[BUG] On the claude code desktop view, the create Pull Request button now creates a full PR, rather than linking to a form.

Preflight Checklist

• [x] I have searched existing issues and this hasn't been reported yet
• [x] This is a single bug report (please file separate reports for different bugs)
• [x] I am using the latest version of Claude Code

What's Wrong?

As of today, my claude code desktop "Create PR" button now fully creates a PR. Previously, it just linked to a create PR view. That was preferable, so I can put it in draft mode and edit the target branch and edit the message.

Note that some of the claude code apps (ios mobile, web) respect the project's default branch. In general, I've noticed that the three of them are all quite inconsistent in behavior.

What's happening now on the desktop view, is that it creates a full PR targeting my main branch (not the default staging branch!), and generates a huge and useless PR title and description that is based off of 100s of other commits. In addition, my repository is tagged for auto review on code changes, so this ends up flagging tons of people for review since the PR isn't even in draft mode. It's effectively made the "open PR" button unusable.

What Should Happen?

Either continue linking to the create PR like before, or offer some customization of behavior to address these current flaws

Error Messages/Logs

Steps to Reproduce

• Set up a repo with develop as default branch, but also still has a main branch
• Add other commits to develop
• Make a claude code change against the repo on macos desktop app. Note it correctly branches off of develop
• Click create PR
• Observe that the PR targets main, and that the PR is not a draft, and that the PR description and title is based off of the unrelated previous commits on develop

Claude Model

None

Is this a regression?

Yes, this worked in a previous version

Last Working Version

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Claude Code Version

Claude 1.1.381 (c2a39e) 2026-01-18T20:18:52.000Z

Platform

Anthropic API

Operating System

macOS

Terminal/Shell

Other

Additional Information

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