{"version":"2.1.247","anchor":"claude-desktop-sessions-announce-the-branch-s-open-pr-on-sta","canonical_anchor":"claude-desktop-sessions-announce-the-branch-s-open-pr-on-sta","heading":"Claude Desktop sessions announce the branch's open PR on start","tier":"notice","area":"Pull Requests","scope":null,"heads_up":null,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.247\/e\/claude-desktop-sessions-announce-the-branch-s-open-pr-on-sta","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.247","markdown":"### Claude Desktop sessions announce the branch's open PR on start\n\nStarting a new Claude Desktop session announces the branch's open pull request once; resumed sessions stay quiet.\n\n**What**\n\nPull request announcements gained a \"started\" verb, sent once when a new Claude Desktop session first initializes, for the open change on the branch the working directory was on. Resumed sessions do not send it.\n\n**Details**\n\n- Joins the existing verbs such as \"checked-out\", which is sent for a `gh pr checkout`.\n- Fires at first initialize only, so reattaching to an existing session produces no announcement.\n\n**Evidence**\n\n`'checked-out' for gh pr checkout, or 'started' for the open change on the branch the session's working directory was on when a Claude Desktop session began`\n\n- Area: Pull Requests\n- Tier: You'll notice\n- Useful: 2\/5\n- Signal: 3\/5"}