": () => Effect.void,
       "session.input.admitted": () => Effect.void,
+      "session.input.withdrawn": () => Effect.void,
       "session.execution.started": () => Effect.void,
       "session.execution.succeeded": () => clearCurrentRetry,
       "session.execution.failed": () => clearCurrentRetry,

packages/core/src/session/pending.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 export * as SessionPending from "./pending"
 
-import { and, asc, eq, or } from "drizzle-orm"
+import { and, asc, eq, or, sql } from "drizzle-orm"
 import { DateTime, Effect, Schema } from "effect"
 import {
   Compaction,
@@ -38,10 +38,15 @@ const encodeUser = Schema.encodeSync(UserData)
 const decodeSynthetic = Schema.decodeUnknownSync(SyntheticData)
 const encodeSynthetic = Schema.encodeSync(SyntheticData)
 const decodeAdmittedEvent = Schema.decodeUnknownOption(SessionEvent.InputAdmitted.data)
+const decodeWithdrawnEvent = Schema.decodeUnknownOption(SessionEvent.InputWithdrawn.data)
 const admittedEventType = Bus.versionedType(
   SessionEvent.InputAdmitted.type,
   SessionEvent.InputAdmitted.durable.version,
 )
+const withdrawnEventType = Bus.versionedType(
+  SessionEvent.InputWithdrawn.type,
+  SessionEvent.InputWithdrawn.durable.version,
+)
 const inboxLocks = KeyedMutex.makeUnsafe<SessionSchema.ID>()
 
 export class LifecycleConflict extends Schema.TaggedErrorClass<LifecycleConflict>()(
@@ -103,6 +108,38 @@ export const compaction = Effect.fn("SessionPending.compaction")(function* (
   return entry.type === "compaction" ? entry : undefined
 })
 
+const admittedFromHistory = Effect.fn("SessionPending.admittedFromHistory")(function* (
+  db: DatabaseService,
+  sessionID: SessionSchema.ID,
+  id: SessionMessage.ID,
+) {
+  const row = yield* db
+    .select()
+    .from(EventTable)
+    .where(
+      and(
+        eq(EventTable.aggregate_id, sessionID),
+        eq(EventTable.type, admittedEventType),
+        sql`json_extract(${EventTable.data}, '$.inputID') = ${id}`,
+      ),
+    )
+    .limit(1)
+    .get()
+    .pipe(Effect.orDie)
+  if (row) {
+    const decoded = decodeAdmittedEvent(row.data)
+    if (decoded._tag !== "Some" || decoded.value.inputID !== id)
+      return yield* Effect.die(new LifecycleConflict({ id }))
+    const base = { id, sessionID, timeCreated: DateTime.makeUnsafe(row.created) }
+    return decoded.value.input.type === "user"
+      ? User.make({ ...base, ...decoded.value.input })
+      : Synthetic.make({ ...base, ...decoded.value.input })
+  }
+  // A projected message without an admitted event in this aggregate (for
+  // example fork-copied history) is not a retryable admission.
+  return yield* Effect.die(new LifecycleConflict({ id }))
+})
+
 /**
  * Reconstruct the admitted record for a pending row that was already consumed
  * by promotion. The projected `session_message` row proves promotion happened;
@@ -123,27 +160,30 @@ const promotedFromHistory = Effect.fn("SessionPending.promotedFromHistory")(func
   if (message === undefined) return undefined
   if (message.session_id !== sessionID || (message.type !== "user" && message.type !== "synthetic"))
     return yield* Effect.die(new LifecycleConflict({ id }))
-  const rows = yield* db
-    .select()
+  return yield* admittedFromHistory(db, sessionID, id)
+})
+
+const wasWithdrawn = Effect.fn("SessionPending.wasWithdrawn")(function* (
+  db: DatabaseService,
+  sessionID: SessionSchema.ID,
+  id: SessionMessage.ID,
+) {
+  const row = yield* db
+    .select({ data: EventTable.data })
     .from(EventTable)
-    .where(and(eq(EventTable.aggregate_id, sessionID), eq(EventTable.type, admittedEventType)))
-    .all()
+    .where(
+      and(
+        eq(EventTable.aggregate_id, sessionID),
+        eq(EventTable.type, withdrawnEventType),
+        sql`json_extract(${EventTable.data}, '$.inputID') = ${id}`,
+      ),
+    )
+    .limit(1)
+    .get()
     .pipe(Effect.orDie)
-  for (const row of rows) {
-    const decoded = decodeAdmittedEvent(row.data)
-    if (decoded._tag !== "Some" || decoded.value.inputID !== id) continue
-    const base = {
-      id,
-      sessionID,
-      timeCreated: DateTime.makeUnsafe(row.created),
-    }
-    return decoded.value.input.type === "user"
-      ? User.make({ ...base, ...decoded.value.input })
-      : Synthetic.make({ ...base, ...decoded.value.input })
-  }
-  // A projected message without an admitted event in this aggregate (for
-  // example fork-copied history) is not a retryable admission.
-  return yield* Effect.die(new LifecycleConflict({ id }))
+  if (!row) return false
+  const decoded = decodeWithdrawnEvent(row.data)
+  return decoded._tag === "Some" && decoded.value.inputID === id
 })
 
 export const admit = Effect.fn("SessionPending.admit")(function* (
@@ -162,6 +202,8 @@ export const admit = Effect.fn("SessionPending.admit")(function* (
   }
   const promoted = yield* promotedFromHistory(db, request.sessionID, request.id)
   if (promoted !== undefined) return promoted
+  if (yield* wasWithdrawn(db, request.sessionID, request.id))
+    return yield* admittedFromHistory(db, request.sessionID, request.id)
   return yield* bus
     .publish(SessionEvent.InputAdmitted, {
       inputID: request.id,
@@ -309,14 +351,13 @@ export const projectCompactionAdmitted = Effect.fn("SessionPending.projectCompac
  * message insert inside the same event transaction; the deleted row is what
  * makes the table pending-only.
  */
-export const projectPromoted = Effect.fn("SessionPending.projectPromoted")(function* (
+const consumeInput = Effect.fn("SessionPending.consumeInput")(function* (
   db: DatabaseService,
   input: {
     readonly id: SessionMessage.ID
     readonly sessionID: SessionSchema.ID
   },
 ) {
-  if (yield* compaction(db, input.sessionID)) return yield* Effect.die(new LifecycleConflict({ id: input.id }))
   const deleted = yield* db
     .delete(SessionPendingTable)
     .where(and(eq(SessionPendingTable.id, input.id), eq(SessionPendingTable.session_id, input.sessionID)))
@@ -329,6 +370,27 @@ export const projectPromoted = Effect.fn("SessionPending.projectPromoted")(funct
   return stored
 })
 
+export const projectPromoted = Effect.fn("SessionPending.projectPromoted")(function* (
+  db: DatabaseService,
+  input: {
+    readonly id: SessionMessage.ID
+    readonly sessionID: SessionSchema.ID
+  },
+) {
+  if (yield* compaction(db, input.sessionID)) return yield* Effect.die(new LifecycleConflict({ id: input.id }))
+  return yield* consumeInput(db, input)
+})
+
+export const projectWithdrawn = Effect.fn("SessionPending.projectWithdrawn")(function* (
+  db: DatabaseService,
+  input: {
+    readonly id: SessionMessage.ID
+    readonly sessionID: SessionSchema.ID
+  },
+) {
+  return yield* consumeInput(db, input)
+})
+
 export const settleCompaction = Effect.fn("SessionPending.settleCompaction")(function* (
   db: DatabaseService,
   input: { readonly sessionID: SessionSchema.ID },
@@ -406,6 +468,30 @@ export const equivalent = (
   return false
 }
 
+export const withdraw = Effect.fn("SessionPending.withdraw")(function* (
+  db: DatabaseService,
+  bus: Bus.Interface,
+  input: { readonly sessionID: SessionSchema.ID; readonly inputID: SessionMessage.ID },
+) {
+  return yield* inboxLocks.withLock(input.sessionID)(
+    Effect.gen(function* () {
+      const pending = yield* find(db, input.inputID)
+      if (!pending) return yield* wasWithdrawn(db, input.sessionID, input.inputID)
+      if (pending.sessionID !== input.sessionID || pending.type === "compaction") return false
+      yield* bus
+        .publish(SessionEvent.InputWithdrawn, input)
+        .pipe(
+          Effect.catchDefect((defect) =>
+            wasWithdrawn(db, input.sessionID, input.inputID).pipe(
+              Effect.flatMap((withdrawn) => (withdrawn ? Effect.void : Effect.die(defect))),
+            ),
+          ),
+        )
+      return true
+    }),
+  )
+})
+
 const publish = Effect.fn("SessionPending.publish")(function* (
   db: DatabaseService,
   bus: Bus.Interface,

packages/core/src/session/projector.ts

@@ -665,6 +665,12 @@ const layer = Layer.effectDiscard(
           .pipe(Effect.orDie)
       }),
     )
+    yield* bus.project(SessionEvent.InputWithdrawn, (event) =>
+      SessionPending.projectWithdrawn(db, {
+        id: event.data.inputID,
+        sessionID: event.data.sessionID,
+      }),
+    )
     yield* bus.project(SessionEvent.Compaction.Admitted, (event) =>
       Effect.gen(function* () {
         if (event.durable === undefined)

packages/core/test/session-prompt.test.ts

@@ -996,6 +996,52 @@ describe("Session.pending", () => {
     }),
   )
 
