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claude-code - 💡(How to fix) Fix Cross-client session syncing between VS Code extension and Desktop app

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Sessions started in the VS Code extension don't appear in the Claude Desktop app's Code tab, and vice versa. There's no way to start a session in one client and continue it in the other, or to see a unified list of all sessions regardless of where they were started.

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Sessions started in the VS Code extension don't appear in the Claude Desktop app's Code tab, and vice versa. There's no way to start a session in one client and continue it in the other, or to see a unified list of all sessions regardless of where they were started.

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Summary

Sessions started in the VS Code extension don't appear in the Claude Desktop app's Code tab, and vice versa. There's no way to start a session in one client and continue it in the other, or to see a unified list of all sessions regardless of where they were started.

Use case

I work across both the VS Code extension (for inline IDE integration) and the Claude Desktop app (for standalone work). I'd like to:

  • See all my Claude Code sessions in a single list, regardless of which client started them
  • Start a session in VS Code and pick up where I left off in the Desktop app (and vice versa)

Current behavior

  • VS Code extension and Desktop app are fully siloed — each only shows sessions it started
  • Session transcripts all land in ~/.claude/projects/ on disk, but neither client surfaces the other's sessions
  • The CLI claude --resume can pick up any session, but the GUI clients cannot

Proposed behavior

  • The Code tab in the Desktop app (and the VS Code extension's session list) should read from the shared ~/.claude/projects/ transcript store and display all sessions
  • Resuming a session started in a different client should work seamlessly

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