Installation & update problems — page 2
Issues 201–400 of the 4,438 matching this topic. The trend chart and topic overview are on page 1.
- Desktop auto-update ("stealth update") quits and relaunches the app while the user is away, dropping every Remote Control session
- [Bug] Native installer produces unsealed macOS app bundle rejected by code signature validation
- [BUG] Plugin skills not appearing in `/` menu after v2.1.110 update — only `schedule` shows
- [BUG] Tool results silently dropped with "missing due to internal error" across all tools on Windows (regression in 2.1.101)
- Update notification always shown for winget installations due to npm version check
- [BUG] `Update available` banner suggests brew upgrade when `brew cask` is already at latest
- VS Code extension v2.1.51: commands not found (claude-vscode.editor.openLast)
- Claude Code CLI: Node.js v25 Incompatibility - TypeError "prototype" is undefined in cli.js
- Scroll back + Color bleaching + Memory leak fix -- npm i -g claudefix --- Cons: Plugs myself and runs an ad, makes claude immutable so it stays locked --- Slowly adding more festures to ennhance UX, youre a bot if youre bitching about safety in the comments.. Linux only
- [Bug] Inconsistent usage percentage display between /usage page and CLI
- [BUG] claude doctor reports insufficient permissions for automatic updates when using NVM
- [BUG] Subprocess initialization did not complete within 60000ms on Windows — regression from 2.1.114
- Remote Control not enabled for Max plan account
- [BUG] Claude Code v2.1.24+ broken on macOS - cache_control.ephemeral.scope error
- [BUG] - Native installation v2.1.15 interactive mode exits immediately on WSL (Ubuntu 20.04)
- TypeScript LSP plugin enabled but tools not available in session
- [Feature Request] Allow Ctrl+B passthrough for readline cursor navigation
- [FEATURE] Ship a FreeBSD native binary — Bun no longer a blocker
- [BUG] Agents view opened by bare `claude --resume` / `-r` / `--continue` ignores all keyboard input (v2.1.203–204)
- Bash tool aborts with "temp filesystem ... is full (0MB free)" / ENOSPC when disk is NOT full (macOS)
- [BUG] 2.1.111 introduced ~14% context window bloat at session startup (8% → 22%)
- [FEATURE] Setting to suppress built-in token/usage warning notifications in statusline
- Claude Code does not connect to any IDE after upgrading to 1.0.28+
- Unsupported win32?
- [BUG] Auto-update to 2.1.237 leaves broken stub on Windows: claude-code-win32-x64@2.1.237 missing from npm registry (incomplete release)
- TCC permission grants lost on every auto-update: native installer gives each release a new absolute binary path (bare Mach-O, no bundle)
- Cowork dictation stops ~2s after start on macOS Tahoe 26.4.1 — began immediately after auto-update to 1.15962.0 (039543); chat dictation unaffected
- [2.1.83+] Korean IME toggle key outputs [57358u in input area (regression from 2.1.81)
- [BUG] [1M] Opus 4.6 1M context unavailable on Max 5x — works on another machine with same account
- [BUG] Remote Control fails on Windows npm installation: "bad option: --sdk-url"
- [BUG] [Windows] Bun panic "switch on corrupt value" crashes during Bash tool execution (v2.1.45 / Bun 1.3.10-canary.63)
- [BUG] IDE integration broken in v2.1.23+ - MCP server never connects - Affects Jetbrains IDEs on Windows
- [Feature Request] Multi-account/profile support with CLI flags
- [BUG] (lsp): Malformed file:// URI Generation (v2.1.1+) [RFC-8089]
- "Claude Code Extension Not Detected in VSCode Terminal"
- Claude Design first-party MCP always 403s: transport never attaches design-scoped token, `claude mcp login` OAuth flow is dead, and the error message suggests a nonexistent `/design-login` command
- Windows desktop: stealth update leaves orphaned processes holding old AppX container; new version unlaunchable (0x80070020) until reboot
- [desktop] Add /reload-plugins command for in-process plugin refresh (parity with CLI)
- [BUG] Cowork: Minor version update permanently deletes chat history and scheduled tasks
- [BUG] claude.ai/install.sh returns 403 — Cloudflare challenge blocks Docker/CI installs
- [BUG] Claude Desktop installation fails on Windows 11 25H2 (Build 26200) - "couldn't install please check for software updates"
- [BUG] "illegal hardware instruction" on CPU without AVX2 (Xeon E5 v2)
- [BUG] Hooks fail with posix_spawn '/bin/sh' ENOENT due to sandbox restrictions
