@@ -197,13 +197,22 @@ "#{pane_current_command}",
         "#{@agent_session}",
         "#{@dingger_cmd}",
         "#{pane_dead}",
+        "#{?session_grouped,#{session_group},}",
     ]
     .join("\t");
     let out = tmux::run(&["list-panes", "-a", "-F", &format]).ok()?;
     let lines: Vec<Vec<&str>> = out
         .lines()
         .map(|line| line.split('\t').collect::<Vec<_>>())
-        .filter(|f| f.len() >= 21)
+        .filter(|f| f.len() >= 22)
+        .collect();
+    // One session per group: the others show the same windows, and saving
+    // them would restore every window, and resume every agent, twice. The
+    // first listed (tmux lists sessions by name) stands for its group.
+    let mut group_of_kept: std::collections::HashMap<&str, &str> = std::collections::HashMap::new();
+    let lines: Vec<Vec<&str>> = lines
+        .into_iter()
+        .filter(|f| f[21].is_empty() || *group_of_kept.entry(f[21]).or_insert(f[0]) == f[0])
         .collect();
     // What runs in the foreground of each pane's terminal.
     let pane_pids: Vec<u32> = lines

@@ -15,10 +15,10 @@ pub pane_title: String,
     /// Working directory of the pane's foreground process.
     pub cwd: String,
     pub dead: bool,
-    /// The pane's window is the current window of its session.
-    pub window_active: bool,
-    /// The pane's session has at least one attached client.
-    pub session_attached: bool,
+    /// The user is looking at this pane's window: it is the current window
+    /// of a session with an attached client. herdr marks every pane of the
+    /// active tab seen (`mark_active_tab_seen`); a tmux window is a tab.
+    pub attended: bool,
     pub agent: Option<Agent>,
     /// Pane options written by dingger (see the watcher module docs).
     pub written_state: String,
@@ -30,13 +30,6 @@ pub written_name: String,
     pub written_session: String,
 }
 
-impl Pane {
-    /// The user is looking at this pane's window. herdr marks every pane of
-    /// the active tab seen (`mark_active_tab_seen`); a tmux window is a tab.
-    pub fn attended(&self) -> bool {
-        self.window_active && self.session_attached
-    }
-}
 
 /// The tmux binary. launchd starts dingger, and the menu bar app that runs
 /// `dingger focus`, with PATH=/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin, where Homebrew's
@@ -92,6 +85,9 @@ }
     Ok(String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stdout).into_owned())
 }
 
+/// Every pane, once. A pane in several sessions (a session group, or a
+/// linked window) keeps its first listing (tmux lists sessions by name),
+/// and is attended if the user looks at it in any of them.
 pub fn list_panes() -> Result<Vec<Pane>, String> {
     let format = concat!(
         "#{pane_id}\t",
@@ -115,13 +111,18 @@ "#{@agent_name}\t",
         "#{@agent_session}",
     );
     let out = run_tmux(&["list-panes", "-a", "-F", format])?;
-    let mut panes = Vec::new();
+    let mut panes: Vec<Pane> = Vec::new();
     let mut process_tree = None;
     for line in out.lines() {
         let fields: Vec<&str> = line.split('\t').collect();
         if fields.len() < 19 {
             continue;
         }
+        let attended = fields[4] == "1" && fields[5] != "0";
+        if let Some(listed) = panes.iter_mut().find(|pane| pane.pane_id == fields[0]) {
+            listed.attended |= attended;
+            continue;
+        }
         let current_command = fields[1];
         let start_command = fields[6];
         let pane_pid: Option<u32> = fields[7].trim().parse().ok();
@@ -147,8 +148,7 @@ display_target,
             pane_title: fields[2].to_string(),
             cwd: fields[16].to_string(),
             dead: fields[3] == "1",
-            window_active: fields[4] == "1",
-            session_attached: fields[5] != "0",
+            attended,
             agent,
             written_state: fields[8].to_string(),
             written_agent: fields[9].to_string(),

@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ // Apply every observation in order: a turn that started and
             // finished between two ticks is still a completion.
             let mut alerts = Vec::new();
             for observed in observations {
-                let next = advance(track, observed, pane.attended(), acked, now);
+                let next = advance(track, observed, pane.attended, acked, now);
                 if next.state != track.state {
                     info!(
                         target = %pane.display_target,
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@
     fn notify(&self, pane: &tmux::Pane, kind: NotificationKind) {
         // herdr: a blocked pane plays the alert even when the user is looking
         // at it; a finished pane stays silent when they already are.
-        let watching = pane.attended();
+        let watching = pane.attended;
         if matches!(kind, NotificationKind::Finished) && watching {
             return;
         }

@@ -228,9 +228,12 @@ "#{pane_id}", "#{@agent}", "#{@agent_state}", "#{@dingger_since}", "#{@agent_name}",
         "#{session_name}", "#{window_name}", "#{window_panes}", "#{pane_index}", "#{pane_current_path}",
     ].joined(separator: "\t")
     guard let out = tmux(["list-panes", "-a", "-F", format]) else { return [] }
+    // A pane in several sessions (a session group, a linked window) is
+    // listed once, under its first session, as the daemon counts it.
+    var listed = Set<String>()
     let rows: [Row] = out.split(separator: "\n").compactMap { line in
         let f = line.split(separator: "\t", omittingEmptySubsequences: false).map(String.init)
-        guard f.count >= 10, !f[1].isEmpty else { return nil }
+        guard f.count >= 10, !f[1].isEmpty, listed.insert(f[0]).inserted else { return nil }
         let status = Status(rawValue: f[2]) ?? .unknown
         guard status != .unknown else { return nil }
         let window = (Int(f[7]) ?? 1) > 1 ? "\(f[6]).\(f[8])" : f[6]

