Scheduled tasks never execute automatically — wakeScheduler feature flag unavailable

[kristianisrael]

Preflight Checklist

• I have searched existing issues and this hasn't been reported yet
• This is a single bug report (please file separate reports for different bugs)
• I am using the latest version of Claude Code

What's Wrong?

Bug Description

Scheduled tasks create history entries at the correct time but never actually execute. The local agent is never spawned. Manual execution works — clicking on a history entry in Scheduled > Task > History triggers the task successfully.

Root Cause

The wakeScheduler feature flag is set to "unavailable" in the desktop app's renderer process flags, despite all local settings being correctly configured:

• ccdScheduledTasksEnabled: true ✅
• keepAwakeEnabled: true ✅
• coworkScheduledTasksEnabled: true ✅
• Mac set to prevent sleep on power adapter ✅
• Mac always plugged in and online ✅

The feature flag from the process args:

"wakeScheduler":{"status":"unavailable"}

Environment

• Claude Desktop: v1.569.0
• macOS (Apple Silicon)
• Claude Code: 2.1.87
• All scheduled task settings enabled in config

What Should Happen?

Scheduled tasks should execute automatically at their scheduled time without manual intervention.

Error Messages/Logs

Steps to Reproduce

1. Create a scheduled task (via /schedule or Scheduled Tasks UI)
2. Wait for the scheduled time to pass
3. Observe: history entry is created with a spinner, but task never executes
4. Manually click the history entry → task runs successfully

Claude Model

None

Is this a regression?

I don't know

Last Working Version

No response

Claude Code Version

1.569.0

Platform

Anthropic API

Operating System

macOS

Terminal/Shell

Terminal.app (macOS)

Additional Information

Screenshot - Endless spinner, scheduled task not executing unless manually clicking the history field where the task is reporting "running" but its not.

[mariancrsai]

Is there an update to this? I have the same experience. I have 11 scheduled tasks in the Cowork desktop app. All of them skipped their scheduled runs even though my computer was awake and actively in use.

The app shows the reason for skipping as:

“Scheduled tasks only run while your computer is awake.”

However, this is incorrect in my case because I was actively working on my computer at the scheduled times. Claude > Cowork was also up at the same time.

[Martin-Boers]

I am having the same problem creating scheduled tasks, however on a newer version and on Windows. After going through some research myself, some testing and going over the issue with Claude Cowork, the summary of the findings by claude:
Confirming the same root cause on Windows (Claude Desktop 1.6608.0.0). Verified "wakeScheduler":{"status":"unavailable"} in the renderer process args — identical to the OP. Several other Cowork flags are also "unavailable" (coworkKappa, coworkArtifacts, markTaskComplete).
Three recurring scheduled tasks plus two one-time test tasks (with zero tool calls) all marked "Skipped" or showed no status, despite the desktop app being open and the PC actively in use. CoworkVMService is running (which rules out a documented Windows-specific bug). Manual "Run now" works fine — only the auto-scheduler is broken.

[mariancrsai]

Will there ever be a fix on this? This is so frustrating.