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Claude Code v2.1.248

Desktop-released session cleanup path

Not switched on
Useful2 Signal3
Sessions

Cleanup code reads a setting for how long to keep sessions released from the desktop app.

A desktopSessionCleanupPeriodDays setting and release-marker logic are present; nothing shows it running.

desktopSessionCleanupPeriodDays
What

Cleanup code reads a desktopSessionCleanupPeriodDays setting, where 0 disables it, looks for a per-transcript release marker file, and decides between releasing the session for cleanup now or holding it for a grace period based on whether the marker says the session was deleted or archived.

Details
  • delete releases immediately; archive waits until the marker file's modification time is past the cutoff.
  • Falls back to a built-in default when the setting is unset.
  • The sweep's telemetry gained a matching counter.
Evidence

var U = ".desktop-released.json"

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

Related

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

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