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Design checkpoint, pause, and resume support #1823
Description
Motivation
Checkpoint, pause, and resume support would allow long-running or stateful OpenShell sessions to be suspended and restored more ergonomically. This is a larger feature and likely needs gateway/proto design before implementation.
Proposed design scope
Use this issue to agree on the design before implementation. The design should cover:
- What state is captured and what is explicitly out of scope.
- The Python SDK API for checkpoint, pause, and resume.
- Gateway/proto changes, if required.
- Security properties for serialized state.
- Failure modes and compatibility across OpenShell versions.
Acceptance criteria
- Produce a design proposal for checkpoint/pause/resume.
- Identify required gateway/proto changes.
- Define the Python SDK API shape.
- Document security considerations and restore failure modes.
- Split follow-up implementation issues if the design is accepted.
Notes
This is intentionally design-first because it likely crosses SDK, gateway, and protocol boundaries.
Activity
drew commentedon Jun 9, 2026
This is something we should support, but first need to square away isolation primitives #1737 and finish some other big roadmap items such as #1012 and #873.
github-actions commentedon Jun 23, 2026
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dhirajsb commentedon Aug 4, 2026
@NVIDIA/openshell-codeowners, since this has moved beyond initial triage and is recognized as a feature request, could you clarify what contribution is appropriate now?
Given the roadmap blockers noted above, would a design-only proposal be useful, or should I wait before opening any PR? If checkpoint/pause/resume is now tracked by another issue, RFC, or implementation, please point me to it.
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READ, I am not listed in.github/VOUCHED.td, and I do not have a vouch-request discussion. Does my NVIDIA organization membership qualify for the contributor bypass, or should I complete the vouch process first?github-actions commentedon Aug 28, 2026
This issue has had no activity for 14 days and is now marked stale. It may be closed in 7 days if there is no further activity. Comment or remove the state:stale label to keep it open.