Why we're betting on Durable Sessions

After speaking with over 40 engineering teams, Ably identifies a critical gap in AI agent infrastructure: the lack of durable sessions that survive disconnects, provide crash detection, and enable multi-device continuity. Drawing on a decade of real-time messaging experience, Ably argues that as agents become more human-like, they need the same session infrastructure that powers human communication. The article announces a new category 'Durable Sessions' and invites the industry to build it together.