fix(core): keep batched tree patches quotepath-safe

Patch headers have no -z form, so core.quotepath=false keeps chunksByFile matching non-ASCII names, and --no-ext-diff keeps a user's external diff tool out of the batched spawn. Snapshot.diff now diffs first and filters ignored paths from the result instead of listing changed files twice, and returns early for an empty explicit selection.

packages/client/src/effect/api/api.ts

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import type { PromptInput } from "@opencode-ai/schema/prompt-input"
 import type { AgentAttachment } from "@opencode-ai/schema/prompt"
 import type { Skill } from "@opencode-ai/schema/skill"
 import type { Event } from "@opencode-ai/schema/event"
+import type { FileDiff } from "@opencode-ai/schema/file-diff"
 import type { InstructionEntry } from "@opencode-ai/schema/instruction-entry"
 import type { Schema } from "effect"
 import type { EventLog } from "@opencode-ai/schema/event-log"
@@ -36,7 +37,6 @@ import type { PtyTicket } from "@opencode-ai/schema/pty-ticket"
 import type { Reference } from "@opencode-ai/schema/reference"
 import type { Worktree } from "@opencode-ai/schema/worktree"
 import type { Vcs } from "@opencode-ai/schema/vcs"
-import type { FileDiff } from "@opencode-ai/schema/file-diff"
 import type { WebSearch } from "@opencode-ai/schema/websearch"
 import type { Config } from "@opencode-ai/schema/config"
 
@@ -360,6 +360,15 @@ export type SessionContextInput = { readonly sessionID: Session.ID }
 export type SessionContextOutput = ReadonlyArray<SessionMessage.Info>
 export type SessionContextOperation<E = never> = (input: SessionContextInput) => Effect.Effect<SessionContextOutput, E>
 
+export type SessionDiffInput = {
+  readonly sessionID: Session.ID
+  readonly messageID?: SessionMessage.ID | undefined
+  readonly to?: SessionMessage.ID | undefined
+  readonly context?: number | undefined
+}
+export type SessionDiffOutput = ReadonlyArray<FileDiff.Info>
+export type SessionDiffOperation<E = never> = (input: SessionDiffInput) => Effect.Effect<SessionDiffOutput, E>
+
 export type SessionInboxListInput = { readonly sessionID: Session.ID }
 export type SessionInboxListOutput = ReadonlyArray<SessionInbox.Info>
 export type SessionInboxListOperation<E = never> = (
@@ -1119,6 +1128,7 @@ export interface SessionApi<E = never> {
     readonly commit: SessionRevertCommitOperation<E>
   }
   readonly context: SessionContextOperation<E>
+  readonly diff: SessionDiffOperation<E>
   readonly inbox: {
     readonly list: SessionInboxListOperation<E>
     readonly cancel: SessionInboxCancelOperation<E>

packages/client/src/effect/generated/client.ts

@@ -68,6 +68,8 @@ import type {
   SessionRevertCommitOutput,
   SessionContextInput,
   SessionContextOutput,
+  SessionDiffInput,
+  SessionDiffOutput,
   SessionInboxListInput,
   SessionInboxListOutput,
   SessionInboxCancelInput,
@@ -594,6 +596,17 @@ const EndpointSessionContext = (raw: RawClient["server.session"]) => (input: Ses
     ),
   )
 
+const EndpointSessionDiff = (raw: RawClient["server.session"]) => (input: SessionDiffInput) =>
+  preserveEffect<SessionDiffOutput>()(
+    raw["session.diff"]({
+      params: { sessionID: input["sessionID"] },
+      query: { messageID: input["messageID"], to: input["to"], context: input["context"] },
+    }).pipe(
+      Effect.mapError(mapClientError),
+      Effect.map((value) => value.data),
+    ),
+  )
+
 const EndpointSessionInboxList = (raw: RawClient["server.session"]) => (input: SessionInboxListInput) =>
   preserveEffect<SessionInboxListOutput>()(
     raw["session.inbox.list"]({ params: { sessionID: input["sessionID"] } }).pipe(
@@ -744,6 +757,7 @@ const adaptGroupSession = (raw: RawClient["server.session"]) => ({
     commit: EndpointSessionRevertCommit(raw),
   },
   context: EndpointSessionContext(raw),
+  diff: EndpointSessionDiff(raw),
   inbox: {
     list: EndpointSessionInboxList(raw),
     cancel: EndpointSessionInboxCancel(raw),

packages/client/src/promise/generated/client.ts

@@ -62,6 +62,8 @@ import type {
   SessionRevertCommitOutput,
   SessionContextInput,
   SessionContextOutput,
+  SessionDiffInput,
+  SessionDiffOutput,
   SessionInboxListInput,
   SessionInboxListOutput,
   SessionInboxCancelInput,
@@ -844,6 +846,18 @@ export function make(options: ClientOptions) {
           },
           requestOptions,
         ).then((value) => value.data),
+      diff: (input: SessionDiffInput, requestOptions?: RequestOptions) =>
+        request<{ readonly data: SessionDiffOutput }>(
+          {
+            method: "GET",
+            path: `/api/session/${encodeURIComponent(input.sessionID)}/diff`,
+            query: { messageID: input["messageID"], to: input["to"], context: input["context"] },
+            successStatus: 200,
+            declaredStatuses: [400, 401, 404, 500],
+            empty: false,
+          },
+          requestOptions,
+        ).then((value) => value.data),
       inbox: {
         list: (input: SessionInboxListInput, requestOptions?: RequestOptions) =>
           request<{ readonly data: SessionInboxListOutput }>(

packages/client/src/promise/generated/types.ts

@@ -4138,6 +4138,27 @@ export type SessionContextInput = { readonly sessionID: { readonly sessionID: st
 
 export type SessionContextOutput = { data: Array<SessionMessageInfo> }["data"]
 
+export type SessionDiffInput = {
+  readonly sessionID: { readonly sessionID: string }["sessionID"]
+  readonly messageID?: {
+    readonly messageID?: string | undefined
+    readonly to?: string | undefined
+    readonly context?: number | undefined
+  }["messageID"]
+  readonly to?: {
+    readonly messageID?: string | undefined
+    readonly to?: string | undefined
+    readonly context?: number | undefined
+  }["to"]
+  readonly context?: {
+    readonly messageID?: string | undefined
+    readonly to?: string | undefined
+    readonly context?: number | undefined
+  }["context"]
+}
+
+export type SessionDiffOutput = { data: Array<FileDiffInfo> }["data"]
+
 export type SessionInboxListInput = { readonly sessionID: { readonly sessionID: string }["sessionID"] }
 
 export type SessionInboxListOutput = { data: Array<SessionInboxInfo> }["data"]

packages/core/src/git.ts

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import { AppProcess } from "@opencode-ai/util/process"
 import { makeGlobalNode } from "@opencode-ai/util/effect/app-node"
 import { File } from "./file.js"
 import { KeyedMutex } from "./effect/keyed-mutex.js"
+import { VcsPatch } from "./vcs/patch.js"
 
 export class Repository extends Schema.Class<Repository>("Git.Repository")({
   worktree: AbsolutePath,
@@ -308,7 +309,7 @@ const layer = Layer.effect(
       operationName: OperationError["operation"],
       repository: Repository,
       args: string[],
-      options?: { stdin?: string; env?: Record<string, string> },
+      options?: { stdin?: string; env?: Record<string, string>; maxOutputBytes?: number },
     ) {
       const result = yield* proc
         .run(
@@ -317,7 +318,7 @@ const layer = Layer.effect(
             env: options?.env,
             extendEnv: true,
           }),
-          { stdin: options?.stdin },
+          { stdin: options?.stdin, maxOutputBytes: options?.maxOutputBytes },
         )
         .pipe(
           Effect.mapError(
@@ -331,7 +332,8 @@ const layer = Layer.effect(
           ),
         )
       const text = result.stdout.toString("utf8")
-      if (result.exitCode === 0) return { text, stderr: result.stderr.toString("utf8") }
+      if (result.exitCode === 0)
+        return { text, stderr: result.stderr.toString("utf8"), truncated: result.stdoutTruncated }
       return yield* new OperationError({
         operation: operationName,
         directory: repository.worktree,
@@ -385,9 +387,7 @@ const layer = Layer.effect(
       maximumUntrackedFileBytes?: number
     }) {
       const list = (args: string[]) =>
-        repositoryOperation("refresh", input.repository, args).pipe(
-          Effect.map((result) => result.text.split("\0").filter(Boolean)),
-        )
+        repositoryOperation("refresh", input.repository, args).pipe(Effect.map((result) => nuls(result.text)))
       const [tracked, untracked] = yield* Effect.all(
         [
           list(["diff-files", "--name-only", "-z", "--", input.scope]),
@@ -464,13 +464,7 @@ const layer = Layer.effect(
           directory: input.repository.worktree,
           message: result.stderr.toString("utf8").trim() || "Failed to check ignored paths",
         })
-      return new Set(
-        result.stdout
-          .toString("utf8")
-          .split("\0")
-          .filter(Boolean)
-          .map((file) => RelativePath.make(file)),
-      )
+      return new Set(nuls(result.stdout.toString("utf8")).map((file) => RelativePath.make(file)))
     })
 
