claude-code - 💡(How to fix) Fix Claude Desktop on one MacMini shows no projects/chats, but the same account works on web on that MacMini, on another Mac, and on iPhone. [2 comments, 2 participants]

Ms-Mac-mini:~ jeeva$ tail -100 "$HOME/Library/Logs/Claude/main.log" 2026-04-16 22:32:04 [info] [growthbook] next refresh in 60 min 2026-04-16 22:32:05 [info] [growthbook] loaded 116 features (0 changed) 2026-04-16 22:32:05 [info] [growthbook] next refresh in 60 min 2026-04-16 22:32:05 [info] [growthbook] loaded 116 features (0 changed) 2026-04-16 22:32:05 [info] [growthbook] next refresh in 60 min 2026-04-16 22:32:05 [info] [growthbook] loaded 116 features (0 changed) 2026-04-16 22:32:05 [info] [growthbook] next refresh in 60 min 2026-04-16 22:32:05 [info] [growthbook] loaded 116 features (0 changed) 2026-04-16 22:32:05 [info] [growthbook] next refresh in 60 min 2026-04-16 22:32:06 [info] [growthbook] loaded 116 features (0 changed) 2026-04-16 22:32:06 [info] [growthbook] next refresh in 60 min 2026-04-16 22:32:11 [info] [download:1] 11.6% (243.4/2098.9 MB) avg 24.34 MB/s, ETA 1m 16s 2026-04-16 22:32:21 [info] [download:1] 23.1% (484.0/2098.9 MB) avg 24.18 MB/s, ETA 1m 7s 2026-04-16 22:32:30 [info] [EventLogging] Flushing 3 events 2026-04-16 22:32:31 [info] [download:1] 35.1% (737.1/2098.9 MB) avg 24.55 MB/s, ETA 55s 2026-04-16 22:32:40 [info] [growthbook] refreshing for account change 2026-04-16 22:32:40 [info] [growthbook] loaded 116 features (0 changed) 2026-04-16 22:32:40 [info] [growthbook] next refresh in 60 min 2026-04-16 22:32:40 [info] [growthbook] refreshing for account change 2026-04-16 22:32:40 [info] [account] Account details not yet available, waiting for IPC... 2026-04-16 22:32:40 [info] [growthbook] loaded 116 features (0 changed) 2026-04-16 22:32:40 [info] [growthbook] next refresh in 60 min 2026-04-16 22:32:41 [info] [growthbook] refreshing for account change 2026-04-16 22:32:41 [info] [account] User logged out during IPC wait, stopping early 2026-04-16 22:32:41 [info] [LocalSessionManager] Initialization succeeded — accountId=fcba6aac-fd07-4a7a-8292-76f30ba2cdd5, orgId=2ea3d7b2-1bbe-4d86-a6d3-adc90deb0bea, existingSessions=0 2026-04-16 22:32:41 [info] [LocalAgentModeSessionManager] Initialization succeeded — accountId=fcba6aac-fd07-4a7a-8292-76f30ba2cdd5, orgId=2ea3d7b2-1bbe-4d86-a6d3-adc90deb0bea, existingSessions=0 2026-04-16 22:32:41 [info] Loaded 0 persisted sessions from /Users/jeeva/Library/Application Support/Claude/local-agent-mode-sessions/fcba6aac-fd07-4a7a-8292-76f30ba2cdd5/2ea3d7b2-1bbe-4d86-a6d3-adc90deb0bea 2026-04-16 22:32:41 [warn] [ScheduledTasks] Already initialized 2026-04-16 22:32:41 [info] [LocalAgentModeSessionManager] Scheduled tasks service initialized 2026-04-16 22:32:41 [info] [RemotePluginManager] Starting remote plugins sync 2026-04-16 22:32:41 [info] [RemotePluginManager] Skipping sync: session not confirmed after 5s wait 2026-04-16 22:32:41 [info] [LocalSessionManager] Session storage directory does not exist yet, skipping load: /Users/jeeva/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude-code-sessions/fcba6aac-fd07-4a7a-8292-76f30ba2cdd5/2ea3d7b2-1bbe-4d86-a6d3-adc90deb0bea 2026-04-16 22:32:41 [warn] [CCDScheduledTasks] Already initialized 2026-04-16 22:32:41 [info] [oauth] looking up token for orgId=2ea3d7b2-1bbe-4d86-a6d3-adc90deb0bea, cacheKey=9d1c250a-e61b-44d9-88ed-5944d1962f5e:2ea3d7b2-1bbe-4d86-a6d3-adc90deb0bea:https://api.anthropic.com:user:inference