[Bug] Filesystem MCP server crashes on startup with "Server transport closed unexpectedly"

Resolved 💬 1 comment Opened Apr 16, 2026 by milena-smartepd Closed May 27, 2026

Bug Description
I've been experiencing issues with Cowork (desktop app on Mac) since the outage on April 15. Even after a full Mac restart, I'm unable to add folders and keep getting two errors:
"Session VM process not available. The session may not be fully initialized."
"Failed to mount [folder path] – operation not permitted"
Looking at the MCP logs, the Filesystem server is crashing almost immediately after every startup with "Server transport closed unexpectedly" — it never stays connected long enough to complete initialization. This was working fine for weeks prior.
I've attached the relevant logs. Could you please investigate and reset my session?
Account email: milena.rangelov@smartepd.com

Environment Info

  • Platform: darwin
  • Terminal: Apple_Terminal
  • Version: 2.1.111
  • Feedback ID: 14bf7419-1a4c-4584-9e30-44d87fe78b90

Errors

[{"error":"Error: Failed to delete keychain entry: security: SecKeychainSearchCopyNext: The specified item could not be found in the keychain.\n    at vMq (file:///Users/smartepdworkaccount/.nvm/versions/node/v22.22.1/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:301:272235)\n    at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:103:5)\n    at async BUq (file:///Users/smartepdworkaccount/.nvm/versions/node/v22.22.1/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:480:889)\n    at async eR1 (file:///Users/smartepdworkaccount/.nvm/versions/node/v22.22.1/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:480:787)\n    at async pq8 (file:///Users/smartepdworkaccount/.nvm/versions/node/v22.22.1/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:2986:2123)\n    at async fX6 (file:///Users/smartepdworkaccount/.nvm/versions/node/v22.22.1/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:3011:5687)\n    at async file:///Users/smartepdworkaccount/.nvm/versions/node/v22.22.1/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:3035:3250","timestamp":"2026-04-16T16:48:42.109Z"},{"error":"RangeError [ERR_CHILD_PROCESS_STDIO_MAXBUFFER]: stdout maxBuffer length exceeded\n    at Socket.onChildStdout (node:child_process:484:14)\n    at Socket.emit (node:events:519:28)\n    at addChunk (node:internal/streams/readable:561:12)\n    at readableAddChunkPushByteMode (node:internal/streams/readable:512:3)\n    at Readable.push (node:internal/streams/readable:392:5)\n    at Pipe.onStreamRead (node:internal/stream_base_commons:189:23)","timestamp":"2026-04-16T16:49:17.741Z"}]

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