dsh-session-manager
Session manager for DeepSeek Harness.
中文 · MIT License
dsh-session-manager gives the Harness Web UI a full session-management surface: browse all sessions and the archived ones, restore (unarchive) archived sessions back to their original workspace, archive any session, delete sessions with a two-step confirmation, and preview conversation content — all from the Settings panel, with zero modification to official packages. Its UI follows the Harness language setting (English / 中文) and it ships a dedicated icon.
What it solves
Stock DSH archives sessions one-way: the sidebar's Archive action hides a session from every view (workspace groups, ungrouped, search, flat list), and there is no view or API to bring it back — archived sessions are effectively lost until you hand-edit ~/.dsh/storages/workspace.json. This plugin makes archiving a reversible, manageable state and adds an overview of every session on disk:
right-click a session -> Archive (stock DSH)
-> the session vanishes from the sidebar (nowhere to see it again)
-> this plugin: Settings -> Session Manager -> archived tab
preview its content, Restore it (back to its original workspace
position), or Delete it from disk (two-step confirmation)
-> the all-sessions tab lists every persisted session (grouped by
workspace, ungrouped ones included) so nothing is ever lost sight of
0.2.0: the “deleted session comes back in the sidebar” fix
Current DSH returns listing snapshots ({ header, revision, ... }) from sessionPersistence.list(), not bare headers. The previous release read snapshot.id (always undefined), so it could not find the stored session during delete: it pruned the archive/workspace bookkeeping and reported success without removing the files. Removing the archive entry made the still-existing session visible in the sidebar again — exactly the reported ghost.
0.2.0 normalizes both the current snapshot shape and the legacy header shape, resolves the real JSONL session directory, and only prunes bookkeeping after the directory is removed (or proven absent). If a listed session's artifact cannot be located, delete refuses with an error and leaves every bookkeeping record untouched.
0.2.1: the “duplicate prefix route” activation failure
The /dsh-sm prefix was registered outside the plugin fiber: apply() called ctx.webServer.register() directly and never handed the disposer to ctx.effect(). Unloading therefore left the prefix in the web server table, and the next load — HMR reload, disable/enable, or a reinstall through the plugin manager — failed activation with webserver: duplicate prefix route "/dsh-sm", while the stale route kept answering requests. 0.2.1 registers the route inside ctx.effect(), so the disposer follows the fiber and reloads are clean. The leaked route only exists in the already-running process, so restart dsh web once after updating.
Features
- Restore archived sessions: an archived session keeps its workspace accounting slot, so unarchiving puts it back exactly where it was — single, batch, or all at once.
- Safe delete with two-step confirmation: the Delete button arms first and needs a second click within 5 seconds. The server removes the session directory, then prunes the archive set, pin set, and workspace slot. A listed session whose directory cannot be resolved is refused instead of leaving orphan files behind.
- Live-session guard: running agents are rejected. An open unarchived session is also refused (it could recreate its log); an archived live session is flushed through its open writer and evicted before deletion.
- Delete all: clears every deletable session (archived, ungrouped, and workspace-attached alike) in one confirmed action, skipping sessions that are currently running or open, and reports per-session success / failure / skip.
- All-sessions overview: every session known to the persistence layer — title, id, creation time, owning workspace (or ungrouped), status badges (archived / live / running) — with archive and delete actions.
- Content preview: click a session title to expand the first 100 user / assistant / tool messages without opening the conversation.
- Disk footprint: per-session size and the full on-disk path help you find what is eating space.
- Follows the Harness language: the Settings entry and the whole page are localized through
ctx.locale, so switching Settings → General → Language (English / 中文) updates the plugin immediately; Chinese users get Chinese dates and all labels.
- Dedicated icon: a custom archive/session mark ships as
assets/icon.svg for the Plugins inventory, and the Settings navigation reuses DSH's archive glyph instead of the generic gear.
- Zero core modification: a pure bundle plugin (
dsh.bundle patch layer); every operation goes through official services (workspaceRegistry, sessionQuery, sessionPersistence, sessions, agents, dshHomePath) — no official package is patched or overridden.
- Loopback-only API: the
/dsh-sm/* routes reject non-loopback hosts and cross-origin requests (Host + Origin / Sec-Fetch-Site fence).
