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The default location that OpenHands looks for .openhands directory has moved in recent versions but the docs were not completely updated.

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The container can either mount at /root/.openhands or set an env var to tell location. I went with /root to match an existing document update that shows running openhands-cli inside a docker container and also mounts at /root.

I have seen some reports in Github Issues and Slack of users confused why conversations are no longer lasting past a container restart and other confusion on behavior differences in $HOME/.openhands after upgrading.

The default location that OpenHands looks for .openhands
directory has moved in recent versions but the docs were
not completely updated.
@cbagwell cbagwell requested a review from mamoodi as a code owner January 31, 2026 01:11
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