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Beware, Claude Code deletes >30 day old transcripts. Anthropic won't fix it

A GitHub issue reports that Claude Code automatically deletes transcripts older than 30 days, and Anthropic has indicated it will not fix this behavior, causing concern among users who rely on longer-term transcript retention.

Background

- Claude Code is Anthropic's command-line coding agent — a tool that lets developers write code by giving AI instructions directly in the terminal. - This issue reports that Claude Code automatically deletes conversation transcripts (chat logs) that are more than 30 days old, with no way to disable this behavior. - Anthropic has indicated it will not fix or change this deletion policy, which has alarmed developers who rely on transcripts for debugging, documentation, or legal/compliance reasons. - The issue raises broader concerns about AI coding tool vendors unilaterally deleting user data without offering opt-out or local-first storage options.

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