anthropics / anthropics/claude-code
Unsent composer text is discarded when the app prompts for re-login
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Description
### Preflight Checklist
- [x] I have searched [existing issues](https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues?q=is%3Aissue%20state%3Aopen%20label%3Abug) and this hasn't been reported yet
- [x] This is a single bug report (please file separate reports for different bugs)
- [x] I am using the latest version of Claude Code
### What's Wrong?
While typing a long message in the composer, the app prompted me to
re-authenticate. After signing back in, the text I had typed was gone.
The conversation transcript itself was intact — only the unsent draft
was lost.
I searched the local app state afterwards and the draft is not
persisted anywhere:
- %APPDATA%\Claude\claude-code-sessions\<...>\local_*.json (only session metadata)
- %APPDATA%\Claude\Local Storage\leveldb
- %APPDATA%\Claude\IndexedDB
- %APPDATA%\Claude\Session Storage
- %USERPROFILE%\.claude\projects\\.jsonl (only sent messages)
A re-login prompt is a predictable, app-initiated interruption, not a
crash. The composer draft should be saved before the app interrupts the
session, and restored afterwards.
### What Should Happen?
1. Open the Claude Code desktop app on Windows
2. Start typing a long message in the composer; do not send it
3. Wait for the app to prompt for re-authentication
4. Sign in again
5. The composer is empty — the typed text is gone
### Error Messages/Logs
```shell
The composer draft is preserved across the re-login prompt and restored
after signing back in.
```
### Steps to Reproduce
Claude Code desktop app (Code tab), Windows 11 Pro 10.0.26200
### Claude Model
None
### Is this a regression?
Yes, this worked in a previous version
### Last Working Version
_No response_
### Claude Code Version
Claude Code desktop app (Code tab), Windows 11 Pro 10.0.26200
### Platform
Anthropic API
### Operating System
macOS
### Terminal/Shell
Terminal.app (macOS)
### Additional Information
_No response_
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Research direction
Start by reproducing in the Claude Code desktop app Code tab: type an unsent composer draft, trigger or wait for re-authentication, then sign back in. Inspect the draft/session persistence paths the report checked, including %APPDATA%\Claude storage and %USERPROFILE%\.claude\projects JSONL data. Done means the unsent composer draft is saved before the re-login interruption and restored after sign-in.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- macos
- Domain
- authentication, desktop
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Active
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100