You'll noticeTier: how much it should matter to you
1Useful: my rating, 1 to 5
0Signal: worth watching, 1 to 5
SessionsArea: what it touches
ImprovementsKind: in v2.1.323,
ImprovementsSection of the release
What
A background session is a Claude Code session that keeps running without a terminal window attached. The help text for the command that removes one has been reworded. It now says the command removes the session from the list and deletes its worktree (a separate working copy of your project made for that session) only if it is safe to do so. It also says the session's conversation is kept, and that claude --resume will still list it.
The old wording was "Delete a background session and its worktree." Both versions say the command also works on sessions that have already exited.
Why
The new wording makes clear that removing a background session does not throw away its conversation. You can still find it and pick it up again from the --resume picker.
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Names in the bundleclaude --resume
How sure we are
One source agreesOne thing we can check says the same as this entry.
Anthropic's release notes agreeChanged claude rm and the agents view to say a session is removed from the list, not deleted; claude rm help says the conversation is kept…
