Anthropic Cowork feature creates 10GB VM bundle on macOS without warning
anthropics / claude-code Public Notifications You must be signed in to change notification settings Fork 5.8k Star 72.7k Cowork feature creates 10GB VM bundle that severely degrades performance #22543New issueCopy linkNew issueCopy linkOpenOpenCowork feature creates 10GB VM bundle that severely degrades performance#22543Copy linkLabelsbugSomething isn’t workingSomething isn’t workinghigh-priorityoncallperformanceDescriptionmjbytopened on Feb 2, 2026Issue body actionsDescription After using the cowork feature, Claude Desktop becomes extremely slow – slow startup, UI lag, and slow responses. Performance degrades over time even during a single session. Investigation VM Bundle (10GB) The cowork feature creates a VM bundle at:…
