[Bug] Claude CoWork not appearing in Claude desktop app on macOS after reinstall

Resolved 💬 3 comments Opened Jan 17, 2026 by sdavidov17 Closed Jan 20, 2026

Bug Description
cowork is not showing up on my Claude desktop app on MAC OS. I tried installing the latest version and logging out but nothing works

Environment Info

  • Platform: darwin
  • Terminal: vscode
  • Version: 2.1.11
  • Feedback ID: 3cd80ad3-b0bd-4f3a-b29b-34e2db6221f3

Errors

[{"error":"Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, open '/Users/sergei.davidov@clearroute.io/Documents/holiday-program-aggregator/.claude/settings.json'\n    at Module.openSync (node:fs:560:18)\n    at file:///opt/homebrew/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:9:673\n    at xI (file:///opt/homebrew/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:8:34380)\n    at Object.readSync (file:///opt/homebrew/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:9:607)\n    at vI (file:///opt/homebrew/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:4629:105)\n    at hI (file:///opt/homebrew/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:4631:204)\n    at QI9 (file:///opt/homebrew/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:4625:1915)\n    at Immediate._onImmediate (file:///opt/homebrew/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:5358:3574)\n    at process.processImmediate (node:internal/timers:505:21)","timestamp":"2026-01-17T06:32:03.498Z"},{"error":"AxiosError: Request failed with status code 401\n    at oP (file:///opt/homebrew/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:39:1137)\n    at IncomingMessage.<anonymous> (file:///opt/homebrew/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:44:9852)\n    at IncomingMessage.emit (node:events:520:35)\n    at IncomingMessage.emit (node:domain:489:12)\n    at endReadableNT (node:internal/streams/readable:1701:12)\n    at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:90:21)\n    at h$A.request (file:///opt/homebrew/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:46:2130)\n    at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:105:5)\n    at async BF7 (file:///opt/homebrew/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:3667:26719)\n    at async file:///opt/homebrew/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:3667:27637","timestamp":"2026-01-17T06:32:04.443Z"},{"error":"Error: Error parsing line in /Users/sergei.davidov@clearroute.io/.claude/projects/-Users-sergei-davidov-clearroute-io-Documents-holiday-program-aggregator/696e958b-199e-4a73-8324-d9756840e631.jsonl: SyntaxError: Unexpected token 'a', \"amp\":\"2026\"... is not valid JSON\n    at file:///opt/homebrew/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:66:79\n    at Array.map (<anonymous>)\n    at Mb (file:///opt/homebrew/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:66:26)\n    at async ko (file:///opt/homebrew/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:3257:1878)\n    at async xa2 (file:///opt/homebrew/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:3257:6924)","timestamp":"2026-01-17T06:32:04.806Z"},{"error":"Error: Error parsing line in /Users/sergei.davidov@clearroute.io/.claude/projects/-Users-sergei-davidov-clearroute-io-Documents-holiday-program-aggregator/696e958b-199e-4a73-8324-d9756840e631.jsonl: SyntaxError: Unexpected token 'h', \"he_creatio\"... is not valid JSON\n    at file:///opt/homebrew/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:66:79\n    at Array.map (<anonymous>)\n    at Mb (file:///opt/homebrew/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:66:26)\n    at async ko (file:///opt/homebrew/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:3257:1878)\n    at async xa2 (file:///opt/homebrew/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:3257:6924)","timestamp":"2026-01-17T06:32:04.806Z"}]

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