[BUG] Excessive flickering and scrolling.

[shaneholloman]

Preflight Checklist

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

What's Wrong?

Please, for the love of God, will someone address the flickering, scrolling behaviour of Claude code in the terminal? In my case, specifically in the VSCode terminal. Please, please, please, somebody.

What Should Happen?

It should not flicker or scroll a thousand times a second. It's extremely anxiety-inducing.

Error Messages/Logs

Steps to Reproduce

After 5-6 turns, the behaviour begins.

Claude Model

None

Is this a regression?

Yes, this worked in a previous version

Last Working Version

Any.

Claude Code Version

2.0.29 (Claude Code)

Platform

Anthropic API

Operating System

macOS

Terminal/Shell

VS Code integrated terminal

Additional Information

No response

[shaneholloman]

Or open-sourced this thing already, and I'll get it sorted.

[github-actions[bot]]

Found 3 possible duplicate issues:

1. https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues/7983
2. https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues/10243
3. https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues/10472

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[aleksadvaisly]

Explanation https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues/10472#issuecomment-3467247238

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[shaneholloman]

Following up so my issue doesn't get closed. This is still very much active and alive