feat: show session name from /rename in notification title#1
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Reads the session_id from the hook JSON payload and looks up the corresponding session file in ~/.claude/sessions/ to extract the name set by Claude Code's /rename command. When a session has been renamed, notifications display: "Claude Code [session-name] — Done" "Claude Code [session-name] — Needs Input" Sessions without a custom name keep the original format unchanged.
The session_id in the hook JSON payload differs from the sessionId stored in ~/.claude/sessions/ files. Instead, walk up the process tree to find the Claude Code PID that matches a session file. Also moves the session name from the notification title to the subtitle for better readability (title was being truncated). Result: "core · Analytics database" in subtitle instead of "Claude Code [Analytics database] — D..." in truncated title.
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Summary
When users rename their Claude Code sessions with
/rename, the custom name now appears in the notification subtitle alongside the project name:corecore · my-sessionThis makes it easy to identify which session triggered a notification when running multiple Claude Code instances.
How it works
~/.claude/sessions/{PID}.jsonfor the matching session filenamefield (set by/rename)Sessions without a custom name keep the original format unchanged — fully backward compatible.
Why PID ancestry instead of session_id?
The
session_idin the hook JSON payload is a conversation/transcript ID, which differs from thesessionIdstored in~/.claude/sessions/*.json. However, the session files are named by the Claude Code process PID, so walking up the process tree reliably finds the correct file.Test plan
core · Analytics databasecore(unchanged)/renamemid-session — next notification picks up the new name immediatelyexample:
