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claude-code - 💡(How to fix) Fix [BUG] Desktop: Projects created before ~Jan 2025 missing from grid and search [2 comments, 2 participants]

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anthropics/claude-code#48997•Fetched 2026-04-17 08:53:41
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Error Messages/Logs

No error messages. The projects are silently omitted — no console errors in DevTools either.

Code Example

No error messages. The projects are silently omitted — no console errors in DevTools either.
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  • This is a single bug report (please file separate reports for different bugs)
  • I am using the latest version of Claude Code

What's Wrong?

Claude Desktop's Projects view silently omits some projects that are fully visible on claude.ai web UI. Both the grid and search are affected — searching by exact name returns "No projects match your search" in Desktop while the web UI finds them immediately.

Using Desktop's DevTools (Developer → Show Dev Tools), I confirmed the /projects API response contains all projects, including the missing ones. The data arrives; it just doesn't render.

After checking each project individually, the split appears to be by creation date (names redacted for privacy):

ProjectCreatedDesktop
Project A2024-10-27missing
Project B2024-10-31missing
Project C2024-11-06missing
Project D2024-12-17missing
Project E2025-02-21visible
Project F2025-03-10visible
Project G2025-03-24visible

All 24 projects created May 2025+ are also visible. The threshold falls between 2024-12-17 and 2025-02-21.

What Should Happen?

All projects visible on claude.ai web should also be visible and searchable in Claude Desktop.

Error Messages/Logs

No error messages. The projects are silently omitted — no console errors in DevTools either.

Steps to Reproduce

  1. Have a claude.ai account with projects created before January 2025
  2. Open Claude Desktop → Projects
  3. Note which projects appear
  4. Open claude.ai web → Projects
  5. Compare — projects created before ~Jan 2025 are missing from Desktop
  6. Search for a missing project by name in Desktop → "No projects match your search"
  7. Search for the same name in web UI → found

Claude Model

None

Is this a regression?

I don't know

Last Working Version

No response

Claude Code Version

2.1.110 (Claude Code)

Platform

Anthropic API

Operating System

Windows

Terminal/Shell

Windows Terminal

Additional Information

Ruled out:

  • Not a data-fetching issue — the missing projects are present in the API response captured from Desktop's own DevTools
  • Not updated_at recency — renaming a missing project on web (bumping its updated_at to today) did not make it appear in Desktop
  • Not sort order — tested all three Desktop sort modes (Activity, Name, Date), same projects missing
  • Not local state — persists across sign-out/sign-in, fresh reinstall, and Electron cache clear
<img width="1004" height="435" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/e5c25506-acaa-4964-b96e-07b8bbfccd6e" /> <img width="2547" height="419" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/8ca16908-2fce-4bb1-91fe-b91025cea9cd" />

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TL;DR

The issue can likely be resolved by investigating and adjusting the date-based filtering logic in the Claude Desktop application.

Guidance

  • Investigate the code responsible for rendering projects in the Claude Desktop application, focusing on any date-related filtering or sorting logic that might be causing projects created before January 2025 to be omitted.
  • Verify that the /projects API response is being correctly parsed and that all projects are being passed to the rendering component.
  • Check for any hardcoded date thresholds or assumptions in the code that might be causing the issue.
  • Consider adding logging or debugging statements to understand how the application is handling the project data and why certain projects are not being rendered.

Example

No specific code example can be provided without access to the Claude Desktop application codebase, but the investigation should focus on the project rendering logic and any date-related filtering.

Notes

The issue seems to be related to a specific date range (projects created before January 2025), which suggests a potential issue with date-based filtering or sorting logic in the application. Without access to the code, it's difficult to provide a more specific solution.

Recommendation

Apply a workaround by temporarily adjusting the filtering logic to include all projects, regardless of creation date, to verify that the issue is indeed related to date-based filtering. This can help confirm the root cause and guide further debugging efforts.

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