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Resume stalled Claude sessions with Power Claude

Resume stalled Claude sessions with Power Claude

You don’t always lose sessions to rate limits — you lose them to context switches. Power Claude’s Resume Stalled workflow inventories unfinished agent sessions and continues them deliberately (often in isolated worktrees), instead of hoping you remember which tab died last Tuesday.

TL;DR

ToolBest for
Auto-Resume / RewakeSame session, temporary stop, still “the” live job
Resume StalledMany abandoned sessions across time; finish the backlog
Cross-model hang scanSessions parked under another vendor client

When to use Resume Stalled

  • You have a graveyard of half-done agent threads.
  • Auto-resume would be wrong (old context, wrong branch, wrong machine).
  • You want worktree isolation so finishing one doesn’t trash another.
  • You’re doing fleet / compliance sweeps across repos.

How to run

  1. Command Palette → Power Claude: Finish Stalled Sessions (powerClaude.resumeStalledSessions).
  2. Review the inventory (age, path, status).
  3. Confirm which sessions to continue.
  4. Prefer session worktrees for code edits; land to local main via harness tools when done.
  5. Optional: Cross-Model Hanging Sessions for Claude↔other-client leftovers.

Safety

  • Don’t auto-resume unknown ancient sessions with destructive tool rights.
  • Prefer read-only inventory first.
  • Kill switch still applies for automated continuation.
  • Never git push from agents unless your process explicitly allows it (Power Claude harness defaults: local land only).

FAQ

Is this the same as Auto-Rewake?

No. Rewake continues a live continuity policy. Resume Stalled is backlog completion.

Related

Primary sources

  • Commands: powerClaude.resumeStalledSessions, powerClaude.crossModelSessions
  • Feature doc: docs/features/resume-stalled/
  • Harness skill: resume-stalled

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