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Devbox entrypoint behavior (cn serve)
Context: runloop resumes a devbox by re-running the same entrypoint script, which invokes `cn serve --id <agentId> ...`. Because the entrypoint always replays, the CLI must avoid duplicating state on restart.
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Devbox entrypoint behavior (cn serve)
Context: runloop resumes a devbox by re-running the same entrypoint script, which invokes cn serve --id <agentId> .... Because the entrypoint always replays, the CLI must avoid duplicating state on restart.
- Session reuse:
servenow callsloadOrCreateSessionByIdwhen--idis provided so the same session file is reused instead of generating a new UUID. This keeps chat history intact across suspend/resume. - Skip replaying the initial prompt:
shouldQueueInitialPromptchecks existing history and only queues the initial prompt when there are no non-system messages. This prevents the first prompt from being resent when a suspended devbox restarts. - Environment persistence: The devbox entrypoint (control-plane) writes all env vars to
~/.continue/devbox-envand sources it beforecn serve, so keys survive suspend/resume. The CLI assumes env is already present.
Operational notes:
- Changing the entrypoint is expensive; prefer adapting CLI/session behavior as above.
- When testing suspend/resume, confirm a single session file under
~/.continue/sessionsfor the agent id and that follow-up messages append normally without replaying the first prompt.