The agent factory (`ctx.agents.create`/`resume`, the `AgentFactory` seam)
now returns `AgentHandle = { agent; dispose(): Promise<void> }` instead of a
bare `Agent`. The disposer is a capability: only the holder can tear down
exactly this agent — stop its loop, await the loop's exit (true quiescence,
not just the `disposed` status flip), unregister it, and remove its session
from the store.
The teardown ORDER is load-bearing for durability. The loop appends its
final `turn/end` + runs `session/flush` AFTER an abort, delivered through
`session.onAppend` → `session/event`; if the session-store effect (which
detaches `onAppend`) were torn down first, those closing events would never
reach persistence. So `dispose()`:
1. runs the register+start effect disposer (sync: request loop stop),
2. `await agent.done` (loop exits, final flush captured), THEN
3. runs the session disposer (detach onAppend + delete store entry).
`SessionStore.createOwned()` exposes the session-create effect's disposer
(plain `create()` discards it — fiber-owned). `AgentLoop` funnels both
factory entrypoints (`createAgent`, `resumeWith`) through a shared
`startOwned` that composes the ordered teardown; the config path keeps a
fiber-owned agent by discarding the handle.
`ctx.agents.get(id)` still returns a bare `Agent` — the handle is only for
the owner that created it.
dsh-session
Event-sourced session log and in-memory store. A Session is the append-only source of truth for an agent's whole interaction history — the LLM message history is derived from it.
Service: SessionStore (ctx key: sessions)
Creates and holds event-sourced Session instances. Persistence is intentionally not implemented here — plugins subscribe to session/event and flush on session/flush.
Public API
ctx.sessions.create(id?: string, options?: { seed?: SessionEvent[]; meta?: { cwd?: string; parentSession?: SessionId; createdAt?: number } }): Session— Create a session.options.seedreplays/forks an existing event log;options.metaattaches creation metadata (validated absolutecwd,parentSessionlineage) as the immutableSessionHeader. The store fillsversion/idand defaultscreatedAtto now; a caller reconstructing a persisted session passes the originalcreatedAtto preserve it. Disposed with the calling fiber.ctx.sessions.get(id: string): Session | undefinedctx.sessions.list(): Session[]
Events
| Event | Mode | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
session/created |
emit | A session was created |
session/event |
emit | An event was appended (sync, fire-and-forget) |
session/flush |
parallel | Awaited durability checkpoint (persistence plugins drain buffers here) |
Class: Session
Plain class (not a Cordis Service). Create via ctx.sessions.create().
session.append(type, data): SessionEvent— synchronous, never blocks on I/O. Throws ifdatais not losslessly JSON-serializable (BigInt, function, symbol, undefined, non-finite number, circular ref, or an exotic object like Map/Set/Date) — the event log is the durable source of truth, so this invariant is enforced at the source (exported asisJsonValuefor backends to reuse on their replay/fork entry points).session.deriveMessages(): Message[]— derive the LLM message history from the event log. Rawassistant/chunkevents are skipped;context/messageandsteering/messagerender as tagged synthetic user messages.session.events,session.seq,session.idsession.header: SessionHeader— immutable creation metadata (version,id,createdAt, optionalcwd/parentSession). Kept out of the event log (a storage concern, not replayable state); a minimal v1 header is synthesized for bareSessionconstruction.
Metadata types (types.ts)
SessionHeader— immutable session metadata, written once:{ version, id, createdAt, cwd?, parentSession? }. Owned here (besideSessionId) becauseSession.headeris typed by it; persistence backends re-export it rather than own it (which would force a package cycle).
Session event vocabulary (types.ts)
The append-only log: turn/start, turn/end, step/start, step/end, user/message, assistant/message, assistant/chunk, tool/call, tool/result, steering/message, context/message, usage, error.
Merge-extensible via SessionEventMap — a compaction plugin adds compaction/marker, etc.
Also defines TurnTriggerMap and TurnEndReasonMap (merge-extensible sum types for typed turn boundaries — kind-tagged instead of strings).
Extension points
- Persistence plugins: subscribe to
session/event(write-behind) and drain onsession/flush(awaited) and fiber dispose. A durable backend reads the log and reloads it into a live session; the metadata seam (SessionHeader,session.header) is what such a backend stores beside the log. - Replay/fork:
ctx.sessions.create(id, { seed })seeds a new session with an existing event log.
What is NOT here (TODO)
- Session branching/tree (pi-style entry tree) — defered unless needed beyond seed-based forking.