Windows & WSL problems
Platform-specific failures on native Windows and the Windows Subsystem for Linux.
19843 related issues · 3207 open · 16636 resolved · peaked at 3256 open (2026-08)
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All windows & wsl problems issues
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- Bring Back Buddy — A Consolidated Plea from the Community
- [FEATURE] Official Claude Desktop build for Linux (Ubuntu LTS / Debian)
- Add support for Visual Studio 2026 Integration
- Claude Code does not respect the XDG Base Directory specification
- [BUG] In-progress Call causes Screen Flickering
- Cache TTL silently regressed from 1h to 5m around early March 2026, causing quota and cost inflation
- [BUG] Claude Desktop (Windows 11): main window stays always-on-top of other applications, with no setting to disable it
- [BUG] file named nul created on windows
- FEATURE: Multi-window support in Claude Code Desktop
- [BUG] IME input causes performance issues and duplicate conversion candidates
- [BUG] Cowork: Folder picker rejects folders outside home directory, symlinks/junctions also blocked
- [Bug] VS Code extension: Tool use concurrency error after Jan 23-24 update
- [BUG] Permission prompt incorrectly triggers on cd instead of the actual command in compound bash statements
- [BUG] Advisor always "unavailable" with Fable 5 advisor (Opus 4.8 main) across all sessions (v2.1.198)
- [BUG] [URGENT!!!] Claude Code is hanging / freezing / stuck on heaps of prompts for 5-20minutes or more.
- [BUG] Cowork: Cannot use folders outside home directory on Windows (secondary drive)
- [BUG] Disabling telemetry also disables 1-hour prompt cache TTL
- [BUG] Claude Code Desktop fails to Relaunch on Windows due to orphaned process file lock
- [Feature Request] Claude Desktop: Option to execute commands in WSL instead of Windows
- [Bug] Anthropic API Error: Tool Use Concurrency Limitation
- Feature Request: Add /copy command to copy messages to clipboard
- [BUG] API Error: Rate limit reached despite Claude Max subscription and only 16% usage
- [FEATURE] Add font size adjustment for Code tab in Claude Desktop
- Recurring error: "The model's tool call could not be parsed (retry also failed)" interrupts sessions
- [FEATURE] Passkey (WebAuthn) sign-in for Claude accounts, across every surface
- v2.1.150: scroll wheel no longer scrolls conversation — sends arrow keys instead
- [BUG] API Error: Claude's response exceeded the 32000 output token maximum.
- [BUG] Thinking mode toggle with tab button isn't working in 2.0.67
- [BUG] Auto-compact not triggering on Claude.ai (web & desktop) despite being marked as fixed
- [BUG] CLI output formatting artifacts break copy/paste - workarounds waste tokens
- [BUG] API Error: Connection closed mid-response ==> frequent enough to make Claude Code unusable for any task
- [BUG] creates `tmpclaude-*-cwd` files in the current working directory
- [BUG] View intermittently jumps to top of terminal when reviewing code edits while scrolled up
- [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] Claude Desktop window stays always on top on Windows
- Claude Code OAuth login fails with a timeout error. `auth.anthropic.com` does not resolve via DNS, making it impossible to authenticate.
- [FEATURE] Support targeting specific Chrome instances/profiles for Claude in Chrome integration
- Windows: app window is always-on-top with no way to disable it
- Remote Control: mobile app shows permission prompts despite --dangerously-skip-permissions
- [Feature Request] Add option to disable clickable Yes/No prompts in terminal
- Claude in Chrome extension not connecting despite being installed and enabled
- [Request] Windows native support
- [BUG] Claude continually asks for permission, even after selecting yes, always allow.
