Windows computer-use breaks IME candidate window (Chinese/CJK input) after keystroke injection
Open 💬 0 comments Opened Jun 21, 2026 by Gythiro
After Claude uses the computer-use tool to type text or press keys on Windows, the IME (Microsoft Pinyin) candidate / composition window stops appearing. Typing pinyin produces no candidate popup, which makes Chinese input impossible until the input stack is manually reset.
Environment
- OS: Windows 11 Pro (build 26200)
- IME: Microsoft Pinyin (CHS)
Repro
- Run any computer-use session that types text / presses keys.
- After it finishes, focus any text field and try to type Chinese (pinyin).
- No candidate window appears — characters cannot be composed.
Diagnosis
ctfmon.exeandTextInputHost.exeare still running and responsive after the break.- The Microsoft Pinyin registry settings (cloud candidate, dynamic ranking, self-learning, etc.) are intact.
- Killing / restarting
TextInputHost.exeimmediately restores the candidate window.
This indicates the synthetic input injection leaves the candidate-window renderer (TextInputHost / Text Services Framework) in a broken state, rather than crashing it or changing user settings.
Impact
- Recurs after every computer-use session that performs typing.
- Affects all users relying on a CJK IME; English-only users will not notice it.
Suggested fix
Restore / re-associate the IME input context after performing synthetic keyboard input on Windows.