Desktop Dev Good First Issues

[BUG] macOS desktop app "Continue with SSO" hangs — app cancels its own OAuth network connection right after opening the browser Open

area:auth area:desktop bug platform:macos

anthropics/claude-code#93078 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026

[BUG] Windows-MCP extension: concurrent comtypes code generation corrupts the UIAutomation cache and crashes server startup Open

area:mcp bug has repro platform:windows

anthropics/claude-code#93082 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026

[BUG] Chrome Extension MCP: native host binary copy fails with EBUSY whenever the old host is running, leaving it stale Open

area:chrome area:mcp bug has repro platform:windows

anthropics/claude-code#93083 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026

Unsent composer text is discarded when the app prompts for re-login Open

area:desktop bug platform:windows

anthropics/claude-code#93093 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026

[BUG] Windows 11, Claude Desktop version 1.x Error: RPC error -1: SDK version 2.1.260 not verified Open

area:cowork area:desktop bug platform:windows

anthropics/claude-code#93095 · 2 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026

[BUG] Side-panel file viewer: <a> links are almost entirely non-interactive — no target info, no context menu, wrong click behavior Open

area:ide area:ui bug platform:macos

anthropics/claude-code#93101 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026

[BUG] Cowork Windows — remote-bash reports "no Plan9 drive shares mounted" after Sept 2026 Windows update; host registers 7 shares successfully Open

area:cowork bug has repro platform:windows regression

anthropics/claude-code#93118 · 4 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026

Desktop app: repeated "Request failed · Retrying (n/10)", sometimes needs a full restart Open

area:desktop area:networking bug platform:windows

anthropics/claude-code#93120 · 1 comment · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026

[BUG] Desktop app (Windows): Electron main process pins a full CPU core during agent work — whole app freezes; reproduces across 1.32885 and 1.49585 Open

area:desktop bug has repro performance platform:windows

anthropics/claude-code#93121 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026

[BUG] Stealth update restarts over an open `/btw` side chat and discards it Open

area:desktop bug has repro platform:macos

anthropics/claude-code#93122 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026

Claude in Chrome is unusable from WSL sessions, and the desktop app forces a WSL runtime for WSL-path projects Open

area:browser-extension bug has repro platform:wsl

anthropics/claude-code#93124 · 1 comment · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026

[BUG] Claude Desktop (Windows): local MCP tool calls freeze while the session tab is not visible; hosted calls and scheduled tasks unaffected Open

area:desktop area:mcp bug platform:windows

anthropics/claude-code#93133 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026

[BUG] desktop-commander plugin fails to start on Windows — npm error Invalid Version: (empty version spec) Open

area:mcp area:plugins bug platform:windows

anthropics/claude-code#93134 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026

Cowork (Windows desktop): CoworkVMService never restarts and Plan9 drive shares fail to attach, surfaced as "You've been signed out" Open

area:cowork area:sandbox bug platform:windows

anthropics/claude-code#93137 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026

[BUG] Cowork crashes on every session with "Scheduled tasks not initialized" (100% reproducible) Open

area:cowork area:desktop bug has repro platform:macos

anthropics/claude-code#93141 · 1 comment · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026

[BUG] Desktop (Windows): clicking a session in the sidebar spawns its full CLI + MCP + shell stack, even for archived sessions; browsing 10 sessions ≈ 8 GB / 20+ python processes for 15–30 min Open

area:desktop bug has repro perf:memory platform:windows

anthropics/claude-code#93150 · 1 comment · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026

[BUG] Desktop (Windows): shell PTYs started on session warm are not stopped when the session is paused by idle timeout; preview lifecycle opens a second PTY per session Open

area:desktop bug has repro platform:windows

anthropics/claude-code#93151 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026

[BUG] Windows MSIX desktop app: Claude Code sessions inherit AppData filesystem virtualization, so tools installed from inside a session (uv Python, uv tools, caches) land in the package LocalCache and are invisible or broken outside the app Open

area:desktop bug has repro platform:windows

anthropics/claude-code#93152 · 0 comments · 1 reaction · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026

Projects created before folder-linked Projects can't link a local folder — Context offers only Upload / Add text / GitHub, no migration path Open

invalid

anthropics/claude-code#93153 · 1 comment · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026

Browser pane: no way to grant persistent site permission — per-action prompts persist despite launchPreviewAllowedOrigins, tool allowlist, and bypassPermissions Open

area:desktop area:permissions enhancement platform:windows

anthropics/claude-code#93156 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026

[FEATURE] Bridged sessions should show their real title on the paired device instead of <hostname>-<slug> Open

enhancement

anthropics/claude-code#93158 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026

Desktop (macOS): computer-use permission dialog has only a Deny button, no Allow Open

anthropics/claude-code#93161 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026

[BUG] Dictation mic button disappears from composer once there's text — regression of the v1.46388.1 fix (macOS 1.49585.0) Open

area:desktop bug platform:macos regression

anthropics/claude-code#93165 · 2 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026

[BUG] Cowork folder-access dialog ignores all mouse input when the Claude window is on a monitor at negative X coordinates (keyboard still works) Open

area:cowork area:desktop bug has repro platform:windows

anthropics/claude-code#93169 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026

