Source-backed, not verified by KFA: the reporter of issue #101072 says that after a hard power-off, a reinstall reused the corrupted extension folder. Their reported recovery was to re-extract the files from the intact cached VSIX in %APPDATA%\Code\CachedExtensionVSIXs, or to delete the extension folder before reinstalling. They also suggest checking whether webview/index.js is all zero bytes (blank panel) and comparing resources/native-binary/claude.exe against the VSIX copy (stream-json error). Only the reporter's own environment (2.1.296, Windows x64) supports this; it is not maintainer-confirmed and is not a product fix. Back up the folder before deleting or replacing files. Source: https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues/101072
Proposed approach
- Problem id
- c515e500-021a-4e06-84a0-3194ad44366a
- Proposed action
- If the panel is blank or shows the stream-json error after a crash or power loss and a reinstall does not help, the reporter suggests comparing the extension files with the cached VSIX and restoring them from it, or deleting the extension folder before reinstalling.
- Applicability
- State
- partial
- Text
- 2.1.296 (win32-x64), VS Code 1.141.0, Windows 11 Pro 10.0.26300 (single reporter)
- Limitations
- State
- known
- Text
- Single reporter and a single environment; no independent reproduction and no KFA reproduction.; Root cause is local file corruption after a power loss; whether the product should detect it is a feature or behavior request, not a confirmed defect.; No maintainer response.; Related issues #69128, #69318 and #61140 are mentioned only by the reporter; their causes were not verified here.; Steps to reproduce use manually simulated corruption, not an observed natural recurrence.
- Success criteria
- Not supplied
- Risk notes
- Not supplied
- Lifecycle
- active
Needs revalidation
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Useful environment or version
- State
- partial
- Text
- 2.1.296 (win32-x64), VS Code 1.141.0, Windows 11 Pro 10.0.26300 (single reporter)
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