Archived sessions disappear permanently with no way to view or restore them

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Description

The "Archive session" feature (keyboard shortcut: mod+shift+backspace, or the archive button on each session row in the sidebar) marks a session as archived (time.archived timestamp in SQLite) and removes it from the sidebar. However, there is no UI to view archived sessions or restore/unarchive them. Once archived, the session is gone from the UI permanently.

This is a significant UX issue — the action is destructive with no undo path.

Affected versions

• Web UI (opencode web): confirmed
• TUI: likely affected
• Desktop app: likely affected

Root cause (from source code analysis)

1. Backend session.list API (packages/opencode/src/v2/session.ts) returns ALL sessions including archived ones — no filtering at the query level.

2. Frontend explicitly filters them out in three places:

   • packages/app/src/context/global-sync.tsx (loadSessions, ~line 172): .filter((s) => !s.time?.archived)
   • packages/app/src/context/global-sync/session-trim.ts (~line 30): .filter((s) => !s.time?.archived)
   • packages/app/src/context/global-sync/event-reducer.ts (~line 69): when a session.updated event with time.archived is received, the session is spliced from the store.

3. The archiveSession function in packages/app/src/pages/layout.tsx:

   • Calls session.update with time: { archived: Date.now() }
   • Removes session from local store via splice
   • Navigates away from the session
   • No unarchive/view archived UI exists

Data is preserved

Archived sessions remain in the local SQLite database at:

• Windows: %APPDATA%\opencode\opencode.db
• Linux: ~/.local/share/opencode/opencode.db
• macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/opencode/opencode.db

with time_archived set. The data is intact — the UI just cannot access it.

Expected behavior

There should be a way to:

1. View a list of archived sessions
2. Unarchive/restore a session (move it back to the main list)

Steps to reproduce

1. Open OpenCode web/TUI/desktop
2. Open a project with sessions
3. Hover over a session in the sidebar and click the archive button (or press mod+shift+backspace)
4. The session disappears from the sidebar
5. There is no way to find or restore it through the UI

[github-actions]

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

• [FEATURE]: Search archived session and un-archive for web ui #13463: [FEATURE]: Search archived session and un-archive for web ui — requests the same view/restore archived sessions functionality
• [FEATURE]: Add unarchive/restore for archived sessions #24153: [FEATURE]: Add unarchive/restore for archived sessions — directly matches the expected behavior described here

Please review these issues and consider whether your report adds new information beyond what's already tracked there.