Digest / Week of March 30 – April 5, 2026
Claude Code Week in Review — March 30 – April 5, 2026
3,142 new issues filed ·
2,142 resolved in anthropics/claude-code.
Most discussed new issues
- [MODEL] Claude Code is unusable for complex engineering tasks with the Feb updates
- [BUG] Claude Code Desktop fails to Relaunch on Windows due to orphaned process file lock
- [BUG] Critical: Widespread abnormal usage limit drain across all paid tiers since March 23, 2026 — multiple root causes identified, no formal communication issued
- Messages disappear from terminal display during conversation after v2.1.89 update
- Max 20 plan: rate limit 100% exhausted within ~70 minutes after reset (never happened before v2.1.89)
- Max Plan: Token usage increased ~3-5x without any configuration change (since ~March 28-29)
- [BUG] Claude Opus (4.6, 4,7 ALl your amazing fake improvements)shows evidence of purpusfully sabotaging code and implementations.. just eat our tokens for ur ipo right?! u think ur gonna keep users ? eventually peoples will stop being dumb
- [BUG] Extreme token consumption — quota depleted in minutes with normal usage
- [Bug] `/buddy` command not executing actions
- [BUG] Max 20x plan: 100% usage after 2 hours of light work (5 commits, no agents)
- [Feature Request] Buddy customization, progression system & monetization — a paying user's perspective
- [BUG] Max subscription downgraded to Free plan without any action from user
- [BUG] autoAllowBashIfSandboxed bypassed for commands containing shell expansions and several other constructs
- [FEATURE] RPG evolution for /buddy — let pets grow from actual token usage
- Desktop app (macOS) ignores PATH from all sources — Read tool cannot find poppler/pdftoppm
- [BUG] [SECURITY] "Log out all sessions" + Claude Code instance revocation via claude.ai does not invalidate OAuth tokens — confirmed after 3-4 days and VM cold boot
- [BUG] apply-seccomp fails on Linux - cannot write /proc/self/setgroups
- [BUG] Plan mode broken - "Auto mode is unavailable for your plan" blocks all input
- [BUG] Silent context degradation — tool results cleared without notification on 1M context sessions this issue documents three separate mechanisms (microcompact, cached microcompact, session memory compact)
- [BUG] Claude Code sustained ~80% ECONNRESET failure rate — March 30, 2026 specifically from Boston Area
Day by day
- March 30, 2026 465 new · 332 resolved
- March 31, 2026 470 new · 309 resolved
- April 1, 2026 559 new · 278 resolved
- April 2, 2026 541 new · 309 resolved
- April 3, 2026 440 new · 397 resolved
- April 4, 2026 359 new · 247 resolved
- April 5, 2026 308 new · 270 resolved