[BUG] Bug Report — Gmail MCP Connector Not Available in Claude Code Session

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What's Wrong?

Bug Report — Gmail MCP Connector Not Available in Claude Code Session

Account: [kenneth@dsouzalegal.com](mailto:kenneth@dsouzalegal.com)
Issue: Gmail connector is toggled ON and visible in the Claude Code settings panel, but the MCP tools for Gmail search are not being loaded into the session. The Outlook/Microsoft Graph connector (mcp__233b69d6) loads and works fine — it's only the Gmail-specific connector that fails to initialize.
Expected behavior: Gmail search tools should be available, as they have been in previous Claude Code sessions.
Workaround found: The Outlook connector can access the Google Workspace inbox via Microsoft Graph federation, but this shouldn't be necessary when the Gmail connector is explicitly enabled.
Impact: High — this is a legal case analysis session with trial in 4 days (Feb 17, 2026). Lost significant time troubleshooting connector access.

What Should Happen?

Claude Code should be able to search my damn gmails like it's been doing before today.

Error Messages/Logs

I don't have any more. I pasted in is from your Claude Code agent.

Steps to Reproduce

Tell Claude to use the Gmail connector to search for emails.

Claude Model

Opus

Is this a regression?

Yes, this worked in a previous version

Last Working Version

no clue .... worked earlier today and yesterday and all before that.

Claude Code Version

2.1.29

Platform

Anthropic API

Operating System

macOS

Terminal/Shell

Terminal.app (macOS)

Additional Information

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