claude-code - 💡(How to fix) Fix Claude Desktop 1.11187.1 (macOS): claude:// deep link navigates in the background without foregrounding the window

Summary

When a claude:// deep link is delivered while Claude Desktop is already running and not frontmost, the handler navigates to the target internally but does not raise or focus the window. The navigation only becomes visible if the app is already the frontmost application. Earlier builds brought the window to the foreground in this case.

Environment

• Claude Desktop 1.11187.1
• macOS 15 (Darwin 24.6.0), Apple Silicon

Steps to reproduce

1. Claude Desktop running, window not frontmost (another app in front).
2. Have the URL delivered by a process that does not itself activate the target app (e.g. a foreground application handing off the custom scheme). Note: open "claude://…" from Terminal activates the app via LaunchServices and does not reproduce; the issue appears when the app must self-activate from its open-url handler.
3. Example route: claude://resume?session=<uuid>.

Expected

Claude Desktop comes to the foreground.

Actual

The route is handled and focused internally, but the window is not raised; the previously frontmost app stays in front.

Evidence (~/Library/Logs/Claude/main1.log)

[info] Resume deep link: ... <uuid>
[info] [CCD] LocalSessions.setFocusedSession: sessionId=local_<uuid>

The deep link is received and the target is focused in the model, with no window activation.

Likely cause

The app.on("open-url", …) handler calls event.preventDefault() and dispatches navigation to the webContents without a corresponding window.show() / BrowserWindow.focus() / app.focus(). When the OS hands off the URL without auto-activating the app, the window never comes forward. An explicit window raise in the handler would fix it.