+  it.effect("withdraws an interrupted input before promotion without resurrecting exact retries", () =>
+    Effect.gen(function* () {
+      yield* setup
+      const session = yield* Session.Service
+
+      const admitted = yield* session.prompt({
+        id: SessionMessage.ID.make("msg_withdrawn"),
+        sessionID,
+        text: "Withdraw me",
+        resume: false,
+      })
+
+      yield* session.interrupt(sessionID)
+      expect(yield* session.withdraw({ sessionID, inputID: admitted.id })).toBe(true)
+      expect(yield* session.pending(sessionID)).toEqual([])
+      expect(yield* session.messages({ sessionID })).toEqual([])
+      expect(yield* session.withdraw({ sessionID, inputID: admitted.id })).toBe(true)
+
+      const retried = yield* session.prompt({
+        id: admitted.id,
+        sessionID,
+        text: "Withdraw me",
+        resume: false,
+      })
+      expect(retried.id).toBe(admitted.id)
+      expect(yield* session.pending(sessionID)).toEqual([])
+      expect(yield* eventCount(Bus.versionedType(SessionEvent.InputAdmitted.type, 1))).toBe(1)
+      expect(yield* eventCount(Bus.versionedType(SessionEvent.InputWithdrawn.type, 1))).toBe(1)
+    }),
+  )
+
+  it.effect("leaves promoted input for revert when withdrawal loses the race", () =>
+    Effect.gen(function* () {
+      yield* setup
+      const session = yield* Session.Service
+      const bus = yield* Bus.Service
+      const { db } = yield* Database.Service
+      const admitted = yield* session.prompt({ sessionID, text: "Promote me", resume: false })
+
+      yield* SessionPending.promote(db, bus, sessionID, "steer")
+
+      expect(yield* session.withdraw({ sessionID, inputID: admitted.id })).toBe(false)
+      expect(yield* session.messages({ sessionID })).toMatchObject([{ id: admitted.id, type: "user" }])
+    }),
+  )
+
   it.effect("lists an unhandled compaction barrier until it settles", () =>
     Effect.gen(function* () {
       yield* setup

packages/protocol/src/groups/session.ts

@@ -628,6 +628,22 @@ export const makeSessionGroup = <I extends HttpApiMiddleware.AnyId, S>(sessionLo
           }),
         ),
     )
+    .add(
+      HttpApiEndpoint.post("session.pending.withdraw", "/api/session/:sessionID/pending/:inputID/withdraw", {
+        params: { sessionID: Session.ID, inputID: SessionMessage.ID },
+        success: Schema.Struct({ data: Schema.Boolean }),
+        error: SessionNotFoundError,
+      })
+        .middleware(sessionLocationMiddleware)
+        .annotateMerge(
+          OpenApi.annotations({
+            identifier: "v2.session.pending.withdraw",
+            summary: "Withdraw pending session input",
+            description:
+              "Withdraw one admitted input before promotion. Returns true when the input was withdrawn or had already been withdrawn, and false when it is no longer pending so callers can fall back to reverting projected history.",
+          }),
+        ),
+    )
     .annotateMerge(
       OpenApi.annotations({
         title: "session",

packages/schema/src/session-event.ts

@@ -155,6 +155,16 @@ export const InputAdmitted = Event.durable({
 })
 export type InputAdmitted = typeof InputAdmitted.Type
 
+export const InputWithdrawn = Event.durable({
+  type: "session.input.withdrawn",
+  ...options,
+  schema: {
+    ...Base,
+    inputID: SessionMessage.ID,
+  },
+})
+export type InputWithdrawn = typeof InputWithdrawn.Type
+
 export namespace Execution {
   export const Started = Event.durable({ type: "session.execution.started", ...options, schema: Base })
   export type Started = typeof Started.Type
@@ -556,6 +566,7 @@ export const Definitions = Event.inventory(
   Forked,
   InputPromoted,
   InputAdmitted,
+  InputWithdrawn,
   Execution.Started,
   Execution.Succeeded,
   Execution.Failed,

packages/schema/test/event-manifest.test.ts

@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ describe("public event manifest", () => {
         "session.forked.2",
         "session.input.promoted.1",
         "session.input.admitted.1",
+        "session.input.withdrawn.1",
         "session.execution.started.1",
         "session.execution.succeeded.1",
         "session.execution.failed.1",

packages/server/src/handlers/session.ts

@@ -608,6 +608,23 @@ export const SessionHandler = HttpApiBuilder.group(Api, "server.session", (handl
           }
         }),
       )
+      .handle(
+        "session.pending.withdraw",
+        Effect.fn(function* (ctx) {
+          return {
+            data: yield* session.withdraw(ctx.params).pipe(
+              Effect.catchTag("Session.NotFoundError", (error) =>
+                Effect.fail(
+                  new SessionNotFoundError({
+                    sessionID: error.sessionID,
+                    message: `Session not found: ${error.sessionID}`,
+                  }),
+                ),
+              ),
+            ),
+          }
+        }),
+      )
       .handle(
         "session.instructions.entry.list",
         Effect.fn(function* (ctx) {

packages/simulation/src/frontend/renderer.ts

@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ export const create = Effect.fn("SimulationRenderer.create")(function* (
         ...options,
         width: cols,
         height: rows,
+        kittyKeyboard: Boolean(options.useKittyKeyboard),
         ...(recording
           ? {
               stdout: recording as unknown as NodeJS.WriteStream,

packages/simulation/test/actions.test.ts

@@ -43,6 +43,25 @@ test("normalizes named keys for OpenTUI", async () => {
   ])
 })
 
+test("headless input mirrors the configured kitty keyboard protocol", async () => {
+  await Effect.runPromise(
+    Effect.scoped(
+      Effect.gen(function* () {
+        const renderer = yield* SimulationRenderer.create({ useKittyKeyboard: {} })
+        const harness = createHarness(renderer)
+        let key: { readonly name: string; readonly source: string } | undefined
+        renderer.keyInput.once("keypress", (event) => {
+          key = event
+        })
+
+        yield* execute(harness, { type: "ui.press", key: "escape" })
+
+        expect(key).toMatchObject({ name: "escape", source: "kitty" })
+      }),
+    ),
+  )
+})
+
 test("clicks a target at relative coordinates through descendant text", async () => {
   await Effect.runPromise(
     Effect.scoped(

