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[FEATURE] [VSCode extension] Option to open a session from History in a new tab instead of reusing the focused tab
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### Preflight Checklist
- [x] I have searched [existing requests](https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues?q=is%3Aissue%20label%3Aenhancement) and this feature hasn't been requested yet
- [x] This is a single feature request (not multiple features)
### Problem Statement
In the VS Code extension, clicking a past conversation in the session History list loads that session **into the currently focused Claude tab**, replacing whatever conversation was loaded there.
The replaced session is not lost (it is still in history), but its tab is gone and it is very easy to lose track of the conversation you were just in. The only workaround is to remember to open a fresh tab first (Ctrl+Shift+Esc / "Open in New Tab") **before** clicking a history item — easy to forget, and the cost of forgetting is that your active conversation's tab silently disappears.
Since 2.1.260 the history picker correctly focuses an existing tab when the session is already open. But when the session is NOT open, it silently takes over the focused tab instead of creating a new one.
### Proposed Solution
Any of these would solve it (first one preferred):
1. A setting, e.g. `claudeCode.historyOpenBehavior`: `reuseCurrentTab` (current default) | `newTab` — so users who juggle several conversations can make every history click open its own tab.
2. A modifier on history items: Ctrl+click / middle-click on a session in the History list opens it in a new tab.
3. Never reuse a tab that has an active/ongoing conversation loaded — only reuse tabs that are empty or already showing the picked session.
### Additional Context
- Extension version: 2.1.266, Windows 11, VS Code (user profile with multiple Claude tabs open side by side).
- The old behavior (pre-2.1.260) of loading a duplicate was also problematic, so this is about giving the focused tab protection or a new-tab option — not reverting.
- Related but different: #67419 (history clicks ignoring preferredLocation — sidebar vs editor placement).
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Línea de trabajo
Start at the VS Code extension's session History picker and the tab/session reuse path introduced around version 2.1.260. Compare the proposed setting, modifier-click, and active-tab protection behaviors with the existing history and tab UX before choosing a direction. Done means the selected behavior is implemented and history clicks no longer unexpectedly replace an ongoing conversation.
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Evaluación
- Stack tecnológico
- vscode
- Área
- desktop, developer-experience
- Tipo de issue
- Nueva funcionalidad
- Dificultad
- 5/5
- Tiempo estimado
- Más de una semana
- Estado de actividad
- Activo
- Claridad
- Bastante claro
- Aptitud para principiantes
- 45/100