App UI session list doesn't show sessions created via terminal (`claude --resume`)
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Activity 0 comments · opened Sep 11, 2026
Description
Sessions started via the terminal claude CLI don't appear in the Claude Code app UI's session list, even though they're fully accessible via claude --resume in a terminal and exist as .jsonl transcripts under ~/.claude/projects/<project>/.
Steps to reproduce
- Start and use several sessions via the terminal
claudeCLI in a given project directory. - Open the Claude Code app UI for the same project.
- Check the session list in the app UI.
Expected: Terminal-created sessions appear in the app UI's session list (or there's a way to import/sync them).
Actual: The app UI's session list only shows sessions it created/tracked itself. Terminal-created sessions are invisible in the UI, with no apparent import or sync path, even though the underlying transcript files exist and are fully resumable via the CLI.
Environment: Windows 11