packages/tui/src/app.tsx

@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ import {
   MouseButton,
   type CliRenderer,
   type CliRendererConfig,
-  type KeyEvent,
   type ThemeMode,
 } from "@opentui/core"
 import { RouteProvider, useRoute } from "./context/route"
@@ -106,6 +105,7 @@ const sessionTabBindingCommands = [
   "session.tab.next_unread",
   "session.tab.previous_unread",
   "session.tab.close",
+  "session.tab.reopen",
   "session.tab.select.1",
   "session.tab.select.2",
   "session.tab.select.3",
@@ -669,7 +669,7 @@ function App(props: { pair?: DialogPairCredentials }) {
       })),
       {
         name: "session.tab.next",
-        title: "Next open session tab",
+        title: "Next tab",
         category: "Session",
         palette: undefined,
         enabled: sessionTabs.enabled,
@@ -677,7 +677,7 @@ function App(props: { pair?: DialogPairCredentials }) {
       },
       {
         name: "session.tab.previous",
-        title: "Previous open session tab",
+        title: "Previous tab",
         category: "Session",
         palette: undefined,
         enabled: sessionTabs.enabled,
@@ -685,7 +685,7 @@ function App(props: { pair?: DialogPairCredentials }) {
       },
       {
         name: "session.tab.history.back",
-        title: "Back in session tab history",
+        title: "Back in tab history",
         category: "Session",
         palette: undefined,
         enabled: sessionTabs.enabled,
@@ -693,7 +693,7 @@ function App(props: { pair?: DialogPairCredentials }) {
       },
       {
         name: "session.tab.history.forward",
-        title: "Forward in session tab history",
+        title: "Forward in tab history",
         category: "Session",
         palette: undefined,
         enabled: sessionTabs.enabled,
@@ -701,7 +701,7 @@ function App(props: { pair?: DialogPairCredentials }) {
       },
       {
         name: "session.tab.next_unread",
-        title: "Next unread session tab",
+        title: "Next unread tab",
         category: "Session",
         palette: undefined,
         enabled: sessionTabs.enabled,
@@ -709,7 +709,7 @@ function App(props: { pair?: DialogPairCredentials }) {
       },
       {
         name: "session.tab.previous_unread",
-        title: "Previous unread session tab",
+        title: "Previous unread tab",
         category: "Session",
         palette: undefined,
         enabled: sessionTabs.enabled,
@@ -717,14 +717,21 @@ function App(props: { pair?: DialogPairCredentials }) {
       },
       {
         name: "session.tab.close",
-        title: "Close current session tab",
+        title: "Close tab",
         category: "Session",
         enabled: sessionTabs.enabled,
         run: () => sessionTabs.close(),
       },
+      {
+        name: "session.tab.reopen",
+        title: "Reopen closed tab",
+        category: "Session",
+        enabled: sessionTabs.enabled,
+        run: () => sessionTabs.reopen(),
+      },
       ...Array.from({ length: 9 }, (_, i) => ({
         name: `session.tab.select.${i + 1}`,
-        title: `Switch to session tab ${i + 1}`,
+        title: `Switch to tab ${i + 1}`,
         category: "Session",
         palette: undefined,
         enabled: sessionTabs.enabled,
@@ -963,11 +970,7 @@ function App(props: { pair?: DialogPairCredentials }) {
         name: "app.exit",
         title: "Exit the app",
         slash: { name: "exit", aliases: ["quit", "q"] },
-        run: (_input: string | undefined, event?: KeyEvent) => {
-          const current = promptRef.current
-          if (event?.sequence && current?.focused && !current.empty) return false
-          exit()
-        },
+        run: () => exit(),
         category: "System",
       },
       {
@@ -1123,7 +1126,14 @@ function App(props: { pair?: DialogPairCredentials }) {
     bindings: pinnedSessionBindingCommands,
   }))
 
-  Keymap.createLayer(() => ({ bindings: ["app.exit"] }))
+  Keymap.createLayer(() => ({
+    enabled: () => {
+      const current = promptRef.current
+      if (!current?.focused) return true
+      return current.current.text === ""
+    },
+    bindings: ["app.exit"],
+  }))
 
   event.on("tui.command.execute", (evt, { workspace }) => {
     if (workspace !== (location.current?.workspaceID ?? data.location.default().workspaceID)) return
@@ -1217,7 +1227,13 @@ function App(props: { pair?: DialogPairCredentials }) {
         <box flexGrow={1} minWidth={0} flexDirection="column">
           <Show when={plugins.ready()}>
             <box flexGrow={1} minHeight={0} flexDirection="column">
-              <Show when={sessionTabs.enabled() && sessionTabs.tabs().length > 0 && route.data.type !== "plugin"}>
+              <Show
+                when={
+                  sessionTabs.enabled() &&
+                  (sessionTabs.tabs().length > 0 || sessionTabs.newTab()) &&
+                  route.data.type !== "plugin"
+                }
+              >
                 <SessionTabs />
               </Show>
               <Switch>

packages/tui/src/component/prompt/autocomplete.tsx

@@ -69,10 +69,15 @@ export function Autocomplete(props: {
     visible: false as AutocompleteRef["visible"],
     input: "keyboard" as "keyboard" | "mouse",
   })
-  let popMode: (() => void) | undefined
 
   const [positionTick, setPositionTick] = createSignal(0)
 
+  createEffect(() => {
+    if (!store.visible) return
+    const popMode = keymap.mode.push("autocomplete")
+    onCleanup(popMode)
+  })
+
   createEffect(() => {
     if (store.visible) {
       let lastPos = { x: 0, y: 0, width: 0 }
@@ -266,7 +271,7 @@ export function Autocomplete(props: {
     const { filename, part } = createFilePart({ path: item, type: "file" }, input.filePath, lineRange)
     const index = store.visible === "@" ? store.index : props.input().cursorOffset
 
-    hide(false)
+    setStore("visible", false)
     setStore("index", index)
     insertPart(filename, part)
   }
@@ -495,7 +500,6 @@ export function Autocomplete(props: {
 
   function move(direction: -1 | 1) {
     if (!store.visible) return
-    syncSearch()
     if (!options().length) return
     let next = store.selected + direction
     if (next < 0) next = options().length - 1
@@ -516,7 +520,6 @@ export function Autocomplete(props: {
   }
 
   function select() {
-    syncSearch()
     const selected = options()[store.selected]
     if (!selected) return
     hide()
@@ -588,7 +591,6 @@ export function Autocomplete(props: {
         title: "Complete autocomplete item",
         group: "Autocomplete",
         run() {
-          syncSearch()
           const selected = options()[store.selected]
           if (selected?.isDirectory) {
             expandDirectory()
@@ -602,16 +604,15 @@ export function Autocomplete(props: {
   }))
 
   function show(mode: "@" | "/") {
-    popMode ??= keymap.mode.push("autocomplete")
     setStore({
       visible: mode,
       index: props.input().cursorOffset,
     })
   }
 
-  function hide(clear = true) {
+  function hide() {
     const text = props.input().plainText
-    if (clear && store.visible === "/" && !text.endsWith(" ") && text.startsWith("/")) {
+    if (store.visible === "/" && !text.endsWith(" ") && text.startsWith("/")) {
       const cursor = props.input().logicalCursor
       props.input().deleteRange(0, 0, cursor.row, cursor.col)
       // Sync the prompt store immediately since onContentChange is async
@@ -620,8 +621,6 @@ export function Autocomplete(props: {
       })
     }
     setStore("visible", false)
-    popMode?.()
-    popMode = undefined
   }
 
   onMount(() => {
@@ -633,33 +632,35 @@ export function Autocomplete(props: {
       unsubscribeMention()
     })
 
-    const ref = {
+    props.ref({
       get visible() {
         return store.visible
       },
-      onInput(value?: string) {
-        if (!props.input().focused) return
+      onInput(value) {
         if (store.visible) {
           if (
             // Typed text before the trigger
             props.input().cursorOffset <= store.index ||
             // There is a space between the trigger and the cursor
-            props.input().getTextRange(store.index, props.input().cursorOffset).match(/\s/)
+            props.input().getTextRange(store.index, props.input().cursorOffset).match(/\s/) ||
+            // "/<command>" is not the sole content
+            (store.visible === "/" && value.match(/^\S+\s+\S+\s*$/))
           ) {
-            hide(false)
+            hide()
           }
           return
         }
 
+        // Check if autocomplete should reopen (e.g., after backspace deleted a space)
         const offset = props.input().cursorOffset
         if (offset === 0) return
-        const text = value ?? (props.input().getTextRange(0, 1) === "/" ? props.input().getTextRange(0, offset) : "")
-        if (text.startsWith("/") && !text.slice(0, offset).match(/\s/)) {
+
+        // Check for "/" at position 0 - reopen slash commands
+        if (value.startsWith("/") && !value.slice(0, offset).match(/\s/)) {
           show("/")
           setStore("index", 0)
           return
         }
-        if (value === undefined) return
 
         // Check for "@" trigger - find the nearest "@" before cursor with no whitespace between
         const idx = mentionTriggerIndex(value, offset)
@@ -668,22 +669,9 @@ export function Autocomplete(props: {
           setStore("index", idx)
         }
       },
-    }
-    props.ref(ref)
-    const stopInputSync = keymap.intercept("key", () => ref.onInput())
-    onCleanup(() => {
-      stopInputSync()
-      popMode?.()
     })
   })
 
