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Terminal Sessions vs Terminal Workspaces
Terminal sessions are connections; terminal workspaces are persistent, resumable environments.
Published: 2026-01-04 · Last updated: 2026-01-04
A terminal session is a connection. A terminal workspace is a persistent environment you can resume across time.
Sessions
- tied to a connection,
- reset when the connection drops,
- no output replay for offline gaps.
Workspaces
- tied to durable session identity,
- survive disconnects,
- replay output on reconnect.
Why the distinction matters
If you treat your terminal as a session, you lose work every time the connection blips. If you treat it as a workspace, continuity becomes normal.
Link up
- Always-On Terminal Workspace: /always-on-terminal-workspace/
- Session Persistence & Output Replay: /session-persistence-output-replay/
- Phone Terminal Codex: /phone-terminal-codex/
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