(sessions): persist open sessions and restore them on restart - #80
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Switchboard now remembers which Claude sessions were open and re-opens them on the next launch — each is resumed in turn via `claude --resume`, so the conversation is intact. Plain shell sessions are excluded (their process state can't be restored). The open working set is persisted to the `global.openWorkingSet` setting (serialized read-modify-write so it can't clobber other global keys), updated incrementally on open/close/exit/fork rather than only at quit, so it survives a crash. Restore is gated by a new `restoreOnStartup` setting with three options: off / ask (default) / auto. In ask mode a non-modal toast offers to restore; auto restores silently. Restore is strictly sequential to avoid spawning N claude processes at once. Renderer-only change.
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Switchboard now remembers which Claude sessions were open when it last closed, and re-opens them on the next launch. Each is resumed in turn via
claude --resume, so the conversation history is intact (it lives in the JSONL on disk — Switchboard just re-clicks the sessions for you).Configurable via a new global setting Restore Sessions on Startup:
offask(default)autoHow
{sessionId, projectPath, options, active}per open Claude session, in open order) is persisted to theglobal.openWorkingSetsetting._persistChain) so it can't clobber otherglobalkeys (windowBounds,sidebarWidth, …).claude --resumeprocesses at once.Scope & safety
Renderer-only (
public/app.js,public/settings-panel.js,public/style.css) — nomain.js/ native-module changes.Tests
test/session-restore.test.js— 20 tests (jsdom harness): working-set build (order, plain-terminal & closed exclusion, key-preserving RMW),runRestore(sequential ordering proven via deferred promises, skip-missing, skip-open, activate-marked), and mode gating (off/ask/auto + toast button).task checkgreen: 354 pass, 0 fail.