-  function syncSearch() {
-    const next = props.input().getTextRange(store.index + 1, props.input().cursorOffset)
-    if (next === search()) return
-    setSearch(next)
-    setStore("selected", 0)
-  }
-
   const height = createMemo(() => {
     const count = options().length || 1
     if (!store.visible) return Math.min(10, count)

packages/tui/src/component/prompt/index.tsx

@@ -85,7 +85,6 @@ function pastedFilepath(value: string, platform: string) {
 
 export type PromptRef = {
   focused: boolean
-  empty: boolean
   current: PromptInfo
   set(prompt: PromptInfo): void
   reset(): void
@@ -148,7 +147,6 @@ function argumentSlash(input: string, commands: readonly KeymapCommand[]) {
 export function Prompt(props: PromptProps) {
   let input: TextareaRenderable
   let anchor: BoxRenderable
-  let promptSyncQueued = false
   const [inputTarget, setInputTarget] = createSignal<TextareaRenderable | undefined>()
 
   const leader = Keymap.useLeaderActive()
@@ -348,7 +346,6 @@ export function Prompt(props: PromptProps) {
         category: "Prompt",
         palette: undefined,
         run: () => {
-          if (input.getTextRange(0, 1) === "") return false
           clearPrompt()
           dialog.clear()
         },
@@ -453,7 +450,6 @@ export function Prompt(props: PromptProps) {
         name: "prompt.editor",
         slash: { name: "editor" },
         run: async () => {
-          if (promptSyncQueued) await flushPromptSync()
           dialog.clear()
 
           const editorPrompt = expandPromptInputPastedText(store.prompt, store.prompt.pasted)
@@ -546,9 +542,6 @@ export function Prompt(props: PromptProps) {
     get focused() {
       return input.focused
     },
-    get empty() {
-      return input.getTextRange(0, 1) === ""
-    },
     get current() {
       return store.prompt
     },
@@ -588,7 +581,6 @@ export function Prompt(props: PromptProps) {
   })
 
   onCleanup(() => {
-    if (promptSyncQueued) void flushPromptSync()
     if (store.prompt.text) {
       stashed = { prompt: unwrap(store.prompt), cursor: input.cursorOffset }
     }
@@ -714,9 +706,9 @@ export function Prompt(props: PromptProps) {
         title: "Stash prompt",
         name: "prompt.stash",
         category: "Prompt",
+        enabled: !!store.prompt.text,
         run: () => {
-          if (input.getTextRange(0, 1) === "") return false
-          void flushPromptSync()
+          if (!store.prompt.text) return
           stash.push({ prompt: store.prompt })
           input.extmarks.clear()
           input.clear()
@@ -787,7 +779,7 @@ export function Prompt(props: PromptProps) {
   Keymap.createLayer(() => {
     return {
       target: inputTarget,
-      enabled: () => inputTarget() !== undefined && !props.disabled,
+      enabled: inputTarget() !== undefined && !props.disabled && store.prompt.text !== "",
       bindings: ["prompt.clear"],
     }
   })
@@ -811,10 +803,6 @@ export function Prompt(props: PromptProps) {
           title: "Shell mode",
           group: "Prompt",
           run: () => {
-            if (input.visualCursor.offset !== 0) {
-              input.insertText("!")
-              return
-            }
             setStore("placeholder", randomIndex(shell().length))
             setStore("mode", "shell")
           },
@@ -937,7 +925,6 @@ export function Prompt(props: PromptProps) {
   }
 
   async function submitInner() {
-    if (promptSyncQueued) await flushPromptSync()
     // IME: double-defer may fire before onContentChange flushes the last
     // composed character (e.g. Korean hangul) to the store, so read
     // plainText directly and sync before any downstream reads.
@@ -1215,22 +1202,6 @@ export function Prompt(props: PromptProps) {
     }, 0)
   }
 
-  async function flushPromptSync() {
-    promptSyncQueued = false
-    renderer.removeFrameCallback(flushPromptSync)
-    if (!input || input.isDestroyed) return
-    const value = input.plainText
-    setStore("prompt", "text", value)
-    auto()?.onInput(value)
-    syncExtmarksWithPromptParts()
-  }
-
-  function queuePromptSync() {
-    if (promptSyncQueued) return
-    promptSyncQueued = true
-    renderer.setFrameCallback(flushPromptSync)
-  }
-
   async function pasteAttachment(file: { filename?: string; uri: string }) {
     const currentOffset = input.cursorOffset
     const extmarkStart = currentOffset
@@ -1272,7 +1243,6 @@ export function Prompt(props: PromptProps) {
   }
 
   function clearPrompt() {
-    if (promptSyncQueued) void flushPromptSync()
     if (
       store.prompt.text.trim().length >= DRAFT_RETENTION_MIN_CHARS ||
       store.prompt.pasted.length > 0 ||
@@ -1387,7 +1357,13 @@ export function Prompt(props: PromptProps) {
               focusedTextColor={leader() ? theme.text.subdued : theme.text.default}
               minHeight={1}
               maxHeight={maxHeight()}
-              onContentChange={queuePromptSync}
+              onContentChange={() => {
+                const value = input.plainText
+                setStore("prompt", "text", value)
+                auto()?.onInput(value)
+                syncExtmarksWithPromptParts()
+                setCursorVersion((value) => value + 1)
+              }}
               onCursorChange={() => setCursorVersion((value) => value + 1)}
               onKeyDown={(e: { preventDefault(): void }) => {
                 if (props.disabled) {

packages/tui/src/component/session-tabs.tsx

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import {
   sessionTabComplete,
   seedSessionTabMotion,
   sessionTabOverflowWidth,
+  type SessionTab,
   type SessionTabUnread,
 } from "../context/session-tabs-model"
 import { createAnimatable, spring, tween } from "../ui/animation"
@@ -24,10 +25,19 @@ type ContextController = ReturnType<typeof useSessionTabs>
 export type SessionTabsStatus = Omit<ReturnType<ContextController["status"]>, "unread"> & {
   unread: SessionTabUnread | undefined
 }
+export const EMPTY_SESSION_TAB_STATUS: SessionTabsStatus = {
+  unread: undefined,
+  promptPulse: 0,
+  attention: false,
+  busy: false,
+}
 export type SessionTabsController = Pick<ContextController, "tabs" | "current" | "select" | "close" | "move"> & {
+  newTab?: () => boolean
   status(sessionID: string): SessionTabsStatus
 }
 
+const NEW_SESSION_TAB: SessionTab = { sessionID: "new", title: "New session" }
+
 export function SessionTabs(props: { controller?: SessionTabsController; animations?: boolean } = {}) {
   const tabs = props.controller ?? useSessionTabs()
   const dimensions = useTerminalDimensions()
@@ -42,8 +52,9 @@ export function SessionTabs(props: { controller?: SessionTabsController; animati
   const accent = () => theme.hue.accent[hueStep()]
   const activeNumber = () => theme.hue.interactive[hueStep()]
   const idleNumber = () => tint(theme.text.subdued, theme.background.default, 0.35)
-  const activeID = createMemo(tabs.current)
-  const items = tabs.tabs
+  const newTab = () => tabs.newTab?.() ?? false
+  const activeID = createMemo(() => (newTab() ? NEW_SESSION_TAB.sessionID : tabs.current()))
+  const items = createMemo(() => (newTab() ? [...tabs.tabs(), NEW_SESSION_TAB] : tabs.tabs()))
   const layout = createMemo((previous: ReturnType<typeof adaptiveSessionTabLayout> | undefined) =>
     adaptiveSessionTabLayout(items(), activeID(), dimensions().width, previous?.start),
   )
@@ -51,7 +62,7 @@ export function SessionTabs(props: { controller?: SessionTabsController; animati
     () =>
       new Map(
         layout().tabs.map((tab) => {
-          const status = tabs.status(tab.sessionID)
+          const status = tab === NEW_SESSION_TAB ? EMPTY_SESSION_TAB_STATUS : tabs.status(tab.sessionID)
           return [
             tab.sessionID,
             {
@@ -262,6 +273,7 @@ export function SessionTabs(props: { controller?: SessionTabsController; animati
           // keeping sloppy clicks indistinguishable from clean ones.
           const release = () => {
             setDragging(undefined)
+            if (tab === NEW_SESSION_TAB) return
             tabs.select(tab.sessionID)
           }
           return (
@@ -275,6 +287,7 @@ export function SessionTabs(props: { controller?: SessionTabsController; animati
               onMouseDown={() => setDragging(tab.sessionID)}
               onMouseUp={release}
               onMouseDrag={(event) => {
+                if (tab === NEW_SESSION_TAB) return
                 const slot = slotAt(event.x)
                 if (slot !== undefined && slot !== tabNumber() - 1) tabs.move(tab.sessionID, slot)
               }}
@@ -323,7 +336,7 @@ export function SessionTabs(props: { controller?: SessionTabsController; animati
                   selectable={false}
                   onMouseUp={(event) => {
                     event.stopPropagation()
-                    tabs.close(tab.sessionID)
+                    tabs.close(tab === NEW_SESSION_TAB ? undefined : tab.sessionID)
                   }}
                 >
                   {hovered() === tab.sessionID ? "×" : ""}