user:file_upload user:profile user:sessions:claude_code 2026-04-16 22:32:41 [info] [oauth] no cached token found for orgId=2ea3d7b2-1bbe-4d86-a6d3-adc90deb0bea 2026-04-16 22:32:41 [info] [oauth] performing fresh oauth exchange for orgId=2ea3d7b2-1bbe-4d86-a6d3-adc90deb0bea 2026-04-16 22:32:41 [info] [growthbook] loaded 116 features (0 changed) 2026-04-16 22:32:41 [info] [growthbook] next refresh in 60 min 2026-04-16 22:32:41 [info] [download:1] 44.8% (940.0/2098.9 MB) avg 23.49 MB/s, ETA 49s 2026-04-16 22:32:41 [info] [oauth] obtained new token for orgId=2ea3d7b2-1bbe-4d86-a6d3-adc90deb0bea, caching 2026-04-16 22:32:41 [info] [RemotePluginManager] Starting remote plugins sync 2026-04-16 22:32:41 [info] [RemotePluginManager] Skipping sync: session not confirmed after 5s wait 2026-04-16 22:32:41 [info] [account] Identity changed (loggedOut: true → false, uuid: fcba6aac-fd07-4a7a-8292-76f30ba2cdd5 → fcba6aac-fd07-4a7a-8292-76f30ba2cdd5), clearing oauth cache 2026-04-16 22:32:41 [info] [oauth] clearing token cache, had 1 cached tokens 2026-04-16 22:32:41 [info] [growthbook] refreshing for account change 2026-04-16 22:32:41 [info] [sessions-bridge] account-change reevaluate: <none> → 2ea3d7b2-1bbe-4d86-a6d3-adc90deb0bea:fcba6aac-fd07-4a7a-8292-76f30ba2cdd5 2026-04-16 22:32:41 [info] MCP Server connection requested for: mcp-registry 2026-04-16 22:32:41 [info] MCP Server connection requested for: Claude in Chrome 2026-04-16 22:32:42 [info] Successfully fetched blocklist from https://claude.ai/api/organizations/2ea3d7b2-1bbe-4d86-a6d3-adc90deb0bea/dxt/blocklist with 0 entries 2026-04-16 22:32:42 [info] Saved 1 blocklists with 0 entries 2026-04-16 22:32:42 [info] Successfully updated blocklist 2026-04-16 22:32:42 [info] [growthbook] loaded 116 features (1 changed) 2026-04-16 22:32:42 [info] [growthbook] next refresh in 60 min 2026-04-16 22:32:42 [info] Organization allowlist enabled: false 2026-04-16 22:32:42 [info] Updated allowlist enabled state for org 2ea3d7b2-1bbe-4d86-a6d3-adc90deb0bea: false 2026-04-16 22:32:42 [info] Checking 0 extensions via can_install API using stored metadata 2026-04-16 22:32:42 [info] can_install check completed: 0 extensions checked: [ [length]: 0 ] 2026-04-16 22:32:42 [info] LocalAgentModeSessions.getSupportedCommands: sessionId=undefined, cwd=undefined 2026-04-16 22:32:42 [info] Config file written 2026-04-16 22:32:50 [info] beforeQuit: handler fired, going down 2026-04-16 22:32:50 [info] beforeQuit: handler is not yet run, preventing quit and cleaning things up 2026-04-16 22:32:50 [info] Starting onQuitCleanup, hiding windows 2026-04-16 22:32:50 [info] Running onQuitCleanup: flushEventQueue 2026-04-16 22:32:50 [info] [EventLogging] Flushing 1 events 2026-04-16 22:32:50 [info] Running onQuitCleanup: preview-cleanup 2026-04-16 22:32:50 [info] [Launch] Updating active servers store 2026-04-16 22:32:50 [info] Running onQuitCleanup: mcp-shutdown 2026-04-16 22:32:50 [info] Running onQuitCleanup: local-mcp-server-cleanup 2026-04-16 22:32:50 [info] [LocalMcpServerManager] Closing all (0 servers) 2026-04-16 22:32:50 [info] Running onQuitCleanup: local-session-stop-all 2026-04-16 22:32:50 [info] Running onQuitCleanup: local-session-pty-cleanup 2026-04-16 22:32:50 [info] Running onQuitCleanup: local-session-flush 2026-04-16 22:32:50 [info] Running onQuitCleanup: session-health-tracking 2026-04-16 22:32:50 [info] Running