Installation & update problems
npm install, auto-update, and version-mismatch failures during setup or upgrade.
4438 related issues · 530 open · 3908 resolved · peaked at 585 open (2026-08)
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- [Bug] VS Code extension: Tool use concurrency error after Jan 23-24 update
- [FEATURE] Secure secrets injection for Claude Code on the web
- [FEATURE] Link a source control repo as the source for organization skills
- [BUG] Claude Code 2.1.0 crashes on startup - Invalid Version semver parsing error
- Max 20 plan: rate limit 100% exhausted within ~70 minutes after reset (never happened before v2.1.89)
- [BUG] Cowork (Windows): all Plan9 shares fail with "Plan9 mount failed: invalid argument" after Windows update KB5124008 (26200.9445) — uninstalling the KB fixes it
- [BUG] [Reopening because bot closed without discussion] Native installer doesn't work on FreeBSD
- v2.1.113+ broken on Termux/Android: native binary requires glibc, no JS fallback
- [BUG] [SOLVE!] Missing API key when SSH'ing into macOS
- [FEATURE] .NET 9 or 10 SDK support in Claude Code for web runtime environment
- [BUG] Frequent IDE disconnections disrupting workflow in VS Code integration
- Bug: Project-scoped plugins incorrectly detected as installed globally
- [FEATURE] Ability to enable or configure automatic updating of a marketplace and plugin
- [BUG] /buddy returns "Unknown skill: buddy"
- Claude Code: constantly seeing 'API Error (Request timed out...)' - Retrying in .. seconds.. (attempt x/10)'
- Shell Function Inheritance Issue - Zoxide and Dynamic Functions Fail in Bash Tool
- /continue and /resume show all sessions across projects instead of current project only (regression in 2.1.101)
- SSH remote connection fails on Windows — hardcoded /usr/bin/ssh path
- [BUG] Cannot find package 'better-sqlite3'
- [Windows] Desktop app 1.24012.1: fatal GPU-process crash (0x060C201E) via in-app Browser tab; crash leaves MSIX package unlaunchable (appxState=2) until Repair
- [BUG] Prompt cache regression in --print --resume since v2.1.69(?): cache_read never grows, ~20x cost increase
- [BUG] Plugin install fails with EXDEV when /tmp is tmpfs
- [BUG] VSCode ext - "Fork conversation from here" doesn't do anything
- Claude Desktop 1.1.4173 crashes on startup — no window renders, process visible in Task Manager
- [BUG] Claude Desktop cannot install on Windows - redirects to Microsoft Store during installation
- [BUG] IDE Integration Not Working After `/migrate-installer` on Linux
- Regression in 2.1.217: "Last Activity" (activity-days) filter missing when grouping sessions by Project
- [Bug] EnterWorktree creates worktree from default branch instead of HEAD
- Remote Control session not visible in session list, cannot reconnect after leaving
- [BUG] Native Windows(Powershell) install of Claude Code is not viable
- [BUG] permissions from user settings.json is NOT applied at project level
- Marketplace plugin cloning should default to HTTPS instead of SSH
- [Bug] Anthropic API Error: Internal Server Error (500)
- [BUG] [1M] Sonnet 1M context window disappeared after Claude Code update to v2.1.45 — regression on Max plan ($200/mo)
- 2.1.120 regression: claude --resume / --continue crash with "g9H is not a function"
- [BUG] The CLI reports that the Claude command is not found but still works
- Authentication Failure After Login in v1.0.68 at ssh remote
- macOS: PTY file descriptors leaked across a long Bash-heavy session, exhausting kern.tty.ptmx_max (forkpty / posix_openpt fail with ENXIO system-wide)
- [BUG] Claude cowork MCP Issue continues
- Support IDE-level notifications for claude-code plugins (IntelliJ + VS Code)
- Bug: claude command not found after npm install -g on macOS with Homebrew due to incorrect symlink
- [BUG] Claude 2.1.0 not working at all!
