Desktop: no way to dismiss "needs my input" indicator on a finished session

Resolved 💬 1 comment Opened May 22, 2026 by benjamingrime Closed Jun 21, 2026

Summary

In the Claude Code desktop app, when the agent is paused waiting for the user (the yellow "needs my input" dot appears next to the session in the sidebar), there's no way to clear that indicator if the user considers the session complete and doesn't want to send another message.

Sending any reply (even "done" / "stop") clears it, and /clear resets the session — but both of those are workarounds that either add a junk turn to the transcript or destroy session state. There's no "session is done, dismiss this" affordance.

Repro

  1. Have a conversation where the agent ends a turn in a way that leaves it waiting on the user (e.g. asks a clarifying question, completes a task and pauses).
  2. Decide the session is complete and you don't want to reply.
  3. The yellow "needs my input" dot persists on that session in the sidebar indefinitely.

Expected

Some way to mark the session done from the user side without:

  • having to send a message (which adds an unnecessary turn), or
  • having to use /clear (which is destructive).

A right-click "mark as done" / "dismiss indicator" or similar would do it.

Environment

  • Claude Code desktop, macOS

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