Desktop app: session in Recents keeps showing a blinking/flashing status dot that won't clear

Status Fixed / completed

Reported on v2.1.185

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Activity 4 comments · opened Jul 4, 2026 · closed Jul 5, 2026

What happened

In the Claude Code desktop app, one session in the Recents sidebar keeps showing a small status dot that blinks/flashes continuously. It does not clear on its own.

The session has no running or pending background tasks (verified inside the session: all tasks show completed, no active agents/workflows). So the flashing indicator does not seem to reflect any actual ongoing work.

Expected

The status dot should clear once the session has no active/background work and its completion notifications have been seen — it should not keep flashing indefinitely.

Steps to reproduce (best guess)

Not reliably reproducible, but it appeared after a session that had earlier run background tasks (a multi-agent Workflow that completed successfully). After the work finished, the flashing dot on that session in Recents persisted.

Things already tried

Opening the session and viewing it (dot keeps flashing)
Confirming there are no running background tasks in the session

Environment

Claude Code: 2.1.185
OS: macOS 14.8.5 (build 23J423)
Surface: Desktop app (Recents sidebar)

Notes

Possibly a stale UI/notification state that isn't being reset after background tasks complete. A screenshot of the Recents list (with the affected session highlighted) can be attached in the app.

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3 Comments

kevin25 · 3 months ago

The same to me

dcassaigne · 2 months ago

Still occurring on macOS after this was closed — Claude Code desktop app, Aug 2026.

A session card in Recents keeps a blinking status dot indefinitely. Inside the session: no running agents, no workflows, no pending tasks. It first appeared after the session had run background/scheduled work that completed cleanly.

Adding a concrete impact, since the report above reads as cosmetic: during a live production incident the dot is the operator's only glanceable "is it working or waiting on me?" signal. When it lies, you stop trusting it, and then you can't tell a genuinely busy session from a finished one without opening each and reading the transcript. That cost real time today.

Happy to supply logs if useful.

kevin25 · 2 months ago

Still occurring on macOS after this was closed — Claude Code desktop app, Aug 2026. A session card in Recents keeps a blinking status dot indefinitely. Inside the session: no running agents, no workflows, no pending tasks. It first appeared after the session had run background/scheduled work that completed cleanly. Adding a concrete impact, since the report above reads as cosmetic: during a live production incident the dot is the operator's only glanceable "is it working or waiting on me?" signal. When it lies, you stop trusting it, and then you can't tell a genuinely busy session from a finished one without opening each and reading the transcript. That cost real time today. Happy to supply logs if useful.

the same to me.

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