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 > Release notes for Claude Desktop
 
+<Update label="v1.32352.0" description="2026-08-17">
+  **General**
+
+  * Fixed Windows updates sometimes leaving the app half installed, with later updates failing too.
+  * Fixed the app staying on "Couldn't connect to Claude" when a network proxy blocked its first connection; it now keeps retrying for a few minutes and again when you return to the window.
+  * Fixed the composer staying disabled after a usage-limit notice when your organization has extra usage turned off or not set up; sending works again once your admin turns it on.
+  * Fixed settings and connector links in chat doing nothing, or opening your web browser, when clicked in the app; they now open the app's own settings.
+  * Fixed text typed on the new chat page sometimes disappearing when turning on incognito.
+  * Fixed the chat showing an error screen instead of the conversation when Claude created or linked a file whose name contains a percent sign.
+
+  **Code**
+
+  * Changed auto-continue after the 5-hour usage limit to be on by default: sessions left open resume when the limit resets. Uncheck "Auto-continue when limits reset" in the limit banner to turn it off for your account.
+  * Fixed sessions sometimes hanging after resume, either showing "The session stopped responding" after the first message or never starting when a file system or MCP server stalled.
+  * Fixed undo (Cmd+Z, or Ctrl+Z on Windows and Linux) in the message composer sometimes failing with an error and then no longer working.
+  * Fixed a brand-new cloud session losing its first message when you navigated away within a few seconds of sending it.
+  * Fixed sessions started right after the app opened sometimes running in a more permissive mode than your saved permission mode.
+  * Fixed Remote Control sessions staying stuck at "connecting" after you completed the sign-in or device-check prompt, and file links not opening when the session was viewed from another computer.
+
+  **Cowork**
+
+  * Removed the "Allow all browser actions" option from Claude in Chrome permission cards; allow each website instead. The switch in Settings is unchanged.
+  * Fixed the workspace startup error suggesting a restart or reinstall when the computer was low on disk space; it now asks you to free up space and retry.
+  * Fixed a tool call hanging for a full minute when its local MCP server crashed mid-call; it now fails right away.
+  * Fixed computer use on macOS refusing every click after you had taken a screenshot or while a screen recording was running.
+  * Fixed the approval mode still showing "Skip all approvals" when your organization's policy had blocked it; switching back to "Manually approve" now asks again before Claude fetches web pages it visited while approvals were off.
+  * Fixed the activity panel button doing nothing while a file was open beside the chat; it now closes the file and shows the panel.
+
+  **3P**
+
+  * Added `claudeAiImport.exportEnabled`. With it and `claudeAiImport.enabled` both `true`, users can export this computer's chats, Cowork tasks, and Code sessions from Settings > Import & export as a zip that another install can import. Off by default.
+  * Added a `url` source for `allowedPluginMarketplaces` (beta): a hosted `marketplace.json` that delivers plugins as zip archives over HTTPS, with no git on the device. Set `manifestSha256` to pin the exact manifest; it is required for automatically installed plugins.
+  * Added `inferenceCredential` as a `credentialKind` for `allowedPluginMarketplaces` (beta): a `url` marketplace hosted on your inference gateway is fetched with the same credential the app already uses for inference.
+  * Changed `coworkEgressAllowedHosts`: a `:port` suffix now also applies to shell commands and package installs in Cowork sessions, which previously could not reach a port-scoped host at all.
+  * Changed settings from a locally configured (not device-managed) bootstrap URL that need user approval to apply all or nothing: nothing takes effect until the user chooses Allow; Quit closes the app and asks again next launch.
+  * Changed a served configuration with an invalid connection value to report that field by name and keep the organization's other settings in force; a non-Anthropic model entry is now skipped with a warning instead of invalidating the whole configuration.
+  * Changed admin-configured plugin marketplaces (`allowedPluginMarketplaces`, beta), including automatically installed and required plugins, to apply to Code sessions as well as Cowork.
+  * Changed new Cowork sessions to use much shorter folder names on disk so file paths are less likely to exceed Windows path-length limits; existing sessions keep their folders, and tooling that matches the `local_` prefix should also match the new names.
+  * Fixed Settings > Import & export saying import isn't enabled on deployments that provision the sign-in import without setting `claudeAiImport.enabled`; that key now governs only file and earlier-session import, the import prompt, and session export.
+  * Fixed the Setup window accepting a mis-typed inference region, Azure AI Foundry resource name, blank Vertex AI project ID, or non-Anthropic model ID that was only rejected later on the device; these are now flagged before saving.
+  * Fixed imported project instructions arriving as a loose file instead of the project's editable Instructions; they are now shown for review on the project page and apply once you accept them.
+</Update>
+
 <Update label="v1.30096.5" description="2026-08-14">
   **General**