Code tab missing from Claude Desktop app (Windows, Pro plan)

Status Open
Reported on v2.1.269
Maintainer reply None cached
Activity 6 comments · opened Sep 12, 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?

Plan: Pro
OS: Windows (build 10.0.26200)
CLI version installed separately: 2.1.269 (Claude Code) — confirmed via claude --version
Desktop app version: unable to locate — no visible menu bar (Help/About)
in the app window; tried Alt key to reveal hidden menu bar, no result

What's wrong:
The "Code" tab, previously visible in the Claude Desktop app, no longer
appears. Only "Chat" is visible in the app window. This started recently
(previously worked).

Steps already tried:

  • Fully restarted the app (quit and reopen)
  • Confirmed Pro plan is active
  • Installed the CLI separately as a workaround — CLI works fine

Expected: Code tab should be visible in the app, as it was before.
Actual: Only Chat tab appears.

What Should Happen?

deberia aparecer la pestaña de "Code"

Error Messages/Logs

Steps to Reproduce

  1. Abrir la app de escritorio de Claude en Windows.
  2. Iniciar sesión con cuenta Pro.
  3. Observar la ventana principal: solo aparece el tab "Chat".
  4. El tab "Code" no está visible, aunque antes sí aparecía.
  5. Reiniciar la app completamente (cerrar y volver a abrir).
  6. El tab "Code" sigue sin aparecer.

Como workaround, instalé la CLI de Claude Code por separado
(via PowerShell) y funciona correctamente ahí.

Claude Model

None

Is this a regression?

Yes, this worked in a previous version

Last Working Version

_No response_

Claude Code Version

2.1.269 (Claude Code)

Platform

Anthropic API

Operating System

Windows

Terminal/Shell

Windows Terminal

Additional Information

_No response_

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3 Comments

tazkmazter · 1 month ago

Code tab has also vanished from the desktop app for me too.

omphemetsemosana4-jpg · 1 month ago

THE CODE ICON DOES NOT APPEAR ON THE DESKTOP LIKE IT USED TO BEFORE.

MattMcQueen · 1 month ago

I've got the same problem on Windows 11.

Note that claude.ai/code works on the same account, and that I've done a clean reinstall. Was working fine until today.

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