[BUG] Failure to open / enable CoWork

Resolved 💬 3 comments Opened May 20, 2026 by davidwallie-netizen Closed Jun 20, 2026

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?

Been trying to start working with Claude Code for last 2.5 hours, keep getting error message:

Failed to start Claude's workspace
VM service not running. The service failed to start.
Restarting Claude or your computer sometimes resolves this. If it persists, you can reinstall the workspace.

I am on Windows 11 ARM64, version 10.0.26200)

What Should Happen?

Work with CoWork without error message

ClaudeSetup.log

Error Messages/Logs

Steps to Reproduce

Pasted above

Claude Model

Opus

Is this a regression?

I don't know

Last Working Version

None

Claude Code Version

Not using Code

Platform

Anthropic API

Operating System

Windows

Terminal/Shell

PowerShell

Additional Information

_No response_

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