Sessions should survive project directory renames

[Raznak]

Problem

Sessions are keyed by the absolute path of the project directory. If a user renames or moves their project folder, all previous sessions become unresumable — claude --resume <session-id> cannot find them.

Reproduction

1. Start a Claude Code session in /path/to/my-project, give it a name
2. Rename the directory: mv my-project my-project-v2
3. cd my-project-v2 && claude --resume <session-id> → session not found

The session .jsonl files remain in ~/.claude/projects/-path-to-my-project/ but Claude Code now looks in ~/.claude/projects/-path-to-my-project-v2/ and finds nothing.

Expected behavior

Sessions should be recoverable after a project rename/move. Possible approaches:

• Allow --resume <session-id> to search across all projects, not just the current directory
• Provide a way to migrate sessions to a new project path
• Key sessions by something more stable than the absolute path (e.g., git remote URL or a project UUID)

Current workaround

Create a symlink from the old path to the new one, then resume from the old path. Works but fragile.

Environment

• Claude Code 2.1.81
• macOS

---

Generated by Claude

[github-actions]

Found 3 possible duplicate issues:

1. [BUG] Sessions lost when project directory is moved or renamed #33636
2. [BUG] Resuming sessions only works from the directory in which they were started #5768
3. Make conversations portable across directory moves #37513

This issue will be automatically closed as a duplicate in 3 days.

• If your issue is a duplicate, please close it and 👍 the existing issue instead
• To prevent auto-closure, add a comment or 👎 this comment

🤖 Generated with Claude Code

[github-actions]

This issue has been automatically locked since it was closed and has not had any activity for 7 days. If you're experiencing a similar issue, please file a new issue and reference this one if it's relevant.