Sessions are not restored after a reboot

[mr-scrpt]

Hi everyone.
I am using Arch Linux(I had the same problem on Fedora), Hyprland and tmux, but after rebooting my computer my sessions are not restored, although on mac os it was not a problem. Here is my config

set -g prefix C-n
unbind C-b
bind-key C-n send-prefix

set-option -g default-terminal        'screen-256color'




set -g base-index 1           # start indexing windows at 1 instead of 0
set -g detach-on-destroy off  # don't exit from tmux when closing a session
set -g escape-time 0          # zero-out escape time delay
set -g history-limit 1000000  # significantly increase history size
set -g mouse on               # enable mouse support
set -g renumber-windows on    # renumber all windows when any window is closed
set -g set-clipboard on       # use system clipboard
set -g status-interval 2      # update status every 2 seconds
set -g status-left-length 200 # increase status line length
set -g status-position top    # macOS / darwin style
set -g status-right ''        # empty

set -g status-left                  '#[fg=blue,bold]#S'
set -ga status-left '#[fg=white,nobold]#(gitmux -cfg $HOME/.config/tmux/gitmux.conf "#{pane_current_path}")'

set -g pane-active-border-style     'fg=magenta,bg=default'
set -g pane-border-style            'fg=brightblack,bg=default'
set -g status-style                 'bg=default' # transparent
set -g window-status-current-format '#[fg=magenta]#W'
set -g window-status-format         '#[fg=gray]#W'

set-option -g default-terminal        'screen-256color'
set-option -g terminal-overrides      ',xterm-256color:RGB'

set-window-option -g window-status-separator ' '

bind '\' split-window -c '#{pane_current_path}' -h
bind '"' split-window -c '#{pane_current_path}'
bind c   new-window   -c '#{pane_current_path}'
bind g   new-window   -n '' lazygit
bind-key -T copy-mode-vi 'C-\' select-pane -l
bind-key -T copy-mode-vi 'C-h' select-pane -L
bind-key -T copy-mode-vi 'C-j' select-pane -D
bind-key -T copy-mode-vi 'C-k' select-pane -U
bind-key -T copy-mode-vi 'C-l' select-pane -R


bind-key -T copy-mode-vi 'v'   send-keys -X begin-selection
bind-key x kill-pane # skip "kill-pane 1? (y/n)" prompt (cmd+w)


bind '<' swap-window -t -1\; select-window -t -1
bind '>' swap-window -t +1\; select-window -t +1

set -g @fzf-url-fzf-options '-w 50% -h 50% --prompt="   " --border-label=" Open URL "'
set -g @fzf-url-history-limit '2000'

set -g @plugin 'tmux-plugins/tpm'
set -g @plugin 'tmux-plugins/tmux-sensible'
set -g @plugin 'tmux-plugins/tmux-resurrect' # persist tmux sessions after computer restart
set -g @plugin 'tmux-plugins/tmux-continuum' # automatically saves sessions for you every 16 minutes
set -g @plugin 'tmux-plugins/tmux-yank'
set -g @plugin 'christoomey/vim-tmux-navigator'
set -g @plugin 'joshmedeski/tmux-fzf-url'

set -g @resurrect-capture-pane-contents 'on'
set -g @resurrect-strategy-nvim 'session'

set -g @continuum-boot 'on'
set -g @continuum-restore 'on'
set -g @continuum-save-interval '1'

run '~/.config/tmux/plugins/tpm/tpm' # always at end of file

As far as I understand from the documentation, at the first startup a service should be created at the path
~/.config/systemd/user/tmux.service
But that's not happening

[Chucky2401]

I have exactly the same issue, auto restore does not work, and I don't have the file ~/.config/systemd/user/tmux.service

I'm on Arch too with zsh.

I tried to put tmux-continuum and tmux-ressurect at the end of my config file with the status-right:

set -g @plugin 'tmux-plugins/tmux-resurrect'
set -g @plugin 'tmux-plugins/tmux-continuum'
set -g status-right 'Continuum status: #{continuum_status}'
set -g @continuum-save-interval '15'
set -g @continuum-restore 'on'

But the status bar only show this:

Even after kill the server and restart tmux.

My tmux.conf

# Set true color
set-option -sa terminal-overrides ",xterm*:Tc"
set -g mouse on
set-option -g update-environment "DISPLAY KRB5CCNAME SSH_ASKPASS \
  SSH_AGENT_PID SSH_CONNECTION WINDOWID XAUTHORITY"
set-environment -g 'SSH_AUTH_SOCK' $HOME/ssh/ssh_auth_sock
# Fix issue with infocmp
set-environment -g 'TERM' 'xterm-256color'

# YaZi
set -g default-shell /bin/zsh
set -g default-terminal "tmux-256color"
set -g allow-passthrough on
set -ga update-environment TERM
set -ga update-environment TERM_PROGRAM