- [BUG] VSCode Extension fails to load with ServiceWorker error when ~/.claude/projects folder doesn't exist
- [BUG] VSCode extension fails to load .zshrc file
- Request to update CHANGELOG.md with releases
- [RESOLVED] Anthropic API Overloaded Error: Repeated 529 Status Code Retry
- Unicode Input Handling Fails for Vietnamese Characters
- Extension Installation Failure: Claude Code Extension Not Available in Cursor Marketplace
- Publish VS Code Claude Code extension to VS Marketplace
- [BUG] Claude Code CLI unresponsive after update to version 0.2.119
- VSCode Terminal Setup Keybinding Installation Failed
- Bash tool returns exit code 127 on every command in 2.1.147
- [BUG] indows 11 Pro: Cowork, Connectors, and Claude Code all broken after latest auto-update — ERR_CONNECTION_RESET + OAuthError
- Third-party marketplace plugins don't auto-update on session start
- [Bug] Anthropic API Error: Assistant message thinking block must be first
- [FEATURE] Maintain npm install method for platforms without native install binary (OpenBSD)
- [BUG] Plugin install uses SSH for public GitHub repos, fails without SSH keys configured
- [BUG] Windows: Claude Code 2.0.65 fails with ENOENT error due to colons in MCP log directory paths
- [BUG] vs code extension version v2.0.44 fails to initialize with "Node.js version 18 required"
- [BUG] Auto-update failed error persists after manual update
- [BUG] claude CLI Not Recognized After Global Installation on Windows
- [BUG] crashes with `code: "ECOMPROMISED"`
- [BUG] 2.1.268 moved the IDE/selection indicator from the status line into the prompt input; no way to move it back
- [BUG] Regression in 2.1.158: claude spirals into redundant/invented tool calls during file reads (2.1.157 clean)
- effortLevel "max" in settings.json does not persist across sessions
- [BUG] userConfig prompt not shown during plugin install — substitution fails with "Missing required user configuration value
- [BUG] Windows: Cowork browser automation tools missing after Claude Desktop update — computer-use tools never register
- [BUG] TypeScript LSP plugin non-functional on v2.1.63 — race condition + missing .lsp.json in official plugin
- [BUG] Change installation method from npm to native in Docker file
- [BUG] Invalid Version error on startup - changelog format breaks semver parsing
- [BUG] Powershell Native Install does not copy claude.exe
- Auto-update fails repeatedly with ENOTEMPTY error on macOS with nvm
- [BUG] "Interactive mode freezes on Windows - no input response after initial setup"
- File Autocomplete Broken: '@' Trigger Fails on Windows
- [BUG] Windows/MSIX: `git fsmonitor--daemon` spawned by Claude Code inherits the AppX container job, survives the update's forced shutdown, and blocks relaunch of the new version (0x80070020). Root cause + no-reboot workaround
- Support version pinning in plugin install command
- [BUG] Illegal instruction crash on CPUs without AVX after 2.1.112 (native binary regression)
- /login shows "Login successful" but immediately reverts to "Not logged in"
- Native binary leaks ~7MB .node files to temp directory on each session (Windows)
- ⎿ API Error: 500 {"type":"error","error":{"type":"api_err...
- [BUG] v2.1.27: --resume and --continue freeze on macOS (regression from 2.1.26)
- [BUG] Constant warning that "claude symlink points to invalid binary"
- API Error: 401
- [BUG] /install-github-app does not allow to authenticate to Claude.ai on Windows (subscription model)
- Task/Todo tools (TaskCreate/TodoWrite) not exposed despite `todoFeatureEnabled: true` — regressed ~2026-07-21, appears account-gated
- VSCode Chrome integration silently fails: 3 distinct bugs
- [BUG] All sessions lost after Claude Desktop update on Windows (data intact on disk)
- Simulated Ctrl+V paste (Wispr Flow voice dictation) broken on Windows since v2.1.83
- [BUG] setValueForKeyFakeAssocArray showing up in almost all Bash calls in claude Code
- [BUG] Past Conversations empty on Windows with mapped network drives (realpath resolves to UNC path)
- [BUG] NO_PROXY stopped working in 2.1.23
- Terminal display regression: Claude responses appear mid-conversation instead of at bottom when resuming session (iTerm2)
- [CRITICAL] Version 2.0.50 performs full file rewrites instead of targeted edits - 20x performance regression
- [BUG] Notification hook only fires inconsistently (~25%) for permission prompts
- [BUG] auto update broke claude code