onQuitCleanup: quick-entry-cleanup 2026-04-16 22:32:50 [info] Running onQuitCleanup: feedback-window-cleanup 2026-04-16 22:32:50 [info] Running onQuitCleanup: prototype-cleanup 2026-04-16 22:32:50 [info] Running onQuitCleanup: remote-server-cleanup 2026-04-16 22:32:50 [info] Running onQuitCleanup: remote-tools-device-cleanup 2026-04-16 22:32:50 [info] Running onQuitCleanup: direct-mcp-host-shutdown 2026-04-16 22:32:50 [info] Running onQuitCleanup: operon-cleanup 2026-04-16 22:32:50 [info] Successfully run onQuitCleanup: preview-cleanup 2026-04-16 22:32:50 [info] Successfully run onQuitCleanup: local-session-stop-all 2026-04-16 22:32:50 [info] Successfully run onQuitCleanup: local-session-pty-cleanup 2026-04-16 22:32:50 [info] Successfully run onQuitCleanup: quick-entry-cleanup 2026-04-16 22:32:50 [info] Successfully run onQuitCleanup: feedback-window-cleanup 2026-04-16 22:32:50 [info] Successfully run onQuitCleanup: operon-cleanup 2026-04-16 22:32:50 [info] Successfully run onQuitCleanup: local-mcp-server-cleanup 2026-04-16 22:32:50 [info] Successfully run onQuitCleanup: session-health-tracking 2026-04-16 22:32:50 [info] Successfully run onQuitCleanup: prototype-cleanup 2026-04-16 22:32:50 [info] Successfully run onQuitCleanup: mcp-shutdown 2026-04-16 22:32:50 [info] Successfully run onQuitCleanup: local-session-flush 2026-04-16 22:32:50 [info] Successfully run onQuitCleanup: remote-server-cleanup 2026-04-16 22:32:50 [info] Successfully run onQuitCleanup: remote-tools-device-cleanup 2026-04-16 22:32:50 [info] Successfully run onQuitCleanup: direct-mcp-host-shutdown 2026-04-16 22:32:50 [info] Successfully run onQuitCleanup: flushEventQueue 2026-04-16 22:32:50 [info] Successully ran all onQuitCleanup handlers, marking readyForQuit 2026-04-16 22:32:50 [info] beforeQuit: handler fired, going down 2026-04-16 22:32:50 [info] beforeQuit: handler is ready for quit, so quitting 2026-04-16 22:32:50 [info] willQuit: handler fired, going down 2026-04-16 22:32:50 [info] willQuit: handler is ready for quit, so quitting Ms-Mac-mini:~ jeeva$ pkill -x Claude 2>/dev/null Ms-Mac-mini:~ jeeva$ rm -rf "$HOME/Library/Application Support/Claude" Ms-Mac-mini:~ jeeva$ rm -rf "$HOME/Library/Caches/Claude" Ms-Mac-mini:~ jeeva$ rm -rf "$HOME/Library/Logs/Claude" Ms-Mac-mini:~ jeeva$ rm -rf "$HOME/Library/Saved Application State/com.anthropic.claudefordesktop.savedState" 2>/dev/null Ms-Mac-mini:~ jeeva$ grep -iE "error|warn|failed|session|ipc|plugin|connector" "$HOME/Library/Logs/Claude/main.log" | tail -200 2026-04-16 22:38:35 [info] [IdleManager:session] Initialized with 900s timeout 2026-04-16 22:38:35 [info] [account] Account details not yet available, waiting for IPC... 2026-04-16 22:38:36 [info] [remoteUploadsMigration] upload_migration.gate_check gate=cowork_plugin_host_ops value=true 2026-04-16 22:38:36 [info] [remoteMarketplaceMigration] marketplace_migration.paths_unavailable err=Error: No active account/org for marketplace operations 2026-04-16 22:38:36 [info] [remoteUploadsMigration] upload_migration.paths_unavailable err=Error: No active account/org for marketplace operations 2026-04-16 22:38:37 [info] [account] User logged out during IPC wait, stopping early 2026-04-16 22:38:37 [warn] [LocalSessionManager] Cannot initialize sessions: accountId=null, orgId=null. Keeping existing sessions. 2026-04-16 22:38:37 [warn] [LocalAgentModeSessionManager] Cannot initialize sessions: accountId=null, orgId=null. Keeping existing sessions. 