[DOCS] Agent view docs omit task checklist persistence after `←` navigation

Open 💬 0 comments Opened Jul 15, 2026 by coygeek

Documentation Type

Missing documentation (feature not documented)

Documentation Location

https://code.claude.com/docs/en/agent-view

Section/Topic

The Quick start "Attach and detach" step and the task-list guidance in the interactive-mode documentation.

Current Documentation

The agent-view guide explains the navigation but not what happens to the current session's task checklist:

Press Enter or on a row to attach when you want the full conversation. The session takes over the terminal as a full interactive Claude Code session. Press on an empty prompt to detach and return to the table.

The task-list documentation says:

Tasks persist across context compactions, helping Claude stay organized on larger projects

What's Wrong or Missing?

Claude Code v2.1.210 fixed pressing to open the agents view dropping the task tracker when returning to the session. The documentation explains how backgrounds or detaches a session and separately says that tasks persist across context compactions, but it does not state that the task checklist also remains available when the user opens agent view and returns to the session.

Without this information, users who navigate to agent view from a session may not know whether the checklist is expected to survive the transition or whether they need to recreate it after returning.

Suggested Improvement

Add a short note to the agent-view navigation guidance and cross-reference it from the task-list section. For example:

Opening agent view with and returning to the session does not discard the session's task checklist. The checklist remains available when you return. This behavior is fixed in Claude Code v2.1.210 and later.

Clarify that this checklist is the current session's Ctrl+T task list, not the separate background-session list shown by /tasks or agent view.

Impact

Medium - Makes feature difficult to understand

Additional Context

Affected Pages:
| Page | Line(s) | Context |
|------|---------|---------|
| https://code.claude.com/docs/en/agent-view | 60-65, 201-217 | Opening agent view from a session, attaching, and detaching with |
| https://code.claude.com/docs/en/interactive-mode#task-list | 367-374 | Task checklist behavior and persistence |

Total scope: 2 pages affected

The behavior change is documented in the Claude Code v2.1.210 release notes. The note should distinguish the task checklist from the /tasks background-task view, which the existing interactive-mode documentation already treats as a separate feature.

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