Keep Claude conversations when switching accounts

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What changed

Switching the account of an existing Claude session now keeps the same conversation. The session stays open, its transcript is copied to the newly selected account, and the next request resumes it there unchanged (no compaction or summary). Other providers, and sessions that are busy, keep the previous behavior.

Why

When a Claude account hits its usage limit, switching to another account opened an empty chat, losing the context. Two places caused it: the account picker opened a new session for any conversation with messages, and the Claude adapter dropped --resume whenever the account changed, because the transcript lives in the old account's config directory.

• New claude_transfer_transcript command copies <session>.jsonl and its side folder between account config directories. It is covered by Rust tests.
• The Claude adapter copies the transcript when the account changes and then resumes the same session id. It falls back to a fresh conversation only when the source account has no transcript.
• Switching the account clears the session's usage-limit notice.
• Two existing tests encoded the old "do not resume across accounts" behavior and were updated; one new test covers the fallback.

UI

No layout or chrome change. Behavior only: the account picker now switches the current session instead of creating a new one.

Checklist

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• I did not mix unrelated changes

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Summary by CodeRabbit

• New Features
  • Claude conversations can continue across account switches when the transcript is available to transfer.
• Improvements
  • Switching accounts during an idle Claude session keeps the conversation in place and clears its usage-limit status.
• Bug Fixes
  • When a conversation can’t be transferred, Claude starts a fresh conversation rather than attempting to resume without its transcript.

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📝 Walkthrough

When an idle Claude session switches accounts, the application updates the existing session. The provider transfers its transcript when the working directory matches and resumes only if the transfer succeeds. Other providers continue to open a new session.

Changes: Claude account switching and transcript resume

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Configuration resolution and transcript transfer src-tauri/src/harness.rs, src-tauri/src/fs.rs, src-tauri/src/lib.rs	Shared Claude configuration resolution supports account-specific directories and the default configuration path. A registered Tauri command validates session IDs and copies the transcript and any side folder. Tests cover copying, replacement, same-directory handling, and the missing-transcript result.
Account switching and session resume src/app/App.tsx, src/integrations/harness/core/child.ts, src/integrations/harness/providers/claude/claude.ts, src/integrations/harness/providers/claude/claudeLive.test.ts	Idle Claude sessions keep their conversation when the account changes. The provider requests a transcript transfer when the working directory matches and resumes only on success. Tests cover successful and failed transfers, including a legacy session.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes

Change: Bug fix

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant App as onSelectProviderAccount
  participant Provider as ensureLive
  participant Child as transferClaudeTranscript
  participant Tauri as claude_transfer_transcript
  App->>Provider: Set the session account
  Provider->>Child: Transfer transcript when accounts differ
  Child->>Tauri: Invoke transfer with session and account IDs
  Tauri-->>Child: Return transfer result
  Child-->>Provider: Return transfer result
  Provider->>Provider: Resume only if directory matches and transfer succeeds

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Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 10338

A failed account switch can delete an existing conversation’s side folder. Protect the target during replacement before merging.

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Review comments at @src-tauri/src/harness.rs:
- Line 1284: Update the `from == to` check to compare the physical identities of
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🟠 Major · Preserve the existing target during side-folder replacement. · harness.rs:1258-1264

src-tauri/src/harness.rs:1258-1264
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Preserve the existing target during side-folder replacement.

When has_side_folder is true, the code replaces the transcript, removes the existing side folder, and then renames the staged side folder. The final std::fs::rename can fail after staging, for example if a concurrent filesystem change removes the staged path or recreates the destination. The function then returns an error with the old side folder already deleted and the new transcript already installed.

Staging and the self-copy checks do not make this commit transactional. Keep the existing transcript and side folder in unique same-directory backups, install both staged paths, and restore the backups if either installation fails. Delete the backups only after both installations succeed.

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Update the commit flow guarded by has_side_folder to preserve both existing
targets until installation succeeds: move the existing transcript and side
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- Around line 1258-1264: Update the commit flow guarded by has_side_folder to
preserve both existing targets until installation succeeds: move the existing
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