gemini-cli - 💡(How to fix) Fix Performance Bottleneck in Session Resumption [2 comments, 2 participants]

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google-gemini/gemini-cli#26823Fetched 2026-05-11 03:27:25
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What happened?

The SDK's resumeSession method iterates through all chat files and parses them one by one to find a matching sessionId if the 8-character prefix optimization isn't sufficient.

What did you expect to happen?

An index or a more efficient lookup mechanism (e.g., using the full session ID in the filename) should be used.

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OS: linux Date: Sunday, May 10, 2026 Gemini CLI: 0.42.0-nightly

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File: packages/sdk/src/agent.ts, Lines 96-107. In environments with many stored sessions, this will cause significant latency when starting a session.

Severity: Medium Area: area/non-interactive

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