[BUG] Cowork tab unresponsive when opening past conversations (macOS)
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What's Wrong?
Bug: Cowork tab unresponsive when opening past conversations (macOS)
What's wrong: When clicking on an existing Cowork conversation, the tab becomes unresponsive — clicks do not register. This only happens with past conversations. Opening a new Cowork chat works fine.
Steps to reproduce:
Open Claude Desktop on macOS
Click on any existing Cowork conversation from the sidebar
Try clicking the Cowork tab — clicks do not register
Workaround: Pressing Ctrl+Shift+I (opens DevTools) forces a re-render and the tab becomes clickable again.
Already tried — issue persists after all of the following:
Ctrl+0
Logout and login
Full reinstall
Manually deleted Cache, Code Cache, GPUCache, DawnGraphiteCache, and DawnWebGPUCache folders from ~/Library/Application Support/Claude
Platform: macOS
App version: [Claude 1.1.5749 (ecf3d9)]
What Should Happen?
When opening an existing Cowork conversation, the Cowork tab should be fully responsive and clickable without needing any workaround.
Error Messages/Logs
Steps to Reproduce
Open Claude Desktop on macOS
Click on any existing Cowork conversation from the sidebar
Try clicking the Cowork tab
Tab does not respond to clicks
Claude Model
None
Is this a regression?
Yes, this worked in a previous version
Last Working Version
_No response_
Claude Code Version
1.1.5749 (ecf3d9)
Platform
Anthropic API
Operating System
macOS
Terminal/Shell
Terminal.app (macOS)
Additional Information
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