[BUG] Cowork Google Drive Connection - toast appearing but panel not updating on chrome/Win11

Resolved 💬 5 comments Opened Apr 6, 2026 by sdcathcart Closed May 22, 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?

I established the Google drive connection within Cowork, and I gave the access rights to see, edit, and revise, but when I went back to check to make sure that the authorizations were limited, it prompted me to add more authorizations, which gave Cowork full access to my Google Drive virtual drive, which I did not want. So I disconnected the connection within Claude, and I eliminated the ability for Claude to have a connection to Google Drive in full, and then I rebooted fully, logged out then back in with Claude, and went into Cowork to reestablish the connection. The connection to Google Drive successfully re-established, and I even got a notice upon claude restart in the top right of the screen that Google Drive is connected. So net-net, the toast is appearing, but the Cowork panel itself is not updating, as it's still showing Google Drive as "not connected" in the Coork update area for connections, even though Google also reflects Claude as connect to my Google Drive for see, edit, and revise. Neither Cowork nor Claude Code have been able to fix or diagnose the problem, and Cowork keeps telling me to do a workaround and move all of my files from G to C which I have no interest in doing.

What Should Happen?

Cowork should be able to seamlessly drop a connection and then let is be cleanly re-established. For some reason once I told Cowork to disconnect Google Drive it seems to have internalized that as a permanent instruction and that "Not Connect" state persists, even when I am trying to re-establish it.

Error Messages/Logs

Steps to Reproduce

Add Google Drive as a Connection in Cowork with limited rights. Click on the Google Drive connection and add the full access rights. Then instruct Cowork to disconnect Cowork's Google Drive connection, delete Claude's access to Google Drive via Google, then try to re-establigh the Cowork Google Drive connection.

Claude Model

Sonnet (default)

Is this a regression?

I don't know

Last Working Version

_No response_

Claude Code Version

Claude Code CLI: v2.1.92

Platform

Anthropic API

Operating System

Windows

Terminal/Shell

VS Code integrated terminal

Additional Information

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