Bubbles and panes
A bubble is one running agent session. Here is how switching, the Terminal pane, and restarts behave.
What a bubble is
A bubble is one agent session. Click it to bring its session to the left, and its process keeps running even when another bubble is on screen. Switching bubbles only hides and shows views, so it never restarts a session and nothing loses its place.
Bubbles are real, focusable buttons. You can reach them with Full Keyboard Access and VoiceOver, and switch between them with ⌘↑ and ⌘↓.
The agent pane and the Terminal pane
Every session has two panes: the agent pane and an on-demand Terminal (shell) pane. Switch between them from the dock header. Both panes stay live, so you can inspect files, run a command, or roll something back right next to the agent without leaving the dock.
Surviving a restart
Turn on Restore sessions on launch in Settings and your bubbles come back after you quit or restart. Each one resumes its last conversation the first time you open it. Because raw Space ids are not stable across a reboot, restored bubbles are remapped onto the Space that is current at launch, so none are stranded.
Related
- Profiles: what decides where a session runs.
- Spaces and displays: how sessions follow you between screens.