- [BUG] `"awsAuthRefresh":` setting causes constant repeated auth attempts
- [BUG] Claude Code integration with VS Code not working on Windows
- [FEATURE] Add PostWorktreeCreate hook (or setup command) for environment initialization in worktrees
- Version 2.0.73: Text rendering bug - lines dropped and garbled output
- Sub-Agents Not Detected: Missing Agents in CLI List Despite Directory Creation
- [BUG] Reopening of Claude Desktop Installation Fails on Windows 11 - Signature Verification & Unable to Load #25385
- [Bug] Anthropic API Error: Image does not match provided media type
- Long Context Beta Not Available for Current Subscription
- [BUG] "Don't Ask Again" Overwrites Entire Permissions Array
- [BUG] CC native on Windows: not really shell aware
- Plugin Installation Failure: Missing PyCharm Plugin Directories
- Error: InputValidationError: Write failed due to the following issue: The required parameter `content` is missing
- bypassPermissions mode now prompts on `cd DIR && grep …` when a Read() deny rule is configured (regression in 2.1.259)
- Plugin cache never refreshes - autoUpdate doesn't update what Claude reads
- [BUG] ✗ Auto-update failed · Try claude doctor or npm i -g @anthropic-ai/claude-code
- [BUG] Native Claude Code not using system certs on MacOS
- [BUG] npm install now ships Bun binary (v2.1.126) — npm workaround for non-AVX VPS is dead, no upgrade path
- [BUG] claude crashed in terminal, and i'm getting the error `zsh: command not found: claude` when i try to reopen by running `claude`
- [Feature Request] Add native Nix/NixOS support or maintain npm installation method
- [BUG] Tab completion broken for ! prefix bash commands
- BUG: MCP servers fail to connect in Claude Code despite correct configuration
- Permissions Error During Claude Code Global Package Update with NVM
- [BUG] Cowork crashes since v1.3036.0 is installed
- [BUG] v2.1.73 causes terminal freeze with yellow search bar in tmux sessions - memory leak related
- [BUG] Auto mode temporarily unavailable on macOS - persists across restarts (v2.1.80)
- Agent teams should spawn in new tmux window, not split current pane
- Shift+Enter not inserting newline in native version (iTerm2/macOS)
- [BUG] Invalid Version
- [BUG] macOS OAuth authentication succeeds but auth token not persisted - shows 'Missing API key' after successful login
- [BUG] v2.1.63 crashes on Alpine Linux (musl): posix_getdents symbol not found
- v2.1.89: scrollback history lost in terminal (Ghostty)
- [BUG] - Accidentally pressing ESC while Claude Code is actively processing a request
- [BUG] Claude Code Desktop on windows errors when updating
- [BUG] Claude command intermittently becomes unavailable ("command not found") with ENOTEMPTY errors preventing reinstallation on Ubuntu 24.04
- Homebrew: claude update advertises version not available in stable cask
- [BUG] Silent billing change in v2.1.51: 1M context moved to extra-usage-only without notice — JSONL data proves identical workload billed differently
- [BUG] Cowork macOS - Plugin install fails with HTTP 404, plugins.claude.ai does not resolve
- [BUG] Cannot open or use claude after last update (0.2.119)
- [BUG] Plugins show as "(installed)" in marketplace but don't appear in Installed tab
- No uninstall documentation for the native Claud Code build (Windows)
- Automatic Update Mechanism Failure
- [Bug] Anthropic API Error: Internal server error (500)
- [BUG] ESC Key Causes Complete Terminal Freeze in Claude Code
- [BUG] Error installing VS Code extension: 1: ENOENT Please restart your IDE and try again.
- v2.1.69: Freezes on startup on Windows - mkdirSync EEXIST error loop
- [BUG] Auto-update Fails for claude-code
- typescript-lsp plugin fails on Windows: spawn ENOENT for npm global binaries
- [Regression, Windows+macOS] Cross-session messaging silently broken since CCD 2.1.224+ — messages dropped, recipient sessions wedged 15-20 min (hadFirstResponse=false); fixed in 2.1.237 for some installs, stable channel still affected
- [BUG] Claude Desktop 1.1.4173 fails to show GUI — @formatjs/intl unhandled promise rejection crashes renderer
- [BUG] CLI fails on Windows with Git Bash: "No suitable shell found"
- [BUG] Claude Desktop Windows installer fails with AddPackage HRESULT 0x80073CF6 after an earlier "successful" install left the package in an inconsistent state
- Hardcoded /tmp/claude paths break on Termux (Android)
- [BUG] Verbose output setting fails to persist (reverts to default after restart)
- [BUG] Claude Code MCP Server OAuth authentication doesn't work in SSH remote sessions
- [BUG] Claude Desktop 1.6608.0 (macOS): All rewind attempts rejected with "Can't rewind to this message" — regression after auto-update
- [BUG] v2.1.69: thinking summaries empty in transcript and TUI — undocumented behavior change
- [BUG] : fresh native installation raise warning about npm
- Bug Report :: When Update keeps giving me please wait and try again later
- @anthropic-ai/claude-code SDK fails with "spawn node ENOENT" in Docker containers despite working CLI
- MCP Configuration Unexpectedly Deleted From File During Auto-Update
- [BUG] Claude Code OAuth Authentication Fails - "OAuth account information not found in config"
- Windows: pyright-lsp plugin fails with ENOENT - cannot spawn .cmd files
- Bundled Bun binary lacks AVX baseline support — crashes on non-AVX CPUs
- Invalid API key · Please run /login
- Bash Read() deny rules prompt on cd compounds even when the cd target is a literal path (2.1.259)
- [BUG] Claude stuck at 0 tokens
- Image Processing Failure: API Rejects Unrelated Context Image
- [BUG] Claude Desktop update fails with 0x80073CF6 when CoworkVMService is running (Windows)
- [BUG] /context command no longer display in chat window on VS Code ext version 2.1.45
- [BUG] Installation failed Failed to fetch version from stable: AxiosError: timeout of 30000ms exceeded
- [BUG] IDE integration broken after auto-update from v1.0.27 to v1.0.28+
- [BUG] Server-side experiment (`x-cc-atis`) silently removed Opus 4.8 thinking summaries, and the CLI silently self-updated even with `autoUpdates: false`. No notice, no opt-in, settings silently overridden.
