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Reconnecting after network loss

When a connection drops — bad Wi-Fi, switching networks, server restart — the session stays in your session list with its scrollback intact. Nothing disappears.

Reconnection is explicit: reopen the session and SigilTTY re-establishes the connection. Scrollback from before the disconnect stays visible; the remote shell itself starts fresh (unless you run something like tmux on the server).

Serial sessions can resume automatically when the same device reappears — see Serial device matching.

  • For long-running remote work, run tmux or screen on the server so your remote state survives disconnects too.
  • Tunnel rules stop with their session on disconnect; restart the rule after reconnecting.