[BUG] v2.1.76 macos - Team account - doesn't load claude.ai MCPs on first instance

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• [x] I am using the latest version of Claude Code

What's Wrong?

claude.ai managed MCPs silently fail to load on the first Claude Code instance started each day. /mcp shows only user-configured MCPs (company_one, gitlab) — the entire "claude.ai" section is missing. /doctor confirms only 2 MCP servers.

A second instance started later in the same project directory loads them fine. That instance's /doctor shows 6 MCP servers including claude_ai_Google_Calendar, claude_ai_Atlassian, claude_ai_Slack, and claude_ai_Gmail.

If I /exit from the session I was in that didn't have the MCPs and immediately load back into that same session they are there (either with the --session NAME switch or just claude). But the first load of the day doesn't have them.

Both instances: same machine, same project directory, same version (2.1.74 homebrew), same account.

Started happening after switching from personal account to team/org account. Also could have been triggered by upgrade from 2.1.73 -> 2.1.74. Reproduced 2 consecutive days. Single instance running, no race condition — waited over an hour before starting a second. Still happening on v2.1.76.

Broken instance /doctor:
MCP servers: gitlab (81 tools), company_one (24 tools)
Total: ~25,261 tokens

Working instance /doctor:
MCP servers: gitlab (81), claude_ai_Google_Calendar (9), claude_ai_Atlassian (31), claude_ai_Slack (13), company_one (24), +1 more
Total: ~56,711 tokens

Config: claudeAiMcpEverConnected includes Gmail, Calendar, Slack, Atlassian. tengu_claudeai_mcp_connectors: true. OAuth connected (org account). macOS Darwin 25.3.0.

What Should Happen?

Every instance started, even the first one of the day should have all the configured MCP servers from the start.

Error Messages/Logs

❯ /feedback                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
  ⎿  Error submitting feedback / bug report

Couldn't submit this via Claude

No error messages for the MCPs

Steps to Reproduce

• Using team account not personal
• First session of the day (e.g: 8am after /exit claude at say 8pm the previous day)
• Either via plain claude or resume session claude --resume "Other"
• claude.ai MCPs not there
• Create second claude session in a new window - or also resume another session
• claude.ai MCPs there
• Exit the first session and either new claude or resume session
• claude.ai MCPs there

No errors, nothing obviously Claude could debug.

Claude Model

Opus

Is this a regression?

Yes, this worked in a previous version

Last Working Version

2.1.73 (but on a personal account so unsure if related)

Claude Code Version

2.1.76 (Claude Code)

Platform

Anthropic API

Operating System

macOS

Terminal/Shell

Other

Additional Information

Using Ghostty terminal.
No other changes made to Claude config.