[BUG] Claude Code process exited with code 1 immediately, hadFirstResponse=false

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?

• Error happening in the Claude Desktop app in Code mode
• Prior to the crash starting (around May 7-8), manually deleted several

git worktrees from a project to clean up old Claude sessions

• First occurrence: May 9 at startup, after the app downloaded bundled

binary 2.1.128 (replacing the previously working 2.1.121)

What we've ruled out:

• Not project-specific — crashes on ALL local projects including new ones
• Not a missing session file — new sessions crash too
• Binary works fine when invoked directly from terminal (both --print mode

and interactive PTY mode)

• Binary works with --plugin-dir, --permission-mode, --effort, --model flags
• The crash is instantaneous (0ms), before any output is produced
• Updating app to 1.6608.2 did not fix it
• Full reinstall did not fix it — app re-downloads same 2.1.128 binary

Log pattern (every crash):
[CCD] Passing 2 plugin(s) to SDK (skills: 1, remote: 1, local: 0)
Using Claude Code binary at: .../2.1.128/claude.app/Contents/MacOS/claude
→ immediate: process exited with code 1 (0s, hadFirstResponse=false)

• App version: 1.6608.2 (ebf1a1)
• Binary: 2.1.128
• Error: Claude Code process exited with code 1 immediately, hadFirstResponse=false
• Affects ALL local projects, not just one
• Full reinstall did not fix it
• System CLI (2.1.138) works fine from terminal
• Sentry event ID: 814abb0c2ac343bc8279650d0ac167cd

What Should Happen?

I can't open any session

Error Messages/Logs

Claude Code crashed
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Claude Code process exited with code 1

Steps to Reproduce

Any message that I send in the Claude Code Desktop

Claude Model

Not sure / Multiple models

Is this a regression?

I don't know

Last Working Version

_No response_

Claude Code Version

Claude 1.6608.2 (ebf1a1) 2026-05-08T23:17:27.000Z

Platform

Other

Operating System

macOS

Terminal/Shell

Other

Additional Information

_No response_