feat: add SQLite session store support

Add NewSQLiteSessionManager helper that creates an SCS session manager
backed by SQLite, allowing sessions to persist across server restarts.
The function handles table creation automatically.

go.mod

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ require maragu.dev/gomponents v1.2.0
 
 require (
 	github.com/DATA-DOG/go-sqlmock v1.5.2
+	github.com/alexedwards/scs/sqlite3store v0.0.0-20251002162104-209de6e426de
 	github.com/alexedwards/scs/v2 v2.9.0
 	github.com/mattn/go-sqlite3 v1.14.32
 	github.com/starfederation/datastar-go v1.0.3

go.sum

@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ github.com/CAFxX/httpcompression v0.0.9 h1:0ue2X8dOLEpxTm8tt+OdHcgA+gbDge0OqFQWG
 github.com/CAFxX/httpcompression v0.0.9/go.mod h1:XX8oPZA+4IDcfZ0A71Hz0mZsv/YJOgYygkFhizVPilM=
 github.com/DATA-DOG/go-sqlmock v1.5.2 h1:OcvFkGmslmlZibjAjaHm3L//6LiuBgolP7OputlJIzU=
 github.com/DATA-DOG/go-sqlmock v1.5.2/go.mod h1:88MAG/4G7SMwSE3CeA0ZKzrT5CiOU3OJ+JlNzwDqpNU=
+github.com/alexedwards/scs/sqlite3store v0.0.0-20251002162104-209de6e426de h1:c72K9HLu6K442et0j3BUL/9HEYaUJouLkkVANdmqTOo=
+github.com/alexedwards/scs/sqlite3store v0.0.0-20251002162104-209de6e426de/go.mod h1:Iyk7S76cxGaiEX/mSYmTZzYehp4KfyylcLaV3OnToss=
 github.com/alexedwards/scs/v2 v2.9.0 h1:xa05mVpwTBm1iLeTMNFfAWpKUm4fXAW7CeAViqBVS90=
 github.com/alexedwards/scs/v2 v2.9.0/go.mod h1:ToaROZxyKukJKT/xLcVQAChi5k6+Pn1Gvmdl7h3RRj8=
 github.com/andybalholm/brotli v1.0.5/go.mod h1:fO7iG3H7G2nSZ7m0zPUDn85XEX2GTukHGRSepvi9Eig=
@@ -17,6 +19,7 @@ github.com/klauspost/compress v1.16.7/go.mod h1:ntbaceVETuRiXiv4DpjP66DpAtAGkEQs
 github.com/klauspost/compress v1.18.0 h1:c/Cqfb0r+Yi+JtIEq73FWXVkRonBlf0CRNYc8Zttxdo=
 github.com/klauspost/compress v1.18.0/go.mod h1:2Pp+KzxcywXVXMr50+X0Q/Lsb43OQHYWRCY2AiWywWQ=
 github.com/klauspost/pgzip v1.2.6/go.mod h1:Ch1tH69qFZu15pkjo5kYi6mth2Zzwzt50oCQKQE9RUs=
+github.com/mattn/go-sqlite3 v1.14.6/go.mod h1:NyWgC/yNuGj7Q9rpYnZvas74GogHl5/Z4A/KQRfk6bU=
 github.com/mattn/go-sqlite3 v1.14.32 h1:JD12Ag3oLy1zQA+BNn74xRgaBbdhbNIDYvQUEuuErjs=
 github.com/mattn/go-sqlite3 v1.14.32/go.mod h1:Uh1q+B4BYcTPb+yiD3kU8Ct7aC0hY9fxUwlHK0RXw+Y=
 github.com/pierrec/lz4/v4 v4.1.18 h1:xaKrnTkyoqfh1YItXl56+6KJNVYWlEEPuAQW9xsplYQ=

internal/examples/session/main.go

@@ -1,13 +1,33 @@
 package main
 
 import (
+	"database/sql"
+	"log"
+
+	_ "github.com/mattn/go-sqlite3"
 	"github.com/ryanhamamura/via"
 	"github.com/ryanhamamura/via/h"
 )
 
 func main() {
+	// Open SQLite database for persistent sessions
+	db, err := sql.Open("sqlite3", "sessions.db")
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatalf("failed to open database: %v", err)
+	}
+	defer db.Close()
+
+	// Create session manager with SQLite store
+	sm, err := via.NewSQLiteSessionManager(db)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatalf("failed to create session manager: %v", err)
+	}
+
 	v := via.New()
-	v.Config(via.Options{ServerAddress: ":7331"})
+	v.Config(via.Options{
+		ServerAddress:  ":7331",
+		SessionManager: sm,
+	})
 
 	// Login page
 	v.Page("/login", func(c *via.Context) {

session.go

@@ -2,11 +2,34 @@ package via
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"database/sql"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/alexedwards/scs/sqlite3store"
 	"github.com/alexedwards/scs/v2"
 )
 
+// NewSQLiteSessionManager creates a session manager using SQLite for persistence.
+// Creates the sessions table if it doesn't exist.
+// The returned manager can be configured further (Lifetime, Cookie settings, etc.)
+// before passing to Options.SessionManager.
+func NewSQLiteSessionManager(db *sql.DB) (*scs.SessionManager, error) {
+	_, err := db.Exec(`
+		CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS sessions (
+			token TEXT PRIMARY KEY,
+			data BLOB NOT NULL,
+			expiry REAL NOT NULL
+		);
+		CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS sessions_expiry_idx ON sessions(expiry);
+	`)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	sm := scs.New()
+	sm.Store = sqlite3store.New(db)
+	return sm, nil
+}
+
 // Session provides access to the user's session data.
 // Session data persists across page views for the same browser.
 type Session struct {

via.go

@@ -408,10 +408,6 @@ func New() *V {
 	}
 
 	v.mux.HandleFunc("GET /_sse", func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-		isReconnect := false
-		if r.Header.Get("last-event-id") == "via" {
-			isReconnect = true
-		}
 		var sigs map[string]any
 		_ = datastar.ReadSignals(r, &sigs)
 		cID, _ := sigs["via-ctx"].(string)
@@ -436,11 +432,7 @@ func New() *V {
 		v.logDebug(c, "SSE connection established")
 
 		go func() {
-			if isReconnect || v.cfg.DevMode {
-				c.Sync()
-				return
-			}
-			c.SyncSignals()
+			c.Sync()
 		}()
 
 		for {