[Bug] Claude Code spawns multiple VS Code windows on first run

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• Error on first run on Windows
  Resolved 💬 8 #25
• [BUG] VSCode extension spawns 3 empty windows on every startup (Windows 11)
  Resolved 💬 3 v2.1.69 #30921
• [BUG] VSCode extension: session switching never spawns a second backend — only the first session after each extension activation works
  Open 💬 0 v2.1.220 #82197
• [BUG] Windows: CLI spawns 3 empty VSCode windows on startup — root cause is `code` CLI calls from integrated terminal
  Resolved 💬 4 v2.1.66 #30975
• [Bug] Claude Code spawns 3 blank windows on Windows VS Code startup
  Resolved 💬 4 v2.1.34 #23743
• [BUG] Running claude code in VS Code integrated terminal spawns 3 blank VS Code windows on Windows
  Resolved 💬 3 v2.1.58 #31133
• [BUG] Remote Git commands are run on first prompt in Claude Code
  Resolved 💬 3 v2.1.71 #32482
• `/desktop` fails with "CLI session transcript not found" when run as the first command in a session
  Resolved 💬 4 v2.1.150 #62017

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