feat: filter session history by workspace directory

[mvanhorn]

Summary

Add optional workspaceDirectory field to ListHistoryOptions so callers can scope session lists to a specific workspace. Sessions are stored with workspace info already (BaseSessionMetadata.workspaceDirectory) but HistoryManager.list() had no way to filter by it.

Why this matters

Opening a project currently shows the last active session from any project, and session history shows all projects interleaved. Multi-window usage is confusing because sessions from different workspaces appear mixed together.

• #9936 - original feature request
• core/util/history.ts:25 - list() returned all sessions without workspace filtering
• core/protocol/core.ts:63 - ListHistoryOptions only had offset and limit

Changes

• core/protocol/core.ts - Added workspaceDirectory?: string to ListHistoryOptions
• core/util/history.ts - Added workspace filter in list(), applied before pagination. Case-insensitive comparison. Omitting the field returns all sessions (backward compatible).
• core/util/history.test.ts - 5 new tests: exact match, case-insensitive, empty returns all, non-matching returns empty, works with limit/offset

Testing

All 17 tests pass (12 existing + 5 new workspace filtering tests).

This contribution was developed with AI assistance (Claude Code).

Fixes #9936

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Summary by cubic

Adds an optional workspace filter to session history so UIs can list sessions per workspace and avoid mixing projects. Improves multi-window behavior by scoping sessions to the active workspace. Fixes #9936.

• New Features

  • Added workspaceDirectory?: string to ListHistoryOptions.
  • Case-insensitive filtering in HistoryManager.list() before pagination; omit the field to return all.

• Bug Fixes

  • Safer filtering using a typeof guard on workspaceDirectory to handle malformed metadata.
  • Expanded tests: match, case-insensitive, no filter, non-match, limit-only, and limit+offset with filter.

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[cubic-dev-ai]

2 issues found across 3 files

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Check if these issues are valid — if so, understand the root cause of each and fix them. If appropriate, use sub-agents to investigate and fix each issue separately.


<file name="core/util/history.ts">

<violation number="1" location="core/util/history.ts:42">
P2: Workspace filter calls `.toLowerCase()` on unvalidated runtime values, which can throw and break `list()` for malformed session metadata.</violation>
</file>

<file name="core/util/history.test.ts">

<violation number="1" location="core/util/history.test.ts:139">
P2: Test claims to validate workspace filtering with both limit and offset, but offset is never passed, so the combined pagination behavior is untested.</violation>
</file>

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[RomneyDa]

@mvanhorn this seems like a good change that would move towards solving a long running issue, but where is the workspaceDirectory option actually passed around? Is there missing UI? Seems maybe in current state this will not change any functionality?

[mvanhorn]

You're right that nothing passes workspaceDirectory yet - this is the core plumbing only. The filter works when called directly (tests cover that), but the UI history panel and IDE protocol handler both need a follow-up to wire it through.

My plan was to keep this PR small and land the filtering logic first, then add the IDE-side wiring (reading the current workspace from the IDE context and passing it to history/list) as a separate PR. Happy to combine them if you'd prefer the full end-to-end in one shot.