From db584694adc837ff4743abe2d555f74f2985c9d7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kovid Goyal <kovid@kovidgoyal.net>
Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2025 15:38:34 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] Fix serialization not working when active_tab_history is
 empty

---
 kitty/tabs.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kitty/tabs.py b/kitty/tabs.py
index 49ef66f79..cf3f00220 100644
--- a/kitty/tabs.py
+++ b/kitty/tabs.py
@@ -1189,7 +1189,7 @@ class TabManager:  # {{{
     def serialize_state_as_session(self) -> list[str]:
         tmap = {tab.id: tab for tab in self}
         ans = []
-        for tab_id in self.active_tab_history:
+        for tab_id in self.active_tab_history or tmap:
             tab = tmap.get(tab_id)
             if tab is not None:
                 ans.extend(tab.serialize_state_as_session())