claude-code - 💡(How to fix) Fix [BUG] Session history lost after restarting Windows [1 comments, 2 participants]

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anthropics/claude-code#58561Fetched 2026-05-14 03:45:07
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What's Wrong?

Title: Session history lost after restarting Windows

Describe the bug

All previous chat sessions disappeared after restarting Windows 11. The left sidebar under the project only shows the current session; all historical sessions are gone and cannot be recovered.

To reproduce

Open Claude Code desktop app on Windows 11 Have multiple chat sessions under a project Restart the computer Reopen Claude Code — all previous sessions are missing Expected behavior

Session history should persist across computer restarts.

Environment

OS: Windows 11 Home (10.0.26200) Claude Code: Desktop App Mode: Code

What Should Happen?

Session history should persist across computer restarts and be visible in the left sidebar.

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Steps to Reproduce

  1. Open Claude Code desktop app on Windows
  2. Start multiple chat sessions under a project
  3. Restart the computer
  4. Reopen Claude Code
  5. All previous sessions are gone from the left sidebar

Claude Model

Opus

Is this a regression?

I don't know

Last Working Version

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Claude Code Version

2.1.139 (Claude Code)

Platform

Anthropic API

Operating System

Windows

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