W-22203667: add timestamp, session type, and index to agent preview sessions output

[andresrivas-sf]

Summary

• Adds timestamp (ISO string) and sessionType (simulated/live/published) to session-meta.json written on agent preview start
• Introduces index.json in the sessions directory to maintain creation-ordered session metadata for easier browsing by humans and agents
• Surfaces new fields as Started At and Session Type columns in agent preview sessions table and JSON output
• listCachedSessions prefers the index for ordered results, falls back to directory scan for sessions created before this change

Test plan

• All existing unit tests pass (yarn test)
• New tests added for index write, removal, ordering, and directory-scan fallback
• Schema regenerated for agent-preview-sessions command

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[andresrivas-sf]

The NUT failures in this run are pre-existing and unrelated to this PR's changes. The same assertion failure at test/nuts/z2.agent.publish.nut.ts:132 (expected SyntaxError: Unexpected 'syem') is also failing on PR #399 (fp/add-agent-api-name-to-preview-json) from a different author, confirming this is a flaky test in agent publish authoring-bundle error handling that predates these changes.

[WillieRuemmele]

If we're writing a file in the session history, it should be done in the library, so VSC and plugin conversations save the same data to the same locations

[WillieRuemmele]

this should be in the library, reading/writing files

[WillieRuemmele]

and then claude review:

Branch Review                                                                                                   
                                             
  Verdict: REFINE                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                  
  Summary: The core feature is well-structured and tested, but the index file introduces two real race conditions,
   a type widening inconsistency, and a pattern violation in the import style.                                    
                                                                                                                  
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  Critical                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                  
  - Race condition on concurrent createCache calls — src/previewSessionStore.ts:55-61 — Two parallel createCache
  calls for the same agent will both read the same stale index, append their entry, and write back; the second    
  write overwrites the first, silently dropping a session from the index. While rare in a CLI, it is a real     
  data-loss scenario for programmatic callers.                                                                    
  - Race condition on concurrent removeCache calls — src/previewSessionStore.ts:97-103 — Same read-modify-write 
  pattern; concurrent removes can restore a deleted entry or silently no-op.                                      
  
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  Worth Fixing                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                  
  - sessionType?: string should be sessionType?: SessionType — src/commands/agent/preview/sessions.ts:29 — The  
  result type widens the union to string, breaking the discriminated-union guarantee for JSON consumers.          
  CachedSessionInfo correctly types it as SessionType; the command result type should match.
  - Inline import() type expression instead of a top-level named import — src/commands/agent/preview/start.ts:173 
  — resolveSessionType uses : import('../../../previewSessionStore.js').SessionType as its return annotation.     
  Every other consumer in this directory uses a normal top-level named import. SessionType should be added to the
  existing import { createCache } statement on line ~20.                                                          
  - displayName = index[0]?.displayName assumes sessions are homogeneous — src/previewSessionStore.ts:200 — If  
  different sessions for the same agentId were started with different --authoring-bundle or --api-name values, the
   first session's displayName is applied to all. CachedSessionInfo doesn't carry displayName, so there's no way
  to surface per-session display names. The behavior is the same as before the diff (the original code also read  
  from sessionIds[0]), but now the assumption is more exposed.                                                  
  - Unhandled writeFile errors in index updates — src/previewSessionStore.ts:60 and :102 — If the index write
  fails (disk full, permissions), the error is swallowed silently, leaving the index out of sync with session     
  directories. The existing pattern for the meta file write (line ~51) propagates the error; the index write
  should too, or at minimum log a warning.                                                                        
  - SessionIndex exported but used only internally — src/previewSessionStore.ts:28 — readSessionIndex is not    
  exported, so no external caller can ever receive a SessionIndex value. Removing the export makes the scope      
  honest.
                                                                                                                  
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  Simplification Opportunities
                                                                                                                  
  - Double-read of session-meta.json in fallback path — src/previewSessionStore.ts:219-225 — The fallback
  directory-scan loop already reads and parses each session's meta file, but discards displayName from the first  
  entry. It then re-reads sessions[0]'s meta file a second time solely to recover displayName. Capturing it during
   the first pass eliminates a redundant I/O call.                                                                
                                                                                                                
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[andresrivas-sf]

Addressed @WillieRuemmele's feedback about file I/O belonging in the library.

What changed:

• All preview session store logic (createCache, removeCache, validatePreviewSession, getCachedSessionIds, getCurrentSessionId, listCachedSessions, the index write/read helpers, and all types) has been moved into @salesforce/agents as new public exports (createPreviewSessionCache, etc.) in src/utils.ts.
• src/previewSessionStore.ts in this repo is now a thin re-export shim that maps the library names back to the original names so all command callsites (start.ts, end.ts, send.ts, sessions.ts) are unchanged.
• 19 new tests added in the library for the new functions.
• The @salesforce/agents dependency temporarily points to the local library path (file:../agents) while the library PR is under review. Once the library PR is merged and published, the dependency will be updated back to a semver range.

Library branch: forcedotcom/agents @ W-22203667/preview-session-store

[andresrivas-sf]

Library PR is open: forcedotcom/agents#270 — once that merges and is published, the @salesforce/agents dependency here will be updated back to a semver range.

[WillieRuemmele]

should these types be in the library?

[WillieRuemmele]

is this the same as this? https://github.com/forcedotcom/agents/pull/270/changes#diff-39b2554fd18da165b59a6351b1aafff3714e2a80c1435f2de9706355b4d32351R923

[andresrivas-sf]

Yes, exactly — it is the same implementation. The logic in previewSessionStore.ts here is a temporary copy while forcedotcom/agents#270 is under review. Once that PR merges and a new version is published, this file will be replaced with a thin shim that re-exports the library functions (the same approach shown in the PR description). The duplication is intentional to keep CI green in the meantime.

[WillieRuemmele]

QA Notes

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✅ : adds timestamp / session type to output
✅ : supports sessions started pre-changes

┌──────────────────────────────────────┬──────────────────────────────────────┬──────────────────────────┬──────────────┐
│ Agent (authoring bundle or API name) │ Session ID                           │ Started At               │ Session Type │
├──────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────┼──────────────┤
│ WilliePublish                        │ 019dd09b-823e-75ef-890f-fb7fcf0b0589 │ 2026-04-27T20:22:28.329Z │ published    │
│ Local_Info_Agent                     │ 40a31439-63c7-409d-8c2f-9135cb236919 │                          │              │
│ Local_Info_Agent                     │ 85b4d4c5-956e-4bc0-b952-8ea162ac3b22 │                          │              │
│ Local_Info_Agent                     │ d5013b06-b355-4127-8891-d4d805d4ed43 │                          │              │
│ Station_Commander                    │ 4defc2f9-8939-44f3-95a6-09875b6d78f7 │                          │              │
└──────────────────────────────────────┴──────────────────────────────────────┴──────────────────────────┴──────────────┘

✅ : --json output

{
  "status": 0,
  "result": [
    {
      "agentId": "0Xxed0000000DGbCAM",
      "displayName": "WilliePublish",
      "sessionId": "019dd09b-823e-75ef-890f-fb7fcf0b0589",
      "timestamp": "2026-04-27T20:22:28.329Z",
      "sessionType": "published"
    },
    {
      "agentId": "Local_Info_Agent",
      "displayName": "Local_Info_Agent",
      "sessionId": "40a31439-63c7-409d-8c2f-9135cb236919"
    },