History Conversation List Shows Titles but Content Area is Empty

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?

Description

When clicking on a conversation from the history list in VSCode sidebar, the conversation title appears in the list but the chat content area remains completely empty. The conversation files (.jsonl) exist on disk and contain the full conversation data.

Steps to Reproduce

1. Have a conversation with Claude Code
2. Close the conversation window
3. Open the conversation history list
4. Click on any previous conversation from the list
5. The conversation title shows in the list, but the main content area is blank

What Should Happen?

Expected Behavior

When clicking on a historical conversation, the full conversation content should be loaded and displayed in the chat panel, showing all previous messages and responses.

Actual Behavior

The conversation title appears in the list, but clicking it shows an empty content area. No error messages are displayed.

Error Messages/Logs

Steps to Reproduce

Steps to Reproduce

1. Have a conversation with Claude Code
2. Close the conversation window
3. Open the conversation history list
4. Click on any previous conversation from the list
5. The conversation title shows in the list, but the main content area is blank

Claude Model

None

Is this a regression?

Yes, this worked in a previous version

Last Working Version

_No response_

Claude Code Version

2.1.69 (Claude Code)

Platform

Anthropic API

Operating System

Ubuntu/Debian Linux

Terminal/Shell

VS Code integrated terminal

Additional Information

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