Desktop app crashes irrecoverably (requires Windows "Repair") when Browser pane visits explee.com
Title
Desktop app crashes irrecoverably (requires Windows "Repair") when Browser pane visits explee.com
Environment
- OS: Windows 11 Pro (10.0.26200)
- App: Claude Code desktop app
- Trigger surface: the in-app Browser pane (automated browser tool), used to visit a live website mid-conversation
What happens
Every time the Browser pane navigates to explee.com, the desktop app crashes. This isn't a soft error the session recovers from — the app becomes unusable and won't reopen normally afterward. The only fix is going into Windows Settings → Apps → Claude Code → Repair.
This has now happened on multiple separate occasions/sessions, always tied to this same site.
Steps to reproduce
- In an active Claude Code session, open the Browser pane.
- Navigate to
https://explee.com. - App crashes.
- Relaunching the app fails / doesn't work normally.
- Only resolved by Windows Settings → Apps → Claude Code → Repair.
Expected behavior
A problematic page (heavy client-side animation, aggressive scripts, bot-detection, whatever the underlying cause is) should fail gracefully within the Browser pane — a load timeout, a blocked-content message, a tool error — not take down the entire desktop application to the point of needing a system-level repair.
Notes / suspected contributing factors (unconfirmed)
- The page has a fairly heavy animated background (particle/network-line effect), which may be resource-intensive for the embedded browser.
- Possible that the site's bot/automation detection serves different (broken or resource-heavy) content to automated visitors specifically.
- Neither of these is confirmed — flagging as the only distinguishing thing about this site versus others that load fine.
Severity
High from a usability standpoint — an unrelated third-party website should never be able to force an OS-level repair to recover the app.
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