Allow disabling automatic conversation title renaming
Resolved 💬 4 comments Opened Mar 18, 2026 by IJOL Closed Apr 17, 2026
Problem
Claude Code automatically renames chat/conversation titles during the session. This is disruptive for users who intentionally name their chats (e.g., prefixing with project names like "WELLTA:", "RIOS:", etc.).
The title gets overwritten multiple times during a conversation, losing the user's original naming convention.
Expected behavior
A setting to disable automatic title renaming, e.g.:
{
"titleAutoRename": false
}
Or at minimum, only rename once at the start and never again during the session.
Environment
- Claude Code VS Code extension
- Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context)
- Linux
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