From e9eb5880f786cb5b10bf21aeafb7f05ef37b4483 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Neil <4138956+nwparker@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 23 Aug 2026 20:11:14 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] fix(persistence): bootstrap core file on first pty binding

---
 src/main/persistence/loading-store/store.ts | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/main/persistence/loading-store/store.ts b/src/main/persistence/loading-store/store.ts
index 48be6a6e083..b69db49bef4 100644
--- a/src/main/persistence/loading-store/store.ts
+++ b/src/main/persistence/loading-store/store.ts
@@ -3601,6 +3601,9 @@ export class Store {
       this.markWorkspaceSessionPartitionDirty(resolvedHostId, 'pty-binding')
       try {
         this.workspaceSessionSidecars.flushSync('pty-binding')
+        if (!existsSync(this.dataFile)) {
+          this.flushOrThrow()
+        }
       } catch (err) {
         restoreSession()
         try {
@@ -3655,6 +3658,9 @@ export class Store {
     this.markWorkspaceSessionPartitionDirty(resolvedHostId, 'pty-binding')
     try {
       this.workspaceSessionSidecars.flushSync('pty-binding')
+      if (!existsSync(this.dataFile)) {
+        this.flushOrThrow()
+      }
     } catch (err) {
       restoreSession()
       try {