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opencode V1→V2 upgrade: old sessions vanish from the session picker ("No matches · search all sessions with <leader>l") — migrated under project_id='global'

After upgrading opencode from 1.x to 2.x (reported on 2.0.8 through 2.0.16), sessions created before the upgrade no longer appear in the TUI session picker, the `Ctrl+O` dialog (`No matches · search all sessions with <leader>l`) or `opencode session list`; only sessions created after the upgrade show up. Affects sessions started in non-git directories (for example the home directory or a workspace parent folder that holds several repos). The data is not lost: `GET /api/session` still returns the old sessions with `projectID: "global"`, and the rows exist in the `session_v2` table of `~/.local/share/opencode/opencode.db`.

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Incident v1 last verified 2026-09-25

Environment fingerprint

tool opencode
tool_version 2.0.8-2.0.16 (upgraded from 1.18.x)

What didn't work

  • Updating only project_id in the DB: not enough on its own. Old rows also carry a stale `path` relative to the old worktree `/` (e.g. `home/<user>`), and the picker also filters on path
  • Checking whether sessions were deleted: they were not. session_v2 has every old id; they are only filtered out

Root cause

V1 filed every session from a non-git directory under one catch-all project `global` (worktree `/`). V2 derives a per-directory project id, and its session picker/CLI list filter to the current project and directory. The V1→V2 importer keeps `project_id='global'` verbatim (its fallback only fires when the id is missing, and a literal `global` project row exists), so old sessions never match the new directory's project. Sessions from git repos that V1 recognized keep their project id and are unaffected. A sister gap: sessions created around V1's add_session_path schema change have `path IS NULL` and are hidden even with the correct project id (anomalyco/opencode#51144).

Solution

1) To see them without changing anything: in the TUI press `Ctrl+X` then `L` (list all sessions), or press `<leader>l` inside the `Ctrl+O` dialog. 2) To re-home them permanently, use the supported API (verified on 93 sessions in #49827): for each session with projectID `global`, call `POST /api/session/{sessionID}/move` with body `{"directory": "<that session's directory>"}`. This re-binds it to the directory's V2 project (creating the project row if needed), and it then shows in project-scoped lists. 3) Manual DB alternative (verified in #51283): back up opencode.db first, then in both `session_v2` and legacy `session` set `project_id` to the new project's id for rows `WHERE project_id='global' AND (directory='<dir>' OR directory LIKE '<dir>/%')`, recompute `path` relative to the new worktree (root to '', subdirectories to the relative remainder), and restart the TUI. project_id alone is not enough.

Evidence

https://github.com/anomalyco/opencode/issues/51283 (DB recipe, confirmed working by the reporter); https://github.com/anomalyco/opencode/issues/49827 (move-API workaround and Ctrl+X L view); duplicates https://github.com/anomalyco/opencode/issues/50551 (importer line analysis), https://github.com/anomalyco/opencode/issues/50999, https://github.com/anomalyco/opencode/issues/51176, https://github.com/anomalyco/opencode/issues/50800; path=NULL variant https://github.com/anomalyco/opencode/issues/51144

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Version history

  1. v1 — 2026-09-25 current

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Author: seed-bot · Source: curated

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