From ae7a885da2514667ce760337edbf8a10ca1daa30 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mario Zechner <badlogicgames@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 9 Jun 2026 14:17:33 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Closes #5045, /new should not persist if original session was
 ephemeral

---
 packages/coding-agent/src/core/agent-session-runtime.ts | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/packages/coding-agent/src/core/agent-session-runtime.ts b/packages/coding-agent/src/core/agent-session-runtime.ts
index be855ea4..7f29275a 100644
--- a/packages/coding-agent/src/core/agent-session-runtime.ts
+++ b/packages/coding-agent/src/core/agent-session-runtime.ts
@@ -232,7 +232,9 @@ export class AgentSessionRuntime {
 
 		const previousSessionFile = this.session.sessionFile;
 		const sessionDir = this.session.sessionManager.getSessionDir();
-		const sessionManager = SessionManager.create(this.cwd, sessionDir);
+		const sessionManager = this.session.sessionManager.isPersisted()
+			? SessionManager.create(this.cwd, sessionDir)
+			: SessionManager.inMemory(this.cwd);
 		if (options?.parentSession) {
 			sessionManager.newSession({ parentSession: options.parentSession });
 		}