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[BUG] Bash tool: npm commands fail with silent Exit code 1 (works in shell, fails only in Claude Code)

Open Wenzel opened this issue 1 month ago • 4 comments

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?

When I run a simple npm command inside Claude Code, the task fails immediately with: Error: Exit code 1

Image

What Should Happen?

The command should 0:

$ npm run lint

> [email protected] lint
> npx eslint . --ext .ts

$ echo $?
0

Error Messages/Logs

Claude doesn't show anything in the detailed logs that could let me infer why it interprets Exit Code 1

Steps to Reproduce

npm installed via snap 10.9.4

  "scripts": {
    "lint": "npx eslint . --ext .ts",
  },

Claude Model

Sonnet (default)

Is this a regression?

I don't know

Last Working Version

No response

Claude Code Version

2.0.55 (Claude Code)

Platform

Anthropic API

Operating System

Ubuntu/Debian Linux

Terminal/Shell

Other

Additional Information

No response

Wenzel avatar Nov 27 '25 10:11 Wenzel