     const writeTree = Effect.fn("Git.tree.write")(function* (repository: Repository) {
@@ -499,19 +493,23 @@ const layer = Layer.effect(
       to: TreeID
     }) {
       // Undo needs both paths of a rename, not only its destination.
-      return (yield* repositoryOperation("list_files", input.repository, [
-        "diff",
-        "--name-only",
-        "--no-renames",
-        "-z",
-        input.from,
-        input.to,
-      ])).text
-        .split("\0")
-        .filter(Boolean)
-        .map((file) => RelativePath.make(file))
+      return nuls(
+        (yield* repositoryOperation("list_files", input.repository, [
+          "diff",
+          "--name-only",
+          "--no-renames",
+          "-z",
+          input.from,
+          input.to,
+        ])).text,
+      ).map((file) => RelativePath.make(file))
     })
 
+    /**
+     * Three batched invocations over the tree pair instead of three per file. An
+     * explicit empty selection diffs nothing; an absent one diffs every changed path.
+     * Patch output is capped like VCS diffs: files past the cap get an empty patch.
+     */
     const treeDiff = Effect.fn("Git.tree.diff")(function* (input: {
       repository: Repository
       from: TreeID
@@ -519,49 +517,57 @@ const layer = Layer.effect(
       context?: number
       paths?: readonly RelativePath[]
     }) {
-      const paths = input.paths ?? (yield* treeFiles(input))
-      return yield* Effect.forEach(paths, (file) =>
-        Effect.gen(function* () {
-          const statusText = (yield* repositoryOperation("diff", input.repository, [
+      if (input.paths?.length === 0) return []
+      const args = ["--no-renames", input.from, input.to, "--", ...(input.paths ?? [])]
+      // Patch headers have no -z form: unquoted paths keep chunksByFile matching non-ASCII names.
+      const [names, numbers, patch] = yield* Effect.all(
+        [
+          repositoryOperation("diff", input.repository, ["diff", "--name-status", "-z", ...args]),
+          repositoryOperation("diff", input.repository, ["diff", "--numstat", "-z", ...args]),
+          repositoryOperation(
             "diff",
-            "--name-status",
-            "--no-renames",
-            input.from,
-            input.to,
-            "--",
-            file,
-          ])).text.trim()
-          const status = statusText.startsWith("A") ? "added" : statusText.startsWith("D") ? "deleted" : "modified"
-          const stats = (yield* repositoryOperation("diff", input.repository, [
-            "diff",
-            "--numstat",
-            "--no-renames",
-            input.from,
-            input.to,
-            "--",
-            file,
-          ])).text.split("\t")
-          const binary = stats[0] === "-" || stats[1] === "-"
-          const patch = binary
-            ? ""
-            : (yield* repositoryOperation("diff", input.repository, [
-                "diff",
-                `--unified=${input.context ?? 3}`,
-                "--no-renames",
-                input.from,
-                input.to,
-                "--",
-                file,
-              ])).text
-          return {
-            file,
-            status,
-            additions: binary ? 0 : Number(stats[0] ?? 0),
-            deletions: binary ? 0 : Number(stats[1] ?? 0),
-            patch,
-          } satisfies File.Diff
+            input.repository,
+            ["-c", "core.quotepath=false", "diff", "--no-ext-diff", `--unified=${input.context ?? 3}`, ...args],
+            { maxOutputBytes: VcsPatch.MAX_TOTAL_PATCH_BYTES },
+          ),
+        ],
+        { concurrency: 3 },
+      )
+      const statuses = nuls(names.text)
+      const files = statuses.flatMap((code, index) => {
+        const file = statuses[index + 1]
+        if (index % 2 !== 0 || !file) return []
+        return [
+          {
+            file: RelativePath.make(file),
+            status: code.startsWith("A") ? "added" : code.startsWith("D") ? "deleted" : "modified",
+          } as const,
+        ]
+      })
+      const stats = new Map(
+        nuls(numbers.text).flatMap((line) => {
+          const [additions, deletions, ...file] = line.split("\t")
+          if (!additions || !deletions || file.length === 0) return []
+          return [
+            [
+              file.join("\t"),
+              additions === "-" || deletions === "-"
+                ? { binary: true, additions: 0, deletions: 0 }
+                : { binary: false, additions: Number(additions), deletions: Number(deletions) },
+            ] as const,
+          ]
         }),
       )
+      const patches = VcsPatch.chunksByFile(patch, (index) => files[index]?.file)
+      return files.map((entry) => {
+        const stat = stats.get(entry.file)
+        return {
+          ...entry,
+          additions: stat?.additions ?? 0,
+          deletions: stat?.deletions ?? 0,
+          patch: stat?.binary ? "" : (patches.get(entry.file) ?? VcsPatch.emptyPatch(entry.file)),
+        } satisfies File.Diff
+      })
     })
 
     const hasEntry = Effect.fnUntraced(function* (repository: Repository, tree: TreeID, file: RelativePath) {
@@ -733,6 +739,11 @@ function execute(cwd: string, proc: AppProcess.Interface, args: string[]) {
     )
 }
 
+/** Split NUL-terminated git output into its records. */
+function nuls(text: string) {
+  return text.split("\0").filter(Boolean)
+}
+
 function resolvePath(cwd: string, value: string) {
   const trimmed = value.replace(/[\r\n]+$/, "")
   if (!trimmed) return cwd

packages/core/src/session.ts

@@ -57,8 +57,11 @@ import { SessionModelTransport } from "./session/model-transport.js"
 import { llmClient } from "./effect/app-node-platform.js"
 import { Snapshot } from "./snapshot.js"
 import { Session } from "./session/session.js"
+import { SessionDiff, TurnRangeError } from "./session/diff.js"
+import { LocationServiceMap } from "./location-service-map.js"
 import { FSUtil } from "@opencode-ai/util/fs-util"
 import type { EventLog } from "@opencode-ai/schema/event-log"
+import type { FileDiff } from "@opencode-ai/schema/file-diff"
 import { Job } from "./job.js"
 import type { Command } from "./command.js"
 import { SessionEnvironment } from "./session/environment.js"
@@ -113,6 +116,7 @@ export {
 type InboxItemRef = { readonly sessionID: SessionSchema.ID; readonly inboxID: SessionMessage.ID }
 
 export { DestinationNotFoundError, DestinationNotDirectoryError, DestinationUnavailableError }
+export { TurnRangeError }
 
 export interface Interface {
   readonly list: (input?: ListInput) => Effect.Effect<{
@@ -142,6 +146,13 @@ export interface Interface {
   readonly context: (
     sessionID: SessionSchema.ID,
   ) => Effect.Effect<SessionMessage.Info[], NotFoundError | MessageDecodeError>
+  /** Structured diffs of the files changed by a turn or range of turns; see `SessionDiff.turn`. */
+  readonly diff: (input: {
+    readonly sessionID: SessionSchema.ID
+    readonly messageID?: SessionMessage.ID
+    readonly to?: SessionMessage.ID
+    readonly context?: number
+  }) => Effect.Effect<readonly FileDiff.Info[], NotFoundError | MessageNotFoundError | TurnRangeError | Snapshot.Error>
   /**
    * Durable admitted session work not yet visible in projected history,
    * ordered by admission. Includes unpromoted user and synthetic inputs and
@@ -230,6 +241,7 @@ const layer = Layer.effect(
     const moves = yield* SessionMove.Service
     const jobs = yield* Job.Service
     const environments = yield* SessionEnvironment.Service
+    const locations = yield* LocationServiceMap.Service
     const sessions = yield* Session.make()
     const isDurableSessionEvent = Schema.is(SessionEvent.Durable)
 
