What comes back when I reopen Codus?
Codus restores your saved workspace and can resume the selected provider's saved conversation. This is not limited to Claude. Local servers, browsers, workers and other running processes are a separate matter: restoring conversation history does not mean those services are running again.
Before you start
Keep the same project folder and provider selected. Resuming depends on a usable saved session and an available provider. Do not delete local session data or create a new project merely because you see a plain terminal.
When you reopen
- Open the workspace tab you need. Some terminals resume when their tab becomes active.
- Check the project folder and selected provider.
- If the agent resumes, read its message about what needs restarting.
- Approve only the specific servers or workers you intend to restart. The resume prompt asks the agent to check first, not silently boot everything.
A previously stopped or never-started agent need not resume automatically. Switching back to a tab is not a reliable way to restart an agent you deliberately exited.
If only a plain terminal appears
Use start unbooted for the intended provider to start or continue its available conversation without requesting a full project boot. If the session cannot be found, retain the error and ask for help before deleting anything.
boot project requests the project's startup workflow. It is not a general “recover my missing history” button and should not be described as automatically wiping every provider's conversation.
Switching to a different provider is also separate from resuming the existing one. Use provider switching guidance and wait for its result.
How do I know it worked?
The intended provider opens the expected conversation for the correct folder. Then verify any authorised server restart separately: a readable conversation is not proof that a preview, queue or background job is alive.