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Manual /rename is overwritten by later auto-generated session name #2622
Description
Describe the bug
A session name set manually via /rename <name> does not persist reliably. After continuing to work in the same session, Copilot CLI auto-renames the session again and overwrites the user-defined name.
Affected version
GitHub Copilot CLI 1.0.22
Steps to reproduce the behavior
- Start a new Copilot CLI session.
- Run
/rename my-name. - Continue working in the same session for a while.
- Check the session name again, or try to find it later in
/resume.
Expected behavior
A manually assigned session name should remain unchanged until the user explicitly renames it again.
Additional context
- Actual behavior: the manual name is replaced by an automatically generated session name.
- Impact: renamed sessions become hard to find later because the expected custom name no longer exists.
- OS: Windows
- Terminal: Windows Terminal
- Shell: PowerShell
Activity
[-]Manual /rename is overwritten by later auto-generated session name[/-][+]Manual `/rename` is overwritten by later auto-generated session name[/+]fotgs commentedon Aug 18, 2026
how is this not fixed yet? this is disgustingly annoying. in what universe would this be the expected behavior? I rename the session once because I want to have a certain title, never over-write it.