@@ -362,6 +374,17 @@ const layer = Layer.effect(
         yield* result.get(sessionID)
         return yield* store.context(sessionID)
       }),
+      diff: Effect.fn("Session.diff")(function* (input) {
+        const session = yield* result.get(input.sessionID)
+        const active = yield* execution.isActive(input.sessionID)
+        return yield* SessionDiff.turn(db, locations, {
+          session,
+          active,
+          messageID: input.messageID,
+          to: input.to,
+          context: input.context,
+        })
+      }),
       inbox: (sessionID) => sessions.forSession(sessionID).inbox(),
       cancelInbox: (input) => sessions.forSession(input.sessionID).cancelInbox(input.inboxID),
       steerInbox: (input) => sessions.forSession(input.sessionID).steerInbox(input.inboxID),
@@ -450,6 +473,7 @@ export const node: LayerNode.Provider<Service, never, typeof Node.tags.values.gl
     SessionInbox.node,
     SessionMove.node,
     SessionProjector.node,
+    LocationServiceMap.node,
     FSUtil.node,
     App.node,
   ],

packages/core/src/session/diff.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,129 @@
+export * as SessionDiff from "./diff.js"
+
+import { and, asc, eq, gt, lt, or, sql } from "drizzle-orm"
+import { Context, Effect, Schema } from "effect"
+import { Location } from "@opencode-ai/schema/location"
+import { Database } from "../database/database.js"
+import { LocationServiceMap } from "../location-service-map.js"
+import { Snapshot } from "../snapshot.js"
+import { PATCH_CONTEXT_LINES } from "../vcs/patch.js"
+import { MessageNotFoundError } from "./error.js"
+import { SessionMessage } from "./message.js"
+import { SessionSchema } from "./schema.js"
+import { SessionMessageTable } from "./sql.js"
+
+export class TurnRangeError extends Schema.TaggedError<TurnRangeError>()("Session.TurnRangeError", {
+  sessionID: SessionSchema.ID,
+  field: Schema.Literals(["messageID", "to"]),
+  message: Schema.String,
+}) {}
+
+const decodeLocation = Schema.decodeUnknownSync(Schema.fromJsonString(Location.Ref))
+
+/**
+ * Diff the files changed by a turn: the steps that follow a user message up to
+ * the next user message, so a steer starts its own turn. `to` extends the range
+ * through a later user message's turn. Compares the range's first recorded
+ * start snapshot with its last recorded end snapshot; only a step still running
+ * in the active Session compares against the working copy. Like VCS diffs, an
+ * omitted `context` yields full-file patches.
+ *
+ * Snapshot trees live in the repository of the Location that captured them, so a
+ * range spanning a location switch is rejected rather than diffed wrongly.
+ */
+export const turn = Effect.fn("SessionDiff.turn")(function* (
+  db: Database.Interface["db"],
+  locations: Context.Service.Shape<typeof LocationServiceMap.Service>,
+  input: {
+    readonly session: SessionSchema.Info
+    /** The process is currently executing this Session. */
+    readonly active: boolean
+    readonly messageID?: SessionMessage.ID
+    readonly to?: SessionMessage.ID
+    readonly context?: number
+  },
+) {
+  const sessionID = input.session.id
+  const users = yield* db
+    .select({ id: SessionMessageTable.id, type: SessionMessageTable.type, seq: SessionMessageTable.seq })
+    .from(SessionMessageTable)
+    .where(
+      and(
+        eq(SessionMessageTable.session_id, sessionID),
+        or(
+          eq(SessionMessageTable.type, "user"),
+          input.messageID ? eq(SessionMessageTable.id, input.messageID) : undefined,
+          input.to ? eq(SessionMessageTable.id, input.to) : undefined,
+        ),
+      ),
+    )
+    .orderBy(asc(SessionMessageTable.seq))
+    .all()
+    .pipe(Effect.orDie)
+  const resolve = Effect.fn(function* (field: "messageID" | "to", id: SessionMessage.ID) {
+    const row = users.find((row) => row.id === id)
+    if (!row) return yield* new MessageNotFoundError({ sessionID, messageID: id })
+    if (row.type !== "user")
+      return yield* new TurnRangeError({ sessionID, field, message: `Message ${id} is not a user message` })
+    return row
+  })
+  const start = input.messageID
+    ? yield* resolve("messageID", input.messageID)
+    : users.findLast((row) => row.type === "user")
+  if (!start) return []
+  const last = input.to ? yield* resolve("to", input.to) : start
+  if (last.seq < start.seq)
+    return yield* new TurnRangeError({ sessionID, field: "to", message: `Message ${last.id} precedes ${start.id}` })
+  const next = users.find((row) => row.type === "user" && row.seq > last.seq)
+  const steps = yield* db
+    .select({
+      seq: SessionMessageTable.seq,
+      start: sql<string | null>`json_extract(${SessionMessageTable.data}, '$.snapshot.start')`,
+      end: sql<string | null>`json_extract(${SessionMessageTable.data}, '$.snapshot.end')`,
+      completed: sql<number | null>`json_extract(${SessionMessageTable.data}, '$.time.completed')`,
+    })
+    .from(SessionMessageTable)
+    .where(
+      and(
+        eq(SessionMessageTable.session_id, sessionID),
+        eq(SessionMessageTable.type, "assistant"),
+        gt(SessionMessageTable.seq, start.seq),
+        next ? lt(SessionMessageTable.seq, next.seq) : undefined,
+      ),
+    )
+    .orderBy(asc(SessionMessageTable.seq))
+    .all()
+    .pipe(Effect.orDie)
+  const first = steps[0]
+  const final = steps[steps.length - 1]
+  const from = steps.find((step) => step.start)?.start
+  if (!first || !final || !from) return []
+  const switches = yield* db
+    .select({
+      seq: SessionMessageTable.seq,
+      location: sql<string>`json_extract(${SessionMessageTable.data}, '$.location')`,
+      previous: sql<string | null>`json_extract(${SessionMessageTable.data}, '$.previous.location')`,
+    })
+    .from(SessionMessageTable)
+    .where(and(eq(SessionMessageTable.session_id, sessionID), eq(SessionMessageTable.type, "location-switched")))
+    .orderBy(asc(SessionMessageTable.seq))
+    .all()
+    .pipe(Effect.orDie)
+  if (switches.some((row) => row.seq > first.seq && row.seq < final.seq))
+    return yield* new TurnRangeError({ sessionID, field: "to", message: "Turn range spans a location change" })
+  const before = switches.findLast((row) => row.seq < first.seq)?.location
+  const after = switches.find((row) => row.seq > first.seq)?.previous
+  const location = before ? decodeLocation(before) : after ? decodeLocation(after) : input.session.location
+  const recorded = steps.findLast((step) => step.end)?.end
+  return yield* Effect.gen(function* () {
+    const snapshot = yield* Snapshot.Service
+    const running = input.active && final.completed === null
+    const to = running ? ((yield* snapshot.capture()) ?? recorded) : recorded
+    if (!to) return []
+    return yield* snapshot.diff({
+      from: Snapshot.ID.make(from),
+      to: Snapshot.ID.make(to),
+      context: input.context ?? PATCH_CONTEXT_LINES,
+    })
+  }).pipe(Effect.provide(locations.get(location)))
+})

packages/core/src/snapshot.ts

@@ -131,38 +131,55 @@ const layer = Layer.effect(
       )
     })
 
