[BUG] Cowork tab unresponsive when opening past conversations (macOS)

Resolved 💬 3 comments Opened Mar 9, 2026 by Haydee-DTG Closed Apr 6, 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?

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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