Installation
# one line, from a git source
dsh plugin --profile web add github:wuxiangru915/dsh-session-manager
# restart the web server, then hard-refresh the page
Local development:
dsh plugin --profile web add /path/to/dsh-session-manager
# restart the web server, then hard-refresh the page
The repository ships plain-JS lib/ artifacts with no build step, so git-source installs work without any build tooling on the user's machine.
Usage
Web UI
Session manager (settings page)
Open Settings → Session Manager:
- Archived tab (default): every archived session with title, id, creation time, cwd, disk size and the full on-disk path; status badges for running and missing files. Buttons: Restore (single / batch / all), Clear archive (delete all archived, two-step), row-level Delete (two-step).
- All sessions tab: every persisted session grouped by workspace (ungrouped sessions show a
—), status badges for archived / live / running. Actions: Archive, Delete, and Delete all (two-step; skips running/open sessions).
- Click any session title to preview its content inline (user / assistant / tool messages, first 100).
- Switch Settings → General → Language to 中文 or English; the plugin re-registers its labels and re-renders immediately (no page refresh).
Chinese UI
Architecture
lib/
├── index.js Host half: cordis plugin (injects webServer) exposing POST /dsh-sm/* routes
└── client.js Browser half: __ModuleLoader__ bundle registering the Settings section
cordis.patch.yml dsh.bundle patch layer — one insert row drives both halves
assets/icon.svg Dedicated plugin icon (manifest-relative, ≤256 KiB)
locale/en.json Plugin-inventory metadata (English)
locale/zh.json Plugin-inventory metadata (Chinese)
browser (Settings page) --POST /dsh-sm/*--> host handlers
archived/list · archived/unarchive · sessions/list · sessions/archive
· sessions/delete · sessions/detail
sessionQuery (list + titles + content) + sessionPersistence (headers/legacy locate)
+ workspaceRegistry (archive/pin/workspace accounting) + sessions (evict/flush)
+ dshHomePath + node:fs (locate, size, delete the JSONL session directory)
+ agents (running guard)
Host routes:
| Route | Payload | Returns |
|---|
POST /dsh-sm/archived/list | {} | { items, totalBytes } |
POST /dsh-sm/archived/unarchive | { sessionId } | { ok, changed, archivedSessionIds } |
POST /dsh-sm/sessions/list | {} | { items } |
POST /dsh-sm/sessions/archive | { sessionId } | { ok, archivedSessionIds } |
POST /dsh-sm/sessions/delete | { sessionId } | { ok, deleted, sessionId, path?, sizeBytes?, reason? } |
POST /dsh-sm/sessions/detail | { sessionId } | { id, createdAt, cwd, totalEvents, messageCount, truncated, messages } |
Unarchive/delete use the registry's public unarchiveSession / unpinSession paths (with a durable-state fallback for older registries), so the registry's in-memory state, the on-disk global.archivedSessionIds, and the workspace feed stay consistent; the client refreshes the workspace/session stores afterwards so the sidebar updates immediately.
Session directories are resolved through ctx.dshHomePath("sessions") as <home>/sessions/<project>/<sessionId>/; an older persistence locate(header) implementation is preferred when present.
Testing
npm test # 19 host checks + 3 client checks
node test/smoke.mjs # host only: stub services + a real temp Harness home
node test/client.mjs # client only: locale dictionaries + section registration
The host smoke test drives apply(ctx) with stub services and creates actual session directories in a temporary Harness home. It covers route wiring, the loopback/origin fence, archive-set read/write, the current snapshot list() shape, the legacy header shape, real on-disk deletion, live-session flush/refusal, orphan-directory cleanup, the “cannot locate the artifact ⇒ refuse to prune” guard, path-traversal rejection and detail extraction. The client test loads lib/client.js in a vm and verifies that both locale dictionaries are complete and that the Settings entry uses the archived-sessions id and re-reads the active locale.
End-to-end verification was performed against a real second profile: archive → archived list → two-step delete → sidebar/list no longer contain the session, plus a browser walkthrough of the English ↔ 中文 switch and the icon in the Plugins inventory.
Compatibility
- DSH 0.2.x (
sessionPersistence.list() snapshots).
- DSH versions whose
sessionPersistence.list() returns bare headers (legacy shape) still work.
- The JSONL backend is the shipped default; backends that expose
locate() are also supported. A backend with neither locate() nor the shipped JSONL tree makes delete fail closed rather than risk orphan files.
Roadmap
