---
title: "POST /api/experimental/persistent-pty/handoff"
method: POST
path: "/api/experimental/persistent-pty/handoff"
tags: ["persistentPty"]
---

# POST /api/experimental/persistent-pty/handoff

`POST /api/experimental/persistent-pty/handoff`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://opencode.ai` (the document declares no server; this is the origin it was published from)
- URL: `https://opencode.ai/api/experimental/persistent-pty/handoff`
- Auth: none required

## Response `200`

Success

- object
  - `handoff` PersistentPtyHandoff, required
    - `directory` string, required
    - `instanceID` string, required
    - `ticket` string, required
    - `expiresAt` union, required
      - number
      - 'Infinity' | '-Infinity' | 'NaN'

## Other responses

- `400`: InvalidRequestError
- `401`: UnauthorizedError
- `503`: ServiceUnavailableError

## Changes

> 50 revisions in range; 1 not diffed.

- **2026-10-28** `079d83620443`: 1 info
  - api operation id `server.experimental.persistentPty.handoff` removed and replaced with `experimental.persistentPty.handoff`

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/kaaass/apis/opencode/changes/api/experimental/persistent-pty/handoff/post.md)

---

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