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Claude Code deletes session transcripts after 30 days by default

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Ian Johnson says Claude Code's default setting deleted his session transcripts after 30 days, and he lost transcripts he had planned to open source.

He says some of the same work survives in Codex. Migtissera advises setting "cleanupPeriodDays" to 36500 in ~/.claude/settings.json to keep Claude Code sessions. These are reports from X posts; the report does not include Anthropic's response or documentation.

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    Claude Code deletes session transcripts after 30 days by default

    AIIan Johnson says he lost transcripts he planned to open source after Claude Code's default setting deleted sessions after 30 days. He says some of the same work survives in Codex. Migtissera advises setting "cleanupPeriodDays" to 36500 in ~/.claude/settings.json to keep Claude Code sessions.

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