fix(session-log): detect ghost sessions from /clear to resolve correct log#661
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fix(session-log): detect ghost sessions from /clear to resolve correct log#661backnotprop merged 2 commits intomainfrom
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…t log After /clear, Claude Code creates a new session (new .jsonl file) but never updates ~/.claude/sessions/<pid>.json — the metadata retains the old sessionId. The ancestor-PID resolver would confidently return the stale log, preventing fallthrough to mtime-based tiers. Fix: after tier-1 matches a log that isn't the newest by mtime, check whether the newer file's sessionId is registered in any metadata file. If not, it's a "ghost" session from /clear — prefer it. If it IS registered, it belongs to a concurrent session — keep the PID result. Fixes #643
Explicitly backdate the "older" file by 5 seconds instead of relying on write order, which is non-deterministic when both files are created within the same millisecond.
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/clear, Claude Code creates a new session.jsonlbut never updates~/.claude/sessions/<pid>.json— the metadata retains the old sessionId/clear→ prefer it. If registered → concurrent session → keep PID resultTest plan
/clear— prefers newer unregistered log/clearthen/plannotator-lastshows the post-clear messageFixes #643