All sessions/chats disappeared from sidebar after re-login (lost ~1 month of work)

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Activity 2 comments · opened Sep 18, 2026

After being forced to log in again, the Claude Code desktop app (Code tab) no longer shows any of my previous projects or chats in the sidebar — including work from roughly the past month. I only have one Claude account, so this isn't an org/workspace mismatch.

Environment:

  • macOS 26.6.2 (build 25G83)
  • Claude Code desktop app (Code tab)

Steps to reproduce:

  1. Was using Claude Code normally with multiple sessions/projects over the past month.
  2. Got logged out and had to log in again.
  3. After re-login, the sidebar shows no previous sessions — not even archived ones.

Expected: Previous sessions/chats should still be listed after re-authenticating with the same account.

Actual: Sidebar is empty; no sessions found via the app's session list either.

Impact: Appears to have lost visibility into ~1 month of prior work/chat history.

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