VSCode Remote-WSL: Chat session not persisted after Reload Window

What happened?

In VSCode Remote-WSL environment, the chat session is lost after executing "Reload Window" command. The extension starts a fresh new conversation instead of restoring the previous one.

In code-server (browser-based), refreshing the page preserves the chat session correctly. But in VSCode Remote-WSL, the chatSessions folder is never created in workspaceStorage.

What did you expect to happen?

Chat session should persist after Reload Window, just like in code-server.

Relevant environment info

• OS: WSL2 Ubuntu 24.04.2 LTS (Kernel 6.6.87.2-microsoft-standard-WSL2)
• VSCode: Remote-WSL environment
• Claude Code Extension: 2.0.75 (also tested 2.0.13 - same issue)
• Node.js: v24.1.0
• Shell: bash

Claude Code version

2.0.75

Additional Context

• Session data files exist in ~/.claude/projects/ but are not restored by the extension
• chatSessions folder is NOT created in ~/.vscode-server/data/User/workspaceStorage/
• Tested with both symlinked ~/.claude (pointing to Windows path) and native WSL folder - same result
• Workaround: Using claude --resume in terminal