anthropics / anthropics/claude-code
VSCode extension: session shows "Chat processing error" then resets to blank welcome screen after Cmd+Q relaunch
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- Python
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Description
**Steps to reproduce:**
1. Work in a session using the Claude Code VSCode extension
2. Quit the app with Cmd+Q
3. Reopen
**Observed:**
The tab is labeled "Chat processing error" with an empty pane. Reopening/refocusing lands on the default new-chat welcome screen instead of resuming the prior conversation.
**Confirmed NOT data loss:**
The session's `.jsonl` transcript on disk kept saving and growing normally during a prior occurrence of this bug — the issue appears to be in the extension's session-resume/error-state UI, not in persistence.
**Frequency:**
Recurred 3 times in one day on the same machine.
**Environment:**
- macOS Darwin 24.6.0
- Claude Code VSCode extension
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Research direction
Reproduce the Cmd+Q relaunch flow in the Claude Code VSCode extension and start by examining the session-resume and error-state UI. Compare the UI behavior with the session's persisted .jsonl transcript; done means an existing conversation resumes instead of showing a processing error or blank welcome screen.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- vscode
- Domain
- developer-experience
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Active
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 55/100