[BUG] /resume not listing sessions in v2.1.30 - sessions-index.json not populated

Found 3 possible duplicate issues:

1. https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues/22205
2. https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues/22462
3. https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues/18619

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Fixed for me rolling back to 2.1.29

This is also occurring on v2.1.31.

This is also occurring on 2.1.34 still for me:

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On a hunch, I just removed all git worktrees and checked again and now it's populated again. Might be worth checking if that fixes it for you as well. Still a bug though, it worked with git worktrees until a few versions ago.

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the stupid thing sometimes it works... and sometimes it just empty or freezes straight up(hook issues #23636 , there is another ticket for it)

gotta say the windows version is always breaking...

yolo is just my windows powershell shortcut(notepad $PROFILE) ( function yolo { claude --chrome --dangerously-skip-permissions $args } )

I am having the same issue on Ubuntu. Does not matter from which git / root I run it...

I'm encountering this too (2.1.39 on macOS).

Additional data point (macOS 15, arm64):

Project: 19 .jsonl files on disk, 5 real sessions (rest are file-history-snapshot/summary).

• sessions-index.json contains all 5 sessions
• 2.1.31+ shows only 3 of 5 indexed sessions in the picker
• 2.1.29 shows all 5 sessions correctly

So the issue is not just about sessions-index.json being incomplete — even sessions that ARE in the index get dropped by the newer resume picker.

Workaround: claude install 2.1.29

This issue is tracked in the consolidated report at #26123, which identifies 3 distinct root causes (index writes stopped Feb 4, picker hardcoded to 10-session batch, Windows worktree case-sensitivity) with source-level analysis and a one-line fix. Please add your thumbs-up there to help it reach the oncall triage threshold.

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The consolidated issue with full root cause analysis (3 bugs identified, one-line fix included) is here: #26123

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The root causes are fully identified, a one-line fix exists, and community repair scripts are available. The only thing missing is enough engagement on a single issue to cross the oncall threshold. We can get this fixed if we stop splitting our votes across 12 separate reports.

The /resume session picker showing empty despite sessions existing on disk? There are three known root causes in v2.1.30+ — including a git worktrees path issue and a hardcoded 10-session batch limit. You can still resume by session ID directly while waiting for a fix: https://cacheoverflow.dev/blog/FdqKCduR