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[FEATURE]: implement a /resume and /pause command #7226
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I would love to see a /resume and /pause command.
I often find myself having to press escape to interupt and then type "resume" for the LLM to resume.
I feel it would be a cleaner experience for the user to have theses commands even if behind the scene it does something very similar.
Reacted by Yosi Taguri, Bowen Dwelle, Alfonso Andrés López Molina (@osnoser1), Izzur Zuhri, Matthew Furr, Daniel Moretti, Guy Sheffer, Dibo, Greg Peden, Francesc Rosas and 19 more
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github-actions commentedon Jan 7, 2026
This issue might be a duplicate of existing issues. Please check:
The first issue (#6653) discusses interrupting and resuming sessions, though it focuses on the error that occurs. The second (#6710) discusses interruption of tool calls via Escape key. Feel free to ignore if your /resume and /pause commands are meant to address different aspects than what those issues cover.
yosit commentedon Jan 22, 2026
attaching a plan to be implemented/commented on.
pause-resume.md
Mrc527 commentedon Mar 24, 2026
I would also love to have this
googlefan256 commentedon May 18, 2026
I also want this feature because long running tasks might be interrupted by network failures and after that, I have to /undo the full process the LLM has done.
github-actions commentedon Jul 18, 2026
To stay organized issues are automatically closed after 60 days of no activity. If the issue is still relevant please open a new one.
pompydev commentedon Jul 18, 2026
@thdxr I know the bot says open a new one but can you reopen this issue please?
mika-b commentedon Aug 18, 2026
In case someone ends up in here through a search like I did...
Does not necessarily need a new feature. I told it to: "Pause. I will tell you when to resume working"
Worked for me. Just create a command for it in
~/.config/opencode/commands/pause.mdand you have/pauseIamTheCarl commentedon Aug 18, 2026
That's been my workaround but a proper feature would be nice since I've had multiple instances where the agent goes "okay, the user wants me to pause, let me just finish what I'm doing" and then proceeds to keep working for another 30 minutes.