feat: store working directory for sessions (#1559)

ui/desktop/src/sessions.ts

@@ -4,6 +4,17 @@ export interface SessionMetadata {
   description: string;
   message_count: number;
   total_tokens: number | null;
+  working_dir: string; // Required in type, but may be missing in old sessions
+}
+
+// Helper function to ensure working directory is set
+export function ensureWorkingDir(metadata: Partial<SessionMetadata>): SessionMetadata {
+  return {
+    description: metadata.description || '',
+    message_count: metadata.message_count || 0,
+    total_tokens: metadata.total_tokens || null,
+    working_dir: metadata.working_dir || process.env.HOME || '',
+  };
 }
 
 export interface Session {
@@ -67,9 +78,13 @@ export async function fetchSessions(): Promise<SessionsResponse> {
 
     // TODO: remove this logic once everyone migrates to the new sessions format
     // for now, filter out sessions whose description is empty (old CLI sessions)
-    const sessions = (await response.json()).sessions.filter(
-      (session: Session) => session.metadata.description !== ''
-    );
+    const rawSessions = await response.json();
+    const sessions = rawSessions.sessions
+      .filter((session: Session) => session.metadata.description !== '')
+      .map((session: Session) => ({
+        ...session,
+        metadata: ensureWorkingDir(session.metadata),
+      }));
 
     // order sessions by 'modified' date descending
     sessions.sort(
@@ -102,7 +117,11 @@ export async function fetchSessionDetails(sessionId: string): Promise<SessionDet
       throw new Error(`Failed to fetch session details: ${response.status} ${response.statusText}`);
     }
 
-    return await response.json();
+    const details = await response.json();
+    return {
+      ...details,
+      metadata: ensureWorkingDir(details.metadata),
+    };
   } catch (error) {
     console.error(`Error fetching session details for ${sessionId}:`, error);
     throw error;