-    const compare = Effect.fnUntraced(function* (operation: "files" | "diff", input: CompareInput) {
+    const comparison = Effect.fnUntraced(function* (operation: "files" | "diff", input: CompareInput) {
       const repo = yield* repository.pipe(Effect.mapError((cause) => failure(operation, cause)))
-      const comparison = {
+      return {
+        source: repo.source,
         repository: repo.snapshotRepository,
         from: Git.TreeID.make(input.from),
         to: Git.TreeID.make(input.to),
       }
-      const files = yield* git.tree.files(comparison).pipe(Effect.mapError((cause) => failure(operation, cause)))
-      const ignored = yield* git.index
-        .ignored({ repository: repo.source, paths: files })
+    })
+
+    // Snapshots track every scoped file; the source repository's ignore rules decide what callers see.
+    const ignored = Effect.fnUntraced(function* (
+      operation: "files" | "diff",
+      source: Git.Repository,
+      paths: readonly RelativePath[],
+    ) {
+      return yield* git.index
+        .ignored({ repository: source, paths })
         .pipe(Effect.mapError((cause) => failure(operation, cause)))
-      return {
-        input: comparison,
-        files,
-        ignored,
-      }
     })
 
     const files = Effect.fn("Snapshot.files")(function* (input: CompareInput) {
-      const comparison = yield* compare("files", input)
-      return comparison.files.filter((file) => !comparison.ignored.has(file))
+      const compared = yield* comparison("files", input)
+      const changed = yield* git.tree
+        .files({ repository: compared.repository, from: compared.from, to: compared.to })
+        .pipe(Effect.mapError((cause) => failure("files", cause)))
+      const skipped = yield* ignored("files", compared.source, changed)
+      return changed.filter((file) => !skipped.has(file))
     })
 
     const diff = Effect.fn("Snapshot.diff")(function* (input: DiffInput) {
-      const comparison = yield* compare("diff", input)
-      return yield* git.tree
+      if (input.paths?.length === 0) return []
+      const compared = yield* comparison("diff", input)
+      // Only an explicit selection becomes a pathspec; ignored paths are dropped from the result instead.
+      const diffs = yield* git.tree
         .diff({
-          ...comparison.input,
+          repository: compared.repository,
+          from: compared.from,
+          to: compared.to,
           context: input.context,
-          paths: (input.paths ?? comparison.files).filter((file) => !comparison.ignored.has(file)),
+          paths: input.paths,
         })
         .pipe(Effect.mapError((cause) => failure("diff", cause)))
+      const skipped = yield* ignored(
+        "diff",
+        compared.source,
+        diffs.map((file) => RelativePath.make(file.file)),
+      )
+      return diffs.filter((file) => !skipped.has(RelativePath.make(file.file)))
     })
 
     const plan = Effect.fnUntraced(function* (worktree: AbsolutePath, input: RestoreInput) {

packages/core/test/git.test.ts

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import { Effect } from "effect"
 import { LayerNode } from "@opencode-ai/util/effect/layer-node"
 import { Git } from "@opencode-ai/core/git"
 import { AbsolutePath, RelativePath } from "@opencode-ai/core/schema"
+import { VcsPatch } from "@opencode-ai/core/vcs/patch"
 import { branch, commit, initRepo, read, withRemote } from "./fixture/git"
 import { tmpdir } from "./fixture/tmpdir"
 import { testEffect } from "./lib/effect"
@@ -196,6 +197,42 @@ describe("Git trees", () => {
     }),
   )
 
+  it.live("caps batched tree patches, keeps per-file stats past the cap, and matches non-ASCII names", () =>
+    Effect.gen(function* () {
+      const root = yield* Effect.acquireRelease(
+        Effect.promise(() => tmpdir()),
+        (dir) => Effect.promise(() => dir[Symbol.asyncDispose]()),
+      )
+      yield* Effect.promise(() => initRepo(root.path))
+      const git = yield* Git.Service
+      const repository = yield* git.repo.discover(AbsolutePath.make(root.path))
+      if (!repository) throw new Error("Repository not found")
+      const before = yield* git.tree.capture({ repository, scopes: [RelativePath.make(".")] })
+      const lines = Math.ceil(VcsPatch.MAX_TOTAL_PATCH_BYTES / 80) + 1
+      yield* Effect.promise(async () => {
+        await Bun.write(path.join(root.path, "a-small.txt"), "small\n")
+        await Bun.write(path.join(root.path, "b-large.txt"), `${"x".repeat(79)}\n`.repeat(lines))
+        await Bun.write(path.join(root.path, "c-binary.bin"), new Uint8Array([0, 1, 2, 3]))
+        await Bun.write(path.join(root.path, "a-caf\u00e9.txt"), "caf\u00e9\n")
+      })
+      const after = yield* git.tree.capture({ repository, scopes: [RelativePath.make(".")] })
+
+      const diffs = yield* git.tree.diff({ repository, from: before, to: after, context: 0 })
+      expect(diffs.map((item) => [item.file, item.status, item.additions, item.deletions])).toEqual([
+        ["a-caf\u00e9.txt", "added", 1, 0],
+        ["a-small.txt", "added", 1, 0],
+        ["b-large.txt", "added", lines, 0],
+        ["c-binary.bin", "added", 0, 0],
+      ])
+      // Patch headers are not NUL-delimited; a quoted (octal-escaped) header would orphan this chunk.
+      expect(diffs[0]?.patch).toContain("+caf\u00e9\n")
+      expect(diffs[1]?.patch).toContain("+small\n")
+      expect(diffs[2]?.patch).toBe(VcsPatch.emptyPatch("b-large.txt"))
+      expect(diffs[3]?.patch).toBe("")
+      expect(yield* git.tree.diff({ repository, from: before, to: after, paths: [] })).toEqual([])
+    }),
+  )
+
   it.live("captures, compares, previews, and restores scoped trees", () =>
     Effect.gen(function* () {
       const root = yield* Effect.acquireRelease(

