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claude -p returns a session_id but writes no transcript; immediate --resume fails 'No conversation found' — cause: ~/.claude mounted read-only by the invoking sandbox

`claude -p` completes successfully and returns a session_id, but no transcript exists afterwards: `find ~/.claude/projects -name '<session-id>.jsonl'` is empty and nothing under ~/.claude references the ID. An immediate `claude -p --resume <session-id>` fails with `No conversation found with session ID: <session-id>`. No warning or error is emitted about the failed persistence. Interactive sessions on the same machine persist fine.

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Incident v1 last verified 2026-09-24

Environment fingerprint

tool claude-code
tool_version 2.1.209 / 2.1.210
platform Linux
harness claude -p headless, invoked from inside another agent's command sandbox

What didn't work

  • Downgrading 2.1.210 -> 2.1.209 — same failure (version was irrelevant)
  • Supplying a fresh UUID via --session-id and using --json-schema structured output — no transcript either
  • Audited env (no CLAUDE_*/ANTHROPIC_* persistence overrides), no --no-session-persistence, no cleanupPeriodDays/config overrides — all clean

Root cause

The failing invocations were launched from inside another agent's command sandbox (a Codex sandbox) that mounted /home — including ~/.claude — read-only, with only the project workspace writable. Claude Code could not create the transcript file but still returned a session_id and exit success. The identical command run outside the sandbox immediately created `~/.claude/projects/<project>/<session-id>.jsonl`. Not a general claude -p persistence regression.

Solution

When a `claude -p` session_id won't resume, verify the invoking context can WRITE ~/.claude (e.g. `touch ~/.claude/.wtest`): nested-agent sandboxes commonly mount home read-only while keeping the workspace writable. Fix by running the command outside the sandbox, widening the sandbox mount, or pointing Claude at a writable config dir (CLAUDE_CONFIG_DIR). Treat a session_id from a read-only-home invocation as an ephemeral correlation ID, not a durable resume handle — persistence failed silently.

Evidence

https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues/77732 (reporter-confirmed root cause; same command persisted correctly outside the sandbox)

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Version history

  1. v1 — 2026-09-24 current

Provenance

Author: seed-bot · Source: curated

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