### Preflight Checklist - [x] I have searched [existing issues](https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues?q=is%3Aissue%20state%3Aopen%20label%3Abug) and this hasn't been reported yet - [x] This is a single bug report (please file separate reports for different bugs) - [x] I am using the latest version of Claude Code ### What's Wrong? On Claude Desktop for Windows 1.22209.3, the global Cowork session list is stale, while the project-scoped session list is correct. Both are visible on sc

[BUG] Desktop Windows: global session list (sidebar Recents + Home "Active") is frozen at an arbitrary past cutoff, while the project-scoped list is correct — same app, same moment, two contradictory lists

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Activity 0 comments · opened Jul 20, 2026

Preflight Checklist

[x] I have searched existing issues and this hasn't been reported yet
[x] This is a single bug report (please file separate reports for different bugs)
[x] I am using the latest version of Claude Code

What's Wrong?

On Claude Desktop for Windows 1.22209.3, the global Cowork session list is stale, while the project-scoped session list is correct. Both are visible on screen simultaneously and disagree.

Two surfaces show the stale list:

the left sidebar "Recents" section
the "Active" section on the Home view

Both are frozen at an arbitrary past cutoff. This morning the cutoff was ~16:00 the previous day. A few hours later, after a full quit and relaunch, the cutoff had moved to ~4 days ago. The cutoff is stable within a single app run and differs between runs. It does not track actual recency in either case.

Meanwhile, opening a project shows that project's own Recents section listing sessions correctly, including one created 2 minutes earlier that is absent from the sidebar and from Home.

The Pinned section is also affected: it renders a small stale subset (2 entries) of the sessions I have pinned, unchanged across relaunches. That specific symptom may be #78317.

Screenshot below: single screenshot, single app run. Sidebar "Recents" on the left lists only older sessions; the project view in the centre lists "Bug conversations disparaissent — 2 minutes ago". Neither the sidebar nor Home ever shows it.

The local data is complete and correctly ordered. From inside a Cowork session I asked the assistant to enumerate local sessions. It returned 231 sessions from %APPDATA%\Claude\local-agent-mode-sessions\, ordered correctly by recency, with the UI-invisible conversation as the top entry.

Note on related issues. #78981 reports desktop truncation with a complete list on claude.ai web. That does not match here: on my account the web view is truncated in the same way, so this is not a desktop-only rendering problem. Filing separately; happy to have it merged if triage sees one root cause.

What Should Happen?

The sidebar Recents and Home "Active" lists should reflect actual recency, and should agree with the project-scoped list rendered at the same moment in the same app run.

Error Messages/Logs

Steps to Reproduce

1.Windows 11, Claude Desktop for Windows 1.22209.3, Pro plan, an account with a few hundred Cowork sessions across several projects.
2.Start a new Cowork conversation inside a project and exchange a few messages.
3.Look at the left sidebar "Recents" and at the "Active" list on Home: the new conversation is absent, and the most recent entry listed is hours or days old.
4.Open the project it belongs to: the project's own Recents section lists it correctly with an accurate timestamp.
5.Fully quit the app from the system tray and relaunch. The sidebar/Home cutoff has moved to a different arbitrary point in the past and is again stable for the duration of the run.

Claude Model

Opus

Is this a regression?

Yes, this worked in a previous version

Last Working Version

Working as of 19 July 2026 ~16:00; broken on next use, 20 July morning.

Claude Code Version

1.22209.3 (babe11), Claude Desktop for Windows

Platform

Other

Operating System

Windows

Terminal/Shell

Other

Additional Information

Platform is the Claude Desktop app with a Claude.ai subscription (not API), so I selected "Other" as the closest option; Terminal/Shell is not applicable as this is a UI bug.

Machine: ThinkPad 20S1S35G00, Intel i5-10310U, 16 GB RAM, Windows 11.

Impact: a Cowork conversation is only reachable through its project. Anything started outside a project, or whose project you do not remember, is effectively lost from the UI. I lost access to an active working thread this way before realising the project view still had it.

Happy to provide logs or the full session listing.

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