packages/core/test/session-diff.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,176 @@
+import { $ } from "bun"
+import { describe, expect } from "bun:test"
+import fs from "fs/promises"
+import path from "path"
+import { Effect } from "effect"
+import { Agent } from "@opencode-ai/core/agent"
+import { Bus } from "@opencode-ai/core/bus"
+import { Database } from "@opencode-ai/core/database/database"
+import { AppNodeBuilder } from "@opencode-ai/core/effect/app-node-builder"
+import { LocationServiceMap } from "@opencode-ai/core/location-service-map"
+import { Model } from "@opencode-ai/core/model"
+import { Plugin } from "@opencode-ai/core/plugin"
+import { Provider } from "@opencode-ai/core/provider"
+import { AbsolutePath } from "@opencode-ai/core/schema"
+import { Session } from "@opencode-ai/core/session"
+import { SessionDiff } from "@opencode-ai/core/session/diff"
+import { SessionEvent } from "@opencode-ai/core/session/event"
+import { SessionExecution } from "@opencode-ai/core/session/execution"
+import { SessionInbox } from "@opencode-ai/core/session/inbox"
+import { SessionMessage } from "@opencode-ai/core/session/message"
+import { SessionProjector } from "@opencode-ai/core/session/projector"
+import { Snapshot } from "@opencode-ai/core/snapshot"
+import { Money } from "@opencode-ai/schema/money"
+import { LayerNode } from "@opencode-ai/util/effect/layer-node"
+import { Global } from "@opencode-ai/util/global"
+import { tempGlobalLayer } from "./fixture/global"
+import { offlineModels } from "./fixture/models"
+import { tmpdirScoped } from "./fixture/tmpdir"
+import { testEffect } from "./lib/effect"
+
+const it = testEffect(
+  AppNodeBuilder.build(
+    LayerNode.group([Database.node, Bus.node, SessionProjector.node, Session.node, LocationServiceMap.node]),
+    [Global.node.replace(tempGlobalLayer), SessionExecution.node.replace(SessionExecution.noopLayer), offlineModels],
+  ),
+)
+
+const summarize = (file: { file: string; status: string; additions: number; deletions: number }) => [
+  file.file,
+  file.status,
+  file.additions,
+  file.deletions,
+]
+
+describe("Session.diff", () => {
+  it.live(
+    "diffs the steps that follow a user message and ranges across later turns",
+    () =>
+      Effect.gen(function* () {
+        const tmp = yield* tmpdirScoped()
+        const directory = path.join(tmp.path, "project")
+        const write = (name: string, content: string) => () => Bun.write(path.join(directory, name), content)
+        yield* Effect.promise(async () => {
+          await fs.mkdir(directory)
+          await write("first.txt", "first\n")()
+          await write("second.txt", "second\n")()
+          await write("manual.txt", "manual\n")()
+          await $`git init -q`.cwd(directory).quiet()
+          await $`git -c core.fsmonitor=false add .`.cwd(directory).quiet()
+        })
+        const sessions = yield* Session.Service
+        const database = yield* Database.Service
+        const bus = yield* Bus.Service
+        const locations = yield* LocationServiceMap.Service
+        const created = yield* sessions.create({ location: { directory: AbsolutePath.make(directory) } })
+        const diff = (input?: { messageID?: SessionMessage.ID; to?: SessionMessage.ID }) =>
+          sessions
+            .diff({ sessionID: created.id, context: 0, ...input })
+            .pipe(Effect.map((files) => files.map(summarize)))
+        expect(yield* diff()).toEqual([])
+
+        yield* Effect.gen(function* () {
+          const plugins = yield* Plugin.Service
+          yield* plugins.awaitActivation
+          const snapshot = yield* Snapshot.Service
+          const usage = {
+            cost: Money.USD.zero,
+            tokens: { input: 0, output: 0, reasoning: 0, cache: { read: 0, write: 0 } },
+          }
+          const prompt = Effect.fn(function* (text: string) {
+            const admitted = yield* sessions.prompt({ sessionID: created.id, text, resume: false })
+            yield* SessionInbox.promote(database.db, bus, created.id, "steer")
+            return admitted.id
+          })
+          const step = Effect.fn(function* (edit: () => Promise<unknown>, end: "recorded" | "unrecorded" | "running") {
+            const before = yield* snapshot.capture()
+            if (!before) throw new Error("Start snapshot missing")
+            const assistantMessageID = SessionMessage.ID.create()
+            yield* bus.publish(SessionEvent.Step.Started, {
+              sessionID: created.id,
+              assistantMessageID,
+              agent: Agent.defaultID,
+              model: { id: Model.ID.make("test-model"), providerID: Provider.ID.make("test-provider") },
+              snapshot: before,
+            })
+            yield* Effect.promise(edit)
+            if (end === "running") return assistantMessageID
+            const after = end === "recorded" ? yield* snapshot.capture() : undefined
+            yield* bus.publish(SessionEvent.Step.Ended, {
+              sessionID: created.id,
+              assistantMessageID,
+              finish: "stop",
+              ...usage,
+              snapshot: after,
+              files: after && before ? yield* snapshot.files({ from: before, to: after }) : undefined,
+            })
+            return assistantMessageID
+          })
+
+          const first = yield* prompt("Edit the first file")
+          const firstStep = yield* step(write("first.txt", "first edited\n"), "recorded")
+          // Edits made while idle are not a turn's work, but a range spanning them still sees them.
+          yield* Effect.promise(write("manual.txt", "manual edited\n"))
+          const second = yield* prompt("Edit the second file")
+          yield* step(write("second.txt", "second edited\n"), "recorded")
+          // A steer is a new prompt, so it starts a new turn.
+          const steer = yield* prompt("Also add a third file")
+          yield* step(write("third.txt", "third\n"), "recorded")
+
+          expect(yield* diff()).toEqual([["third.txt", "added", 1, 0]])
+          expect(yield* diff({ messageID: second })).toEqual([["second.txt", "modified", 1, 1]])
+          expect(yield* diff({ messageID: second, to: steer })).toEqual([
+            ["second.txt", "modified", 1, 1],
+            ["third.txt", "added", 1, 0],
+          ])
+          expect(yield* diff({ messageID: first, to: steer })).toEqual([
+            ["first.txt", "modified", 1, 1],
+            ["manual.txt", "modified", 1, 1],
+            ["second.txt", "modified", 1, 1],
+            ["third.txt", "added", 1, 0],
+          ])
+          const full = yield* sessions.diff({ sessionID: created.id, messageID: first })
+          expect(full[0]?.patch).toContain("-first\n+first edited\n")
+          expect(yield* diff({ messageID: steer, to: second }).pipe(Effect.flip)).toMatchObject({
+            _tag: "Session.TurnRangeError",
+            field: "to",
+          })
+          expect(yield* diff({ messageID: firstStep }).pipe(Effect.flip)).toMatchObject({
+            _tag: "Session.TurnRangeError",
+            field: "messageID",
+          })
+          expect(yield* diff({ messageID: SessionMessage.ID.create() }).pipe(Effect.flip)).toMatchObject({
+            _tag: "Session.MessageNotFoundError",
+          })
+
+          // A completed step without an end snapshot falls back to the last recorded end.
+          yield* prompt("Edit both files again")
+          yield* step(write("first.txt", "first edited twice\n"), "recorded")
+          yield* step(write("second.txt", "second edited twice\n"), "unrecorded")
+          expect(yield* diff()).toEqual([["first.txt", "modified", 1, 1]])
+
+          // Only a step still running in the active session compares against the working copy.
+          yield* prompt("Delete the manual file")
+          yield* step(() => fs.rm(path.join(directory, "manual.txt")), "running")
+          expect(yield* diff()).toEqual([])
+          const session = yield* sessions.get(created.id)
+          const live = yield* SessionDiff.turn(database.db, locations, { session, active: true, context: 0 })
+          expect(live.map(summarize)).toEqual([["manual.txt", "deleted", 0, 1]])
+
+          // Reverting removes later turns; a fork keeps the copied ones.
+          yield* sessions.revert.stage({ sessionID: created.id, messageID: steer, files: false })
+          yield* sessions.revert.commit(created.id)
+          expect(yield* diff()).toEqual([["second.txt", "modified", 1, 1]])
+          expect(yield* diff({ messageID: steer }).pipe(Effect.flip)).toMatchObject({
+            _tag: "Session.MessageNotFoundError",
+          })
+          const forked = yield* sessions.fork({ sessionID: created.id, boundary: { type: "through" } })
+          expect((yield* sessions.diff({ sessionID: forked.id, context: 0 })).map(summarize)).toEqual([
+            ["second.txt", "modified", 1, 1],
+          ])
+        }).pipe(Effect.provide(LocationServiceMap.Service.get(created.location)))
+      }),
+    // Real Location/plugin startup and Git snapshots can exceed five seconds under CI load.
+    { timeout: 30_000 },
+  )
+})

packages/protocol/openapi.json

@@ -1621,14 +1621,7 @@
             "content": {
               "application/json": {
                 "schema": {
-                  "anyOf": [
-                    {
-                      "$ref": "#/components/schemas/SessionNotFoundErrorEncoded"
-                    },
-                    {
-                      "$ref": "#/components/schemas/SessionNotFoundErrorEncoded"
-                    }
-                  ]
+                  "$ref": "#/components/schemas/SessionNotFoundErrorEncoded"
                 }
               }
             }
@@ -3249,6 +3242,152 @@
         "summary": "Get session context"
       }
     },
+    "/api/session/{sessionID}/diff": {
+      "get": {
+        "tags": ["session"],
+        "operationId": "v2.session.diff",
+        "parameters": [
+          {
+            "name": "sessionID",
+            "in": "path",
+            "schema": {
+              "type": "string",
+              "pattern": "^ses"
+            },
+            "required": true
+          },
+          {
+            "name": "messageID",
+            "in": "query",
+            "schema": {
+              "anyOf": [
+                {
+                  "type": "string",
+                  "pattern": "^msg_"
+                },
+                {
+                  "type": "null"
+                }
+              ],
+              "description": "User message whose turn to diff. Defaults to the newest user message."
+            },
+            "required": false
+          },
+          {
+            "name": "to",
+            "in": "query",
+            "schema": {
+              "anyOf": [
+                {
+                  "type": "string",
+                  "pattern": "^msg_"
+                },
+                {
+                  "type": "null"
+                }
+              ],
+              "description": "Later user message whose turn ends the range. Defaults to the turn of `messageID` alone."
+            },
+            "required": false
+          },
+          {
+            "name": "context",
+            "in": "query",
+            "schema": {
+              "anyOf": [
+                {
+                  "type": "string"
+                },
+                {
+                  "type": "null"
+                }
+              ],
+              "description": "Unchanged lines around each hunk. Omit for full-file patches."
+            },
+            "required": false
+          }
+        ],
+        "security": [],
+        "responses": {
+          "200": {
+            "description": "Success",
+            "content": {
+              "application/json": {
+                "schema": {
+                  "type": "object",
+                  "properties": {
+                    "data": {
+                      "type": "array",
+                      "items": {
+                        "$ref": "#/components/schemas/FileDiff.Info"
+                      }
+                    }
+                  },
+                  "required": ["data"],
+                  "additionalProperties": false
+                }
+              }
+            }
+          },
+          "400": {
+            "description": "InvalidRequestError",
+            "content": {
+              "application/json": {
+                "schema": {
+                  "anyOf": [
+                    {
+                      "$ref": "#/components/schemas/InvalidRequestErrorEncoded"
+                    },
+                    {
+                      "$ref": "#/components/schemas/InvalidRequestErrorEncoded"
+                    }
+                  ]
+                }
+              }
+            }
+          },
+          "401": {
+            "description": "UnauthorizedError",
+            "content": {
+              "application/json": {
+                "schema": {
+                  "$ref": "#/components/schemas/UnauthorizedErrorEncoded"
+                }
+              }
+            }
+          },
+          "404": {
+            "description": "MessageNotFoundError | SessionNotFoundError",
+            "content": {
+              "application/json": {
+                "schema": {
+                  "anyOf": [
+                    {
+                      "$ref": "#/components/schemas/MessageNotFoundErrorEncoded"
+                    },
+                    {
+                      "$ref": "#/components/schemas/SessionNotFoundErrorEncoded"
+                    }
+                  ]
+                }
+              }
+            }
+          },
+          "500": {
+            "description": "UnknownError",
+            "content": {
+              "application/json": {
+                "schema": {
+                  "$ref": "#/components/schemas/UnknownErrorEncoded"
+                }
+              }
+            }
+          }
+        },
+        "description": "Structured per-file diffs of the files a turn changed. A turn is the assistant steps that follow a user message up to the next user message, so a steer starts a new turn; `to` extends the range through a later turn. Compares the range's first recorded snapshot with its last; a step still running in the active session compares against the working copy. Ranges that span a location change are rejected.",
+        "summary": "Diff session turns"
+      }
+    },
     "/api/session/{sessionID}/inbox": {
       "get": {
         "tags": ["session"],

