VS Code extension v2.1.51: commands not found (claude-vscode.editor.openLast)

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1. https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues/28053
2. https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues/28054
3. https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues/28056

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Activating extension Anthropic.claude-code failed due to an error:
2026-02-24 11:05:05.686 [error] TypeError: The argument 'filename' must be a file URL object, file URL string, or absolute path string. Received 'file:///home/runner/work/claude-cli-internal/claude-cli-internal/build-agent-sdk/sdk.mjs'
at Module.createRequire (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1915:13)
at Object.<anonymous> (c:\Users\guome\.vscode\extensions\anthropic.claude-code-2.1.51-win32-x64\extension.js:45:4602)
at Module._compile (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1714:14)
at Module._extensions..js (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1848:10)
at Module.load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1448:32)
at Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1270:12)
at c._load (node:electron/js2c/node_init:2:17993)
at e._load (file:///c:/Users/guome/AppData/Local/Programs/Microsoft%20VS%20Code/072586267e/resources/app/out/vs/workbench/api/node/extensionHostProcess.js:405:6055)
at t._load (file:///c:/Users/guome/AppData/Local/Programs/Microsoft%20VS%20Code/072586267e/resources/app/out/vs/workbench/api/node/extensionHostProcess.js:223:22773)
at s._load (file:///c:/Users/guome/AppData/Local/Programs/Microsoft%20VS%20Code/072586267e/resources/app/out/vs/workbench/api/node/extensionHostProcess.js:215:24706)
at TracingChannel.traceSync (node:diagnostics_channel:328:14)
at wrapModuleLoad (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:244:24)
at Module.require (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1470:12)
at Module.require (c:\Users\guome\.vscode\extensions\github.copilot-chat-0.37.8\dist\extension.js:382:36169)
at require (node:internal/modules/helpers:147:16)
at pee.Cb (file:///c:/Users/guome/AppData/Local/Programs/Microsoft%20VS%20Code/072586267e/resources/app/out/vs/workbench/api/node/extensionHostProcess.js:254:1256)

downgrade the claude version to 2.1.49 in VS, and it works, the new version 2.1.51 has problems

same

the same

Used Claude to Fix Claude, works great.

PS C:\Users\HSS> powershell.exe -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File .\fix-claude-code-extension.ps1 Found 1 Claude Code extension(s): [anthropic.claude-code-2.1.51-win32-x64] Found 2 occurrence(s) of the bad CI path. Patching... [anthropic.claude-code-2.1.51-win32-x64] Backup saved -> extension.js.bak [anthropic.claude-code-2.1.51-win32-x64] Fix 1 (createRequire): replaced 1 occurrence(s) [anthropic.claude-code-2.1.51-win32-x64] Fix 2 (path resolver): replaced 1 occurrence(s) [anthropic.claude-code-2.1.51-win32-x64] Patched successfully Done. Reload VSCode to apply: Ctrl+Shift+P -> 'Developer: Reload Window'

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```# fix-claude-code-extension.ps1
#

Fixes Claude Code VSCode extension activation failure on Windows.

#

Error:

Activating extension 'Anthropic.claude-code' failed:

The argument 'filename' must be a file URL object, file URL string,

or absolute path string. Received 'file:///home/runner/work/...'

#

Root cause:

The extension bundle contains two hardcoded Linux CI build paths

(file:///home/runner/work/...). On Windows, Node.js rejects these

URLs in fileURLToPath() because they have no Windows drive letter.

This crashes the extension immediately at activation.

#

What this script patches:

Fix 1 - createRequire call: crashes at activation time

.createRequire("file:///home/runner/.../sdk.mjs")

-> .createRequire(__filename) (use actual file path instead)

#

Fix 2 - path resolution call: crashes when agent SDK is invoked

SomeFunc("file:///home/runner/.../sdk.mjs")

-> inline child_process lookup for the claude CLI on PATH

#

Usage:

Right-click -> "Run with PowerShell"

OR from a PowerShell prompt: .\fix-claude-code-extension.ps1

$ErrorActionPreference = "Stop"

$extensionRoot = "$env:USERPROFILE\.vscode\extensions"
$badUrl = 'file:///home/runner/work/claude-cli-internal/claude-cli-internal/build-agent-sdk/sdk.mjs'

---- Regex patterns (stable across minified versions) ----

Fix 1: .createRequire("file:///home/...sdk.mjs")

The method name createRequire is stable even in minified code.

