Recurring Bun crash on Windows ARM64 (Parallels) — panic: incorrect alignment
Resolved 💬 3 comments Opened Feb 22, 2026 by will-witham Closed Feb 26, 2026
Bug Report
Environment
- Claude Code extension: v2.1.49 (VSCode)
- OS: Windows 11 Home (Build 26200), ARM64 via Parallels
- Bun: v1.3.10 (bundled with extension)
- Architecture:
win32-arm64
Description
Claude Code repeatedly crashes with a Bun runtime panic during session startup. The crash kills the active Claude process, requiring a manual restart of the panel.
This is intermittent but frequent enough to disrupt normal usage.
Crash output from extension log
Bun v1.3.10 (1423d3c8) Windows arm64
CPU: neon fp aes crc32 atomics
panic(thread 18188): incorrect alignment
oh no: Bun has crashed. This indicates a bug in Bun, not your code.
Exit code: 3
Bun crash report link: https://bun.report/1.3.10/W_11423d3cmgEugogCwmzrfwl0uiBgyvBw32CwmvBo7xB44wCwvhgmCw236lC4i16lCg6xjkBgsjufCYKERNEL32.DLLg0jCCSntdll.dlloqi1BA0eNrLzEvOLypKTS5RSMzJTM/LTc0rAQBMcwep
Steps to Reproduce
- Open VSCode with Claude Code extension on Windows ARM64 (Parallels on Apple Silicon)
- Open the Claude Code panel
- Start or resume a session
- Process crashes intermittently during startup
Additional context
The extension spawns two Claude processes at startup (config cache + active session). The crash appears to affect one or both processes. When it hits the active session channel, Claude Code becomes unresponsive and must be restarted.
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