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Claude Code v2.1.296 ·

Session transcripts no longer start a separate session log

The part of Claude Code that writes a session's transcript no longer sets up a separate session log when it starts

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Under the hoodTier: how much it should matter to you
1Useful: my rating, 1 to 5
1Signal: worth watching, 1 to 5
SessionsArea: what it touches
Internal ChangesKind: in v2.1.296,
Internal ChangesSection of the release

Unclear It is not clear what the session log recorded, so whether any log you can see stops being written is unknown.

What

A session is one continuous conversation with Claude Code, and its transcript is the saved record of that conversation. The part of Claude Code that writes the transcript used to also set up a separate session log when it started. It no longer does that step.

Why

This removes a hook, a point where another piece of Claude Code was asked to do something whenever a transcript began.

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Something disagreesSomething we can check disagrees with this entry, or the writer said they could not settle it.
The writer flagged doubtIt is not clear what the session log recorded, so whether any log you can see stops being written is unknown.

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