zellij run not work out of session

[chaopeng]

Basic information

zellij --version: v.0.39.2
uname -av or ver(Windows): Debian 6.5.6-1rodete4 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Further information

Reproduction steps:

• zellij to create a new zellij session
• ctrl-o d detach the session
• zellij list-sessions find the session name
• zellij --session [session-name] run -- echo hello
• zellij attach [session-name]

Expect: zellij run a command inside the session with new pane
Actually: nothing in zellij

I also tried zellij run -f, still not luck. I somehow remember it works in previous version (maybe v0.39.1). But I did not verify.

Tried use run inside a session, it works.

[jlabbude]

Been facing the same issue on v0.40.1, zellij run (and for instance all commands related to interacting with a detached session, such as zellij action and what not) seems to only work if you have an active session.

[gibfahn]

Simple repro:

zellij delete-session --force test
zellij attach --create-background test
zellij --session test run --name one -- sleep 101
zellij --session test run --name two -- sleep 102
zellij --session test run --name three -- sleep 103
zellij --session test run --name four -- sleep 104
zellij attach test

Only shows the original pane and the first command run.

If you add --in-place to the first run command, you get:

So it looks like only the first run takes effect. If you attach then the run commands work as expected.

[gibfahn]

I don't know why this was closed, filed a new issue for it: #3733