fix(cli): resume selected session from ls

Author: JSap0914

extensions/cli/src/commands/chat.ts

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import {
   SERVICE_NAMES,
 } from "../services/types.js";
 import {
-  loadSession,
+  loadResumeSession,
   updateSessionHistory,
   updateSessionTitle,
 } from "../session.js";
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ function stripThinkTags(response: string): string {
 export interface ChatOptions extends ExtendedCommandOptions {
   headless?: boolean;
   resume?: boolean;
+  resumeSessionId?: string;
   fork?: string; // Fork from an existing session ID
   format?: "json"; // Output format for headless mode
   silent?: boolean; // Strip <think></think> tags and excess whitespace
@@ -106,7 +107,7 @@ export async function initializeChatHistory(
 
   // Load previous session if --resume flag is used
   if (options.resume) {
-    session = loadSession();
+    session = loadResumeSession(options.resumeSessionId);
     if (session) {
       logger.info(chalk.yellow("Resuming previous session..."));
       return session.history;

extensions/cli/src/commands/ls.test.ts

@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
 import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
+const renderState = vi.hoisted(() => ({
+  element: undefined as { props?: { onSelect?: (sessionId: string) => Promise<void> } } | undefined,
+}));
 
 import * as sessionModule from "../session.js";
 
+import { chat } from "./chat.js";
 import { listSessionsCommand } from "./ls.js";
 
 // Mock the session module
@@ -17,15 +21,22 @@ vi.mock("../ui/SessionSelector.js", () => ({
 
 // Mock ink
 vi.mock("ink", () => ({
-  render: vi.fn(() => ({ unmount: vi.fn() })),
+  render: vi.fn((element) => {
+    renderState.element = element;
+    return { unmount: vi.fn() };
+  }),
 }));
 
 // Mock react with createContext
 vi.mock("react", async (importOriginal) => {
   const actual: any = await importOriginal();
   return {
     ...actual,
-    createElement: vi.fn(),
+    createElement: vi.fn((type: any, props: any, ...children: any[]) => ({
+      type,
+      props,
+      children,
+    })),
     createContext: vi.fn(() => ({ Provider: vi.fn(), Consumer: vi.fn() })),
   };
 });
@@ -42,9 +53,13 @@ vi.mock("./remote.js", () => ({
 
 describe("listSessionsCommand", () => {
   const mockListSessions = vi.mocked(sessionModule.listSessions);
+  const mockLoadSessionById = vi.mocked(sessionModule.loadSessionById);
+  const mockChat = vi.mocked(chat);
+
 
   beforeEach(() => {
     vi.clearAllMocks();
+    renderState.element = undefined;
   });
 
   afterEach(() => {
@@ -152,4 +167,47 @@ describe("listSessionsCommand", () => {
 
     consoleSpy.mockRestore();
   });
+
+  it("should pass the selected session id to chat resume", async () => {
+    const mockSessions = [
+      {
+        sessionId: "older-session",
+        title: "Older session",
+        dateCreated: "2023-01-01T09:00:00.000Z",
+        workspaceDirectory: "/workspace",
+        firstUserMessage: "Older message",
+        isRemote: false,
+      },
+      {
+        sessionId: "newer-session",
+        title: "Newer session",
+        dateCreated: "2023-01-01T10:00:00.000Z",
+        workspaceDirectory: "/workspace",
+        firstUserMessage: "Newer message",
+        isRemote: false,
+      },
+    ];
+    mockListSessions.mockResolvedValue(mockSessions);
+    mockLoadSessionById.mockReturnValue({
+      sessionId: "older-session",
+      title: "Older session",
+      workspaceDirectory: "/workspace",
+      history: [],
+    } as any);
+
+    const commandPromise = listSessionsCommand({});
+    await new Promise((resolve) => setImmediate(resolve));
+
+    const onSelect = renderState.element?.props?.onSelect;
+    expect(onSelect).toBeDefined();
+    await onSelect!("older-session");
+    await commandPromise;
+
+    expect(mockLoadSessionById).toHaveBeenCalledWith("older-session");
+    expect(mockChat).toHaveBeenCalledWith(undefined, {
+      resume: true,
+      resumeSessionId: "older-session",
+      headless: false,
+    });
+  });
 });

extensions/cli/src/commands/ls.ts

@@ -11,18 +11,6 @@ interface ListSessionsOptions {
   format?: "json";
 }
 
-/**
- * Set a specific session ID for the current process
- * This allows us to load a selected session as if it were the current session
- */
-function setSessionId(sessionId: string): void {
-  // Use the same environment variable that getSessionId() checks
-  process.env.CONTINUE_CLI_TEST_SESSION_ID = sessionId.replace(
-    "continue-cli-",
-    "",
-  );
-}
-
 /**
  * List recent chat sessions and allow selection
  */
@@ -79,12 +67,10 @@ export async function listSessionsCommand(
 
         logger.info(`Loading session: ${sessionId}`);
 
-        // Set the session ID so that when chat() runs, it will load this session
-        setSessionId(sessionId);
-
         // Start chat with resume flag to load the selected session
         await chat(undefined, {
           resume: true,
+          resumeSessionId: sessionId,
           headless: false,
         });
 

extensions/cli/src/session.test.ts

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import {
   hasSession,
   loadOrCreateSessionById,
   loadSession,
+  loadResumeSession,
   saveSession,
   startNewSession,
   updateSessionHistory,
@@ -359,6 +360,52 @@ describe("SessionManager", () => {
     });
   });
 
+  describe("loadResumeSession", () => {
+    it("should load the selected session id and set it as current", () => {
+      const selectedSession: Session = {
+        sessionId: "selected-session-id",
+        title: "Selected Session",
+        workspaceDirectory: "/test/workspace",
+        history: [
+          {
+            message: { role: "user", content: "selected" },
+            contextItems: [],
+          },
+        ],
+      };
+
+      mockHistoryManager.load.mockReturnValue(selectedSession);
+
+      const result = loadResumeSession("selected-session-id");
+
+      expect(result).toBe(selectedSession);
+      expect(mockHistoryManager.load).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+        "selected-session-id",
+      );
+      expect(getCurrentSession()).toBe(selectedSession);
+    });
+
+    it("should preserve bare resume by loading the most recent session", () => {
+      const recentSession: Session = {
+        sessionId: "recent-session-id",
+        title: "Recent Session",
+        workspaceDirectory: "/test/workspace",
+        history: [],
+      };
+
+      mockFs.readdirSync.mockReturnValue(["recent-session.json" as any]);
+      mockFs.statSync.mockReturnValue({
+        mtime: new Date("2023-01-02"),
+      } as any);
+      mockFs.readFileSync.mockReturnValue(JSON.stringify(recentSession));
+
+      const result = loadResumeSession();
+
+      expect(result).toEqual(recentSession);
+      expect(getCurrentSession()).toEqual(recentSession);
+    });
+  });
+
   describe("clearSession", () => {
     it("should delete session file if it exists", () => {
       // Set up a current session

extensions/cli/src/session.ts

@@ -331,6 +331,18 @@ export function loadSession(): Session | null {
   }
 }
 
+export function loadResumeSession(sessionId?: string): Session | null {
+  if (!sessionId) {
+    return loadSession();
+  }
+
+  const session = loadSessionById(sessionId);
+  if (session) {
+    SessionManager.getInstance().setSession(session);
+  }
+  return session;
+}
+
 /**
  * Create a new session
  */