---
title: "Session Restoration"
description: "How the TypeScript SDK restores sessions after connection/runtime loss."
---

Sandbox Agent automatically restores stale sessions when live session state is no longer available.

This is driven by the configured `SessionPersistDriver` (`inMemory`, IndexedDB, SQLite, Postgres, or custom).

## How Auto-Restore Works

When you call `session.prompt(...)` (or `resumeSession(...)`) and the saved session points to a stale connection, the SDK:

1. Recreates a fresh session for the same local session id.
2. Rebinds the local session to the new runtime session id.
3. Replays recent persisted events into the next prompt as context.

This happens automatically; you do not need to manually rebuild the session.

## Replay Limits

Replay payload size is capped by:

- `replayMaxEvents` (default `50`)
- `replayMaxChars` (default `12000`)

These controls limit prompt growth during restore while preserving recent context.

## Related Docs

- [SDK Overview](/sdk-overview)
- [Persisting Sessions](/session-persistence)
- [Agent Sessions](/agent-sessions)