[BUG]Code tab greyed out then completely missing — Claude Desktop, Windows 11

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?

My Code tab in Claude Desktop (Windows 11) started as greyed out in July 2026, and as of August 12 the tab icon is gone entirely — no </> icon next to Home at all. Cowork tab works fine, only Code is affected.

I've already tried everything support suggested: confirmed Git 2.55.0.3 is installed and on PATH, added CLAUDE_CODE_GIT_BASH_PATH to .claude/settings.json pointing to the correct bash.exe, fully uninstalled and reinstalled the app, ran CCleaner, signed out and back in multiple times, force-quit via Task Manager and relaunched. None of it fixed it. I also confirmed Code works fine on claude.ai in a browser with the same account, so it's not a billing/account issue.

This has been going on 6-8 weeks now. I renewed my subscription last month in good faith that this would get fixed. It hasn't. I've filed support tickets and gone back and forth with an AI bot, not a human, repeatedly asking for human escalation. I keep getting false promises of a human follow-up that never happens. I'm paying for a feature I can't use.

What Should Happen?

The Code tab should show up next to Home with its icon, be clickable, and let me use Claude Code — the same way the Cowork tab already works for me. Right now it's just gone.

Error Messages/Logs

Steps to Reproduce

Code tab is missing from Claude Desktop on Windows 11, every time I open it.

Claude Model

None

Is this a regression?

Yes, this worked in a previous version

Last Working Version

_No response_

Claude Code Version

Latest — app auto-updates, exact build number not visible in the UI

Platform

Anthropic API

Operating System

Windows

Terminal/Shell

PowerShell

Additional Information

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