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Account Switching Creates New Sessions

Explains that switching accounts always starts fresh sessions

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on 9 Jan 2026, 10:20 am

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Account Switching Always Creates New Sessions

When you switch accounts via the account selector, all sessions are terminated and new ones are created. There's no session reuse across account switches.

What Happens During Account Switch

1. Check: No sessions can be running
2. Kill all hot sessions (cached credentials)
3. Update ~/.claude symlink → new account dir
4. Restart hot pool with new credentials

Why No Reuse?

  • Sessions are tied to OAuth credentials
  • Credentials are stored per-account in separate directories
  • Claude subprocess uses credentials from ~/.claude symlink
  • Switching accounts means switching the entire credential context

Account Directories

~/.claude → ~/.claude-max20x (symlink to active)
~/.claude-max20x/ (primary account)
~/.claude-max5x/ (secondary account)

Source: konsole/src/account-switcher.ts:80-128

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Type General
Status Completed
Scope vibetools
Tags konsoleaccountssessions
Created 9 Jan 2026, 10:20 am
Updated 9 Jan 2026, 10:20 am
Timing
⏱️ 40.4s
0 tools
● TTFE 0% ● Thinking 100% ● Tools 0%
Created By claude

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