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Rewind and fork a chat or task #188

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OpenClaw shipped Rewind and Fork, and Manus added Branch. Trying an alternative should not mean starting over.

Idea: Rewind a conversation or task to an earlier turn, or fork it to try an alternative, with attachments and tool state handled correctly.

Status in Sentient today: New.

Where: Session copy and truncate in sentient/gateway/routes/core.py and the messages table, task runs in sentient/tasks/service.py, and controls in desktop/src/features/chat/UserMessage.tsx.

Done when:

  • rewinding removes later turns from the model's context
  • forking creates a new session with the history up to that point

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Roadmap ID: UX-4 · Priority: P2 · Size: M

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    enhancementNew feature or request
    help wantedExtra attention is needed
    area: engineAgent loop, models, approvals, storage, gateway
    priority: P2Later: useful, lower urgency
    size: MMedium: one to two weeks
    on Oct 9, 2026
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    area: desktopElectron app and UIarea: engineAgent loop, models, approvals, storage, gatewayenhancementNew feature or requesthelp wantedExtra attention is neededpriority: P2Later: useful, lower urgencysize: MMedium: one to two weeks

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