Cowork crashes with "exited with code 1" on v1.3036.0 (macOS) Body:
Resolved 💬 16 comments Opened Apr 16, 2026 by mason829 Closed Apr 17, 2026
💡 Likely answer: A maintainer (claude[bot], contributor)
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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?
Version: 1.3036.0 (cf521c)
macOS version: [whatever yours is — Apple menu > About This Mac]
Chat mode works fine
Cowork crashes on both existing and new threads
Started immediately after updating to this version today
No config or OS changes on my end
What Should Happen?
IT should launch without crashing
Error Messages/Logs
Steps to Reproduce
Installed new version.
Claude Model
None
Is this a regression?
Yes, this worked in a previous version
Last Working Version
_No response_
Claude Code Version
1.3036.0 (cf521c)
Platform
Anthropic API
Operating System
macOS
Terminal/Shell
Terminal.app (macOS)
Additional Information
_No response_
16 Comments
I'm having this issue too!
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Having same issue
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same here
Also happening for me
Also happening to me. Windows. Post update
same!!!!!
same issue on Mac M3 max
Same here on Mac Mini M4 running Tahoe 26.4.1 - Claude v 1.3036.0
Same issue. iMac M1 2021 running Sonoma 14.6.1
Same issue. Mac Mini M4. Claude 1.3036.0 (cf521c)
This is a duplicate of #49358, which was fixed as of version 1.3109.0.
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