- [Feature Request] Native WSL Remote Integration for Claude Code Desktop on Windows
- [BUG] Claude Desktop spawns 1.8 GB Hyper-V VM on every launch, even for chat-only use
- [BUG] Cowork Windows - Cannot connect to Claude API from workspace (Windows 11 Home)
- [FEATURE] Support Claude in Chrome for WSL environments
- [BUG] Cannot paste auth code into "Paste code here if prompted >" during /login in Dev Container (v2.1.105)
- [BUG] login with pasting auth code doesn't work
- Dark mode redesign on claude.ai/code feels like a regression prefer the previous version (or something else)
- [BUG] Cowork: RPC error -1 virtiofs/Plan9 mount fails with "Plan9 mount failed: bad address"
- [FEATURE] Detachable OS-level windows in desktop app for split screen
- [BUG] Claude Desktop fails to launch on Windows — orphaned Silo / Job Object after app crash, only logoff or reboot recovers (HRESULT 0x80070020 in AppModel-Runtime EventID 215/208)
- [BUG] Windows: tmpclaude-*-cwd files created in CWD instead of %TEMP%
- [BUG] Can't paste image from clipboard
- [FEATURE] Add a flag that tells Claude Code to emit long lines for prose/markdown content and let the terminal emulator handle word wrapping, rather than inserting hard newline characters at word boundaries
- Persistent ECONNRESET Errors on macOS Network Connections
- /terminal-setup error message contradicts itself regarding Windows Terminal support
- Claude Desktop (Windows): provide a way to disable the bundled Cowork background service (CoworkVMService) for users who don't use Cowork
- [BUG] claude.ai visualize feature broken — claudemcpcontent.com unreachable (DNS_PROBE_FINISHED_NXDOMAIN) --- PLEASE REVIEW!
- [BUG] Shift + Tab is not working in powershell on windows native
- [CRITICAL] MCP Parameter Serialization Bug in Both Claude Code and Claude Desktop
- [FEATURE] Ctrl+Enter for newlines conflicts with standard app conventions - request customizable shortcuts
- [BUG] Inline $...$ LaTeX does not render in Claude Code desktop tab (macOS/Windows) — display $$...$$ works
- [BUG] /resume is broken — session history inaccessible since v2.1.31 (3 root causes identified)
- [BUG] Claude Desktop macOS requires quitting twice (Cmd+Q → wait → system Dock pop-up menu Quit)
- Windows VS Code extension crashes Claude Code with "Error: cannot open _claude_fs_right:<file>. Detail: Unable to resolve filesystem provider with relative file path '_claude_fs_right:<file>'"
- [BUG] Bash cd-compound-read guard prompts on absolute cd targets whenever a Read() deny rule exists (Windows Git Bash, 2.1.257-2.1.259)
- [FEATURE] OSC 8 Hyperlinks for Clickable File Paths
- [BUG] Claude Code does not detect Jetbrains IDE on Windows WSL
- [BUG] Claude Desktop 1.1.3189 severe UI lag and mouse stutter on Windows — performance regression after update
- Shell Function Inheritance Issue - Zoxide and Dynamic Functions Fail in Bash Tool
- Desktop app: support custom themes / accent colors (parity with CLI custom theme system)
- [FEATURE] Video Input Support in Claude Code
- [FEATURE] Display message timestamps in Claude Code CLI interface
- [BUG]Claude Code VS Code Extension Fails to Detect Git Bash on Windows Despite Correct Configuration
- [Bug] Timezone displayed as "Europe/Kiev" instead of "Europe/Kyiv"
- [FEATURE] Terminal window title settings
- [BUG] Claude Code creates persistent temporary files tmpclaude-* in the workspace
- Windows: Console window flashing when executing tools
- [Bug] Error: No Assistant Message Found
- [BUG] Cowork shows "Virtualization is not enabled" on Windows 10 Pro despite Hyper-V fully enabled
- [BUG] Hard line breaks at ~80 characters in VS Code extension, breaking copy/paste
- [BUG] Can't see Claude's thinking anymore
- [BUG] Claude Code using 100% of cpu and Memory Resources
- [FEATURE] Cowork Support for Intel Mac
- [BUG] [BUG] Claude Desktop (Windows) window stays always on top of other apps Environment
- Support cursor shape changes for vim mode (beam in insert, block in normal)
- SSH remote connection fails on Windows — hardcoded /usr/bin/ssh path
- [BUG] Claude Code consistently creates files with Windows line endings on Linux systems
- [BUG] CLAUDE.md Mandatory Rules Consistently Ignored Across Multiple Repositories
- [BUG] Bug/Feature: Clipboard image paste not working in WSL
- [BUG] Auto Mode's Bash-first instruction silently disables nested CLAUDE.md and path-scoped rules
- [BUG] Usage explosion
- [BUG] Claude Code 2.1.27 freezes after first message - regression from 2.1.25
- [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
- [FEATURE] Add Windows Terminal as a split-pane backend for agent teams (teammateMode)
- [FEATURE] Desktop app: option to make Enter insert a newline and Ctrl+Enter submit in the chat composer
- [VSCode Extension] Add native system/toast notifications when Claude needs attention
- [FEATURE] Feature Request: Eclipse IDE Integration for Claude Code
- [FEATURE] Allow configuring VM bundle (vhdx) storage location
- [BUG] Github Issue Prompt Too Long
- [BUG] Can't inspect previously generated content. Key up, key down and mouse scroll are not working.