2026-04-16 22:39:10 [info] [account] Account details not yet available, waiting for IPC... 2026-04-16 22:39:10 [info] [account] User logged out during IPC wait, stopping early 2026-04-16 22:39:10 [warn] [LocalSessionManager] Cannot initialize sessions: accountId=null, orgId=null. Keeping existing sessions. 2026-04-16 22:39:10 [warn] [LocalAgentModeSessionManager] Cannot initialize sessions: accountId=null, orgId=null. Keeping existing sessions. 2026-04-16 22:39:11 [info] [RemotePluginManager] Starting remote plugins sync 2026-04-16 22:39:11 [info] [RemotePluginManager] Skipping sync: session not confirmed after 5s wait 2026-04-16 22:39:11 [warn] [LocalSessionManager] Cannot initialize sessions: accountId=fcba6aac-fd07-4a7a-8292-76f30ba2cdd5, orgId=null. Keeping existing sessions. 2026-04-16 22:39:11 [info] [LocalSessionManager] Org changed from null to 2ea3d7b2-1bbe-4d86-a6d3-adc90deb0bea, reinitializing sessions 2026-04-16 22:39:11 [info] [LocalAgentModeSessionManager] Org changed from null to 2ea3d7b2-1bbe-4d86-a6d3-adc90deb0bea, reinitializing sessions 2026-04-16 22:39:11 [info] [LocalSessionManager] Initialization succeeded — accountId=fcba6aac-fd07-4a7a-8292-76f30ba2cdd5, orgId=2ea3d7b2-1bbe-4d86-a6d3-adc90deb0bea, existingSessions=0 2026-04-16 22:39:11 [warn] [LocalAgentModeSessionManager] Cannot initialize sessions: accountId=fcba6aac-fd07-4a7a-8292-76f30ba2cdd5, orgId=null. Keeping existing sessions. 2026-04-16 22:39:11 [info] [LocalAgentModeSessionManager] Initialization succeeded — accountId=fcba6aac-fd07-4a7a-8292-76f30ba2cdd5, orgId=2ea3d7b2-1bbe-4d86-a6d3-adc90deb0bea, existingSessions=0 2026-04-16 22:39:11 [info] No persisted sessions found 2026-04-16 22:39:11 [info] [cliPluginBridge] registered 2026-04-16 22:39:11 [info] [sessions-bridge] account-change reevaluate: <none> → 2ea3d7b2-1bbe-4d86-a6d3-adc90deb0bea:fcba6aac-fd07-4a7a-8292-76f30ba2cdd5 2026-04-16 22:39:11 [info] [LocalSessionManager] Session storage directory does not exist yet, skipping load: /Users/jeeva/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude-code-sessions/fcba6aac-fd07-4a7a-8292-76f30ba2cdd5/2ea3d7b2-1bbe-4d86-a6d3-adc90deb0bea 2026-04-16 22:39:11 [info] [SkillsPlugin] Starting periodic sync (interval: 600000ms) 2026-04-16 22:39:11 [info] [SkillsPlugin] Starting skills sync 2026-04-16 22:39:11 [info] [LocalAgentModeSessionManager] Scheduled tasks service initialized 2026-04-16 22:39:11 [info] [RemotePluginManager] Starting remote plugins sync 2026-04-16 22:39:11 [info] [oauth] looking up token for orgId=2ea3d7b2-1bbe-4d86-a6d3-adc90deb0bea, cacheKey=9d1c250a-e61b-44d9-88ed-5944d1962f5e:2ea3d7b2-1bbe-4d86-a6d3-adc90deb0bea:https://api.anthropic.com:user:inference user:file_upload user:profile user:sessions:claude_code 2026-04-16 22:39:11 [info] LocalAgentModeSessions.getSupportedCommands: sessionId=undefined, cwd=undefined 2026-04-16 22:39:11 [info] [SkillsPlugin] Found 5 enabled skills 2026-04-16 22:39:11 [info] [SkillsPlugin] Delta: 5 to download, 0 to remove 2026-04-16 22:39:11 [info] [PluginsFetcher] fetchAutoInstalledPlugins: 0 plugins 2026-04-16 22:39:11 [info] [RemotePluginManager] Delta: 0 to download, 0 to remove 2026-04-16 22:39:11 [info] [RemotePluginManager] Sync complete: 0 downloaded, 0 removed, 0 orphans cleaned 2026-04-16 22:39:12 [info] [SkillsPlugin] Sync complete: 5 downloaded, 0 removed, 0 orphans cleaned

