Desktop app: message typed and sent is lost when session-expiry re-login interrupts sending
Status Fixed / completed
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Activity 0 comments · opened Jul 18, 2026 · closed Jul 21, 2026
Environment: Claude Code desktop app, Windows 11 Pro (10.0.26200)
Steps to reproduce:
- Leave the app idle long enough for the auth session to expire (~2 weeks in my case).
- Open the app, type a long message and press Send.
- Only now the app notices the expired session and shows the "please log in" window; complete the login.
Actual result: After successful re-login the UI re-renders and the message is gone — it was never sent and the input box is empty. There is no way to recover the text.
Expected result: The draft/pending message should survive re-authentication: either send it after login succeeds, or restore it into the input box. At minimum, validate the session before accepting Send, so the user isn't allowed to "send" into the void.
Impact: A long, carefully written prompt is permanently lost with no warning. Extremely frustrating.