patrickjaja/claude-desktop-bin v1.1617.0-2

Claude Desktop 1.1617.0 (patch release 2)

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Claude Desktop 1.1617.0 (patch release 2)

This release provides Claude Desktop version 1.1617.0 pre-patched for Linux.

Installation Options

Arch Linux (AUR)

yay -S claude-desktop-bin

Debian/Ubuntu (APT Repository — recommended)

curl -fsSL https://patrickjaja.github.io/claude-desktop-bin/install.sh | sudo bash
sudo apt install claude-desktop-bin

Debian/Ubuntu (manual .deb)

# x86_64
sudo apt install ./claude-desktop-bin_1.1617.0-2_amd64.deb
# ARM64
sudo apt install ./claude-desktop-bin_1.1617.0-2_arm64.deb

Fedora/RHEL (RPM Repository — recommended)

curl -fsSL https://patrickjaja.github.io/claude-desktop-bin/install-rpm.sh | sudo bash
sudo dnf install claude-desktop-bin

Fedora/RHEL (manual .rpm)

# x86_64
sudo dnf install ./claude-desktop-bin-1.1617.0-2.x86_64.rpm
# ARM64
sudo dnf install ./claude-desktop-bin-1.1617.0-2.aarch64.rpm

NixOS / Nix

nix run github:patrickjaja/claude-desktop-bin

AppImage (Any Distro)

# x86_64
chmod +x Claude_Desktop-1.1617.0-x86_64.AppImage
./Claude_Desktop-1.1617.0-x86_64.AppImage
# ARM64
chmod +x Claude_Desktop-1.1617.0-aarch64.AppImage
./Claude_Desktop-1.1617.0-aarch64.AppImage

Update existing AppImage (delta download — only changed blocks):

appimageupdatetool Claude_Desktop-*-x86_64.AppImage
# Or from within the AppImage:
./Claude_Desktop-*-x86_64.AppImage --appimage-update

Checksums

Changes since last release

Patches

• Critical fix: fix_dispatch_linux.py — removed erroneous override of GrowthBook flag 1143815894 (hostLoopMode). Forcing this flag true made Desktop bypass the cowork service spawn entirely, falling back to a bare HostLoop SDK that lacks mcp__workspace__bash and plugin skill mapping. Result: all Cowork skills (/pdf, /docx, /pptx, etc.) returned "Unknown skill" and sessions completed in ~12ms with zero API calls. Fix: only override flag 3558849738 (dispatch agent name), leave 1143815894 to its default so the cowork service handles session spawning.
• New sub-patch: fix_cowork_linux.py Patch F — allows present_files MCP tool to accept native host paths. Previously, present_files only accepted /sessions/ VM paths; on native Linux without root (no /sessions/ symlink), all files failed the accessibility check. The patch falls back to checking the host outputs directory.

Build

• Copy missing cowork-plugin-shim.sh — the plugin permission bridge file was present in the upstream exe but not copied during build. Without it, Desktop logs a [warn] ENOENT on every session start. The shim enables the confirmation UI for plugin operations (e.g., "allow send email?") but is not required for skills to load — the actual skills breakage was caused by the hostLoopMode flag above.

Links

• AUR Package
• Full Changelog