feat: fork

packages/client/runtime/src/client/contract/sessions.ts

@@ -29,6 +29,14 @@ export interface ISessions {
   open(id: SessionId): void
   /** Clear the current selection into the no-session view state. */
   clear(): void
+  /**
+   * Fork a session from a completed-turn prefix of the source; on resolution
+   * the child is in the list store and `open()` can target it.
+   * @param opts - source session id and the optional event seq anchoring the
+   *   cut (the boundary is the first turn/end at or after it).
+   * @returns the child session id.
+   */
+  fork(opts: { sessionId: SessionId; atSeq?: number }): Promise<SessionId>
   /**
    * Register a per-session standard-props provider (hooks become `use<Name>`
    * selector hooks on the render side; props spread verbatim).

packages/client/runtime/src/client/sessions/manager.ts

@@ -289,6 +289,36 @@ export class SessionManager {
     }
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Contract session.fork; on success merge the child into summaries
+   * immediately (same synchronous-addressability guarantee as create). The
+   * child carries the source's history, so it is never blank; lineage rides
+   * parentSessionId so the list nests it under its source.
+   * @param opts - source session and the optional seq anchoring the cut.
+   * @returns the fork result (the child session id).
+   */
+  async fork(
+    opts: { sessionId: SessionId; atSeq?: number },
+  ): Promise<RpcResult<{ sessionId: SessionId }>> {
+    try {
+      const source = this.summaries.find(s => s.sessionId === opts.sessionId)
+      const { result } = await this.api.sessions.fork({
+        sessionId: opts.sessionId,
+        ...opts.atSeq === undefined ? {} : { atSeq: opts.atSeq },
+      })
+      if (result.ok) {
+        this.recordMutation({ kind: 'upsert', summary: {
+          sessionId: result.value.sessionId, updatedAt: Date.now(), running: false, blank: false,
+          parentSessionId: opts.sessionId,
+          ...(source?.cwd !== undefined ? { cwd: source.cwd } : {}),
+        } })
+      }
+      return result
+    } catch (error) {
+      return transportError(error)
+    }
+  }
+
   /**
    * Insert-or-enrich a locally synthesized summary: a new id prepends; an
    * existing entry only gains fields it lacks (the session-added frame and the

packages/client/runtime/src/client/sessions/service.ts

@@ -81,6 +81,22 @@ export class SessionCreateError extends Error {
   }
 }
 
+/** Structured session-fork failure. */
+export class SessionForkError extends Error {
+  override readonly name = 'SessionForkError'
+
+  /**
+   * @param rpcError - Host business or folded transport error.
+   * @param sourceSessionId - the session the fork was cut from.
+   */
+  constructor(
+    readonly rpcError: RpcError,
+    readonly sourceSessionId: SessionId,
+  ) {
+    super(`session fork failed: ${rpcError.code}: ${rpcError.message}`)
+  }
+}
+
 /** Session assembly handle for SessionProvider/inject factories (identity-stable per session). */
 export interface SessionBinding {
   readonly sessionId: SessionId
@@ -317,6 +333,22 @@ export class SessionsService implements ISessions {
     return result.value.sessionId
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Fork a session from a completed-turn prefix of the source (same
+   * synchronous-addressability guarantee as {@link SessionsService.create}:
+   * on resolution the child is in the list store and open() can target it).
+   * @param opts - source session id and the optional event seq anchoring the
+   *   cut (the boundary is the first turn/end at or after it).
+   * @returns the child session id.
+   * @throws {SessionForkError} with the source id.
+   */
+  async fork(opts: { sessionId: SessionId; atSeq?: number }): Promise<SessionId> {
+    const result = await this.manager.fork(opts)
+    if (!result.ok) throw new SessionForkError(result.error, opts.sessionId)
+    this.projectList()
+    return result.value.sessionId
+  }
+
   /**
    * Resolve an Agent-scoped context view (use-and-discard).
    * @param id - session id (the agent identity — 1:1 same axis).

packages/client/runtime/tests/fake-api.ts

@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ export class FakeApiClient implements IApiClient {
   onCreate: (payload: unknown) => Promise<RpcResponse<{ sessionId: SessionId }>> = () => Promise.resolve(ok({ sessionId: 'fk-new' as SessionId }))
   readonly defaultModel: ModelTarget = { provider: 'deepseek', model: 'deepseek-v4-flash' }
   onRename: (payload: unknown) => Promise<RpcResponse<{ title: string; seq: number }>> = () => Promise.resolve(ok({ title: 'fk-renamed', seq: 0 }))
+  onFork: (payload: unknown) => Promise<RpcResponse<{ sessionId: SessionId }>> = () => Promise.resolve(ok({ sessionId: 'fk-fork' as SessionId }))
   onHistory: (payload: { sessionId: SessionId; beforeSeq?: number; maxMessages?: number })
   => Promise<RpcResponse<{ events: never[]; hasMore: boolean }>> =
     () => Promise.resolve(ok({ events: [], hasMore: false }))
@@ -118,6 +119,7 @@ export class FakeApiClient implements IApiClient {
     selectModel: (payload: { provider: string; model: string }) =>
       this.record('session.selectModel', payload, this.onSelectModel(payload)),
     rename: (payload: unknown) => this.record('session.rename', payload, this.onRename(payload)),
+    fork: (payload: unknown) => this.record('session.fork', payload, this.onFork(payload)),
     prompt: (payload: unknown) => this.record('session.prompt', payload, this.onPrompt(payload)),
     updateQueue: (payload: unknown) => this.record('session.updateQueue', payload, this.onUpdateQueue(payload)),
     cancel: (payload: unknown) => this.record('session.cancel', payload, this.onCancel(payload)),