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209209Click the **Session history** button at the top of the Claude Code panel to access your conversation history. You can search by keyword or browse by time.
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211Click any conversation to resume it with the full message history. If the conversation is already open in another tab of the current window, clicking it switches to that tab. For more on resuming sessions, see [Manage sessions](/docs/en/sessions).
211Click any conversation to resume it with the full message history. If the conversation is already open in another tab of the current window, clicking it switches to that tab. If the messages stay blank at first, see [why they're blank and when they appear](#a-resumed-conversation-is-blank-at-first). For more on resuming sessions, see [Manage sessions](/docs/en/sessions).
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213213* **Session titles**: new sessions receive AI-generated titles based on your first message.
214214* **Rename and archive**: hover over a session to reveal these actions. Rename to give it a descriptive title, or archive to move it to the **Archived sessions** group at the bottom of the list.
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293293* **Editor tab**: the conversation comes back with its tab.
294294* **Sidebar**: the conversation comes back if you sent a message or Claude responded in it within the last 10 minutes. If it doesn't come back, resume the conversation from [Session history](#resume-past-conversations).
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296If another Claude Code process still has the conversation open, you're asked before it opens here, with the same **Open here anyway** notice as when you [resume it from session history](#resume-past-conversations).
296If another Claude Code process still has the conversation open, you're asked before it opens here, with the same **Open here anyway** notice as when you [resume it from session history](#resume-past-conversations). If the messages stay blank at first, see [why they're blank and when they appear](#a-resumed-conversation-is-blank-at-first).
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298298If the reload interrupted Claude mid-step, Claude continues that step when the conversation comes back, and a notice in the chat marks the continuation. Requires Claude Code v2.1.274 or later. If the step was interrupted more than an hour ago or the session is open elsewhere, the conversation comes back idle instead.
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8038033. Clear the Game Overlay checkbox
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805805Alternatively, rebind the extension to a different key: open the VS Code [Keyboard Shortcuts editor](https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/configure/keybindings) (`Cmd+K Cmd+S`), search for `Claude Code: Focus input`, and assign a new binding.
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807### A resumed conversation is blank at first
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809When you [resume a past conversation](#resume-past-conversations) or one [comes back after a reload](#continue-conversations-after-a-reload), its messages can stay blank while the conversation's Claude Code process starts. After about a second, `Waiting for your plugins…` appears in the empty space.
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811You don't need to do anything. The messages appear once the process has started and confirmed that no plugin needs to check them first, or after 20 seconds if starting takes longer.
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807813### Claude Code never responds
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