[BUG] Chats Disappearing

Preflight Checklist

• [x] I have searched existing issues and this hasn't been reported yet
• [x] This is a single bug report (please file separate reports for different bugs)
• [x] I am using the latest version of Claude Code

What's Wrong?

More than half of my claude code chats are just disappearing. They exist in ~/.claude/projects/.../, I can grab their IDs, I run claude -r [id], then it loads for 5 minutes straight, using ~20GB of ram in this period, and then eventually says No conversation found with session ID: .... This happens with more than half of the chats I have with claude, so I keep losing a ton of progress and context continuously.

What Should Happen?

claude -r should include all of the chats I had in that specific project, and running claude -r [id] should spin that chat up.

Error Messages/Logs

Steps to Reproduce

1. Start a new claude chat.
2. Have a chat.
3. Exit the chat through normal means (ctrl+c).
4. Run claude -r or claude -r [id of the chat].
5. 50% of the time, in the claude -r list, my chat doesn't appear; or claude -r [id] errors with "No conversation found with session ID".

Claude Model

None

Is this a regression?

Yes, this worked in a previous version

Last Working Version

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Claude Code Version

2.1.12

Platform

Anthropic API

Operating System

macOS

Terminal/Shell

Other

Additional Information

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