[BUG] Claude Code is opening a new window on every action

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1. https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues/8035
2. https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues/7165
3. https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues/3055

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No it's not the same issues. It talks about multiple instances of VSCode or Cursor.
My bug is that GitBash is opened on every action.

Windows taking focus every second block you from doing anything while claude is working!

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Facing the same issue on native installation of claude code in windows 10. Extremely frustrating.

This worked for me:

I added a new environment variable CLAUDE_CODE_GIT_BASH_PATH

with the valueC:\Program Files\Git\bin\bash.exe

Make sure to point to bash.exe and not git-bash.exe, that fixed the issue for me.

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Hi there,
I’m experiencing the same pop-up issue.
The solution above didn’t resolve it.

This behavior makes Claude unusable for me.

Has anyone found a fix?
In the meantime, I’ll switch to Cline.

I can confirm the issue. I'm running PyCharm. Yesterday, claude code integrated nicely, displaying all bash interactions in the PyCharm terminal window, today the bash windows are popping up during each reasoning process and are grabbing the focus. My CLAUDE_CODE_GIT_BASH_PATH points to C:\PATHTOUSER\AppData\Local\Programs\Git\git-bash.exe (I did not change it between yesterday and today).

I've been experiencing the same problem. My Git was installed to appdata as above. I tried setting CLAUDE_CODE_GIT_BASH_PATH to C:\PATHTOUSER\AppData\Local\Programs\Git\git-bash.exe and also C:\PATHTOUSER\AppData\Local\Programs\Git\bin\bash.exe but the same thing.

Uninstalling git bash and rerunning as admin let me change the install path to C:\Program Files\Git, claude then worked fine after updating the path variable, I guess there is a problem somewhere either in claude or windows accessing bash from the user profile or appdata folders

Uninstalling git bash and rerunning as admin let me change the install path to C:\Program Files\Git, claude then worked fine after updating the path variable, I guess there is a problem somewhere either in claude or windows accessing bash from the user profile or appdata folders

Thanks a lot - that solved the issue for me. But I'd still consider this a bug that should be resoveld because the default installation path is in AppData.

1. Uninstall Git and download latest version for Windows: https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/releases/download/v2.53.0.windows.1/Git-2.53.0-64-bit.exe
2. Open "cmd" as administrator and change directory to where you downloaded it.

ex: >cd C:\Users\YourUserName\Downloads

1. Run 'Git-2.17.0-64-bit.exe /DIR="C:\Program Files\"' _or_ go to the folder in File Explorer, right-click it select Run As Administrator.

It should open the Install Setup wizard (UI) where you will find the option to select installation folder. Chose "C:\Program Files\".

1. Once the installation is complete verify system variables if %PATH% is updated.

Right-click your computer name in any opened File Explorer. Click "Properties" -> opens "System > About."
On Device Specifications \ Related Links \ click: Advanced system settings.
Opens in new window System Properties. At the bottom of the window click: Environment Variables.
Opens new window for Environment Variables. Make sure you have in the Variable Path: C:\Program Files\Git\bin\ (no quotes no spaces - it is column separated values).
If it is not updated, you need to add this C:\Program Files\Git\bin\ on both _User variables_ and _System variables_ .

1. Reinstall Claude UI or Claude terminal or Visual Studio code extension.

After this, Claude will now use internal pointer for bash that will match where you have now installed Git i.e. "C:\Program Files\Git\bin\bash.exe" . There will be no more pop-ups.

My GitBash was installed to my local profile and my variable was pointing to (non-local admin user) "C:\Users\<User>\AppData\Local\Programs\Git\git-bash.exe"

I updated my CLAUDE_CODE_GIT_BASH_PATH to "C:\Users\<User>\AppData\Local\Programs\Git\bin" based on madkid82's reply above and that resolved the issue for me.

Didn't need to reinstall with local admin.

Simply changing CLAUDE_CODE_GIT_BASH_PATH to C:\PATHTOUSER\AppData\Local\Programs\Git\bin\bash.exe fixed it for me.