[BUG] Dictation button on Windows lights up for ~2s then stops; nothing is transcribed.

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?

Evidence gathered:

• Claude desktop app 1.24012.1.0 (Microsoft Store install), Windows 11 Pro 26200
• main.log shows on EVERY app start:

[watch-record] failed to subscribe to swift events — TypeError: i.on is not a function
at app.asar\.vite\build\index.chunk-BwWqeh9s.js:2714:8330
("swift events" suggests a macOS-native code path not guarded on Windows)

• Windows ConsentStore shows the app NEVER successfully opened a microphone session

(mic permissions are Allow at both levels)

• The selected input device (HyperX QuadCast 2) is healthy: ffmpeg capture measured

mean -35dB / max -18dB while other apps (Discord) use it simultaneously

• Tried: correct device explicitly selected, Default device entry, Hold-to-record

toggle, closing Voicemod/NVIDIA Broadcast — no change, as expected given the
startup TypeError above.

What Should Happen?

I WANT TO USE MICROPHONE TO DICTATE, BUT IT SEEMS BUGGED. DOESN'T DETECT VOICE, DOESN'T DICTATE :(

Error Messages/Logs

Steps to Reproduce

I JUST CLICK THE BUTTON MICROPHONE AND IT DOES NOT WORK.

Claude Model

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Is this a regression?

I don't know

Last Working Version

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Claude Code Version

2.1.210

Platform

Other

Operating System

Windows

Terminal/Shell

Other

Additional Information

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