- [BUG] Claude Desktop 1.21459.0 (macOS): Extensions settings pane fails to load when any .mcpb extension is installed — TypeError: u._parse is not a function (dual zod v3/v4)
- [BUG] Agent view: Ctrl+X delete on Completed sessions doesn't persist — rows reappear at bottom of Completed; sessions double-rendered (2.1.204)
- [BUG] Enterprise-managed marketplaces in project enabledPlugins are orphaned on first run; only install after a restart
- [BUG]Extension stuck on "Activating..." in v2.1.129 — works fine on v2.1.128
- [BUG] Blender Connector Fails to Download/Run
- [BUG] v2.1.113+ on linux-x64 behind HTTP CONNECT proxy: Bun runtime fetch race condition + 3 cascading regressions
- [BUG] Cowork VM disk full on session start - ENOSPC blocks all Bash commands
- [BUG] /btw
- [Bug] 2.1.69 TUI hangs on Windows due to config directory creation failure (EEXIST)
- VS Code extension v2.1.51 fails to activate on Windows: hardcoded Linux CI path in extension.js
- [BUG] Keybindings override is not working and /keybindings command is not available
- [BUG] Silent graceful exit during Write/Bash operations on Windows (NPM installation)
- [BUG] Claude Code 2.1.27 spikes to 100% CPU and becomes unresponsive; .claudeignore not respected
- Hook scripts fail on Windows: backslash paths misinterpreted by Git Bash
- [BUG] Plugin install fails with EINVAL: invalid argument, rename - directory moved into itself
- [Bug] Claude Code performance degradation - slow execution
- [BUG] Native installation / binary return API errors
- [BUG] fnm global install will not trigger auto updates
- [BUG] Unable to log into Claude Code on Windows
- [BUG] Agents and commands broken on nixos
- SIGSEGV on startup in v2.1.242+ on Linux (glibc 2.44, x86-64)
- [BUG] Windows auto-update deploys into running claude.exe + CoworkVMService (0x80073CF9/0x80073D02), app left unlaunchable (NeedsRemediation); recovery churn incl. dev-only PreserveApplicationData (0x80073CFA) — twice in one day
- [BUG] Enter inserts a newline instead of submitting; keybindings.json override is ignored
- [BUG] Auto-update creates broken claude.exe symlink on macOS, leaving CLI unusable after restart
- [BUG][WSL2] Paste broken at OAuth prompt in v2.1.105 (regression from v2.1.104)
- [Bug] Anthropic API Error: Internal Server Error (500)
- [FEATURE] PostToolUse hooks: allow `updatedToolOutput` for built-in tools (context budget recovery)
- Subagents prompt for permission on every tool call starting v2.1.56
- [Bug] Anthropic API Error: Invalid message structure with thinking blocks
- [BUG] Claude Code v2.1.17 exits immediately on WSL1 - regression from working state
- [BUG] `installMethod` config setting ignored when `~/.local/bin/` exists
- [Ralph Wiggum Plugin] Windows 11 Compatibility Fixes for Stop Hook
- [BUG] Bun binaries crash on ARM Neoverse-V2 (Python SDK + native installer)
- [FEATURE] Separate Claude Code into Stable Release (major versions) and Preview Release (minor versions) channels
- [BUG] bash commands broken in 0.2.39+
- Add support for auto-updates via pnpm
- Built-in Task tools (TaskCreate/TaskGet/TaskList/TaskUpdate) intermittently unregistered, and can vanish mid-session — breaks the live task display
- [BUG] v2.1.208: `/mcp` settings menu blocked in actively-attended `claude agents` sessions — "background session" guard gates on launch path, not attachment
- [BUG] Hard crash at startup on WSL2 when binfmt_misc has no WSLInterop entry (ENOEXEC spawning reg.exe)
- [BUG] Cowork tab missing after update on Windows 11
- Cloud scheduled tasks: undocumented limit of 3 tasks on Max 20x plan
- [Bug] Anthropic API Error: Internal Server Error (500)
- EEXIST: file already exists, mkdir - startup hang when home directory has ReadOnly attribute on Windows
- [FEATURE] Allow users to provide a reason/instruction when denying a tool call
- [BUG] Claude Desktop sessions lost on restart — claude-code-sessions directory never created
- Shell conflict with SCM Breeze causes '_safe_eval: command not found' error
- [Bug] Claude in Chrome: Reconnect extension fails to install Native Messaging Host on macOS
- [BUG] Install bash script fails with timeout
- [BUG] Incorrect Installation Diagnostics for npm-global Installation
- [Bug] Anthropic API Error: Image Upload Size Blocking All Message Attempts
- [BUG] Problems updating 1.0.58 -> 1.0.59
- Configurable Compaction Warning Threshold to Prevent Conversation Degradation
- Here is the error message: API Error: 401...
