Session history not showing in desktop app sidebar after update (Windows 11)

Description

The Claude Code desktop app sidebar only shows 2 recent sessions. All older session history is missing from the UI, even though the data exists on disk.

Environment

• OS: Windows 11 Home 10.0.26200
• App: Claude Code desktop app

Steps to Reproduce

1. Use Claude Code desktop app across multiple projects over several days/weeks
2. Update the app (or restart)
3. Open the app — sidebar shows only 1-2 recent sessions; all others are gone

Expected Behavior

All previous sessions should appear in the sidebar.

Actual Behavior

Only the most recent 1-2 sessions are visible. All older sessions are missing from the sidebar UI.

Investigation

Checked local storage — session data is not lost. The ~/.claude/projects/ directory contains 20+ project folders with history dating back weeks. The desktop app is simply not displaying them.

Example projects found on disk:

• K--programming-projects-TN-Apps-QA-Trainer
• K--programming-projects-TN-Components-Party
• K--programming-projects-ai-Truenorth-AI-Context
• And many more...

The AppData\Roaming\Claude\ directory contains only a config file (claude_desktp_config.rnd) — no session folder — suggesting a directory migration failure may be causing the UI to look in the wrong place.

Related Issues

This appears related to:

• #29373 — Claude Desktop update loses Code session history
• #29154 — Session history lost after updating to v1.1.4328
• #27752 — Session history disappears from UI after restarting