[FEATURE] Deleting a chat session requires no confirmation and is unrecoverable

[PLB1968]

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Problem Statement

There is no confirmation dialog when deleting a chat session — one click permanently deletes it with no way to recover it. There should be either:

A confirmation prompt ("Are you sure you want to delete this session?"), and/or
A brief undo window or trash/archive feature
Accidentally deleting a session means losing all conversation history with no recourse. This is especially painful mid-project where the session contains important context about work in progress.

Expected behavior: Warn the user before permanently deleting a session.

Actual behavior: Session is deleted immediately and permanently on a single click.

Proposed Solution

A "trash can" where past chats can be recovered for a period of time, or at the VERY least, a confirmation dialog informing the user that this is non-recoverable.

Alternative Solutions

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Priority

Critical - Blocking my work

Feature Category

CLI commands and flags

Use Case Example

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Additional Context

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[github-actions]

Found 3 possible duplicate issues:

1. [FEATURE]: Add delete shortcut in Esc+Esc session picker #31836
2. [FEATURE] VS Code extension: confirmations prompt before conversation removal #33905
3. [FEATURE] Require full typing or confirmation for /clear to prevent accidental context loss #40931

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[Leerz]

if using windows/claudecode+vscode, you can technically replace the jsonl transcript with a file rename.

[NeilTalbott]

The "duplicate" issues have been "closed as not planned". This is ridiculous - this is a major UX gap and a terrible user experience. User confirmation should be required before removing/archiving a chat, and it should be possible to restore a session from the archive unless the user has explicitly permanently deleted it.

UPDATE: The only method I found to recover the session was to write and execute a Python script which queried and manipulated the underlying VS Code database (stored in SQLite format). I can post the script here on request.

[github-actions]

Closing for now — inactive for too long. Please open a new issue if this is still relevant.