Sessions

A session is a single conversation thread with NoteTalker. Sessions are automatically saved to your vault as you chat, so your history is always there when you come back.

Auto-Resume

If you close NoteTalker and return within 4 hours, your previous conversation automatically picks up where you left off. You’ll see the full history in the chat panel, and NoteTalker still has the context from your earlier exchange.

After 4 hours, NoteTalker considers the session finished and will start a fresh one next time you open the app (or when your auto-reset policy triggers — see below).

Session Topic Names

After 2 or more exchanges in a conversation, NoteTalker quietly generates a short topic name for the session in the background. This name appears in the session history so you can find old conversations later.

You don’t need to name sessions yourself — NoteTalker handles it automatically based on what you talked about.

Where Sessions Are Stored

Your conversation history is saved as files in your vault:

<your vault>/atlas/memory/sessions/

Each session is stored as a JSONL file (one message per line) with a small metadata sidecar file. These are plain files on your computer — you can read them, back them up, or move them just like any other file in your vault.

Note

Sessions are stored locally in your vault and never leave your machine. Your conversation history stays on your computer — it is never uploaded to any server.

Starting a New Session

To start fresh, click the New Chat button at the top of the chat panel. This ends the current session and starts a new one.

You can also configure NoteTalker to reset sessions automatically.

Auto-Reset Policies

In Settings > Memory & Context > Session Auto-Reset, you can choose how sessions reset:

Policy	Behavior
Manual	Sessions only reset when you click “New Chat”. This is the default.
Daily	NoteTalker starts a new session at a configured time each day (default: 4:00 AM). Good if you prefer a clean slate each morning.
Idle	NoteTalker starts a new session after a period of inactivity (default: 2 hours). Useful if you have many short, unrelated conversations.

Tip

If you find your chat context getting cluttered with old topics, try switching to Daily or Idle reset. Starting fresh regularly keeps NoteTalker focused and responses more relevant.

What Happens When a Session Ends

When a session ends — whether manually or via auto-reset — NoteTalker does a few things automatically:

1. Writes a session summary — a short summary of the conversation is saved to your long-term memory in atlas/memory/long-term/
2. Consolidates learnings — NoteTalker reviews the session for anything worth remembering and updates your facts file if needed
3. Updates your user snapshot — the short profile summary that appears in every system prompt is refreshed to reflect anything new NoteTalker learned about you

This means the things you talked about in one session can inform how NoteTalker responds in future sessions, even after the conversation history is gone.

Caution

If you delete session files from your vault manually, the conversation history will be gone permanently. The session summary saved to long-term memory will still exist, but the full transcript won’t. Only delete session files if you’re sure you don’t need them.