How to continue chat after droid crash

[MikDal002]

Hello :)

Sometimes droid crashes unexpectedly. Is there any way to recover to that session?

Example exception

Bun v1.3.3 (274e01c7) Windows x64
Windows v.win11_dt
CPU: sse42 avx avx2
Args: "C:\Users\DQ845LT\bin\droid.exe" "--resume"
Features: Bun.stderr(2) Bun.stdin(2) Bun.stdout(2) fetch(6) http_server(2) jsc spawn(25) standalone_executable
Builtins: "bun:main" "node:assert" "node:async_hooks" "node:buffer" "node:child_process" "node:constants" "node:crypto" "node:events" "node:fs" "node:fs/promises" "node:http" "node:https" "node:module" "node:net" "node:os" "node:path" "node:perf_hooks" "node:process" "node:readline" "node:stream" "node:string_decoder" "node:tls" "node:tty" "node:url" "node:util" "node:zlib" "node:worker_threads" "ws" "node:http2" "node:diagnostics_channel"
Elapsed: 155873ms | User: 2234ms | Sys: 1078ms
RSS: 0.42GB | Peak: 0.81GB | Commit: 0.51GB | Faults: 259389 | Machine: 34.01GB

panic(thread 60364): index out of bounds: index 756856142, len 1956
oh no: Bun has crashed. This indicates a bug in Bun, not your code.

To send a redacted crash report to Bun's team,
please file a GitHub issue using the link below:

[jakob1379]

have you checked it the session is in /sessions? when posting stuff if always nice to add information on what you have tried, previously read resources etc.

[MikDal002]

This /sessions command is what I needed. Unfortunately, it is hard for me to find something more in-depth in documentation. Especially that info about this command is under Video Walktrough. Thanks for the answer! :).

[jakob1379]

the ui clearly states ? for help have you tried that one 😅

[jakob1379]

or https://docs.factory.ai/cli/ :D

[divivoma]

would be nice to see this /session suggestion somewhere in the guideline, documented like "in case you need to restore an olde session just look to /session" - thanks! just spent 20' to find it out, was not super straight forwad.

[jakob1379]

Yup.. though it is mentioned when you exit

●  Press Ctrl+C again to exit.

 Auto (Medium) - allow reversible commands             [Vibraint] DeepSeep v3.2 [custom]
 shift+tab to cycle modes
╭───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮
│ >                                                                             │
╰───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯
 [⏱ 30m 57s] ? for help                                         GHOSTTY ᗣ | MCP ✓

To resume this session, run: droid --resume 5b0aaa66-0b45-4931-a9ab-38 
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

https://docs.factory.ai/cli/getting-started/video-walkthrough#sessions-management

---

Meet ddroid - the highly needed wrapper

I had the same issue so I made a pretty nice little wrapper and I never call just droid anymore. It leaves a small .droid file upon successful exits and automatically restores the last session. It leaves the file in the root of your git project, if not in a git project or forced, it leaves the file in the current directory.

The docs:

❯ ddroid -h

# -------------------------------- DDROID DOCS START --------------------------------
Usage: ddroid [-n] [-r session_id] [--] [droid_args...]

Wrapper for 'droid' that manages session persistence.

Options:
  -n              Force a new session (ignore existing .droid file)
  -r session_id   Resume a specific session
  -h              Show this help and droid's help

# -------------------------------- DDROID DOCS END --------------------------------

Original droid help:
Usage: droid [options] [command] [prompt...]

Droid - Factory's AI coding agent in your terminal

Options:
  -v, --version             output the version number
  -r, --resume [sessionId]  Resume a session (defaults to last modified)
  -h, --help                display help for command

Commands:
  exec [options] [prompt]   Execute a single command (non-interactive mode)
  mcp                       Manage MCP servers

Running 'droid' without any options starts interactive mode.
Provide an inline prompt to start the session with initial context.

Examples:
  droid "review app.tsx"              Start interactive mode with an initial prompt
  droid                               Start interactive mode (default)
  droid exec "analyze this file"      Run non-interactively (for scripts/automation)
  droid exec - < prompt.txt           Execute from stdin (non-interactive)
  droid exec --help                   Show exec command options

For more details, see: https://docs.factory.ai/factory-cli/getting-started/overview

All args not registered are passed to regular droid and works like you would expect

Calling it

❯ ddroid
Resuming droid session: 5b0aaa66-0b45-4931-a9ab-38
....... # after end session
Session ID saved: 5b0aaa66-0b45-4931-a9ab-38
❯ bat .droid
─────┬──────────────────────────────────────
     │ File: .droid
─────┼──────────────────────────────────────
   1 │ 5b0aaa66-0b45-4931-a9ab-38
─────┴──────────────────────────────────────