[BUG] IDE integration fails with "workspace directories do not match" error despite identical paths

[ANogin]

Bug #4428 on MacOS is still a problem, please reopen that one.

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Found 3 possible duplicate issues:

1. https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues/4428
2. https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues/1411
3. https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues/5096

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[videni]

still exists

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[tmorshed]

Still an issue - the problem arises especially when I open the VSCode/Cursor folder with a .code-workspace file in a folder or monorepo that includes multiple repositories or submodules. In those cases, Claude code mistakes the repositories as the "active directory", while the folder I actually have open on the IDE is the monorepo that includes everything else.

Steps to reproduce:

• Make a folder on Cursor and clone two or more repositories in there. Let's call that the monofolder.
• Create a .code-workspace file that lists the paths and names of those repositories in the monofolder.
• Open this monofolder in "workspace" mode using the file you just generated. The titlebar should say "monofolder-name (Workspace)". Keep this IDE open.
• Open your terminal, and change your directory to the monofolder.
• Open Claude Code via the claude command.
• Use the /ide command to connect to the IDE you just opened. => Claude Code will complain that the paths are mismatching.