fix: detect Claude sessions started outside of Pixel Agents#101
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When Claude Code is started outside of Pixel Agents (e.g. from an existing terminal), the extension fails to detect and track the agent because: 1. ensureProjectScan pre-registers ALL existing JSONL files as "known", preventing active sessions from being picked up. Now files that are both large (≥3KB) and recently modified (<10min) are skipped during pre-registration, allowing them to be detected by terminal scanning. 2. scanForNewJsonlFiles only checks vscode.window.activeTerminal when adopting orphaned JSONL files. If the Claude terminal isn't focused, it's never found. Now all terminals are scanned to find an untracked terminal to adopt. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
The seeding logic (smart pre-registration that skips active JSONLs) was placed after `if (projectScanTimerRef.current) return`, meaning it only ran on the first call. Now it runs on every call, ensuring newly appeared files are always seeded correctly. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Motivation
Many users start Claude Code manually — from an existing VS Code terminal, via SSH Remote, or by opening a terminal before the extension loads. These sessions write JSONL files as expected but are never picked up by Pixel Agents. The office stays empty even though Claude is actively working.
This happens because of two issues in the detection logic.
Problem 1: Pre-registration blocks active sessions
ensureProjectScanseedsknownJsonlFileswith all existing.jsonlfiles on startup, including ones from currently running sessions. SincescanForNewJsonlFilesonly processes files NOT inknownJsonlFiles, these active sessions are permanently invisible.Fix: Skip pre-registration for files that appear to be from active sessions — files that are both large (≥3KB) and recently modified (<10 minutes). These stay "undiscovered" so the periodic scan can properly detect and adopt them.
Problem 2: Terminal matching only checks the focused terminal
scanForNewJsonlFilesonly tries to match new JSONL files againstvscode.window.activeTerminal. If the user is focused on a different terminal or the editor, the JSONL is detected but silently discarded because no terminal match is found.Fix: Iterate over all
vscode.window.terminalsto find the first untracked terminal instead of only checking the focused one.Changes
src/fileWatcher.ts— both fixes are small and focused:ensureProjectScan: Add size/age check before adding files toknownJsonlFilesscanForNewJsonlFiles: ReplaceactiveTerminallookup withterminalsiterationTest plan
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