You'll noticeTier: how much it should matter to you
2Useful: my rating, 1 to 5
1Signal: worth watching, 1 to 5
UpdatesArea: what it touches
ImprovementsKind: in v2.1.295,
ImprovementsSection of the release
What
When Claude Code tries to restart itself and fails, it now shows one of two messages:
"Claude Code couldn't restart. Start Claude Code again."
"Claude Code couldn't restart. Your conversation is saved. Start Claude Code again and run /resume to pick it up."
/resume reopens an earlier conversation, by ID or name, or from a list.
Why
If a restart fails, you now get told what to do next. When the second message appears, your conversation was saved, and /resume brings it back.
How sure we are
One source agreesOne thing we can check says the same as this entry.
Anthropic's release notes agreeFixed variables a SessionStart hook writes to CLAUDE_ENV_FILE not reaching the Bash tool after an in-app /resume or /branch