- [BUG] /buddy command and companion completely missing in v2.1.97 (works in v2.1.96)
- Feature Request: Include usage data in status line JSON input
- [BUG] Also use native terminal's cursor in menus
- [BUG] Cowork: virtiofs FUSE mount serves truncated/stale files — host-side file changes not reflected in VM
- [BUG] Claude CLI 2.0.73 - Response Text Cutoff/Missing Characters Issue
- [BUG]
- [BUG] API Error: Server is temporarily limiting requests (not your usage limit) · Rate limited
- [BUG] API 400
- [BUG] Bash tool doesn't capture stdout from shell script files on Windows
- [BUG] Web based Claude cannot access subdirectories in github
- [BUG] Claude Code CLI Window Resize Shenannigans
- [BUG] API Error (Connection error.)
- [BUG] Shift+Enter Does Not Insert New Line in WSL on Windows 10
- [BUG] Scrollback duplication on terminal resize persists in 2.1.116 (VS Code integrated terminal, macOS)
- [BUG] OAuth login fails with 500 error and 15s timeout — cannot authenticate via browser flow
- [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
- Expose /usage subscription quota data in statusLine JSON payload
- [BUG] Claude Desktop cannot install on Windows - redirects to Microsoft Store during installation
- Regression in 2.1.217: "Last Activity" (activity-days) filter missing when grouping sessions by Project
- [Bug] Chat output rendering corrupted with missing text lines
- [FEATURE] Configurable timeout for idle_prompt notification hook
- [BUG] Alt + M mode switch not working on Windows 11 since 2.1.3
- Ctrl+Backspace and Ctrl+Arrow navigation issues with Cyrillic text
- [BUG] The /btw command is not working
- [BUG] Cowork: Folder does not support UNC under Windows
- Remote Control session not visible in session list, cannot reconnect after leaving
- [BUG] Native Windows(Powershell) install of Claude Code is not viable
- [Bug] Response text truncated and misaligned on Windows terminals
- [BUG] VSCode Extension: `.claude/settings.local.json` permissions not respected for Bash/Write/Edit operations (even with `bypassPermissions` mode)
- [BUG] Random colored text fragments in terminal output
- [MODEL] Opus 4.6 continuously stuck in explore and thinking loops (Claude Code)
- Bug: /context command output appears temporarily then vanishes without trace (v2.1.9 regression)
- Desktop app: option to make Enter insert a newline and submit only via click / Ctrl+Enter
- [BUG] Cowork web GUI unavailable on Linux -- only macOS and Windows supported
- [BUG] Windows MSIX: "Edit Config" opens wrong claude_desktop_config.json — MCP servers silently fail to load
- [Bug] File Edit Fails on Windows with Unexpected Modification Error
- [BUG] Claude Code does not respect file encoding, corrupts Windows-1252 files
- [FEATURE] VSCode extension: Copy chat response as markdown source
- [BUG] Dispatch: messages marked as read but responses never appear in UI (desktop or mobile)
- [BUG] Notification hook does not fire in VSCode extension
- [BUG] Error: Error during compaction: API Error: Usage credits required for 1M context · turn on usage credits at claude.ai/settings/usage, or use --model to switch to standard context
- [BUG] Claude Code login fails with OAuth timeout on Windows
- [BUG] Claude creating file limit filesystem bug on long or many sessions
- [BUG] Shift+Tab not switching to plan mode on Windows
- Persistent always-on Remote Control option for desktop app
- [BUG] Claude.ai completely down. Cannot access Claude code or website: Rate exceeded
- SSE streaming hangs indefinitely (no timeout) + ESC cannot fully cancel (queue auto-restart) — root cause analysis with fix proposals
- [FEATURE] Paste images from clipboard directly into Claude Code (Windows)
- [Feature Request] Require double ESC in Vim mode to clear message in Plan Mode Q&A