$pattern1 = '\.createRequire\("file:///home/runner/work/claude-cli-internal/claude-cli-internal/build-agent-sdk/sdk\.mjs"\)'
$replacement1 = '.createRequire(__filename)'

Fix 2: anyMinifiedName("file:///home/...sdk.mjs")

After fix 1 removes the createRequire case, any remaining call

with this URL is the fileURLToPath wrapper (Ye or similar).

Replace it with an inline lookup that finds the claude CLI on PATH.

$pattern2 = '[a-zA-Z_$][a-zA-Z0-9_$]*\("file:///home/runner/work/claude-cli-internal/claude-cli-internal/build-agent-sdk/sdk\.mjs"\)'
$replacement2 = '(function(){try{return(require("child_process").spawnSync(process.platform==="win32"?"where.exe":"which",["claude"],{encoding:"utf8"}).stdout||"").split(/[\r\n]+/).filter(Boolean)[0]}catch(e){}})()'

---- Find extension directories ----

if (-not (Test-Path $extensionRoot)) {
Write-Host "VSCode extensions directory not found: $extensionRoot" -ForegroundColor Red
exit 1
}

$dirs = Get-ChildItem $extensionRoot -Directory | Where-Object { $_.Name -like 'anthropic.claude-code-*' }

if ($dirs.Count -eq 0) {
Write-Host "No Claude Code extension found in: $extensionRoot" -ForegroundColor Yellow
exit 1
}

Write-Host "Found $($dirs.Count) Claude Code extension(s):`n"

foreach ($dir in $dirs) {
$label = $dir.Name
$file = Join-Path $dir.FullName 'extension.js'

if (-not (Test-Path $file)) {
Write-Host "[$label] extension.js not found, skipping" -ForegroundColor Yellow
continue
}

$content = [System.IO.File]::ReadAllText($file, [System.Text.Encoding]::UTF8)

if ($content.IndexOf($badUrl) -lt 0) {
Write-Host "[$label] Not affected (bad URL not found) - already patched or different version" -ForegroundColor Green
continue
}

# Count occurrences before patching
$count = ([regex]::Matches($content, [regex]::Escape($badUrl))).Count
Write-Host "[$label] Found $count occurrence(s) of the bad CI path. Patching..." -ForegroundColor Cyan

# Backup original
$backup = "$file.bak"
Copy-Item $file $backup
Write-Host "[$label] Backup saved -> extension.js.bak"

# Apply Fix 1: createRequire
$patched = [regex]::Replace($content, $pattern1, $replacement1)
$fix1count = $count - ([regex]::Matches($patched, [regex]::Escape($badUrl))).Count
Write-Host "[$label] Fix 1 (createRequire): replaced $fix1count occurrence(s)"

# Apply Fix 2: fileURLToPath wrapper
$patched2 = [regex]::Replace($patched, $pattern2, $replacement2)
$fix2count = ([regex]::Matches($patched, [regex]::Escape($badUrl))).Count `

• ([regex]::Matches($patched2, [regex]::Escape($badUrl))).Count

Write-Host "[$label] Fix 2 (path resolver): replaced $fix2count occurrence(s)"

# Verify no bad URLs remain
$remaining = ([regex]::Matches($patched2, [regex]::Escape($badUrl))).Count
if ($remaining -gt 0) {
Write-Host "[$label] WARNING: $remaining occurrence(s) still remain after patching!" -ForegroundColor Yellow
}

# Write patched file
[System.IO.File]::WriteAllText($file, $patched2, [System.Text.Encoding]::UTF8)
Write-Host "[$label] Patched successfully" -ForegroundColor Green
Write-Host ""
}

Write-Host "Done. Reload VSCode to apply: Ctrl+Shift+P -> 'Developer: Reload Window'" -ForegroundColor White

I undergraded plugin's version to v2.1.49, it runs, however, sometimes thorw error like this "Error: Claude Code process exited with code 3
View output logs · Troubleshooting resources"

I undergraded plugin's version to v2.1.49, it runs, however, sometimes thorw error like this "Error: Claude Code process exited with code 3 View output logs · Troubleshooting resources"

run the powershell above if on windows. will fix the .51 plugin error.

Same problem here. The PowerShell script above fix it.

Hi, sorry about the disruption. We just published v2.1.52 which should hopefully work better.

To fix this I had to both roll back to previous extension version and delete or rename .vscode\extensions\extensions.json. This was rebuilt on next VSC start and it worked from there.

same issue

I see the same problem, Had to revert to 2.1.49

This is still an issue in 2.1.55 as well @bug command 'claude-vscode.editor.openLast' its fine in 2.1.49

I still have this issue in 2.1.56, but i can make it go away by pressing "Restart extensions" button.

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