From 9e147093ec77e3e49c1f56038c5e41d871fab5c3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Fimeg <casey.tunturi@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2026 11:01:37 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] handlers: session_or_hydrate returns the dashmap guard, not
 Arc

the session index holds values; get() hands back a Ref tied to the map
borrow. The Arc-typed helper was a type error on its first CI run.
---
 src/api/handlers.rs | 7 ++++---
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/api/handlers.rs b/src/api/handlers.rs
index 9837735..c4716da 100644
--- a/src/api/handlers.rs
+++ b/src/api/handlers.rs
@@ -4,10 +4,11 @@ use crate::server::SouveraineServer;
 /// Resolve a session, hydrating from disk when a freshly booted server has
 /// not loaded this conversation yet. Surfaces hold conversation ids, not a
 /// map; a restart must answer a held id without a prior listing.
-async fn session_or_hydrate(
-    server: &SouveraineServer,
+async fn session_or_hydrate<'a>(
+    server: &'a SouveraineServer,
     id: &str,
-) -> Result<Arc<crate::server::session_manager::Session>, ApiError> {
+) -> Result<dashmap::mapref::one::Ref<'a, String, crate::server::session_manager::Session>, ApiError>
+{
     if let Some(session) = server.sessions.get(id) {
         return Ok(session);
     }