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Resume session

How to resume a previous session.

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When using interactive chat in an Artisan command

// Get previous sessions with listSessions
$sessions = Copilot::client()->listSessions();

// Choose a session ID to resume with Laravel\Prompts\select
$sessions = collect(Copilot::client()->listSessions())
    ->mapWithKeys(function (SessionMetadata $session) {
        return [$session->sessionId => $session->summary ?? ''];
    })
    ->toArray();

$session_id = select(
    label: 'What session do you want to resume?',
    options: $sessions,
);

// Resume the session with the selected ID
$session = Copilot::client()->resumeSession($session_id);

// Get previous messages
$messages = $session->getMessages();

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When using a fixed session ID

If your flow is not interactive, specify a fixed ID from the beginning. Create IDs based on user IDs or other context. For example, this works well in a multi-user web service. 
use Revolution\Copilot\Types\SessionConfig;
use Revolution\Copilot\Contracts\CopilotSession;
use Revolution\Copilot\Facades\Copilot;

$config = new SessionConfig(
    sessionId: 'user-123-conversation',
);

Copilot::start(function (CopilotSession $session) {
    dump('Starting Copilot session: '.$session->id());

    $response = $session->sendAndWait(prompt: 'Tell me something about Laravel.');
}, config: $config);
When resuming, you can also pass resume to Copilot::start. 
use Revolution\Copilot\Contracts\CopilotSession;
use Revolution\Copilot\Facades\Copilot;
use Revolution\Copilot\Types\ResumeSessionConfig;

// ResumeSessionConfig does not allow setting sessionId
$config = new ResumeSessionConfig();

Copilot::start(function (CopilotSession $session) {
    dump('Starting Copilot session: '.$session->id());

    $response = $session->sendAndWait(prompt: 'Tell me something about Laravel.');
}, config: $config, resume: 'user-123-conversation');
You can also discard the current session inside the Copilot::start closure and resume another one. 
use Revolution\Copilot\Contracts\CopilotSession;
use Revolution\Copilot\Facades\Copilot;

Copilot::start(function (CopilotSession $session) {
    dump('Starting Copilot session: '.$session->id());

    $session->disconnect();

    $session = Copilot::client()->resumeSession(sessionId: 'user-123-conversation');

    $response = $session->sendAndWait(prompt: 'Tell me something about Laravel.');
});

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Resume the last session

If no session exists, getLastSessionId() returns null, and the session starts as new. You can switch between SessionConfig and ResumeSessionConfig. 
use Revolution\Copilot\Types\SessionConfig;
use Revolution\Copilot\Types\ResumeSessionConfig;
use Revolution\Copilot\Contracts\CopilotSession;
use Revolution\Copilot\Facades\Copilot;

$session_id = Copilot::client()->getLastSessionId();

if (empty($session_id)) {
    $config = new SessionConfig();
} else {
    $config = new ResumeSessionConfig();
}

Copilot::start(function (CopilotSession $session) {
    dump('Starting Copilot session: '.$session->id());

    $response = $session->sendAndWait(prompt: 'Tell me something about Laravel.');
}, config: $config, resume: $session_id);

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Use SessionMetadata

getSessionMetadata() also returns null when the session does not exist, so you can use the same new-session fallback. It also provides metadata such as created/updated timestamps. 
use Revolution\Copilot\Types\SessionMetadata;
use Revolution\Copilot\Facades\Copilot;

$meta = Copilot::client()->getSessionMetadata('user-123-conversation');
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Last modified on April 22, 2026

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