Hyper-V

Claude Desktop spawns 1.8 GB Hyper-V VM on every launch, even for chat-only use

A GitHub issue reports that Anthropic's Claude Desktop application launches a 1.8 GB Hyper-V virtual machine on every startup, regardless of whether the user intends to use code execution or other sandboxed features. The issue has attracted significant community attention (278 HN points, 191 comments), suggesting it is a widespread and unexpected behavior. This raises questions about resource overhead, sandboxing architecture decisions, and transparency in desktop AI client design.