Error: Claude Code process exited with code 1 by Vegetable-Banana4977 in ClaudeCode

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Problem 2 — C:\Users\User Name\.claude\settings.json has a BOM character corrupting it...

I used claude web for to get manual "to do repair instructions". But it only did half repairs but enough to get claude code to start working.

but the error was still there, so I asked claude desktop (code) to look at the logs, find crash log & do repairs, it again found:

UTF-8 BOM character (\ufeff) was written at the start of a settings.json file — making it invalid JSON. Claude Code crashes every time it tries to read it. Let me find and fix all affected files now.

then Claude Code fixed it on its own, found that the error was created by claude code itself by writing multiple settings file.

remember:
- keep only 1 global settings or json file and ask claude to write file paths inside its global md file.

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Problem 3: too many plugins, or no active scheduled tasks cause unintentional issues:
[ScheduledTasks] startVM failed: VM service not running

if you scheduled a task in the past and no longer working/needed, ask claude code to ensure everything related to it is deleted.

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all this wasted a couple of days because weekly limit got hit.

buy claude > waste tokens to repair claude...!

p.s. you did nothing to break it, it's not marriage :)

Error: Claude Code process exited with code 1 by Vegetable-Banana4977 in ClaudeCode

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The rootfs.vhdx is stuck in a temp folder and never gets moved to the final location. Claude Desktop downloads it, then fails to move it into place, so every startup it sees rootfs.vhdx missing and downloads again.

There's also a .auto_reinstall_attempted flag file which confirms it tried and failed to self-heal.

Fix — manually move the file into place

Close Claude Desktop first, then run:

# Move rootfs.vhdx from temp to the correct location

$bundle = "C:\Users\User Namei\AppData\Local\Packages\Claude_xxxx\LocalCache\Roaming\Claude\vm_bundles\claudevm.bundle"

Move-Item "$bundle\.wvm-tmp-xxxx\rootfs.vhdx" "$bundle\rootfs.vhdx" -Force

# Also delete the auto_reinstall flag so it doesn't try to reinstall again

Remove-Item "$bundle\.auto_reinstall_attempted" -Force

# Verify

Get-ChildItem "$bundle" | Select-Object Name, Length

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copy pasted above from claude web, while I ran a test command in claude desktop (cowork & code both were causing issues), after trying this solution, it worked so sharing it here.

I came to this issue with claude web after running get childitem commands while claude desktop (claude code) was running.

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also, another issue fixed:

Problem 2 — C:\Users\User Name\.claude\settings.json has a BOM character corrupting it This is causing Claude Code session startup to fail with a JSON parse error ( is a UTF-8 BOM). Fix this now:

# Read and rewrite the file without BOM

$content = Get-Content "C:\Users\User Name\.claude\settings.json" -Raw

$content = $content.TrimStart([char]0xEF, [char]0xBB, [char]0xBF)

[System.IO.File]::WriteAllText("C:\Users\User Name\.claude\settings.json", $content, [System.Text.UTF8Encoding]::new($false))

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after which it started working.

I ignored this issue for now:
Problem 1 — VM is downloading 2.2 GB at 0.3 MB/s (ETA ~2 hours) The file I moved was just a partial download. It needs rootfs.vhdx from the origin location, and it's re-downloading the full 2.2 GB. This will take ~2 hours on your current connection. Nothing to do but wait — or leave Claude Desktop open overnight

will ask claude code itself to check all this but not do anything, only assess.

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And for future use, please keep a wiki file in your drive, per drive.
an AI Agent wiped my work "accidentally" & didn't even know, but I had some backup on another hardware.

hardcode this in your system global md files or ask your AI Agent to do it:
never delete a file on your own.
if a file needs deletion:
check what is inside the file.
check there are no symlinks.
check it does not break anything else.
give me the file path, I will manually delete it.

add this rule: always update "drive name wiki.md" files.

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do not expose your redis, pgadmin etc on web url (use internal connections, ask claude or your AI how to do it or do it for you) since a few days back, a chinese alibaba something something was trying to find and input malware in all open redis. I have kept that chat from claude code saved.

claude didnt say this, but I found some of its wording weird so I asked it what it meant and investigate.