packages/tui/src/config/index.tsx

@@ -127,13 +127,13 @@ export const Info = Schema.Struct({
   tabs: Schema.optional(
     Schema.Struct({
       enabled: Schema.optional(Schema.Boolean).annotate({
-        description: "Use a persistent session tab strip instead of pinned quick-switch sessions",
+        description: "Use a persistent tab strip instead of pinned quick-switch sessions",
       }),
       scope: Schema.optional(Schema.Literals(["global", "cwd"])).annotate({
-        description: "Share session tabs globally or keep a separate set for each working directory",
+        description: "Share tabs globally or keep a separate set for each working directory",
       }),
     }),
-  ).annotate({ description: "Session tab settings" }),
+  ).annotate({ description: "Tab strip settings" }),
   mini: Schema.optional(
     Schema.Struct({
       thinking: Schema.optional(Schema.Literals(["show", "hide"])).annotate({

packages/tui/src/config/v1/keybind.ts

@@ -87,13 +87,14 @@ export const Definitions = {
   session_move: keybind("none", "Move session"),
   session_new: keybind("<leader>n", "Create a new session"),
   session_list: keybind("<leader>l", "List all sessions"),
-  session_tab_next: keybind("ctrl+tab,<leader>right", "Switch to next open session tab"),
-  session_tab_previous: keybind("ctrl+shift+tab,<leader>left", "Switch to previous open session tab"),
-  session_tab_history_back: keybind("ctrl+o", "Go back in session tab history"),
-  session_tab_history_forward: keybind("ctrl+i", "Go forward in session tab history"),
-  session_tab_next_unread: keybind("<leader>down", "Switch to next unread session tab"),
-  session_tab_previous_unread: keybind("<leader>up", "Switch to previous unread session tab"),
-  session_tab_close: keybind("<leader>w", "Close current session tab"),
+  session_tab_next: keybind("ctrl+tab,<leader>right,alt+shift+]", "Switch to next open tab"),
+  session_tab_previous: keybind("ctrl+shift+tab,<leader>left,alt+shift+[", "Switch to previous open tab"),
+  session_tab_history_back: keybind("ctrl+o", "Go back in tab history"),
+  session_tab_history_forward: keybind("ctrl+i", "Go forward in tab history"),
+  session_tab_next_unread: keybind("<leader>down", "Switch to next unread tab"),
+  session_tab_previous_unread: keybind("<leader>up", "Switch to previous unread tab"),
+  session_tab_close: keybind("<leader>w", "Close current tab"),
+  session_tab_reopen: keybind("ctrl+shift+t", "Reopen last closed tab"),
   session_timeline: keybind("<leader>g", "Show session timeline"),
   session_fork: keybind("none", "Fork session from message"),
   session_rename: keybind("ctrl+r", "Rename session"),
@@ -118,15 +119,15 @@ export const Definitions = {
   session_quick_switch_7: keybind("<leader>7", "Switch to session in quick slot 7"),
   session_quick_switch_8: keybind("<leader>8", "Switch to session in quick slot 8"),
   session_quick_switch_9: keybind("<leader>9", "Switch to session in quick slot 9"),
-  session_tab_select_1: keybind("<leader>1,ctrl+1", "Switch to session tab 1"),
-  session_tab_select_2: keybind("<leader>2,ctrl+2", "Switch to session tab 2"),
-  session_tab_select_3: keybind("<leader>3,ctrl+3", "Switch to session tab 3"),
-  session_tab_select_4: keybind("<leader>4,ctrl+4", "Switch to session tab 4"),
-  session_tab_select_5: keybind("<leader>5,ctrl+5", "Switch to session tab 5"),
-  session_tab_select_6: keybind("<leader>6,ctrl+6", "Switch to session tab 6"),
-  session_tab_select_7: keybind("<leader>7,ctrl+7", "Switch to session tab 7"),
-  session_tab_select_8: keybind("<leader>8,ctrl+8", "Switch to session tab 8"),
-  session_tab_select_9: keybind("<leader>9,ctrl+9", "Switch to session tab 9"),
+  session_tab_select_1: keybind("<leader>1,ctrl+1", "Switch to tab 1"),
+  session_tab_select_2: keybind("<leader>2,ctrl+2", "Switch to tab 2"),
+  session_tab_select_3: keybind("<leader>3,ctrl+3", "Switch to tab 3"),
+  session_tab_select_4: keybind("<leader>4,ctrl+4", "Switch to tab 4"),
+  session_tab_select_5: keybind("<leader>5,ctrl+5", "Switch to tab 5"),
+  session_tab_select_6: keybind("<leader>6,ctrl+6", "Switch to tab 6"),
+  session_tab_select_7: keybind("<leader>7,ctrl+7", "Switch to tab 7"),
+  session_tab_select_8: keybind("<leader>8,ctrl+8", "Switch to tab 8"),
+  session_tab_select_9: keybind("<leader>9,ctrl+9", "Switch to tab 9"),
 
   stash_delete: keybind("ctrl+d", "Delete stash entry"),
   model_provider_list: keybind("ctrl+a", "Open provider list from model dialog"),
@@ -297,6 +298,7 @@ export const CommandMap = {
   session_tab_next_unread: "session.tab.next_unread",
   session_tab_previous_unread: "session.tab.previous_unread",
   session_tab_close: "session.tab.close",
+  session_tab_reopen: "session.tab.reopen",
   session_timeline: "session.timeline",
   session_fork: "session.fork",
   session_rename: "session.rename",

packages/tui/src/context/data.tsx

@@ -188,6 +188,12 @@ export const { use: useData, provider: DataProvider } = createSimpleContext({
         index.set(item.id, messages.length)
         messages.push(item)
       },
+      reindex(messages: SessionMessageInfo[], index: Map<string, number>, start: number) {
+        for (let position = start; position < messages.length; position++) {
+          const item = messages[position]
+          if (item) index.set(item.id, position)
+        }
+      },
       activeAssistant(messages: SessionMessageInfo[]) {
         const item = messages.findLast((item) => item.type === "assistant" && !item.time.completed)
         return item?.type === "assistant" ? item : undefined
@@ -395,8 +401,7 @@ export const { use: useData, provider: DataProvider } = createSimpleContext({
             existing.time.created = event.created
             draft.splice(position, 1)
             draft.push(existing)
-            index.clear()
-            draft.forEach((message, indexValue) => index.set(message.id, indexValue))
+            message.reindex(draft, index, position)
           })
           setStore(
             "session",
@@ -438,6 +443,25 @@ export const { use: useData, provider: DataProvider } = createSimpleContext({
             )
           })
           break
+        case "session.input.withdrawn": {
+          removePending(event.data.sessionID, event.data.inputID)
+          if (store.session.input[event.data.sessionID]?.includes(event.data.inputID))
+            message.update(event.data.sessionID, (draft, index) => {
+              const position = index.get(event.data.inputID)
+              if (position === undefined) return
+              draft.splice(position, 1)
+              index.delete(event.data.inputID)
+              message.reindex(draft, index, position)
+            })
+          if (store.session.input[event.data.sessionID]?.includes(event.data.inputID))
+            setStore(
+              "session",
+              "input",
+              event.data.sessionID,
+              (store.session.input[event.data.sessionID] ?? []).filter((id) => id !== event.data.inputID),
+            )
+          break
+        }
         case "session.instructions.updated":
           const instructions = event.metadata?.instructions
           if (

packages/tui/src/context/session-tabs-model.ts

@@ -36,6 +36,39 @@ export function closeSessionTab(tabs: readonly SessionTab[], sessionID: string)
   }
 }
 