packages/protocol/src/groups/session.ts

@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import { Model } from "@opencode-ai/schema/model"
 import { Location } from "@opencode-ai/schema/location"
 import { SessionEvent } from "@opencode-ai/schema/session-event"
 import { EventLog } from "@opencode-ai/schema/event-log"
+import { FileDiff } from "@opencode-ai/schema/file-diff"
 
 const ParentIDFilter = Schema.Union([
   Session.ID,
@@ -521,6 +522,31 @@ export const makeSessionGroup = <I extends HttpApiMiddleware.AnyId, S>(sessionLo
         }),
       ),
     )
+    .add(
+      HttpApiEndpoint.get("session.diff", "/api/session/:sessionID/diff", {
+        params: { sessionID: Session.ID },
+        query: Schema.Struct({
+          messageID: Schema.optional(SessionMessage.ID).annotate({
+            description: "User message whose turn to diff. Defaults to the newest user message.",
+          }),
+          to: Schema.optional(SessionMessage.ID).annotate({
+            description: "Later user message whose turn ends the range. Defaults to the turn of `messageID` alone.",
+          }),
+          context: Schema.NumberFromString.pipe(Schema.decodeTo(NonNegativeInt), Schema.optional).annotate({
+            description: "Unchanged lines around each hunk. Omit for full-file patches.",
+          }),
+        }),
+        success: Schema.Struct({ data: Schema.Array(FileDiff.Info) }),
+        error: [InvalidRequestError, MessageNotFoundError, SessionNotFoundError, UnknownError],
+      }).annotateMerge(
+        OpenApi.annotations({
+          identifier: "v2.session.diff",
+          summary: "Diff session turns",
+          description:
+            "Structured per-file diffs of the files a turn changed. A turn is the assistant steps that follow a user message up to the next user message, so a steer starts a new turn; `to` extends the range through a later turn. Compares the range's first recorded snapshot with its last; a step still running in the active session compares against the working copy. Ranges that span a location change are rejected.",
+        }),
+      ),
+    )
     .add(
       HttpApiEndpoint.get("session.inbox.list", "/api/session/:sessionID/inbox", {
         params: { sessionID: Session.ID },

packages/server/src/handlers/session-error.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { Session } from "@opencode-ai/core/session"
-import { SessionNotFoundError, UnknownError } from "@opencode-ai/protocol/errors"
+import type { Snapshot } from "@opencode-ai/core/snapshot"
+import { MessageNotFoundError, SessionNotFoundError, UnknownError } from "@opencode-ai/protocol/errors"
 import { Effect } from "effect"
 
 export function missingSession(error: Session.NotFoundError) {
@@ -9,6 +10,14 @@ export function missingSession(error: Session.NotFoundError) {
   })
 }
 
+export function missingMessage(error: Session.MessageNotFoundError) {
+  return new MessageNotFoundError({
+    sessionID: error.sessionID,
+    messageID: error.messageID,
+    message: `Message not found: ${error.messageID}`,
+  })
+}
+
 export function failedMessageDecode(error: Session.MessageDecodeError) {
   const ref = `err_${crypto.randomUUID().slice(0, 8)}`
   return Effect.logError("failed to decode session message").pipe(
@@ -18,3 +27,16 @@ export function failedMessageDecode(error: Session.MessageDecodeError) {
     ),
   )
 }
+
+/** Snapshot repositories are host state clients cannot repair, so surface only a log reference. */
+export function failedSnapshot(operation: string, sessionID: Session.ID) {
+  return (error: Snapshot.Error) => {
+    const ref = `err_${crypto.randomUUID().slice(0, 8)}`
+    return Effect.logError(`failed to ${operation}`, { cause: error }).pipe(
+      Effect.annotateLogs({ ref, sessionID }),
+      Effect.andThen(
+        Effect.fail(new UnknownError({ message: "Unexpected server error. Check server logs for details.", ref })),
+      ),
+    )
+  }
+}

packages/server/src/handlers/session.ts

@@ -17,10 +17,9 @@ import {
   ServiceUnavailableError,
   SessionBusyError,
   SkillNotFoundError,
-  UnknownError,
 } from "@opencode-ai/protocol/errors"
 import { AbsolutePath } from "@opencode-ai/core/schema"
-import { failedMessageDecode, missingSession } from "./session-error"
+import { failedMessageDecode, failedSnapshot, missingMessage, missingSession } from "./session-error"
 
