What
The "Claude Code — resume checkpoint" file written when you approach or hit a usage limit now ends with a section explaining how to roll the work back with /rewind.
Details
- Notes that changes made by bash commands are not covered by the rewind.
- Says the saved snapshot is complete and is kept until the next checkpoint or roughly two weeks.
Evidence
Don't want these changes? Resume this session (above), then run
Strings lifted out of the shipped bundle, so the claim above can be checked against them.
Names in the bundle/rewind
The entry above is what we published on the day. These lines were added later, as Anthropic's own pages caught up, and they sit beside the original rather than replacing it.
Added since
A small documentation edit on Glossary touched a line naming /rewind after this was published.
A restore point created at each prompt you send that starts a turn. Claude Code snapshots files before every edit so a checkpoint can revert them. Press `Esc` twice or run `/rewind` to restore code, conversation, or both to an earlier poin…glossary see the edit
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A small documentation edit on Glossary touched a line naming /rewind after this was published.