copilot cli : Invalid session ID: read_sql_files. Please supply a valid session ID to read output from.

[yassineMouttalib]

Describe the bug

copilot cli always throw this errors : ✘ read_bash
Invalid session ID: read_sql_files. Please supply a valid session ID to read output from.

Affected version

~ % copilot --version 0.0.362 Commit: 0c95944

Steps to reproduce the behavior

using gemini 3 preview in complot cli in terminal (macbook)

Expected behavior

No response

Additional context

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[EvanBoyle]

@shibbas @dereklegenzoff csn you take a look. More reports of sessionID issues.

[amirkhaki]

I also have this issue (0.0.363,0.0.362) (doesn't look like to be a model problem as i tested with sonnet 4.5, cortex5.1,gemini3)
I downgraded to 0.0.351 and the issue doesn't exist with this version

[gizotti]

I have the same issue from 0.0.355 to latest version. 0.0.354 works fine for me.

I am on:

M4 Macbook Pro
macOS Sequoia 15.7.1
zsh 5.9 (arm-apple-darwin24.2.0)
wezterm 20240203-110809-5046fc22

I've manually tested bash --norc --noprofile with the commands that are stuck when executed by copilot and they all work fine.

[gizotti]

@EvanBoyle @shibbas @dereklegenzoff I got to the root cause of what is making it hang in my case.

We use direnv and nix to setup our projects and what it making the commands hang in my case is nix-direnv. If I remove that everything works fine. I don't know exactly why this is the case but I thought this might be helpful.

[utzuro]

I can confirm that it does now work in nix shell. I believe it worked before the update, though.

[marksisson]

Is there a work-around for direnv and nix setup? I am having the same issue.

[peterbecich]

For me, Copilot CLI 0.0.365 and 0.0.367 both result in errors such as

   Invalid session ID: 1. Please supply a valid session ID to read 

when the shell is configured by direnv allow.

@marksisson , I have found a work-around. I am using a nix develop shell. Entering the nix develop shell, then copilot, does not have the issue. This removes direnv from the equation.

[peterbecich]

The original post in this thread does not mention direnv at all. I am opening a new thread for direnv specifically. I strongly suspect this issue #731 is caused by Zshell and direnv in combination: #731