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Problem

relay init saved its workspace via persistWorkspaceSession({ name, workspaceKey }), which always calls switchWorkspace(name). On a machine already using another workspace (e.g. active = "ghsub-live" read by a fleet node's start script), running relay init in any project silently moved the whole machine to the new local workspace.

Change

• persistWorkspaceSession gains activate?: 'always' | 'if-none' (default 'always') and reports keptActiveWorkspace when it leaves another workspace active. 'if-none' activates only when there is no active workspace, the active name has no saved entry, or the active workspace is the one being (re)selected.
• relay init uses 'if-none' on every path: local (default), --hosted, --url/--key, and the guided wizard (all go through setupServer). The workspace is still saved under its name and bound to the project (.agentworkforce/relay/workspace-key.json). When another workspace stays active, init prints:
  This project now uses workspace "local"; "ghsub-live" stays active machine-wide. To make "local" the default everywhere, run: relay workspace switch local
• Other callers are unchanged: workspace join/create/switch/restore and MCP create_workspace are explicit selections that are meant to switch; local-agent and MCP rebind pass no name.

Resolution after init

Verified on main: resolveWorkspaceSelection checks --workspace-key → env → project pin → global active, and agent register, message ... (resolveWorkspaceTransport) and relay mcp (resolveWorkspaceSessionKey) all use it. So no resolver change was needed; a new test runs relay init then relay agent register alice and asserts the transport is the local key at http://127.0.0.1:8787 with source project, while active stays ghsub-live.

Tests

• workspace-session.test.ts: if-none on fresh machine (active set), different active (kept, project pinned, resolves to new key), re-selecting the active workspace, dangling active name.
• init.test.ts: fresh machine → active set; existing different active → unchanged + message; re-run → idempotent; --hosted; --url/--key; guided flow; init then agent register uses the project workspace.
• npx vitest run packages/cli: 2432 passed. npx tsc --noEmit -p packages/cli: clean.

End-to-end (isolated AGENT_RELAY_HOME / AGENT_RELAY_INSTALL_DIR)

Pre-seeded workspaces.json with active: "ghsub-live" (dummy key). Built relay init --yes --tools none --port 8799: downloaded engine, started server, printed the kept-active line; active stayed ghsub-live, local added, project workspace-key.json == local key. relay agent register alice / bob, relay message dm send bob ... --as alice, relay message inbox check --as bob showed the unread DM. Re-running init left the store unchanged; relay init --stop stopped the server.

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Walkthrough

relay init saves the configured workspace for the current project without replacing a different saved machine-wide active workspace. It reports how to switch the machine-wide default. Tests cover setup modes, repeated initialization, and agent registration.

Changes: Workspace activation

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Conditional session persistence packages/cli/src/cli/lib/workspace-session.ts, packages/cli/src/cli/lib/workspace-session.test.ts	Named session persistence adds activate: 'if-none' and reports a preserved active workspace. Tests cover empty stores, saved active workspaces, and active names without saved entries.
Initialization paths and project binding packages/cli/src/cli/commands/init.ts, packages/cli/src/cli/commands/init.test.ts, docs/quickstart.md, CHANGELOG.md	Initialization uses conditional persistence across local, hosted, and own-server setup paths. Tests cover project binding, preservation notices, and agent registration. The changelog and quickstart describe the behavior and switch command.

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Change: Bug fix

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• AgentWorkforce/relay#1992: Adds the initialization flows and workspace persistence that this change updates.

Merge Risk: Low · up to d4625

Init correctly saves and pins the workspace, but its global-tool note can misidentify the workspace when an explicit environment selection is set.

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Summary

relay init saves the project’s workspace without replacing another saved machine-wide active workspace.

• relay init keeps a different saved workspace active machine-wide.

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%%{init: {'theme': 'neutral'}}%%
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  A[relay init] --> B[Save workspace and project pin]
  B --> C{Another saved workspace active?}
  C -->|Yes| D[Keep it active and show switch command]
  C -->|No| E[Activate the saved workspace]

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