- Remote control: permission prompts not rendering on mobile app
- [BUG] Claude Code Terminal Refreshes / Sends me to the top of terminal session every 15 seconds
- [BUG] Error: Failed to load usage data
- [BUG] Session broken -> API Error: 400 {"type":"error","error":{"type":"invalid_request_error","message":"The request body is not valid JSON: no low surrogate in string: line 1 column 410559 (char 410558)"}}
- [BUG] Cowork tab not showing on Windows 11 Pro x64 — "yukonSilver" marked as unsupported + CoworkVMService cannot be removed
- Auto mode classifier (claude-opus-4-8) repeatedly unavailable — blocks Bash/Write/Edit
- CLI Execution Halts After Single Action or Command Across All Modes
- [BUG] GitHub connector shows "Connected" but exposes no tools in Cowork (Windows 11, app v1.8555.2.0)
- [Bug] SHOW-STOPPER: Claude Code 2.0.1 CLI Terminal UI Rendering Corrupted + Scrolling Instability + Completely Unusable
- [BUG] [BUG] Cowork VM fails to start on Windows ARM64 (Samsung Galaxy Book4 Edge, Snapdragon)
- [BUG] Missing HCS services: vfpext - Cowork not working on Windows 11 Pro
- Feature Request: Native Windows Claude Code CLI
- Race condition: .claude.json corruption when running multiple instances concurrently
- [BUG] Builtin /review command no longer works, told to install a plugin and use /code-review
- [BUG] This error kills the active session: API Error: 413 {"error":{"type":"request_too_large","message":"Request exceeds the maximum size"}}
- Support IDE-level notifications for claude-code plugins (IntelliJ + VS Code)
- Critical: No way to bypass MCP tool approval prompts in VSCode extension
- [BUG] UTF-8 Corruption Bug
- VS Code Extension: Past Conversations not loaded after restart
- [BUG] API Error: Rate limit reached
- [BUG] Missing API key · Run /login on Max subscription
- [BUG] Windows (MSIX): update fails with 'Another program is currently using this file' — app unlaunchable until reboot (every update)
- Add Russian language support for voice input in desktop app
- CRITICAL: Conversations disappear when closing VSCode or navigating away
- [BUG] Claude 2.1.0 not working at all!
- [Feature Request] Make AskUserQuestion timeout configurable
- bypassPermissions mode not working in VS Code extension
- [BUG] Claude Code integration with VS Code not working on Windows
- [FEATURE] Support using Dispatch in Claude Desktop
- [BUG] Unnecessary "cd" prepended to Bash commands on Windows due to path format mismatch
- MCP servers, hooks, and plugins should auto-reload when config changes — no restart needed
- [BUG] Strange coloring of response text
- tmpclaude-*-cwd temporary files are not cleaned up automatically
- Version 2.0.73: Text rendering bug - lines dropped and garbled output
- [BUG] Reopening of Claude Desktop Installation Fails on Windows 11 - Signature Verification & Unable to Load #25385
- [FEATURE] macOS desktop app: change font size without scaling the whole UI
- [BUG] Mousewheel scrolls through input history instead of chat history
- [BUG] Cowork Google Drive MCP cannot see content in any Workspace Shared Drive
- Enable Claude Code integration with Cowork, Dispatch, and remote sessions on Linux and WSL2
- [BUG] Unsupported content type: redacted_thinking，Errors often occur when using the plugin.
- Image paste (Ctrl+V) stopped working in Windows Terminal
- [FEATURE] Allow /rename and /color to be set programmatically at session start
- [FEATURE] CLAUDE_DATA_DIR env var or config key to relocate %APPDATA%\Claude\ on Windows
- [BUG] v2.1.78: Protected directory prompt in bypassPermissions has no override — forces hacky workarounds
- [BUG] Stale .git/index.lock left behind after Bash tool git commands on Windows
- [BUG] "Don't Ask Again" Overwrites Entire Permissions Array
- [BUG] CC native on Windows: not really shell aware