Rank, 14 days: 133 on the Claude Code sheet
6 people reported
All time, since Sep 17, including 2 thumbs-up on GitHub.
Transcripts silently deleted
“Sessions older than about 30 days still appeared in the sidebar, but opening them showed an empty conversation.”
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Session transcripts silently deleted after 30 days without warning. Cleanup via cleanupPeriodDays (default 30) removes transcripts from ~/.claude/projects/ while the desktop app sidebar still lists the sessions.
Is this your bug?
File my report- Where
- session transcript cleanup
- Error text
Session not found on disk- Versions
- 2.1.271 to 2.1.308
- Platforms
- Linux, macOS, Windows
- How bad
- Loses work: code or files lost or damaged. Some reports say it used to work.
Related: Sessions vanish from Desktop sidebar
Not quite your bug?
- Inconsistent transcript deletion2 people
- Desktop session list empty11 people
- Sessions auto-archived unexpectedly3 people
Original reports5, newest first
- Desktop app silently deletes session transcripts after 30 days even with 'Archive inactive sessions: Never'#105500
- Desktop app silently deletes session transcripts after 30 days even with 'Archive inactive sessions: Never'#105498
- Claude Code silently deletes session transcripts after 30 days with no consent, warning, or UI#99817
- Session history silently deleted with no warning when app is reopened after 30+ days#95203
- Claude does delete conversation data after cleanupPeriodDays#95141