 const DefaultSessionsLimit = 50
 
@@ -212,15 +211,7 @@ export const SessionHandler = HttpApiBuilder.group(Api, "server.session", (handl
           return {
             data: yield* session.fork({ sessionID: ctx.params.sessionID, boundary: ctx.payload.boundary }).pipe(
               Effect.catchTag("Session.NotFoundError", missingSession),
-              Effect.catchTag(
-                "Session.MessageNotFoundError",
-                (error) =>
-                  new MessageNotFoundError({
-                    sessionID: error.sessionID,
-                    messageID: error.messageID,
-                    message: `Message not found: ${error.messageID}`,
-                  }),
-              ),
+              Effect.catchTag("Session.MessageNotFoundError", missingMessage),
               Effect.catchTag(
                 "Session.ForkEmptyError",
                 (error) => new InvalidRequestError({ message: error.message, kind: "empty_session" }),
@@ -448,32 +439,14 @@ export const SessionHandler = HttpApiBuilder.group(Api, "server.session", (handl
             files: ctx.payload.files,
           })
           return {
-            data: yield* session.revert.stage({ ...ctx.params, ...ctx.payload }).pipe(
-              Effect.catchTag("Session.NotFoundError", missingSession),
-              Effect.catchTag(
-                "Session.MessageNotFoundError",
-                (error) =>
-                  new MessageNotFoundError({
-                    sessionID: error.sessionID,
-                    messageID: error.messageID,
-                    message: `Message not found: ${error.messageID}`,
-                  }),
+            data: yield* session.revert
+              .stage({ ...ctx.params, ...ctx.payload })
+              .pipe(
+                Effect.catchTag("Session.NotFoundError", missingSession),
+                Effect.catchTag("Session.MessageNotFoundError", missingMessage),
+                Effect.catchTag("Session.BusyError", busySession),
+                Effect.catchTag("Snapshot.Error", failedSnapshot("stage session revert", ctx.params.sessionID)),
               ),
-              Effect.catchTag("Session.BusyError", busySession),
-              Effect.catchTag("Snapshot.Error", (error) => {
-                const ref = `err_${crypto.randomUUID().slice(0, 8)}`
-                return Effect.logError("failed to stage session revert", { cause: error }).pipe(
-                  Effect.andThen(
-                    Effect.fail(
-                      new UnknownError({
-                        message: "Unexpected server error. Check server logs for details.",
-                        ref,
-                      }),
-                    ),
-                  ),
-                )
-              }),
-            ),
           }
         }),
       )
@@ -481,23 +454,13 @@ export const SessionHandler = HttpApiBuilder.group(Api, "server.session", (handl
         "session.revert.clear",
         Effect.fn(function* (ctx) {
           yield* Effect.log("session.revert.clear", { sessionID: ctx.params.sessionID })
-          yield* session.revert.clear(ctx.params.sessionID).pipe(
-            Effect.catchTag("Session.NotFoundError", missingSession),
-            Effect.catchTag("Session.BusyError", busySession),
-            Effect.catchTag("Snapshot.Error", (error) => {
-              const ref = `err_${crypto.randomUUID().slice(0, 8)}`
-              return Effect.logError("failed to clear session revert", { cause: error }).pipe(
-                Effect.andThen(
-                  Effect.fail(
-                    new UnknownError({
-                      message: "Unexpected server error. Check server logs for details.",
-                      ref,
-                    }),
-                  ),
-                ),
-              )
-            }),
-          )
+          yield* session.revert
+            .clear(ctx.params.sessionID)
+            .pipe(
+              Effect.catchTag("Session.NotFoundError", missingSession),
+              Effect.catchTag("Session.BusyError", busySession),
+              Effect.catchTag("Snapshot.Error", failedSnapshot("clear session revert", ctx.params.sessionID)),
+            )
           return HttpApiSchema.NoContent.make()
         }),
       )
@@ -527,6 +490,22 @@ export const SessionHandler = HttpApiBuilder.group(Api, "server.session", (handl
           }
         }),
       )
+      .handle(
+        "session.diff",
+        Effect.fn(function* (ctx) {
+          return {
+            data: yield* session.diff({ sessionID: ctx.params.sessionID, ...ctx.query }).pipe(
+              Effect.catchTag("Session.NotFoundError", missingSession),
+              Effect.catchTag("Session.MessageNotFoundError", missingMessage),
+              Effect.catchTag(
+                "Session.TurnRangeError",
+                (error) => new InvalidRequestError({ message: error.message, field: error.field }),
+              ),
+              Effect.catchTag("Snapshot.Error", failedSnapshot("diff session turn", ctx.params.sessionID)),
+            ),
+          }
+        }),
+      )
       .handle(
         "session.inbox.list",
         Effect.fn(function* (ctx) {
@@ -642,15 +621,7 @@ export const SessionHandler = HttpApiBuilder.group(Api, "server.session", (handl
         Effect.fn(function* (ctx) {
           const message = yield* session.updateMessage({ ...ctx.params, content: ctx.payload.content }).pipe(
             Effect.catchTag("Session.NotFoundError", missingSession),
-            Effect.catchTag(
-              "Session.MessageNotFoundError",
-              (error) =>
-                new MessageNotFoundError({
-                  sessionID: error.sessionID,
-                  messageID: error.messageID,
-                  message: `Message not found: ${error.messageID}`,
-                }),
-            ),
+            Effect.catchTag("Session.MessageNotFoundError", missingMessage),
             Effect.catchTag("Session.BusyError", busySession),
             Effect.catchTag(
               "Session.MessageNotAssistantError",

packages/server/test/session-diff.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+import { expect, setDefaultTimeout } from "bun:test"
+import { Agent } from "@opencode-ai/core/agent"
+import { Bus } from "@opencode-ai/core/bus"
+import { Model } from "@opencode-ai/core/model"
+import { Provider } from "@opencode-ai/core/provider"
+import { Session } from "@opencode-ai/core/session"
+import { SessionEvent } from "@opencode-ai/core/session/event"
+import { SessionExecution } from "@opencode-ai/core/session/execution"
+import { SessionMessage } from "@opencode-ai/core/session/message"
+import { Money } from "@opencode-ai/schema/money"
+import { makeGlobalNode } from "@opencode-ai/util/effect/app-node"
+import { Effect, Layer } from "effect"
+import { tmpdir } from "../../core/test/fixture/tmpdir"
+import { it } from "../../core/test/lib/effect"
+import { ServerFetch } from "../src/fetch"
+
+setDefaultTimeout(30_000)
+
+it.live("serves turn diffs by user message with range validation", () =>
+  Effect.gen(function* () {
+    const tmp = yield* Effect.acquireDisposable(Effect.promise(() => tmpdir("opencode-session-diff-")))
+    const ids = { user: SessionMessage.ID.create(), assistant: SessionMessage.ID.create() }
+    // Deliver the prompt and one step the way the runner would, without a model.
+    const execution = Layer.effect(
+      SessionExecution.Service,
+      Effect.gen(function* () {
+        const bus = yield* Bus.Service
+        return SessionExecution.Service.of({
+          active: Effect.succeed(new Set()),
+          isActive: () => Effect.succeed(false),
+          resume: () => Effect.void,
+          wake: (sessionID) =>
+            Effect.gen(function* () {
+              yield* bus.publish(SessionEvent.InboxDelivered, { sessionID, inboxID: ids.user })
+              yield* bus.publish(SessionEvent.Step.Started, {
+                sessionID,
+                assistantMessageID: ids.assistant,
+                agent: Agent.defaultID,
+                model: { id: Model.ID.make("model"), providerID: Provider.ID.make("provider") },
+              })
+              yield* bus.publish(SessionEvent.Step.Ended, {
+                sessionID,
+                assistantMessageID: ids.assistant,
+                finish: "stop",
+                cost: Money.USD.zero,
+                tokens: { input: 0, output: 0, reasoning: 0, cache: { read: 0, write: 0 } },
+              })
+            }),
+          interrupt: () => Effect.succeed(false),
+          awaitIdle: () => Effect.void,
+        })
+      }),
+    )
+    const handler = yield* ServerFetch.make(
+      {
+        app: { version: "test-version" },
+        database: { path: ":memory:" },
+        fs: { filewatcher: false },
+        models: { fetch: false },
+      },
+      {
+        overrides: [
+          SessionExecution.node.replace(
+            makeGlobalNode({ service: SessionExecution.Service, layer: execution, deps: [Bus.node] }),
+          ),
+        ],
+      },
+    )
+    const request = (path: string, body?: unknown) =>
+      Effect.promise(async () => {
+        const response = await handler(
+          new Request(`http://opencode.local${path}`, {
+            method: body === undefined ? "GET" : "POST",
+            headers: body === undefined ? undefined : { "content-type": "application/json" },
+            body: body === undefined ? undefined : JSON.stringify(body),
+          }),
+        )
+        return { status: response.status, body: (await response.json()) as Record<string, unknown> }
+      })
+    const created = yield* request("/api/session", { location: { directory: tmp.path } })
+    const sessionID = Session.ID.make((created.body.data as { id: string }).id)
+    const diff = (query = "") => request(`/api/session/${sessionID}/diff${query}`)
+
+    expect(yield* diff()).toEqual({ status: 200, body: { data: [] } })
+    expect((yield* request(`/api/session/${sessionID}/prompt`, { id: ids.user, text: "prompt" })).status).toBe(200)
+    // Not a git repository, so steps record no snapshots and the turn has no diff.
+    expect(yield* diff(`?messageID=${ids.user}&context=3`)).toEqual({ status: 200, body: { data: [] } })
+    expect(yield* diff(`?messageID=${ids.assistant}`)).toMatchObject({
+      status: 400,
+      body: { _tag: "InvalidRequestError", field: "messageID" },
+    })
+    expect(yield* diff(`?messageID=${SessionMessage.ID.create()}`)).toMatchObject({
+      status: 404,
+      body: { _tag: "MessageNotFoundError" },
+    })
+    expect((yield* request(`/api/session/${Session.ID.create()}/diff`)).status).toBe(404)
+  }),
+)

