From f86c5e8c8700b76250ed1073700a5b9db47e2d57 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Aditya Garud <153842990+yashranaway@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2026 22:08:52 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] fix(server): skip IDE detection in Claude probes (#8634)

---
 .../src/provider/Layers/ClaudeCapabilitiesProbe.test.ts     | 4 ++++
 apps/server/src/provider/Layers/ClaudeProvider.ts           | 6 ++++++
 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/apps/server/src/provider/Layers/ClaudeCapabilitiesProbe.test.ts b/apps/server/src/provider/Layers/ClaudeCapabilitiesProbe.test.ts
index 7e5fa2611f0fcc203048fa13d23ab5d9bd8699cc..2f842bf581f764f4682a176df8d4a25caf083d9f 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/provider/Layers/ClaudeCapabilitiesProbe.test.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/provider/Layers/ClaudeCapabilitiesProbe.test.ts
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ it("isolates Claude capability probes without dropping workspace setting sources
     environment: {
       HOME: "/home/user",
       ENABLE_CLAUDEAI_MCP_SERVERS: "true",
+      FORCE_CODE_TERMINAL: "1",
     },
     cwd: "/workspace/project",
   });
@@ -37,6 +38,9 @@ it("isolates Claude capability probes without dropping workspace setting sources
   assert.equal(options.abortController, abortController);
   assert.equal(options.env?.HOME, "/home/user");
   assert.equal(options.env?.ENABLE_CLAUDEAI_MCP_SERVERS, "false");
+  assert.equal(options.env?.FORCE_CODE_TERMINAL, undefined);
+  assert.equal(options.env?.CLAUDE_CODE_AUTO_CONNECT_IDE, "0");
+  assert.equal(options.env?.CLAUDE_CODE_IDE_SKIP_AUTO_INSTALL, "1");
 });
 
 it.layer(NodeServices.layer)("Claude capability probe SDK boundary", (it) => {
diff --git a/apps/server/src/provider/Layers/ClaudeProvider.ts b/apps/server/src/provider/Layers/ClaudeProvider.ts
index f815ac75be345b646288c9769a8657b56bb38b4a..f37cf0534feaf6ab939e225dc086c70ac5d5dfce 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/provider/Layers/ClaudeProvider.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/provider/Layers/ClaudeProvider.ts
@@ -614,6 +614,12 @@ export function buildClaudeCapabilitiesProbeQueryOptions(input: {
       // Connected claude.ai MCP servers are discovered outside filesystem
       // config; disable them independently for this health check.
       ENABLE_CLAUDEAI_MCP_SERVERS: "false",
+      // This is a noninteractive health check, so IDE discovery cannot add any
+      // useful capability data. Skipping it also avoids Claude spawning a
+      // Windows `tasklist | findstr` process tree on every periodic refresh.
+      FORCE_CODE_TERMINAL: undefined,
+      CLAUDE_CODE_AUTO_CONNECT_IDE: "0",
+      CLAUDE_CODE_IDE_SKIP_AUTO_INSTALL: "1",
     },
     ...(input.cwd ? { cwd: input.cwd } : {}),
     stderr: () => {},
-- 
2.54.0