+export type ClosedSessionTab = {
+  tab: SessionTab
+  index: number
+}
+
+const CLOSED_SESSION_TAB_LIMIT = 10
+
+export function recordClosedSessionTab(
+  stack: readonly ClosedSessionTab[],
+  tab: SessionTab,
+  index: number,
+): ClosedSessionTab[] {
+  return [...stack.filter((entry) => entry.tab.sessionID !== tab.sessionID), { tab, index }].slice(
+    -CLOSED_SESSION_TAB_LIMIT,
+  )
+}
+
+/**
+ * Pop the most recently closed tab that is not already open and restore it at its original
+ * position. Entries for already-open sessions are consumed so repeated reopens walk the stack.
+ */
+export function reopenSessionTab(stack: readonly ClosedSessionTab[], tabs: readonly SessionTab[]) {
+  const remaining = [...stack]
+  while (remaining.length > 0) {
+    const entry = remaining.pop()!
+    if (tabs.some((tab) => tab.sessionID === entry.tab.sessionID)) continue
+    const next = [...tabs]
+    next.splice(Math.min(entry.index, tabs.length), 0, entry.tab)
+    return { stack: remaining, tabs: next, sessionID: entry.tab.sessionID }
+  }
+  return { stack: remaining, tabs: undefined, sessionID: undefined }
+}
+
 export function moveSessionTab(tabs: SessionTab[], sessionID: string, index: number): SessionTab[] {
   const from = tabs.findIndex((tab) => tab.sessionID === sessionID)
   const to = Math.max(0, Math.min(tabs.length - 1, index))

packages/tui/src/context/session-tabs.tsx

@@ -14,7 +14,10 @@ import {
   moveSessionTab,
   moveSessionTabHistory,
   openSessionTab,
+  recordClosedSessionTab,
   recordSessionTabHistory,
+  reopenSessionTab,
+  type ClosedSessionTab,
   type SessionTab,
   type SessionTabHistory,
   type SessionTabUnread,
@@ -57,6 +60,8 @@ export const { use: useSessionTabs, provider: SessionTabsProvider } = createSimp
     const fallback = empty()
     const [promptPulses, setPromptPulses] = createSignal<Record<string, number>>({})
     let history: SessionTabHistory = { entries: [], index: -1 }
+    // User-closed tabs eligible for reopening; in-memory like history, deleted sessions pruned.
+    let closedTabs: ClosedSessionTab[] = []
 
     function state() {
       if (config.tabs?.scope === "global") return store.global
@@ -193,6 +198,8 @@ export const { use: useSessionTabs, provider: SessionTabsProvider } = createSimp
     )
     onCleanup(
       event.on("session.deleted", (evt) => {
+        const target = root(evt.data.sessionID)
+        closedTabs = closedTabs.filter((entry) => entry.tab.sessionID !== target)
         remove(evt.data.sessionID, enabled())
       }),
     )
@@ -225,6 +232,9 @@ export const { use: useSessionTabs, provider: SessionTabsProvider } = createSimp
       tabs() {
         return state().tabs
       },
+      newTab() {
+        return route.data.type === "home"
+      },
       current,
       status,
       select(sessionID: string) {
@@ -235,12 +245,28 @@ export const { use: useSessionTabs, provider: SessionTabsProvider } = createSimp
         if (!enabled()) return
         const target = sessionID ? root(sessionID) : current()
         if (!target) {
-          const previous = state().tabs.at(-1)
-          if (route.data.type === "home" && previous) route.navigate({ type: "session", sessionID: previous.sessionID })
+          const previous = moveSessionTabHistory(history, state().tabs, undefined, -1)
+          history = previous.history
+          const session = previous.sessionID ?? state().tabs.at(-1)?.sessionID
+          if (route.data.type === "home" && session) route.navigate({ type: "session", sessionID: session })
           return
         }
+        const index = state().tabs.findIndex((tab) => tab.sessionID === target)
+        const tab = state().tabs[index]
+        if (tab) closedTabs = recordClosedSessionTab(closedTabs, tab, index)
         remove(target, true)
       },
+      reopen() {
+        if (!enabled()) return
+        const result = reopenSessionTab(closedTabs, state().tabs)
+        closedTabs = result.stack
+        const tabs = result.tabs
+        if (!tabs || !result.sessionID) return
+        update((draft) => {
+          draft.tabs = tabs
+        })
+        route.navigate({ type: "session", sessionID: result.sessionID })
+      },
       move(sessionID: string, index: number) {
         if (!enabled()) return
         const session = root(sessionID)

packages/tui/src/feature-plugins/system/storybook/session-tabs.tsx

@@ -2,7 +2,11 @@ import { Plugin } from "@opencode-ai/plugin/tui"
 import { useTerminalDimensions } from "@opentui/solid"
 import { batch, createSignal, For, onCleanup } from "solid-js"
 import { createStore, reconcile } from "solid-js/store"
-import { SessionTabs, type SessionTabsController } from "../../../component/session-tabs"
+import {
+  EMPTY_SESSION_TAB_STATUS,
+  SessionTabs,
+  type SessionTabsController,
+} from "../../../component/session-tabs"
 import { moveSessionTab } from "../../../context/session-tabs-model"
 import type { Story } from "./index"
 
@@ -23,7 +27,6 @@ const FIXTURE_TABS = [
   { sessionID: "fixture-12", title: "Prepare review" },
 ]
 
-const EMPTY_STATUS: FixtureStatus = { unread: undefined, promptPulse: 0, attention: false, busy: false }
 const RUN_DURATION = 1_800
 const RESUME_DURATION = 900
 
@@ -66,7 +69,7 @@ function SessionTabsStory(props: { context: Plugin.Context }) {
     if (!resumed && roll < 0.25) {
       setStatuses((current) => ({
         ...current,
-        [sessionID]: { ...(current[sessionID] ?? EMPTY_STATUS), attention: true },
+        [sessionID]: { ...(current[sessionID] ?? EMPTY_SESSION_TAB_STATUS), attention: true },
       }))
       setLastEvent(`tab ${number(sessionID)} needs input; select it to resolve`)
       return
@@ -77,7 +80,7 @@ function SessionTabsStory(props: { context: Plugin.Context }) {
       setOutcomes((current) => ({ ...current, [sessionID]: failed ? "failed" : "completed" }))
       setStatuses((current) => ({
         ...current,
-        [sessionID]: { ...(current[sessionID] ?? EMPTY_STATUS), busy: false, unread },
+        [sessionID]: { ...(current[sessionID] ?? EMPTY_SESSION_TAB_STATUS), busy: false, unread },
       }))
       // An untitled session earns its title after its first completed run, like a real summarization.
       const index = number(sessionID) - 1
@@ -110,7 +113,7 @@ function SessionTabsStory(props: { context: Plugin.Context }) {
     tabs,
     current: active,
     status(sessionID) {
-      return statuses()[sessionID] ?? EMPTY_STATUS
+      return statuses()[sessionID] ?? EMPTY_SESSION_TAB_STATUS
     },
     select,
     move(sessionID: string, index: number) {
@@ -150,7 +153,7 @@ function SessionTabsStory(props: { context: Plugin.Context }) {
   const startRun = (sessionID: string) => {
     setStatuses((current) => ({
       ...current,
-      [sessionID]: { ...(current[sessionID] ?? EMPTY_STATUS), busy: true, unread: undefined },
+      [sessionID]: { ...(current[sessionID] ?? EMPTY_SESSION_TAB_STATUS), busy: true, unread: undefined },
     }))
     setOutcomes((current) => {
       const next = { ...current }
@@ -223,7 +226,7 @@ function SessionTabsStory(props: { context: Plugin.Context }) {
 
   const selectedState = () => {
     const current = active()
-    const status = current ? controller.status(current) : EMPTY_STATUS
+    const status = current ? controller.status(current) : EMPTY_SESSION_TAB_STATUS
     const activity = status.busy
       ? "running"
       : status.unread === "activity"
@@ -351,7 +354,7 @@ function SessionTabsStory(props: { context: Plugin.Context }) {
         paddingRight={1}
         flexDirection="row"
       >
-        <text fg={elevatedTheme.text.subdued}>storybook / session tabs</text>
+        <text fg={elevatedTheme.text.subdued}>storybook / tabs</text>
         <box flexGrow={1} />
         <text fg={elevatedTheme.text.subdued}>
           space/s run | t add | d close | r reset | ←/→ 1-0 move | drag reorders | esc back
@@ -363,6 +366,6 @@ function SessionTabsStory(props: { context: Plugin.Context }) {
 
 export const sessionTabsStory: Story = {
   id: "session-tabs",
-  title: "Session tabs",
+  title: "Tabs",
   render: (context) => <SessionTabsStory context={context} />,
 }

packages/tui/src/mini/stream-v2.subagent.ts

@@ -643,6 +643,10 @@ export function createSubagentTracker(input: SubagentTrackerInput): SubagentTrac
       if (event.data.input.type === "user") child.prompts.set(event.data.inputID, event.data.input.data.text)
       return
     }
+    if (event.type === "session.input.withdrawn") {
+      child.prompts.delete(event.data.inputID)
+      return
+    }
     if (event.type === "session.input.promoted") {
       const prompt = child.prompts.get(event.data.inputID)
       if (prompt === undefined) return

packages/tui/src/mini/stream-v2.transport.ts

@@ -911,6 +911,12 @@ export async function createSessionTransport(input: StreamInput): Promise<Sessio
       })
       return
     }
+    if (event.type === "session.input.withdrawn") {
+      state.admitted.delete(event.data.inputID)
+      state.pending.delete(event.data.inputID)
+      syncPending()
+      return
+    }
     if (event.type === "session.input.promoted") {
       const waiting = state.wait?.messageID === event.data.inputID
       if (state.wait) promoteWait(state.wait, true, event.data.inputID)

packages/tui/src/plugin/builtins.ts

@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ export const builtins = [
   SidebarFooter,
   Notifications,
   Plugins,
-  Storybook,
+  // The storybook is a development tool; keep its route and palette commands out of
+  // normal launches and register it only for OPENCODE_STORY runs.
+  ...(process.env.OPENCODE_STORY ? [Storybook] : []),
   DiffViewer,
 ]

packages/tui/src/prompt/display.ts

@@ -37,9 +37,8 @@ export function displayCharAt(value: string, offset: number) {
   }
 }
 
