Claude Code enables session resumption with new /resume command

Anyone who has ever lost a deep coding session with an AI assistant knows the particular frustration of having to re-explain your entire project from scratch. Anthropic just made that problem significantly less painful for Claude Code users. The company’s CLI tool now supports a /resume command that lets developers seamlessly pick up previous coding sessions directly within an ongoing conversation. It works through a simple interactive session picker that lists saved sessions by name, timestamp, or ID. How the session resumption actually works Sessions are stored locally in project directories, typically under ~/.claude/projects/. That means your work persists even after you exit the program, close your terminal, or switch tasks entirely. For developers who prefer the command line over the interactive picker, running claude –continue automatically resumes the most recent session in your current directory. The latest version, Claude Code v2.1.234, rolled out on August 17, 2026, and introduced automatic session resumption when usage limits reset. If you hit a rate limit mid-session, the tool now picks up where you left off once your quota refreshes. A broader toolkit for managing con...