fix(claude): propagate mid-session titles to zellij tab names #573

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Claude Code only includes session_title in SessionStart hook payloads, so a title set mid-session (auto-naming or /rename) never reached claude-hook and the zellij tab stayed on the project:petname fallback until the next --resume.

Fix: fall back to the most recent custom-title entry in the transcript (transcript_path is present in every hook payload), so renames propagate to the tab on the next hook event. Also clean up the session state file written under the old name when a session's name changes, so renames no longer leave phantom sessions in ~/.local/state/claude/sessions/.

Verified live: ran the modified script against a running session with a synthetic UserPromptSubmit payload — the containing zellij tab renamed from nixos:enchanting-crane to the session's actual title nix:claude-zellij. Shellcheck passes (writeShellApplication will also enforce this at build).

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Claude Code only includes `session_title` in SessionStart hook payloads, so a title set mid-session (auto-naming or `/rename`) never reached `claude-hook` and the zellij tab stayed on the `project:petname` fallback until the next `--resume`. Fix: fall back to the most recent `custom-title` entry in the transcript (`transcript_path` is present in every hook payload), so renames propagate to the tab on the next hook event. Also clean up the session state file written under the old name when a session's name changes, so renames no longer leave phantom sessions in `~/.local/state/claude/sessions/`. Verified live: ran the modified script against a running session with a synthetic UserPromptSubmit payload — the containing zellij tab renamed from `nixos:enchanting-crane` to the session's actual title `nix:claude-zellij`. Shellcheck passes (writeShellApplication will also enforce this at build). 🤖 Generated with [Claude Code](https://claude.com/claude-code)

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fix(claude): propagate mid-session titles to zellij tab names

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Claude only includes session_title in SessionStart hook payloads, so a
title set mid-session (auto-naming or /rename) never reached the hook
and the zellij tab stayed on the project:petname fallback until the
next --resume.

Fall back to the most recent custom-title entry in the transcript
(transcript_path is in every hook payload), so renames land on the next
hook event. Also clean up the session state file written under the old
name when the name changes, so renames don't leave phantom sessions.

lytedev changed title from ~~WIP: fix(claude): propagate mid-session titles to zellij tab names~~ to fix(claude): propagate mid-session titles to zellij tab names

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