[BUG] Claude crashes with an Error: Executable not found in $PATH

Resolved 💬 3 comments Opened Feb 16, 2026 by narnaud Closed Feb 20, 2026

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?

When running code, I keep hitting the same Error:

  ERROR  Executable not found in $PATH: "C:\Users\nicolas\scoop\apps\git\current\cmd"

 -     at spawnSync (unknown)
 - spawnSync (node:child_process:226:22)
 - execSync (node:child_process:275:109)
 - $b (B:/~BUN/root/claude.exe:29:3503)
 - <anonymous> (B:/~BUN/root/claude.exe:63:1174)
 - D (B:/~BUN/root/claude.exe:62:19481)
 - J$f (B:/~BUN/root/claude.exe:6171:4965)
 - Sm (B:/~BUN/root/claude.exe:6171:8174)
 - <anonymous> (B:/~BUN/root/claude.exe:6171:7942)
 - some (native:1:11)

The path exists, it's in PATH. I tried with both powershell and cmd and keep having the same error.
I tried setting up CLAUDE_CODE_GIT_BASH_PATH, I tried also installing Git in Program Files (instead of via scoop), but I keep hitting the same error, preventing me to do anything with Claude...

What Should Happen?

No errors, everything should just work.

Error Messages/Logs

ERROR  Executable not found in $PATH: "C:\Users\nicolas\scoop\apps\git\current\cmd"

 -     at spawnSync (unknown)
 - spawnSync (node:child_process:226:22)
 - execSync (node:child_process:275:109)
 - $b (B:/~BUN/root/claude.exe:29:3503)
 - <anonymous> (B:/~BUN/root/claude.exe:63:1174)
 - D (B:/~BUN/root/claude.exe:62:19481)
 - J$f (B:/~BUN/root/claude.exe:6171:4965)
 - Sm (B:/~BUN/root/claude.exe:6171:8174)
 - <anonymous> (B:/~BUN/root/claude.exe:6171:7942)
 - some (native:1:11)

Steps to Reproduce

I'm working on a Rust app, with the feature-dev plugin.
Everytime I'm asking to do something, I have this error.

Claude Model

Opus

Is this a regression?

Yes, this worked in a previous version

Last Working Version

_No response_

Claude Code Version

v25.6.0

Platform

Anthropic API

Operating System

Windows

Terminal/Shell

Windows Terminal

Additional Information

_No response_

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