[Cowork] Allow clearing stale entries from a project's Outputs panel Open

area:cowork enhancement

anthropics/claude-code#93180 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026

[BUG] Desktop app resolves /plan to built-in plan mode; CLI correctly resolves it to the project's /plan command Open

area:desktop area:skills bug has repro platform:windows

anthropics/claude-code#93190 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026

[FEATURE] [VSCode extension] Option to open a session from History in a new tab instead of reusing the focused tab Open

area:ide enhancement platform:vscode

anthropics/claude-code#93199 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026

[BUG] Built-in browser ignores Allowed sites for internal hostnames (*.habifino.local): "Site-level permissions are disabled for this site", prompt on every action Open

area:cowork area:desktop area:permissions bug platform:macos

anthropics/claude-code#93201 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026

[FEATURE] Encrypted, account-bound backup and restore of Claude Desktop configuration (extensions, settings, secrets) Open

area:desktop enhancement platform:windows

anthropics/claude-code#93208 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026

[BUG] Sidebar groups render based on stale 'order' key, not groups[] or member count — root cause + schema for #79810/#58193/#79156 Open

area:desktop bug has repro platform:macos

anthropics/claude-code#93210 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026

[BUG] Desktop macOS 1.49585.0: effort slider is inert — all models stuck at Max, every session Open

area:desktop area:ui bug has repro platform:macos

anthropics/claude-code#93219 · 2 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026

[BUG] Windows Desktop update blocks relaunch with 0x80070020 while background project processes retain the old AppX container Open

area:desktop duplicate has repro platform:windows

anthropics/claude-code#93220 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026

[BUG] Connected folders never mount inside VM — host reports Plan9 share added successfully, guest sees none Open

area:cowork area:desktop bug platform:windows

anthropics/claude-code#93221 · 8 comments · 1 reaction · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026

[BUG] Cowork (macOS): connected folder still mounted read-only in sandbox despite #76344 being closed as completed Open

area:cowork area:sandbox bug has repro platform:macos regression

anthropics/claude-code#93223 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026

[BUG] Cowork desktop: session panel's "Working folders" file tree replaced by unlabeled "Context" chips — connected .md files no longer openable in-app (1.49585.0, Windows) Open

area:cowork area:desktop bug platform:windows regression

anthropics/claude-code#93233 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026

[BUG] Cowork mode sandbox stuck — Bash tool fails to mount virtiofs share repeatedly (Windows) Open

area:cowork area:sandbox bug has repro platform:windows

anthropics/claude-code#93235 · 0 comments · 1 reaction · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026

[BUG] Enter now interrupts instead of queueing while Claude is working (regression) Open

area:desktop bug platform:windows regression

anthropics/claude-code#93239 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026

[BUG] # Cowork session content not rendering for chats created by older CLI versions — data confirmed intact via direct extraction Open

area:cowork area:desktop bug has repro platform:windows

anthropics/claude-code#93241 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026

Browser pane cannot complete HTTP Basic Auth challenge (401 loop, no credential prompt) Open

area:desktop bug platform:windows

anthropics/claude-code#93246 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026

[BUG] Cowork session data inaccessible after restoring vm_bundles\claudevm.bundle from Recycle Bin — no warning this folder holds irreplaceable session data Open

area:cowork bug data-loss platform:windows

anthropics/claude-code#93247 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026

[BUG] claude code desktop keeps asking me to download claude code desktop Open

area:desktop bug platform:windows

anthropics/claude-code#93251 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026

macOS Desktop: ShipIt auto-update relaunch double-encodes non-ASCII environment variables for the whole app tree (UTF-8 read as Latin-1) Open

area:desktop bug has repro platform:macos

anthropics/claude-code#93265 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026

[BUG] error keeps coming with my claude desktop, even after I re-install by times Open

area:desktop bug platform:windows

anthropics/claude-code#93285 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026

Desktop restart destroys every Remote Control session bridge with no recovery and no notice Open

area:desktop bug has repro platform:macos

anthropics/claude-code#93288 · 1 comment · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026

[FEATURE] Desktop: open a session from its notification in split view or a new window Open

area:desktop enhancement platform:macos

anthropics/claude-code#93297 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026

[BUG] Browser pane detached to separate window is slow/visually corrupted — regression in 1.49585.0 Open

area:desktop bug has repro platform:linux regression

anthropics/claude-code#93298 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026

[FEATURE] JetBrains plugin: persistent sidebar listing past sessions (like Cursor) Open

area:ide enhancement platform:intellij

anthropics/claude-code#93299 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026

[FEATURE] Add /fork (conversation branching) support to JetBrains plugin Open

area:ide enhancement platform:intellij

anthropics/claude-code#93301 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026

Claude Browser (in-app browser) cannot be reliably disabled, undermining self-imposed distraction blockers Open

area:desktop area:permissions bug platform:windows

anthropics/claude-code#93317 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026

[BUG] Desktop: BYO OAuth MCP connect fails with malformed "Issuer mismatch (RFC 8414 §3.3)" error — same version-negotiation probe as #87713 Open

area:auth area:desktop area:mcp bug has repro platform:macos platform:windows regression

anthropics/claude-code#93327 · 2 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026

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