[BUG] Cowork tab missing — yukonSilver marked as unsupported despite VM service running and Hyper-V enabled
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- [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?
The Cowork tab does not appear in Claude Desktop. On every launch, cleanupVMBundleIfUnsupported marks yukonSilver as unsupported and cleans up the VM bundle before it can initialize. The VM module itself loads successfully, but is never configured.
System info:
OS: Windows 11 Home 25H2
Hyper-V: enabled
Claude Desktop: 1.3109.0.0 (MSIX, x64)
Subscription: Pro
CoworkVMService: Running
What Should Happen?
Cowork tab should appear and VM should initialize successfully. CoworkVMService is running, Hyper-V is enabled, VM module loads without errors — platform detection should not block initialization.
Error Messages/Logs
Log from cowork_vm_node.log:
[cleanupVMBundleIfUnsupported] yukonSilver not supported (status=unsupported), checking for stale bundle...
[VM] Loading vmClient (TypeScript) module...
[VM] Module loaded successfully
[logout] Failed to stop VM on logout: not configured: call 'configure' first
Steps to Reproduce
Install Claude Desktop (MSIX, x64) on Windows 11 Home 25H2 with Hyper-V enabled
Confirm CoworkVMService is running (Get-Service CoworkVMService)
Confirm vmms service is running (Get-Service vmms)
Launch Claude Desktop
Observe: Cowork tab does not appear
Check %LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\Claude_pzs8sxrjxfjjc\LocalCache\Roaming\Claude\logs\cowork_vm_node.log — shows repeated yukonSilver not supported (status=unsupported) on every launch, VM never initializes
Claude Model
None
Is this a regression?
No, this never worked
Last Working Version
_No response_
Claude Code Version
1.3109.0.0
Platform
Anthropic API
Operating System
Windows
Terminal/Shell
PowerShell
Additional Information
Same root cause as #47327, #25136, #25692. The platform detection logic incorrectly classifies this system as unsupported despite all required virtualization components being present and running
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