[BUG] /rewind not working properly

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1. https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues/8667
2. https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues/8176
3. https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues/7742

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I don't even get an option to restore "code and conversation." After selecting a checkpoint it immediately jumps back to conversation mode and only the messages are reverted — none of the code changes are restored.

hey @gaozhitw - can you check that you've updated to the latest version (> v2.0.0)? It'd be helpful if you can show a quick screenshot of your Double Esc menu as well

hey @rakafantino - any chance you can run claude -d2e 2> >(grep -i FileHistory > rewind.log) to get the logs while you try and reproduce the issue? you can check rewind.log first to make sure there's no sensitive info before sharing the logs

@hackyon-anthropic

I'm on version 2.0.5 and I have the same problem.

I ran the command claude -d2e 2> >(grep -i FileHistory > rewind.log) to get the logs and then ran the rewind command. The generated log file has 0 bytes and nothing changed in the codebase

Here is the screenshot for the Double Esc menu

<img width="1563" height="1032" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/04d93983-b4da-4468-8464-6583a12a3333" />

Thanks @AdrielSantana. It looks like code restore hasn't been enabled in your claude at all. Can you use /config to see if you see Rewind code (checkpoints) true as an option?

The checkpointing feature is gated behind a feature/experiment flag, which is fetched from a remote server. It also possible that the flag fetch will fail if you have some special firewall or network configuration set up that blocks or otherwise proxies network traffic in a special way

No options here, between im using the Vertex AI model, is it the problem?

with these variables

export CLAUDE_CODE_USE_VERTEX=1
export CLOUD_ML_REGION=global
export ANTHROPIC_VERTEX_PROJECT_ID=my-project-id
export VERTEX_REGION_CLAUDE_3_5_HAIKU=us-east5

<img width="865" height="627" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/547aa050-b114-4180-bf22-5389d6df7d60" />

Ah yes, it won't be available in Vertex/Bedrock for now. We're looking to remove the feature flag and enable it for Vertex/Bedrock sometime early/mid next week!

Hey @hackyon-anthropic I'm AFK rn, but i'll give you the log as soon as i go back to my desk.

Ah yes, it won't be available in Vertex/Bedrock for now. We're looking to remove the feature flag and enable it for Vertex/Bedrock sometime early/mid next week!

Thanks for the reply, im going to look forward to that next week

hey @gaozhitw - can you check that you've updated to the latest version (> v2.0.0)? It'd be helpful if you can show a quick screenshot of your Double Esc menu as well

Hello,

I am using version 2.0.5. Later I reviewed the follow-up discussion and confirmed that the /config command indeed did not show an option related to "checkpoints". After adjusting my network settings, I restarted and opened a new conversation, and the /rewind feature started working properly. Now /config shows the Rewind code (checkpoints) option, and rewinding restores the code as expected.

Thanks everyone for the guidance and the troubleshooting directions — they were very helpful to me.

I dont have the /config or /rewind options? what can i do?

The /config has been around for a very long time. Where are you running this?

same here, no options. sometime it has, sometimes it doesnt.

Please update to the latest version v2.0.14 and it should be there. Give it a spin when you get a chance!

not there, not sure why marked as completed?

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<img width="939" height="352" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/d0c66b3d-24f2-4a70-a610-a5e0b0e18572" />

hey @peturgeorgievv - there's already been several unrelated issues here, so closed to not keep adding different issues into the same ticket. There was one user who had an issue with the code not restoring for them, some users who didn't see it before but see it now, and other users who claimed they don't see it (but unfortunately they didn't specify which platform they are using or respond when I asked).

For your particular case, you are running on the new Beta VSCode extension UX. The rewind functionality isn't there yet, but we're working on it! This ticket is tracking the terminal/CLI version

Ah makes sense, @hackyon-anthropic and by the way, one of the biggest "blockers" for me on he extension is that I can't use my arrows and navigate and click enter to select Accept edit, etc, and it deselects and never focuses the window when I do "alt tab" or something. Just pointing this if it could be fixed :)

thanks for the feedback @peturgeorgievv!

we are looking into making shortcut keys more prominent that will allow you to quickly switch focus between the editor and claude code. it will be coming soon!

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