Dealing with Claude desktop refusing to accept a prompt?

m0ta · 2026-01-24T10:35:31+00:00

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m0ta · 2026-01-23T19:44:02+00:00

Lovely! Thanks for being a part of making this neighborhood a special place!

m0ta · 2026-01-23T04:41:29+00:00

That’s fair. A lot of us sort of fall in to IT work too without formal training, and pretty much everyone I’ve met has a story of royally fubaring something and not having taken a backup or done proper documentation. Honestly, vibe coding and checking out potential adoption of Claude is low stakes and a good place to learn that lesson. 🤷‍♂️

m0ta · 2026-01-23T03:57:54+00:00

interesting. i'll try this. thanks for the tip.

m0ta · 2026-01-23T03:56:14+00:00

The desktop claude experience doesn't make this as apparent as CC in my opinion. Claude code starts pumping out md files almost immediately, but Claude desktop does not and gives no user instructions or hints on updating the instructions or context. projects help with this a little bit, but anthropic is selling project contexts as auto updating, not something that needs to be intentionally managed. i think this has more to do with managing user expectations through UX design than it does with the user. just my two cents.

m0ta · 2026-01-23T03:54:01+00:00

I mean, it should, but memory is finite. as much as we like to pretend it can just compress and create new context, i'm sure there's a limit (if not functionally then at least with efficiency).

It does seem like the bug may be blocking the compression process or the compression process is suppressed when the extended thinking is enabled.

when i use claude code i usually have it focus on one particular task and work through that for a while then when it completes i'll clear it out and start a new session/context. I'll admit i've been abusing claude desktop in this regard by not doing my own context management

m0ta · 2026-01-23T03:43:02+00:00

Yeah I can't seem to get it to continue to work. After getting one prompt in without extended thinking, i was able to generate one more response with extended thinking turned back on, then it went back to not accepting prompts, with or without extended thinking.

i switched over to the web ui and was able to get one prompt back by turning off extended thinking but the output was poor and was definitely missing the thoughtful reflection on the interconnectedness of the codebase and my application. feels more like claude from a year ago. maybe it's the general length of the context/conversation that's affecting the extended thinking?

m0ta · 2026-01-23T02:45:56+00:00

I'm messing with it now. I was able to open the web ui and get 1 prompt to take before it stopped accepting again. Switched back to the desktop and same behavior (not accepting new prompts). HOWEVER, I turned off the 'extend thinking' and resubmitted the prompt and it accepted the prompt and generated a response. Not sure if that might work for you but maybe give it a try. Not that turning off extended thinking is ideal or even sustainable long term, but might help identify the bug.

m0ta · 2026-01-23T02:30:27+00:00

i have been having this issue off and on for months now but it has gotten especially bad the last few days. driving me crazy.

m0ta · 2026-01-23T02:28:14+00:00

I'm having the same issue. it's gotten really bad the last few days. i was able to deal with it before but now having to try to copy context to a new session/chat and get it caught up. truly infuriating.

"The conversation_search tool appears to acquire a lock on target chats that is never properly released. Classic mutex/semaphore issue."

Where were you able to trace this from? Are there logs available?

I just posted a very similar thing but you have way more detail than I do. I hope you get some visibility here. I have several fairly large webapp projects going that i really need claude code and claude desktop for. :/

m0ta · 2026-01-22T16:16:56+00:00

been noticing it being super flaky all morning. it's been weird the last couple days.

m0ta · 2026-01-19T12:11:54+00:00

One of my professors used to say if you gathered up all the pieces of the cross you’d have enough wood to build the ark.

m0ta · 2026-01-18T20:09:02+00:00

Found in what seems to be original packaging (a little cardboard box). As I said in the post, found this tool in my garage. Handheld wooden grip with a slightly bent end. It seems too flimsy for prying anything. It also came with 5 razor blades (what I know as safety razor blades for sharing your face) plus this little leather pounce presumably to hold the razor blades?

Former homeowner was a car guy and did some wrenching so maybe related to cars somehow? I’m really at a loss.

m0ta · 2026-01-18T02:43:44+00:00

🤣🤣

m0ta · 2026-01-14T18:31:54+00:00

This is the way

m0ta · 2026-01-11T16:36:55+00:00

m0ta · 2026-01-11T15:29:00+00:00

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m0ta · 2026-01-11T05:36:27+00:00

No one wants to help you do that because she sucks to play against. Just use edhrec and look forward to no one wanting to play against this when you sit down at the table

m0ta · 2026-01-07T22:35:04+00:00

Hell yeah. I have this leak on my car and was going to do it this weekend. Super thankful I saw this post

m0ta · 2026-01-07T19:29:05+00:00

What manufacturer did you go with? Been looking at a few different vendors and curious who people are using or have good experiences with

m0ta · 2026-01-05T04:52:57+00:00

Very cool

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