[FEATURE] Option to disable automatic session renaming in VS Code extension

Resolved 💬 3 comments Opened Mar 18, 2026 by willblosser Closed Mar 21, 2026

Description

The VS Code extension automatically renames/retitles sessions in the conversation history sidebar. This appears to happen on extension restart (e.g., after reloading extensions). There is currently no setting to disable this behavior.

Request

Add a setting like claudeCode.autoRenameSession (default true) that allows users to disable automatic session renaming, so manually set session names are preserved across extension restarts.

Current behavior

  • Sessions get auto-renamed after restarting extensions
  • No way to prevent this — manual renames get overwritten

Expected behavior

  • A setting to opt out of automatic session renaming
  • Manually renamed sessions should persist and not be overwritten

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