New conversations inherit renamed session title

Open 💬 0 comments Opened Jun 14, 2026 by volkiz

Bug Description

After manually renaming a conversation to a custom title, all subsequently opened new conversations inherit that title instead of receiving their own auto-generated names.

Steps to Reproduce

  1. Open Claude Code (VS Code extension or CLI)
  2. Have an active conversation
  3. Rename the conversation to a custom title (e.g., /rename fable-prompt or via UI rename)
  4. Confirm rename succeeds
  5. Open or create a new conversation
  6. The new conversation displays with the old conversation's custom title instead of its own auto-generated title
  7. All subsequent new conversations also inherit the same incorrect title

Expected Behavior

Each new conversation should receive its own unique auto-generated title based on its content/context. A manually-set title in one conversation should not propagate to new conversations.

Actual Behavior

New conversations display with the previously renamed conversation's title, leading to duplicate/confusing session names in the /resume list.

Environment

  • Platform: VS Code extension (Windows 11)
  • Claude Code version: Latest
  • OS: Windows 11 Pro

Additional Context

This appears to be a conversation naming/state management issue where the renamed title is incorrectly applied as a default/template for new conversations instead of being scoped to a single session.

Related issues (different manifestations):

  • #65010 — manual rename gets overwritten by auto-titling
  • #31394 — /rename doesn't persist in /resume list
  • #65361 — renamed session disappears from /resume

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