Describe the bug
Repeatedly, I've asked Copilot to help me find an old session, and it does, providing details about the session it found. For example:
The session is “Investigate Computer Shutdown Issues”:
• Session ID: a2e4ec55-7ece-4c5b-b8ed-7c9b6d5ef25f
• Date: July 20, 2026
• Key finding: Modern Standby/sleep failure, followed by DRIVER_POWER_STATE_FAILURE (0x0000009F) and battery drain while the lid was closed.
But then I try to resume that session and it fails.
How to resume that session?
Checking my documentation # GitHub Copilot CLI Documentation
Use the /resume command and provide the session ID:
/resume a2e4ec55-7ece-4c5b-b8ed-7c9b6d5ef25f
You can also resume it by name:
/resume Investigate Computer Shutdown Issues
If /resume opens a selector, choose the July 20, 2026 session.
No session, task, or name matched 'a2e4ec55-7ece-4c5b-b8ed-7c9b6d5ef25f'
The help seems to indicate that a session ID should be sufficient:
/resume Switch to a different session (optionally specify session ID, task ID, or name)
If I prompt Copilot, it can find the task ID instead, and that works:
Yes—the alternate **task ID** is:
69efac91-fce7-44fb-a7c0-2371c0201ded
Try:
/resume 69efac91-fce7-44fb-a7c0-2371c0201ded
The original session ID is `a2e4ec55-7ece-4c5b-b8ed-7c9b6d5ef25f`; depending on the CLI version, `/resume` may require the task ID instead.
This flow is super clumsy. Why can't Copilot resume a session by ID?
Affected version
1.0.74-3 and 1.0.86-2
Steps to reproduce the behavior
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Expected behavior
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Additional context
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Describe the bug
Repeatedly, I've asked Copilot to help me find an old session, and it does, providing details about the session it found. For example:
But then I try to resume that session and it fails.
The help seems to indicate that a session ID should be sufficient:
If I prompt Copilot, it can find the task ID instead, and that works:
This flow is super clumsy. Why can't Copilot resume a session by ID?
Affected version
1.0.74-3and1.0.86-2Steps to reproduce the behavior
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Expected behavior
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Additional context
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