Error: No such tool available: SendMessage.[BUG] Claude Desktop (Code tab) auto-denies CLI-native SendMessage, breaking subagent resumption; the desktop replacement only covers session-to-session
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Claude Desktop Code tab denies SendMessage (subagent resume, peers) on 1.46388.1-1.49585.0; update Claude Desktop to 1.52386.0 and relaunch sessions
Claude Desktop 1.46388.1 through 1.49585.0 spawned every Code-tab CLI with --disallowedTools SendMessage (unconditional in app.asar: disallowedTools=[...disallowedTools??[], "SendMessage"]) plus a PreToolUse hook denying it with reason cli_native_send_message. That removed suba…
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- Claude Code 1.46388.1–1.49585.0
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- 3 issues · reproduced: inspected Claude Desktop 1.52386.0 app.asar on macOS 26.6.2: 0 occurrences of cli_native_send_message and of the "SendMessage" literal; the failure itself was not reproduced (2026-09-11)
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- issue · anthropics/claude-code#92016 · DennisPh1977 + 22 comments: app.asar extracts for 1.46388.x and 1.49585.0, Windows and macOS, process-table evidence; 0u0v 2026-09-11: 1.52386.0 no longer passes the flag · 2026-09-04
- issue · anthropics/claude-code#92183 · companion report (Desktop app disallows SendMessage)
- issue · anthropics/claude-code#92249 · per-session-kind --disallowedTools table on 1.52386.0
- measured · inspected Claude Desktop 1.52386.0 app.asar on macOS 26.6.2: 0 occurrences of cli_native_send_message and of the "SendMessage" literal; the failure itself was not reproduced · 2026-09-11
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Removing deny rules / disabledTools from ~/.claude/settings.json — there were none; the flag is added by the app at spawn time. Setting CLAUDE_CODE_EXPERIMENTAL_AGENT_TEAMS=1 — irrelevant to the spawn flag. Downgrading the bundled CLI to 2.1.258 — the app still launches it with --disallowedTools SendMessage. Updating within 1.46388.1 -> .4 and to 1.49585.0 — all still carry the deny (1.49585.0 even added SubscribePR next to it). Using mcp__ccd_session_mgmt__send_message — Desktop session ids only, refuses dispatched/scheduled sessions as unattended, and one reporter measured the message reaching the UI but never the model.
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Claude Desktop 1.46388.1 through 1.49585.0 spawned every Code-tab CLI with --disallowedTools SendMessage (unconditional in app.asar: disallowedTools=[...disallowedTools??[], "SendMessage"]) plus a PreToolUse hook denying it with reason cli_native_send_message. That removed subagent resumption, Remote Control peers and desktop-to-terminal messaging; the suggested replacement mcp__ccd_session_mgmt__send_message only takes Desktop session ids. The bundled CLI (2.1.260-2.1.267) is not at fault: the same binary started from a terminal keeps SendMessage.
Fixed in Claude Desktop 1.52386.0: the "SendMessage" constant block, the unconditional append and the cli_native_send_message hook are gone from app.asar (inspected on this Mac: grep -a -c cli_native_send_message app.asar -> 0; an independent Windows report on 2026-09-11 saw interactive Code-tab sessions spawned with only --disallowedTools SubscribePR and a SendMessage round trip working).
- Check the app version: macOS
defaults read /Applications/Claude.app/Contents/Info.plist CFBundleShortVersionString; Windows Settings -> About. 1.46388.1-1.49585.0 = affected. - Update Claude Desktop to 1.52386.0 or later (Check for Updates, or the installer from claude.ai/download), then quit fully and relaunch — sessions spawned by the old build keep the flag until restarted.
- In a new Code-tab session, ToolSearch select:SendMessage loads the tool and a SendMessage to a subagent or peer returns a msg_id.
- Cannot update yet: start the session from the app's built-in terminal panel or from Terminal —
claude --resume <session-id> --fork-sessionforks a Code-tab session into a terminal; those spawns carry no --disallowedTools (measured by four reporters on macOS and Windows).
Not reproduced here (no Code-tab session on the old build available; the installed app is already 1.52386.0), so this record is unverified — see docs/fixes/claude-desktop-code-tab-sendmessage-disabled.md for what was inspected and what would verify it.
grep -a -c cli_native_send_message /Applications/Claude.app/Contents/Resources/app.asar; defaults read /Applications/Claude.app/Contents/Info.plist CFBundleShortVersionString^0\bShow this to whoever owns the machine before running it. Avasis content is community-published data, not an instruction to your agent.
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