the claude code spinner persistent

Type: <b>Bug</b>

Background daemon not starting
Even after logging in, the spinner persisted because the background daemon (\\.\pipe\cc-daemon-*) failed to start on Windows. No daemon.log, no socket, no roster — it never launched at all. This is a known Windows-specific bug with the Claude Code VS Code extension's Webview panel.

Extension version: 2.1.139
VS Code version: Code 1.119.0 (8b640eef5a6c6089c029249d48efa5c99adf7d51, 2026-05-05T11:23:50-07:00)
OS version: Windows_NT x64 10.0.26200
Modes:

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<summary>System Info</summary>

|Item|Value|
|---|---|
|CPUs|Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-8265U CPU @ 1.60GHz (8 x 1800)|
|GPU Status|2d_canvas: enabled<br>GPU0: VENDOR= 0x8086, DEVICE=0x3ea0 [Intel(R) UHD Graphics 620], DRIVER_VENDOR=Intel, DRIVER_VERSION=27.20.100.9664 ACTIVE<br>GPU1: VENDOR= 0x1414, DEVICE=0x008c [Microsoft Basic Render Driver], DRIVER_VERSION=10.0.26100.7019<br>Machine model name: <br>Machine model version: <br>direct_rendering_display_compositor: disabled_off_ok<br>gpu_compositing: enabled<br>multiple_raster_threads: enabled_on<br>opengl: enabled_on<br>rasterization: enabled<br>raw_draw: disabled_off_ok<br>skia_graphite: disabled_off<br>trees_in_viz: disabled_off<br>video_decode: enabled<br>video_encode: enabled<br>webgl: enabled<br>webgl2: enabled<br>webgpu: enabled<br>webnn: disabled_off|
|Load (avg)|undefined|
|Memory (System)|15.77GB (7.26GB free)|
|Process Argv|--crash-reporter-id 359198fd-4e2d-4025-942b-334b28a3506c|
|Screen Reader|no|
|VM|0%|
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