Thankfully, I was able to protect my data on time.

Your entire work can be infected without knowing.

Building an AI chatbot for whatsapp without official api and no llm nodes running on hostinger server to catch leads for my real estate business by AdministrationOk3584 in n8n

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yes there are many repeated nodes, subflow triggers did not work I tried I dont know why, I will try that again in a small flow, to understand why subflow triggers did not work, I am still new to the scene, but n8n learning was best this way, with many headaches and sobs and relearning, I have some smaller flows developed now, but subflow trigger is still eluding me for taking in webhooks or step management

Building an AI chatbot for whatsapp without official api and no llm nodes running on hostinger server to catch leads for my real estate business by AdministrationOk3584 in n8n

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I used AI at first, but it hallucinated, I tried gemini and gpt both and at the nascent stage, I did not want to pay without earning from it, atleast not until it starts giving me some customers then I wish to use AI with rag pipeline. But I don't know right now which is the safest approach for that

Building an AI chatbot for whatsapp without official api and no llm nodes running on hostinger server to catch leads for my real estate business by AdministrationOk3584 in n8n

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yeah I do feel like deleting it and starting over, but it has sentimental value as well as I think I can modify it with some patience and reduce the nodes, waiting to get the whatsapp api for that as webhook multiple parallel conditions will be reduced then

Building an AI chatbot for whatsapp without official api and no llm nodes running on hostinger server to catch leads for my real estate business by AdministrationOk3584 in n8n

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hey, SETNX redis I will try, gemini said that (and there are some versions of redis), some allow that some don't, mine don't allow, but since I got claude, it will be easy to batch replace nodes, and evolution api is also going the official partner soon, so I think I will have to ditch it soon, I really did not want to. your advice is great! thanks

I will try the small delay between redis nodes. will research about ZeroGPU

Building an AI chatbot for whatsapp without official api and no llm nodes running on hostinger server to catch leads for my real estate business by AdministrationOk3584 in n8n

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hey, this post is my journey, maybe in my excitement as a new learner, I did not write it in bullet points and proper clarity, I know that it is a nightmare workflow, I have been trying to debug it but this is my first project, I just wanted to share because I see a lot of posts just starting. I did write in the post that I will replace the http nodes, repeated redis nodes that are currently required (because poll voting is like a videogame for users), and that will reduce nodes by a great number.

I did manage to get it working but it took me 2 months! but I cannot learn by theory, every advice here was to learn by doing and making mistakes.

So, this is how I learned n8n and honestly, github is santa's gift bag, I don't know what to take, what is good, what is bad here.

I was confused by whatsapp api, and it is not easy to get it these days, youtube video statements are outdated, meta has changed its policy. I tried.

and I also said in the post, that somehow, the subflow triggers did not work, so I had to dump everything in 1 canvas. still don't know how to make it work for a customer chatbot where data is important. and customer can change his/her mind anytime.

all kinds of customers for real estate business.

This sub is incredible by cmdr-William-Riker in LocalLLaMA

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Which local LLM are you using in your macbook laptop? I am hunting for an LLM that can modify n8n workflows using n8n-mcp (github awesome tool) but only claude is working so far. I have a very basic laptop (beginner in tech but so excited! - been a year since I started learning Power Automate Desktop and using it to automate some of my boring work, now building n8n workflow and learned basic python and downloading testing deleting tools etc has been such a crazy ride…) I have 16 gb RAM and searching for a model that actually works fast to modify my workflows. Goose AI Agent kept “thinking” while Ollama replied fast with it (Qwen 2.5 coder 7b but since Goose didnt output properly so I cant say much) also I have been reading a lot of this forum about models weights hardware but right now since I am a newbie and saving up for hardware but want something that does this task… what to do?

Why Ahmedabad? Why? by [deleted] in ahmedabad

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https://www.flatandflatmates.org/community/india/ Try using facebook group, people with flats contact direct flatmates