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[BUG][macOS desktop] Cross-session message to a bypassPermissions session is held with no visible approval dialog, expires after dialogExpiry (5 min) and is dropped while the sender is told "queued" Open

area:agents area:desktop area:permissions bug has repro platform:macos

anthropics/claude-code#92027 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
[Desktop App / Linux] Dragging a pane header does not reposition the pane (menu commands do) Open

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

anthropics/claude-code#92044 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
[BUG] Windows desktop: Claude_Browser MCP server registers zero tools since ~v2.1.229 (worked through v2.1.227) Open

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

anthropics/claude-code#92046 · 1 comment · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
[BUG] Claude Code in Desktop - No way to TURN OFF Prompt Suggestions Open

area:desktop bug platform:windows

anthropics/claude-code#92052 · 0 comments · 1 reaction · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
[BUG] Windows: memory-pressure governor evicts `0 of 0` idle sessions while 15+ are live - app reaches 12.4 GB RSS, stalls, must be force-killed Open

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

anthropics/claude-code#92059 · 1 comment · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
Archiving a desktop session never deletes its worktree when the PR was squash-merged Open

area:desktop bug has repro platform:macos

anthropics/claude-code#92061 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
[BUG] `mcp__claude-in-chrome__*` tools absent entirely on Windows (MSIX-hosted sessions) — present and working on macOS at identical CLI 2.1.260 Open

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

anthropics/claude-code#92065 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
Windows 11 Pro: taskbar unresponsive after a Cowork computer-use session releases screen control (Alt+Tab still works; needs app restart) Open

area:cowork bug platform:windows

anthropics/claude-code#92066 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
[BUG] Desktop over SSH leaves previous builds' remote servers running on the host; sessions inherit launchd's 256 fd limit and crash Open

area:desktop bug has repro platform:macos

anthropics/claude-code#92069 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
Desktop sidebar doesn't distinguish local / Remote Control / cloud sessions Open

area:desktop area:ui enhancement

anthropics/claude-code#92073 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
Sidebar enhancements Open

area:desktop area:ui enhancement

anthropics/claude-code#92075 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
[BUG] Desktop (macOS): background full checkout of pooled worktrees is unthrottled — 3 concurrent on an 82k-file repo take 11-13 min each (24 s median), git status times out, pool grows to 72 GB Open

area:desktop bug has repro performance platform:macos

anthropics/claude-code#92078 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
[BUG] Code tab opens detached scratch workspace after 1.46388.1 update, breaking project .claude/commands Open

area:desktop bug platform:macos regression

anthropics/claude-code#92083 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
[BUG] Claude Code Desktop on windows errors when updating Open

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

anthropics/claude-code#92099 · 12 comments · 15 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
[FEATURE] Show total time and token/cost usage for each finished session Open

area:cost enhancement

anthropics/claude-code#92109 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
[FEATURE] Desktop app: New session should preselect the project of the session it was started from Open

area:desktop enhancement

anthropics/claude-code#92110 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
[FEATURE] Desktop app: let the Ungrouped sidebar section be moved and collapsed Open

area:desktop area:ui enhancement

anthropics/claude-code#92111 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
Desktop 1.44121.1 silently removed Remote Control auto-enable for scheduled-task sessions; please add an opt-in and a release note Open

area:desktop documentation enhancement platform:macos

anthropics/claude-code#92113 · 1 comment · 1 reaction · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
Desktop app: file links only open when the path is inside the session's primary working directory Open

area:desktop bug platform:macos

anthropics/claude-code#92116 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
Desktop app: open files in tabs instead of a single replacing side panel Open

area:desktop enhancement platform:macos

anthropics/claude-code#92117 · 0 comments · 1 reaction · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
Archived sessions render inline in the sidebar project group instead of a separate Archived list Open

area:desktop area:ui bug platform:macos

anthropics/claude-code#92132 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
[BUG] [Windows] Idle "stealth update" quits Claude Desktop, then MSIX re-registration fails at windows.fileTypeAssociation (0x80070005 → 0x80073CF6) — app left unlaunchable until reinstall Open

area:desktop bug has repro platform:windows

anthropics/claude-code#92141 · 0 comments · 2 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
[BUG] Cross-device session continuation executes on the origin machine with no indication Open

area:desktop area:ui bug platform:windows

anthropics/claude-code#92144 · 1 comment · 1 reaction · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
[BUG] Windows/MSIX: stealth update relaunch fails with 0x80070020 — app dead 9h, then re-seeds a dead v1 OAuth grant and forces re-login Open

