Summary

Description:
Deleting a project from the dr-claw dashboard permanently deletes the entire directory and all its files. The current UI is extremely dangerous because:

1. Misleading messaging: The delete confirmation only says "all sessions will be deleted" - it does NOT clearly state that ALL project files will be permanently deleted
2. No warning about data loss: Users expect dashboard deletion to remove the project from the dashboard, not delete files from disk
3. Prominent delete button: The delete button is easily visible and clickable, appearing "safe" compared to more destructive operations
4. No recovery mechanism: Once deleted, all data is gone with no trash/recovery option

What happened to me:

1. Opened Claude CLI in a root project folder
2. dr-claw auto-detected and added it to the dashboard as a project
3. Wanted to remove it from the dashboard
4. Clicked delete, expecting it to just remove from dashboard
5. Entire project directory was permanently deleted - thousands of files gone, no recovery possible

The problem:
The current behavior conflates two different actions:

• "Remove from dashboard" (what users think they're doing)
• "Permanently delete all project files" (what actually happens)

Expected behavior:

Severity: Critical - Data loss with no recovery

Steps to reproduce

1. Opened Claude CLI in a root project folder
2. dr-claw auto-detected and added it to the dashboard as a project
3. Wanted to remove it from the dashboard
4. Clicked delete, expecting it to just remove from dashboard
5. Entire project directory was permanently deleted - thousands of files gone, no recovery possible

Expected behavior

Deleting a project from dashboard should only remove it from the dashboard - NOT delete the actual project files.

Actual behavior

Permanently deletes the entire directory and all its files

VibeLab version

2026

Operating system

Linux

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