{"version":"2.1.275","anchor":"improved-desktop-failure-messages","canonical_anchor":"improved-desktop-failure-messages","heading":"Improved \/desktop failure messages","tier":"notice","area":"Elsewhere","scope":null,"heads_up":null,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.275\/e\/improved-desktop-failure-messages","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.275","markdown":"### Improved \/desktop failure messages\n\n\/desktop now gives clearer error messages when it can't open Claude Desktop\n\n**What**\n\nThe `\/desktop` command (which continues the current session in the Claude Code Desktop app) now shows clearer error text when something goes wrong:\n\n- the too-old-version message is now shorter: \"Claude Desktop ${version} is too old. Update to ${version} or later.\"\n\n- the open-failure message now states the specific reason and what to do next: \"Couldn't open Claude Desktop (${detail}). Open Claude Desktop and run \/desktop again.\"\n\n**Why**\n\nInstead of a generic failure, users now get a concrete reason and a clear next step when `\/desktop` can't launch or connect to Claude Desktop.\n\n- Area: Elsewhere\n- Names: `\/desktop`\n- Tier: You'll notice\n- Useful: 2\/5\n- Signal: 1\/5"}