# Set prefix
unbind C-b
set -g prefix C-Space
set -g prefix2 C-b
bind C-Space send-prefix

# Shift+Alt vim keys to switch windows
bind -n M-H previous-window
bind -n M-L next-window
bind -n M-G display-popup -E "tmux new-session -A -s scratch"
bind r source-file ~/.config/tmux/tmux.conf
bind C-y set-window-option synchronize-panes

# Start windows and panes at 1, not 0
set -g base-index 1
set -g pane-base-index 1
set-window-option -g pane-base-index 1
set-option -g renumber-windows on

set -g @plugin 'tmux-plugins/tpm'
set -g @plugin 'tmux-plugins/tmux-sensible'
set -g @plugin 'christoomey/vim-tmux-navigator'
# set -g @plugin 'dreamsofcode-io/catppuccin-tmux'
set -g @plugin 'catppuccin/tmux'
set -g @plugin 'tmux-plugins/tmux-yank'

# Catppuccin theme configuration
# set -g @catppuccin_window_status_style "rounded"
# set -g status-left "#{E:@catppuccin_status_session}"
set -g window-status-separator ""
set -g status-left ""
set -g status-right "#{E:@catppuccin_status_application}"
set -ag status-right "#{E:@catppuccin_status_session}"
set -ag status-right "#{E:@catppuccin_status_date_time}"
set -g @catppuccin_date_time_text " %d/%m/%Y %H:%M"
set -g @catppuccin_window_text " #W"
set -g @catppuccin_window_current_text " #W"
set -g @catppuccin_window_number_color "#89b4fa"
set -g @catppuccin_window_current_number_color "#fab387"
set -g @catppuccin_window_left_separator ""
set -g @catppuccin_window_middle_separator ""
set -g @catppuccin_window_right_separator ""

run '~/.tmux/plugins/tpm/tpm'

# set vi-mode
set-window-option -g mode-keys vi

# From git config
is_vim="ps -o state= -o comm= -t '#{pane_tty}' \
    | grep -iqE '^[^TXZ ]+ +(\\S+\\/)?g?(view|l?n?vim?x?|fzf)(diff)?$'"

bind-key -n 'C-h' if-shell "$is_vim" 'send-keys C-h'  'select-pane -L'
bind-key -n 'C-j' if-shell "$is_vim" 'send-keys C-j'  'select-pane -D'
bind-key -n 'C-k' if-shell "$is_vim" 'send-keys C-k'  'select-pane -U'
bind-key -n 'C-l' if-shell "$is_vim" 'send-keys C-l'  'select-pane -R'

tmux_version='$(tmux -V | sed -En "s/^tmux ([0-9]+(.[0-9]+)?).*/\1/p")'
if-shell -b '[ "$(echo "$tmux_version < 3.0" | bc)" = 1 ]' \
    "bind-key -n 'C-\\' if-shell \"$is_vim\" 'send-keys C-\\'  'select-pane -l'"
if-shell -b '[ "$(echo "$tmux_version >= 3.0" | bc)" = 1 ]' \
    "bind-key -n 'C-\\' if-shell \"$is_vim\" 'send-keys C-\\\\'  'select-pane -l'"

bind-key -T copy-mode-vi 'C-h' select-pane -L
bind-key -T copy-mode-vi 'C-j' select-pane -D
bind-key -T copy-mode-vi 'C-k' select-pane -U
bind-key -T copy-mode-vi 'C-l' select-pane -R
bind-key -T copy-mode-vi 'C-\' select-pane -l

# keybindings
bind-key -T copy-mode-vi v send-keys -X begin-selection
bind-key -T copy-mode-vi C-v send-keys -X rectangle-toggle
bind-key -T copy-mode-vi y send-keys -X copy-selection-and-cancel

bind '"' split-window -v -c "#{pane_current_path}"
bind % split-window -h -c "#{pane_current_path}"

# Auto restore last saved environment
set -g @plugin 'tmux-plugins/tmux-resurrect'
set -g @plugin 'tmux-plugins/tmux-continuum'
set -g status-right 'Continuum status: #{continuum_status}'
set -g @continuum-save-interval '15'
set -g @continuum-restore 'on'

[mr-scrpt]

@Chucky2401
My problem was that I was getting my dotfiles from github on different systems, all other utilities and tmux itself worked fine, but there was a problem with session recovery.
So I uninstalled tmux and its configs, reinstalled tmux and copied the configs from my dotfiles, then the ~/.config/systemd/user/tmux.service file was created on the first startup and now everything seems to be stable, the only thing is that if I reboot the computer twice the sessions are lost

[Chucky2401]

@mr-scrpt
I tried remove tmux, remove symbolic links ~/.tmux and ~/.config/tmux and clean all plugins data in ~/dotfiles/.config/tmux/plugins.

After I reinstall tmux, start it, reuse stow to recreate the symlinks and install plugins, but nothing, always the same problem.

And, at this moment, I give another look to your conf file, and I see this line: run '~/.config/tmux/plugins/tpm/tpm' # always at end of file

The most important part was # always at end of file. Mine was not at the end 🤦
I move it to the end of the file, source it. I tried by killing the server, and right after run tmux again, session restore automatically!