[FEATURE]: Add a /delete command to delete the current session

[frouo]

Feature hasn't been suggested before.

• I have verified this feature I'm about to request hasn't been suggested before.

Describe the enhancement you want to request

The same way we have the /rename session command, I miss a /delete session command that would delete the current session.

Sometimes I start sessions that are not very important, once I got my answer or job done, I just want to delete this session so my session history is clean, only populated with relevant sessions.

This command would be a shortcut for this workflow : /session -> ctrl+d (delete) -> ctrl+d (confirm)

[github-actions]

This issue might be a duplicate of existing issues. Please check:

• feat(app): add two-step confirmation for archive session #7886: Add two-step confirmation for archive session - Directly related to session deletion workflow improvements
• Desktop app missing /unshare command #8602: Desktop app missing /unshare command - Shows pattern of requesting session management slash commands
• bug(webui): archived session "flashes back" due to SSE race condition #7882: Archived session "flashes back" due to SSE race condition - Related to session deletion/archival infrastructure

Feel free to ignore if none of these address your specific case.

[hanazaki05]

This feature is extremely useful for me, please consider implement

[frouo]

I plan to do it on friday. At least I will try 🙂
Unless @thdxr you are already working on it?

[frouo]

I managed to find some time tonight and got it working! 🙂

I've recorded a demo video showing the implementation. Since this is a UI/core feature change, I'm waiting for design review approval before submitting a PR (per CONTRIBUTING.md guidelines).

Let me know if this approach works for you and I'll open the pull request. Happy to adjust based on feedback.

delete.session.command.mp4

[TheOrdinaryWow]

I managed to find some time tonight and got it working! 🙂

I've recorded a demo video showing the implementation. Since this is a UI/core feature change, I'm waiting for design review approval before submitting a PR (per CONTRIBUTING.md guidelines).

Let me know if this approach works for you and I'll open the pull request. Happy to adjust based on feedback.

delete.session.command.mp4

It works!

[alberti42]

I wrote a zsh plugin implementing the Knight Rider bar of opencode in zsh ZLE prompt (https://github.com/alberti42/Zsh-Opencode-Tab). Now I can use opencode to iteratively construct commands and help me perform difficult tasks on the command line.

But these single-shot calls to the remote agent leave behind useless sessions. Is there a way to delete them programmatically? The deletion through the backend server works, but requires the backend server to run. Unfortunately, there is a bug (I file a PR #11812) which prevents for the moment to work with the backend from terminal.

Do you have any tip how to delete old sessions? In my plugin, I have hold of the ses_3d94... id. Thanks!

[frouo]

I wrote a zsh plugin implementing the Knight Rider bar of opencode in zsh ZLE prompt (https://github.com/alberti42/Zsh-Opencode-Tab). Now I can use opencode to iteratively construct commands and help me perform difficult tasks on the command line.

But these single-shot calls to the remote agent leave behind useless sessions. Is there a way to delete them programmatically? The deletion through the backend server works, but requires the backend server to run. Unfortunately, there is a bug (I file a PR #11812) which prevents for the moment to work with the backend from terminal.

Do you have any tip how to delete old sessions? In my plugin, I have hold of the ses_3d94... id. Thanks!

Hello @alberti42, this issue concerns the TUI. In case it helps, here are the 3 lines of code in the PR that delete the current session, using its id.

[alberti42]

Thanks for the reply @frouo! yes, I took a look, but I am not sure if it is what I needed. I wanted to avoid spinning up another backend server for deleting old sessions.

In my plugin, people can choose to attach to a backend server (but this does not work until the PR is merged), or to start from terminal with opencode run .. I don't use the TUI. I also wanted to avoid using the SDK approach because my application is not exactly bound to a project / dedicated backend server.

So I wrote a set of zsh functions that seem robust to me and work for cleaning up old session files when the user cold-started opencode run ... https://github.com/alberti42/Zsh-Opencode-Tab/blob/779b6347cf33e4e092e439d678c5ad6efff50221/src/controller.zsh#L507C1-L562

If you understand better the mechanics, and know a better approach than mine, I will be grateful for your tip!

[arsham]

How do you feel about implementing an ephemeral flag instead of creating sessions and deleting them afterwards?

[alberti42]

How do you feel about implementing an ephemeral flag instead of creating sessions and deleting them afterwards?

Yes, this is exactly what I would need. But I am not aware this exists. Someone discussed the idea before #4489 but was it implemented?

[frouo]

How do you feel about implementing an ephemeral flag instead of creating sessions and deleting them afterwards?

For the TUI. I think that /new /delete covers that use case and is very fast to trigger. Plus we never know, what if the session turns to be interesting and you finally want to keep it; you might regret to have it ephemeral.

For the CLI, definitely yes. I would need that flag too. My use case is opencode run --command git-commit. A custom command that commits with specific instructions that I launch outside the TUI after I reviewed the diff. Once done I really don't care to keep that session. It pollutes my list of sessions, yes indeed.