# Claude Code: known issues context pack (KnownFix)
Generated 2026-10-26T10:18:14Z from github.com/anthropics/claude-code. Auto-extracted; verify via links. Source: https://knownfix.ai/issues/claude-code/
Fields: severity (auto-estimate) | symptom | versions mentioned | workaround (quoted from issue/comments, if any) | fixed-in (if referenced).

## Active
- [HIGH] CC v2.1.100+ inflates cache_creation by ~20K tokens vs v2.1.98 — same payload, server-side (https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues/46917)
  - symptom: Claude Code versions 2.1.100 and 2.1.101 consume ~20,000 more cachecreationinputtokens per request than v2.1.98, despite sending fewer bytes in the request payload
  - versions: 2.1.100, 2.1.98, 2.1.101
  - error: `export ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL="http://localhost:8000"`
  - workaround: Downgrade to v2.1.98 or earlier. Check `~/.local/share/claude/versions/` for available binaries, or use `npx claude-code@2.1.98`. [issue body]
- [HIGH] [BUG] Permission prompt incorrectly triggers on cd instead of the actual command in compound bash statements (https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues/28240)
  - symptom: When Claude Code generates a compound bash command using && (e.g.: cd /some/path && git add file && git commit -m "msg"), the permission approval prompt incorrectly identifies cd as the action requiri
  - versions: 2.1.40, 2.1.52
  - error: `The problem repeats on every execution. The cd:* prompt keeps appearing and cannot be whitelisted for the session, making the workflow unusable.`
  - workaround: none stated
- [MEDIUM] [BUG] Headless `claude -p` (entrypoint `sdk-cli`) uses ~1.8× more of the 5-hour window per token than interactive `cli`, (https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues/97074)
  - symptom: On a Max subscription, the same workload uses about 1.8× more of the 5-hour window when it runs headless (claude -p --input-format stream-json, recorded as entrypoint: "sdk-cli" in the transcripts) th
  - versions: 1.8, 2.1.282, 12.74
  - error: `Controlled A/B test, 2026-09-25 10:27–10:41 UTC, Claude Code 2.1.282, claude-opus-5, effort high`
  - workaround: none stated
- [HIGH] [BUG] Desktop 2.37337.1 (Windows, Store/MSIX): built-in "Routines" sidebar section is forced hidden on every launch, and (https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues/102150)
  - symptom: Claude Desktop 2.37337.1, Windows Store/MSIX package (Claudepzs8sxrjxfjjc), self-updated on 2026-10-13 15:11 local time Windows 11 Pro 10.0.26200 Code tab, sidebar in sections layout (sidebarMode: epi
  - versions: 10.0.26200
  - error: `sidebarMode: epitaxy`
  - workaround: none stated
- [HIGH] [BUG] Permission prompt defaults to "Always allow" instead of "Allow once" - dangerous UX regression (https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues/102136)
  - symptom: This has been reported but was closed for being stale
  - error: ``I have searched existing issues and this hasn't been reported yet``
  - workaround: none stated
- [MEDIUM] [BUG] Monitor tool: doesn't respect persistent flag and timeout_ms schema caps at 3600000 but actual lifetime is ~30 min (https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues/94393)
  - symptom: The Monitor tool now hard-rejects persistent and timeoutms above 3600000 (1 hour) even with persistent set, it rejects with a schema validation error, and even a Monitor started with the maximum now a
  - error: `InputValidationError: [`
  - workaround: none stated
- [MEDIUM] [BUG] Interactive sessions write the 5-minute prompt cache despite requesting 1h: `cache-keepalive-2026-09-03` beta (2.1 (https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues/101685)
  - symptom: Since 2026-10-12 at about 18:18 UTC, every newly started interactive session writes its main-conversation prompt cache under the 5-minute TTL
  - versions: 2.1.296, 2.1.300
  - error: `| [.timestamp, .entrypoint, .message.usage.cache_creation.ephemeral_1h_input_tokens,`
  - workaround: none stated
- [MEDIUM] Desktop auto-update ("stealth update") quits and relaunches the app while the user is away, dropping every Remote Contro (https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues/95364)
  - symptom: Claude Desktop 2.2553.1 (macOS 26.6.2, Apple Silicon) Bundled Claude Code 2.1.275 Remote Control in use daily from claude.ai/code while away from the machine When an update is staged, the app waits fo
  - versions: 2.2553.1, 2.1.275, 2.2553.0
  - error: `10:21:28 [info] [stealth-update] Triggering stealth update after idle timeout`
  - workaround: none stated
- [MEDIUM] [BUG] Weekly limit 0% to 54% in 22h with same token volume that took 4.4 days to reach 60% the prior week (https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues/103376)
  - symptom: On Claude Max (20x), the weekly "all models" meter went from 0% to 54% in the first 22 hours after the weekly reset
  - versions: 4.4, 2.1.299, 2.1.303
  - error: `"api_error":"usage_limit_reached","api_error_status":429,"result":"You've hit your session limit"`
  - workaround: none stated
- [MEDIUM] Scheduled task (routine) runs no longer appear in the desktop sidebar or Remote Control (https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues/95967)
  - symptom: What I expect I run local scheduled tasks (routines) in Claude Desktop on my Mac
  - versions: 2.1.278, 2.2553.1
  - error: `I run local scheduled tasks (routines) in Claude Desktop on my Mac. Each run used to show up as a normal session: in the desktop app's left sidebar, and in Remo`
  - workaround: none stated
- [MEDIUM] [BUG] Desktop 2.37337.1: Code tab Routines section hidden after the sidebar update, reset to hidden on every launch (https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues/102142)
  - symptom: After updating the Claude desktop app, the Routines section is gone from the Code tab sidebar
  - versions: 2.1.296
  - error: `epitaxyPrefs["dframe-code-sections"]`
  - workaround: none stated
- [HIGH] [BUG] Regression in 2.1.269: dictation-tool paste (clipboard + simulated Ctrl+V) not inserted in VS Code integrated term (https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues/93782)
  - symptom: After auto-updating to 2.1.269, text inserted by a voice dictation tool (Wispr Flow — clipboard + simulated Ctrl+V) is no longer inserted into the Claude Code prompt when Claude Code runs in the VS Co
  - versions: 2.1.269, 2.1.268, 1.6.827
  - error: `editor.accessibilitySupport`
  - workaround: Pin 2.1.268 (`ln -sfn ~/.local/share/claude/versions/2.1.268 ~/.local/bin/claude` + `DISABLE_AUTOUPDATER=1`), or run Claude Code in Windows Terminal instead of the VS Code integrated terminal. [issue body]

## Recently closed (with fix/workaround info)
- [Bug] VS Code extension: Tool use concurrency error after Jan 23-24 update (https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues/20571); workaround: downgrade to vscode extension version 2.1.17 fixed the issue `uninstall the extension --> restart vscode --> install extension with 2.1.17 version -> fixed`
- [BUG] Desktop 2.37337.1: “Group by” option removed from Code tab sidebar — sessions now only grouped by enviro (https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues/102088); workaround: I had Claude create a custom sidebar group for each of my 15 project folders and move ~127 sessions into them.
- MCP client rejects tool calls omitting optional parameters; deadlocks on tools with mutually-exclusive paramet (https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues/94718); workaround: explicitly pass `fields` and `attribute_keys` (e.g. as a real list, or as the literal string `null` for list-typed fields — note this is not JSON `null`, it bec