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Increase cleanupPeriodDays for /resume

Claude Code keeps local session history for a limited cleanup period. Increasing this makes /resume more useful.

{
"cleanupPeriodDays": 365
}

For very long retention:

{
"cleanupPeriodDays": 99999
}

/resume lets you continue previous coding sessions. If old sessions have been cleaned up, they no longer appear in /resume.

Claude Code becomes more useful when you preserve context.

  • /resume
  • /compact
  • CLAUDE.md
  • Status line context display