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gemini-cli - 💡(How to fix) Fix Session loss during unexpected system shutdown

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│ About Gemini CLI                                                                                                                                                                                              │
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│ CLI Version                                                             0.42.0                                                                                                                                │
│ Git Commit                                                              68e2196d5                                                                                                                             │
│ Model                                                                   Auto (Gemini 3)                                                                                                                       │
│ Sandbox                                                                 no sandbox                                                                                                                            │
│ OS                                                                      win32                                                                                                                                 │
│ Auth Method                                                             Signed in with Google (***@gmail.com)                                                                                       │
│ Tier                                                                    Gemini Code Assist in Google One AI Pro                                                                                               │
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What happened?

I was in a chat session with the model when my computer unexpectedly shutdown. After restarting, the chat history was gone. gemini --resume brought me back to the second-to-last session. I analyzed all directories in C:\Users\<username>\.gemini\tmp\ folder, but there was no mention of my session anywhere except for the logs.json. Based on these logs, I can only recover my own prompts, but it's impossible to fully restore the context - the chat is lost forever.

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After an unexpected shutdown, I expect to recover the session from the last saved message - autosave should be enabled by default.

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<details> <summary>Client Information</summary> 
│ About Gemini CLI                                                                                                                                                                                              │
│                                                                                                                                                                                                               │
│ CLI Version                                                             0.42.0                                                                                                                                │
│ Git Commit                                                              68e2196d5                                                                                                                             │
│ Model                                                                   Auto (Gemini 3)                                                                                                                       │
│ Sandbox                                                                 no sandbox                                                                                                                            │
│ OS                                                                      win32                                                                                                                                 │
│ Auth Method                                                             Signed in with Google (***@gmail.com)                                                                                       │
│ Tier                                                                    Gemini Code Assist in Google One AI Pro                                                                                               │
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