Claude Desktop: GPU process repeatedly crashes when opening embedded browser/preview pane (Windows, hybrid Intel+NVIDIA GPU)

Claude Desktop version: 1.32352.0 (also reproduced on 1.30096.5, so not update-related)
OS: Windows 11 Pro
GPU: Intel UHD Graphics (driver 31.0.101.1999, dated 2022-05-31) + NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Ti (driver 32.0.15.9579, dated 2026-03-04) - hybrid/Optimus laptop

Summary

The Claude Desktop app repeatedly closes itself. Log analysis (%APPDATA%\Claude\logs\main.log) shows the Electron GPU process crashing with the same exit code every time:

GPU process gone: {
  type: "GPU",
  reason: "crashed",
  exitCode: 101457950,
  serviceName: "GPU"
}

Reproduction pattern

In 3 of 4 observed crashes, the crash occurs 5-12 seconds after this log line:

[Preview] Created session preview context
[Preview] Created browser preview { serverId: ... }

i.e. the crash correlates strongly with opening the in-app embedded browser/live-preview pane (used when Claude opens a website preview / uses the Browser tool), not with GPU choice.

What I tried (did not fix it)

1. Updated Claude Desktop from 1.30096.5 to 1.32352.0 - crash still occurred afterward with the same exit code.
2. Forced the app to use the NVIDIA GPU instead of Intel via Windows Settings > System > Display > Graphics settings (verified in registry: HKCU\Software\Microsoft\DirectX\UserGpuPreferences -> Claude_pzs8sxrjxfjjc!Claude = GpuPreference=2) - crash still occurred afterward with the identical exit code (101457950).

Since the crash reproduces identically regardless of which physical GPU is selected, this looks like a Chromium/Electron GPU-process issue specific to spinning up the embedded browser/preview webview context, rather than a GPU driver compatibility issue per se.

Additional notes

• Crashpad reports folder (%APPDATA%\Claude\Crashpad\reports) is empty, so no crash dump is being captured for this failure.
• No memory pressure at time of crash (system free memory ~2.7-3.4GB out of 16GB, stable, no OOM trend).
• No hardware-acceleration toggle is exposed in the app to test disabling GPU rendering entirely.

Request

Would appreciate guidance on:

• Whether disabling hardware acceleration is possible via a flag/config file
• Whether this is a known issue with the embedded preview/browser pane on hybrid-GPU Windows laptops