Digest / Week of April 27 – May 3, 2026
Claude Code Week in Review — April 27 – May 3, 2026
2,144 new issues filed ·
2,034 resolved in anthropics/claude-code.
Most discussed new issues
- [BUG] API Error: Server is temporarily limiting requests (not your usage limit) · Rate limited
- [BUG] Cowork Edit/Write tools silently truncate files via byte-conservation buffer cap (deterministic, fires at all file sizes)
- [BUG] [Billing] Max 5x → Max 20x upgrade fails with "Unable to update subscription" — same pattern as #10832, #50710, #43118
- Sudden 5-hour session window squeeze starting Apr 29, 2026 evening
- [Bug] Unexpected high API usage consumption - 100% quota in 1-2 hours
- [BUG] Claude Desktop blank screen on Windows + Cowork unusable + sandbox API errors — Max subscriber, 9-day outage
- [Bug] Anthropic API Error: credit_balance_too_low despite sufficient account credits
- [BUG] Max 5x → Max 20x upgrade stuck in void_invoice loop — server returns same canceled PaymentIntent on every retry
- Desktop app: cannot change primary working directory or open new chat
- Post-mortem 2026-04-28: 12 multi-agent coordination bugs surfaced across a single autonomous-overnight cycle
- [BUG] CC on Web or CC standalone App: "Claude Code execution failed" 100% of the time
- [BUG] Cowork desktop app — bash workspace fails to start repeatedly across sessions
- [BUG] Something went wrong Try sending your message again. If it keeps happening, share feedback so we can investigate. The session stopped responding. Send your message again to resume with a fresh process.
- [BUG] v2.1.117 embedded ugrep wrapper amplifies regex backtracking from grep-process-OOM into V8-heap-OOM (8 GB ceiling) — host freezes on WSL2
- [BUG] Agent Teams: Single teammate spawn creates 10-151 duplicate worker instances, each consuming full context and actively editing files
- [BUG] npm install now ships Bun binary (v2.1.126) — npm workaround for non-AVX VPS is dead, no upgrade path
- [Bug] v2.1.121 Windows: Claude Code REPL silently exits inside PowerShell host during long-running agent + dense Bash subprocess chain
- [BUG] Cowork on Windows: bash sandbox can create files on mounted host folder but unlink is denied — breaks all git write operations
- [FEATURE] Cowork: allow configuring the storage location for scheduled tasks (currently hardcoded to ~/Documents/Claude/Scheduled/)
- [BUG] OAuth refresh returns 400 after early 401 before local expiresAt; concurrent sessions forced to /login
Day by day
- April 27, 2026 405 new · 333 resolved
- April 28, 2026 371 new · 297 resolved
- April 29, 2026 353 new · 299 resolved
- April 30, 2026 297 new · 246 resolved
- May 1, 2026 299 new · 304 resolved
- May 2, 2026 212 new · 303 resolved
- May 3, 2026 207 new · 252 resolved