[BUG] Claude Desktop on Windows continually crashes.

Resolved 💬 7 comments Opened Feb 26, 2026 by BrettToney Closed Apr 7, 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?

This is random but occurs frequently. I will use Claude Desktop app for Windows for 2 or 3 hours straight. I go to check my email and come back and everything is gone. Just the desktop app frame is gone. No information inside the app. Usually, I go to my systems tray and just kill claude and restart it. That will work for maybe 2 or 3 times. But eventually, it won't restart properly. If I click the claude icon in the system tray, a simple large search box appears at the top of my screen. Then I have to go in and kill the application in Task Manager. Then it will restart properly. But who knows for how long. LOL... while I was over here typing this, Claude froze again and now there are 2 claude icons in the system tray. This is crazy.

What Should Happen?

It shouldn't crash at all.

Error Messages/Logs

[claude.ai-web.log](https://github.com/user-attachments/files/25569326/claude.ai-web.log)
[cowork_vm_node.log](https://github.com/user-attachments/files/25569328/cowork_vm_node.log)
[main.log](https://github.com/user-attachments/files/25569329/main.log)
[main1.log](https://github.com/user-attachments/files/25569327/main1.log)
[unknown-window.log](https://github.com/user-attachments/files/25569325/unknown-window.log)

Steps to Reproduce

There are no verifiable steps to produce it.

Claude Model

Opus

Is this a regression?

I don't know

Last Working Version

_No response_

Claude Code Version

2.1.59 (Claude Code)

Platform

Anthropic API

Operating System

Windows

Terminal/Shell

PowerShell

Additional Information

_No response_

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