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Claude Code v2.1.224 ·

Session history check reads raw bytes

Checking whether a session has history is faster because it scans raw bytes instead of decoding everything.

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You'll noticeTier: how much it should matter to you
3Useful: my rating, 1 to 5
2Signal: worth watching, 1 to 5
SessionsArea: what it touches
Internal ChangesKind: in v2.1.224,
Internal ChangesSection of the release
What

Deciding whether a stored session has any history now scans raw record bytes for the user and assistant type markers instead of decoding every record to text, and pages more aggressively: 64KB for the first page, 4MB for later ones.

Details
  • The filesystem transcript locator gained an optional store backend, so it can also find transcripts held in a session store rather than only on disk.
Evidence

"type":"assistant"

Strings lifted out of the shipped bundle, so the claim above can be checked against them.

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