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Claude Code v2.1.116

Session Retention Cleanup

What

New automatic cleanup of old chat transcripts based on a configurable retention period.

Usage
// In settings.json
{
  "cleanupPeriodDays": 30  // Default: 30 days
}
Details
  • Automatically removes transcripts older than the configured period
  • Minimum value is 1 day; use --no-session-persistence to disable transcript writes entirely
  • Skips cleanup if user settings source is disabled and no enabled source provides the setting
Evidence

Retention setting (search for "cleanupPeriodDays") — cr1 at line ~598827

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Related

Other releases about the same thing. Found by shared names or similar wording; neither means one caused the other.

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