Thread messages are lost/hidden when resuming a session

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Assessment

Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
52/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Active
Tech stack
rust
Domain
cli

Research direction

Start by reproducing the issue with the listed steps: create a thread, close it, and resume the session. Trace the session-resume path that restores threads and compare the restored message history with the original; done means all messages are preserved after resuming.

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Description

bug session
What issue are you seeing?

Messages from existing threads are not preserved when a session is resumed.

After resuming a previous session, the threads are restored, but their message history is missing or incomplete.

What steps can reproduce the bug?
  1. Start a new thread
  2. Close it
  3. Resume the thread
What is the expected behavior?

All thread messages should be preserved and restored when resuming a session.

Additional information

The session resumes without retaining the full message history of its threads.

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