[BUG] Cowork breaks with "Failed to create bridge sockets after 5 attempts" after auto-update on Windows 11 Home

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?

Cowork breaks with "Failed to create bridge sockets after 5 attempts" after auto-update on Windows 11 Home
Version: 2.1.111
OS: Windows 11 Home
Key detail: worked on first install today, broke after auto-updating
Log line: Error: Failed to create bridge sockets after 5 attempts

What Should Happen?

Claude Cowork should answer rather than repeating "Claude Code process exited with code 1"

Error Messages/Logs

Claude Code process exited with code 1

Steps to Reproduce

1

Claude Model

None

Is this a regression?

Yes, this worked in a previous version

Last Working Version

_No response_

Claude Code Version

Version: 2.1.111

Platform

Anthropic API

Operating System

Windows

Terminal/Shell

PowerShell

Additional Information

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