packages/www/openapi.json

@@ -1621,14 +1621,7 @@
             "content": {
               "application/json": {
                 "schema": {
-                  "anyOf": [
-                    {
-                      "$ref": "#/components/schemas/SessionNotFoundErrorEncoded"
-                    },
-                    {
-                      "$ref": "#/components/schemas/SessionNotFoundErrorEncoded"
-                    }
-                  ]
+                  "$ref": "#/components/schemas/SessionNotFoundErrorEncoded"
                 }
               }
             }
@@ -3249,6 +3242,152 @@
         "summary": "Get session context"
       }
     },
+    "/api/session/{sessionID}/diff": {
+      "get": {
+        "tags": ["session"],
+        "operationId": "v2.session.diff",
+        "parameters": [
+          {
+            "name": "sessionID",
+            "in": "path",
+            "schema": {
+              "type": "string",
+              "pattern": "^ses"
+            },
+            "required": true
+          },
+          {
+            "name": "messageID",
+            "in": "query",
+            "schema": {
+              "anyOf": [
+                {
+                  "type": "string",
+                  "pattern": "^msg_"
+                },
+                {
+                  "type": "null"
+                }
+              ],
+              "description": "User message whose turn to diff. Defaults to the newest user message."
+            },
+            "required": false
+          },
+          {
+            "name": "to",
+            "in": "query",
+            "schema": {
+              "anyOf": [
+                {
+                  "type": "string",
+                  "pattern": "^msg_"
+                },
+                {
+                  "type": "null"
+                }
+              ],
+              "description": "Later user message whose turn ends the range. Defaults to the turn of `messageID` alone."
+            },
+            "required": false
+          },
+          {
+            "name": "context",
+            "in": "query",
+            "schema": {
+              "anyOf": [
+                {
+                  "type": "string"
+                },
+                {
+                  "type": "null"
+                }
+              ],
+              "description": "Unchanged lines around each hunk. Omit for full-file patches."
+            },
+            "required": false
+          }
+        ],
+        "security": [],
+        "responses": {
+          "200": {
+            "description": "Success",
+            "content": {
+              "application/json": {
+                "schema": {
+                  "type": "object",
+                  "properties": {
+                    "data": {
+                      "type": "array",
+                      "items": {
+                        "$ref": "#/components/schemas/FileDiff.Info"
+                      }
+                    }
+                  },
+                  "required": ["data"],
+                  "additionalProperties": false
+                }
+              }
+            }
+          },
+          "400": {
+            "description": "InvalidRequestError",
+            "content": {
+              "application/json": {
+                "schema": {
+                  "anyOf": [
+                    {
+                      "$ref": "#/components/schemas/InvalidRequestErrorEncoded"
+                    },
+                    {
+                      "$ref": "#/components/schemas/InvalidRequestErrorEncoded"
+                    }
+                  ]
+                }
+              }
+            }
+          },
+          "401": {
+            "description": "UnauthorizedError",
+            "content": {
+              "application/json": {
+                "schema": {
+                  "$ref": "#/components/schemas/UnauthorizedErrorEncoded"
+                }
+              }
+            }
+          },
+          "404": {
+            "description": "MessageNotFoundError | SessionNotFoundError",
+            "content": {
+              "application/json": {
+                "schema": {
+                  "anyOf": [
+                    {
+                      "$ref": "#/components/schemas/MessageNotFoundErrorEncoded"
+                    },
+                    {
+                      "$ref": "#/components/schemas/SessionNotFoundErrorEncoded"
+                    }
+                  ]
+                }
+              }
+            }
+          },
+          "500": {
+            "description": "UnknownError",
+            "content": {
+              "application/json": {
+                "schema": {
+                  "$ref": "#/components/schemas/UnknownErrorEncoded"
+                }
+              }
+            }
+          }
+        },
+        "description": "Structured per-file diffs of the files a turn changed. A turn is the assistant steps that follow a user message up to the next user message, so a steer starts a new turn; `to` extends the range through a later turn. Compares the range's first recorded snapshot with its last; a step still running in the active session compares against the working copy. Ranges that span a location change are rejected.",
+        "summary": "Diff session turns"
+      }
+    },
     "/api/session/{sessionID}/inbox": {
       "get": {
         "tags": ["session"],

packages/www/public/openapi.json

@@ -1621,14 +1621,7 @@
             "content": {
               "application/json": {
                 "schema": {
-                  "anyOf": [
-                    {
-                      "$ref": "#/components/schemas/SessionNotFoundErrorEncoded"
-                    },
-                    {
-                      "$ref": "#/components/schemas/SessionNotFoundErrorEncoded"
-                    }
-                  ]
+                  "$ref": "#/components/schemas/SessionNotFoundErrorEncoded"
                 }
               }
             }
@@ -3249,6 +3242,152 @@
         "summary": "Get session context"
       }
     },
+    "/api/session/{sessionID}/diff": {
+      "get": {
+        "tags": ["session"],
+        "operationId": "v2.session.diff",
+        "parameters": [
+          {
+            "name": "sessionID",
+            "in": "path",
+            "schema": {
+              "type": "string",
+              "pattern": "^ses"
+            },
+            "required": true
+          },
+          {
+            "name": "messageID",
+            "in": "query",
+            "schema": {
+              "anyOf": [
+                {
+                  "type": "string",
+                  "pattern": "^msg_"
+                },
+                {
+                  "type": "null"
+                }
+              ],
+              "description": "User message whose turn to diff. Defaults to the newest user message."
+            },
+            "required": false
+          },
+          {
+            "name": "to",
+            "in": "query",
+            "schema": {
+              "anyOf": [
+                {
+                  "type": "string",
+                  "pattern": "^msg_"
+                },
+                {
+                  "type": "null"
+                }
+              ],
+              "description": "Later user message whose turn ends the range. Defaults to the turn of `messageID` alone."
+            },
+            "required": false
+          },
+          {
+            "name": "context",
+            "in": "query",
+            "schema": {
+              "anyOf": [
+                {
+                  "type": "string"
+                },
+                {
+                  "type": "null"
+                }
+              ],
+              "description": "Unchanged lines around each hunk. Omit for full-file patches."
+            },
+            "required": false
+          }
+        ],
+        "security": [],
+        "responses": {
+          "200": {
+            "description": "Success",
+            "content": {
+              "application/json": {
+                "schema": {
+                  "type": "object",
+                  "properties": {
+                    "data": {
+                      "type": "array",
+                      "items": {
+                        "$ref": "#/components/schemas/FileDiff.Info"
+                      }
+                    }
+                  },
+                  "required": ["data"],
+                  "additionalProperties": false
+                }
+              }
+            }
+          },
+          "400": {
+            "description": "InvalidRequestError",
+            "content": {
+              "application/json": {
+                "schema": {
+                  "anyOf": [
+                    {
+                      "$ref": "#/components/schemas/InvalidRequestErrorEncoded"
+                    },
+                    {
+                      "$ref": "#/components/schemas/InvalidRequestErrorEncoded"
+                    }
+                  ]
+                }
+              }
+            }
+          },
+          "401": {
+            "description": "UnauthorizedError",
+            "content": {
+              "application/json": {
+                "schema": {
+                  "$ref": "#/components/schemas/UnauthorizedErrorEncoded"
+                }
+              }
+            }
+          },
+          "404": {
+            "description": "MessageNotFoundError | SessionNotFoundError",
+            "content": {
+              "application/json": {
+                "schema": {
+                  "anyOf": [
+                    {
+                      "$ref": "#/components/schemas/MessageNotFoundErrorEncoded"
+                    },
+                    {
+                      "$ref": "#/components/schemas/SessionNotFoundErrorEncoded"
+                    }
+                  ]
+                }
+              }
+            }
+          },
+          "500": {
+            "description": "UnknownError",
+            "content": {
+              "application/json": {
+                "schema": {
+                  "$ref": "#/components/schemas/UnknownErrorEncoded"
+                }
+              }
+            }
+          }
+        },
+        "description": "Structured per-file diffs of the files a turn changed. A turn is the assistant steps that follow a user message up to the next user message, so a steer starts a new turn; `to` extends the range through a later turn. Compares the range's first recorded snapshot with its last; a step still running in the active session compares against the working copy. Ranges that span a location change are rejected.",
+        "summary": "Diff session turns"
+      }
+    },
     "/api/session/{sessionID}/inbox": {
       "get": {
         "tags": ["session"],