earendil-works/pi · error · Error

This session has not been saved yet. Wait for the first assi

Error message

This session has not been saved yet. Wait for the first assistant response before cloning or forking it.

What it means

Error "This session has not been saved yet. Wait for the first assistant response before cloning or forking it." thrown in earendil-works/pi.

Source

Thrown at packages/coding-agent/src/core/agent-session-runtime.ts:313

			const sessionDir = this.session.sessionManager.getSessionDir();
			if (!targetLeafId) {
				const sessionManager = SessionManager.create(this.cwd, sessionDir);
				sessionManager.newSession({ parentSession: currentSessionFile });
				await this.teardownCurrent("fork", sessionManager.getSessionFile());
				this.apply(
					await this.createRuntime({
						cwd: this.cwd,
						agentDir: this.services.agentDir,
						sessionManager,
						sessionStartEvent: { type: "session_start", reason: "fork", previousSessionFile },
					}),
				);
				await this.finishSessionReplacement(options?.withSession);
				return { cancelled: false, selectedText };
			}

			if (!existsSync(currentSessionFile)) {
				throw new Error(
					"This session has not been saved yet. Wait for the first assistant response before cloning or forking it.",
				);
			}
			const sessionManager = SessionManager.open(currentSessionFile, sessionDir);
			const forkedSessionPath = sessionManager.createBranchedSession(targetLeafId);
			if (!forkedSessionPath) {
				throw new Error("Failed to create forked session");
			}
			await this.teardownCurrent("fork", sessionManager.getSessionFile());
			this.apply(
				await this.createRuntime({
					cwd: sessionManager.getCwd(),
					agentDir: this.services.agentDir,
					sessionManager,
					sessionStartEvent: { type: "session_start", reason: "fork", previousSessionFile },
				}),
			);
			await this.finishSessionReplacement(options?.withSession);

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at packages/coding-agent/src/core/agent-session-runtime.ts:313 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of earendil-works/pi@4af9d21d3b (2026-08-24). Data as JSON: /api/errors/308919e379d73745. Report an issue: GitHub.