[BUG] Duplicate-looking Claude Code items in the VS-Code extension in Cursor

Resolved 💬 4 comments Opened Apr 12, 2026 by eran-medan Closed Apr 16, 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?

When installing (and removing then reinstalling) the official Claude Code VS Code extension in Cursor. I get two identically looking entries in my menu. One is the expected Claude Code side bar, and the other seems to be an overview of sessions.

<img width="446" height="155" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/45f97f2e-8542-4aa0-85b9-8d13a3f33dda" />

First Claude Code takes you to:

<img width="484" height="172" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/e8474d00-9224-453f-a7c3-8806c68641c3" />

Second takes you to:

<img width="496" height="583" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/abc966f8-4e73-4c50-ae90-f46063c910a4" />

What Should Happen?

The menu item names should be distinct as well as the icons. So you can tell which is which.
(Or do the same trick you did in VS Code... it works well there...)

Error Messages/Logs

Steps to Reproduce

  1. Install Claude Code in Cursor

Claude Model

None

Is this a regression?

I don't know

Last Working Version

_No response_

Claude Code Version

latest vs code extension version

Platform

Anthropic API

Operating System

macOS

Terminal/Shell

VS Code integrated terminal

Additional Information

I assume this is because I installed it in Cursor, I know... but still some of us use both / compare before deciding to switch (to Claude Code in my case...)

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