Claude Code v2.1.116 ·
Session Retention Cleanup
EntryKind: in v2.1.116,
ChangesSection of the release
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
Strings lifted out of the shipped bundle, so the claim above can be checked against them.
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