@@ -250,7 +250,10 @@ expect "A1 done" "opt $A1 @agent_state" done
   expect "menu title" "mb --print | head -1" "title: ×1 ✓1"
   expect "menu rows: herdr priority; idle most recent first (C1 since its jump in step 4, B1 since the start)" \
     "mb --print | tail -n +2 | cut -f1,2 | tr '\t\n' '|;'" "× blocked|pi;✓ done|Deploy the widget;○ idle|pi;○ idle|Review PR 42;"
-  hook "$B1" working; hook "$B1" idle
+  # Wait for working: B1 was idle before, so idle alone would not show the turn.
+  hook "$B1" working
+  expect "B1 working" "opt $B1 @agent_state" working
+  hook "$B1" idle
   expect "B1 finishes a turn while watched: idle" "opt $B1 @agent_state" idle
   expect "and is now the most recent idle agent: listed first" \
     "mb --print | tail -n +2 | cut -f1,2 | tr '\t\n' '|;'" "× blocked|pi;✓ done|Deploy the widget;○ idle|Review PR 42;○ idle|pi;"
@@ -618,6 +621,7 @@ expect "claude is detected" "r show -pv -t '=cc:talked' @agent 2>/dev/null; r show -pv -t '=cc:fresh' @agent 2>/dev/null" "claude
 claude" 80
 expect "its hook's session is kept on its pane" "r show -pv -t $TALKED @agent_session 2>/dev/null" "$W/claude/talked.jsonl" 80
 expect "snapshot: claude's session" "in_snapshot '\"session\": \"$W/claude/talked.jsonl\"'" True 80
+expect "snapshot: the command line of the claude without a transcript" "in_snapshot '\"command\": \"claude fresh\"'" True 80
 r kill-server
 expect "a new restore candidate" \
   "python3 -c 'import json,sys; print(\"cc\" in [s[\"name\"] for s in json.load(open(sys.argv[1]))[\"snapshot\"][\"sessions\"]])' $STATE2/restore.json 2>/dev/null" True 80
@@ -633,6 +637,41 @@ bash"
 expect "the resumed claude reports its session again" \
   "r show -pv -t '=cc:talked' @agent_session 2>/dev/null" "$W/claude/talked.jsonl" 80
 [ "$FAILS" -gt 0 ] && { echo "--- restore-cc:"; cat "$DIR/restore-cc.out"; }
+
+# --- 19. a session group: its panes once, its windows saved once -------------
+echo "19. session group"
+start_viewer
+r new-session -d -s grp -n agent -c "$W/one"
+r new-window -d -t '=grp:' -n other -c "$W/two"
+r new-session -d -t grp -s grp-2
+r send-keys -t '=grp:agent' 'pi' Enter
+GA=$(r display -p -t '=grp:agent' '#{pane_id}')
+expect "the group's agent is detected" "r show -pv -t $GA @agent 2>/dev/null" pi 80
+expect "dingger status lists it once" "renv \"$DINGGER\" status | grep -c ' grp'" 1
+expect "the menu lists it once" "mbr --print | grep -c 'grp'" 1
+# Watched only through grp-2: grp shows another window, nobody attaches it.
+r select-window -t '=grp:other'
+r select-window -t '=grp-2:agent'
+r switch-client -c "$(r list-clients -F '#{client_name}' | head -1)" -t '=grp-2'
+touch "$W/sessions/grp.jsonl"
+# Wait for working: the agent was idle before, so idle alone would not show the turn.
+hook2 "$GA" working "$W/sessions/grp.jsonl"
+expect "the group's agent working" "r show -pv -t $GA @agent_state" working 80
+hook2 "$GA" idle "$W/sessions/grp.jsonl"
+expect "a turn finished while watched through grp-2 is idle, not done" "r show -pv -t $GA @agent_state" idle 80
+expect "snapshot: the group is saved once" \
+  "python3 -c 'import json,sys; print(sorted(s[\"name\"] for s in json.load(open(sys.argv[1]))[\"sessions\"] if s[\"name\"].startswith(\"grp\")))' \"\$(latest_snapshot)\"" \
+  "['grp']" 80
+expect "snapshot: with the agent's session" "in_snapshot '\"session\": \"$W/sessions/grp.jsonl\"'" True 80
+r kill-server
+expect "the candidate: the group once" \
+  "python3 -c 'import json,sys; print(sorted(s[\"name\"] for s in json.load(open(sys.argv[1]))[\"snapshot\"][\"sessions\"] if s[\"name\"].startswith(\"grp\")))' $STATE2/restore.json 2>/dev/null" "['grp']" 80
+expect "dry run plans the group once" "renv \"$DINGGER\" restore --dry-run 2>/dev/null | grep -E '^[a-z]+ +grp' | cut -c1-14" "create   grp: "
+: >"$DIR/pi-args"
+renv "$DINGGER" restore --session grp >"$DIR/restore-grp.out" 2>&1
+expect "restore: the agent is resumed once" "grep -c -- '--session $W/sessions/grp.jsonl' $DIR/pi-args" 1
+expect "with both windows" "r list-windows -t '=grp' -F '#{window_name}' | tr '\n' ' '" "agent other "
+expect "no real agent runs in a test pane (group)" "real_agents" ""
 
 # Every daemon this run started must stop with it.
 kill "$DAEMON_PID" "$DAEMON2_PID" 2>/dev/null