nikivdev/code · error

Session '{}' not found in saved sessions

Error message

Session '{}' not found in saved sessions

What it means

Thrown by the session-remove command when the given session name is not a key in the saved-sessions index. The code only reaches this bail when the lookup branch found no matching session entry, so the removal target does not exist. Note this specific message covers a lookup miss even though a notes file may exist on disk.

Source

Thrown at src/ai.rs:15156

}

/// Remove a saved session from tracking.
fn remove_session(session: &str) -> Result<()> {
    let mut index = load_index()?;

    if index.sessions.remove(session).is_some() {
        save_index(&index)?;
        println!("Removed session '{}'", session);

        // Also remove notes if they exist
        let notes_dir = get_notes_dir()?;
        let note_file = notes_dir.join(format!("{}.md", session));
        if note_file.exists() {
            fs::remove_file(&note_file)?;
            println!("Removed notes file");
        }
    } else {
        bail!("Session '{}' not found in saved sessions", session);
    }

    Ok(())
}

/// Initialize the .ai folder structure.
fn init_ai_folder() -> Result<()> {
    let ai_dir = std::env::current_dir()?.join(".ai");
    let internal_dir = ai_dir.join("internal");
    let sessions_dir = internal_dir.join("sessions").join("claude");
    let notes_dir = sessions_dir.join("notes");

    fs::create_dir_all(&notes_dir)?;

    // Create empty index.json if it doesn't exist
    let index_path = sessions_dir.join("index.json");
    if !index_path.exists() {
        let index = SessionIndex::default();

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Solutions

1. Run `f ai sessions list` to see exact saved session names and use one verbatim
2. Correct the spelling of the session name argument
3. If already removed, treat the operation as a no-op and skip
4. Check you are in the project directory whose .ai/ index contains the session

Example fix

// before
f ai sessions remove mysesion   # typo
// after
f ai sessions list
f ai sessions remove mysession

# shell: confirm the session exists before removing
f ai sessions list | grep -qxF "$SESSION" && f ai sessions remove "$SESSION" \
  || echo "session '$SESSION' not saved"

// make remove idempotent for the caller
if let Err(e) = remove_session(name) {
    if e.to_string().contains("not found in saved sessions") {
        eprintln!("already removed: {name}");
        return Ok(());
    }
    return Err(e);
}

When it happens

Trigger: Calling session remove with a name string that is not present in the loaded sessions index (typo, already removed, or saved under a different name).

Common situations: Typos in session names; the session was removed in another checkout/machine where the index lives in .ai/; stale memory of old session names; running the remove command from a different project directory with a different index.

Related errors

• failed to resume {} session {}
• Session not found
• Project not found. Create it with `f env push` first.
• Key '{}' not found
• No running process found for task '{}'

AI-assisted analysis of nikivdev/code@a747e741ae (2026-09-01). Data as JSON: /api/errors/4f67adb871c8d63c. Report an issue: GitHub.