[BUG] SSH remote: submit button greyed out / unclickable after selecting folder and entering prompt
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What's Wrong?
When using Claude Code desktop app on Windows with an SSH remote connection (WSL via localhost), the submit button remains greyed out and unclickable even after:
- Successfully connecting via SSH
- Selecting a remote folder
- Typing a prompt in the text box
Neither clicking the button, pressing Enter, nor Ctrl+Enter submits the prompt. The suggestion chips at the bottom also do not work.
Restarting the app does not fix the issue.
What Should Happen?
The submit button should be enabled and the prompt should be submitted when a remote folder is selected and text is entered in the prompt box.
Error Messages/Logs
No error message — button is simply unclickable/greyed outSteps to Reproduce
- Open Claude Code desktop app on Windows
- Add an SSH connection to WSL (localhost, port 22)
- Successfully connect via SSH
- Select a remote folder
- Type any text in the prompt box
- Observe that the submit button remains greyed out
- Pressing Enter, Ctrl+Enter, or clicking the button does nothing
Claude Model
Sonnet (default)
Is this a regression?
I don't know
Last Working Version
_No response_
Claude Code Version
2.1.50
Platform
Anthropic API
Operating System
Windows
Terminal/Shell
WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux)
Additional Information
Using SSH remote connection to WSL via localhost. The SSH connection itself works fine (can connect and browse folders). Issue is specific to the desktop app UI - the prompt submit button never becomes active. Claude Code version: 2.1.50
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Bumping this up with a screenshot
<img width="1581" height="881" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/892b9995-a5b3-43d5-8360-c27d898ecfd2" />
This is not an identical issue.
I experience the same issue via WSL and another Linux host via SSH on a local network.
Same issue here.
same issue for me!
<img width="782" height="357" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/0f0173a3-e6cf-4a5a-9cc2-c9c47a951d90" />
i have the exact same problem. Note that i have even completely removed my claude-code-desktop installation (including the .json config file).
<img width="1019" height="761" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/0325b7ec-a423-45a7-ad18-178e3f10c23c" />
I have the exact same problem.
<img width="932" height="999" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/b0ffb6cd-b4c0-4de1-b384-b9e0f12ea46f" />
I am experiencing the same issue. Claude Code Desktop, WSL via SSH. I see the file system and can select a working directory, but cannot send any messages because the button is disabled.
exact same error here. pls fix D:
It's working now. I'm running Claude for Windows 1.1.6041.
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