Unused new sessions are titled with a random ID rather than retaining "Session 4" label

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#4,895 opened on Sep 17, 2026 0 comments 0 reactions 0 assignees View on GitHub

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Difficulty: 3/5
Estimated time: 1-2 days
Newbie friendliness: 64/100

Issue type: Bug
Clarity: Mostly clear
Activity status: Active
Tech stack: shell
Domain: cli

Research direction

Reproduce the problem using the listed steps: open the CLI without using the initial chat, switch chats, exit, and reopen without resuming. Trace where session labels are persisted and restored, then verify that unused chats retain labels such as "Session 4" instead of displaying a random ID after reopening.

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Description

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Describe the bug

Every time I open the application it starts a new chat. When I reopen the application, these chats have lost their names and are something like "3f944efb-5ed" instead of "Session 4". This makes it hard to tell what they are unless I reload them.

Affected version

GitHub Copilot CLI 1.0.85

Steps to reproduce the behavior

Open the CLI, do nothing with the chat it starts with
Switch to another chat, do something there
exit CLI
Reopen CLI without resuming
Old chats are now mislabeled

Expected behavior

Chats retain session labels

Additional context

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