- [BUG] /sandbox seccomp filter instructions don't work, paths not read from settings
- Repeated Bun v1.3.5 segfaults -- 78 crashes, root cause identified (Windows + WSL)
- [FEATURE] Option to disable cross-device session sync / keep sessions local per device
- [Bug] "Unchanged since last read" error when reading file previously accessed in reverted conversation state
- Claude Code CLI Bug Report: Bash Tool Returns No Output on macOS 26
- Plugin Management Issues in Claude Code Marketplace
- [Bug] Claude Code hangs unresponsively on macOS M1, requires terminal force-close
- [Bug] Auto-update fails with npm ENOTEMPTY rename error
- Feature: add a /restart option
- VSCode Terminal Shift+Enter Keybinding Installation Failure
- [FEATURE] Enable marketplace auto-update through settings.json
- [BUG] Failed to install Anthropic marketplace · Will retry on next startup
- Feature Request: Add Hook for Tool Execution Failures (`OnToolError` / `ToolUseFailure`)
- [Solution] Resolve Windows bugs with settings.local.json, auto accept edit,... issue with v1.0.103
- API Error: 500
- [Bug] Background (daemon) sessions drop assistant text blocks from transcript when response mixes text with tool_use (regression 2.1.160 → 2.1.161)
- [Bug] Anthropic API Error: Internal server error (500)
- [BUG] Freezing Issues at Session Resuming (with `claude --continue` and `claude --resume`) after Ctrl+C interruption on Windows
- [FEATURE] PermissionRequest and PermissionResponse hook events for metrics
- [BUG] Installer getting stuck at cleaning old NPM installations
- API Error: 401 {"type":"error","error":{"type":"authenticati...
- VS Code Extension Automatically Creates Local Installation Without User Consent
- [BUG] Cannot paste OAuth auth code in v2.1.107 (regression from v2.1.104)
- [Bug] Anthropic API Error: Invalid message format with thinking blocks
- [BUG] LSP plugins not working with native/standalone binary installation
- Plugin install fails with EXDEV when ~/.claude and /tmp are on different filesystems
- [BUG] @anthropic-ai/claude-code not working
- Missing File Discovery with "@" After Migration and Update
- API Request Failure: Unexpected Usage Policy Violation Error
- [FEATURE] Plugins - Add postInstall, postUpdate and postUninstall hooks in plugin.json
- [BUG] Claude CLI 1.0.96 randomly/predictably freezes on Windows - affects all commands, persists across sessions
- [Feature] Mode-specific permissions: Separate command allowlists for read-only vs normal modes
- [BUG] Bash tool fails with zsh + zoxide configuration - "__zoxide_z not found" errors
- [BUG] Publish @anthropic-ai/claude-code-freebsd-x64 (and -arm64) native binary packages
- [BUG] Mac desktop app: 'Your previous message wasn't sent' toast fires after successful response, caused by postMessage origin mismatch to claudeusercontent.com
- [BUG] Claude code 2.1.83 and above broken on WSL1
- Claude-in-Chrome Windows & WSL working fixes
- [BUG] Linux Terminal Freezes after launching new versions of Claude code from 2.1.34. Complete Freeze - Cannot Type, Ctrl+C Non-Responsive
- # [BUG] Slash command namespacing with subdirectories not working as documented
- Intermittent Claude CLI Uninstallation on macOS M1
- Claude update to 0.2.30 fails to install
- [BUG] Cowork cloud sandbox: egress allowlist collapses to ~5 hosts despite account setting "All domains"
- [BUG] Windows Terminal input completely frozen starting from v2.1.30 (regression from v2.1.29)
- Thread rename fails with ENOENT error: file path resolves to 'n/a'
- [Bug] Claude Code 2.1.243 crashes with SIGSEGV on startup (null pointer dereference)