- User-writable npm prefix and nvm are incompatible
- Cannot interact with Claude Code interface on Windows
- [Bug] Version 2.1.243 fails to launch on multiple machines, autoupdate causes regression
- [BUG] Pointless timeout prevents updates over slow internet connections
- [BUG] Repo-committed extraKnownMarketplaces + enabledPlugins never processed in claude.ai/code cloud sandboxes (hooks from the same settings.json work)
- [BUG] — Claude Code Windows v2.1.175 launches as Bun instead of Claude
- [BUG] Intermittent mid-stream SSE stall — Opus 4.7/4.8, Sonnet 4.6, pause token emission 40–600s mid-response, latency increasing (VS Code extension)
- [BUG] Bun 1.3.14 JSC GC segfault (SlotVisitor::drain) on AMD Ryzen 5 5500 / Linux x86_64_baseline — all platform binaries identical
- [BUG] Desktop 1.6259.1 adds model name validation that rejects non-Anthropic model names — breaks third-party gateways
- Claude in Chrome v1.0.70: `permission_required` regression continues from #53630 — approval popup never renders, all MCP navigations blocked
- [VS Code Extension] v2.1.129 fails to activate on Windows — hardcoded Linux CI path in extension.js
- Claude Code v2.1.112+ crashes with Segmentation Fault (0xc0000005) on Windows 11
- [BUG] Claude in Chrome MCP: navigate and read_page denied on ALL domains from Claude Desktop (Windows 11) — no approval popup renders
- [BUG] `apply-seccomp` binary loses execute bit after auto-update (Linux)
- [Bug] Claude ignores plan mode and continues executing despite acknowledgment
- [BUG] Updating to Claude 1.1.7714 (3bd6f6) causes Claude Code to stop responding to any prompts
- [BUG] Thinking block content empty in JSONL session files since 2.1.72 (signatures present, text missing)
- Edit tool broken: 'replace_all type is expected as boolean but provided as string'
- [BUG] Claude Code hangs on startup / auth fails with "EEXIST: file already exists, mkdir 'C:\Users\<username>"
- v2.1.53: EINVAL on every Bash command when launched from PowerShell on Windows
- [BUG] [Cowork] Windows: sessiondata.vhdx not created + network diagnostics uses macOS commands
- 500 error with all actions
- API Error: 500 {"type":"error","error":{"type":"api_error",...
- [BUG]
- Plugin hooks cannot execute scripts on Windows - /bin/bash cannot resolve file paths
- [BUG] OAuth login fails with ERR_INVALID_IP_ADDRESS behind corporate proxy (regression since 2.0.37)
- Agent Creation Fails: Saved Agents Not Detected in CLI Listing
- [BUG] User settings hooks not loading in /hooks command (v1.0.51, v1.0.52)
- [BUG] The global configuration for autoUpdates is not applied.
- Persistent API Request Timeout After Multiple Retry Attempts
- Background Worker For Memory and Docs
- Claude AI usage limit reached|1748268000
- Max 20x plan drained in ~22 hours after Fable 5.1; 5.1 emits 2x the output per turn of Fable 5
- [BUG] v2.1.243 native binary segfaults on startup — NULL deref in free() called from __newlocale
- [BUG] alwaysThinkingEnabled not translated to thinking:{type:"adaptive"} on Opus 4.8 — sessions silently run without thinking; 400 on xhigh effort with WebSearch
- [BUG] v2.1.206 silently broke unattended scheduled tasks: runs no longer inherit permissions.defaultMode, fall back to Manual, and per-task mode has no programmatic or bulk control
- [BUG] macOS App Management accumulates one permission row per release; stable signing identity defeated by version-named binary paths (follow-up to #38722)
- [Windows] AppX update/relaunch fails with "another program is using this file" (0x80073d02) — CoworkVMService (cowork-svc.exe) holds package file lock
- [BUG] Claude code can no longer be installed or updated using native installer on IPV6-only networks
- Enable remote control by default toggle in Claude Desktop does not apply to new Claude Code sessions
- [Tahoe 26.x] terminal process tree EPERM in ~/Documents — root cause analysis & data
- [Bug] Intermittent OAuthError on Claude Code session start on macOS
- [Bug] v2.1.88 yanked release caused wasted session + significant token loss
- Windows Git Bash: multiple recurring command issues (nul, python, paths, flags, eval escaping)
- [Bug] Anthropic API Error: Internal Server Error (500) with no retry mechanism
- [BUG] Cowork regression: worked on v1.1.3770, broken on v1.1.3918 — yukonSilver incorrectly marks win32/x64 as unsupported (Windows 11 Home)
- [BUG] claude --chrome-native-host crashes on Windows (Bun internal assertion failure)
- [BUG] Claude Desktop shows black/blank window on restore (Windows) - React #418 still occurring on v1.1.2156 Body:
- [Bug] User input line background width calculation error with CJK characters in v2.0.73
- # [CRITICAL] Auto-compact triggers at 8-12% context making Claude Code unusable
- Anthropic API Context Limit Exceeded During Compaction