-export function mentionTriggerIndex(value: string, offset?: number) {
-  if (!value.includes("@")) return
-  const text = displaySlice(value, 0, offset ?? promptOffsetWidth(value))
+export function mentionTriggerIndex(value: string, offset = promptOffsetWidth(value)) {
+  const text = displaySlice(value, 0, offset)
   const index = text.lastIndexOf("@")
   if (index === -1) return
 

packages/tui/src/routes/session/dialog-message.tsx

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import { errorMessage } from "../../util/error"
 import { DialogFork } from "./dialog-fork"
 import type { PromptInfo } from "../../prompt/history"
 import { projectedPromptInput } from "../../prompt/codec"
+import { undoMessage } from "./undo"
 
 export function DialogMessage(props: {
   messageID: string
@@ -42,9 +43,10 @@ export function DialogMessage(props: {
                 pasted: [],
               })
             }
-            void client.api.session.revert
-              .stage({ sessionID: props.sessionID, messageID: props.messageID })
-              .catch((error) => toast.show({ message: errorMessage(error), variant: "error", duration: 5000 }))
+            void undoMessage(client.api, {
+              sessionID: props.sessionID,
+              messageID: props.messageID,
+            }).catch((error) => toast.show({ message: errorMessage(error), variant: "error", duration: 5000 }))
             dialog.clear()
           },
         },

packages/tui/src/routes/session/index.tsx

@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ import { useToast } from "../../ui/toast"
 import stripAnsi from "strip-ansi"
 import { usePromptRef } from "../../context/prompt"
 import { projectedPromptInput } from "../../prompt/codec"
+import { undoMessage } from "./undo"
 import { useEpilogue } from "../../context/epilogue"
 import { normalizePath } from "../../util/path"
 import { PermissionPrompt } from "./permission"
@@ -590,9 +591,10 @@ export function Session() {
           dialog.clear()
           return
         }
-        void client.api.session.revert
-          .stage({ sessionID: route.sessionID, messageID: message.id })
-          .catch((error) => toast.show({ message: errorMessage(error), variant: "error", duration: 5000 }))
+        void undoMessage(client.api, {
+          sessionID: route.sessionID,
+          messageID: message.id,
+        }).catch((error) => toast.show({ message: errorMessage(error), variant: "error", duration: 5000 }))
         prompt()?.set({
           ...projectedPromptInput(message),
           pasted: [],

packages/tui/src/routes/session/undo.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+import type { OpenCodeClient } from "@opencode-ai/client"
+
+export function undoMessage(
+  client: OpenCodeClient,
+  input: { readonly sessionID: string; readonly messageID: string },
+) {
+  const revert = () => client.session.revert.stage(input).then(() => undefined)
+  return client.session.pending
+    .withdraw({ sessionID: input.sessionID, inputID: input.messageID })
+    .then((withdrawn) => (withdrawn ? undefined : revert()))
+}

packages/tui/test/cli/tui/data.test.tsx

@@ -853,6 +853,65 @@ test("completes exploration when a queued prompt is promoted", async () => {
   }
 })
 
+test("removes optimistic input when it is withdrawn", async () => {
+  const events = createEventStream()
+  const sessionID = "session-withdrawal"
+  const calls = createFetch((url) => {
+    if (url.pathname === `/api/session/${sessionID}/message`) return json({ data: [], cursor: {} })
+  }, events)
+  let data!: ReturnType<typeof useData>
+  let client!: ReturnType<typeof useClient>
+
+  function Probe() {
+    data = useData()
+    client = useClient()
+    return <box />
+  }
+
+  const app = await testRender(() => (
+    <TestTuiContexts>
+      <ClientProvider api={createApi(calls.fetch)}>
+        <ProjectProvider>
+          <DataProvider>
+            <Probe />
+          </DataProvider>
+        </ProjectProvider>
+      </ClientProvider>
+    </TestTuiContexts>
+  ))
+
+  try {
+    await wait(() => client.connection.status() === "connected")
+    emitEvent(events, {
+      id: "evt_prompt_admitted",
+      created: 1,
+      type: "session.input.admitted",
+      durable: durable(sessionID, 1),
+      data: {
+        sessionID,
+        inputID: "message-user",
+        input: { type: "user", data: { text: "Never mind" }, delivery: "steer" },
+      },
+    })
+    await wait(() => data.session.message.get(sessionID, "message-user") !== undefined)
+    expect(data.session.input.has(sessionID, "message-user")).toBe(true)
+
+    emitEvent(events, {
+      id: "evt_prompt_withdrawn",
+      created: 2,
+      type: "session.input.withdrawn",
+      durable: durable(sessionID, 2),
+      data: { sessionID, inputID: "message-user" },
+    })
+
+    await wait(() => data.session.message.get(sessionID, "message-user") === undefined)
+    expect(data.session.input.has(sessionID, "message-user")).toBe(false)
+    expect(data.session.pending.list(sessionID)).toEqual([])
+  } finally {
+    app.renderer.destroy()
+  }
+})
+
 test("classifies live tool rows independently of their call ID", async () => {
   const events = createEventStream()
   const sessionID = "session-tool-call-id"

packages/tui/test/cli/tui/undo.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+import { expect, test } from "bun:test"
+import { OpenCode } from "@opencode-ai/client"
+import { undoMessage } from "../../../src/routes/session/undo"
+
+test.each([
+  { withdrawn: true, expected: ["withdraw"] },
+  { withdrawn: false, expected: ["withdraw", "revert"] },
+])("routes undo for withdrawn=$withdrawn", async ({ withdrawn, expected }) => {
+  const calls: string[] = []
+  const client = OpenCode.make({
+    baseUrl: "http://localhost:3000",
+    fetch: Object.assign(
+      async (input: URL | RequestInfo, init?: BunFetchRequestInit | RequestInit) => {
+        const request = input instanceof Request ? input : new Request(input, init)
+        const operation = request.url.endsWith("/withdraw") ? "withdraw" : "revert"
+        calls.push(operation)
+        return Response.json({ data: operation === "withdraw" ? withdrawn : { messageID: "msg_user" } })
+      },
+      { preconnect: fetch.preconnect },
+    ),
+  })
+
+  await undoMessage(client, { sessionID: "ses_test", messageID: "msg_user" })
+
+  expect(calls).toEqual([...expected])
+})

packages/tui/test/config.test.tsx

@@ -106,8 +106,10 @@ test("opens the subagent picker with down", () => {
 test("navigates session tabs with leader arrows", () => {
   const config = resolve({}, { terminalSuspend: true })
 
-  expect(config.keybinds.get("session.tab.next")).toMatchObject([{ key: "ctrl+tab,<leader>right" }])
-  expect(config.keybinds.get("session.tab.previous")).toMatchObject([{ key: "ctrl+shift+tab,<leader>left" }])
+  expect(config.keybinds.get("session.tab.next")).toMatchObject([{ key: "ctrl+tab,<leader>right,alt+shift+]" }])
+  expect(config.keybinds.get("session.tab.previous")).toMatchObject([
+    { key: "ctrl+shift+tab,<leader>left,alt+shift+[" },
+  ])
   expect(config.keybinds.get("session.tab.history.back")).toMatchObject([{ key: "ctrl+o" }])
   expect(config.keybinds.get("session.tab.history.forward")).toMatchObject([{ key: "ctrl+i" }])
   expect(config.keybinds.get("session.tab.next_unread")).toMatchObject([{ key: "<leader>down" }])

packages/tui/test/context/session-tabs-model.test.ts

@@ -6,7 +6,9 @@ import {
   moveSessionTab,
   moveSessionTabHistory,
   openSessionTab,
+  recordClosedSessionTab,
   recordSessionTabHistory,
+  reopenSessionTab,
   seedSessionTabMotion,
   sessionTabComplete,
   sessionTabOverflowWidth,
@@ -136,6 +138,45 @@ describe("session tabs", () => {
     expect(moveSessionTabHistory(current, closed.tabs, "b", -1).sessionID).toBe("c")
   })
 
