Resuming Failed Sessions Risks Issues | Generated by AI
Question: Will resuming a Claude session that previously failed due to “skip-dangerously-permission” cause issues, and will it prompt for a command?
Answer:
Yes, it likely will cause issues. When a previous session failed due to a permission-related flag like --skip-dangerously-permission, the session state may contain partial or inconsistent data. Resuming such a session with:
claude --resume 551e937c-4223-4a22-81ba-5ee0690071d4
can trigger errors because Claude may detect that the previous run didn’t complete safely. Depending on the implementation:
- It might prompt you to rerun with
--skip-dangerously-permissionagain. - It could fail with a permission or integrity error.
- In some setups, it may refuse to resume and require creating a fresh session.
Best practice: If a session previously failed due to permission issues, either:
- Ensure proper permissions and restart the session fresh.
- Or resume with the same flags (
--skip-dangerously-permission) to match the previous environment, but be aware of potential instability.
References:
- Anthropic Claude CLI documentation (general guidance on session flags and resume behavior)
- Practical experience: CLI tools that store session state usually fail to resume safely if the last run was unsafe or interrupted.