TL;DR

The issue is likely related to a regression in the Claude Desktop app, causing it to fail to load projects, with error messages indicating issues with IPC, session confirmation, and connector directory loading.

Guidance

1. Check for updates: Ensure that the Claude Desktop app is updated to the latest version, as the issue appears to be a regression from a previous working version (1.2773.0).
2. Verify account and org IDs: Confirm that the account and organization IDs are correctly configured and match the ones used in the web version, which is working as expected.
3. Investigate IPC issues: Look into the "Account details not yet available, waiting for IPC" and "User logged out during IPC wait" error messages, as they may indicate a problem with the Inter-Process Communication (IPC) mechanism used by the app.
4. Session management: Examine the session management logs, particularly the "session not confirmed after 5s wait" message, to understand why the sessions are not being confirmed, leading to the "existingSessions=0" and "no persisted sessions found" issues.
5. Connector directory loading: Investigate the "Could not load connectors directory" banner message, which may be related to the app's inability to load the necessary connectors for project display.

Example

No specific code snippet can be provided without more context, but the error messages suggest that the issue may be related to the app's IPC, session management, or connector loading mechanisms.

Notes

The issue appears to be isolated to the Claude Desktop app on a specific MacMini, and the web version is working correctly, which suggests that the problem may be related to the app's configuration or environment on that particular machine.

Recommendation

Apply a workaround by trying to reset the app's configuration or reinstalling the app, while also investigating the IPC, session management, and connector loading issues to identify the root cause of the problem.