- [BUG] Windows: Claude Code Desktop app shows sessions in sidebar but all message content missing after auto-update — content not persisted to claude-code-sessions JSONL files
- v2.1.45: Bash broken on Windows - bad file descriptor on stdout pipe
- [BUG] Claude Code - LSP Tool Returns Empty Results Despite Server Responding Correctly (Windows)
- [Bug] TypeScript LSP Plugin Not Registering with LSP Tool System
- [Desktop] Slash-command autocomplete no longer triggers mid-message since 1.40609.0 (terminal CLI unaffected)
- [BUG] 2.1.113 crashes with SIGILL "illegal hardware instruction" on Ivy Bridge (AVX2-less) Intel Macs — regression from 2.1.112
- Invalid Version error on startup: semver parsing fails on changelog header '2.1.0 (2026-01-07)'
- [Critical Bug] Session history lost after auto-update from 2.0.44 to 2.0.49
- [BUG] claude resume freezes terminal on Windows 11 - v1.0.96
- [BUG] ReferenceError: ReadableStream is not defined
- [BUG] Claude in Chrome + Control Chrome Failures in Cowork Mode
- [BUG] Recurring auto-update failures with ENOTEMPTY error
- VS Code extension v2.1.129: command 'claude-vscode.editor.openLast' not found on Windows
- remote-control fails: node: bad option: --sdk-url
- RangeError: Maximum call stack size exceeded crash
- [BUG] Copied multi-line commands from Claude Code output contain formatting artifacts — still unfixed after 6+ months
- [BUG] Cowork Windows - CSP blocks a-api.anthropic.com, VM starts but API unreachable (Win 11 25H2)
- [BUG] Alt+M keyboard shortcut to cycle modes broken on Windows in 2.1.x
- LSP plugins not registering servers - LSP Manager initializes before plugins load
- [BUG] v1.0.98 is not reading project .mcp.json and rewriting .claude/settings.local.json
- [BUG] Voice recording requires the native audio module, which could not be loaded.
- [BUG] Native installer fails with "another process is currently installing" on Linux even after complete cleanup
- [BUG] claude-code for Windows is NOT available due to its port
- Non-Interactive Mode Fails to Authenticate Using Provided API Key
- Segfault regression at 2.1.242 on glibc 2.44 (Arch) — distinct from closed #62747
- API Error: Connection refused — a firewall or proxy may be blocking it (ConnectionRefused)
- Windows desktop app: cross-session send_message silently fails (reports success, never delivered) after runtime 2.1.222→2.1.227 auto-update
- CLI auto-updater doesn't clean up old binaries, triggers repeated macOS TCC permission dialogs
- OTEL telemetry stopped working after auto-update to v2.1.72 with OTEL_LOG_TOOL_DETAILS: 1 and elastic apm 8.*
- [BUG] 2.1.69 hangs on Windows after "Yes, I trust this folder" — EEXIST lock path error
- Bug: Claude Code 2.1.32 regression - allocates ~11GB RAM on launch, freezes terminal (2.1.30 works fine)
- [Bug] Anthropic API Error: Internal Server Error (500)
- [BUG] Native binary installation ignores HTTP_PROXY for API streaming requests (Bun fetch issue ?)
- [BUG] VS Code extension installation fails with 'End of central directory record signature not found' on /status
- Image Dimension Exceeds Max Size in Multi-Image API Request
- [BUG] Desktop global "Auto-fix CI and address comments" toggle never applies to PRs created via gh from local sessions, and doesn't persist in claude_desktop_config.json
- [BUG] Opus 1M context window suddenly returns "Rate limit reached" on both Max and Team plans (200K works fine)
- [BUG] Input freezes on Windows when launching Claude Code from certain directories (native installer)
- [BUG] input lag while typing in v2.0.72
- [Bug] npm Install Fails: ENOTEMPTY Error During Global Package Update
- Auto-update breaks @file_path functionality, displays only subagent options