Channels 'not currently available' on Teams plan despite admin enablement

Found 3 possible duplicate issues:

1. https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues/36889
2. https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues/36460
3. https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues/36453

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+1 , teams account , admin has enabled channels, same issue.

+1 — Same on individual Max 20x. Filed #37184.

Session: Morpheus (ae19) | Task: 6gChXr7Cp3fPP5RG

same here, ubuntu (22.04 and 24.04), teams plan, channels are enabled by admin

+1 on Team plan

+1 on Team plan

+1 on Ream plan

+1 on Team plan

+1 on enterprise plan and same issue

+1 on Team plan

+1 on Team plan

Same issue here.

• Claude Code: 2.1.81
• OS: Ubuntu (Linux)
• Plan: Team (org: GMB_PRECISION ENGINEERING_TEAM)
• Auth: claude.ai OAuth (not API key)
• Bun: 1.3.11
• Admin UI: channelsEnabled toggle is ON
• Manual managed-settings.json in /etc/claude-code/ and ~/.claude/ — no effect
• Message: "--channels ignored / Channels are not currently available"

same here

• Claude Code v2.1.81
• macOS Tahoe
• Claude Team Account
• Bun: 1.3.11
• Managed settings includes channelsEnabled true
• Allow channel notifications is turned on

discord plugin configured as described in docs

+1 , teams account , admin has enabled channels, same issue.

for me, deleting the line "DISABLE_TELEMETRY": "1", in the setting did the trick

Update: Confirmed working on Team plan as of March 24, 2026.

The tengu_harbor feature flag is now enabled for Team accounts. After running claude plugins marketplace update and relaunching with --channels, everything works — bidirectional Telegram messaging, inbound notifications, reply tool.

Also confirmed: you can run multiple Telegram bots simultaneously on the same Team account by overriding TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN as an env var per session. Each bot connects to a different working directory. The plugin's server.ts checks env var first before falling back to ~/.claude/channels/telegram/.env.

For anyone still blocked: make sure your admin has enabled channels in claude.ai → Admin Settings → Claude Code → Channels, then update the marketplace cache.

Closed my related issue #37251.

for me, deleting the line "DISABLE_TELEMETRY": "1", in the setting did the trick

This also worked for me. Thank you

Still broken on v2.1.126 (Team plan, organization "Yating"). Tried both workarounds from this thread:

• Removed env.DISABLE_TELEMETRY from ~/.claude/settings.json entirely
• claude plugins marketplace update → success
• Cleared ~/.claude/statsig/ cache to force feature-flag re-evaluation

After restart still see Channels are not currently available for --channels plugin:discord@claude-plugins-official.

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Note: I'm using the Discord plugin, not Telegram. The "fixed" confirmation upthread (2026-03-24) only verified Telegram. So either the fix didn't cover Discord, or the underlying gate is broader than tengu_harbor.

State observations:

• ~/.claude/remote-settings.json correctly shows {"channelsEnabled": true} (admin enablement is reaching the client)
• After restart, ~/.claude/statsig/ is not recreated — client may not be re-fetching feature flags at all
• Linux (Raspberry Pi OS, 6.12.62), Claude Code v2.1.126, Bun runtime

Closing for now — inactive for too long. Please open a new issue if this is still relevant.