Claude Code CLI blocked — "Your organization has disabled Claude subscription access"

Status Open
Reported on v2.1.259
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Activity 0 comments · opened Sep 3, 2026

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?

Subject: Claude Code CLI blocked — "Your organization has disabled Claude subscription access"

Plan: Claude Pro (active, billing current)

ISSUE
Claude Code in the terminal refuses to run any prompt. It starts up
normally and then returns:

"Your organization has disabled Claude subscription access for
Claude Code · Use an Anthropic API key instead, or ask your admin
to enable access"

At startup it also shows:

"Remote managed settings failed to load (access denied (403)) ·
no remote policy applied"

My account is an individual Pro subscription. The "organization"
is the auto-generated personal one ("tuhna771996@gmail.com's
Organization") — I am the only member, and there is no other admin
I can ask.

WHAT I ALREADY CHECKED

  • Settings > Claude Code: only session/appearance options, no toggle

for subscription access.

  • Settings > Capabilities: only connector, visuals and code-execution

options, nothing related to Claude Code CLI access.

  • claude.ai chat and Cowork both work normally on the same account.

Only the Claude Code CLI is blocked.

  • I have NOT run /logout, since other users report that this

escalates the block rather than fixing it.

ENVIRONMENT

  • Windows 10 Pro 22H2, build 19045.5965
  • Claude Code v2.1.259
  • Installed via the official PowerShell installer, then also via

winget (Anthropic.ClaudeCode)

  • ANTHROPIC_API_KEY is not set

REQUEST
Please enable Claude subscription access for Claude Code on this
account, or tell me exactly where the setting is if I have missed
it. I would prefer not to pay separately for API usage when I
already have an active Pro subscription.

Thank you.

What Should Happen?

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Error Messages/Logs

⚠ Remote managed settings failed to load (access denied (403)) · no remote policy applied · /status for details

❯ what happen

● Your organization has disabled Claude subscription access for Claude Code · Use an Anthropic API key instead, or ask your admin to enable access

Steps to Reproduce

ád

Claude Model

None

Is this a regression?

Yes, this worked in a previous version

Last Working Version

_No response_

Claude Code Version

2.1.259 (Claude Code)

Platform

Anthropic API

Operating System

macOS

Terminal/Shell

Terminal.app (macOS)

Additional Information

_No response_

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