+  test("reopens the most recently closed tab at its original position", () => {
+    const tabs = ["a", "b", "c"].map((sessionID) => ({ sessionID }))
+    const stack = recordClosedSessionTab([], { sessionID: "b", title: "Middle" }, 1)
+    const reopened = reopenSessionTab(stack, [{ sessionID: "a" }, { sessionID: "c" }])
+
+    expect(reopened.sessionID).toBe("b")
+    expect(reopened.tabs).toEqual([{ sessionID: "a" }, { sessionID: "b", title: "Middle" }, { sessionID: "c" }])
+    expect(reopened.stack).toEqual([])
+    expect(reopenSessionTab([], tabs)).toEqual({ stack: [], tabs: undefined, sessionID: undefined })
+  })
+
+  test("skips and consumes closed entries that are already open", () => {
+    const stack = [
+      { tab: { sessionID: "a" }, index: 0 },
+      { tab: { sessionID: "b" }, index: 1 },
+    ]
+    const reopened = reopenSessionTab(stack, [{ sessionID: "b" }])
+
+    expect(reopened.sessionID).toBe("a")
+    expect(reopened.tabs).toEqual([{ sessionID: "a" }, { sessionID: "b" }])
+    expect(reopened.stack).toEqual([])
+  })
+
+  test("clamps restored positions and keeps one entry per session", () => {
+    const twice = recordClosedSessionTab(recordClosedSessionTab([], { sessionID: "a" }, 5), { sessionID: "a" }, 2)
+    expect(twice).toEqual([{ tab: { sessionID: "a" }, index: 2 }])
+
+    const reopened = reopenSessionTab(twice, [{ sessionID: "b" }])
+    expect(reopened.tabs).toEqual([{ sessionID: "b" }, { sessionID: "a" }])
+
+    const overflow = Array.from({ length: 12 }, (_, index) => ({ sessionID: String(index) })).reduce(
+      (stack, tab, index) => recordClosedSessionTab(stack, tab, index),
+      twice,
+    )
+    expect(overflow).toHaveLength(10)
+    expect(overflow.at(-1)?.tab.sessionID).toBe("11")
+    expect(overflow[0]?.tab.sessionID).toBe("2")
+  })
+
   test("reveals completion activity only after session work becomes idle", () => {
     expect(sessionTabComplete("activity", true)).toBe(false)
     expect(sessionTabComplete("activity", false)).toBe(true)
@@ -151,12 +192,12 @@ describe("session tabs", () => {
     expect(layout.widths.reduce((total, width) => total + width, 0)).toBe(76)
   })
 
-  test("does not reserve an active tab slot on the new session page", () => {
-    const tabs = ["a", "b", "c", "d", "e"].map((sessionID) => ({ sessionID }))
-    const layout = adaptiveSessionTabLayout(tabs, "dummy", 40)
+  test("reserves an active tab slot for the new session page", () => {
+    const tabs = ["a", "b", "c", "d", "new"].map((sessionID) => ({ sessionID }))
+    const layout = adaptiveSessionTabLayout(tabs, "new", 54)
 
     expect(layout.tabs).toEqual(tabs)
-    expect(layout.widths).toEqual([8, 8, 8, 8, 8])
+    expect(layout.widths).toEqual([8, 8, 8, 8, 22])
     expect(layout.widths.reduce((total, width) => total + width, 0)).toBe(layout.total)
   })
 

packages/tui/test/context/session-tabs.test.tsx

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ async function wait(fn: () => boolean, timeout = 2_000) {
   }
 }
 
-test("user prompt admissions pulse an already-busy background tab", async () => {
+async function renderSessionTabs(initialSessionID: string) {
   const state = mkdtempSync(path.join(tmpdir(), "opencode-session-tabs-"))
   const events = createEventStream()
   const calls = createFetch(undefined, events)
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ test("user prompt admissions pulse an already-busy background tab", async () =>
       <TuiAppProvider value={{ name: "test", version: "test", channel: "test" }}>
         <StorageProvider>
           <ConfigProvider config={createTuiResolvedConfig({ tabs: { enabled: true } })}>
-            <RouteProvider initialRoute={{ type: "session", sessionID: "background" }}>
+            <RouteProvider initialRoute={{ type: "session", sessionID: initialSessionID }}>
               <ClientProvider api={createApi(calls.fetch)}>
                 <DataProvider>
                   <SessionTabsProvider>
@@ -59,7 +59,20 @@ test("user prompt admissions pulse an already-busy background tab", async () =>
     </TestTuiContexts>
   ))
 
-  const emit = (event: OpenCodeEvent) => events.emit({ ...event, location: { directory } })
+  await wait(() => client.connection.status() === "connected")
+  return {
+    tabs,
+    route,
+    emit: (event: OpenCodeEvent) => events.emit({ ...event, location: { directory } }),
+    destroy() {
+      app.renderer.destroy()
+      rmSync(state, { recursive: true, force: true })
+    },
+  }
+}
+
+test("user prompt admissions pulse an already-busy background tab", async () => {
+  const setup = await renderSessionTabs("background")
   const admitted = (sessionID: string, inputID: string): OpenCodeEvent => ({
     id: `evt_${inputID}`,
     created: Date.now(),
@@ -73,13 +86,11 @@ test("user prompt admissions pulse an already-busy background tab", async () =>
   })
 
   try {
-    await wait(
-      () => client.connection.status() === "connected" && tabs.tabs().some((tab) => tab.sessionID === "background"),
-    )
-    route.navigate({ type: "session", sessionID: "active" })
-    await wait(() => tabs.current() === "active" && tabs.tabs().length === 2)
+    await wait(() => setup.tabs.tabs().some((tab) => tab.sessionID === "background"))
+    setup.route.navigate({ type: "session", sessionID: "active" })
+    await wait(() => setup.tabs.current() === "active" && setup.tabs.tabs().length === 2)
 
-    emit({
+    setup.emit({
       id: "evt_context",
       created: Date.now(),
       type: "session.input.admitted",
@@ -91,20 +102,52 @@ test("user prompt admissions pulse an already-busy background tab", async () =>
       },
     })
     await Bun.sleep(20)
-    expect(tabs.status("background").promptPulse).toBe(0)
+    expect(setup.tabs.status("background").promptPulse).toBe(0)
 
-    emit(admitted("background", "msg_1"))
-    await wait(() => tabs.status("background").promptPulse === 1 && tabs.status("background").busy)
+    setup.emit(admitted("background", "msg_1"))
+    await wait(
+      () => setup.tabs.status("background").promptPulse === 1 && setup.tabs.status("background").busy,
+    )
 
-    emit(admitted("background", "msg_2"))
-    await wait(() => tabs.status("background").promptPulse === 2)
+    setup.emit(admitted("background", "msg_2"))
+    await wait(() => setup.tabs.status("background").promptPulse === 2)
 
-    emit(admitted("active", "msg_3"))
+    setup.emit(admitted("active", "msg_3"))
     await Bun.sleep(20)
-    expect(tabs.status("active").promptPulse).toBe(0)
-    expect(tabs.status("background")).toMatchObject({ promptPulse: 2, busy: true })
+    expect(setup.tabs.status("active").promptPulse).toBe(0)
+    expect(setup.tabs.status("background")).toMatchObject({ promptPulse: 2, busy: true })
   } finally {
-    app.renderer.destroy()
-    rmSync(state, { recursive: true, force: true })
+    setup.destroy()
+  }
+})
+
+test("tracks a temporary new session tab across close and creation", async () => {
+  const setup = await renderSessionTabs("first")
+
+  try {
+    await wait(() => setup.tabs.current() === "first")
+    setup.route.navigate({ type: "session", sessionID: "second" })
+    await wait(() => setup.tabs.current() === "second" && setup.tabs.tabs().length === 2)
+    setup.route.navigate({ type: "session", sessionID: "first" })
+    await wait(() => setup.tabs.current() === "first")
+
+    setup.route.navigate({ type: "home" })
+    await wait(() => setup.tabs.newTab() && setup.tabs.current() === undefined)
+    expect(setup.tabs.tabs().map((tab) => tab.sessionID)).toEqual(["first", "second"])
+    setup.tabs.close()
+    await wait(() => setup.route.data.type === "session")
+
+    expect(setup.route.data).toEqual({ type: "session", sessionID: "first" })
+
+    setup.route.navigate({ type: "home" })
+    await wait(() => setup.tabs.newTab())
+    setup.route.navigate({ type: "session", sessionID: "third" })
+    await wait(
+      () => setup.tabs.current() === "third" && setup.tabs.tabs().some((tab) => tab.sessionID === "third"),
+    )
+
+    expect(setup.tabs.newTab()).toBe(false)
+  } finally {
+    setup.destroy()
   }
 })