Claude Code sessions disappear from desktop app sidebar after restart

[mat-frenz]

Describe the bug

Old Claude Code sessions don't persist in the desktop app sidebar. After restarting the app, only the current session appears — previous sessions are gone from the sidebar nav.

Session data is intact — the .jsonl files are all present in ~/.claude/projects/, but the app's session index at ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude-code-sessions/ only contains the current session.

To reproduce

1. Open Claude desktop app in Code mode
2. Have a session, close the app
3. Reopen — previous sessions missing from sidebar

Expected behavior

All previous sessions should remain listed in the sidebar's Sessions panel.

Environment

• macOS
• Claude desktop app (sidebarMode: "code")

[github-actions]

Found 3 possible duplicate issues:

1. [BUG] Session Disappeared After Logout / Restart of Claude Code Desktop - HOW to restore the sessions ASAP??? #26452
2. [BUG] Sessions disappeared on the sidebar #28561
3. [BUG] Recent sessions missing from sidebar — sessions from yesterday not visible #27434

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