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A Claude Code CLI flag, read out of the shipped bundle. No mined inventory carries it: everything below comes from what this site has written about it.

Also written --continue. Every list on this page counts all of these spellings together.

Load the most recent conversation in the current directory, including a background session that has finished; opening finished background sessions requires Claude Code v2.1.257 or later. Skips sessions created with claude -p or the Agent SDK, and sessions whose first prompt was /loop. claude -p --continue includes -p, SDK, and /loop sessions. Includes sessions that added this directory with /add-dir

Anthropic's own wording. Read off CLI reference, captured 2026-09-26.

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Last seen — never in a mined build
Builds0 / 149on this box, as of v2.1.308
Written about v0.2.117 first named in a changelog, 17 May 2025

In the changelogs

24

Releases whose published page names -c.

  1. v2.1.304
    --await-claim can no longer be combined with --sdk-url

    Claude Code now refuses to start when --await-claim and --sdk-url are used together

    found in this entry's text

  2. v2.1.302
    Clearer errors when --continue or --resume fails

    Some failures during --continue or --resume now exit with their own message instead of one generic failure

    found in this entry's text, named in this entry

  3. v2.1.302
    claude -p with --continue or --resume now exits on certain errors

    In print mode, some failures while continuing or resuming a conversation now print the error and exit with code 1 instead of starting empty

    found in this entry's text, named in this entry

  4. v2.1.299
    Critical memory warning now tells the screen when it appears

    The critical memory warning now lets the rest of the screen know when it is showing; its wording is unchanged

    found in this entry's text

  5. v2.1.299
    No visible change to the --await-claim error message

    The error shown when --await-claim is combined with --continue, --resume or --fork-session is worded the same as before

    found in this entry's text, named in this entry

  6. v2.1.290
    claude remote-control can let cloud sessions run commands in a folder unattended

    A new --allow-unattended-tool-calls option lets cloud sessions use the current folder for one run, with auto-mode commands running without asking

    found in this entry's text

  7. v2.1.288
    Errors for conflicting cloud session options can name a different option

    Errors about conflicting --cloud or --environment options no longer always name --environment or always start with Error:

    found in this entry's text, named in this entry

  8. v2.1.285
    New --desktop option opens a session in the Claude Desktop app

    claude --desktop opens the session in the Claude Desktop app instead of the terminal, and works with --continue or --resume

    found in this entry's text

  9. v2.1.285
    Open the Claude Desktop app from the terminal with claude --desktop

    The new claude --desktop flag opens the Claude Desktop app, and can resume a session there with --continue or --resume

    found in this entry's text

  10. v2.1.281
    New SDK pre-warmed spare process: --await-claim plus claim_session control request

    A hidden --await-claim option lets an SDK host start a spare Claude Code process early and bind it to a session later

    found in this entry's text

  11. v2.1.281
    --continue records the resume source; cloud attach forwards added directories

    --continue now records where a resumed session came from, and attaching to a cloud session passes on extra working directories

    found in this entry's text, named in this entry

  12. v2.1.281
    Resume passes host-answerable tool-use IDs

    Resuming in print mode now works out which tool calls the host can answer and passes them to session loading

    found in this entry's text

  13. v2.1.274
    Critical memory usage banner text unchanged but reformatted with memoized hook

    The 'Critical memory usage' banner code was reorganized with memoization, keeping the same wording

    found in this entry's text

  14. v2.1.257
    print --continue now reports when a background session blocks resume

    claude -p --continue now says a matching session is running in the background instead of silently finding nothing.

    found in this entry's text

  15. v2.1.242
    Artifact comment replies can move to another session of the same conversation

    Automatic replies to Artifact comments can move between sessions of the same conversation.

    found in this entry's text

  16. v2.1.236
    --continue and --resume failures now say what went wrong

    A failed --continue or --resume now tells you the error and exits instead of quietly carrying on.

    named in this entry, found in this entry's text

  17. v2.1.232
    --session-id now works with --continue/--resume under an SDK URL

    --session-id now works with --continue or --resume when an SDK URL is supplied.

    named in this entry, found in this entry's text

  18. v2.1.229
    remote-control --continue is documented as reattaching, not resuming

    Remote control's --continue is documented as reattaching to a session recorded in the last four hours.

    named in this entry, found in this entry's text

  19. v2.1.221
    Memory recall index is prewarmed at startup

    Claude warms the memory recall index at startup so your first recall is faster.

    named in this entry, found in this entry's text

  20. v2.1.27
    --from-pr Flag for PR-Linked Session Resume

    found in this entry's text

  21. v1.0.62
    🆕 Session Start Hooks

    found in this entry's text

  22. v1.0.26
    Resume Conversation Command

    found in this entry's text

  23. v1.0.26

    found in this entry's text

  24. v0.2.117
    Enhanced Print Mode (--print) 📄

    found in this entry's text

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