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

anthropics/claude-code#92147 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
[BUG] `oauth_scope_insufficient` is surfaced as "Claude.ai login was rejected", driving an unfixable /login loop; the same failure is fully silent in the VS Code extension when `disableLoginPrompt` is set Open

area:auth area:mcp bug has repro platform:macos

anthropics/claude-code#92149 · 4 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
[Bug] Desktop app: markdown escaping strips `\{`, `\}` and `\\` inside `$$...$$`, breaking all KaTeX cases/matrix rendering Open

area:desktop bug platform:macos

anthropics/claude-code#92152 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
Desktop app (Code tab): Bash tool output not rendered in conversation Open

area:bash area:desktop area:ui bug platform:windows

anthropics/claude-code#92156 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
Add a keyboard shortcut to expand a pane to full width Open

area:ide enhancement platform:macos platform:vscode

anthropics/claude-code#92157 · 0 comments · 1 reaction · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
Desktop app: local-agent-mode task sandboxes (~300MB each) never get cleaned up, disk fills up daily Open

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

anthropics/claude-code#92158 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
Desktop app's "Resume a session" dialog finds zero sessions after migrating project folders to a new path (CLI --resume finds them fine) Open

area:desktop bug has repro platform:windows

anthropics/claude-code#92160 · 1 comment · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
Long code blocks in chat can't be scrolled horizontally/vertically; no way to delete a previously sent message Open

area:ide enhancement platform:linux platform:vscode

anthropics/claude-code#92164 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
Windows MSIX: stealth auto-update leaves app unlaunchable with 0x80070020 until reboot (non-PTY children keep the AppX container and Helium User.dat hive mounted) Open

area:desktop duplicate platform:windows

anthropics/claude-code#92167 · 2 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
Agent-to-agent messaging is fragmented across surfaces; ask for one addressing scheme and one transport Open

area:agents enhancement

anthropics/claude-code#92177 · 1 comment · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
Sidebar: sessions for the same working directory keep moving between two groups (folder name vs. git remote name) Open

area:desktop area:ui bug platform:windows

anthropics/claude-code#92179 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
[BUG] Title: Packaged Windows Service (CoworkVMService) lifecycle intermittently corrupts MSIX package ACLs, causing Claude Desktop launch failures ("another program is using this file") Open

area:cowork area:desktop bug duplicate platform:windows

anthropics/claude-code#92182 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
CoworkVMService file lock persists after suspend/resume on Modern Standby (S0) systems; neither Power-Troubleshooter Event ID 1 nor SystemEvents.PowerModeChanged fire on resume Open

area:cowork area:desktop bug platform:windows

anthropics/claude-code#92192 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
[BUG] Session breadcrumb shows stale project name from first-ever session Open

area:desktop area:ui bug platform:windows

anthropics/claude-code#92193 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
[BUG] Browser pane per-action permission prompts never persist for non-localhost origins Open

area:desktop area:permissions bug platform:windows

anthropics/claude-code#92195 · 1 comment · 1 reaction · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
[BUG] Windows: Claude Desktop fails to launch — 0x80070020 when creating the Desktop AppX container Open

area:cowork area:desktop duplicate platform:windows

anthropics/claude-code#92202 · 0 comments · 1 reaction · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
Stealth update relaunches the desktop app on idle, severing Remote Control sessions Open

area:desktop duplicate platform:macos

anthropics/claude-code#92207 · 1 comment · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
[BUG] Cowork task list desynced from assistant's tool view; app restart made it worse Open

area:cowork bug platform:macos

anthropics/claude-code#92208 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
Desktop 1.46388: claude://code/new?folder= starts a scratch workspace when the folder equals the currently selected folder Open

area:desktop bug has repro platform:windows

anthropics/claude-code#92210 · 2 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
[BUG] Floating Claude Code input widget overlaps/blocks the maximized editor panel (Problems/Output/Terminal/Ports/Comments) Open

area:ide area:ui bug platform:vscode platform:wsl

anthropics/claude-code#92211 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
[BUG] VSCode extension: session tab bar close button closes the OTHER tabs and keeps the current one Open

area:ide bug has repro platform:vscode platform:windows

anthropics/claude-code#92219 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
[FEATURE] Desktop: option to make the footer usage ring fill with context window usage instead of plan usage Open

area:desktop area:ui enhancement platform:windows

anthropics/claude-code#92224 · 0 comments · 4 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
Repeated "access data from other apps" (kTCCServiceSystemPolicyAppData) permission prompts every 2-3 minutes Open

area:desktop area:packaging duplicate platform:macos

anthropics/claude-code#92225 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
Windows desktop app self-updates and restarts over a running session — nine forced restarts in nine days, no opt-out Open

area:desktop bug has repro platform:windows

anthropics/claude-code#92246 · 1 comment · 1 reaction · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
Browser pane tool fails on all read/screenshot calls with "Policy check temporarily unavailable" Open

area:desktop area:tools bug platform:windows

anthropics/claude-code#92248 · 2 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
[BUG] MCP tool schemas still consuming context tokens after all connectors disabled Open

area:mcp bug platform:macos

anthropics/claude-code#92255 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
SendMessage/ListAgents cross-session peer messaging broken after CCD 2.1.258 -> 2.1.260 update (Windows desktop app) Open

area:agents area:desktop bug platform:windows regression

anthropics/claude-code#92258 · 6 comments · 2 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026

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